Revelation of the Way of Heaven

Chapter 324 Past Illusions

Raindrops fell vertically from the sky, landing on him and then slowly running down his body. He stood motionless, staring at the ruins before him. Under the onslaught of the heavy rain, rocks tumbled down the mountain, burying the quarry below the cliff and the makeshift wooden huts nearby. A group of people, disregarding the heavy rain, busied themselves in the muddy ground, seemingly trying to rescue those buried below.

"Zhou Bin, why are you standing here all alone without even wearing a straw hat?" Han Kexin, wearing a large straw hat, walked up to Zhou Bin and couldn't help but say as she looked at him, who was soaked to the bone.

Zhou Bin turned around, looked at Han Kexin with a blank expression, and slowly asked, "Kexin, do you think my parents are dead?"

Han Kexin looked at the busy adults and after a while replied, "I think so."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Bin burst into tears, leaving Han Kexin at a loss for what to do.

Qin Xiaochuan and Guo Shiyi arrived here at this time.

They knew something was wrong as soon as they left the school. A sudden downpour last night caused a quarry collapse, burying Zhou Bin's parents at the foot of the mountain.

Seeing Xiao Zhoubin crying his heart out, Guo Shiyi couldn't help but turn her head away.

Qin Xiaochuan walked over, took off his straw hat, and put it on Zhou Bin's head. He didn't know what to say for a moment; the bad news came too suddenly.

It took a long time for people to dig out the bodies of Zhou Bin's parents. Then they gathered at Zhou Bin's house to discuss how to handle the funeral arrangements. Because there were too many people, the house couldn't hold them all, so Qin Xiaochuan and Guo Shiyi had to go back to the school dormitory with Han Keyun.

"I never imagined Zhou Bin's background was so tragic. No wonder he's always been so quiet and reserved," Guo Shiyi sighed.

"This happened so suddenly. They were fine last night, and I never expected this tragedy to happen today." Qin Xiaochuan couldn't help but sigh.

"That's how fate is. You never know whether tomorrow or an accident will come first. In fact, many things seem sudden, but fate has already given hints. From the moment a person comes into this world, many things are already predetermined. The tragedy you see in them now is just them paying off the debts they owed in their previous lives. Now that they are dead, the debts are cleared. In a sense, it may not be a bad thing for them." Han Keyun spoke calmly, as if she were an old man who had seen through fate.

Qin Xiaochuan knew she possessed the ability to foresee destiny; she must have seen the cause of their misfortune to say those words. A bold idea suddenly occurred to him, and he couldn't help but ask, "Fate? Is fate truly unchangeable?"

Upon hearing Qin Xiaochuan's words, Guo Shiyi's eyes lit up, and she said, "You mean...? Do you mean you want to...?"

"Our purpose in coming here was to explore the truth of this world. I think this is a great opportunity. Maybe we can change the fate of Zhou Bin's parents," Qin Xiaochuan replied confidently.

Han Keyun understood what he meant. She frowned and said, "Forcibly reversing someone else's cause and effect can easily backfire. Moreover, in my understanding, things that are destined cannot be changed."

"We'll know if it can be changed once we try," Qin Xiaochuan said. "To be honest, seeing Zhou Bin crying his eyes out, I really wanted to do something for him."

"Yes, I want to too. It's so tragic to lose your parents at such a young age," Guo Shiyi said, supporting him.

Han Keyun knew that the two had made up their minds, so she stopped trying to persuade them. She only told them to be careful and said, "Perhaps this is your destiny."

So Qin Xiaochuan and Guo Shiyi left the current world and reloaded into this world at the time they met Zhou Bin's parents last night.

"Dr. Han, you are really amazing! You have helped our village solve so many problems!" Zhou's father said to Han Keyun, who had just subdued Yan Yinpo.

"Uncle Zhou, you flatter me," Han Keyun said with a smile. Qin Xiaochuan knew that she was about to say goodbye to the two of them, so he immediately said to Zhou's parents, "You'd better not go to the quarry today."

"Why?" Zhou's father asked in confusion, and Han Keyun also looked at Qin Xiaochuan with a puzzled expression.

"Because it's going to rain heavily tonight." Qin Xiaochuan looked at the dark sky, the stars slowly being shrouded by dark clouds, and the night gradually deepening. His mind was racing, trying to find a compelling excuse to stop them, but he couldn't find one. So he had to tell the truth: "In such heavy rain, the quarry might collapse."

"How could that be? Our quarry has been operating for years without any accidents," Zhou's father said nonchalantly. Perhaps Qin Xiaochuan's words displeased him, for he then bid farewell to Han Keyun, saying, "Dr. Han, you're busy, we'll be going now."

"Okay, Uncle Zhou, please be careful on your way," Han Keyun replied.

"Okay, Uncle Zhou, please be careful on your way," Han Keyun replied.

Seeing that Zhou's parents were about to walk away, Qin Xiaochuan quickly called out, "Wait a minute."

The two stopped upon hearing this, turned around and looked at Qin Xiaochuan with confusion. Qin Xiaochuan walked up to them and said, "You really can't go to the quarry tonight, it'll be dangerous."

"Young man, why would you say such a thing?" Zhou's father was clearly displeased. "Those words are a bit like cursing someone. If it weren't for Dr. Han's sake, I would really be angry."

"I'm doing this for your own good," Qin Xiaochuan insisted. "To tell you the truth, I actually know a thing or two about face reading. The dark aura around your foreheads suggests bad luck for your travels tonight, so you should head home as soon as possible."

Mr. Zhou was clearly frightened by Qin Xiaochuan's words. He and Mrs. Zhou exchanged a glance, a hint of hesitation flashing in their eyes. But after a moment, they said incredulously, "You can still see black mist in this dark weather?" As they spoke, they raised their flashlights and shone them on Qin Xiaochuan's forehead, angrily saying, "I think you're the one shrouded in black mist. Be careful, you might suffer a bloody disaster."

"How can you speak so rudely, young man?" Zhou's mother was also very angry, and the two turned to leave as they spoke.

"Don't you think about Zhou Bin? If something really happens to you, Zhou Bin is still so young, what will you do with him?" Qin Xiaochuan said loudly.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhou stopped simultaneously. Mr. Zhou turned around to look at Qin Xiaochuan and asked hesitantly, "Are you telling the truth? You really can read faces?"

"We'll know tomorrow whether it's true or not. Even if we skip one night, we won't lose many watermelons, right?" Qin Xiaochuan said.

"Alright, we'll trust you this once. If anything really happens at the quarry tomorrow, I'll personally come to thank you." Zhou's father finally stopped being stubborn and listened to Qin Xiaochuan's words, going home.

"We finally managed to persuade them to go back, so there shouldn't be any problems now," Guo Shiyi said.

"I don't think there will be any problems. Let's just verify it tomorrow," Qin Xiaochuan said. Looking at Han Keyun's confused eyes, he smiled and said, "Sister Keyun, I know you're confused. If they're all safe and sound tomorrow night, I'll explain the reason to you."

Qin Xiaochuan and Guo Shiyi exited the illusion again and re-entered the next day. It was still pouring rain. When Qin Xiaochuan eagerly arrived at Zhou Bin's house, he discovered that the tragedy had still occurred. Qin Xiaochuan was puzzled and asked Han Keyun before understanding. It turned out that after returning home last night, Zhou's parents couldn't stop thinking about the quarry and tossed and turned. When the rainstorm came, they remembered that the quarry's most valuable drilling machine was still underground. If a collapse occurred, at least the drilling machine should be moved. So the two rushed back to the quarry, only to find that the accident had still happened.

Upon hearing this, Qin Xiaochuan was so taken aback that he was speechless.

"Could this be destiny?" Guo Shiyi couldn't help but ask.

"That's not necessarily true." Qin Xiaochuan was still somewhat unwilling to give up. "What if we use force to compel them both to stay at home? I don't believe anything unexpected will happen."

"What do you mean?" Guo Shiyi looked at him strangely. "If we do this, they'll probably think we're bandits, right?"

"But when they found out the next day that the quarry had collapsed, they understood that we did this for their own good," Qin Xiaochuan said dismissively. "In extraordinary times, we have to do extraordinary things."

"Yes, okay. As long as it can save them, I think it's something we can do." Guo Shiyi also chose to support him.

Han Keyun looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression, completely unaware of what they were talking about. Qin Xiaochuan smiled at her and then left the illusion of the past.

When Qin Xiaochuan encountered Zhou's parents again, he did the same thing as before, persuading them to return home. He secretly followed them and waited outside their house. When the two went out again, Guo Shiyi immediately tied them up with rattan.

"What are you doing?" Zhou's father asked in alarm.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Zhou, we did this for your own good. We really can't just stand by and watch you suffer. You'll understand our good intentions by tomorrow morning," Qin Xiaochuan said apologetically.

"I know you mean well, we just want to move the machine around a bit and come right back," Mr. Zhou quickly explained.

"That won't do either. You're both currently plagued by bad luck, and you're bound to encounter misfortune if you go out. Just in case, I'll have to make do with you for one night." Qin Xiaochuan said without any mercy. Just as Zhou's father was about to shout, Guo Shiyi immediately sealed his mouth with a rattan cane. The two of them acted swiftly and decisively, clearly seasoned veterans in this field.

After dragging Zhou's parents into the house, Qin Xiaochuan left Zhou Bin's home and exited the illusion to reload to the next day. However, when they arrived at Zhou Bin's home, they were dumbfounded. Zhou Bin's home had been reduced to ruins. Not only did Zhou Bin's parents perish, but Zhou Bin's grandmother and young Zhou Bin also met their demise.

Looking at the burnt remains of Zhou Bin's house, Qin Xiaochuan was filled with doubt. It was pouring rain last night, so how could Zhou Bin's house have been reduced to ruins? With these questions in mind, he went to Han Keyun again, and only then did he understand that lightning had struck the roof of Zhou Bin's house last night. Due to the continuous drought and the fact that the house was a wooden structure, the lightning caused a fire inside. Although the fire was eventually extinguished by the heavy rain, the people inside could not escape their fate. Han Keyun was still a little confused about this. Although the fire started suddenly, Zhou's parents were all healthy and strong; surely it was possible that no one could escape.

Qin Xiaochuan remembered that the two of them had been bound with wooden vines last night, which was why they couldn't escape the fire. Looking at Guo Shiyi's guilty expression, Qin Xiaochuan held her hand and comforted her, "It's not your fault. Maybe this is fate. If we forcefully change other people's fate, it will only involve more people. So if anyone is to blame, it's me. It was all a bad idea of ​​mine."

Guo Shiyi glanced at him and said, "Let's restore their fates to normal."

Qin Xiaochuan nodded, reloading to the moment he met Zhou Bin's parents, and didn't say another word to them.