Chapter Thirty-Four: The Madwoman's Voice in the Dream

  Escaping from the mountain range, Ding Zixuan, Ye Qing and others did not reunite with Luo Tian's teachers. The battle in the stone room not only left them, who considered themselves geniuses, deeply traumatized, but Chen Luo's display of Seven Pulse Shift power also shocked them. Among the six people, except for Bai Jian, the other five were injured, with Ding Zixuan being the least injured, having been punched in the chest by Chen Luo and feeling a bit suffocated. Ye Qing was the most seriously injured, his face so swollen it was almost unrecognizable, like a pig's head. At this moment, the six people gathered in the thicket.

  "What happens in the stone room, no one is allowed to talk about it outside, got it?"

  Ding Zixuan's face was gloomy as he warned, although he didn't say why, but Ye Qing, Bai Jian, Wan Liqun, Fang Hongguang and Gao Fei all knew the reason.

  All six of them were famous apprentices of Xiaoluo Tian, especially Ding Zixuan and Ye Qing were one of the representatives of Xiaoluo Tian. If it was spread out that they had besieged Chen Luo but failed to take him down, instead being beaten until they were defeated, how could they stand in Xiaoluo Tian's eyes afterwards? How could they hold their heads up as men afterwards?

  At this time, Bai Jian stood up and said: "You all go back to the college first, I need to go home for a while."

  "Go home? Bai Jian, what do you want to do?"

  "Don't worry, I, Bai Jian, am also a person who values face. The matters within the stone room, I won't speak of them." Bai Jian held his sword and took a deep breath before saying: "Chen Luo has already opened seven variant spiritual veins, which is a huge blow to me. Furthermore, in two months' time, it will be the Jin Shui Conference, at that time, if I want to defeat Chen Luo, I must rely on my family's resources." After finishing speaking, he left directly.

  Ding Zixuan repeatedly explained several times, until Wan Liqun and others vowed to keep the secret, before he finally left. However, all along the way, Ye Qing's soul was not at peace, as if her spirit had suffered a severe blow. Ding Zixuan did not dare to take her back to the college directly, deciding first to treat the wounds on her face before doing anything else.

  In the blink of an eye, three days have passed. The small spiritual realm in the forest has been bustling with people coming and going. As for the strange changes in the mountain range, everyone only knows that the mountain range has changed, and several Glory Teams went in to adventure, but the result is unknown, and it seems that no treasures were found.

  This trip to the small forest was very rewarding for Chen Luo, not only did he pick up five bottles of precious Huoyun essence that were hard to come by, but also obtained a precious Huoyun crystal. After leaving the mountain range, he went straight to find Niuwen and didn't stay in the forest, quickly returning to Xiaojingou.

  At night, Chen Luo sat cross-legged on his bed, examining his seven spiritual meridians. The more he looked, the deeper his frown became, for he had discovered a strange problem - all of his seven spiritual meridians were open, but they didn't connect with each other. Normally, when someone's seven spiritual meridians are opened, they form a circle and are interconnected. But Chen Luo's weren't. His first and second meridians connected to the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh, but the tail of his seventh meridian didn't connect to the head of his first meridian.

  What's going on?

  He had opened up the Spiritual Ocean before being crippled, and still clearly remembered that after his seven spiritual meridians were unblocked, they naturally formed a circle, with the beginning and end connecting, and the seven meridians flowing smoothly. Afterwards, he could open up the Spiritual Ocean. But now, the tail of the seventh meridian and the head of the first meridian couldn't connect, what was going on?

  Is it because all seven spiritual veins have changed?

  After some thought, it seems that this is the only possibility. Perhaps after absorbing some spiritual energy, when the spiritual power is strong enough, I will thoroughly impact the seven spiritual veins again.

  He thought of this, and didn't think any further. He picked up a package from under the bed, opened it, and inside were five white jade bottles as long as fingers and a crystal stone that was entirely crimson red. These were the Fire Cloud Essence and Fire Cloud Crystal he had obtained in the stone room. He picked up one of the bottles, opened it, and a wave of heat rushed towards his face.

  Huoyun Lingqi is a relatively fierce spirit among the rare spirits, and it's just right to use it to break through the boundary wall. Huoyun Lingqi is already so, let alone the more pure and fierce Huoyun Jinghua.

  He tilted his head back and took a sip, only to find that it tasted almost the same as plain water. Just as he was about to take another sip, he suddenly felt like his body was being burned by fierce flames. His nose started bleeding immediately. Not daring to be slow, he quickly began to resonate his soul. One resonance, two resonances, ten resonances... When his soul had resonated twelve times, it still couldn't absorb the Fire Cloud Essence. He continued to resonate, fifteen times, twenty times... It wasn't until then that the Fire Cloud Essence started to slowly turn into mist. Not stopping, he continued to resonate. By now, his soul's strength was already able to resonate at an amplitude of twenty-five, truly powerful.

  It wasn't until much later that he finally managed to absorb and transform the Fire Cloud Essence into spiritual energy. He opened his eyes, wiped away the blood that had sprayed out of his nose, and was shocked in his heart. He knew that the Fire Cloud Essence was extremely potent, but he hadn't expected it to be this intense. If not for his strong soul, he would have probably fallen here today.

  I was going to share some with Niuwen and the other disciples of Xiaojin Valley, but now that I think about it, forget it. It took me twenty resonance amplitudes just to barely absorb this thing myself; if I gave it to them, it would be a death sentence!

  Just as he was about to fall asleep, having just taken off his clothes and lain down, Chen Luo suddenly sat up, his expression greatly changed. He shook his head and muttered in dismay: "Damn it, here we go again."

  He knew that the terrifying dream would visit him from time to time, and he felt helpless and complicated about it. He both hoped for the dream to come and not to come. The reason he didn't hope for it was that the taste of being burned by the illusory fire was unbearable, and it became more and more painful. The reason he hoped for it was simple: although the taste was unbearable, every time he was burned, his soul would become stronger.

  As expected, when his consciousness disappeared, his soul came to this dream world that had no sky or earth.

  In the dream, as usual, the dark illusory fire burned wildly, and the boundless book that was originally based on nothingness still floated there, making Chen Luo feel surprised that some of the mysterious and mysterious words on the surface of the boundless book had become clear.

  "The one who signs the contract must have their soul purified by the illusory fire 998 times, tempering the soul's unyielding spirit, fearlessness, and steadfastness, refining the soul's will, spirit, and wisdom..."

  "After ninety-nine eighty-one purifications by fire, the contract is opened, and the illusory soul is achieved. The vastness of heaven and earth, I will not yield; the strength of the gods, I will not fear; the power of light and darkness, I will not be moved. My will, I will carry out myself; my spirit, I will dominate; my wisdom, I will open up myself."

  Muttering to herself, Chen Luo couldn't help but curl her lip as she read the book's meaning: after my soul has been burned by the false fire eighty-one times, the contract will take effect, and I will become a false spirit soul, not subject to heaven or earth? Not even afraid of gods? My will is mine to wield? My spirit is mine to command? My wisdom is mine to unlock?

  Is it really that awesome?

  Chen Luo didn't know whether it was true or false, but he felt that the tone of this book was quite arrogant. He also didn't know how many times his soul had been purified by fire, and how long it would take to reach eighty-one times. He wanted to continue reading, but unfortunately, the mysterious words below were too blurry and couldn't be seen clearly, so he gave up.

  It seems that it will take a while for his soul to be purified, so what's the point of doing something during this period? Chen Luo shook his head and wandered aimlessly in the endless illusory flames, not knowing how long he had walked. Suddenly, he stopped because he faintly heard some sound.

  Huh?

  Chen Luo's courage had always been great, but in this endless sea of illusions, a sudden voice made his heart skip a beat. He listened carefully, and it seemed that there was no sound after all.

  Is it an illusion?

  He shook his head and continued walking forward, now he was like floating in an endless ocean, unable to see the end, only a sea of fire. After walking for a while, he heard a strange sound again, very faint, very small, it was actually a woman's laughter.

  Woman? Laughter?

  What's going on?

  "Haha... Illusory flames, dark path... Haha..."

  "Dark trial? Bright trial? Who... Hehehe... is judging whom? Hehehe..."

  "Witch? Witch is just a joke... haha... a huge joke."

  "Cutting off the hero, intimidating the gods, destroying fate, arrogant to heaven and earth...... Hehehe...... Hehehe...... Whose dream is it? Who is whose dream?"

  The voice was extremely manic, like the voice of a madwoman, and Chen Luo couldn't see anyone around him. He shouted twice, but no one responded. Just as he was about to continue walking forward, he suddenly found that the illusory fire began to burn wildly, enveloping his soul in an instant...

  The next day, at noon.

  Chen Luo sat in the courtyard, leaning against a tree, his head drooping, his eyes staring blankly ahead. He had woken up from a dream early that morning and couldn't shake off the voice of a madwoman from his mind. What was this "illusory fire", what was this "dark road", what was this "executioner's blade", what was this "soul-capturing spirit"? The madwoman's words were disjointed and made no sense to him, and he couldn't even figure out where her voice had come from.

  This problem had him stumped, and no matter how long he thought about it, he just couldn't understand. He let out a sigh, shook his head, and stopped thinking about it. Although he wasn't a carefree person, he also didn't like to overthink things. His master Cloud Wanderer's words were always etched in his mind: some things you can only accept with equanimity, because you're fundamentally powerless; what's meant to come will come, and what's not meant to come never will.

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