Wuhun: Desert Death on the left hand, the world on the right hand

After having a good meal and a good drink, the three of them came to the bank of Luoying Lake. Baiyun and Nasus were skillfully sorting out their fishing gear, while Bai Zhaoyun was clumsily imitating them, which made Baiyun turn his head and laugh from time to time.

As the sun sets, the water surface is dyed a gorgeous orange-red.

"Baiyun, do you think there are no fish in this lake?!" Bai Zhaoyun looked at the calm lake surface with a sad face, his tone full of doubt.

"How can there be no fish? Look at Nasus, he has caught one!" Bai Yun said as he raised his chin proudly and motioned Bai Zhaoyun to look to the side.

Nasus smiled naively and raised the lively grass carp in his hand, which caused Bai Zhaoyun to wail.

Bai Yun squinted at Bai Zhaoyun and said in a conscientious manner, "When it comes to fishing, the most important thing is patience. You are still far from it!"

"But it's been an hour and I haven't seen even a shadow of a fish!" Bai Zhaoyun complained, and then seemed to have thought of something.

Staring at Bai Yun's handsome face, the corners of his mouth twitched. "I say, Bai Yun, aren't you also an air force officer? How do you have the confidence to lecture me?!"

"I..." An embarrassed blush flashed across Bai Yun's face, and at this moment, he suddenly found that his float moved.

"Who said I was in the Air Force? Isn't this coming?"

Bai Yun's face lit up with joy. He stood up suddenly, gripped the fishing rod tightly with both hands, and began to reel in the line.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be anxious! Be careful the line might break!" Seeing this, Bai Zhaoyun quickly spoke out to remind.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing!" Bai Yun said without turning his head, but his hands did not slow down at all.

He was seen pulling to the left, then to the right, saying confidently: "Hey, little guy, you are too young to fight with me!"

He was wielding the fishing rod with great vigor, as if he was not fishing but performing a set of exquisite stick techniques.

However, the harder Baiyun tried, the tighter the fishing line became, as if it would break at any time.

"I say, take it easy, don't break the fishing rod!" Bai Zhaoyun was frightened watching from the side and couldn't help but remind him again.

"What are you afraid of? I know what I'm doing!" Bai Yun said he knew what he was doing, but he used more force with his hands, as if he wanted to pull the fish directly out of the water.

"Wow!"

With a loud bang, the water surface exploded, and a huge fish tail was thrown out of the water, creating a splash of water.

"Haha, it's hooked! It's hooked!" Bai Yun shouted excitedly, the pride on his face evident on his face.

However, his smile froze on his face before it could fully bloom.

The big fish drew a graceful arc in the air, and then fell heavily back into the water, causing even bigger waves.

The line slackened and hung empty above the water.

Bai Yun stared at the scene blankly, with a variety of expressions on his face, from excitement in the beginning, to disbelief, and then to frustration in the end, as if he had experienced a roller coaster of emotions.

"Pfft!"

Bai Zhaoyun couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter, laughing so hard that he fell backwards and tears came out.

“Hahahaha… I’m laughing… I’m dying of laughter… Baiyun, you… you really are… Hahahaha…” Bai Zhaoyun pointed at Bai Yun and said intermittently, laughing so hard that he couldn’t even straighten his waist.

Bai Yun's face was dark, and he gritted his teeth and said, "What's so funny? It's just a fish that ran away!"

“Hahahaha…the fish ran away…you…you still…hahahaha…” Bai Zhaoyun was out of breath and couldn’t utter complete sentences. He could only point at Baiyun and continue laughing.

Bai Yun shook his head helplessly. He knew that he had been extremely embarrassed today.

"No more fishing!" Bai Yun threw the fishing rod aside in frustration. The rod collided with the ground, making a dull sound, as if responding to his current mood. He turned to look at Bai Zhaoyun, with a barely perceptible sadness in his tone, "Zhaoyun, are you really determined to leave?"

Bai Zhaoyun was silent for a moment, his eyes drifting into the distance, as if he was staring at an unknown world. He slowly spoke, his tone firm and resolute: "Yes, Baiyun, I want to go out and take a look at this world."

Bai Yun wanted to say something to try to keep him, but was interrupted by Bai Zhaoyun's gentle wave of his hand. Bai Zhaoyun retracted his gaze, with a hint of loneliness and confusion in his eyes, and more of a desire for the unknown.

He said slowly: "Baiyun, do you know? For so many years, I have always felt like an outsider, a ghost floating in this world. You have completely integrated into this world. You live here, you experience joy, anger, sorrow and happiness here, you find the people you love here, you have your concerns and ideals here, and you find the meaning of your existence here. You are real, you are alive, and you are lucky."

Bai Zhaoyun paused, with a hint of bitterness in his tone: "And what about me? I am like a bystander, watching everything about you, watching you experience everything that I cannot experience. I cannot truly feel this world, and cannot truly integrate into this world. In this world, except you, except Nasus, I have nothing, and I cannot find any sense of belonging."

"Zhao Yun, what nonsense are you talking about? We are one, and what's mine is yours!" Bai Yun tried to use the special connection between them to awaken Bai Zhao Yun's thoughts, trying to make him understand that he was not nothing.

"It's different, Baiyun, it's really different." Bai Zhaoyun shook his head, with a hint of helplessness in his tone, "Although I have shared your memories and emotions with you over the years, I have not personally experienced everything you have experienced.

I feel like I'm in a movie theater, watching a movie about you, a wonderful movie, but I'm just a spectator, I can't participate in it, I can't change anything, I can't even really understand how you feel. "

Bai Zhaoyun took a deep breath and continued, "Our cognition and our way of thinking are different after all. In many things, I don't agree with your approach or your choices. But I can't interfere. I can only watch you walk step by step towards the path you choose, no matter whether that path is right or wrong."

"But..." Bai Yun wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Bai Zhaoyun again.

"Okay, Baiyun, don't persuade me anymore, I've made up my mind." Bai Zhaoyun said firmly, "I'm not saying I won't come back, I'm just going out for a walk, to have a look, to find something that belongs to me. When I find it, I'll come back naturally."

There was silence for a long time, neither of them spoke, and the air seemed to be frozen.

"When do you plan to leave?" Bai Yun broke the silence, with a hint of reluctance in his tone, but he also understood that Bai Zhaoyun needed to find his own path.

"Wait a few more days. I will leave after you have distributed the rewards for this competition." Bai Zhaoyun pondered for a moment, as if he suddenly thought of something, and then said, "By the way, Baiyun, among the six pavilions you set up before, is the Lingbao Pavilion still empty?"

"What you mean is..." Bai Yun was slightly stunned, as if he had guessed Bai Zhaoyun's thoughts.

"Before I leave, I would like to help you refine a batch of treasures to enrich the Lingbao Pavilion." There was a hint of seriousness in Bai Zhaoyun's tone.

"You? Refining treasures?" Bai Yun raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of teasing in his eyes, "Runes, formations, refining equipment, which of these three can you do?"

Bai Zhaoyun showed a trace of embarrassment on his face. He hesitated and said, "Uh... none of this matters. What matters is my feelings, right?"

Bai Yun couldn't help but chuckle at Bai Zhaoyun's embarrassment. He stopped teasing Bai Zhaoyun and turned to Nasus who was fishing not far away and shouted, "Nasus, do you want to join us?"

Hearing this, Nasus raised his head and turned his gaze from the calm lake to Bai Yun and Bai Zhaoyun. He shook his head and said, “No, my luck is better today. I’ll fish for a while and come back soon. You guys go first.”

"Okay, we'll go first." Bai Yun and Bai Zhaoyun looked at each other, waved to Nasus, and then their figures disappeared from the spot. When they appeared again, they were already in the secret realm of time.

Bai Yun led Bai Zhaoyun to an ancient and elegant attic. This attic was one of the secret realms of time that Bai Yun had specially opened up for the purpose of practicing and comprehending the Dao.

"Take it." Bai Yun waved his hand casually, and three thick books appeared out of thin air in front of Bai Zhaoyun.

"The True Explanation of the Way of Talismans, The Principles of the Way of Formations, and the Fundamentals of Refining Equipment?" Bai Zhaoyun looked at the three books in his hand and frowned slightly. "Is there any difference between the contents of these books and the ones you transmitted to me through your mind before?"

"There is no difference in the content." Bai Yun explained patiently, "It's just that I have made detailed annotations for these three books, marking some of the obscure parts in a more understandable way, and also recorded some of my personal cultivation insights and experiences in them."

"So that's it." Bai Zhaoyun suddenly realized and looked at Bai Yun with gratitude.

"Next, I will explain to you in detail the mysteries of runes and formations." Bai Yun paused, then continued, "As for refining equipment, I have only roughly read some basic knowledge. If you are interested, you can study it on your own."