"Tell me I'm dreaming!"
She shouted.
Both of them were antsy and filled with expectations for this place as they knew among themselves they got to the garden by no normal means—they passed through a space gate.
Tianzun was already lost and mesmerised by the place beauty.
When Mo caili jolted him awake from his reverie—
He smiled and asked "what is it? "and she said in excitement.
"Tell me am dreaming and it is all a lie and an illusion."
He smiled replying unfortunately it is not an illusion.
I can ascertify you that it is 100% real and she said—
Do something to make me feel this is real
And he replied—
What should I do?
Slap me, pinch me just do something to wake me back to reality—
But tianzun was a gentleman trained in the Dao of elegance since childhood.
He won't slap her or do something to hurt her when she is not wrong—
He cracked his brain to think about what he can do to get her to believe this was reality—
And after some stressful minutes of brainstorming— he suddenly had an idea on what to do?
It was something that all girls will react to if you did it to them without their consent so he leaned with a—
Puchi!..
He pecked on her cheek.
Pah!!!
She slapped him instantly it echoed out.
He wallowed in pain.
His voice cracking.
See that how you know its real.
His cheeks has swollen up like that of a blob fish that feels threatened.
"…Argh…"ouch it hurts he groaned in pain.
He held his cheek.
She looked away to avoid anymore embarrassment by their gaze meeting.
She was over excited they she asked a request she can't handle yet—
She loved the supernatural discoveries as they are hard to find.
She was a fan of supernatural ever since and always dreamed to find herself in a situation of one.
So seeing this one and now experiencing it made her feel it was her imagination but got confirmed by tianzun pecking her.
"…Sorry…"
Wow it is truly not a dream as she was got lost in her reverie.
Meanwhile,
Tianzun on the other hand spat out some of his teeth that fell out due to her slap he had received since the beginning of their adventure together—
He looked at the scenery from an high rock and rejuvenated his lost spirit that was shattered by that slap as he made his way to the other part to explore it he suddenly crashed against something that felt like a wall.
He pushed his body against it but it didn't seem to budge—
He pressed his body against it his face sticking to the invisible wall like surface.
He stared at it and wondered what could it be he hit though invisible like the air but it was hard as a wall—
He asked himself is this air?
No it can't be.
He pondered as he knocked at it how can the air be so hardened he pressed his body against it and punched it with his strongest force he could muster but things did not go as planned it responded hundred times the force.
He was sent flying as he landed at the place where mo caili was capturing the moment with his tab.
She angrily said I only left you for a minute why am I seeing you fly.
Fly.—
I am not flying I just punch an invisible force wall and got it back hundred times the power I used on it—
Mo caili was intrigued by the discovery of tianzun.
And—
He continued saying—
For some reason in that place I went to scout we can't move beyond that point—
and she panicked she said
Oh no! .
She panicked and asked worriedly—
What do we do next? He replied—
We eat so we can replenish ourselves to check for holes to leave this place.
She was still worried...
He went over to pluck a delicious ripe fruit which he shared with mo caili—
Thank you her voice shy and low toned.
He replied saying it is my pleasure before he went back to the place not wanting to give up the last hope of becoming an immortal—
he hit thin air as he studied the shape and called it an invisible barrier.
Talk about a bug he cursed.
He was standing with looks filled with anticipation.
He remembered when he and his grandpa had talk about immortality and now being within this garden was already magical enough.
So he shouted in hope for something to answer him but at last none—
His look turned to that of impatience—
He started barging his body on the barrier relentlessly trying to force his way into the barrier.
Even when his body hurt and his broken bones creaks he did not stop—it was as if he was being controlled.
He wondered "why is it that"—
Even when I am injured am not stopping asking himself why he is this full of determination and spirit.
He ate the fruit he had pluck from the garden.
He did not notice his injuries healing they were gone in second.
He continued barging the barrier for answers until it cracked—
It was at that moment they got a telepathic communication from a voice.
They suddenly heard a voice echoed into their mind—
"To pass through this barrier…"
"…you must possess both the black and white jade keys."
"It is a pity…"
"You only have the white."
"Return when you find the other."
Silence fell as it permeates the space.
Kughnnn.. A sound escape their mouth— their eyes widened.
They were shocked to hear a voice—so they were contemplating whether what they heard was real as he turned to mo caili to confirm but saw the other also looking at him for answers.
Their hidden questions was answered without them uttering a word—
Tianzun immediately shouted—
Who?