"That...... Is there any other way to leave the Floating Illusion than crushing the jade plaque? ”

An Muqing shrunk her neck, obviously after experiencing the night of candles in the cave room, she was full of fear of this floating illusion.

"Isn't it true that without the jade plate, we really can't leave this floating illusion?"

"The jade plate should just be an anchor point."

Chu Ming explained softly.

"Only those who find it can awaken from the floating illusion, and others can only reincarnate endlessly in it, losing themselves."

"It's terrifying!"

An Muqing hugged her shoulders and trembled, but after thinking about it again, she smiled at Chu Ming.

"But if you stay in this floating illusion with Chu Ming all the time, it's not impossible, at least you belong to me alone!"

"Please give up your sick thoughts."

Chu Ming doted on An Muqing's brain, and immediately looked around and wondered.

"But how do we get to the next Floating Realm?"

"I don't know."

An Muqing covered her forehead, and said with a deflated face full of grievances.

"You escaped from your Floating Realm and came to me, don't you know how?"

"It looks like I got a jade tablet......"

Chu Ming held his chin and thought for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly widened as if he had thought of something.

"By the way, it seems that we have to find the border of the village!"

"Boundary?"

An Muqing tilted her head and looked puzzled, but in the next second, Chu Ming took her hand and ran towards the village.

"Let's go to the other side of the village and have a look, maybe we will find something."

“……”

So, An Muqing was dragged by Chu Ming to turn left and right in the alleys of the village, but after some exploration, she couldn't find the boundary, so she had no choice but to jump to the roof and look into the distance.

At this moment, the blood moon is in the sky, and the red mist is hazy.

The dead silence of the village was filled with dark shadows, and every now and then a wisp of wind blew, rolling up a few dead leaves hanging from the towering banyan trees and flying into the distance.

The rows of thatched huts stretched to the end of the line of sight amazed both men on the roof.

"When did this village become so big that you can't see the edge at a glance?"

"There may be something strange in this."

Chu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly, and at this moment, two figures suddenly floated from the village not far away, and they also landed on the roof.

Immediately, the four of them stared at each other, and one of them, a handsome young man in white, suddenly had a stunned face.

"Mu Qing?"

"Who are you?"

Chu Ming suddenly became vigilant about the familiarity of the young man in white, while An Muqing on the side showed a look of surprise.

"Big Brother Burned at the Stake?"

Burning at the stake?

This extraordinarily strange name made Chu Ming's eyes widen, and his mind quickly found memories about him.

Burning at the stake, one of the holy sons of the Blazing Immortal Sect, the only genius boy who can compete with An Muqing in cultivation talent.

"It turns out that you can meet Mu Qing in the floating illusion realm, this is really fate!"

After that, the stake seemed to ignore Chu Ming, came to An Muqing with a smile, and just wanted to hold her soft, but it was deftly dodged and hid behind Chu Ming and said suspiciously.

"Brother Burning, why are you here?"

“……”

looked at An Muqing, who was wary of herself, and then looked at Chu Ming, who was blocking her in front of her, with an indifferent expression, and then patted her forehead and said in annoyance.

"Look at me, what kind of eyes, may I ask who this is?"

"Mu Qing's Taoist companion, disciple of Tianyan Sect, Chu Ming."

Obviously, the act of trying to hold An Muqing's hand just now angered Chu Ming a little, but because he was the holy son of the Blazing Flame Immortal Sect, Chu Ming was not very good at stiffening the relationship, so he could only show his identity without humility or arrogance, and his hint of "you stay away from my Mu Qing" was self-evident.

"Thank you, Brother Burning, for taking care of Mu Qing in recent years."

"Daoist?"

For Chu Ming's showdown of his identity, it was obviously a little unexpected to be burned at the stake, which made his originally gentle face instantly become gloomy, his eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a hint of danger, but when he glanced at An Muqing, there was still an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth, but this time it was obviously a little stiff.

"Mu Qing, when did you find a Taoist partner? And I'm an outsider, I don't even know about it. ”

"It was a long time ago."

An Muqing stretched out her hand and suddenly grabbed Chu Ming's arm, bowed slightly and said softly.

"Brother Burning, you haven't returned to the sect during this time, so I haven't told you about it for the time being."

“……”

After hearing that An Muqing took the initiative to confirm his relationship with Chu Ming, the face of the burner became extremely ugly, and his expression was cloudy, he was originally indifferent, but he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, as if there was an inexplicable impulse provoking his consciousness and soul, making him impulsive and irritable.

Why?

Why did Mu Qing find a Taoist companion when he went out to perform the mission?

Damn the guys!

Damn the sect!

Although his heart was extremely angry, the stake still took a few deep breaths and suppressed his uncontrollable impulse, and kindly handed out his right hand to Chu Ming, his expression barely squeezed out a polite smile.

"Hello, my name is Burning at the Charge, Holy Son of the Blazing Immortal Sect."

"Hello."

Chu Ming bowed slightly, and equally politely handed out his right hand, with a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

Why do you feel that the burning at the stake in front of you has a sense of déjà vu?

This look of rage...... It's very similar to Mu Qing just now!

Then, the moment Chu Ming made contact with the palm of his hand at the stake, the terrifying grip that came made his eyes narrow slightly, and he snorted coldly in his heart.

Although I don't know if your mind is affected for some reason, I thought that as a holy son, I could be more generous, but I ended up being so stingy.

Oh, interesting.

“……”

Looking at Chu Ming's unwavering indifferent face, as well as the hard thing like a magic weapon in his hand, the stake restrained his contemptuous chuckle, and his expression became suspicious.

This guy actually has the sevenfold cultivation of the Foundation Building Realm?

It's a bit strong!

But if it's just this bit of cultivation, why is the strength of the physical body so high?

It shouldn't be!

As a physical cultivator, not to mention an existence that is two levels lower than himself, even if he cultivates the same as himself, the strength of his physical body should not be as high as mine.

Could it be that this guy is also a physical cultivator, and he has a higher quality exercise than the "Great Sun Golden Crow Body" that I have cultivated?

Although he was jealous of Chu Ming in his heart, because of his low cultivation, he still disdained the burning at the stake, and said in a deep voice pretending to let go of his hand.

"Since you are Mu Qing's Daoist, I hope you can take care of her, if I find out that she has been wronged a little, I will take her back to the Blazing Immortal Sect."

"You don't have to worry about it."

Although Chu Ming was polite, there was still a hint of indifference in his tone that rejected people thousands of miles away.

"I'm very grateful to you, as an outsider, for caring so much about Mu Qing, thank you."

Outside...... Alien?

Hearing this, Burning Flame's face turned pale, and he almost couldn't hold back the impulse in his heart

You, a member of the Tianyan Sect, actually said that I was an outsider?

“……”

“……”

Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was tense, An Muqing hugged Chu Ming's arm tightly and wanted to pull him away, and her heart was entangled.

One side is a person from the same clan who can't stiffen the relationship on the surface, and the other side is his favorite Taoist partner.

An Muqing's heart was obviously towards Chu Ming, but the cultivation of the burning stake had already reached the terrifying foundation building realm ninefold, and even vaguely touched the edge of the knot pill realm.

In order not to let Chu Ming suffer, she had no choice but to play a round on the side, glancing at the person beside the burner.

"Who are you? How did you end up here? ”

"Hui Shengnu, my name is Xu An, and I am a friend of the stake, in fact, we don't know how we got here."

The emaciated young man dressed in white hurriedly replied.

Originally, he scratched his ears and cheeks because of the tense atmosphere between Chu Ming and the stake, but when he saw An Muqing talking, he hurriedly picked it up, so as not to continue to choke each other.

"It was your Sect Master who sent us to the Blood Burial Valley to prepare for the upcoming Floating Illusion."

"But after we came, we didn't find the Valley of Bloodburial, but we found this village, and you."

"Because this is the Floating Realm."

Chu Ming glanced at the stake, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a disdainful chuckle.

"You've fallen into it before you know it."

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

Xu An was stunned for a moment and immediately asked urgently, and the burning stake on the side obviously didn't react, and he frowned after being stunned for a long time.

I've already entered the Floating Illusion?

When was this?

I don't remember encountering the spectacle of the opening of the Floating Illusion!

"Because we, like you, came in in a daze."

Seeing Xu An's thirsty appearance, Chu Ming immediately sighed lightly, and slowly narrated his encounter with An Muqing in a slightly soft tone.

Half an hour later.

“…… To sum up, if you want to get out, you first have to hunt the dream demon to get the jade plate. ”

"Dream Demon?"

Xu An looked slightly stunned, and suddenly said as if he had thought of something.

"When we entered the village, we encountered many strange people who attacked us at the slightest question, and when we killed them, they turned into mist and drifted away."

"If they are dream demons, then we have cleaned up a lot, why haven't we seen the so-called jade plate?"

"You really think that thing is so easy to get?"

Chu Ming said indifferently.

"That thing is one in ten thousand, maybe you won't drop all the dream demons in your floating illusion after hunting it, so you can only go to someone else's floating illusion to find it."

"Is it so rare?"

Xu An couldn't help frowning, and at this moment, a long arrow suddenly shot out not far away, and the majestic and heavy spiritual power fluctuations instantly dispersed.

Seeing this, Chu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly, and his right hand was clenched, and with a thick scorching fluctuation, he held the long arrow in his hand tightly, burning it into ashes.

？

Before everyone could react, Chu Ming's calf bounced into the air, turning the keel in his hand into an ice spear and throwing it, instantly piercing the black shadow on the roof.

As the corpse turned into a spiritual mist and drifted away, a bright jade plaque slowly floated in the air, making everyone's faces stunned.

That thing is the jade medal that dropped after hunting the Dream Demon?

Didn't you say it was one in a million?

Why did you kill one casually!

“……”

Seeing his sudden "luck" against the sky, Chu Ming was also a little stunned, and his expression was suddenly abrupt.

The essence of the God of Wealth in his body still has this function?

That's not right!

Why didn't this effect occur during the time I first entered the Floating Illusion?

Could it be that the essence of the God of Wealth was restricted for some reason in the first place?

Chu Ming was puzzled, but he didn't think about it, he took the jade plate into his arms and jumped down in front of the three of them, coughing lightly a few times to bring them back to their senses.

"That's it, as long as you hunt the dream demon, you will get a jade medal."

“……”

Seeing Chu Ming's understatement, Xu An looked surprised, and the burning stake turned gloomy again.

They had also come into contact with the Dream Demon just now, and it was absolutely impossible to kill them as lightly as Chu Ming, at least it would take some effort.

After all, these dream demons are all cultivation of the foundation building realm!

You are a foundation building realm sevenfold, why did you block its attacks so casually, and even easily clear it out?

This is too unbelievable, isn't it?

After seeing Chu Ming deal with the dream demon, the stake instantly restrained the contempt for him in his heart, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his heart became extremely heavy.

This guy ...... Not easy to deal with!

On the surface, he only has the sevenfold foundation realm, and his strength may be on par with himself.

No wonder Mu Qing can take a fancy to him......

"Chu Ming, you're so lucky!"

An Muqing held Chu Ming's arm tightly with surprise on her face, looking at the jade plate in the palm of her hand, her expression was unusually happy.

"As long as we find another jade plate, we can leave!"

"You go first."

Suddenly, Chu Ming touched An Muqing's head and laughed softly.

"I'll follow you when I find the jade plate and crush it."

"Can't we walk together?"

As if sensing something, An Muqing hugged Chu Ming's arm tightly and didn't let go, and a trace of doubt suddenly flashed in her eyes.

"Are you hiding something from me?"

“……”

Chu Ming was silent for a moment, then glanced at the stake and Xu An, and said softly to An Muqing in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Aunt Jin, she gave me a task......

……

"You mean you want me to find your doppelganger and kill it?"

On the couch, Chu Ming gently stroked the sweat-soaked forehead hair of Yu Zijin, feeling the warmth and weight brought by her soft and delicate body, and couldn't help but look a little stunned.

"Why should I do it?"

"Because only you can do it."

Yu Zijin raised his head from Chu Ming's chest, stared at his eyes full of doubts, and said in a condensed voice.

"That doppelganger of mine has been in the Floating Realm since birth, and I have a hunch that it has completely merged with the Oneiroi essence."

"Only you who have part of the essence of the God of Wealth can approach it, and others can easily get lost in the illusion it creates."

"But even if I find me, I won't be able to beat it!"

Chu Ming couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

"Aunt Jin, it's your doppelganger, and its strength should be beyond my reach."

"Don't forget. It's a fantasy here. ”

Yu Zijin suddenly sat up from Chu Ming's body, and his jade cheeks quickly flew up with two flushes, and his tone was full of shyness and charm.

"If you help Aunt Jin complete this task, Aunt Jin can agree to a small request from you."

(End of chapter)