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“No, I don’t.”
Bei Quan shook his head.
Wei Fuyuan: “Then ……?”
When he met Bei Quan’s master earlier, he heard the other party mention ‘knowing one’s past life’ and he became very curious.
However, the atmosphere was not right at the time and Xiao Wei didn’t dare to interrupt the conversation so casually, hence the topic was not discussed further.
Now that his lover brought the subject up again, Wei Fuyuan thought that Bei Quan might have been told something by his Master in private, but this speculation was quickly shut down.
Bei Quan gently brushed Wei Fuyuan’s eyebrows and said, “In the Zhuling Secret Realm, there is a place called ‘The Pool of All Beings’. If you walk into this pool, you can remember your previous life.”
“So, it’s something magical?!”
Wei Fuyuan gasped, “Isn’t that the equivalent to not drinking Meng Po’s soup?”
Bei Quan nodded, “Your description is quite accurate.”
Wei Fuyuan suddenly became curious again, “What about you? Have you ever seen your past life?”
Bei Quan laughed, “Haven’t you already seen my memories?”
With that, Bei Quan’s finger tapped Wei Fuyuan’s temple, “I am not a normal persona and neither is my reincarnation, so naturally I know about my ‘past life’.”
He paused, ”But it’s been too long, and I can’t remember some things clearly anymore.”
Wei Fuyuan asked again, “What about you… aren’t you curious? I mean, about the parts that you’ve forgotten?
“Indeed, I was curious before.”
Bei Quan changed positions and rested his head on Wei Fuyuan’s arm. “But, my master never let me get close to The Pool of All Beings…”
He thought for a moment and used a more appropriate expression:
“Actually, it’s not just me. From the first day we entered the Zhuling Secret Realm, our master taught us that past events should be left behind and that nothing should be kept close to our chests. Don’t get tangled up with past lives…”
Bei Quan sighed softly. “That’s why he never let anyone get close to The Pool of All Beings.”
Wei Fuyuan heard the implication. “But, you just asked me if I wanted to know about my past life…”
He blinked.
“Does that mean your master is willing to let us into the Pool of All Beings now?”
“Mhmm…”
Bei Quan stood up and found his shirt with two missing buttons in the corner.
He took out a red ruby from his front chest pocket.
“This is the ‘key’ to The Pool of All Beings. My master gave it to me personally.”
“He said… we can go if we want to.”
Wei Fuyuan: “…”
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After all, many people flock to hypnosis, which has been said to make people recall their past lives.
The sense of mystery and curiosity within life was indeed a natural trait that humans somehow find hard to suppress.
“…Is it even possible?”
Wei Fuyuan hesitated for a moment. “I do want to see… if it’s possible.”
“Hmm.”
Bei Quan gently pecked Wei Fuyuan’s lips. “If you want to see it, then let’s go and see it.”
———————
Bei Quan and Wei Fuyuan were both people who acted on their words.
The two stood up and got dressed, ready to go to the legendary Pool of All Beings, which had only been heard of but never seen.
Just now their “loving embrace” started in a heated flurry. Bei Quan and Wei Fuyuan’s clothes were both more or less destroyed with either the buttons missing or the lining torn, meaning they couldn’t wear them again. So, Bei Quan opened the wardrobe that was already in the room.
There were many clothes in the cabinet, all being traditional Chinese clothing. They were almost only in black and white in color, with occasionally one or two sets of gray tones.
Bei Quan rummaged around for a while and found a moon-white Tang suit with flowing cloud patterns and embroidery.
He gestured to Wei Fuyuan, “This suit is looser, it should fit you.”
In fact, there was only a five centimeters difference in height, but having just stripped down and compared bodies, Bei Quan was fairly sure that there was still some difference in physique between himself and Wei Fuyuan.
Wei Fuyuan put on Bei Quan’s clothes as he was told to do and curiously asked, “Why do you seem to only wear black and white clothes? Is it your preference?”
“Oh, it’s not,”
As Bei Quan answered, he began to wear another black Tang suit of a similar style.
“With my demonic body and frame, I’m not that comfortable with bright colors.”
Wei Fuyuan’s smile froze on his face.
He remembered the memories that belonged to Bei Quan.
In his past life, Bei Quan was seriously injured, crawled out of a pile of corpses, and fell off a cliff with his broken body.
In his last moments, he lay in an icy creek, as he looked up at the clouds in the sky…
——Blood, pain, and death were Bei Quan’s ultimate destination.
Thinking of this, Wei Fuyuan felt heartbroken.
He even regretted his decision to go to The Pool of All Beings.
Wei Fuyuan reached out and hugged Bei Quan from behind as he buried his nose in his neck, and rubbed hard.
“Or maybe we shouldn’t go?”
Bei Quan turned his head while fastening the buckle and asked, “Why?”
Wei Fuyuan replied in a gloomy tone, “…You had such a hard time in your past life, so let’s try and forget about some things.”
Bei Quan laughed and said, “I won’t go to the Pool of All Beings.”
He turned around in Wei Fuyuan’s arms and looked at his little boyfriend.
“I’m not that curious about my past life, but… I want to know all about yours.”
Bei Quan spoke the truth.
He was very intrigued by the Master’s words, ‘It is indeed him.’
If he guessed correctly, the master was implying that his bond with Wei Fuyuan was far older than he had realized.
——Bei Quan wanted to hear Wei Fuyuan tell him from his own mouth that there was something between them that he didn’t know about.
“Oh, okay.”
Since it was something Bei Quan wanted to know, Wei Fuyuan naturally had no hesitation.
“Shall we go now?”
The Pool of All Beings was located on the south side of Zhuling Secret Realm, almost diagonally opposite Bei Quan’s residence, which wasn’t within range of the Floating Palace.
This meant that Bei Quan and Wei Fuyuan must first return to the island through the teleportation gate, and then walk through most of the island to reach the Pool of All Beings.
Bei Quan estimated that it would take them about two hours to get there.
Wei Fuyuan became visibly upset when he heard that they would have to take the mountain path again.
“Apart from the time we spend soaking in the pool, it will take us four hours just to get there and back, right?”
He talked about going into the Pool of All Beings as if he was going to soak in a hot spring.
“Shouldn’t we have lunch first? … Or wait, is it dinnertime?”
Wei Fuyuan blinked as he pondered.
“Hey, wait a minute!”
He turned to Bei Quan.
“We’ve been here for most of the day, haven’t we? So, why do I feel like I’m not that hungry?”
After walking the mountain road for four hours, undergoing a mental test from Bei Quan’s Master, and then enjoying a round of fun under bed sheets, the whole experience should have left him so hungry that he could eat an entire cow.
But surprisingly, Wei Fuyuan was only slightly hungry, much less than he thought he would be.
“It’s because this is Zhuling Secret Realm.”
Bei Quan laughed and said, “The concentration of spiritual energy is much stronger here than in the real world, so people don’t easily feel thirsty or hungry.”
As he spoke, he took out a small white jade bottle from the inner pocket of his gown. He poured out two red-brown pills the size of marbles, rubbed off the wax seal and handed them to Wei Fuyuan.
“These are the legendary Fasting Pills. They can keep you going for half a day.”
Wei Fuyuan took them and swallowed them with a gulp.
The pill melted in his mouth, with a subtle slightly salty and astringent taste, accompanied by a strong plant fragrance.
It wasn’t delicious, but much more palatable than ordinary Chinese medicine.
After swallowing the Fasting Pill, the slight thirst and hunger arising within quickly disappeared.
Wei Fuyuan exclaimed, “Wow, this is really convenient!”
He thought for a moment before adding, “But, despite the convenience, I still prefer normal food.”
After all, the desire for food and drink is an important source of pleasure in life.
Although occasionally, it’s okay to take shortcuts for a meal.
Wei Fuyuan felt that he would soon go crazy with cravings if he only ate Fasting Pills every day.
“Hahaha!” Bei Quan laughed, “Yes, I think so too.”
He winked at Wei Fuyuan. “We can’t order takeout in the Zhu Ling Secret Realm, but when we get back, we can order something delicious to eat!”
Wei Fuyuan nodded vigorously.
He felt like he had learned a little more about Bei Quan being with him here.
No wonder Bei Quan liked salty, spicy, and stimulating flavors and was especially fond of sweets.
Anyone who had eaten Fasting Pills for more than twenty years would be eager to try different tastes.
———————
Two hours later, they both climbed a steep zigzagged staircase onto a red crystal cliff and stood side by side.
“Look,” Bei Quan pointed down the cliff, “This is the Pool of All Beings.”
Wei Fuyuan: ???
He didn’t see any pool at all, only a nearly circular inverted crater shape below the cliff, which looked like it was caused by a meteorite impact.
“Where’s the water?”
Wei Fuyuan asked, puzzled.
Bei Quan smiled, “Don’t worry, the water will come soon enough.”
He took out the red crystal that his master gave him from his pocket and inserted it into a crack into the cliff-face.
Click.
Wei Fuyuan heard a crisp sound like glass breaking.
All of a sudden, a pale blue clear liquid suddenly bubbled up from the center of the meteorite pit-shaped depression above the cliff.
Wei Fuyuan: “!!”
This mysterious Pool of All Beings even had an automatic water release function!
Bei Quan’s master appeared to have been very thoughtful!
The pool filled up quickly, and by the time Bei Quan had led Wei Fuyuan down the cliff from the other side and arrived next to the Pool of All Beings, the water level had reached the edge of the pool.
The gurgling sound of water suddenly stopped.
“It’s ready.”
Bei Quan smiled at Wei Fuyuan, then gently pushed him on the shoulder.
“Go in quickly.”
