Chapter 521: Graduation Examination
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Shen Ying had never shown her real power in front of the disciples, and they didn't see her often. Yet they could see the high regard Fatty, Yi Qing and even Lonemoon himself had for her. Those older had their concerns. But the younger ones had never been through those things, and they believed themselves even more. They thought that they learned some skills beyond ordinary mortals and that made them different. The thought of survival of the strongest was formed in their minds, so they had no restraint in singling her out.
They even thought that even if they were in the wrong, he would not punish them for a mortal. Such thoughts were completely the opposite from Lonemoon's original intention. Continuing to allow them to grow would only make them even more arrogant, even more insolent, and even looking down upon the mortals who were inferior to them. He wanted a bodyguard for the human race, not a group who ruled and bullied them.
He couldn't help but think back about those that he taught before. Invincible Sect didn't go onto a skewed path because Yu Hong and others also started by suffering at the hands of higher-level cultivators. They witnessed the deepest darkness, so they knew that sunshine was hard to come by.
Fatty was even imprisoned in Imperial Sacred Sect for many years, such that he knew the evils of the human mind, so he cherished the kindness of the world even more. Even in the small world of Song Ren, those talisman cultivators cultivated for the simple purpose of protecting the civilians.
But these nine they took in this time were completely different, especially those younger ones. From the beginning, they had the opportunity that others didn't have. This opportunity made them able to soar far above others, so their ego grew naturally. They could no longer see the weak. They thought that they had gone beyond the world, but forgot that they came from there as well.
Those three older ones had more experiences, and Jian Xing had suffered in the past for the sake of his sister. So they had their restraints. But others had completely lost the reverence that they were supposed to have.
How could they expect a group of people with no reverence to the world to turn back and protect this world?
Lonemoon suddenly realized that he couldn't place all hopes of humans on these few people. He had to make multiple preparations.
After all, in this world, besides school education, there was also a phrase called self-teaching! There only needed to be learning resources, and though having a teacher or not did make a difference, the overall direction should be pretty much similar.
For example with Chef, was there any difference whether he had a Master or not? Didn't he teach himself everything anyway?
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After Lonemoon thought that through, he told Fatty to prepare many jade slips of heritage. He thought about how most people still didn't know how to use spirit qi and also prepared some books on directing qi into the body. Of course, Fatty copied all of them, since there was no photocopying machine in this world. He also told Fatty to make some spirit artifacts.
After that, he stopped being at home. He turned into a book distributor and randomly went around the human continent, throwing a secret book here and a jade slip there. He also casually opened up several small mystic realms and threw in some spirit herb seeds and let them grow on their own.
And then he went back to Purple Night Palace and grabbed a few immortal veins. He came up with ways to dilute them, turn them into spirit veins and then spread them all over the human continent, making the whole continent full of spirit qi.
He even gritted his teeth and threw the spirit artifacts and immortal artifacts he got from Fatty's debt repayment all around, or set some arrays to fix the time of their appearance in the world. After that, he finally stopped. He suddenly somewhat understood Lan Hua's feelings in the past. The feeling of throwing treasures everywhere which could not be recovered. It was so painful!
Therefore, he took out his bill book and meticulously recorded all of these on Hong Meng's bills.
Hmm, he finally felt less painful.
Hong Meng who was handing carrots to Rabbit at Purple Night Palace shivered. He felt that something was amiss.
After Lonemoon did all this, he finally felt relieved. He believed that in no time, a significant number of cultivators would appear on this continent. Of course, his teaching of the disciples became stricter. After all, they were taught by a renowned teacher, and it would be such a shame if they couldn't beat those whom were self-taught.
Fortunately, the four people left were pretty easy to teach. Jian Xing was a sword cultivator. Lonemoon was busy recently, so he used his old method and threw him into ten layers of sword arrays. The three left were all taught by Fatty. It was actually much easier than before, and they all had their specialized talents.
Especially the oldest one. He was already fifty or sixty when he started cultivation and only succeeded in Foundation Establishment after going through many difficulties. He was the last among all to achieve Foundation Establishment. But he was also the one with the most peaceful mind. Fatty had worried at first that he would probably give up before finishing because of age, but he didn't expect that he actually persisted all the way through, and he was even a double-cultivator of talisman and array.
Though his cultivation was below others at the start, he slowly became the one with the most solid fundamentals, the deepest learning and the most diligent among the three. Occasionally he would also give the other two some tips. Even Fatty couldn't help but give him some more attention.
Considering that they had already gotten used to spirit qi, Lonemoon told Mushroom to stop her planting. The spirit qi on the mountain was directly changed into Immortal Qi. This way, their cultivation increased even more rapidly.
And among them, Jian Xing was the fastest. Since the previous incident, Lonemoon had talked to him several times. That was, after all, his sister. It was only normal that it'd be hard for him to endure. Lonemoon explained the intricacies of the matter to him, and seeing that he didn't have any grievances, he was reassured and allowed him to continue learning.
He learned very fast. Most of the time, he could learn sword dharmas after one demonstration by Lonemoon. Within less than twenty years, he had reached the fifth level of sword array, out of ten. Though it was not so crazy as Chef in the past, it was still extraordinarily fast. A sword body by birth indeed.
Time passed fast, and all that required teaching were pretty much taught. Those that they couldn't learn for a time they were made to remember first. Since Heavenly Dao had yet to be born in this world, there was no Heavenly Tribulation for their improvement in cultivation. They just went up directly once they reached the level.
The three taught by Fatty had already formed cores, and Jian Xing already had the cultivation of Nascent Soul.
Lonemoon felt that it was time to let them go down the mountain and really understand the crisis in this world.
Considering the unhappiness of the last experiential training, Lonemoon decided to bring them himself and drag Shen Ying along.
"Why me again?" She was unhappy.
"Chef hasn't come back yet. Did you think you can survive alone in the sect?" Without anyone to cook for her and watch her, she would either go missing or starve to death at any moment. There was a high likelihood that it was the former.
"Uh..." Should she tell him that Chef actually made spirit birds send over food every once in a while?
"Don't talk nonsense. Off you go." Lonemoon was too lazy to explain to her. He directly dragged her and started walking down the mountain.
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Among the four disciples, three were Fatty's, so Fatty naturally followed the party, taking Mushroom with him. With Fatty watching, Mushroom worked pretty hard at cultivation these years. It had already turned its one tail to five tails. Naturally, she also learned real manifestation, and no longer needed to go around planting mushrooms dragging its tail.
Therefore, the original experiential training for disciples became a trip for the whole sect.
Chapter 522: Meeting Old Acquaintance
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Lonemoon dragged Shen Ying and directly rode his sword down the mountain and towards the Immortal Ascension Rock. Strips of paper were pasted densely upon it. Some were old and some were new, on them were all kinds of wishes for help.
Ever since the opening of the mountain to take in disciples last time, mortals often came here. And starting from someone unknown, people pasted all kinds of wishes on there in hopes of asking the immortals for help. They had already used Immortal Ascension Rock as a God Begging Rock. Only that among these paper slips, there were some that seemed to be asking for help regarding troubles from demons.
When Lonemoon went out to dissipate his fortune, he would resolve some on his way when he saw. Slowly, a common practice was formed. Those who really met difficulties would come here despite the long distances, asking for help from immortals.
He glanced at it and saw three red paper strips. He took it down casually. Two of them were quite far. The only closer one required two days of traveling. He gave it a look and decided to take a trip.
So he directly handed the paper strip to Jian Xing and said, "Right in the west, let's go to this place called Quhang City and take a look."
"Yes, Master." Jian Xing nodded and took it. He gave it a look and then handed the paper strip to the other three.
Just when everyone was about to get on their swords, a female voice suddenly came, "Big brother!"
A woman around thirty years old by the looks ran over and looked towards Jian Xing in the middle with her face full of surprise. Her looks were familiar, and there was cultivation on her, only it was just at Qi Refinement.
"Little Lin!" Jian Xing was stunned, and blurted out, "Why are you here?"
Even Fatty was shocked. This person was actually Zhi Lin, Jian Xing's younger sister. Only that her look right now was no longer that of a young girl. She actually looked much older than Jian Xing.
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The joy on the woman's face fell, and it was replaced by a face of sadness. Some moisture also gathered in her eyes. "Big Brother, I have waited here all these years." As she talked, she turned towards Lonemoon and kneeled down towards him. "Exalted Master, I was young and stupid, such that I made huge mistakes. I already know that I was wrong, and I kept regretting over all these years. I don't dare to plead for Exalted Master to forgive me, I only hope... only hope to have an opportunity to atone for my crime."
Lonemoon's face darkened. He glanced at her and said, "Is that so? Then tell me, what was your fault?"
Zhi Lin was stunned, as though she didn't know how to answer. She was stuck. She subconsciously looked towards Shen Ying at the side, her eyes turned and she said, "I... I shouldn't be disrespectful towards Big Sister Shen... No, Exalted Master Shen! I..."
"Ho!" Before she finished speaking, Lonemoon directly sneered. "You don't even know what was your fault, how could you talk about knowing that you were wrong?" If she really knew what her faults were, she wouldn't appear here today, much less with such a posture of the weak.
Back then, Fatty did abolish their cultivation, but he didn't hurt their foundation, much less making them lose their memories. If she worked hard enough, she would have regained the cultivation of mere Foundation Establishment long ago, but she was still at Qi Refinement now.
Lonemoon didn't look at her anymore, but only looked at the others and said, "You may leave once you are ready." With that said, he directly called out his sword, grabbed Shen Ying and flew up.
"Exalted Master!" Zhi Lin's look was completely anxious. Seeing that nobody paid her any heed, she had to look towards Jian Xing. "Big Brother!"
Jian Xing gave her a look, held himself back and turned to fly away on his sword.
Others followed. Mushroom actually gave her a look and called out tenderheartedly, "Little Sister Zhi Lin..."
"Mushroom!" Fatty called out and dragged her away.
But Zhi Lin didn't give up, but followed behind them on a sword, a sad look on her face.
Jian Xing turned back and gave her a look. After a long while, he turned back and continued sword-riding.
"Do you think that I was too cruel to their group of disciples?" Lonemoon gave Jian Xing a look and asked.
Jian Xing was stunned. He shook his head and said, "No. They made mistakes and failed to live up to Master's expectations in the first place. Right now... they only returned to their original positions. Only that..." He couldn't help but look back once more, before saying seriously, "Zhi Lin is my younger sister after all. Though I know for sure she can't possibly return to the sect, I can't manage to be completely indifferent to her." His look was conflicted, there was no grievance in his eyes.
"Hmm, good that you understand." Lonemoon nodded. This disciple saw things clearly and didn't need him to worry much. "Though she's no longer a disciple of the sect, it's not necessary to be too distant towards her. It's good so long as you know the proper limits."
"Yes, Master!"
Lonemoon said no more and continued flying towards their destination. Yet Shen Ying behind him suddenly turned her body and looked straight towards Jian Xing.
Jian Xing looked up subconsciously, but only to see meet a big smile from Shen Ying. He was stunned for a moment. His look was all confused, but somehow... he suddenly felt flustered.
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Lonemoon flew with the disciples for two days before they finally reached Quhang City. This was a relatively large city on the west. What was described on the paper strip was a strange matter that happened inside the city recently. Since a few months ago, the people inside the city seemed to have gotten a strange illness together, and they inexplicably fell into sleep once the night fell. Moreover, every one of them had nightmares and only woke when morning came. The locals thought that there were demons, so they went to the seaside to seek the help of immortals.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the party dressed as caravan businessmen who went into the city to buy goods. Lonemoon found an inn, settled down, and let the others go inquiring.
The four asked around the city properly and only returned at sunset. They started communicating about their discoveries.
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"I heard that the people here fall into sleep every night at eleven. It seems that the demon only comes out at night."
"But there's no remnant demonic aura in the city. It doesn't seem to be demons then."
"People on the west side of the city said that this matter has continued for five to six months. Now, people are lethargic not only at night but also during the day, for no reason at all."
"Exactly. People on the east side also said so. And those who fell asleep during the day had to sleep for four or five days before waking up. Some even took more than ten days."
Everybody finished talking, and then they all looked towards Lonemoon in the middle. Apparently, they didn't have a clue.
"Have you seen those people in lethargy?" reminded Lonemoon.
Jian Xing at the side spoke, "Master, I went to see several of them, but there were no other abnormalities with their bodies. They looked to be merely asleep."
"Yes." The oldest among the four also said, "I've also checked their bodies, there was no trace of invasion by demonic aura."
"Hmm." Lonemoon nodded and said, "Have you thought about any way to tackle this?"
The four exchanged a look before replying, "We intend to wait till eleven tonight and find out more about the situation first."
Chapter 523: Strange Occurrence in the City
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"Then let's rest first and wait for eleven." Lonemoon announced the end of the meeting. The four got up and left, going back to their own rooms.
Seeing them walking further away, Fatty finally turned back and said, "Master, though there's no demonic aura in this city, there is Ghost Qi. I'm afraid..."
I know." Lonemoon nodded. He naturally could also realize that what was in this city were not demons, but ghosts. "Just watch out and don't let anything happen to them. It's also good that they gain some experience!"
Fatty nodded, before he got up and prepared to leave with Mushroom. Lonemoon turned his head, but saw that Shen Ying sat still and looked right at him.
"What?"
"Supper!"
"There's none today. Leave, leave!"
"..." Sigh. She missed Chef again!
Shen Ying had to take out pastries from the bag and go out while eating.
"Oh yeah." Lonemoon suddenly remembered something and added casually. "Shen Ying, tonight you'd better not..."
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Before he could finish, he saw that the person had already gone away, and had to take back his words. Never mind, it was only a ghost.
What was in this city was no demon. Since the moment that he entered the city, he had already noticed that this was a ghost who survived by eating human souls. Besides, it was very probably going to ascend to Ghost King soon. The reason for the city people's lethargy was that a part of their soul was sucked away.
Ghosts were actually easier to deal with as compared the demon kind, if they could find it first, of course. These disciples had never come in contact with ghosts and souls, so it was only normal that they couldn't understand what it was for a moment. So long as their spirits were stable, they wouldn't be controlled by the ghost.
With Shen Ying's ability, even the most powerful ghost would find it hard to capture her. After all, she was the person who had beaten the Ghost King till he cried.
So whoever that things happened to, nothing would happen to her... or they would!
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"Where is she?!" Lonemoon looked at the empty room and felt an immense fatigue.
Fatty looked totally confused as well. "I didn't see Miss Shen go out."
"Look for her! Hurry up and look!" He shouldn't have loosened his grip on the one without a little bit of a sense of direction!
"Yes!" Just as Fatty was about to go out of the door, a loud ring of a bell came into their ears. The sound was simple and remote, it passed through the whole Quhang City instantly. It went into their ears, and for a moment they felt their spirit vibrating, as if something was going to get out of the body.
The four disciples hurried to activate spirit qi and protect their heart and veins before suppressing that feeling.
But a clanging sound actually came from the door. Zhi Lin who followed them all the way fell down at the entrance of the inn downstairs. There was a bit of a bloodstain by the corner of her mouth. Vaguely, she showed signs of her soul leaving her body.
"Little Lin!" Jian Xing was shocked. He directly jumped downstairs and held the person on the ground. He split out a bit of spirit qi to protect her heart and veins. Only then did Zhi Lin's face look better.
"Big Brother..." Zhi Lin looked at the person in front of her with remaining fear. Suddenly, she seemed to have remembered something, she looked up at the people upstairs and said, "Oh yes, Exalted Master, I saw Big Sister Shen in the street just now. I called her, but she didn't respond, as if... as if she was controlled by something."
Lonemoon was shocked. His figure flashed and he was already beside her. "Where did you see her?"
"On the street right in front!" She pointed to the outside.
Lonemoon turned and rushed out. He went searching along the direction she gave, others hurried to follow.
Once they came out, they realized that though it was pitch-dark midnight, the streets outside were full of people. Upon closer look, they were the residents of the city from the day. Every single one of them had their eyes closed, their faces expressionless, and they walked towards the same direction like lost souls, as though they were controlled by something. There was not the slightest bit of sound.
A disciple activated his spirit qi to check their souls, yet his face paled. "Their... Their souls are not in the bodies!"
Others froze for a moment. And then, they pushed open the doors of the homes and walked inside to look. Yet they found shadows lying on the beds. These were the souls of those people in the streets, yet their expression was painful, as though they were experiencing some horrible nightmare.
"It was the bell rings just now!" Jian Xing said in a deep voice. "Their souls were shaken out of their body by the ringing. Something got control of their bodies."
"Let's find Shen Ying first!" Lonemoon said with a deep voice and he flew up directly. He released his divine perception and glanced over the dense crowds in the streets, before he noticed a familiar figure in the street, walking step by step towards the city gate, following the crowds. Upon closer look, there was a bit of vague Ghost Qi tangled on her leg.
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"There!" Lonemoon flew down directly. He waved a hand to dispel the Ghost Qi around Shen Ying's feet, and she stopped immediately.
Others followed over. Fatty spoke subconsciously, "So strange. Why would Miss Shen be bothered by mere Ghost Qi..."
"Shh..." Before he could finish, Lonemoon suddenly turned back, his face anxious and his voice pressed low. "Don't speak!"
"Huh?!" Others froze right where they were.
They thought something big happened to Shen Ying. Yet upon closer look, they realized that she had her eyes shut tight and her face expressionless just like other senseless bodies, only that... the sounds of soft snoring came.
Fatty: "..."
Jian Xing, "..."
Everyone: "..."
She was sleeping, right? Her soul did not leave her body, but was simply asleep!
Before others could react, Lonemoon's transmitted a voice transmission seriously, as though they were facing some powerful enemy. "Go, hurry up and get the pillow and quilt from her room. Don't make any sound, if... you don't want to die!"
The disciples looked totally confused, but they still obediently went back for quilt and pillow.
"Hurry, hand them to me, be careful!" Lonemoon took the quilt from their hands, took a deep breath, before walking forward with immense care, and then wrapped it around Shen Ying with immense care. And then, he held the person with extreme care, and placed her on the quilt laid on the ground.
His movement looked like a slow-motion replay. He even held his breath throughout the whole process, scared of making a sound.
Only when he placed the person back into the quilt, did he let out a long breath and wipe the cold sweat on his forehead. Good, good, she didn't wake! I was so scared.
The on-lookers, "..."
"Master." Jian Xing looked at the figures who had gradually exited the city, he couldn't help but send a voice transmission saying, "The people in this city..."
Lonemoon turned and gave them a look, before nodding, "All of you should go! If you encounter something, try to keep a distance when fighting. I'll look after Shen Ying here. Fatty, look after them."
"Yes, Master." Fatty nodded. He gave the four disciples a look, before taking Mushroom and flying off with the crowd going out of the city.
Zhi Lin turned back and gave Lonemoon a look. Something flashed in her eyes, and then she hurried to follow them on her sword.
The group followed the figures all the way out of the city. However, outside the city, thick, white mist covered the whole sky, such that one could only see clearly within one foot. They had to fly down, in case they were separated by the mist.
Chapter 524: Falling into Sleep
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"We gather and follow these people." Jian Xing said in a deep voice. Others understood and nodded. The demon controlled these people with a purpose. They were sure to find it by following them.
Fatty didn't stop them, but followed behind from far away.
They followed the crowd and walked for a long time. Suddenly, from the white mist in front, dots of light appeared, and human voices could be vaguely heard. They were stunned, and their footsteps hurried forward, only to find that it was the city gate of Quhang City in front. They obviously followed the crowd and walked straight out of the city, why did they turn back?
And at this time, inside the Quhang City, it was not completely silent like when they exited, but bright with lanterns and lights everywhere. There were loud speaking voices. The whole place was as bustling as during a festival. From time to time, children played with each other and ran across the streets holding lanterns. The scene was creepy whichever way you looked at it.
"What happened?" The disciples looked completely confused.
"Big Brother." Zhi Lin grabbed Jian Xing's hand subconsciously.
Jian Xing frowned. After a long while he spoke, "We go inside to check the situation first."
The other three exchanged a look, and then nodded, before they walked together into the city.
Yet Mushroom at the side shook her head, unwilling to walk on. She said, "I don't like it here. It's very weird. Can we not go in?"
They looked back at it and started hesitating somewhat. But if they didn't go inside the city, they couldn't know what happened.
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"Big Sister Mushroom, you don't need to be afraid." Zhi Lin stepped forward and comforted her with a kind and gentle look. "How about you hold my hand? We will protect you." With that said, she smiled at her very gently. It was only that she looked older than Mushroom yet called her Big Sister, it made one feel somewhat awkward.
Mushroom did have a good impression of Zhi Lin. She gave her a look, hesitated for a moment and still took her hand and followed inside.
Fatty frowned, something flashed across his eyes. Demons are always more sensitive than humans, a pity... He sighed and had to follow in.
The city became even more bustling. The lights were bright beside the streets, lines and lines of lanterns hung, and there were even all kinds of vendor's stands by the roads, where the vendors called out. It looked to be the scene of an ordinary night market.
The more they looked, the stranger they felt, but for a moment they couldn't tell what was the matter. They thought about it, and then turned to ask the people beside them,
"Big Brother, may I know if there's anything big happening today? Why is the city so bustling?"
That person looked up at him and said, "You are from other cities, right? In our city, there's a night market every month. That's the way it's always been."
"I see." The disciples look deepened, and he continued to ask, "Then, is there anything strange happening in this city recently?"
"Strange? How could there be anything strange!" That person was stunned, and then gave him a stare of displeasure. "Our Quhang City is peaceful and well! Don't you talk nonsense. Go away, go away. Don't interfere with me doing business."
The disciple had to retreat awkwardly. The expressions of all others grew heavy. Apparently, during the day, everyone in the city looked sad and troubled, and the whole city knew about the matter of lethargy, yet why did this person seem completely unaware of it?
"Big Brother, why are Exalted Master and others gone?" Zhi Lin suddenly pointed to the street in front and said, "Apparently, when we went out of the city previously, he was here with Big Sister... Exalted Master Shen. I remember this street!"
Others looked around, and only then did they realize that it was indeed the street along which they exited the city, but Lonemoon who was at first looking after Shen Ying anxiously was gone without a trace right now. But they had been out of the city for a mere quarter of an hour.
"Could they have gone back to the inn first?"
Jian Xing's face fell. "Let's go back to the inn and ask."
Therefore, the group hastened their footsteps and returned to the previous inn, but strangely, that innkeeper didn't seem to know them. He thought that they just arrived for a stay at the inn, and there were no Lonemoon and Shen Ying in the inn.
The more they thought about it, the weirder they felt. All of them looked at Jian Xing, who had the highest cultivation. "Uncle-Master Jian Xing, what are we to do? He was the disciple of Lonemoon, the same generation as Fatty, so everyone called him Uncle-Master."
"We go around and try to get some information first." suggested Jian Xing, "After four hours, we gather back here."
They nodded, and only then did they spread out and go around in different directions. Even Mushroom was dragged along by Zhi Lin. Fatty didn't actually go around asking, but sat down at the inn, waiting for them to come back. After four hours, they returned to the inn, only that none of their faces looked good.
"I already asked. All the people in the city seemed to forget about their own lethargy.
"Same on my side. And I purposely went to those people I asked during the day, but they chased me out."
"These people seemed to be completely different people during the day and at night."
"Can it be... that this is just a mystic realm?! All these people are fake?"
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They paled. Should this be a mystic realm, how powerful did one have to be to replicate a whole city?
"It can't be!" Jian Xing shook his head. "They are real people indeed. They don't look like illusions from spells."
Everyone fell silent, having not a single bit of clue. When they really went out of ways, though they didn't want to, they could only turn to Fatty beside them.
"Exalted Master..." Jian Xing cupped his fists and said, "Please give us some hint."
Fatty smiled. Seeing that they were really at a bottleneck, he finally spoke to remind them, "This is indeed not a mystic realm, but a dreamland!"
"Dream?!" Everyone was shocked, staring at one another.
"Did you remember the words on that paper slip asking for help?" Fatty gave them a look before continuing, "It said that at night, everyone fell into a nightmare, and they only woke up in the morning. Where we are at now is inside their dreams. Somebody controlled their consciousness, and they entered the same dream.
They froze. No wonder those people remembered nothing about the things during the day, nor the matter of their lethargy at night. It was a dream after all. When they saw those white mists just now, they were probably already pulled into the dreamland.
"But, isn't it a nightmare?" Zhi Lin spoke, confused. "All of them look happy to me. It doesn't look like a nightmare, does it?"
The other disciples thought the same.
Fatty smiled and said, "Soon they won't be."
"What?" They were stunned, not yet able to understand his meaning. Suddenly, a scream sounded and the streets suddenly fell into chaos. People kept screaming out loud, and people with panic written all over their faces ran across the roads, all towards the back.
"What is it?" They stood up directly.
Yet in the next instant, a loud roar sounded.
Roar!
Chapter 525: Breaking Dreamland
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Instantly, the sound passed through the whole Quhang City, and even the ground started shaking. The group went out of the inn, and saw that outside the city gate, a giant monstrous beast suddenly appeared. It was totally dark so its figure couldn't be seen, but the pair of blood-red eyes were shining with red light, looking into the city.
Its figure was extremely high and stood almost twice as tall as the city gate. It waved its huge claws, and with only one push, it pushed the city wall over. The city underneath was full of terrified screams.
"Can this be the monster that harmed the city!" A disciple moved to pull out his sword subconsciously.
"Don't forget," Fatty spoke to remind them, "that this is a dreamland."
The disciples paused, looking up at the monster in front. Could this monster be fake? But it looked so real. Their faces changed, and for a time, they didn't know whether they should attack it.
Yet the monster came closer and closer. It directly pushed down the city wall and bit towards the panicked crowd. They could even smell the blood inside that huge red mouth. The people inside the city were running around in all directions, but there were too many of them that not all could escape. There were a few who fell behind after all.
Therefore, that monster bit down hard, and immediately blood was spilled, and the scene was very shocking. It also sent out seven or eight octopus-like tentacles, tangling around those running away, and threw all of them into its mouth one by one, making gnawing sounds.
The disciples' hands clenched tight, as they struggled to curb their urge to go attacking. Something flashed across Zhi Lin's face, and she suddenly pulled out her sword and said loudly, "I can't bear looking at it anymore. Even if it's an illusion, I can't watch this monster hurting people as it likes."
With that said, she rushed over directly.
"Zhi Lin!" Others moved to stop her, but it was already too late. They watched her flying over on her sword.
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She called out a strong fire and sent it towards the monster. A pity that her cultivation was too low after all, that she not only failed to do any harm to the monster, she even got entangled in its tentacles. She was almost going to be put into its mouth to be eaten.
"Little Lin!" Jian Xing was shocked. He directly pulled out his sword and rushed over.
The other disciples followed, rushed over and started attacking that monster. Jian Xing even cut off its tentacle and saved Zhi Lin.
Fatty gave the four a look and shook his head. They lacked experience after all.
Under the combined attack of four, the monster gradually lost its ability to fight them. It started making many screams and started fleeing towards the city gate. Of course, they wouldn't let it flee. They chased over together.
Jian Xing even called out a sword array directly. Immediately, a rain of more than a thousand swords fell from the sky and right on top of the monster below, nailing it to the gate of the city instantly.
The monster made out a terrible scream, before its huge body fell to the ground with a bang. The disciples let out a sigh of relief. Yet before they could feel the joy of victory, another familiar roar came from behind them.
Suddenly, behind them, another identical monster appeared, and started climbing into the gap in the city gate slowly.
"What happened?" Everyone looked full of shock. Why would there be more? They had to turn and deal with this one. Yet these monsters seemed to be coming out without an end. Once one was killed, another identical one would appear, as though they were determined to fight with them forever.
Only then did they start to reflect on Fatty's words. Did he stop them just now because he guessed that this would be the case? He turned and looked at the panicked crowd in the city, yet realized that though they were running very hard, none had managed to run out of the city gate, it was as if... they were trapped by something.
"Brother, look, what is that?" Zhi Lin suddenly pointed to the corner of the wall and said.
Jian Xing turned to look, and realized that on the crack of the city wall where the monster pushed it over, a bit of red light shone. It was like the light of some spell. He didn't think much, but waved to form a sword dharma, while saying loudly to others, "There's an array on the city wall. Attack that city gate."
Fatty who was watching down below paled, "Stop!"
Unfortunately, it was already too late. The sword dharma in Jian Xing's hand had already waved towards the city gate. Though those of others was a bit later, they also inclined towards the city gate. With a loud bang, large portions of the city gate collapsed immediately. Instantly, it was like a domino being pushed over: not only the city gates, but also everything inside the city started collapsing. The city which was originally bright and bustling started distorting, as though the whole world was disappearing.
The disciples were shocked. Before they could even figure out the situation around them, they felt a heaviness over their bodies and they fell right down. In the next instant, there was blackness in front of their eyes, and they appeared in an area of flat land outside the city. Around them stood the expressionless crowd who went out of the city just now. Everything was just like when they just exited the city, as though they had never seen that bright and bustling city.
Could their souls have escaped the body just now as well? Before they could think about it carefully, the taste of blood rushed into their mouths, and all of them spat out blood. And in the next moment, the crowd around them who was previously standing suddenly started falling down powerlessly. Soon, the bodies laid all over the floor.
The injured disciples looked at one another. What was going out? Yet when they looked up, they saw Fatty with a heavy face.
"This is no good!" Fatty looked up at the sky which was starting to brighten. "Those live souls in the city..." He turned and called out his flying sword.
"Exalted Master, what is this..." The disciples' faces were still completely blank, totally not knowing what just happened.
Fatty gave them a stare with some anger, before explaining, "Did you all forget that the souls of all the people had left the body! You directly interrupted the dream, how are they going back to their bodies?" Fatty went up on his sword while saying, "You all stay here and look over their bodies! Don't let that ghost near!"
With that said, he directly turned and flew towards the city.
At this moment in the city, Lonemoon who was watching a certain foodie, waiting for her to wake up, looked up at the sky, and immediately frowned.
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He rose and walked into a house next door and looked carefully. Indeed, the live soul lying on the bed started destabilizing, vaguely showing signs of turning into a ghost. Yet his body was still not back. It seemed that it was too late.
Lonemoon's face darkened. The sun was about to come out. He finally went out, made a seal with both hands, and a huge array appeared underneath his feet, covering the whole city instantly. It temporarily suppressed the live souls in the city from dissipating.
In the next moment, the sun rose slowly. A certain person who spent the whole night sleeping soundly on the street also opened her eyes. Immediately, she saw the person who sat by her, his face full of resentment.
"Hey, Father Niu, morning!"
"To hell with 'morning'!" Lonemoon rolled his eyes at her directly. "Next time, before you sleep, you had better use a rope to tie yourself to your bed." Even a mere Ghost Qi could carry you away, how deeply were you sleeping!