Crimson blood flowed slowly across the deck. The last rays of the setting sun reflected off the blood, turning it into a mirror, reflecting two figures, different in appearance but almost identical in their aura.
Mo Yi sat directly at the rosewood round table, eating matcha cake and sipping red tea. He wore a faint smile on his face. The man sat on the deck, watching Mo Yi without speaking.
"Why did you do this?" The man suddenly asked.
"Because it's fun." Mo Yi said, sipping his tea and watching the last rays of sunset. "Compared to having seven messy Seven Deadly Sins within your body, it's better to leave a whole one. Besides, you have independent consciousness. I suppose you can help me manage these Seven Emotions and Six Desires, right?"
The man nodded. "Yes, now the Seven Deadly Sins and I are almost one. That means I can control your Seven Emotions and Six Desires. Don't you think it's dangerous?"
Mo Yi chuckled. "Nonsense. If you can control my Seven Emotions and Six Desires, then you can control me. If that's the case, why did you go through so much trouble to kill me?"
"Can't fool you, can I?" The man said flatly.
Mo Yi said, "Yeah, you can't fool me. Because you are me. Our thought processes are almost identical."
The man shook his head. "Not quite. My thought processes are fixed in your past life, while you are constantly evolving every second."
Mo Yi nodded, a look of "I told you so" on his face. He held the red tea, smiling, "To be honest, what can you actually help me with?"
The man looked up at Mo Yi and said, "I can help you regulate your Seven Emotions and Six Desires. I can suppress a certain desire as much as possible, or enhance it as much as possible. I can make you incredibly calm, or amplify your rage, doubling your combat power."
"That's pretty useful!" Mo Yi raised an eyebrow, surprised that the man could do so much.
"At the same time, enemy illusions are also ineffective against you. Illusions work by trapping you in a mental world, but you have me. I can constantly remind you in the mental world, allowing you to break free from the illusion instantly. Of course, if the illusion is too high-level, I can't do anything about it." The man explained.
Mo Yi blinked, his eyes wide with curiosity. "So I'm basically getting an anti-illusion cheat code? Another tool for showing off and slapping faces!"
The man scoffed and didn't answer, even he was speechless at Mo Yi.
"Do you have a name?" Mo Yi hopped off the table and looked at the man sitting cross-legged on the deck. "It's weird not having a name for each other."
The man lifted his eyelids and glanced at Mo Yi. "My name is Mo Yi. You can call me Mo Yi Number Two."
Mo Yi frowned and refused. "That's too stupid. There's no such thing as calling yourself number two."
The man choked, then shook his head and chose to give up discussing this with Mo Yi. After the excess arrogance was removed, he became much calmer.
"Call you Original Sin!" Mo Yi suddenly lit up, squatting down and patting the man on the shoulder.
"Original Sin...?" The man was taken aback. "That's so middle school."
"Your previous personality was no less middle school than that name." Mo Yi retorted. "Alright, that's settled then. I'll call you Original Sin from now on!"
The man, who was now named Original Sin by Mo Yi's whims, nodded helplessly. "We're all on the same boat now, you're the main body, you call the shots."
"Heh."
The last sliver of light on the horizon of the sky completely faded. All things fell into silence. There was not a single ray of light in the world, the entire world was swallowed by darkness.
"So... this is what the mental world is like? No wonder you don't like it here." Mo Yi stretched out his hand, but couldn't see anything. Only pitch black.
"You get used to it. But if you want, you can just give me the body." Original Sin's voice sounded faintly in the darkness.
"No, you stay here. A day more or less doesn't matter!"
"Get lost, I'm sending you out right now." Original Sin said.
"The driver's about to start the car! Beep, beep, Wasteful Son card."
"Go!"
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The scene of the second stage of the Ascension Ceremony. Halfway up the Immortal Mountain.
The crowd had gradually woken up. The first to wake up was Mo Luo Xue. It took her only half an hour to escape the nightmare. Then, Xiao Yan woke up. Following them was the Confucian scholar who was among the top contenders on the Jade Disc Immortal Path...
Now, almost everyone had woken up. The expressions on their faces were varied, some were sad to the point of tears, some were ecstatic as if they had won millions, and some were lost in thought, a sense of awakening to reality.
Those who had successfully broken through the second stage had all received a good lesson. The success of breaking through the stage brought them not only pride and joy, but also a deeper understanding and knowledge of themselves.
So far, out of over 500 people, 400 had woken up. Only over 100 were still struggling in the illusion. Time was running out for them to break through.
The last hundred people sat on their meditation cushions with no expression on their faces. Those who had successfully broken through were all looking at these people with mockery and disdain. In their hearts, those who hadn't successfully broken through were simply inferior, untalented waste.
The most watched of them all was a man in white, Mo Yi.
Mo Luo Xue sat beside Mo Yi. After successfully breaking through the stage, the first thing she looked at was Mo Yi. Seeing that he hadn't woken up faster than her, she couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction. On the Jade Disc Immortal Path, Mo Yi had been too outstanding, making her feel a bit overwhelmed. But now, she had finally regained some confidence.
But as time went by, Mo Luo Xue's initial self-satisfaction and joy dissipated, replaced by a deep sense of frustration and worry... Why hadn't Mo Yi woken up yet?!
The sun in the sky gradually sank towards the west. The sunlight was no longer bright, occasionally thick clouds blocked it, casting the land in shadow. Everyone's hearts understood one thing - time was running out for the last 100 to break through.
"That idiot, wasn't he so arrogant before? Where is he now? Haha, turns out he's just a waste."
"Don't say that, even trash has its dignity, at least he's not completely useless... See, he's got a beautiful, like a fairy descended to earth, sister. Haha!"
"That young man defeating that ugly man was a trick, right? What a dirty move. Tsk tsk, if someone like that becomes a celestial being, it would be a disaster for the people of the world!"
Such comments about Mo Yi gradually began to sound. The crowd waiting for the last 100 to break through started mocking them with a sense of superiority. And the one they were most critical of was Mo Yi, who had previously been in the limelight.
The gossip and mockery grew louder. Gradually, some started to look at Mo Yi with malice in their eyes.
"Why... don't we just take him out here? The Celestials didn't say we couldn't do it, right?"
"You're right, let's..."
When the gossip became too loud, Mo Luo Xue slightly raised her head. She slowly swept her gaze across the crowd, her lips curled into a smile, her teeth parting, and a word filled with boundless anger and coldness escaped her lips.
"Scram!"