"Jiuxiao!" Ling Huayin slept very unsteadily, and she woke up suddenly with a scream. There was no one around. Is it already daylight?

The room is still the room of Qionghua Palace, but where did Jiuxiao, who promised to stay with her, go?

Ling Huayin opened the door, and she was shocked by the scene outside. This is not the Netherworld at all, but the outside of Mengjiwu, Qingluan Palace. Thinking she was still dreaming, she slammed the door shut, but when she opened it again, it was still the same.

She couldn't tell if she was in a dream or reality. The fear of the unknown swept over at once.

The Tiangang Sword and the Ink Soul Sword are all on her body, and even Bi Miao's Breaking Obscurity is there, so the fact that she was rescued by Jiuxiao in Qukong Mountain is true. Yin Tao is dead, and it is true that Su Mu turned against her.

Ling Huayin settled down and walked outside. As he walked, he reached for Oro's brooch until it shone slightly.

"Oro, I seem to be in trouble. She used her consciousness to speak to Ero.

After a while, Eluo's voice appeared in her head: "Dream within a dream, this is a dream, it is man-made, someone deliberately pulled you into this dream." ”

"Who is it?" asked Ling Huayin.

"I can't sense who the owner of the dream is, this dream is very powerful, if it weren't for the people who cultivated to get it, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to create such a complex dream. ”

"I had several dreams in quick succession, did this person do it too?"

"Most people's dreams are related to their emotions and subconscious, and I feel in your spiritual consciousness that your consciousness is extremely confused, and you are haunted by nightmares, and I am afraid that is because of this. ”

As soon as Ling Huayin heard what Elo said, she saw a person standing in front of her, and immediately stopped.

The shadow walked in the direction of Ling Huayin, who was extremely vigilant, but the shadow smiled, but this did not eliminate Ling Huayin's prejudice against him.

"Are you the master of the dream?" asked Ling Huayin.

"I'm not. The shadow laughed.

"Then why are you here?" Ling Huayin asked before realizing that since this was a dream, it was not strange that evil was here.

The shadow glanced at her with a haughty look, perhaps thinking that this question did not need to be answered at all, so he simply did not answer.

Ling Huayin only regarded it as a phantom in a dream, and said, "Yefu is dead, and your plan to let her replace me has failed. ”

"Of course I knew she was dead, because I had her die. ”

Ling Huayin looked at it in amazement.

I only heard the shadow say: "I drove the little girl to kill Yefu." ”

"Why are you doing this? Don't you want Yefu to use the Ink Soul Sword to open the Nine Desolations?" Ling Huayin felt that things were not what she thought, maybe there was something hidden in this that she had missed.

Seeing Ling Huayin's surprised expression, the shadow looked at her with interest, "Let Yefu replace you, just to open the enchantment of Xianze Palace and let all of you turn your attention to her, but it is you who really help us open the Nine Desolations." ”

"Me?" Ling Huayin's uneasiness grew stronger and stronger.

"Except for the owner of the Ink Soul Sword, who can bring out the best in the Ink Soul Sword, do you say?" the shadow circled around Ling Huayin's side and said ambiguously in her ear.

Ling Huayin's eyes were slightly cold, waiting for it to continue, but the shadow did not give her an answer.

"You are from a famous immortal family, but you are in love with Jiuxiao, you should know that Jiuxiao also has the idea of fighting the Nine Desolations, anyway, the Nine Desolations will return to the demon world sooner or later, why don't you refuse to cooperate with us? If you cooperate with us, you and Su Mu will not come to this point." ”

"The Nine Desolations are the place where the Ancestor Demon was founded, but whoever is the first to enter the Nine Desolations is qualified to become the master of the Demon Realm, how can I let you get your wish? Su Mu is not a pawn at your mercy!"

"It's a pity, in order to get more attention from you, Su Mu is willing to be this chess piece and become the second Demon Venerable, but you, the master, don't understand the hard work of the apprentice at all, and stand on Jiuxiao's side and oppose him. Su Mu's emotions are too easily influenced by you, and as soon as he is sad, many of our plans have been disrupted. As a last resort, we can only give up this chess, after all, the Demon Realm needs a stronger master. However, Su Mu also helped us a lot, if it weren't for him, we wouldn't have captured Zhonghuang Mountain so smoothly, so when I become the new Lord of the Demon Realm, I will make him the strongest living puppet, just like Shang Yue to live well. Isn't that what you want him to do?"

"The matter between me and Su Mu is not allowed to be ignored by others. Su Mu has a Nine Heavens Soul Soul, he is understandable to be a Demon Venerable, what kind of thing are you!"

The shadow didn't care about Ling Huayin's sarcasm, but smiled: "I'm really nothing, I'm just a shadow, but soon, I will replace the body." If you want, I'll keep the position of Mistress of Night City for you. ”

Ling Huayin looked at the sky and said expressionlessly: "It's not dark yet, are you daydreaming?"

Shadow smiled, "Then let's wait and see, I told you in Night City, and you will promise me." With that, the shadow suddenly disappeared.

"Eluo, is it real?" Ling Huayin touched the brooch and asked Eluo for confirmation.

"It doesn't look like a dream thing. ”

"Could it be that the shadow was also pulled in by the dream master?"

Elo replied, "It came in on its own, and the owner of this dream seems to be sick, and he can't bring another person in, otherwise it will cost him a lot of energy." ”

"Sick?" Ling Huayin became more and more curious about the owner of the dream. But she didn't have the impression that she knew someone who had advanced cultivation and happened to be sick.

"How do you know?" asked Ling Huayin as she walked.

"When that person came in, the dream was a little unstable, and the owner of the dream tried to drive it out, but failed. It wasn't until the man said that the mistress of the Night City suddenly became more unstable and could no longer bear the second person. ”

Ling Huayin continued: "The shadow is driven out. ”

"So to speak. If the owner of the dream is a healthy person, even if an outsider wants to invade, there is no way to enter without the owner's consent, so I guess that the owner of the dream is either seriously ill or seriously injured. And because of the invasion of that person, the master's illness became even worse. ”

Ling Huayin groaned, "I have to find the owner of the dream realm quickly." ”

"It's not hard to find him, I can tell who is the illusion in the dream. But what makes me wonder is that if the owner of this dream knows you, why don't you meet you directly, through the dream?"

"Maybe it's inconvenient to meet in reality, let's go, we'll see everything later. ”

Ling Huayin had a long way to leave the Qingluan Palace, and E Luo reminded: "Go to the southwest, and the master of the dream realm is there. ”

Ling Huayin followed the direction pointed by Eluo all the way forward, and came to Su Mu's dormitory. She paused in front of the temple gate for a moment, and suddenly wanted to leave. This cultivator is advanced and injured, and he happens to live in Mengjiwu and can't meet her in reality, who else can there be besides Su Mu?

"Eluo, if I go out now, will it be too late?" asked Ling Huayin in a low voice.

"Since it was the master of the dream who pulled you in, if he didn't wake up from the dream, then you can't go out. You have to stabilize the emotions of the dream owner as much as possible, otherwise if his mood swings violently cause the dream to collapse, then the person in the dream may be lost in the never-ending dream. ”

Ling Huayin knew that this would be the case, and she pushed the door in.

Su Mu lay motionless on the bed, as if he was sleeping quite deeply. If it weren't for the fact that Ero said that he still wanted to drive evil out of the dream, Ling Huayin really thought that he was just asleep.

Ling Huayin shouted in her heart: "Eluo, is his state real or a person in a dream?"

Oro hasn't responded since she entered the door. Ling Huayin had no choice but to step forward to explore the truth first.

Su Mu combed a high ponytail and wore a long-life lock on his chest, which was exactly the same as when he was dressed on the Great Wilderness Mountain, and Ling Huayin felt in a trance that he was still the proud and upright fearless young man he used to be. If it weren't for the fact that she was in a dream, Ling Huayin would have thought that Su Mu on the Great Wilderness Mountain was back.

Ling Huayin looked at him by the bed for a while, and Su Mu was in a state of closed eyes. Is it necessary to wake him up?

For the first time in more than a hundred years, she felt a sense of cowardice.

"Xiao Mu, wake up. "Let's just think he's just a phantom in a dream, what is there to worry about his apprentice.

Su Mu rubbed his sleepy eyes, opened his eyes and looked at Ling Huayin beside the bed, and suddenly sat up.

Sitting down, Ling Huayin became nervous. Su Mu wouldn't want to kill her in a dream, would he? However, Su Mu's helpless expression made her very puzzled.

"Master. "There's no hatred, there's no anger, it's just a very ordinary master.

Ling Huayin didn't know how to continue, and couldn't help but think in her heart: Could it be that this Su Mu is not the Su Mu in Mengjiwu, but Su Mu's illusion from the past?

Perhaps it was Ling Huayin's silent attitude that made Su Mu feel a little uneasy, Su Mu suddenly stretched out his hand to hold Ling Huayin's arm, this move startled Ling Huayin, and reflexively withdrew her hand.

Su Mu was obviously stunned, and then said with a very hurt expression: "Master, are you unwilling to forgive me?"

Ling Huayin was also stunned, what did Su Mu say?

"Master, I was wrong, I shouldn't have listened to Lin Ge's words, I thought that Xianze Palace sent Shang Yue and others to the Netherworld to kill the master, so I ordered to attack Xianze Palace, master, the apprentice knows that he is wrong, please forgive me." Su Mu's expression was like that of an aggrieved teenager.

After listening to him, Ling Huayin couldn't help but speculate: Could it be that Su Mu at this time was Su Mu after she broke with Jiuxiao, so she said tentatively: "Didn't you say that you saw that it was Jiuxiao's people in the Netherworld who wanted to kill me?"

Su Mu paused and said, "Apprentice...... The apprentice lied for a while because he was jealous of Jiuxiao and wanted the master to leave him. ”

"So in fact, Shang Yue wanted to kill me, but you blamed Jiuxiao, and in the name of Jiuxiao, you gave me 'revenge'?"

"Master......" Su Mu looked crying, not at all like what he looked like after becoming a Demon Venerable.

Ling Huayin pretended to be indifferent, and said sharply with the appearance of a strict teacher: "What else are you hiding from me?"