Chapter 2055 - 1627: Recovery, Finally Meeting Ta You!

Just when Gu Changsheng thought that this silence would continue until she went mad in it, a faint whisper sounded in her ear...

"Ah!"

The moment Gu Changsheng heard this sound, she instinctively jumped back a step!

Don’t doubt it, she was really scared!

Imagine being in a place full of crystal decorations, with reflections of yourself everywhere, in a place where there isn’t even a hint of a ghost, let alone a person, and suddenly hearing someone call your name. What kind of feeling is that?

That’s right, it’s the feeling of encountering a ghost!

It’s strange not to be scared!

However, after being scared, Gu Changsheng looked around with a face full of suspicion and uncertainty...

Damn it, still no one here!

"Could it be that I’m experiencing illusory hearing?" Gu Changsheng couldn’t help scratching her head, her bright little face full of confusion.

No wonder there’s a form of punishment called solitary confinement; in an absolutely quiet chamber, not many people can endure without going mad!

Gu Changsheng felt like she was going to go crazy...

This really feels like a dream, too bizarre...

"Gu Changsheng..."

However, the bizarre feeling Gu Changsheng thought she had wasn’t bizarre enough. When she saw with her own eyes that in front of her, on a Crystal Lotus Lamp, her reflection moved and spoke, Gu Changsheng felt that "bizarre" wasn’t enough to describe it...

This felt like the whole world had become a fantasy!

That’s right, right in front of Gu Changsheng was a Crystal Lotus Lamp, a decorative lotus lamp, its crystal petals seeming to hold something, maintaining a blooming posture, motionless...

And on the largest petal of the lotus lamp was a human figure identical to Gu Changsheng...

Gu Changsheng stared dumbfounded at the figure on the lotus lamp, her mouth forming an "O" shape, completely stupefied...

Did she see it wrong?

Did she really see it wrong?

Just now, she had clearly seen her reflection on the lotus lamp move its mouth!

With immense shock, Gu Changsheng tentatively lifted her hand...

All around, on every crystal object, her reflection followed her, lifting its hand, with the exception of the reflection on the lotus lamp, which stood still, quietly watching Gu Changsheng...

"Ghost!" Gu Changsheng couldn’t help but exclaim.

This is just too eerie!

Is that really her reflection or not?

If it is, why didn’t the reflection move at all even though she did?

If it’s not, why does the reflection look exactly like her? Even the clothing and expression are identical...

"You... you... what kind of ghost are you?" Gu Changsheng stuttered, for the first time, facing such a bizarre scene, unnervingly surreal!

"Gu Changsheng, I have been waiting for you here for a long time..."

The desolate whisper seemed to come from nothingness, and on the lotus lamp, the reflection identical to Gu Changsheng’s slightly parted its lips, slowly speaking...

"You? Waiting for me? Who are you?"

Gu Changsheng stared dumbfounded at the reflection performing gestures and speaking words different from hers, her whole being seemingly struck by lightning, foolishly asking...

"They call me... Ta You..."

The reflection on the lotus lamp, identical to Gu Changsheng, slightly moved its lips, gently speaking.

"..."

When Gu Changsheng heard this, she was left speechless, and after coming to, she shook her head immediately, saying, "Impossible! That’s absolutely impossible! How can you be Ta You? In the Star Innate Tower, that Holy Envoy Child clearly said Ta You is already dead, already dead..."

Gu Changsheng couldn’t remember much else, but this she remembered clearly!

In the Star Innate Tower, having endured countless hardships, in the end, she didn’t even see a trace of Ta You’s shadow because Ta You was dead!

Even though, during the tower trials in the Star Innate Tower, Gu Changsheng numerous times cursed Ta You to her very bones, in the end, she only got the result that Ta You was dead, along with some ambiguous words left by that Holy Envoy Child...

To this day, Gu Changsheng still hadn’t understood what the Holy Envoy Child meant by saying they would wait for her in the future, yet at the bottom of this Broken Cliff of Ten Thousand Fathoms, she encountered a... uh... how to say, a shadow claiming to be Holy Master Ta You?

"Yes, I am already dead, and in this world, there is no Ta You anymore..."

In Gu Changsheng’s disbelief, the reflection on the Lotus Lamp spoke again.

You don’t know how strange it is to watch yourself say words that are beyond your control. In short, when Gu Changsheng looked at his shadow and spoke, he felt utterly chaotic...

"Well, you died anyway. If there’s anything you haven’t let go of, feel free to say it. But could you not use my appearance to speak? It’s very chaotic for me..." Though they had never met, they had some encounter in a way, and Gu Changsheng didn’t hide his complaint, expressing his current grievance.

Don’t speak with her appearance. It gives her the illusion that she has died too!

"...I can’t do that..." The voice echoed once more from the Lotus Lamp, "I do have unfinished business, and I need the lamp in your hand as a medium to achieve it. But since I’m already dead, I can only appear this way..."

Even in death, Ta You couldn’t say certain things...

At the very least, he couldn’t let Gu Changsheng know that he looked exactly like this, identical to her...

Couldn’t let her know that the reason he looked exactly like Gu Changsheng was because he was the continuation of the will of the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity...

More accurately, the Venerable Mother of the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity, Gu Changsheng, looked like this...

This ambiguous answer made Gu Changsheng fall into silence, unsure what to say for a moment...

However, Gu Changsheng had heard some supernatural rumors, so her mind speculated that Ta You was already dead. It’s just that his wishes remained unfulfilled, and using her shadow to appear was already remarkable. Asking someone to change their appearance seemed a bit too demanding!

No!

More accurately, it’s demanding too much of a ghost!

Ta You was already dead; he was no longer human!

Or perhaps, Ta You was never human, to begin with, but a being that transcended humanity!

"So, did you bring me here? Do you want to see me?" Gu Changsheng looked down at the Seven Apertures Exquisite Lamp in her hand and then around, asking tentatively.

"Yes..." Ta You whispered from the Lotus Lamp, "Only this mirrored place can heal the Divine Soul Injury within you."

Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng’s radiant little face immediately flashed a trace of brilliance, "Are you here to heal my injury? How are you so kind?"

"Because waiting for you, protecting you, is my purpose and mission of existence, Gu Changsheng. I do not have the right to let you be hurt, even if it’s for the ultimate goal..."

The intermittent voice came from the Lotus Lamp...

Gu Changsheng felt, in an instant, the scene before her eyes changed. From the countless crystals around her, her own reflection quickly detached, as if it had life, rapidly converging onto her...

Standing there dazed, Gu Changsheng felt like she was hit by a flood, but her mind was, for once since suffering the Divine Soul Injury, clear and pleasant...

Gu Changsheng instinctively closed her eyes, feeling the cleansing of her divine soul, a trace of ease reflected on her radiant little face...

Divine Soul Injury!

This injury had troubled her for so long, preventing her from casually expressing joy, anger, or any other emotions. Is it finally going to be healed?

It’s just that Gu Changsheng hadn’t expected her Divine Soul Injury to be healed in this way!

Ta You...

"Ta You, who exactly are you? Why are you doing so much, for what purpose?" Finally, as Gu Changsheng exhaled a long breath and opened her eyes, the reflection of herself was gone from the crystals around her, leaving only the image of Ta You on the Lotus Lamp...

"For... destiny!"

Ta You’s voice was much weaker than before, and even the image on the Lotus Lamp began to appear mottled and detached...

"Destiny? Your destiny? Or mine?" Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng instinctively asked this question, though afterward she felt it rather puzzling.

She didn’t actually believe in destiny, but somehow she had blurted it out involuntarily...

"My destiny is your destiny!"

This time, Ta You gave a firm answer to Gu Changsheng.

And this answer made Gu Changsheng’s mouth twitch instantly.

Darn it, this answer couldn’t be any more confusing! What’s the difference from no answer? Inexplicably puzzling!

"Gu Changsheng, you are another me in this world. Someday, when you know all the truths, I just hope you won’t hate me, hate everything I’ve done..."

On the Lotus Lamp, radiance flowed, and the shadow identical to Gu Changsheng appeared washed by circles of ripples as his voice began to turn vague and broken...

"What? What are you saying? What have you done that I should hate? Get your words straight!" Upon seeing this, Gu Changsheng was instantly anxious, hurriedly asking.

In the Star Innate Tower, she had gone through countless hardships, yet hadn’t seen Ta You even once, only encountering a body that belonged to Manman, which they said was refined from Ta You’s flesh...

Now, finally seeing Ta You, though just a shadow, yet he spoke such ambiguous words. Isn’t this whole ordeal chaotic?

"Gu Changsheng, I am about to disappear completely. From now on, there will be no more Ta You in the world, no more...!"