Chapter 846 - 758: Void Breaker, All Is Illusion (2)

Shen Han wasted no time and immediately went to gather some firewood.

In the stream formed by the waterfall, there were still some fish.

While collecting firewood, Shen Han found a suitable stick and applied the [Sharp] attribute to it.

Then used the stick to spear a few fish.

Afterward, he began to prepare to start a fire.

"The firewood here is too wet. No matter what, it’s impossible to start a fire..."

At present, it’s spring, not the dry autumn and winter seasons.

Moreover, there’s a circle of waterfalls falling here, surrounded by streams and swamps.

Everything is damp; where could you find dry wood?

Song Shiyin felt a bit pessimistic, feeling that Shen Han was wasting time.

While someone beside was contemplating a response, Shen Han had already started the fire.

Seeing the smoke rising, she realized Shen Han had successfully started the fire...

He simply roasted a few fish over the fire.

At times like this, there’s no concern for how the roasted fish tastes, as long as it’s edible.

After the fish was cooked, Shen Han made a couple of fire sticks and a torch.

Once prepared, Shen Han walked up to Song Shiyin and handed her a skewer of grilled fish, along with a fire stick.

Then he walked into the cave ahead of her.

Illuminated by the firelight, he began to walk inside.

Shen Han’s gaze fixed on the surroundings, observing the items around him.

By observing these items, one could indeed avoid many dangers.

Behind him, Song Shiyin also followed along.

One behind the other, they explored this hidden place.

Song Shiyin actually felt a bit regretful. She didn’t know Shen Han well.

Exploring such a dangerous place with Shen Han made her a bit anxious.

But she couldn’t resist the secrets within the Immortal’s Residence.

Step by step, with the help of the firelight, they moved forward.

Suddenly, they realized they were walking on the edge of a cliff.

To the right was a pitch-black abyss, seemingly bottomless...

If they had their powers, they definitely wouldn’t be afraid.

But here, magical artifacts couldn’t be used, and their realm seemed to vanish...

In a panic, Song Shiyin felt her foot slip, her whole body tilted as she fell.

Shen Han, at her side, quickly extended his left hand to catch her.

With his right hand, he hurriedly threw away the torch and grabbed a protrusion on the ground.

Fortunately, this protrusion was deeply embedded and didn’t loosen with Shen Han’s grip.

Once stable, Shen Han used his left hand to pull Song Shiyin up.

The rescued Song Shiyin couldn’t help but gasp for breath, feeling like she had narrowly escaped death.

The near-death shock made her break out in a cold sweat.

She was clearly a top genius of the River Source Continent, but at this moment, she didn’t carry any airs of superiority.

Shen Han picked up the torch again without saying much.

"Thank you..."

This time, Song Shiyin felt a bit guilty.

By this count, she had been saved by Shen Han for the second time.

"You can lower your body slightly to move forward, making it less likely to slip."

Shen Han whispered a suggestion, then resumed moving forward.

Lowering one’s center of gravity is indeed a good way to maintain balance.

Song Shiyin didn’t reject Shen Han’s suggestion and followed behind, crouching forward.

This path took about half a two-hour period to walk.

In the distance, a glimmer of light finally appeared.

The closer they got to the light, the wider and smoother the path became.

Shen Han and Song Shiyin stood up and quickened their pace.

Song Shiyin, who didn’t talk much earlier, no longer held the same arrogance.

She started actively finding topics to converse with Shen Han.

In discussing methods of cultivation and training, Song Shiyin felt Shen Han’s extraordinariness while conversing.

Some perplexing issues that had long eluded her, even unsolved by Cangqiong Manor’s elders,

were unravelled by Shen Han in just a few words.

During their conversation, Song Shiyin encountered some views she didn’t agree with.

Previously, she would have considered them incorrect.

But after Shen Han’s explanation, she started to waver a bit.

She still had some incomprehensible areas, but now Song Shiyin suspected her own understanding wasn’t profound enough, rather than Shen Han being wrong.

They reached the light, and another entrance appeared.

Outside the entrance seemed like a paradise-like beautiful scene.

But this time, Shen Han sensed something was amiss.

Because many things here did not show descriptions.

Before stepping out, Shen Han held Song Shiyin back.

Then probed ahead with the stick in his hand.

It seemed like a flat, dry road, but when the stick was withdrawn, it was covered in mud.

The scene before them was not real...

"Does the Immortal intend for us to meet our doom here..."

Song Shiyin frowned, her expression a bit unpleasant.

This journey was difficult, and without Shen Han’s help, she might have already perished.

Her words were filled with complaints.

Since entering here, Song Shiyin had encountered numerous calamities without any gain.

With only difficulties and no gains, feeling resentful was understandable.

Gaining the qualification to enter the Immortal’s Residence was hard enough, and who could have expected it to be like this...

Shen Han, hearing her words, shook his head.

"If Immortal Tianheng truly wanted our lives, we wouldn’t still be alive."

"But throughout this journey, we haven’t gained anything.

And yet, the phenomena before us are so bizarre..."

Shen Han furrowed his brows slightly, observing the scenery before them more seriously.

"Perhaps Immortal Tianheng is trying to enlighten us, but we have yet to comprehend..."

As he spoke, Shen Han sat cross-legged, eyes fixed on the scene ahead.

He felt that along this entire journey, Immortal Tianheng was trying to communicate something...

Beside him, seeing Shen Han deep in contemplation, Song Shiyin remained silent.

Disrupting someone while they meditate can greatly affect them.

This whole journey, Shen Han had helped her a lot and showed her enough respect.

In such places, there are no morals or rules to restrict anyone.

Everything relies on the goodness of others’ characters.

Fortunately, Song Shiyin was lucky enough to meet Shen Han, who wasn’t a malicious person.

By now, it should have been nightfall.

However, the scene before them hadn’t changed at all, still bright as day.

Reaching out to touch the supposedly flat road, Song Shiyin felt only a pool of mud.

She couldn’t understand the mystery behind it.

But Shen Han, on the other hand, seemed to have a sense of enlightenment.

He learned a set of Sword Intent from an Honored Guest Elder at Xiaoyao Peak.

The Sword Intent was called Misty.

Known as Misty, elusive and indistinct, all is illusory.

The foundation of Sword Intent is the blend of reality and illusion.

Throughout this journey, Shen Han witnessed both reality and illusion.

Is seeing believing?

Of course not, illusions abound, a single leaf can obscure vision.

Is touch believing?

Naturally not, can you discern the essence of water and wine with a touch?

What you see can be illusory, what you touch can be illusory; everything can be illusory...

Suddenly, Shen Han opened his eyes wide, looking at the scene before him, and stepped forward.

Where he tread was entirely enveloped by mud.

Song Shiyin beside him wanted to say something, but seeing Shen Han’s expression, she decided to keep quiet.

After walking a few more steps, Shen Han seemed to step onto a vast, flat path.

Seemingly, the mud where he had just stepped didn’t exist anymore...

"What reality and illusion is there, without self, there is only illusion, without self, there is only deception..."

In an instant, Shen Han seemed to understand Immortal Tianheng’s intent.

In Immortal Tianheng’s eyes, everything in the world is illusory under the Heaven and Earth Laws.

Only what he acknowledges is real, what he does not acknowledge is entirely illusion.

Everything changes according to his will.

This is the insight of a First-Grade Immortal, even heaven and earth bend beneath.

Reality and illusion are at his whim.

Shen Han observed everything around him, delving into understanding.

Reality and illusion are merely a thought away, everything depends on one’s own thoughts.

Suddenly, Shen Han felt a surge of momentum within himself.

The thought that this is illusion would naturally make everything an illusion.

It meant that his power had always been there.

Those cliffs, those muddy swamps, they were all mere illusions...