Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1406: Collapse of the Dao Heart

Fang Yuqing stared into Zhang Yi's eyes and asked gently, "So, which do you prefer? Here, or in the dream?"

Zhang Yi looked at Fang Yuqing and answered without hesitation, grinning. "Here, of course!"

There was no room for doubt.

Any normal person making that choice would choose to live in this place.

"Exactly! Since this place is better, there's no need to overthink it. Just live well!"

Fang Yuqing took Zhang Yi's hand, laughing as she ran ahead.

Spring flowers bloomed, a gentle breeze blew, and the park near the residential complex was covered in lush green grass. Many people were walking their pets there. Everything looked perfect.

...

"Brother Zhang Yi, it's all an illusion. Wake up!"

A distant voice came from the sky, echoing violently in Zhang Yi's mind.

The next moment, he abruptly opened his eyes.

Everything in front of him had returned to its original state. There was no more pristine white ceiling, no gentle and lovely Fang Yuqing, no friendly and united neighbors, no warm-as-spring Yuelu Residential Complex.

Zhang Yi stared blankly ahead. Only a young monk looked back at him, a mix of surprise and regret on his face.

Zhang Yi suddenly felt a chill on his face.

Without realizing it, he had shed tears.

Everything was like a dream, like an illusion.

Even knowing that everything he had just experienced was fake, it was still unforgettable.

The Lord of the Charnel Ground said, "Amitabha. I never expected that you, benefactor, would have such strong willpower. It seems you are fated to be with our Buddhist sect!"

The Lord of the Charnel Ground spoke with deep emotion.

The Six Dusts Distinguish Consciousness could drag people into an illusion, showing them the most beautiful world, causing them to indulge in it and be unable to extricate themselves.

Even if they realized it was an illusion, they wouldn't want to wake up.

But Zhang Yi had actually broken free from the illusion. This could not help but fill the Lord of the Charnel Ground with great emotion.

Zhang Yi didn't speak. His heart, however, was filled with boundless emotion.

What strong willpower did he have to wake from the beautiful illusion woven by his own mind?

It was only through his conversation with the Snow Mountain Divine Eagle that he had learned of the Lord of the Charnel Ground's ability.

He had been on guard against the Lord of the Charnel Ground's move from the very beginning.

So, before entering the Great Snow Mountain, he had Yang Xinxin shoot an arrow into him.

A rule-based ability was absolute and forceful.

The rule of this arrow would only take effect after Zhang Yi was controlled by the illusion.

Through an absolute ability, Zhang Yi was forcibly made to recognize reality.

Yang Xinxin didn't exist in the dream, but Zhang Yi absolutely could not forget her. So the dream naturally shattered, forcing Zhang Yi back to reality.

He looked up at the Lord of the Charnel Ground and said softly, "Thank you for showing me everything. Although it was all fake, it helped me make up for years of regret."

Being able to have a beautiful dream—wasn't that also a kind of happiness?

The next moment, Zhang Yi's tone turned cold.

"But I'm not going to just pretend nothing happened with you attacking me!"

The Lord of the Charnel Ground frowned. "I only wanted to seal you temporarily. I know that you have long been secretly colluding with Luozhuo."

Zhang Yi nodded. "That's right. Since you know, there's nothing more to say between us now."

After his words ended, he didn't strike immediately.

Instead, he waved his hand toward the side.

A woman slowly emerged from Mu Yan's Shadow Space.

A woman with seaweed-like flowing hair, a perfect figure, radiating a motherly glow of gentleness and beauty.

When the Lord of the Charnel Ground saw her, a brilliant light quickly lit up in his eyes.

She was Liu Ruyan.

She was the woman who had enlightened the Lord of the Charnel Ground.

She was the woman who, with her warm and soft embrace, had given him his most primal comfort.

It was because she helped the Lord of the Charnel Ground become a true man that he gained enough confidence to lead the Sangha Monastery's army without hesitation into the Demon Abyss.

But the Lord of the Charnel Ground didn't understand why the woman he loved was here, by Zhang Yi's side.

No matter what, his heart was full of confidence and pride.

He believed that this woman had been completely conquered by him.

From their many encounters, he felt that she was completely submissive to him, having given herself entirely, body and soul, as his possession.

The Lord of the Charnel Ground beckoned to Liu Ruyan.

Without any extra words, he said only a single word.

"Come."

Liu Ruyan looked at the Lord of the Charnel Ground, her eyes brimming with tender affection, as if she was expressing the pangs of lovesickness after many days apart.

Her alluring figure swayed like a willow in the wind. It was this voluptuous, soft, and passionate body that had allowed the Lord of the Charnel Ground to taste endless pleasure on countless nights.

Zhang Yi was smiling at this moment too.

He merely glanced at Liu Ruyan and slowly raised his arm.

"Come."

Liu Ruyan's gaze immediately shifted to Zhang Yi. Then, without a moment's hesitation, she walked up to him and snuggled into his arms like a clinging bird.

For the first time, a look of shock and bewilderment appeared on the Lord of the Charnel Ground's face.

He staggered back a few steps, his face pale as a sheet, unable to believe what he was seeing.

Wasn't this woman already conquered by him?

Hadn't she already become his possession, deeply in love with him, moved by his strength and profound knowledge?

So why, right in front of him, would she throw herself into another man's arms?

Zhang Yi held Liu Ruyan close. In front of the Lord of the Charnel Ground, he kneaded her body forcefully, a look of unrestrained, mocking glee on his face.

"Enjoy the gift I sent you?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. She's a woman I found. I tell her to do something, and she does it."

"Right, do you think she fell in love with you and was willing to give you everything willingly?"

"Did she look at you with adoring eyes, call you master, making you think you had her wrapped around your finger?"

"I can tell you very clearly. The number of men she has entertained in Blizzard City is no less than a thousand. It's just her job."

Zhang Yi's words were very calm, but each sentence was like a heavy hammer, smashing viciously against the Lord of the Charnel Ground's heart.

He had lived for over twenty years and had never experienced matters of love between a man and a woman before.

Liu Ruyan was his first woman, his enlightenment teacher.

She had made this big boy feel the pleasure of being a man, making him fall deeply in love with her, unable to extricate himself.

But now, Zhang Yi was telling him that his beloved was just a prostitute who took money for her services?!

The Lord of the Charnel Ground's inner pride was utterly destroyed in that instant.

His dignity as a man, his confidence as the Lord of the Charnel Ground of the esoteric sect, was being ground into the dirt by Zhang Yi.

"Pfft!"

Choked by a surge of rage, he violently spat out a mouthful of blood.

He raised a finger, his eyes filled with a demonic hatred.

"You... you... you..."

"An unforgivable crime!"