Elysia accompanied Fu Hua for a stroll in the courtyard for a while.
Fu Hua suddenly said to Elysia, "Alright, you don't need to accompany me anymore. It's time for you to wake up."
With that, Fu Hua threw a punch at Elysia.
Elysia looked at the punch and instantly sobered up.
Sitting on the bed, Elysia looked at her hands, then at the foggy scene outside the window.
So… when did she return to her room to sleep?
Sure enough, Fu Hua was still terrifying.
She had unknowingly sent her back to her room and even made her fall asleep!
This time, Fu Hua did not block Elysia's memory.
Elysia clearly remembered the boxing techniques Fu Hua taught her in the dream.
Elysia tried to throw a punch in the air, following the method from the dream.
However, the effect produced was not the same as in the dream.
Elysia scratched her head. She was clearly following the method Fu Hua taught in the dream, so why wasn't it working?
At this moment, Fu Hua looked at Elysia's movements and sighed, her emotions unknown.
This boxing technique needed to be used with Honkai Energy. If she didn't even mobilize a bit of Honkai Energy and merely went through the motions, even if Honkai Energy had its own consciousness, it wouldn't be able to cooperate with her.
Just then, a knock came from outside the door. "Elysia, are you awake?" Fu Hua's voice drifted in from outside the door.
"I'm awake!" Elysia stopped her formless boxing.
She sat up directly from the bed and looked at the clothes she was wearing; it was still the same set from last night.
So, after Fu Hua sent Elysia back last night, she didn't help Elysia change clothes.
Elysia reached out to smooth out the wrinkles on her clothes caused by sleeping.
Opening the door and seeing Fu Hua standing there, Elysia still couldn't reconcile the Fu Hua from her dream with the current Fu Hua.
"Fu Hua, where can I wash up? After all, a beautiful girl can't go out looking like this," Elysia asked Fu Hua.
Fu Hua pointed in a direction, "Walk that way, and you'll see a well. You can wash up next to the well."
Looking at Elysia as she went to wash up, Fu Hua added, "After you're done washing up, go directly to where we ate dinner last night for breakfast."
"Got it," Elysia said, waving her hand.
While washing up, she looked at her reflection in the water.
Elysia gave herself a smile.
She was still the very beautiful, very cute Elysia, although her blue-purple gradient hair and dark red pupils gave her a sharper feeling.
But it also brought her a unique temperament.
"Indeed, today's Elysia is also very cute ♬ ~" Elysia nodded with satisfaction.
Elysia confidently walked into the dining area.
Fu Hua was already sitting at the table, waiting.
Miss Li entered from outside, carrying three portions of breakfast.
After sitting down, she distributed the breakfast to Elysia and Fu Hua.
"Good morning, Lord Fu Hua, Miss Elysia," Miss Li greeted after sitting down.
"Good morning, Sister Li," Elysia said sweetly.
Fu Hua simply nodded and made no other movements.
Seeing the two quietly eating breakfast, Elysia didn't feel comfortable speaking and quietly ate her breakfast.
After breakfast was finished and Miss Li had cleared all the dishes.
"Lord Fu Hua, do you need an escort when entering Mount Taixu?"
"No, I can go in with Elysia," Fu Hua said, shaking her head.
"Understood, Lord Fu Hua. Then I will wait for your return in the residence," Miss Li said, bowing, then left with the dishes.
After a short rest, Elysia and Fu Hua walked out of the residence.
They headed in the direction of Mount Taixu.
Upon reaching the foot of Mount Taixu.
"Elysia, from now on, follow my steps," Fu Hua said, and without further explanation, she led the way.
Although Elysia was a bit confused, this was Fu Hua's home after all, so it was best to listen to Fu Hua.
Fu Hua walked ahead, and Elysia followed behind, step by step, along a mountain path.
Soon, Elysia found it a bit difficult to keep up with Fu Hua's pace.
Because Fu Hua was walking too fast.
"Fu Hua, slow down, slow down!" Elysia suddenly forgot how to take the next step.
But when she looked up, Fu Hua had already walked several steps away.
Elysia called out to her from behind, but she didn't respond.
"Fu Hua! Wait for me!" Elysia cupped her hands like a megaphone and shouted at Fu Hua.
But Fu Hua kept walking forward.
Elysia looked at the path ahead, then at Fu Hua, who was getting further and further away.
She no longer cared about her steps and simply jogged to catch up with Fu Hua.
"Fu Hua, why aren't you listening to me, Fu Hua?" Elysia reached out and patted Fu Hua's shoulder.
Fu Hua stopped.
"Fu Hua, what's wrong? Why did you stop?" Elysia was just about to walk next to Fu Hua.
The 'Fu Hua' in front of her turned her head 180 degrees directly.
Seeing the turned head, Elysia was stunned for a moment, then immediately threw a punch.
The one in front of her was not Fu Hua at all.
It was a Death Soldier!
As Elysia recognized the Death Soldier, the clothes on its body, which were originally the same as Fu Hua's, slowly transformed into the normal leather outfit of a Death Soldier.
Elysia pulled off the necklace from her neck.
By the time Elysia had made the motion of drawing a bow, the necklace had also transformed into a bow, appearing in her hand.
She drew the bowstring, aimed, and shot.
An arrow directly pierced through the head of the Death Soldier in front of her.
But even though this Death Soldier no longer had a head, it was still moving.
Looking at the headless figure, Elysia felt a chill down her spine.
After dodging the Death Soldier's scythe, the bow in Elysia's hand transformed into a pair of gloves.
She directly gripped the Death Soldier's scythe with one hand, preventing the Death Soldier from quickly raising the scythe again.
Her other hand was clenched into a fist, and she directly punched the Death Soldier in the chest.
She repelled the Death Soldier again.
Elysia now felt that she... must have fallen into some kind of illusion.
After all, this was Mount Taixu, Fu Hua's home, and there were people guarding it. Death Soldier shouldn't appear here.
"Fu Hua, are you there?" Elysia asked herself inwardly.
"Mhm," Fu Hua's voice appeared in Elysia's mind.
"What's going on here? Am I in an illusion or a dream right now?" Elysia vigilantly looked around.
"This is a real illusion, but don't worry, it's just for training juniors," Fu Hua explained.
Hearing what Fu Hua said, Elysia relaxed. That meant everything was normal. Good, good.
"Then if I had kept following Fu Hua's steps earlier, would I not have entered this illusion?" Elysia began to regret not continuously following Fu Hua's steps.
"No, you would have been pulled into the illusion even if you followed her."
"Eh? Why?" Elysia asked, a little unhappy.
"Because it's your first time coming to Mount Taixu. This is a necessary trial," Fu Hua said seriously.
"How can that be? Then how do I get out?"
"Just keep walking along the path," Fu Hua said, then fell silent.
No matter how Elysia called, Fu Hua did not say another word.
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