Chapter 1762 — A Strange Dream (Part Two)

"Then... what exactly is going on? If I really did swallow that black phoenix, could it be that it was the Dark Phoenix from my dream?" Gu Mengyao found it very hard to imagine what she had done the day before.

"Wait a moment. Let me think..." Wei Zhao said he needed to think, but in truth he meant to consult Jiao Yaozi in secret and ask whether he had ever encountered anything like this. After all, the old man knew far more than he did.

"Elder Jiao, do you have any idea what this situation is about?" Wei Zhao described the circumstances to Jiao Yaozi in secret and then asked.

"There is an impression... and yet there is not..." Jiao Yaozi said with a frown. "In my memory, there seems to be knowledge of something similar, but that part of my memory has not yet been unlocked... I truly cannot recall it... Still, from what I understand, this sort of thing should be called the inheritance of memory!"

"The inheritance of memory?" Wei Zhao was slightly taken aback. Inheritance again? Lately, inheritance was the word he heard most often.

"That is right!" Jiao Yaozi said. "As far as I know, a person's memory is in fact a set of brain waves. After a person dies, that set of brain waves exists in nature in a free-floating form, but by some chance coincidence, it may resonate with the brain waves of certain living people and be absorbed by them..."

"You mean Gu Mengyao received a set of brain waves?" Wei Zhao asked.

"You could put it that way. For example, under certain specific circumstances, if two people happen to do the same thing by coincidence, and this set of brain waves happens to be nearby, it may be absorbed..." Jiao Yaozi nodded and explained. "Or else, if the two people's brain wave frequencies are similar—relatives, for instance—resonance can also occur and the brain waves be absorbed... In fact, what people commonly call a dead person appearing in a dream is exactly this principle... Of course, this is only my shallow view. Whether it is right or not, I do not know. I am merely summing it up from the memories I currently have."

"What you say sounds rather mysterious, and yet it does seem to make sense!" Wei Zhao nodded and said. "So that is to say, perhaps long ago someone else also swallowed a Dark Phoenix—a black phoenix—and Gu Mengyao swallowed this Dark Phoenix too, which is why she had such a dream? That is, when Gu Mengyao swallowed it, that set of brain waves was absorbed by her, and this is what is called the inheritance of memory?"

"That is one way to understand it!" Jiao Yaozi said. "Of course, it could also be understood this way: this set of brain waves happened to be left behind by Gu Mengyao's ancestor. Did she not say so herself? The person in the dream resembled her somewhat, so this possibility is rather likely... She fell asleep, and nearby happened to be the Dark Phoenix her ancestor had swallowed in those years. Thus, by this chance coincidence, the brain waves resonated with hers, took control of her and made her do certain things, and appeared to her in a dream..."

"No way? Gu Mengyao's ancestor was a cultivator? And the leader of some sect?" Wei Zhao said in surprise.

"That I do not know. I am only analyzing it for you. As for the specific circumstances, I am not clear." Jiao Yaozi shook his head and said, "I have only told you the most likely possibility."

"So that means, no matter which of these two possibilities it is, both could be an inheritance of memory, and within Gu Mengyao's body there is also that Dark Phoenix bloodline?" Wei Zhao asked.

"I do not know." Jiao Yaozi said very bluntly. "Perhaps there is, perhaps there is not. Perhaps it is merely a pure inheritance of memory..."

"All right..." Wei Zhao smiled bitterly. At least, there was nothing abnormal about Gu Mengyao's body at that moment. If anyone said she had awakened some inherited bloodline, Wei Zhao would not quite believe it either, but what had happened the day before was indeed baffling.

After leaving the jade pendant space, Wei Zhao said to Gu Mengyao, "There should not be much of a problem. Do not let it weigh on your mind. It was only a dream; it does not signify anything. And you swallowed a spirit beast, which may make you stronger and healthier. It will not bring any side effects."

As for any inheritance of memory, Wei Zhao did not explain further. Saying too much would only add to Gu Mengyao's psychological burden.

"Is that so..." Since Wei Zhao said there was nothing wrong, then there should be nothing wrong. After all, Wei Zhao was a very formidable physician, and every time she had fallen ill, it was Wei Zhao who had helped cure her.

"Yes. Since there is nothing wrong, let us set out." Wei Zhao had a vague foreboding in his heart. The jade pendant seemed to be urging him to leave as soon as possible, as though something was about to happen, so he did not want to linger.

Naturally, no one objected to Wei Zhao's proposal. The four of them packed up briefly, ate a little breakfast at the hotel, and set off straight away...

Meanwhile, the Shadow Group of the Dark Night Palace had already begun searching outward from the Dark Night Spirit Mountain!

As the ace eyes and ears of the Dark Night Palace, the Shadow Group was absolutely professional, and so they searched very carefully, spreading outward with the Dark Night Palace as the center. Yet even after searching the entire Dark Night Spirit Mountain, they found nothing unusual at all!

The head of the Shadow Group immediately notified Elder Li, and Elder Li promptly brought the news to the Grand Elder.

Aside from their disagreement over the matter of Gu Mengyao, Elder Li and the Grand Elder generally remained of one mind on major issues within the palace.

"I report to the Grand Elder: the Shadow Group found nothing unusual on the Dark Night Spirit Mountain!" Elder Li said.

"Oh? Nothing unusual?" The Grand Elder frowned, somewhat puzzled. "Could it be that this anomaly did not appear on the Dark Night Spirit Mountain? That cannot be right. From what I sensed, it should have been somewhere nearby—which is why I thought Wan'er had broken through to the Heaven Rank and that the Dark Phoenix bloodline within her body had awakened..."

"Could it be that there is someone else nearby whose body contains the Dark Phoenix bloodline, and it suddenly awakened and received the inheritance?" Elder Li was also perplexed. After all, the Shadow Group had found nothing! He trusted the Shadow Group's ability. Since even the Shadow Group had found no problem, then there truly was no problem.

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