Xue yang awoke sweating with his heart beating to its limits. He couldn´t even recall what he was dreaming about, he simply knew it must have been very bad. He tried falling asleep again, but this was not possible, no matter what he thought about his heart beating didn´t slow down, so he decided to stand up and go for a walk, maybe that would calm him down.
At the end he walked to the woods where he had hid Song Lan´s body, he felt at peace, the little peace you gain once you have gotten rid of an enemy. After all he would have for sure taken Xiao Xingchen from him, and he was in no position of bearing Xiao Xingchen´s farewell.

When he went back to the house everyone was awake.

"Where have you been? Asked a slightly concerned Xiao Xingchen.

"I just went for a walk, I had some disturbing dream and I couldn't calm down so went off"

"I see, I don't think it was due to a bad spirit, I would have felt it too."

"yeah, anyways today we have eggs for breakfast, I'll cook"

"Thank you, you are always so thoughtful."

"I do it because I can, not because I must."

They had a cheerful breakfast, it seemed A-Qing had had a good dream, and she kept saying how wonderful it was, even evil guy was good in her dream.

Always evil guy, it's like children could see things adults can. He didn't mind the name, after all she was 'little blind'.

"Today is A-Qing's turn to go get vegetables for lunch and dinner"

"yeah" for some reason he felt happy knowing he'd expend more alone time with Xiao Xingchen, they might even cultivate together again.

A-Qing seemed in a better mood after her dream, so she went happily to the market, meanwhile Xue Yang and Xiao Xingchen started to meditate to increase their cultivation.

Once she got back, she opted for making lunch herself as not to bother the cultivators.

His eyes were closed, he didn't feel as if he was anywhere, but he noticed a presence close to him, it was warm, soft and the smell was that of summer flowers. He was in a happy state in harmony with those things surrounding him, but then vivid images came to his brain. It was Xiao Xingchen, but he was not all right. It was his lifeless body. Blood running off his neck. Xue Yang opened his eyes that instant and moved closer to Xiao Xingchen shaking him off his meditative state.

"Are you ok?"

"I should be asking that! I saw something horrible in the middle of cultivating"

"don't worry, it could have been just a warning, I don't think you have seen the future."

"but what if I did?" "You need to stay close to where I can watch you, I'll kill anyone who tries to do anything against you"

"I'm a grown-up cultivator, I don't think I need protection" Slightly joked Xiao Xingchen, he had the smile of someone very humble for his power. Xue Yang knew that Xiao Xingchen didn't need a babysitter, but those images were unbearable to him.

The rest of the day passed by without anything major happening, other than A-Qing was getting better at cooking, soon they'll only allow her to cook. Because even though they were older, they were not that good at cooking. Meanwhile A-Qing's skills were on the rise.

That night he abruptly awoke again. This time he knew what had his heart beating so fast, he had dreamed about the same thing he saw while meditating that day. But this time guilt overwhelmed him, and he didn't know why. He would protect Xiao Xingchen no matter what. Then why this feeling of guilt surrounded him. Once again, he stood up but instead of walking away directly, he had to check on Xia Xingchen. A bit of peace came to him as he saw Xiao Xingchen happily sleeping. That smile could cure any illness he thought, as he walked away towards the forest he had left Song Lan's body at.

When he came back he found a happy scene, A-Qing was happily telling a story, it seemed she was telling Xiao Xingchen about the happy dream she had had, the opposite of Xue Yang.

He didn't mind it and simply went to take a nap. When he next opened his eyes he was being shaken by little blind girl, so he'd wake up to eat lunch.

While having lunch Xiao Xingchen asked Xue Yang why had he gone in a walk in the middle of the night.

"I had a bad dream, it's mental, I don't know why my brain is doing this to me."

"What was it?" asked curiously A-Qing.

"Well, I dreamed that someone had hurt our Xiao Xingchen, and it was not nice to see him hurting like that."

"Wow I didn't know you cared so much for our safety" adding herself to the list of people Xue Yang's cares about.

"whatever, it's just a dream..." he said as he tried to convince himself of it.

"I know what we can do."

"What?" curios to hear Xiao Xingchen's thoughts

"We could meditate together, and I can try to see what's happening"

"all right."

They finished lunch and A-Qing was left cleaning up as Xiao Xingchen and Xue Yang went into the room. They sat in front of the other with their legs crossed. Xue Yang put his hands on his own knees, as Xiao Xingchen put his hands over Xue Yan's hands. This made Xue Yang feel a bit warmer and slightly embarrassed, he didn't have any reason to be embarrassed, ye there he was, slightly turning red. Good they had both closed their eyes.

Once they entered the meditation state everything went white, limbo like, there was nothing. This lasted a few hours until both felt like they were caught in a dream, suddenly things started to form. It was just as Xue Yang had described it. But this time Xue Yang could also be seem. They couldn't hear what Xue Yang was saying but they could see his face full of spite, yelling some things to Xia Xingchen, while Xiao Xingchen looked extremely distressed, he seemed like he was crying and the suffering on his face was very strong. He then grabbed the sword placed in front of him and slid it through his own neck.

Suddenly both awoke, Xue Yang's eyes opened in surprise. Xiao Xingchen didn't say anything for a while, until Xue Yang spoke first.

"What did we see?"

"I'm not sure . . . I'm not sure of a lot of things right now."

Xiao Xingchen stood up leaving a candy behind in his place and went to check on A-Qing.

They didn't speak anything else until after dinner. A-Qing was going to sleep so it was a good moment they thought.

"I'll tell you that I am a bit worried."

"This has kept me awake two nights, I'm quite disturbed by it."

"I'm worried because an old enemy of mine was there."

Cold sweat dripped down his head, he had fully forgotten that his face had fully been disclosed to Xiao Xingchen. "I see, but I don't think it means anything."

"I wouldn't be so sure, he is a very evil being, he kills without care."

Great image Xiao Xingchen had of himself, he thought.

"please be careful, now you have seem his face as well, you know who to be careful of."

"yeah." sure, he felt kind of awkward having to be careful about himself, He had lied to Xiao Xingchen for so long, why this was making him feel so sad. Maybe he wanted Xiao Xingchen to have a different image of him? He felt slightly heart broken. But ignoring those things he had seem more of the image that kept him awake at night.

It looked like he had caused Xiao Xingchen to slide his own throat. He was guilty in that image, in the dream he looked so happy to have done it, then why was he so full of worry now. Why was his guilt so strong?

He didn't want to lose Xiao Xingchen. He didn't want to lose this little family they had created in two years. For the first time he realised his peaceful days were golden days. And he'd kill anyone who got in the way. But what to do of the person getting in the way was anyone but himself? He was sure to fix whatever he had broken in that dream. To him it was a warning that had to be taken seriously. He didn't want to lose his little happy family they had formed.