Burning Down

Had it not been for the birds' chirping in the woods, awakening the two girls, they would have doubted their own senses. The graveyard was empty, and Jason had guessed it? If it wasn't sheer luck, then he was close to the truth. But what was the truth?

"All the other graves are also empty!" Jason stated without hesitation, "Everything is empty, including this entire graveyard."

As he spoke, he suddenly formed a sign with his hands, shouted, and then there were continuous muffled sounds, "thump, thump, thump", as if buried bombs were exploding under the ground, and coffins and soil were blasted apart.

All the graves were exposed, lying bare in front of them.

"Are you crazy—" Denise and Sofia couldn't help but blurt out simultaneously at Jason.

"Go and see for yourselves!" Jason shrugged at them, "Just as I said, it's a conspiracy."

The girls stepped forward, looked at the dug-up graves. The lids of the dirt-covered coffins were open, and they cautiously leaned in.

Empty!

They were indeed empty!

The girls' faces turned pale. Just as Jason had said, everything was empty. They couldn't believe it and checked each grave one by one, but all were empty. They stood there dazed, looking at Jason.

A cold breeze blew over, and even in broad daylight, it made the girls break out in a cold sweat.

"Why is this happening?"

This question suddenly ensnared the girls. They looked at Jason incredulously, hoping he could provide an explanation.

"Illusions, everything we see and encounter are illusions!" Jason exhaled and said, "At first, I didn't believe it until I saw these empty graves. I knew that it was all illusions, understand?"

Yes, with his level of cultivation, it wasn't uncommon for Jason to see through illusions. But the key was that he had guessed this illusion, not seen through it with his cultivation.

Some illusions can be seen through, some cannot. Regardless of how profound one's cultivation is, if they encounter an illusion created by someone with equally profound cultivation, they may not be able to see through it. Especially if the one who creates the illusion is not a witch with a strong malicious aura, then it may be impenetrable.

Just as a demon's illusion can be discerned by its demonic aura, not every cultivator has the fiery eyes of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Even a cultivator like Jason had to rely on his conjectures and experiences to make a judgment.

There was no sense of demonic aura here. Instead, there was a peaceful atmosphere, which gave Jason a misconception, so he didn't judge correctly at the beginning.

"So...what should we do now?" Sofia asked. She was frightened and felt an intense fear rising from her heart. How terrifying must the person who could create such illusions be? If Jason couldn't see through them, who on this small town could possibly be their opponent?

"We...we should leave this place!" Denise suggested with a trembling voice to Jason, "Perhaps if we leave here earlier, we can avoid..."

"No, it's unavoidable..." Jason shook his head, "Someone has targeted Sofia... I don't know if it has to do with her origin, but she's been targeted. Someone doesn't want her to find her parents."

"Who is it? Who are my parents?" Sofia looked at Jason, hoping he would know something and give her an answer, but Jason shook his head.

"No, I have no idea who your parents are." Jason sighed, then said, "What we need to do now is...wait for them to take action."

"Do we have to be passive all the time?" Denise suddenly looked at Jason, "Since we can't run, can't hide, why don't we fight back? Perhaps we still have a chance to win."

Jason looked at her and smiled, "Do I look like someone who waits for death?"

The girls were surprised and asked, "Did you already make a move? What did you do?"

Jason just smiled, turned around, and looked into the distance. There was the church. From their position, they could still see the tip of the church and the cross on top.

"Yesterday, when I met Father Omar, I felt there was something wrong with the church," Jason said, "Also...why are we still feeling cold even under the sun these days?"

"Why?"

"Because everything is an illusion. This also explains why the shadow of the church's cross doesn't shift with the sun," Jason sighed, "This person...has really put a lot of thought into this."

The girls were both astounded.

Does this mean that even the sunlight they're feeling now is an illusion? But now that Jason mentioned it, they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

This cold sweat wasn't because the sunlight was fake. It's very likely that everything they see now is an illusion, including the town under the sunlight and all the people in town.

"Oh my God—" Denise was startled.

"The Truman Show?" Sofia thought it was more romantic, but who would create a Truman Show world for them to fall into?

Saying it was like the Truman Show was not impossible. But this was too far from the Truman Show.

"Maybe it's the Truman Show?" Denise also consoled herself, "Everything here is artificially created, including every person we meet. It's completely possible to create a town. Even if it's like the Truman Show, it's fine, we can leave... there's no sea around us..."

"Yes, using technology and clever arrangements, a town can be completely created..." Sofia chimed in, she couldn't believe this was the truth either.

"No, if you don't want to believe the truth, then the truth may always be hidden from you." Jason shook his head and smiled at the girls, "Anyway, it's time to choose. Are you ready?"

"Ready for what?" Denise asked, puzzled.

Jason didn't reply, but extended his hand and flicked his finger lightly. A streak of white light shot out of his hand, soaring like a meteor toward the distant church.

"Boom—" There was a dull sound, like an explosion.

Then they saw flames shooting up at the church, crackling in a huge fire. It looked like divine punishment from the heavens, the fire was so fierce that they could feel the heat from where they were standing.

"You...you set the church on fire?" Sofia knew of Jason's capabilities and looked at him wide-eyed.

"No, I burned an illusion, and...I'll burn a real world for you to see!" Jason said, looking distantly at the raging fire.

Samadhi True Fire is inextinguishable and can burn away all evil and false illusions until they are completely gone. This is the power of Samadhi True Fire.

The church was the core of this small town, and this was Jason's judgment. Father Omar was also a key figure in this illusion. With the power of the fire, he believed all truths would be revealed.

"Boom—" The church collapsed in the fire. With the church's collapse, the sunlight in the sky suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a pitch-black night where they couldn't see each other.