Samsara Online

Chapter 490: Mysterious Dreams

Xie Feng stared at Han Xue Nai and slowly his body began to tremble. However, he controlled himself and asked in such a low voice that he looked like he was whispering to a baby for fear of scaring her, "My precious Xue Nai, what do you mean you can’t enter that ’broken tower’?"

"Oh, just as you hear is what Xue Nai means." Han Xue Nai looked at Xie Feng with wide eyes and said as if it was obvious, "This princess can only look at that ugly broken tower from the distance. I once tried to get close but that thing caught me off guard when it threw a lightning flash at me which sent me flying and hurt me badly. Later, the big sister told me that I shouldn’t try to get too close or else the tower spirit would attack me."

Xie Feng blinked and wisely left out the words ’tower spirit’ since even if he asked he probably wouldn’t get an answer. Instead, he asked even in a low voice, "Just in case but.... By ’broken tower’ you are referring to the Void Tower, right?"

"... Big brother, did you hit your head or something?" The white-clothed girl looked at him regretfully before saying once again as if it was obvious, "If it’s not the Void Tower then what else is it supposed to be? I don’t think you can buy cultivation techniques at your school’s cafeteria or can you?"

Xie Feng sighed and finally gave up. It was clear that Han Xue Nai was messing with him.

This girl, despite looking a bit silly and quite innocent on most occasions, was actually as cunning as a little fox. Xie Feng had been fooled by her attitude lately but it was best not to forget that when he tried to get some information her mouth was always sealed as if three truckloads of cement had been put between her lips.

"This... Big brother Xie Feng?"

"Mm?" Xie Feng raised his head and looked at Xie Yao with a defeated expression on his face, "What’s wrong, Yao Yao?"

"No, well..." Xie Yao looked at Han Xue Nai and then looked at Xie Feng again before asking prettily, "If I’m not mistaken, the Void Tower is the place you mentioned before. What was its name again.... Heaven of Samsara! That’s right. Heaven of Samsara. So, I was wondering what you and Xue Nai were talking about..."

Gu Qianxue nodded and added, "It can’t be that the cultivation techniques you were talking about are actually game stuff, right?"

"Oh, of course, those cultivation techniques are from Samsara Online!" Han Xue Nai interrupted. She looked at the three girls and said in a serious voice trying to act like an adult, "You all should stop looking at Samsara Online as a normal game. You see, even big sister Qianxue’s eyes were healed thanks to the Pearl of Light that the perverted big brother got a while back!"

"Eh?" Gu Qianxue’s eyes widened in shock when she heard this.

Even Xie Yao felt incredulous for a moment before remembering that the little girl in front of her was not normal at all and was not even a being of this world.

"Indeed, what Xue Nai said is true." Xie Feng nodded, finally confirming that Gu Qianxue’s sudden healing was indeed related to the Pearl of Light in his possession. "The Pearl of Light, the first of the seven Saint grade pearls of Samsara Online I got has the ability to heal the wounded souls of people close to its holder."

"Mm." Han Xue Nai nodded and slowly said, "The Pearl of Light probably couldn’t heal big sister Qianxue right away because her soul was too damaged and because the pearl’s power is too suppressed."

The pearl power was suppressed? Xie Feng’s ears twitched upon hearing this. He had confirmed the stats of the two pearls he currently owned many times and there was nowhere that said ’weakened item’ or something like that.

However, he did not ask. Xie Feng knew that Han Xue Nai would definitely not tell him anything no matter how much he asked.

"This..."

Xie Yao and Gu Qianxue looked at each other in shock.

This was the first time Xie Feng had talked about how the game could actually affect reality. However, the two girls were in disbelief even though in their hearts they knew that what they were hearing was the truth.

Imagine that one day your older brother who never lied to you and was always serious suddenly appears before you and tells you that he was actually abducted by aliens, taken on a party to another galaxy, and then returned to Earth... You’d probably think it was a joke too, wouldn’t you? This was precisely the feeling that Xie Yao and Gu Qianxue were experiencing at this moment.

"What they say is true."

Everyone abruptly turned to the source of the voice and saw Shen Xinya frowning slightly.

"Actually, from the moment I started playing Samsara Online, I occasionally have some weird dreams." Shen Xinya said as she looked at Xie Feng, who was looking at her in amazement, and then she said somewhat unsure and hesitantly, "In those dreams, I see myself wearing clothes completely different from the clothes we wear on Earth nowadays. Long and beautiful robes or dresses similar to those in Xianxia movies.... Floating in the clouds like immortals and looking down on the world."

Shen Xinya paused for a moment and after hesitating for several seconds said quietly, "Sometimes, there also seems to be someone beside me, I know it’s female because of her voice but her face or any part of her body is blurry. However, as I progress through the quests that my Absolute Control Scepter guides me to complete each dream becomes clearer than the last."

This time it was Xie Feng’s turn to be dumbfounded as he looked at Shen Xinya in shock. This was the first time he had heard that other than him, there was actually one more person who was experiencing some sort of change in the real world after playing Samsara Online; and that person was none other than one of his women!

"Well, there’s no need to worry." Han Xue Nai shrugged and said easily, "Samsara Online was developed to help everyone regain what rightfully belongs to them. Every soul has a destiny, some destinies are stronger than others but at the same time more difficult to reach, therefore, it will depend on one’s willpower and perseverance to reach that destiny."

Xie Feng looked at Han Xue Nai with serious eyes and asked trying to remain calm, "Xue Nai, you really can’t tell us the truth? Wouldn’t that make everything easier for all of us?"

"No! Talking too much will burden your souls with karma and when you try to break from the Jade Core realm to Soul Transformation realm in the future it will be much harder to endure the Heavenly Tribulation." Han Xue Nai shook her head like a rattle causing her long night-black hair to dance all over the place. She looked at Xie Feng and pointed to his right hand as she said earnestly, "The God of Destruction Ring will naturally guide you, you just have to follow the path. The same goes for big sister Xinya, she just has to follow the path that the Absolute Control Scepter shows her. Time to time."

Jade Core? Soul Transformation? Heavenly Tribulation? Xie Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Xue Nai, could you speak Mandarin please?"

"Whatever." Han Xue Nai approached the dummy and said loudly, "From now on, this princess will teach the acupuncture points to the big sisters Xie Yao and Gu Qianxue. When the two of you learn the main acupuncture points, big brother pervert can transmit to you the cultivation techniques he has for both of you as they will surely suit each of you better compared to the ones I have."

"What about me?" Shen Xinya quickly interjected.

"Oh, big sister Xinya doesn’t need to study this." Han Xue Nai said indifferently. She thought for a moment and nodded as she said in a childlike voice, "You just need to do what you usually do like for example.... Yes! Like for example, eating food, sleeping, going to study, playing Samsara Online, and of course, playing Samsara Online!"

"Ha...." Shen Xinya nodded without even understanding a single word.

Xie Feng simply shook his head. There was nothing he could do here. Han Xue Nai surely knew many things and she should have deep reasons for doing what she was doing. He didn’t believe that she wanted to harm them not only because there was no need for someone so strong to go to the trouble of doing something so cumbersome but Xie Feng’s instinct told him that Han Xue Nai would definitely not hurt them in any way.

"Xue Nai, one last question."

"What is it?"

"About the Void Tower... Why can I enter and even read the cultivation techniques there even though those engravings are things I’ve never seen in my life?"

Han Xue Nai stared into his eyes for several seconds before she said in a low voice, "Big brother, why can you walk into this house?"

Xie Feng lowered his head and a thousand thoughts flashed through his mind. However, even though Han Xue Nai’s words were a bit weird, he finally raised his head and nodded, "I see."

He did not say anything else. Xie Feng was smart and as hard as it might be to accept the reality before him he knew that the truth was the truth no matter how crazy it might sound.