Chapter 7: Temptation and Decision

For his dream that was always pitch black, Bian Yao no longer felt entangled, but treated it with three points of curiosity and seven points of indifference. Originally, he wanted to ask someone high, but since he walked with the night corpse, he had forgotten about it in the past few days.

Enjoying the intoxicating aura of the dream, Bian Yao waved his arms lightly a few times, as if he wanted to float in the void, but he was unable to move in the completely dark dream, and he felt very dissatisfied.

In another bedroom, not far from the guest room in the distance, the Night Corpse was quietly meditating on a soft couch with his eyes closed, and he was no different from a dead man at this time! It didn't take long for a mysterious and invisible realm to slowly spread out from the Night Corpse's body, and after about half a pillar of incense, the entire inn was included in it.

A vast world, a vast wasteland, under the original withered and dead plants, there is new green. The Night Corpse was standing in this space with his brows locked, and this was his dream, his "dream domain" to be exact. Only when a dream cultivator breaks through to the realm of dreams, the original dream realm can give birth to a more mysterious and unpredictable spatial secret realm--Dream Domain! It is a more magical and mysterious heaven and earth than the original dream realm, and it is a kind of spatial realm that is fundamentally different from the dream realm.

After standing stunned for a moment, the figure of the night corpse suddenly flickered, and suddenly floated in mid-air, shooting towards the misty light in the distance.

As long as the dream cultivator is in his dream domain, then he is almost an omnipotent being, and he can control his body by relying on his consciousness. Of course, the "body" here is not the real world, but his "dream spirit". When a dream cultivator advances to a dream lord, with the birth of the dream realm, the spirit body that originally existed in the dream realm will also evolve into a new existence, which is called the "dream spirit body". In the early days, the dream spirit body did not have independent spiritual consciousness, and still needed the consciousness of the body to control, and the ability and power of the "dream spirit body" were far beyond the "spirit body". In other words, only dream cultivators who are above the realm of Dream Venerable can possess the Dream Domain and the Dream Spirit Body.

Nearly two hours later, the Nightcorpse's dream spirit came to a halt above a large green tree, his eyes full of doubt. In the past two hours, he searched his dream several times, but he did not find what he was looking for, not even anything suspicious. At the beginning, the night corpse had already sensed his dream domain, and sensed a total of one hundred and nineteen dreams shrouded in his dream domain, and each misty light cluster was a dream, and according to the difference in cultivation, these light clusters were large and small. For those dream cultivators who were much lower than their own realm, the night corpse could easily enter their dreams without being noticed by their masters, but when he had investigated all the 119 dreams, he did not find Bian Yao's dreams, and none of the spirits in the more than 100 dreams were Bian Yao's.

"Didn't that little ghost's spirit enter the dream realm, no! every dream has a spirit in it. Moreover, the previous investigation clearly found that there was only one soul left in his body, which means that his soul has been successfully separated, and the soul has been left in the dream realm. It stands to reason that it is impossible for a dream cultivator below the realm of Dream Venerable to enter the dream domain of Dream Venerable, even if that Dream Venerable was severely injured and fell unconscious, but that little ghost not only entered the 'original dream realm' that I sealed in the Ice Spirit Knife, but also broke into my dream realm, what is going on?" The night corpse thought secretly, but he couldn't figure out the mystery of this, but the more he thought about it, the more confused he became. After all, his dream spirit body had just given birth to a little new spiritual sense, and he was still very weak. was attacked by Du Xiaotian and another Dream Venerable before, and that Du Xiaotian actually released the "Dream Devouring Beast" against him, causing his dream spirit body to be severely damaged, and even the consciousness of the spirit body was completely scattered, and the Yuan Shen was also seriously injured and unconscious. If it weren't for his ability to escape, and if he moved the consciousness of his body to the dream spirit body in time, his dream domain would collapse, and the consequences would be the most terrifying and unimaginable! In addition, his dream spirit body was also manipulated by Du Xiaotian, and he secretly set up a trigger seal, and the consciousness of the main body was trapped as soon as it entered the dream spirit body. However, a little ghost came in inexplicably, and I don't know how to use it, but I actually lifted the seal for myself, otherwise I don't know what year and month I have to wait until I can see the sun again. In any case, for now, that little imp should only be beneficial to himself and not harmful, to put it a little shamefully, that little imp can really be regarded as his own savior!

On the soft couch in the bedroom, the night corpse suddenly opened his eyes, and a few fine lights suddenly flashed in his originally lifeless eyes.

Outside, the night was thick, and the half-moon was hanging obliquely in the sky. There was silence in the huge inns, in fact, even in the daytime, these inns were quiet.

"Little girl, why don't you stay in your own house and come here?" With the slight footsteps, a familiar voice came into He Qingyin's ears. In the darkness, the girl was startled, then stood up from the grass and turned her head to look in the direction from which the voice came.

At night, on the stone pillars next to the road, the luminous stone is shining. A vague but impressive figure appeared in her sight, it was the Night Corpse.

"I was a little worried about him, but I couldn't get in, and the people in the inn wouldn't let me in. The girl's soft voice was full of grievances and pitiful. At this time, He Qingyin forgot the fear of the night corpse in his heart, but inadvertently regarded him as one of his elders.

"Hehe~ It turned out that I was worried about the little lover. The night corpse came to He Qingyin, glanced at the guest room near the distance, and said with a smile: "Since you want to see him so much, I'll take you in." With that, he walked towards the door of the guest room. He Qingyin's face suddenly showed a look of joy, and she suddenly felt that this person with a "grimace" was actually not as scary as it looked. Thinking of this, she hurriedly followed.

Less than half a foot in front of the door, a curtain of light suddenly lit up, blocking his path. As soon as the night corpse raised his hand, the cold short blade that had been taken away by Bian Yao appeared in his palm, holding the handle of the knife in his hand, he waved it quickly a few times at the light curtain in front of him, and drew a big "mouth" in the void, and a rectangular gap appeared in the light curtain, which was just enough for people to pass through. After putting the shortblade away, the Night Corpse stepped over the gap without saying a word. He Qingyin stood behind and was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly followed, carefully stepping over the gap.

The room smells of alcohol, and the glow-in-the-dark stone on the walls shines. Looking at Bian Yao, who was sleeping soundly on the soft couch, He Qingyin breathed a sigh of relief, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

The night corpse stood in front of the couch, stared at Bian Yao for a moment, and then closed his eyes.

Quietly in the guest room, He Qingyin secretly glanced at the night corpse, and couldn't help but be a little worried in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask anything. In this way, after about half a moment, the night corpse opened his eyes, and there was a puzzled look on his face, as if he was in deep thought, and he did not speak for a long time.

"Little girl, go and wake up your little lover. The night corpse said suddenly, but the voice was not loud, as if he was afraid that it would scare He Qingyan.

Even so, He Qingyin's body still trembled. The girl said "um" and hurried to the couch with small steps.

"Brother......" As before, He Qingyin gently shook Bian Yao's arm while calling in a low voice.

Bian Yao let out a few "uh-huh" from his mouth, and then opened his eyes and woke up.

"Where are we?" asked Bian Yao as he got up from the couch and rubbed his eyes.

"We're in a big inn, are you uncomfortable?" He Qingyin looked at Bian Yao with a serious face.

"I'm fine. Bian Yao looked a little embarrassed, and laughed a few times at He Qingyin, "hehe". Then he shook his face and looked at the night corpse, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Aren't you very good! I want to ask you something, how is it?"

When the night corpse heard this, his brows moved, and he grinned and scolded: "If you have a fart, you can just let it go!" Don't say these useless words to Lao Tzu. ”

"Why is it dark inside my dreams? and it seems to be floating, and I can't move at all. Can you tell me what's going on?" Bian Yao's words revealed deep doubt, and his eyes also showed a strong look of anticipation.

"I can't answer that question, I don't know what happened to you. To be honest, I can't even detect your dreams, so I don't understand what you're talking about. This kind of thing shouldn't have happened to you in the first place, unless your realm is higher than mine, or if you have cultivated some kind of secret art, you can't hide it from me. People who don't know will only treat you as an ordinary person. It is strange that the cultivation realm of a dream cultivator can be distinguished mainly by looking into his dreams, but I can't detect your dreams either, which is very strange, and this situation will also be very beneficial to you. As the night corpse spoke, the expression on the old man's face became very complicated.

Bian Yao looked disappointed after listening to the Night Corpse's answer, lowered his head slightly and fell into a short silence, but quickly raised his head and asked, "Then am I considered a dream cultivator?"

"Of course you are a dream cultivator! otherwise, how could you have entered my dream realm. Aside from the anomalies in you, your soul has been separated, and now you have only one soul in your body. According to what you said before, you have broken through from sleepwalker to the second level, and you should be in the early or middle stage of dreamering now. Regarding Bian Yao's question, the night corpse answered very carefully and seriously.

"Then why do I think I'm not powerful at all? Isn't a dream cultivator supposed to be very powerful?" Bian Yao said the doubts in his heart.

Of all the cultivators on the Dream Immortal Continent, more than ninety percent of them were Dream Cultivators. The various miracles and powers of dream cultivators are often heard by everyone when they are young, so Bian Yao really feels a little annoyed in his heart about himself as a dream cultivator but no different from ordinary people!

The night corpse smiled and "hummed" a few times, and did not rush to answer, he sat down next to Bian Yao, showing a posture that wanted to have a long talk. Seeing this, Bian Yao looked back and pulled He Qingyin's wrist, patted the bed with his other hand, and motioned for her to sit down too. The girl stood in front of the couch just now and didn't speak, just quietly listened to the conversation between the two of them, and when Bian Yao asked her to sit next to her, she obediently stepped forward and sat down.

"Lao Tzu will tell you some things about dream cultivation now, so that you will not be ridiculed if you go astray in the future. The Night Corpse raised the wine gourd and poured a few sips of wine, and continued: "There are eight realms of Dream Cultivation, which are Sleepwalker, Dream Layman, Dream Walker, Dream Maniac, Dream King, Dream Venerable, Dream Demon, and Dream Immortal. Forget about the Dream Immortal, there should be no more appearances on the Dream Immortal Continent. Each level of the dream practitioner's realm is divided into three stages: the early, middle, and late stages. The first three realms can only be regarded as low-level dream cultivators, and what I want to tell you at the moment is mainly about the common sense of low-level dream cultivation. Among the low-level dream cultivators, the strength of the vast majority of them is very weak, and if they don't also cultivate martial arts, they are actually not much different from ordinary people. Especially sleepwalkers, sometimes even inferior to mortals! For sleepwalkers, there is actually nothing to say, the dreaming realm of sleepwalkers has been fixed, and with the improvement of cultivation, the size of the dream space will gradually expand. After the soul is separated in the dream, the spirit will stay in the dream and begin to absorb the aura, and transform the aura into spiritual power to exist in the body. The 'soul' is forced to return to the main body, and the 'soul' will gradually become the original god in the future, and the so-called "original spirit out of the body" is actually "out of the body". The sleepwalker can only stay in the dream when he is asleep, and once the body is attacked or the consciousness returns to the body, the spirit will also return to the body. The only ability that a late-stage sleepwalker has is that he can faintly feel the danger that is close to him, although it is not obvious at first, but as the realm increases, this sensing ability will continue to improve. As for the Dream Dweller, as the name suggests, the Dream Cultivator of this realm has been able to stay and live permanently in the dream realm. Just as you stole melons and picked fruits in my dreams before, your body can stay in your dreams forever and never return to your original body. Other characteristics of the early stage are the ability to return the consciousness that was originally attached to the spirit to the essence, so that the body in the real world can think and act normally. The key to a dream cultivator is the cultivation of 'spirit'. Of course, the 'soul' is also very important, but it will only be transformed into the 'original god'. The characteristic of the middle stage of the dream monk is that within a certain range around himself, he can let his consciousness sound in the other person's mind in the way of speaking, and this ability will change accordingly according to the improvement of his own strength realm. Later Dream Laymen were able to perform illusory attacks, called "Illusory Shadows". For example, conjuring a tiger to pounce on the opponent, or a sword to stab the opponent, but it can only serve the purpose of interfering and frightening the other party, and it can also be understood as the lowest level of illusion, but this is different from the illusion of the illusion race, and it is subject to many restrictions, and you will naturally understand it when you reach that stage. In the later period, the Dream Lay was already able to eat in some places, but at most he could only be a handyman, no different from a coolie. But what I'm saying is basic, and the situation may vary from person to person." With that, the Night Corpse raised the wine gourd.

"What is the 'original dream' you are talking about?" Bian Yao listened with excitement on his face, and the night corpse hurriedly asked as soon as he stopped.

The vast supernatural powers possessed by the dream cultivator are something that Bian Yao has longed for since he was a child. For him, who has suffered from hunger since he was a child, if nothing else, at least the dream cultivator will not starve in the future, and this alone is worth pursuing.

"How do you say this?hmm~ The so-called original dream is actually the initial dream, simply and bluntly speaking, it is the dream that you have in your current realm, just like the 'ti' that ripe and falling. Anyway, you won't understand these things now, and you will naturally understand them when you cultivate to that realm in the future. The Night Corpse waved his hand, unwilling to explain further.

"The so-called dream walker probably means that dream cultivators in this realm can already walk the rivers and lakes, because dream cultivators at this stage already have certain attack and self-defense capabilities. For example, it takes a day for a dreamer to move a stone to the top of a mountain, so after becoming a dreamwalker, you may be able to move two stones in half a day, or even less, to reach the top of the same mountain. Because almost every dream cultivator also cultivates martial arts, dream cultivators in this realm are very sensitive to the improvement of their own cultivation and are keen on cultivation. Here I would like to mention that although from the beginning of the Dream Walker, Dream Cultivation's physical skills will be greatly improved, there will still be a big gap compared to those sword cultivators. The attack and lethality of sword cultivators are very amazing, among mid- and low-level cultivators, powerful sword cultivators can even instantly kill other cultivators of the same level, so if you don't have enough ability, it's best not to conflict with sword cultivators. Of course, there are very few sword cultivators, because the restrictions and the threshold for entry are too high. Sword cultivators mainly exist in Tianzhou, which has left the country, where there is the only sword cultivation sect on the Dream Immortal Continent, the Sword Immortal Sect! If possible in the future, you may be able to go and see it. The distinction between the early and middle stages of the dreamwalker is not very obvious, but there will be an important change in the later stage, and the later dreamwalker can use the 'illusory dream' to have a certain effect and influence on reality. For example, if you conjure up a rock and smash it at the other person, if you touch your body, the other person will feel the object being hit and even feel pain. With that, the Night Corpse stopped and poured a few sips of his wine. Bian Yao on the side looked a little greedy, but he swallowed his throat and couldn't help but not speak, compared to the things that the night corpse said were more tempting and attractive to him.

The night corpse put away the wine gourd, jumped off the couch, turned around and said, "I'll tell you so much this time, if there is anything you don't understand or want to learn, you can find me." As a dream cultivator, the most important thing is to rely on yourself to explore and comprehend, because this is extremely important for your future path!"

Bian Yao sat on the couch, nodded and watched the night corpse leave, then turned his face to look at He Qingyin, and the two looked at each other and smiled.