Transmigrated Into The Book

"Have you gone crazy for taking him back?!"

"Yuan, The past will remain in the past!"

His consciousness suddenly got occupied by the darkness. The darkness inside his heart crawled and overtook him, delivering him to this white place. Lots of dandelions in the wide field, soft and gentle touch. There was a thin fog, covering the wide space. 

In the middle of it, Yuan saw himself. Sitting alone, he wandered. Moving his eyes side by side, trying to calm the desire eating him inside. Earlier, it was the darkness, but now everything was in a white. With the soft wind fluttering the petals, the thin ones parted away from its stem and flew.

Yuan opened his hand. A petal fell on his palm, pure and peach. He looked and observed its soft texture touching his skin. He smiled, but that's when the petal withered away into ashes. 

"Do you like it?"

Startled, Yuan lifted his head and was taken aback. The empty space in front of him was now occupied by someone. He gulped and observed the boy sitting in front. A mischievous smile was drawn on his face. "Do you like your desires, Yuan?"

Hearing his name from his own self, Yuan couldn't stop but to be startled. Yes, it was himself he was talking to. Though this side of him was evil, blazing red crimson eyes and a cunning smile looking down on him.

"Tell me, Yuan,you came here to seek power, right?"

Yuan backed away, "Stop!" he yelled but the figure in front just chuckled at him. He felt like someone was consuming him and taking him away from his insanity. 

The silhouette sitting across him lifted his hands and then a white light emerged from his palm. It formed into something square and thick. "Tell me, Yuan...you want to cage him in your embrace, right?" The silhouette flew and circled around him like temptation. "Tell me, you can't let him go, no? You don't want him to go, right?"

Yuan covered his ears, "Stop! This is not what I wanted!"

A mischievous laugh echoed in the white place that is now turning black. The flowers around him started to withered and turned into ashes just like the one from his palm. "You approached me because you seek power, right?"

"My dear Yuan, don't be too hard on yourself, this book will grant your wish, anything"

The flames on the torches swayed. He blinked his eyes, Yi Lin was still grasping him. It is when he realized that it was all inside his thoughts. He heard the male calling his name.

"Cousin brother! Stop dazing and answer me!"

Yi Lin's voice snapped him back. He felt the sweats dripping from his forehead. Yuan gasped, "I'm sorry," he mumbled.

This time, Qi Zhou and Sun Wei stepped between them. "Your highness," Sun Wei tapped Yi Lin's shoulders. "Please allow us to clear things up before jumping to conclusion," 

Yi Lin calmed down and parted away. His robe fluttered as he turned around and went back on his wooden bed. He sat there with his crossed arms. "Explain everything, cousin brother,"

Yuan shot a glance at the two male standing side by side, "Can you leave us alone for a while?". The two nodded their heads and went outside the cell, taking a few steps away.

When the two were finally alone, Yi Lin spoke. "I told you to stop, didn't I?" His voice was cold and stern.

Yuan gritted his teeth, "I told you, I will look for another way to stop all of this, I'm willing to accept any consequences anyway," he lowered his head, knowing what will happen to him.

"You are totally insane!" Yi Lin slammed his palm on his sides. "Why can't you understand that you cannot bring dead people to life again! Cousin brother! Did you completely lose your mind!" 

"But he was alive!! Yi Lin, he was alive! I can touch him and embrace him and---" Yuan lowered his tone, full of remorse. "I wanted to be with him...more," he uttered.

"Do you think he would be happy if he knew all of this?!" 

"I don't care!" Yuan fell down on his knees. "I don't care! He will surely understand me, he will never get angry at me, I know it!" He replied. He looked up and met Yi Lin's eyes. "The red pill isn't my doing, I know I have the power but it wasn't me,"

This time, by the sudden confession of innocence. Yi Lin brushed his face, "I told you, things will never be that way once you seek power from that cursed thing," He shrugged. "It must be seeking revenge,"

"A soul for a soul, it said," Yuan mumbled.

"What?!" Yi Lin almost stumbled from jumping out of the bed. "What do you mean by 'a soul for soul'?" he asked with the urge of getting a quick answer.

Yi Lin crouched down and grasped Yuan's arms. "Cousin brother, what do you mean? Say it properly so that I can help you,"

"If it has the power to do something only my ability can do, then it will become a big threat for the both of us," Yuan lifted his head, "Yi Lin, help me save Xianyu, if he was now in the hands of the curse then his soul will be corrupted."

Yi Lin nodded his head, "I understand,"

***

Meanwhile, in a dark place full of flashing events and scenes from the future and past. There was a man in the middle. He was laughing and grinning while watching what's happening. He was holding a book in his right hand.

"A soul for a soul, hmm," he mumbled.

After saying that, the book opened and started to flip its pages on its own. It stopped right in the middle part of the book. A blue light emerged underneath like it was carving some letters. 

"A name? Are you showing me a new name?" the man smiled. "Interesting," he whispered.