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A short while later.
Li Yuan was soaking in a wooden tub, then dressed in clean robes.
He sat beside Ah Ting in the main hall, sharing a simple meal with her.
When they finished, Ah Ting led him out of the estate.
As they reached the gate, the family’s younger daughter came running after them and called out, “Big Brother, come play with me again next time!”
Then, glancing at Ah Ting, she asked curiously, “Is that your daughter, Big Brother?”
Li Yuan didn’t bother explaining. Truth be told, he wasn’t even familiar with this family.
No, not unfamiliar, he didn’t know them at all.
He had never been here before.
He had only seen a cat once in a garden somewhere. Then he bathed and changed into fresh clothes.
But now the garden was gone. The cat was gone. The clothes, and everything that came with them was gone.
All that remained were those vague, lingering words, along with the haunting metaphors hidden within them, metaphors that hinted at terrifying truths about the world. It was as if something had been planted in the back of his mind, a new presence settling quietly into his subconscious.
And then, the two of them walked away.
“You’ve transcended,” Ah Ting said. “This world doesn’t like that. It wants you to leave. But the will of this world, the one that should reject you, it hasn’t been fully born yet.”
Li Yuan roughly understood. It was the old saying. Two tigers could not share one mountain.
The Heavenly Dao couldn’t tolerate his presence. But the Heavenly Dao…wasn’t even...
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