Chapter 213. Sovereignty
Arc E : Extra 4
Qian Xing came out of the office, looked at the department manager who came outside to report the budget, and shook his head, then scratched his neck.
The crowd dispersed.
Qian Xing meant that Mr. Shao is in a very bad mood, extremely bad.
In the past four or five years, Shao Lingheng has begun to move behind the scenes, and his studio has also been upgraded to a media company. He gradually withdrew from the circle for Du Yan, who doesn’t like being noticed by too many people. If Shao Lingheng had always been active in front of the screen, this kind of thing would never be avoided.
This is how the entertainment industry works. Even for someone as famous as Shao Lingheng, after not having any works for several years and fading from the public’s view, his popularity is slowly declining.
Although he will always have a place in the classic film industry and his acting skills, he has been gradually replaced by newcomers in terms of traffic.
This is exactly what Shao Lingheng wanted to see. His purpose in acting from the beginning was just to experience emotions.
Now, Shao Lingheng no longer needs to know emotions in this way, so it’s okay to slowly move behind the scenes. The studio was transformed into an entertainment company because Shao Lingheng wanted to collect materials for weaving dreams.
With his current abilities, he doesn’t need to star in a movie to weave nightmares. He just needs to watch a lot of dramas regularly, and when he weaves his dreams at night, he will have endless material.
Du Yan can not taste any human food, so he can only provide as many colorful nightmares as possible to let Du Yan taste all kinds of delicious food.
However, this caused some misunderstandings among the people in the company. They always thought that their boss was very dedicated. Even though he almost stopped filming, he still spent a lot of time researching the drama.
In the eyes of the public, the company has occupied an important position in the entertainment industry in just a few years, and almost every movie and TV series it has invested in has been well received. This is all because of Shao Lingheng’s excellent sensitivity to dramas and his ability to identify gems with his discerning eyes.
Only Qian Xing knew that this was all for Du Yan to have a meal.
The reason why Shao Lingheng was in a bad mood at the moment had nothing to do with the company’s affairs. He looked at the computer in front of him and was very unhappy.
Qian Xing just came in and told him that Du Yan was on the hot search list. As soon as he opened Weibo and clicked on the top hot search topic, he saw Du Yan’s profile.
It was a secretly taken photo, not very clear, but one could tell that the person in the photo was extremely good-looking.
The blogger used extremely enthusiastic language to praise the Little Gege she met at the art exhibition that day. It was probably because the confused girl lost something, and the kind-hearted Little Gege picked it up and returned it to her.
The key point is that Little Gege is extremely handsome, so handsome that the blogger feels he can instantly outshine all the popular stars in the entertainment industry. She was so nervous and excited at the time that she forgot to ask for Little Gege’s contact information, leaving behind only this secretly taken photo.
After returning home, the blogger felt increasingly unwilling to give up, so she posted a Weibo post to look for the unknown Little Gege.
#Looking for the Little Gege I met at the art exhibition that day#
This hot search topic is too confusing, and it pops up every now and then. At first, Shao Lingheng didn’t pay much attention to it. When Qian Xing told him that it was Du Yan who was on the hot search, the situation was out of control.
It’s too late to ask the PR team to remove the picture or to suppress the trending search on Weibo.
The secretly photographed photo of Du Yan has been circulated everywhere, and even another hot search topic has occupied the top three.
#NationalBoyfriend#
Shao Lingheng clicked on the trending search and took a look. Seeing the screen full of messages like “I can”, “I am willing”, “Little Gege is in my bed”, he felt a little stuffy in his chest.
When Du Yan pushed the door open and walked in, he saw Shao Lingheng looking at the computer with a dark face, and he felt a little confused.
“What’s wrong with you?”
Shao Lingheng pointed at the computer and said: “You’re on the hot search.”
Du Yan was stunned, walked over, and bent down to look at it for a while.
He said: “It seems to be true. I picked up a mobile phone at an art exhibition that day and waited for the owner.”
Du Yan didn’t remember what the girl looked like. In his opinion, this matter was a piece of cake, and he didn’t take it seriously at all.
Shao Lingheng frowned slightly and said: “Things are a bit troublesome right now, and it’s too late to ask the PR team to remove the trending search.”
Seeing that his face was getting worse and worse, Du Yan came over and kissed him on the ear, saying: “Never mind, I don’t care.”
“Don’t care?”
“Hot searches like this will be replaced by new entertainment news in a few days,” Du Yan said: “In fact, after being with you for so long, I have already prepared myself mentally. If I am accidentally photographed one day, I will just let it go and expose it publicly.”
After hearing this, Shao Lingheng showed a thoughtful expression.
***
Shao Lingheng, the long-silent actor, has actually started a live broadcast. Since he retired from the acting stage, he has rarely posted on Weibo. He posts a few times a year, mostly to show off his affection, such as wedding anniversaries or something meaningful his partner did.
Today, he posted a Weibo with a very crude title, which was something like, it’s been a long time since we last met, so I wanted to chat with my fans.
Clicking in, people will see his live broadcast room. Although there was no announcement, the live broadcast room attracted millions of viewers in just a few minutes, and the number is still rising.
Actor Shao, who appeared in front of the screen, still did not have any perfect angles. Even though he was live streaming with his mobile phone, the camera angle was very strange.
Judging from the background, Shao Lingheng is in his own garden.
In the beginning, the atmosphere was very harmonious and enthusiastic, and most people focused on Shao Lingheng’s recent movements and arrangements.
Shao Lingheng’s live broadcast today made fans familiar with him feel a little strange. He usually has a very serious image in front of the camera. He always sits straight and doesn’t move his hands too much. He looks like a trained soldier.
However, today, Shao Lingheng kept fiddling with his left hand in front of the camera, as if he was not comfortable with where his left hand was placed. He was either touching the hem of his shirt or adjusting his phone.
At first, some people made good-natured jokes, saying that Mr. Shao was nervous because he hadn’t appeared in front of the camera for too long.
This message was almost universally echoed, with fans strongly requesting that Shao Lingheng appear on screen at an appropriate time, even if it was just a cameo role.
Shao Lingheng’s fans are very unique. They call their idol Mr. Shao. Because they think this is the most suitable for Shao Lingheng’s serious and cold temperament outside of movies.
At this moment, a different comment flashed by.
“Mr. Shao, are you showing us the ring on your hand?”
The fan who asked the question never thought that Shao Lingheng would answer this question, he just asked it casually.
This comment was quickly drowned out by various comments urging Shao Lingheng to return to the screen.
Unexpectedly, Shao Lingheng raised his left hand directly in front of the camera, seemingly to allow fans to see the ring style on his hand more clearly.
He said: “This is my wedding ring. My partner and I designed it together. It has a very special meaning to me.”
Fans watching the live broadcast were suddenly fed with dog food, and for a moment they didn’t know whether they should continue to ask Shao Lingheng to return to the big screen or praise him and his partner for their good relationship and happy life.
Suddenly, a sharp-eyed fan’s comment caught everyone’s attention.
“The person who just passed by from behind seemed familiar?”
“I always feel like I’ve seen him somewhere before?”
“Do you think he looks like the Little Gege who has been trending on Weibo these days?.”
Du Yan flashed across the camera, unaware that the few seconds of his appearance had caused a huge uproar.
For some reason, Shao Lingheng suddenly wanted to do a live broadcast today. Du Yan was about to go into the room to do something to kill time, but Shao Lingheng kept him there because the sun was shining brightly today and it was more comfortable to stay in the garden than indoors.
Du Yan was staying in a place that was not captured by the camera. He got up and went into the house because he received a WeChat message from Shao Lingheng on his mobile phone.
The content of the WeChat post is: I’m thirsty, but it’s inconvenient to leave during the live broadcast.
Du Yan didn’t think too much and went straight into the house to pour water for Shao Lingheng.
The path into the house would pass behind Shao Lingheng. Du Yan did not deliberately avoid the camera, so his figure naturally appeared in the camera for a few seconds.
When he put the water in front of Shao Lingheng, his hand just happened to pass in front of the camera.
After Du Yan put down the water, he turned around and left, seemingly not caring about the situation in the live broadcast room at all.
However, the ring on Du Yan’s finger caught everyone’s attention. The reason was simple, the ring on his hand was the same as the one on Shao Lingheng’s hand.
Fans’ comments naturally exploded again, with many asking Shao Lingheng to let everyone see the legendary partner, and many people were trying to verify whether it was the Little Gege from the art exhibition who had become popular on Weibo in recent days.
When Shao Lingheng saw this, he turned around and asked: “My fans want to meet you, is that okay?”
When Du Yan was pouring water in the house just now, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. From that moment on, he turned on his mobile phone and entered Shao Lingheng’s live broadcast room.
He saw that the topic about the Little Gege at the art exhibition was being hotly discussed in the live broadcast room, and Shao Lingheng’s ambiguous attitude that he never denied, and then he thought of Shao Lingheng’s expression when he saw the trending search yesterday.
Du Yan, who fully understood that Shao Lingheng was a nightmare beast on the surface and a vinegar spirit on the inside, naturally quickly understood the purpose of today’s live broadcast.
The vinegar spirit bloodline is activated, and after knowing that he doesn’t care about being exposed, he tries every means to declare his sovereignty to everyone.
So after hearing Shao Lingheng’s question, Du Yan was not surprised at all, but just stood up calmly and then sat next to Shao Lingheng.
Fans in the live broadcast room saw a very good-looking young man appear in front of the camera, and Shao Lingheng, who has always been known for his looks, was no less handsome than him.
The boy has very fair skin and light amber eyes. He looks a bit cold and indifferent. He is several times better looking than the blurry candid photo on Weibo, and he is worthy of the blogger’s crazy praise.
He sat next to Shao Lingheng, raised the corners of his lips and smiled gently, and said: “Hello everyone, I am Shao Lingheng’s spouse, Du Yan.”
When he was talking, Shao Shao Lingheng, who was sitting next to him, did not move his eyes away at all, as if this person was the only one in his eyes.
After Du Yan said this, Shao Lingheng looked at the camera again and said: “I am Du Yan’s spouse, Shao Lingheng.”
Shao Lingheng in the camera clearly had an expressionless face, no different from before.
The fans who watched the whole process felt a little choked, as if someone was madly stuffing food into their mouths.
A fan commented: “Showing off your husband without showing anything is the most deadly.”
***
The girl who posted the Weibo post looking for Little Gege found that all the hot searches were replaced by another one when she checked Weibo that day.
#The handsome Little Gege in the art exhibition is Shao Lingheng’s spouse#
The girl clicked on the hot search topic and saw several screenshots of the live broadcast. Sure enough, the very good-looking Little Gege in the picture and the other person were the almost unshakable actor Shao Lingheng in the film industry.
The two of them look really pleasing to the eye together. Even the few pictures taken by fans make people think they are much better looking than the refined magazine pictures.
She glanced at her best friend and said: “Why do I feel like Mr. Shao is asserting his sovereignty? Please tell me, I must be wrong.”
The best friend looked very serious: “I think your feeling is correct.”
The girl sighed and said: “Sure enough, all the good-looking guys have found a partner.”
She was a bit disappointed and dazed for a while, but she found those screenshots more and more lovable. Then she held her face up and said unconsciously: “But when I saw their couple photo, I felt so sweet inside.”
The best friend smiled and extended her hand to her: “Welcome to join our CP fans.”
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Chapter 212. Communicate On Your Own
Arc E : Extra 3
Today’s dream was an accident.
Du Yan still feels a little dizzy now, he got drunk before going to bed.
Tonight was a gathering of the Shao family. Previously, Du Yan and Shao Lingheng got married, which was considered a flash marriage in the real world. Neither Du Yan nor Shao Lingheng paid much attention to formalities. At that time, their ideas were very simple. They had already experienced everything that needed to be said and adjusted in the dream world.
In the real world, leaving proof as a memory is enough.
Of course, this is Du Yan’s idea. It is unknown whether Shao Lingheng has other ideas.
Anyway, the two of them got married.
After the Shao family found out, they felt that it couldn’t be so simple, and they had to hold a small gathering in the family to formally introduce Du Yan to other members of the family.
Of course, they won’t let too many people know about the secrets of Du Yan and Shao Lingheng, but considering that Xiao Ba has already applied to provide an assistant to the Nightmare beast bloodline of this world.
Shao Lingheng’s Waipo, after obtaining Du Yan’s consent, informed the people in the family who knew the secret of bloodline.
To express their gratitude, the family on the other side of the world requested to attend this small gathering. In the end, the specifications of this gathering were raised higher and higher, and it was officially held after more than half a year of preparation.
During the past six months, in order to eliminate the effects of the secret medicine that Shao Lingheng had previously taken, Du Yan asked Xiao Ba to bring medicine from the body over there.
The secret medicine that sealed Shao Lingheng’s bloodline power was slowly dissipated, and all his abilities were activated.
Of course, with Du Yan around, he won’t be like before, unable to control his abilities and causing everyone around him to fall into a nightmare.
After the bloodline ability was activated, Shao Lingheng gradually returned to normal, began to feel joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and slowly understood family and friendship.
The stronger Shao Lingheng’s dream-weaving ability becomes, the more familiar he becomes with dream control. After half a year of practice, he can weave a corresponding dream world to satisfy Du Yan’s nightmare-eating needs.
Shao Lingheng’s abilities became stronger and stronger, but this led to today’s accident.
At today’s party, Du Yan and Shao Lingheng were both drunk, and their wills naturally weakened after being drunk. As a result, in this unconscious state, Du Yan was dragged into the dream world by Shao Lingheng.
After the two had a heart-to-heart talk, the dreams created by Shao Lingheng all appeared in his appearance and personality. Du Yan had not seen this situation for a long time.
Lying next to him is He Jin.
When Du Yan saw this face, he had a bad feeling. After all, the last time he saw He Jin, he still had cat ears and a cat tail.
He had no desire to become a cat again.
Du Yan got out of bed and walked to the dressing table nearby.
The man in the mirror has black hair and white skin, nothing unusual about him.
Du Yan was relieved. It seemed that Shao Lingheng had already withdrawn those strange settings in his subconscious.
But since he was pulled into this dream, it means that this dream is not a wonderful dream but a nightmare.
Du Yan pondered for a long time but still couldn’t figure out the source of the nightmare in this dream world.
Judging from everything that happened before, He Jin has already gotten everything he wanted, so why does this dream world still appear as a nightmare?
At this moment, a pair of hands wrapped around Du Yan’s waist and a deep voice sounded.
“Jiujiu, the chances of seeing your tail and ears are becoming less and less.”
There was a hint of pity in He Jin’s tone, and Du Yan frowned when he heard it.
As He Jin woke up, some of the settings of this dream world flooded into Du Yan’s mind. It turned out that he was still the white cat, but his abilities were getting stronger and stronger, and he could appear in human form.
Du Yan directly pulled He Jin’s hand away, turned and walked towards the bathroom, saying: “Wash up and get ready to go out.”
This morning, the two of them made an appointment to go to an auction.
In this dream world, Du Yan likes some antiques with a background. He Jin knows his hobby, so he always pays attention to related auctions, never misses any anomalies, and even bought a house specifically to store these antiques in his collection.
He Jin knew her Jiujiu’s habit. Once a trip was scheduled, he would prepare in advance. Not leaving enough time for preparation would make him anxious.
He Jin, who wanted to take advantage of the benefits, stopped pestering and took care of the things and went to the auction house with Du Yan.
Du Yan sat in the VIP box and flipped through the brochure in his hand. The last auction item caught his attention.
It was a painting, and the introduction said it was lost in a foreign country during the war, and now the collector has fallen on hard times, so he put it up for auction.
Perhaps to maintain secrecy, the painting in the picture is closed, and its contents can not be seen.
Du Yan didn’t know why, but he couldn’t take his eyes off the painting for a moment.
After a moment, he felt heat in his ears and heard He Jin whisper: “Jiujiu wants this painting?”
Du Yan glanced at him and said: “I don’t know the content, so I’m not interested.”
Although Du Yan answered this way, he was still thinking about the painting in his heart, which was reflected in the fact that none of the previous auction items could attract his attention.
It was not until the pressed product appeared on the stage that Du Yan’s eyes fell on the stage.
In order not to damage the ancient painting, the lights in the auction house were dimmed. After fully warming up the atmosphere, the host finally unveiled the velvet cover covering the painting.
Ancient painting was hung in a glass box with constant temperature and humidity. Everyone in the room was shocked by the exquisite ancient painting and exclaimed in amazement.
Du Yan, however, had mixed feelings and couldn’t tell what he was thinking.
He had seen that painting.
The person in the painting is him, or rather, Princess Yuan Yan.
This is clearly an ancient painting from another dream world. How could it appear in He Jin’s dream world and become an auction item? Could it be that all this is related to this dream world becoming a nightmare again?
Du Yan frowned slightly, still unable to figure out the connection.
He Jin carefully looked at the ancient painting above for a moment, then turned to look at Du Yan beside him, with an expression of disbelief on his face.
He said: “Why do I feel that the woman in the ancient painting looks a lot like you?”
Du Yan said: “You are seeing things wrong. How can you see any similarity in this kind of meticulous painting?”
He Jin smiled and said: “Yes, maybe because my heart and eyes are full of my Jiujiu, I will think of you when I see some similar paintings.”
Du Yan glanced at He Jin and did not respond to his somewhat cheesy love talk. Instead, he turned his head and continued to look at the stage, thinking about the connection between the source of the nightmare and the ancient painting.
He Jin saw that Du Yan’s eyes were always on the ancient painting, but he misunderstood Du Yan’s intention. By the time Du Yan reacted, he had already bought the ancient painting at a price several times higher than the starting price.
Du Yan saw this and didn’t say much, and the two of them left and went home.
He Jin wanted to send the painting to a house dedicated to collections, but Du Yan said he wanted to keep it at home for a few days. So the auction house sent the painting to his home that day.
An hour before the painting was delivered, He Jin received a phone call and then urgently went abroad to handle official business.
Du Yan was the only one left at home. He stared at the ancient painting for a long time but didn’t notice anything unusual.
In the middle of the night, Du Yan suddenly felt something was wrong. He opened his eyes and saw a person beside the bed.
If Du Yan wasn’t naturally calm, he would probably be scared to death.
“Yan.” The man saw Du Yan wake up and called out.
Du Yan stood up and turned on the bedside lamp, looking at the person beside the bed.
It was indeed Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu in military uniform.
“Cheng Yu.”
Cheng Yu showed a somewhat surprised expression on his face and said: “You really remember me.”
Du Yan nodded and asked: “What’s the matter with you?”
Cheng Yu was silent for a moment, then sat down on the edge of the bed. He smiled bitterly and said: “There are always such twists and turns between you and me.”
Afterward, Du Yan knew everything that happened to Cheng Yu. He stayed with Cheng Yu for his entire life, and after Cheng Yu died, he gave up reincarnation and voluntarily entered the world in the painting.
However, Du Yan somehow entered the reincarnation cycle, and the two missed each other again.
Now Cheng Yu is a ghost in the painting. Fortunately, unlike Du Yan’s previous situation, where he can only appear when the other is asleep, the other person can appear from the painting at night.
Cheng Yu’s face was not very happy, and he just felt that this was a trick played by fate on the two of them.
Du Yan felt helpless, thinking that this matter had nothing to do with fate and that you were just making things up for yourself.
This dream world is getting weirder and weirder. Before he finds out the source of the nightmare, Cheng Yu suddenly appears in He Jin’s dream world.
Not only that, Du Yan had a vague feeling in his heart and felt that things didn’t seem to end so easily.
The only thing to be thankful for is that He Jin went abroad. Otherwise, Cheng Yu would have appeared out of nowhere, bringing with him some promise from past and present lives.
With Shao Lingheng’s personality, when he was in Xiao Lang’s dream world, his own main soul was so jealous of others that he beat his other selves to death. For He Jin, Cheng Yu’s appearance is equivalent to that of another person and it is unknown what kind of chaos it will cause.
A sleepless night, Du Yan and Cheng Yu had a long conversation.
When it was almost dawn, Cheng Yu said: “For now, I can only appear at night. I will find a way to come out during the day as soon as possible, and then I will accompany you day and night.”
He leaned over and kissed Du Yan on the lips, then disappeared into the painting.
Du Yan raised his hand and touched his lips. Thinking of the farewell kiss He Jin left when he left for the trip, he suddenly felt a little complicated.
Could it be that the root of this nightmare is the glowing green?
Du Yan couldn’t understand more and more what kind of interest Shao Lingheng had, as he created a scene in his dream world where a grassland grew on his head.
Du Yan’s premonitions were always accurate. A few hours after Cheng Yu returned to the scroll, his cell phone rang.
The person who called was the person in charge of the auction house. He said that for the purpose of VIP customer’s feedback, they would send a small gift after receiving a confirmation reply.
An hour later, the auction house’s customer manager delivered the gift to his door.
After seeing off the customer manager, Du Yan sat on the sofa and opened the exquisite sandalwood box.
Inside the box was a jade pendant. The quality of the jade was not very good, so it can only be considered a small gift.
However, Du Yan felt that his ominous premonition had come true because this jade pendant was the amulet he had given to Xiao Lang.
In the following time, even when Xiao Lang became the Ghost King, he never let this amulet leave his body.
Du Yan sighed in his heart, and after thinking for a moment, he felt that since Cheng Yu had already appeared, the presence of Xiao Lang might be able to turn things around.
He raised his hand and picked up the jade pendant. A chilling feeling swept up along his fingers and went straight to Du Yan’s heart.
A black mist emerged from the amulet. After it dissipated, the Ghost King Xiao Lang, dressed in black, appeared in the living room.
As soon as Xiao Lang appeared, he walked up to Du Yan and held him in his arms, whispering in his ear: “I finished waiting for you.”
Xiao Lang’s supplementary plot is this: Du Yan, who became the corpse king, was eventually destroyed for some reason. Xiao Lang then managed to send Du Yan into reincarnation and sealed himself in a jade pendant, and would not wake up again until he met Du Yan again one day.
“……”
Du Yan no longer wanted to complain about the chaotic timeline of this dream world, and he probably understood the cause of the nightmare.
The cause was simple, Shao Lingheng’s jealousy.
So if he wants to eat this nightmare, he has to wait for the protagonists of all dream worlds to appear.
Next, Du Yan received a call from He Jin’s alma mater, saying that there was an honorary alumni award and hoped that he could accept the award on behalf of He Jin.
At school, Du Yan met Zhang Jing, a young man who had memories of his past life.
After exchanging contact information with Zhang Jing, Du Yan encountered anti-social elements hijacking restaurant patrons while having dinner in the restaurant.
The special police who came to carry out the mission subdued the criminals neatly and efficiently, saving innocent people.
After the hostages recorded statements, Du Yan was stopped.
The SWAT captain, who had been wearing a mask throughout the rescue, took off the mask in front of Du Yan, revealing a dark-skinned and handsome face.
Shen Heng.
Shen Heng grabbed Du Yan’s arm, his expression somewhat excited. He was the most direct person and said directly: “You may not believe some things. But I come from another parallel world, and you are my lover in that parallel world. I have been looking for you for a long time.”
Du Yan didn’t pretend and said directly: “I remember everything.”
After saying goodbye to Shen Heng, Du Yan finally ended his colorful day and returned home.
He sat on the sofa and turned on the TV, then realized that there was still one person who hadn’t shown up.
The thought had barely come to his mind when the evening news on TV began.
Evening news headlines: Advanced alien civilizations sent friendly contact signals to China, and the supreme ruler of the Sagoru civilization said they were looking for a compatible partner.
When He Jin came back, he felt that the whole world was different from when he left.
When he was abroad, the news of China’s contact with extraterrestrial civilizations was widely circulated. It was said that aliens had appeared.
The location of the alien emperor’s legendary partner is in the city where He Jin lives.
A sense of foreboding rose from the bottom of his heart, and He Jin rushed back to China without even taking care of his official duties.
It was around 10 o’clock in the evening when he got home.
The house was very lively. His Jiujiu sat in the middle, and there were many people sitting next to him. Each of them had a face very similar to his.
Du Yan saw He Jin coming back, stood up with a cold face, and said: “You guys communicate on your own.”
Afterward, he turned around and went back into the room, letting the smoke of war in the living room continue to ferment.
In the original dream world, He Jin belongs here as a person who could control almost everything, but now Cheng Yu, Xiao Lang, Shen Heng and Zeus have appeared, and none of them are from the original world setup.
They can not compete with He Jin at the moment, an irresistible variable.
Things got out of control. After all, He Jin was the master of the dream world, and this dream world could be considered his home ground.
The world changed drastically the next day. Spiritual energy revived, creatures mutated, and social order was completely disrupted.
The dream masters from various dream worlds have become the most powerful group of people.
However, these powerful figures completely disregarded the concept of a shared destiny for humanity and instead fought each other to the death like mortal enemies.
Du Yan, the one who caused everything, chose to drive everyone out of the house and let them fight on their own in the face of the chaotic world.
After watching everything happen, Du Yan knew the source of the nightmare.
He has to make a choice, but not to choose any side of Shao Lingheng, but to choose the real him.
In the end, Du Yan devoted himself to studying the formation and the art of soul-spirit integration. He beat everyone up and then trapped them in the formation. On the day the formation was completed, several people who entered the formation became one.
Shao Lingheng stepped out from the formation and extended his hand to Du Yan.
Wake up from the dream.
When Du Yan woke up, he saw Shao Lingheng’s face. His eyes were focused and affectionate, as if he had been looking at him for a long time.
Seeing Du Yan wake up, he leaned over and kissed Du Yan’s forehead: “They are all too much, making you waste so much energy studying some formations. Only I am the best.”
Du Yan raised his hand and pushed Shao Lingheng away, sneering.
“I don’t like West Lake Vinegar Fish at all.”
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Chapter 211. Vinegar Spirit
Arc E : Real World
TN:- 1 + 2 Extra Chapters, and it is over.
Qian Xing’s eyes widened slightly, and he looked frightened.
He knew that Shao Lingheng and Du Yan had something to discuss yesterday, but he didn’t expect that the discussion took place at Shao Lingheng’s home and lasted the entire night?
But now is not the time to think about these things. Qian Xing’s mind worked very quickly, and he said immediately: “Xiao Du, you arrived earlier than me?”
Afterward, he turned around and introduced Du Yan’s identity to Shao Lingheng’s parents.
Of course, Qian Xing introduced him as a personal assistant.
Du Yan smiled and greeted them but didn’t say anything much. After all, he and Shao Lingheng had just come clean in the real world. It was a matter involving the elders at home, so he should wait for Shao Lingheng to think it over before making a decision.
When Shao Lingheng came out with breakfast, he was slightly startled when he saw the people in the living room.
He asked: “Ba, Ma, do you want to have breakfast?”
Father Shao waved his hands: “We have already eaten, you eat first.”
The dining area in Shao Lingheng’s house is a small platform. There is no partition between the dining room and the living room, so the view is very clear.
When the family is together, there is not much to pay attention to, so Shao Lingheng and Du Yan sat in the dining area to eat breakfast.
Shao Lingheng asked: “Ba, Ma, why did you come here suddenly?”
Father and Mother Shao knew their son’s character and that he was always straightforward, so they didn’t think there was anything to be unhappy about.
Mother Shao smiled and said: “We are here to take you to see Dr. Zhao.”
Du Yan glanced at Shao Lingheng, a little confused, but it was not convenient to ask at this time.
Shao Lingheng didn’t have so many guesses. He said: “I have work arrangements for today, and I haven’t had nightmares recently, which is good.”
After that, he looked at Du Yan again: “Dr. Zhao is my psychiatrist. I have been having nightmares and my family is a little worried about my condition…”
Here, Shao Lingheng was explaining to Du Yan what exactly Dr. Zhao do, but on the other side, Father and Mother Shao turned around and looked over.
Is that person in the dining room really their son with emotional deficiency disorder?
Although Shao Lingheng’s face didn’t show much expression, his parents, who knew him very well, could hear yielding in his voice.
Shao Lingheng has always been a man of few words, and he never says a word unless it is necessary.
Now they just mentioned Dr. Zhao, and he hurriedly explained to the young man next to him, looking very afraid that the other party would misunderstand something.
Father Shao glanced at Qian Xing, who spread his hands and mouthed: I can’t talk nonsense about my cousin’s affairs.
Father Shao had no choice. Although he was the elder, he would not use the age difference to pressure others. He just needs to find time to have a good chat with Shao Lingheng.
While Father and Mother Shao were thinking about how to find out the situation in a roundabout way, Shao Lingheng had already made up his mind.
He saw things very simply. Since he felt that his relationship with Du Yan had been confirmed and his parents are open-minded, there is no need to hide anything.
For such an important matter, letting family members know first is the greatest respect for them.
Shao Lingheng has always been very decisive. In his opinion, he will take Du Yan home sooner or later. Since his parents happened to come today, he will take this opportunity to confess.
Shao Lingheng glanced at Du Yan. Du Yan knew what he meant from his questioning eyes without any words.
Du Yan knew that he had explained the matter of Dr. Zhao to himself in front of his parents, which was also a signal to let his parents be mentally prepared.
Since Shao Lingheng decided to confess to his family, it means that he has considered his family’s acceptance of this matter.
Du Yan didn’t have parents, so he didn’t have to consider too many complicated things, so he just nodded in agreement.
Then, the two of them stood up and walked to the living room, sitting directly opposite Father and Mother Shao.
Shao Lingheng always speaks directly. After he sat down, he got straight to the point and said: “Ba, Ma, this is the person who will accompany me for the rest of my life.”
Father and Mother Shao were slightly stunned, and then their expressions became a little unnatural. They were not prejudiced against the other party because he was a man. Instead, they were worried about Shao Lingheng’s situation and the secret they had kept hidden for a long time.
The difference between Shao Lingheng and ordinary people will eventually become a time bomb between him and his partner.
But they also know their child’s personality, and it is difficult to change the decision he made.
Moreover, for Shao Lingheng, who has almost no normal emotions since childhood, if he really falls in love with someone, and if they can not be together in the future, he may never fall in love with anyone else.
Seeing this, Du Yan guessed what Shao Lingheng’s parents were concerned about. He said directly: “I know everything about him, including the parts of him that are different from ordinary people. In fact, I have similar conditions to him.”
Qian Xing didn’t know about those things, it was a secret among the elders of the Shao family, but Qian Xing had been Shao Lingheng’s assistant for so many years, so there was no need for him to avoid him.
Shao Lingheng said: “I remembered a lot of things, including nightmares and bloodlines.”
Father Shao’s expression became serious, and he asked: “How did you come to remember this?”
Shao Lingheng glanced at Du Yan, with some tenderness in his eyes: “It is my luck to meet Du Yan.”
Everyone’s eyes were focused on Du Yan.
Du Yan felt that it was too much for him to explain all these things by himself. He thought for a moment and asked: “Do you two have any psychological problems or high blood pressure?”
Father Shao guessed why Du Yan asked this question, and said directly: “Don’t worry, although we have only experienced those strange things that happened to Xiao Heng, we also know a thing or two about some areas beyond common sense.”
Du Yan smiled and said: “Then these things can be explained in a more direct way.”
Then he whispered to the air: “Xiao Ba, come out.”
As soon as the words fell, everyone saw a furry unknown creature appear out of thin air in front of them. It looked like an enlarged version of a dandelion.
There were two soybean-sized eyes blinking in the white fur of the unknown creature, indicating that it was a living creature.
Du Yan looked at Shao Lingheng: “I was looking for an opportunity to introduce Xiao Ba to you, and today is a coincidence.”
“Xiao Ba is my assistant. I need his help to eat nightmares.”
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, still not recovering from the shock of seeing an unusual creature for the first time.
Xiao Ba turned in the air and introduced himself: “Hello everyone, I am Ba Shijiu, one of the incarnations of the great demon Dandelion. The responsibility of our clan is to assist the bloodlines of the mythical beasts and other races beasts left in various dimensions, to help them understand the information related to the mythical beasts and other races beasts, and to survive successfully.”
Hearing this, Mother Shao thought of the bloodline from her mother’s family and asked: “Does our bloodline also belong to this category? Why didn’t your family show up?”
As a mother, she couldn’t help but imagine that if her child had such an assistant when awakening his bloodline, perhaps Shao Lingheng wouldn’t have to go through so much pain.
Xiao Ba explained: “Shao Lingheng’s bloodline is not the same as ours. The deities of their faction don’t care much about the affairs of future generations. Of course, after the marriage, I will apply to the higher authorities to provide assistance for those of you who have activated your bloodline…”
Du Yan saw that the conversation was endless and could not be concluded even if it lasted for three days and three nights. He thought that Shao Lingheng still had work to do today, so he said: “Xiao Ba, I remember that you can transmit relevant data to the human brain. Sorry for the trouble.”
After Xiao Ba communicated with Du Yan, he selected information related to the Nightmare beast and the Mythical beast Birch, as well as some publicly available information about Du Yan’s nightmare-eating ability, and transmitted it to the minds of several people present.
Before Du Yan informed the people present about these things, he had fully considered various possible situations.
Qian Xing is the child of Shao Lingheng’s Jiujiu. Perhaps one day, the relevant bloodline will be activated in him or his descendants. Naturally, he will not have any other opinions about Shao Lingheng because of the bloodline of the exotic beast.
As for Father and Mother Shao, judging by their concerns about their child and what happened before, they have nothing to worry about.
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When Father and Mother Shao went out, their steps were a little unsteady.
They looked at each other. Before they came, they were still worried about whether their son would not be able to live smoothly due to psychological problems. They knew that Shao Lingheng had been haunted by nightmares for years.
After knowing this, they quickly thought of Shao Lingheng’s bloodline problem.
After the first two bloodline activations, Shao Lingheng’s bloodline was activated again, and now the nightmare is limited to himself, which makes Father and Mother Shao dare not use the secret medicine for granted, fearing that there will be some adverse consequences.
So they could only adopt a gentle treatment method and found the most famous psychiatrist in the country for Shao Lingheng.
However, Shao Lingheng was a bit of a loner by nature, and even his family members didn’t know what he was thinking. Psychological treatment had not made much progress, and Shao Lingheng’s condition had only gotten worse.
Father and Mother Shao suddenly came to visit because they had seen the press conference the day before. Although they were not in the entertainment industry, they were very concerned about Shao Lingheng.
When they heard that Shao Lingheng had a lover, their first thought was whether Shao Lingheng had a mental problem due to nightmares and thus fabricated a lover.
After all, they knew Shao Lingheng’s problem. He couldn’t feel too many emotions, even though he could bring some of them into his acting and could understand the feelings between his family members a little.
They don’t dare to expect that he can feel intense love or even fall in love with someone in real life and be willing to be with that person for the rest of his life.
Everything that happened just now was completely beyond the imagination of Father and Mother Shao. It was as if heaven suddenly paid attention to this forgotten bloodline and arranged a destined partner for him.
The nightmare beast and the nightmare-eating Birch are so compatible and seem like a match made in heaven.
Previously, the attitude expressed by Shao Lingheng at the promotion conference caused an uproar, but apart from a very small number of people who blindly criticized him, most of the public feedback was positive.
Shao Lingheng’s fans expressed their understanding and blessings for their idol. After all, Shao Lingheng is already 30 years old and has never been in a relationship or involved in a scandal in these years.
Most of Shao Lingheng’s die-hard fans have been with him all along and are now adults in society. In addition, he has always been a powerful figure, so few of his fans are attracted simply because of his face.
Nowadays, fans are becoming more rational, knowing that celebrities are ordinary people, and getting married and having children is a part of their lives.
Even when Shao Lingheng hinted that he already had a crush on someone and was pursuing the person, fans did not react too radically.
There are even big V fans who have opened a super topic on Weibo, in which they are all betting on how long it will take for Shao Lingheng to pursue his sweetheart based on his daily performance.
Apart from his image on screen, all die-hard fans of Shao Lingheng know that he is a taciturn person with a low EQ. Everyone predicts that a three-year start and a five-year run are normal, and an eight-year tug war is not impossible.
Unexpectedly, just seven days later, Shao Lingheng posted a new update on Weibo.
“Thank you for your blessings. It doesn’t need to be three years.”
There is a picture attached, which is a marriage certificate.
Perhaps out of consideration for protecting the partner outside the circle, the photo on the certificate was censored. The certificate was obtained today, and except for Shao Lingheng’s name, the other person’s name was also censored.
The most crucial point is that the other person is also male.
Du Yan had just walked out of the door of the Civil Affairs Bureau when he saw this Weibo post.
Shao Lingheng just insisted on taking a silly-looking photo of himself holding up his marriage certificate at the photo booth of the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Du Yan, as an assistant, didn’t want him to do this. But Shao Lingheng didn’t say a word or move, looking at the example hanging on the side with an extremely eager look.
Finally, Du Yan softened and agreed to take a few photos with him.
After the photo shoot, Shao Lingheng asked Du Yan to pick up the car while he stayed there waiting to pick up the photos.
So, that person nominally went to wait for the photo but actually posted a Weibo post.
Du Yan turned off his phone, feeling somewhat helpless.
“Du Yan.”
Du Yan turned around and watched the man walk down the stairs.
Although he wore sunglasses and pretended to avoid trouble, Du Yan could feel that Shao Lingheng’s eyes were always on him.
Du Yan saw Shao Lingheng stop in front of him. He raised his hand and shook his phone, raised his eyebrows, and said: “Post on Weibo?”
Shao Lingheng looked at Du Yan for a long time and said: “I am the first one to get a marriage certificate with you in China, so of course I have to post a Weibo to commemorate it.”
After hearing this, Du Yan couldn’t help but say: “I actually sometimes really doubt that your bloodline is not the nightmare beast, but the reincarnation of the vinegar spirit.”
Shao Lingheng walked over, put his hand on Du Yan’s shoulder, and whispered: “If I am the reincarnation of a vinegar spirit, then don’t you like to eat vinegar?”
Du Yan was stunned, knowing that Shao Lingheng was referring to what he had said before, you are my dish, the most perfect one.”
“Go home and have dinner.”
The two walked together towards the parking lot. It was already evening, and the setting sun turned the clouds in the sky into a colorful oil painting.
The shadows of Du Yan and Shao Lingheng were stretched longer and longer and finally intertwined together, as if the two would never be separated for the rest of their lives.
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Chapter 210. Unhappy
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
The process of waking up from this dream was somewhat unusual, perhaps because it was the subconscious level that Du Yan entered, and he escaped from it layer by layer.
He saw Xiao Lang, Cheng Yu, and He Jin. They all smiled at Du Yan and whispered the same words.
“I’m waiting for you.”
When Du Yan opened his eyes, he met Shao Lingheng’s beautiful eyes. His eyes were clear and dark, and there was no confusion in his expression. It seemed that he had been awake for a long time.
Du Yan sat up and asked naturally: “Have you been awake for a long time?”
Shao Lingheng shook his head and said: “Only a few minutes.”
Du Yan thought of the previous accident and asked again: “Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?”
Shao Lingheng shook his head and said: “I slept very well.”
Du Yan couldn’t tell anything from Shao Lingheng’s calm face for the time being. After he subconsciously knew the ups and downs of emotions hidden under his expressionless face, he couldn’t guess Shao Lingheng’s thoughts based on superficial phenomena.
He even wondered if he was glowing like a light bulb in Shao Lingheng’s eyes.
Du Yan knew how much the subconscious mind influenced perception. After all, he transformed himself horrendously during the interview. Shao Lingheng can also able to beautify that memory into a scene that people could not bear to watch with the help of the subconscious filter.
After returning to reality, Du Yan couldn’t figure out whether Shao Lingheng remembered what happened in the dream or whether he knew about the beast bloodline.
From the dream, it seems that the Shao family never told Shao Lingheng about his beast bloodline, and he took the secret medicine when he was seven or eight years old under the pretext that he was sick.
Du Yan thought about it and decided to clarify the previous misunderstanding first to avoid the tragedy of himself turning into various inhuman things in his dreams again in the future.
“Do you remember what I said before you fell asleep?”
Shao Lingheng nodded, with some doubt in his tone: “You said you are not a human?”
Sure enough, this person only heard the first half of the sentence, and did not take the second half, “strictly speaking, I’m not a complete human being”, to heart at all, which led to Du Yan not being a human in the three dream worlds.
Du Yan said: “You may have some misunderstandings. I just have some non-human blood. Apart from some special features, I am not much different from ordinary humans.”
Shao Lingheng asked: “The special feature you mentioned is that you can enter my dream and fall in love with me?”
“……”
Du Yan raised his hand and pinched his brows, thinking that Shao Lingheng’s focus was too clear. He organized his words and then spoke again.
“What makes me special is that I eat nightmares. Entering a dream is a way of eating nightmares. Also, my lifespan is much longer than that of ordinary humans.” Du Yan said: “Do you remember what happened in your dream?”
Shao Lingheng said: “I remember everything now. Every single thing.”
Du Yan saw that when the other party said this, his eyebrows were furrowed, and his face looked unhappy. The air pressure around him was almost visibly dropping.
Du Yan just thought that Shao Lingheng felt a little stressed because he recalled his childhood experience.
He comforted him: “It seems that your bloodline has been reactivated now, but it doesn’t matter. I can help you solve the problem of nightmares. Even if it affects others in the future, you don’t need to take that secret medicine anymore.”
After hearing Du Yan’s disguised promise, Shao Lingheng did not look relieved.
He was silent for a moment, then said: “I’m just… a little unhappy.”
Du Yan asked: “Why? Because the Nightmare beast blood in your body brought you those unpleasant memories while growing up?”
Shao Lingheng shook his head and said: “I am very grateful for the bloodline of the Nightmare beast. If it weren’t for the bloodline, I might never have known you.”
He paused and continued: “Just now you said that your life span is much longer than that of ordinary people. If I didn’t have the blood of a beast, I would probably just be a passer-by in your life.”
Du Yan became more and more confused and asked: “Then what is the reason for your low mood?”
Seeing this, Shao Lingheng knew that if he didn’t tell the real reason, Du Yan might have other ideas.
He took a deep breath and said with determination: “I am unhappy because I am not the first one to hug you.”
After saying that, Shao Lingheng raised his hands and hugged Du Yan into his arms, with some strength, as if he was angry with someone.
Du Yan, who was suddenly hugged: “?”
Shao Lingheng stepped back and continued: “I’m not the first one to kiss you.”
He lowered his head and kissed Du Yan, and even bit Du Yan’s lower lip lightly when he withdrew.
Du Yan: “?”
Shao Lingheng looked at Du Yan with a heavy look in his eyes and said: “I’m not even the first one…”
Du Yan felt that something dangerous was going on, and he felt that if he didn’t stop the other party, some things might get out of control. Now, it was almost dawn, and it was not a good time to do anything.
He held back Shao Lingheng, who was about to approach him with one hand and said: “So, you are jealous of yourself?”
Shao Lingheng had already given up his dignity completely when he said this. He didn’t feel ashamed of his behavior when he heard Du Yan’s question. He nodded and said: “I know that everything in the dream is a part of me, but I’m just not happy.”
Du Yan looked helplessly at the man in front of him, with messy hair and a serious face, complaining about some meaningless things.
Every person in the dream became real at this moment. Du Yan knew that if he didn’t comfort him, this person would probably die of jealousy.
Du Yan smiled and said: “Maybe these are indeed done the first time by you in your dream, but you are the only one who can see the real me, can keep walking with me, and don’t have to worry about waking up from the dream one day.”
Shao Lingheng stared at Du Yan for a moment, then suddenly looked away.
He wanted to hide something, but from Du Yan’s perspective, he could see more clearly the blush spreading from Shao Lingheng’s neck to the tip of his ear.
Du Yan smiled softly again and said: “Not jealous anymore?”
Shao Lingheng turned his head to look at him, and without saying a word, he held Du Yan in his arms.
After a while, Du Yan heard him say: “Still jealous, but I’m not unhappy anymore.”
Du Yan smiled and was about to say something, but he felt Shao Lingheng’s hand touching his back.
Shao Lingheng’s voice sounded somewhat puzzled: “Where are your wings?”
“……”
Du Yan gently pushed Shao Lingheng away and asked: “Most of my blood is still human, and I don’t have wings or other non-human limbs.”
Shao Lingheng frowned and thought for a moment, then said: “But I’ve seen you with wings when I was a kid.”
Du Yan was stunned and called Xiao Ba urgently in his heart: “Xiao Ba, is there something wrong with your medicine? He seems to have a memory disorder?”
Xiao Ba said: “The subconscious level has a great influence on memory. In addition, it was something Shao Lingheng was extremely eager for. It is normal for him to be a little confused for a while. Just tell him the truth directly.”
Du Yan was relieved after hearing this.
He smiled and said: “When you met me as a child, it happened in your subconscious dream. Maybe it was because you wanted someone to accompany you during that period, and this desire was so strong that it interfered with your memory.”
After listening to this, Shao Lingheng frowned and said: “You promised to come to find me earlier.”
Du Yan thought of Shao Lingheng’s words in his dream, but he didn’t care about the logic behind it. Instead, he said soothingly: “I’m here now, aren’t I?”
Shao Lingheng was not very satisfied and said: “Too late.”
Du Yan said in a matter-of-fact manner: “I am nearly ten years younger than you. I was not born when you were seven or eight years old, so it is impossible to come earlier.”
“……”
Actor Shao was hit hard, remembering that a hater had mocked him for being old on the Internet. Of course, that black fan was criticized by Shao Lingheng’s huge fan club, but Shao Lingheng never took these words to heart.
However, Du Yan’s unintentional words today touched a sore spot. Shao Lingheng even seriously considered going home to ask his family’s Yeye for advice on health preservation so as to avoid getting old too quickly and being disliked by Du Yan.
The two of them had a long talk, and after they finished talking about everything, it was already dawn.
Shao Lingheng was still a little reluctant to leave, but Du Yan remembered his responsibilities as an assistant.
Shao Lingheng still has work today.
Du Yan stood up without hesitation, walked to the window, and opened the curtain.
The morning sun shines all over the ground, and the two people with beast bloodline seem to have completely returned to the real world.
“You still have work to do today. Let’s talk about it in the evening.”
After recalling everything in his dream, Shao Lingheng knew that Du Yan was a very dedicated person, so he did not raise any objections but obediently got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Although they were newly confirmed couple in real life, they had lived together for an unknown amount of time in their dreams.
Before Shao Lingheng forgot about the dream world, Du Yan was still able to pretend to be unfamiliar with the help of his bloodline ability.
Now, Shao Lingheng remembered everything, and the familiarity between them could no longer be concealed, and the two of them felt like an old couple.
After washing up, the two went downstairs to have breakfast. Du Yan really had no reputation for cooking.
When he was a student, he always ate in the cafeteria. After he became an adult and activated his bloodline, food had no appeal to him, so he naturally didn’t study how to cook.
When he was thinking about whether to go out to buy breakfast, he heard Shao Lingheng ask: “What do you want to eat for breakfast? I can still make simple things.”
Du Yan said: “It doesn’t matter what I eat. Ordinary food is tasteless to me. It is just a necessity to maintain the body’s needs.”
When Shao Lingheng heard this, he felt a little distressed: “It’s too painful to not be able to taste the food.”
Du Yan said: “Therefore, you are my dish, the most perfect one.”
Shao Lingheng blushed again at this sudden confession. He turned around and said: “I’ll go make breakfast.”
Du Yan sat at the dining table, looking at Shao Lingheng’s back in the kitchen.
He felt that no matter how many years this kind of life lasted, he would probably feel that the sunshine every day was warm, the moonlight every night was beautiful, and the breeze every day was gentle.
At this moment, the doorbell rang, and Shao Lingheng said from the kitchen: “It should be Qian Xing, go open the door.”
Du Yan stood up upon hearing this and then opened the door.
It was indeed Qian Xing who was standing at the door, but the problem was that there was more than just Qian Xing at the door. Du Yan had seen the couple standing behind Qian Xing before, in the subconscious and dream state.
Even though he had never seen them before, he could tell from the similarity of their outlines that they were Shao Lingheng’s parents.
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Chapter 209. Filter
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
When the scene became clear again, the house was still there below.
Du Yan walked in familiarly and saw the Shao family sitting in the living room, as if they were waiting for someone.
After a while, Shao Lingheng’s Waipo and Waigong came in.
After everyone gathered, they started discussing what happened in the past few days. Judging from the dark circles under the eyes of the Shao family, they still did not get enough sleep in the past few days.
The nannies, gardeners, drivers, etc. hired by the family, have all been given holidays, and the others have taken turns sleeping outside. The Taoist master who came a few days ago has also confirmed that there is no evil spirit involved.
In addition, people who left the house no longer had nightmares, so everyone was sure that the culprit was indeed the baby Shao Lingheng.
All hopes were placed on Shao Lingheng’s Waipo.
After listening to this, Shao Lingheng’s Waipo also talked about what happened after returning home.
Basically, she described her Gege’s condition in recent years in detail. After taking the secret medicine, he became a normal person, and no abnormal conditions occurred.
After hearing about Shao Lingheng’s condition, her cousin said with certainty that this was a manifestation of bloodline activation. The higher the blood concentration, the more likely it is that Shao Lingheng has some kind of atavism phenomenon that has caused his blood concentration to be abnormally high, which is why he has awakened at such a young age.
After hearing this, Xiao Ba sighed and said: “In fact, there are some differences between the bloodline of Nightmare beast and Birch. In order to prevent himself from being affected by emotions in nightmares, Birch is a predator with indifferent emotions. However, Nightmare beast can experience emotions by eating human emotions.”
When Du Yan heard this, he remembered what Qian Xing said, that Shao Lingheng had no emotions since he was a child, and seemed to have an emotional deficiency disorder.
Du Yan asked: “Then why can his Waipo’s Gege live an ordinary life?”
Xiao Ba said: “The bloodline of the Nightmare Beast actually awakens in stages. At first, it awakens the ability to consume human negative emotions. This stage has no effect on the people around it. After that, it awakens the ability to weave nightmares at a higher level.”
By the time Xiao Ba explained this, Du Yan had already understood why the secret medicine had adverse effects on Shao Lingheng. Shao Lingheng awakened his dream-weaving ability too early, and before he could understand human emotions by consuming emotions, his ability was sealed by the secret medicine.
Du Yan asked again: “When I woke up, you came to my side very quickly. Why didn’t Shao Lingheng and his bloodline have any helpers and could only rely on secret medicine to suppress the bloodline?”
Xiao Ba spoke with some disdain in his tone: “The faction of deities originating from Chaos is notorious for having no moral integrity, and they do not attach as much importance to the bloodline of their descendants as we Chinese deities do.”
People there have carefully studied the medical examination reports and various psychological test results of Shao Lingheng’s Waipo’s Gege over the years.
After confirming that the secret medicine had no effect on the body or mind, Shao Lingheng’s parents decided to give Shao Lingheng the secret medicine.
All of this is just a memory. Du Yan is powerless to change anything and can only watch things happen in silence.
After taking the secret medicine, Shao Lingheng did not show any abnormality. It looked like he had just drunk a glass of ordinary boiled water.
However, from Du Yan’s perspective, it was a completely different scene.
Not long after Shao Lingheng took the secret medicine, a huge phantom suddenly appeared from his body. It was a black horse with red flames wrapped around its body.
The horse raised its front hooves and roared to the sky. Chains began to appear out of thin air, tying up the horse tightly and dragging it back into Shao Lingheng’s body.
Everything started to blur again, and the scene changed again.
When Du Yan entered the house again, he saw Shao Lingheng, who had grown up a lot and was probably about seven or eight years old.
It is night now, and everyone in the house is asleep.
Du Yan’s brows furrowed, and he asked: “How should the subconscious dream layer end?”
These fragmented memories and dreams came one after another with no sign of ending. The feeling of being out of control made Du Yan feel a little anxious.
Xiao Ba said: “The subconscious dream layer is what the Lord of Dreams wants you to know in his subconscious. His thoughts before entering the dream will also affect the subconscious layer to a certain extent, so…”
After hearing this, Du Yan had no choice but to continue watching. Shao Lingheng would eventually wake up, so the worst that could happen was that he would just stay in his dream for a little longer.
Since meeting Shao Lingheng, Du Yan, who has been unable to force his way out every time, has become very calm in the face of such situations.
This memory will appear in a subconscious dream, so it is definitely not an ordinary night.
Not long after, the shadow of the nightmare beast appeared on Shao Lingheng’s body again. The black horse was still entangled with chains, but the chains had been broken in half, and it seemed that it could no longer trap it.
Du Yan thought about it, then turned and went to the room of Shao Lingheng’s parents next door.
Sure enough, the couple on the bed fell into a nightmare again. Just as Du Yan was thinking about how things would develop in the future, he suddenly felt that a certain barrier that had enveloped him all along suddenly disappeared. It was like watching a holographic movie before, but now it felt real.
This is? Entering the dream world?
Du Yan asked Xiao Ba with some uncertainty and got a positive answer.
At the moment, the barrier was broken, the scent of the nightmare became more intense and tempting, and the Birch blood in Du Yan’s body clamored to eat the delicious food in front of him.
But Du Yan stood there, thinking about why everything was happening.
Xiao Ba said that dreams in the subconscious are related to the thoughts of the Lord of Dreams. Combining everything that happened before, Du Yan had a definite idea in his mind.
Afterward, he did not hesitate any longer and walked directly to the bed.
The nightmare that troubled Shao Lingheng’s parents was not a complete dream world but just a fragmentary nightmare. This kind of nightmare is similar to a snack and is very convenient to eat.
There is no need to enter the dream.
Du Yan just pointed at the foreheads of the two people, and then a soft black mist fell into his hands. These were fragments of nightmares. Du Yan lowered his head and smelled the smell of nightmares. He thought it was quite to his taste, so he swallowed it directly.
As the black mist left the couple’s bodies, the uneasy expressions on their faces gradually calmed down, and then they fell into sleep again.
Du Yan speculated that Shao Lingheng might be expecting him to do something to make him enter the subconscious dream state, so he would just do as he wished.
“Ange, angel?”
A voice came from the door, and the voice was very soft, as if it was afraid of alerting the person.
Du Yan looked back and saw the young Shao Lingheng standing at the door, watching everything that had just happened inside through the crack of the door.
Du Yan smiled, made a gesture to silence him, and pointed to the next door.
Shao Lingheng nodded and returned to his room with understanding.
Du Yan has entered the dream. He can come into contact with the people and things inside, but he is still in a state of no entity.
When he passed through the wall and entered Shao Lingheng’s room, he saw the little boy sitting obediently on the bed, looking at him with extremely expectant eyes.
Compared to his sparkling eyes, Shao Lingheng’s cute little face was tense and didn’t show much expression.
“Are you an angel?” Shao Lingheng looked Du Yan up and down and asked.
Du Yan knew he would ask this question, probably because of the big wings on his back.
He raised his hands and spread his wings in front of him, saying: “Angel wings are not this color, aren’t you afraid of me?”
“Afraid of you?”
Shao Lingheng looked at Du Yan and shook his head: “You are so good-looking. You can’t be a bad person.”
“…” Du Yan finally realized that Shao Lingheng was still obsessed with looks.
He didn’t want to deceive the child anymore, so he said directly: “I am eating the nightmares that bother your parents.”
“Nightmare?” Shao Lingheng said: “Are you here to protect me?”
Du Yan nodded: “If you wish, yes.”
The following period of time should be to make up for the regret in Shao Lingheng’s memory. With Du Yan’s company, his ability was not sealed again but slowly released.
Shao Lingheng was weaving nightmares unconsciously, while Du Yan was consuming all the excessive nightmares caused by his inability to control his abilities.
He eats the various emotions that humans emit in nightmares, and grows up like a normal child, with joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and can sense friendship, family affection, and other things.
One day, Shao Lingheng suddenly said: “It would be great if I could have met you earlier.”
Du Yan looked at him and said: “There will be a chance.”
Everything in front of him gradually became blurry. Du Yan only thought that Shao Lingheng made up for the regrets of growing up in his dream, and the dream was about to end.
Unexpectedly, the scene was just switching, and the dream world below suddenly expanded.
After that, just like a fast-forwarded movie, Du Yan saw what Shao Lingheng would have experienced if he hadn’t appeared. Because his bloodline ability was too strong, he experienced the same situation again when he was six or seven years old.
The Shao family expressed their deep concern about this, but they also knew that if this situation continued, it would definitely affect Shao Lingheng’s life.
After all, the scope of his influence this time seems to be even greater. In today’s world, as an anomaly, wanting to live a normal life comes with various difficulties.
After comprehensively considering various situations, the Shao family decided to give Shao Lingheng the secret medicine again.
After that, Shao Lingheng’s beast blood seemed to be completely suppressed, and no abnormalities occurred again. However, Shao Lingheng could not understand human emotions by consuming them, and he always looked indifferent to everything.
A few years later, the Shao family discovered his abnormality and took him to see a psychiatrist, who diagnosed him with emotional deficiency. After all, the Shao family is not like Du Yan, who has Xiao Ba, an assistant who understands the bloodline of the mythical beasts.
They didn’t know that the root cause of Shao Lingheng’s lack of emotion was that his bloodline was sealed. They were just worried about his condition, accompanied him wholeheartedly, and took him to see a psychiatrist, but there was still no improvement.
Until one day, Shao Lingheng, who was in high school, was voted by his classmates to play the leading role in a play prepared for the school anniversary. After the performance, Shao Lingheng told his parents that when he was immersed in the performance, he seemed to be able to feel the emotions of the characters in the play and touched the edge of emotion.
What happened afterward was just as Qian Xing said, and the Shao family saw the ray of hope. In order to cure Shao Lingheng’s lack of emotional balance, they found an old artist with a great reputation in acting to guide Shao Lingheng in performing arts.
Shao Lingheng was admitted to the Film Academy, and step by step became the actor that Du Yan knew, who had been in the industry for many years and had excellent acting skills and had won many awards.
The bloodline in his body was activated again, but because of the effect of the secret medicine, the nightmare he created would no longer affect others, and only Shao Lingheng himself was troubled.
When Du Yan saw this, the fast-forwarded scene below suddenly stopped.
Du Yan thought about the memories that were like Shao Lingheng’s autobiography and felt that it was understandable that these things happened at the subconscious dream level.
According to Xiao Ba, before being forced to sleep, Shao Lingheng was thinking about confessing his past.
This thought was expressed in this form at the subconscious level. Now that the regret in Shao Lingheng’s heart had been made up, and what should have been said had been expressed in this form, he should finally wake up from the dream.
However, Shao Lingheng’s brain circuits can never be guessed by common sense, and the subconscious dream layer has not ended yet.
After a while, Du Yan became a bystander again, but this time, his perspective was a little strange.
He is sitting on a chair now, and the person in front of him is Qian Xing.
This scene is also very familiar. The room in front of him seems to be the room where he interviewed for the assistant position.
Du Yan recalled the scene at that time. The entire interview process was led by Qian Xing, but Shao Lingheng sat behind Qian Xing and watched the whole process. Although he did not say anything, the person who made the final decision should still be Shao Lingheng.
Thinking of this, Du Yan had a guess. Could it be that he was now experiencing this memory from Shao Lingheng’s perspective?
There was no one sitting in the chair opposite that belonged to the applicant. It seemed that it was halftime.
After a while, there was a knock on the door, and then someone walked in.
Du Yan can not control the behavior of this body. It seems that he can only stay in Shao Lingheng’s body and see what is happening around him through his eyes.
The person who came in was a familiar face, and then he saw a familiar person walking in.
The young man who came in had light-colored eyes. He was much better looking than those popular young actors in the entertainment industry who were known for their good looks.
Of course, Du Yan is not that narcissistic, and he doesn’t know why he can sense Shao Lingheng’s psychological activities.
What was in front of him was a scene from his interview. Du Yan in front of him smiled and greeted him politely.
Lub-dub, lub-dub lub-dub, lub-dub lub-dub lub-dub lub-dub——
The sound of an accelerated heartbeat rang in Du Yan’s ears. He had no physical body, so this could only be the sound of Shao Lingheng’s heartbeat.
Du Yan felt Shao Lingheng’s mental monologue. He wondered why his heart was beating so fast and even planned to have a comprehensive physical examination after this busy period.
During the entire interview, Du Yan couldn’t even bear to look at his own face, because from Shao Lingheng’s perspective, he looked like he had turned on the beauty and soft light special effects, and the whole person was glowing there.
Du Yan thought that the filter as thick as the center of the earth mentioned on the Internet probably refers to the situation in front of him. He didn’t think he looked so perfect.
After going through so many things, Du Yan was no longer the person with shockingly low emotional intelligence. He quickly understood Shao Lingheng’s abnormal behavior. It turned out that he fell in love with him at first sight.
Thinking back to the time of the interview, Du Yan didn’t notice anything from Shao Lingheng’s expressionless face. He didn’t expect that at such a serious moment, the inner drama of Actor Shao would be so magnificent, rich, and colorful.
The interview was over, and Du Yan saw himself walking out.
Qian Xing then pressed the phone, preparing to notify his assistant to bring in the next person.
However, Du Yan noticed from the change in his perspective that Shao Lingheng had stood up, and then he heard a familiar voice.
“Let’s go with Du Yan. I’ll leave first.”
Seeing this, Du Yan realized that Shao Lingheng was the one who directly appointed him as his personal assistant.
After the interview, the familiar scene switching happened again. Du Yan experienced everything that happened since Shao Lingheng joined the company from his perspective.
After hearing that he had proposed to resign, Shao Lingheng felt frustrated and reluctant, but because he did not understand the reason for this feeling and wanted to maintain his image, he could not directly say anything to keep him.
He even posted a thread on the Internet with the following title: An employee I value very much wants to resign, how can I quietly persuade him to stay? Waiting online, urgent.
Finally, with the help of netizens, Shao Lingheng used money to keep his assistant Du Yan.
During this period, Shao Lingheng’s mood swings and inner conflicts made Du Yan laugh and cry, but in the end, he was filled with joy.
Du Yan suddenly felt that this entire subconscious dream layer had become like cotton candy, soft and sweet. He didn’t like sweets, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that eating sweets could make people feel better.
Everything in front of him became blurry. This time, it was no longer a scene change. Everything was slowly swallowed by darkness and returned to nothingness.
Wake up.
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Chapter 208. Baby
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
TN:- 3 chapters!!!
The subconscious world is completely different from the rest of the dream world, and Du Yan was a little uncomfortable when he entered it.
Compared to the completeness of other dream worlds, the subconscious level is very small, as small as a house.
Du Yan was standing in the air above the subconscious dream layer at this time. After experiencing several dream worlds where he could not decide his own identity and entered the dream directly, this feeling made him feel a little uncomfortable.
But the current situation is not the same as before, Du Yan can not enter the dream.
Xiao Ba explained: “The subconscious dream layer is different from the ordinary dream layer. We can only be a bystander unless the Lord of Dreams wants you to appear.”
Du Yan said: “It means that everything in the subconscious dream layer is very sensitive, and we can’t act rashly.”
Xiao Ba nodded and said: “Yes, I have read many cases of entering the subconscious level. Generally speaking, the Lord of Dreams can not see you or feel you, but in special cases, it is not ruled out that the Lord of Dreams will have some contact with you.”
“If talking about Shao Lingheng, it is generally more appropriate to be discussed in the context of special cases.”
Du Yan has a lot of experience with Shao Lingheng’s dreams. The inner world of the movie star is so rich that it can never be measured by common sense.
But the current situation is much better than the previous times. Du Yan can move freely, and he is not a strange creature but a person. Even if a pair of wings grow on his back, it does not affect his mood.
After entering the subconscious dream state, the influence of Du Yan’s bloodline was fully revealed. The bloodline of the mythical beast Birch was manifested in his body, which was the pair of wings behind him.
Xiao Ba said that the prototype of the mythical beast Birch is a giant bird with black and gold feathers, and its beak and claws are all of gold.
Xiao Ba seemed to be quite envious, describing the majestic prototype of Birch, but Du Yan was glad that the blood in his body only manifested as a pair of wings.
If a bird’s beak or claws are revealed and Shao Lingheng sees it in his dream, the subconscious dream will immediately turn into a nightmare.
Xiao Ba had already explained all the precautions, and Du Yan went directly into the house below.
Before being discovered and recognized by the Lord of Dreams, the space that Du Yan belonged to was not on the same level as the subconscious space. He could go anywhere he wanted without a physical body.
Du Yan wandered around this large house and then spotted someone who was suspected to be Shao Lingheng.
It is suspected because the person lying on the bed is a baby of about two or three years old.
Except for the two – or three-year-old baby, no one else in the room was Shao Lingheng. Du Yan stood by the bed, looking at the baby’s chubby face, and couldn’t see any trace of the future movie star.
It is now late at night, the baby is lying in the crib next to the big bed, and the two people on the big bed should be Shao Lingheng’s parents.
Du Yan took a closer look and found that Shao Lingheng’s mother’s features seemed a little too deep for someone of Chinese descent.
Is Shao Lingheng’s mother a mixed-race child?
Just as Du Yan was puzzled, a shadow seemed to appear on the baby lying next to him, and a strange atmosphere enveloped the whole house.
Du Yan frowned slightly and sniffed the scent that permeated the air, which was sweet and tempting.
It smells like a nightmare.
When he turned to look at the baby, everything returned to normal. The person lying on the bed was just an ordinary human baby.
“Uhh——”
The person on the bed made some painful sounds. Du Yan turned his head and saw that the man and woman on the bed frowned, and their eyeballs began to move.
This is a manifestation of humans entering a deep dream state.
As their reactions became more intense, the fragrance Du Yan felt became more and more obvious. The blood in his body began to stir, urging him to quickly taste those nightmares.
Seeing this, Du Yan looked at the effect on the baby lying on the bed but found that his face was a little rosier than before, as if he just had a full meal.
What is this? Feeding on a nightmare? No, that shouldn’t be it.
Du Yan thought of this and went directly to the next room.
When he was exploring the area, he already knew that an elderly couple lived in the next room. Judging from their appearance, they should be Shao Lingheng’s Nainai and Yeye.
Sure enough, the same situation happened in the next room, and the person on the bed was troubled by the nightmare.
Du Yan went around the whole house, including the nanny’s room. Everyone was in the same situation, trapped in a nightmare.
If only the couple had nightmares, it could be a coincidence. But everyone in the house had nightmares, but Shao Lingheng seemed to be sleeping soundly. This was not normal.
All these abnormalities must be related to Shao Lingheng’s bloodline. Du Yan had never thought that Shao Lingheng’s bloodline would be activated at such a young age.
What happened afterward that caused Shao Lingheng to become an ordinary person when they met, an ordinary person who was haunted by nightmares every night.
Du Yan ordered Xiao Ba to compare similar phenomena based on this situation. At the moment, he couldn’t do anything, so he could only stand by Shao Lingheng, who was still a baby, as a bystander.
Over the past few days, the situation in this big family has not improved at all. Everyone is troubled by nightmares every night, although they may not remember all the contents of the nightmares when they wake up.
However, negative emotions such as fear or regret in nightmares have a great impact on their psychological state.
In the end, Shao Lingheng’s parents even consulted a psychiatrist, thinking that the family was under too much pressure, which led to this situation, but they failed to find any problems.
They took their family members to the hospital for a physical examination, but no physical problems were found.
Everyone in the family was extremely nervous, and even the servants started to spread rumors that there was a ghost in the house.
It wasn’t until five days later that Shao Lingheng’s Waipo and Waigong came to visit that things started to take a turn for the better.
(*Waipo:Maternal grandmother, Waigong: Maternal grandfather)
When Shao Lingheng’s Waipo entered the room, Du Yan, who was watching, was slightly stunned.
Shao Lingheng’s Waipo had a high nose, deep eyes, fair skin, and light blonde hair, and was obviously not Chinese.
Du Yan asked directly: “Xiao Ba, have you only compared the bloodlines of various mythical beasts of a certain type and races these days?”
Xiao Ba also came back to his senses and said: “Shao Lingheng doesn’t have any mixed-race characteristics at all, so I didn’t think of that.”
It is understandable that Xiao Ba did not expect this, as he is a clone of a great demon from a higher demon plane.
The blood of the mythical beast Birch only appears in the Chinese race. Even in other high-magic planes, the human races that possess the blood of mythical beasts like Birch are all Chinese descendants of Emperor Xuanyuan and Emperor Shennong.
Xiao Ba thought Shao Lingheng was a pure Chinese, so he naturally wouldn’t think of a different race of mythical beasts that originated from other deities.
In fact, the low-magic plane where Du Yan lives is unique. Other planes only have a single race, and there will not be a phenomenon of multiple races living together.
With the clue that Shao Lingheng’s Waipo was of another race, Xiao Ba’s efficiency became extremely high, but after ten minutes or so, his feedback came.
“Got it, the Nightmare beast, feeds on the negative emotions of humans, has the ability to weave nightmares, and maximizes the negative emotions through this ability.”
After Xiao Ba finished speaking, Du Yan knew what was going on.
Shao Lingheng, who was still a baby, awakened his bloodline, but he was too young to control his abilities, so everyone in the house was affected by him and began to be troubled by nightmares every night.
The discussion among the Shao family members has also yielded preliminary results.
The Shao family seems to be a family with some background. After failing to come up with an explanation through scientific means, they turned to the mysterious door where the truth is difficult for the general public to understand.
They have had some contact with relevant people and know that the world is not as the official claims and that only those parts that can be explained by science are true.
The result of their discussion was to try to invite a Taoist master to see if the Shao family had been secretly subjected to evil magic, which led to these things.
At this time, Shao Lingheng’s Waipo spoke.
She said she had seen this kind of situation before.
Shao Lingheng’s Waipo came to China to study when she was young, and then she married Shao Lingheng’s Waigong and settled in China. She rarely returned to her hometown, and her memory of her youth has become quite vague.
When she just listened to people describing the strange things that happened in the past few days, she recalled a memory.
According to her, a similar situation had occurred in her Shushu’s family, and the whole family was inexplicably shrouded in nightmares. At that time, after reading the family history, the elders in the family confirmed that it was the bloodline from the deity that was activated in the family.
The probability of this special bloodline being activated is extremely low. The appearance of deity’s bloodline in ordinary people is not a blessing but will only cause negative effects.
The only person who was not haunted by nightmares at that time was her cousin, who activated the bloodline.
So they adopted a traditional countermeasure method, a secret medicine passed down from generation to generation. After taking the secret medicine, her cousin returned to normal.
After hearing this, everyone focused their attention on the baby held in the arms of Mother Shao.
It seems that the only one who has had particularly good sleep quality during this period of time is this child who knows nothing.
Shao Lingheng’s father asked: “Will bloodline be activated at such a young age?”
Waipo said: “My Gege activated his bloodline when he was 18 years old. I don’t know if a child this young can be the one to activate his bloodline.”
However, the only people who might have the bloodline at home now are Shao Lingheng’s mother and Shao Lingheng. Mother Shao’s face is pale, and there are dark circles under her eyes. She has been disturbed by nightmares these days, so she is naturally not the one who activated the bloodline.
Finally, everyone decided to split up into two groups. Shao Lingheng’s Waipo returned to her hometown to find out what happened and bring back the secret medicine, while the Shao family used various channels to find a Taoist master to eliminate other possibilities.
Just when all the dust settled, the scenery in front of him suddenly became blurry, just like every time the dream world ended, the surrounding scenery rippled like water waves and then returned to nothingness.
The difference is that Du Yan was not kicked out of the dream but became the same floating state as before.
Du Yan was a little surprised and asked: “Is Shao Lingheng about to wake up?”
Xiao Ba said: “No, the subconscious dream layer is different from the ordinary dream world. The timeline here is not continuous.”
After Xiao Ba’s explanation, Du Yan roughly understood the principle.
The subconscious dream layer is formed based on Shao Lingheng’s memory. The past that he has no memory of is recorded in the subconscious layer and expressed in this form.
Everything is fragmentary, time is discontinuous, and space is isolated.
The current situation probably means they have switched to another memory segment.
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Chapter 207. Compensate You Later
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
Regardless of the sudden disappearance of the ghost domain, which caused much shock to those taoists and people revived because of the ghost domain, Xiao Lang on this side successfully recovered the seven souls that were split into countless pieces, and then concentrated on fusing the seven souls into one.
Du Yan was a little worried that something might go wrong, so he focused on monitoring Xiao Lang’s condition.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and Xiao Lang opened his eyes after just a few minutes.
“Okay, let’s try again.”
In short, after Xiao Lang entered the soul-summoning formation again, the situation finally changed.
The white light shone again, and it became brighter. Just when Du Yan thought the formation was about to succeed, something strange happened.
The white light of the formation suddenly gathered into one and then spread towards Du Yan. The white light climbed up along Du Yan’s feet, enveloping him completely.
The white light was like a tug-of-war, and after a moment of stalemate, it dimmed again.
“……”
Xiao Lang opened his eyes again and walked out of the formation. He didn’t know what happened just now, but he said with some doubt: “Tai Guang seems unwilling to come back. I just felt his presence, very close to me.”
Du Yan was silent for a long time and finally spoke: “Yes, very close, Tai Guang is inside my body.”
When Xiao Lang heard this, his brows knitted together, and he said angrily: “I was wondering why he didn’t want to come back! It turns out he was hiding in your body to monopolize you!”
Du Yan ignored Xiao Lang’s inexplicable jealousy. Since Tai Guang was in his body, it could explain what happened before.
At first, You Jing said that in order to use the longevity wood to rebuild the body, the soul must be found first. However, when Du Yan woke up, his body was intact.
It seems that after Xiao Lang found the longevity wood, he separated Tai Guang soul and placed it in Du Yan’s incomplete body, borrowing Tai Guang soul, master of life source, to help Du Yan repair his body.
Afterward, in order to find Du Yan’s soul, he separated the two souls, Shuang Ling and You Jing. As a result, the memory of each soul was not complete.
“It won’t do. I have to find a way to get him out. I can’t let him possess you alone.”
Du Yan finally sorted out his thoughts, and Xiao Lang vented his anger.
He glanced at Xiao Lang and asked: “Do you have a solution?”
Xiao Lang suddenly smiled, with a guilty look in his eyes: “There is a way, but I need your cooperation.”
Du Yan didn’t care and said: “OK.”
Xiao Lang got Du Yan’s promise, and he was more confident, so he said: “Tai Guang is stuck in your body, and he wants to monopolize you. If we can do something intimate, he will definitely be so angry that he will run out to stop us.”
“……”
Du Yan had no idea how to deal with this Ghost King in front of him who had split himself into three and was jealous of each other.
But there was no other solution at the moment, Du Yan glanced at Xiao Lang and turned away in silence.
Xiao Lang got anxious and chased after him to apologize: “I, I didn’t mean to do that thing, this is true…”
“Go back to the room. Could it be that you want to do things on this empty floor?”
Du Yan and Xiao Lang have lived together for several years. Although they never made it to the end, they are very familiar with each other. In addition, Du Yan already knows that all the people in the dream world are a certain side of Shao Lingheng’s personality.
In the dream world that followed, he and Shao Lingheng were considered an old couple, so they didn’t feel too shy about such things in bed.
Xiao Lang was somewhat surprised by Du Yan’s sudden passion and enthusiasm. After entering the bedroom, he was pushed onto the bed and froze.
Du Yan sat astride Xiao Lang and started to unbutton his clothes.
Xiao Lang just stared blankly at the man’s slender fingers, slowly unbuttoning his clothes, revealing his skin that was too white.
The place where he touched was obviously cold and felt like a piece of ice, but Xiao Lang felt as if there was a fire burning in his waist.
Du Yan looked at Xiao Lang, who was acting silly again, and suddenly curled the corners of his lips, leaned down and whispered in his ear: “Why, after Shuang Ling came back, you are still acting silly?”
After saying this, he bit the other person’s earlobe maliciously.
This bite was like turning on some mysterious switch. Xiao Lang’s muscles tensed up. He then turned over, pressed Du Yan under him, and kissed him.
As they cuddled, the atmosphere in the room became more and more ambiguous and heated.
Suddenly, a faint white light emanated from Du Yan’s body, and a shadow emerged from him.
As soon as the shadow landed on the ground, it transformed into Xiao Lang’s appearance.
As soon as Tai Guang soul appeared, he waved his hand, and a black mist attacked Xiao Lang.
Xiao Lang reacted quickly, protecting Du Yan behind him, raising his hand to take the attack, and then jumping off the bed and starting fighting with Tai Guang.
“……”
Du Yan sat on the bed, looking at the mess in front of him, and felt his temples throbbing. Xiao Lang had clearly agreed with him before that he would merge with Tai Guang as soon as he appeared, but looking at the situation in front of him, Xiao Lang clearly seemed to have a deep hatred and wanted to beat his soul into ashes.
After all, Tai Guang is one soul, and his strength is definitely not as good as Xiao Lang, who has two souls and seven mortal souls. He soon fell into a disadvantage.
Du Yan saw the situation and realized that if he didn’t take action, Xiao Lang might really kill his main soul. He jumped off the bed and chose a gap to stand between the two of them.
The two people in the fight reacted quickly. When they saw Du Yan appear, they retracted all the moves they were about to make.
Du Yan turned around, looked at Tai Guang, smiled, and said: “Come here.”
Tai Guang was stunned for a moment, then walked over obediently. Du Yan followed suit, grabbing his arm and pushing it towards Xiao Lang without hesitation.
Done.
After everything calmed down, Xiao Lang finally returned to the state he was in when the dream actually ended.
He walked forward, took Du Yan’s hand, and wanted to take him to the bed. He was still unhappy about being interrupted just now.
Du Yan, however, was still upset about what happened before and refused to cooperate. After sitting on the bed, he completely ignored Xiao Lang’s hint and asked directly: “What happened before? After I woke up, I didn’t remember anything.”
Xiao Lang knew Du Yan very well, and he knew from his expression that if he didn’t make things clear, he wouldn’t be able to move on to other things.
He had no choice but to pick up the clothes that fell on the ground and put them on Du Yan, and then began to talk about everything that had happened before.
The Tianshi sect destroyed by Xiao Lang was indeed Du Yan’s sect. The matter was simple. Everything was for profit. Du Yan was just a little disciple with no background in the sect.
His shifu can be said to be the only person in the sect who is truly kind to him.
The news that he had subdued the Ghost King as a contracted ghost eventually leaked out, and the sect leader’s son happened to be in need of such a powerful ghost as fiend.
In comparison between the sect leader’s son and the orphan child picked up by Du Yan’s shifu, it is obvious which side the entire sect will stand on.
Therefore, in order to seize Du Yan’s contracted ghost, the entire sect set up a plan.
They used Du Yan’s shifu’s life as bait to lure Du Yan back, imprisoned him, and then killed him in an extremely cruel way to break the contract between him and the Ghost King.
Xiao Lang was forced to be transformed into a ghost fiend for the son of the sect leader. However, on the day the formation was completed, he did not forget everything as everyone expected. Instead, he went crazy, killed everyone present, snatched Du Yan’s body, and ran away.
Xiao Lang searched for a long time, trying to defy fate and bring Du Yan back to life, but he didn’t expect that the people in the sect had cast a spell on Du Yan’s body.
Not only did Xiao Lang fail, but he also attracted thunder from the sky. He survived after being struck by 81 thunderbolts from the sky, but Du Yan’s body was reduced to charred bones.
Afterward, just as Du Yan had heard, Xiao Lang lost his mind and became a completely rageful Ghost King. He went to Hezao Mountain, and except for Du Yan’s shifu, no one was spared.
The souls of those Celestial Masters were also devoured by him. After this battle, Xiao Lang’s strength increased dramatically, and he was much stronger than when he first became the Ghost King.
With the power, he went to find the longevity wood and began to plan to rebuild his body, find his soul, and then perform the resurrection technique.
After listening to these past events, Du Yan knew that everything was a story from a dream, but he could not regard it as an unimportant summary of the past events.
Especially when Xiao Lang was recounting the time when Du Yan was killed by a cruel and evil method, he clenched his hands tightly, the veins on his arms bulged, and the ghostly aura lingered on his body.
If Du Yan hadn’t been there, he would have gone crazy again.
Du Yan sighed softly, walked over, and kissed Xiao Lang lightly on the lips.
“I also feel really sorry to be interrupted just now.” Du Yan said.
Xiao Lang finally sobered up a little from that painful memory. He held Du Yan’s neck and kissed him fiercely.
This time, there were no accidents that would interrupt the intimacy between the two people who had been reunited after a long separation. Everything went so smoothly.
Du Yan’s body was cold, and Xiao Lang’s soul was as cold as ice. However, when the two of them were entangled, the air became hot.
At the last moment, Xiao Lang stopped abruptly, panting: “If we continue, will it harm your body?”
Du Yan smiled softly, thinking of the previous dream world, Xiao Lang had to brake hard every time at the last moment, and now it seems to have become a habit.
He said: “I am not a living person now, the Corpse King and the Ghost King are very suitable.”
After getting Du Yan’s guarantee, Xiao Lang could no longer endure it and completely abandoned his rationality and lowered his back.
The clouds cleared, and the rain dispersed.
Du Yan looked at the sleeping Xiao Lang. Perhaps it can not be said that he was sleeping because ghosts do not need sleep.
After all, Xiao Lang’s soul had been splitted for a long time, and now his three souls and seven spirits have just been gathered together. He has now fallen into a state of self-repair.
Du Yan touched Xiao Lang’s forehead. Although he wanted to stay with the ghost king with tragic memories for a while, he knew that this opportunity would never come back.
He thought for a long time and whispered: “I will compensate you later in the real world.”
After that, Du Yan tapped Xiao Lang’s forehead and said: “Enter the dream.”
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Chapter 206. Missing Soul
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
After Xiao Lang appeared, there was no expression on his face, and Du Yan couldn’t tell for a moment whether he had completely recovered.
He walked over, hugged Du Yan, and kissed him.
Du Yan was stunned, but he didn’t push him away. He thought that even though it was a dream, Xiao Lang had been miserable these years, and he couldn’t help but feel sorry for him.
It was not until his lips were sucked until they were a little painful that Du Yan frowned and pushed the other person away.
After being pushed away, Xiao Lang’s first words were: “Why are your lips so cold?”
Du Yan said: “I am not a living person now, but a corpse-guardian? That’s not right. The spell that Lingxing Sect used to control me has been lifted. I can only be considered a zombie.”
Xiao Lang’s focus was somewhat different. When he heard Du Yan say this, his face darkened: “Lingxing Sect? They actually dared to refine you into a corpse-guardian! I will wipe out their entire sect!”
“……”
When the ghost king got angry, the negative energy in this space began to churn, and there was even a sign that thousands of ghosts were crying together.
Du Yan held Xiao Lang’s arm and said: “Although the Lingxing Sect’s actions are rather biased, they helped me find you, so it’s not necessary to wipe out their entire sect.”
“When I think about the fact that you have someone else’s mark in your body, I…”
Well, Du Yan still couldn’t fully connect with Xiao Lang’s thoughts. It seemed that he was not angry because he was used as a magic weapon, but because of the mark of Lingxing Sect’s taoist priest left in his body.
“I can let the Lingxing Sect go, but I will grind the taoist priest who dared to leave a mark in your body into ashes.”
Du Yan pinched his brows and gave up trying to reason with the wrathful ghost king. Xiao Lang now had a strong ghost aura mixed with dark red, a symbol of blood on his hands.
Du Yan thought of what he heard in Lingxing Sect about Xiao Lang’s extermination of the sect. He knew Xiao Lang’s nature clearly. Although he is a ghost king, unlike the previous Sun Jin, he was not a fierce ghost with hands full of blood and had killed countless people.
During the years that Xiao Lang was with him, he was no different from when he was alive. Unless the Tianshi Sect did something, it would have angered him so much that the Ghost King lost his mind, and a tragedy occurred.
Thinking of this, Du Yan asked: “What happened before that led to this situation?”
Xiao Lang was slightly stunned, stood there for a moment, and said with some doubt: “I, I don’t remember, I only remember to bring you back to life and find your soul.”
“……”
Du Yan frowned slightly and asked: “Are you still missing a soul?”
Xiao Lang nodded: “Missing Tai Guang soul.”
Du Yan finally understood why Xiao Lang, whom he first met, was so stupid. It turned out that he was a You Jing soul that only focused on emotions and acted completely on instinct, without a brain at all.
Du Yan asked again: “Where is Tai Guang soul?”
According to his speculation, You Jing and Shuang Ling have been doing their own jobs in the past few years, and they contact each other once a year to exchange information, so Tai Guang should also be in contact with them.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Lang shook his head and said: “I don’t know. In recent years, You Jing and seven mortal souls have been responsible for searching for souls wandering in the world of the living through the ghost domain, Shuang Ling has been guarding the Gates of Hell waiting for souls to go to reincarnation, and Tai Guang…”
Well, it turns out that no matter whether it is a ghost or a human, the soul can not be missing, especially the main soul. If one soul is missing, there will be all kinds of problems.
Fortunately, there are two of the main souls here now, so it is not difficult to find the remaining soul.
Although Du Yan is now the Corpse King, he has not forgotten the various techniques he learned as a Celestial Master to ward off ghosts, but he has used them in a different way.
One of the formations is that when the ghost is too far away from him, he can use the formation to forcibly recall the ghost.
Now, the ghost contract between Du Yan and Xiao Lang has been severed, but it is still possible to recall the other soul through Xiao Lang’s two souls.
Du Yan told Xiao Lang about this matter and asked him to go out and find materials for setting up the formation.
Xiao Lang looked a little unhappy and said: “I think this is good. Why should I have an extra soul to share?”
Du Yan didn’t even understand what Xiao Lang meant. He repeated it dully: “Extra soul to share?”
Xiao Lang nodded and said: “I think it’s good now. Two souls are enough. Tai Guang is not very important anyway. If I only have You Jing, you will think I’m stupid. If I only have Shuang Ling, you will think I’m too indifferent.”
Du Yan took several deep breaths before he managed to suppress the urge to beat up this jealous guy.
He said: “Tai Guang is the master of lifeforce. You don’t want to find Tai Guang back because you want your soul to suddenly fly away one day? Now I am the Corpse King, and my life span is as long as yours. Are you not going to accompany me all the way?”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lang said directly: “If you need anything to set up the formation, I will go find it right away.”
After that, the two of them went their separate ways. Xiao Lang was responsible for collecting materials for the formation, while Du Yan stayed here to set up the formation.
Xiao Lang was frightened by Du Yan’s words and was very efficient. In just one day, he had brought back all the materials Du Yan needed for the formation.
When Xiao Lang came back, Du Yan’s work was basically completed.
Du Yan was a little worried that something might happen to Xiao Lang, so he didn’t delay any further and started to set up the formation.
One day later, the formation was completed, and Xiao Lang entered the formation.
A black light appeared in the formation and then began to turn white. However, before Du Yan could relax, he saw the light flicker a few times before dimming.
The soul summoning technique failed.
Du Yan stood beside the formation and carefully checked the seal drawn with the river of woe’s sand. There was nothing wrong. In addition, the situation after the formation was activated, which clearly showed that the existence of Tai Guang had been sensed. However, for some reason, Tai Guang soul seemed to be somewhat resistant to being recalled.
Xiao Lang, in the formation, also opened his eyes, stood up, and walked over: “Are you okay?”
Du Yan shook his head and then told Xiao Lang about the situation and speculation.
Xiao Lang pondered for a moment and said: “Maybe it’s because I only have two souls here, so the soul-summoning formation failed.”
After hearing this, Du Yan realized what he had neglected before. When he went to the Gate of Hell to meet Shuang Ling, he happened to see You Jing separating the seven mortal souls and refining them into the ghost domain space.
Du Yan frowned and asked: “How many souls are left in you?”
Xiao Lang said: “None, now the ghost domain almost covers the entire world.”
Du Yan felt something was wrong and asked: “I saw you using the soul-splitting technique a few days ago?”
Xiao Lang smiled and said: “When I met you in the ghost space in Shunping City, I didn’t want others to enter the place where we met again, so I closed the ghost space, and the soul in charge of that space was naturally taken back…”
Du Yan was somewhat speechless. The actions of You Jing soul were completely unpredictable. He said that he didn’t believe that he was the person he was looking for and that he was just a substitute, but in his actions, he believed in him completely.
Seeing Du Yan’s strange expression, Xiao Lang remembered the stupid things that You Jing had done. His ears turned red, and he said: “You Jing is a fool. Don’t bother with him.”
Facing this ruthless ghost king, Du Yan could only convince himself that this was a sequela of the soul being split for too long and not being able to be completely integrated for a while. When Tai Guang returns, this helpless situation should not occur.
Du Yan said: “Now the ghost domain has no need to exist. You should take back all seven mortal souls and try the soul-summoning formation again.”
Xiao Lang nodded and said: “Okay.”
Xiao Lang agreed to take back the seven mortal souls very straightforwardly, because the seven souls have no physical form, and in his opinion they will not compete for Du Yan’s attention like the main soul, so taking them back is not a big deal.
In the ghost space.
Wen Yicheng is struggling with the final boss. Last time, he lost the Corpse King and broke the sect’s magic weapon. His father scolded him first and then took out the sect’s treasure, the Corpse Binding Rope, and his own corpse-guardian to lend to Wen Yicheng under the pressure of the entire sect.
Because he got a piece of news that a rare drought demon appeared in a place within the ghost space.
Wen Yicheng was able to choose to enter the endless mode of the ghost space and always encounter this drought demon. If he can take this drought demon back to his sect, it can be regarded as making up for his mistakes.
Wen Yicheng was lucky. After experiencing two ghost spaces, he encountered this drought demon.
His father’s corpse-guardian had been torn to pieces in order to trap the drought demon. Fortunately, in the last desperate battle, Wen Yicheng had trapped the drought demon.
The corpse-binding rope wrapped around the drought demon emitted dazzling golden light, and seals appeared on the drought demon’s gray skin. It seemed that the drought demon could be subdued in the next few minutes at most.
At this last moment, the entire ghost space suddenly shook violently, and even the drought demon that kept roaring after being trapped became quiet under this earth-shattering situation.
This vibration spread from the ground to the air, and then the entire space was rippling like water waves, and everything in front of him became increasingly blurry.
When Wen Yicheng fell to the ground, he didn’t understand what had happened. He stood up and looked around in confusion, but he didn’t find the drought demon that should have been subdued, nor did he find the rope tied to the drought demon.
He looked at his father who was walking towards him with a questioning expression not far away, and felt that everything in front of him was just like a replay of the plot, but this time, it seemed that he had no chance to start over again.
“The ghost domain disappeared?”
The ancestors of the Tianshi sect who were maintaining the passage in the distance stood up one after another, and the sounds coming over confirmed Wen Yicheng’s ominous premonition.
This, what on earth is going on here?
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Chapter 205. Counterfeit
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
As soon as Xiao Lang said this, he felt a little regretful. He knew the man’s obsession, waiting in the same place for so many years just for those few possibilities.
This obsession is not any different from Xiao Lang’s own. If that person saw this exact same look, he would probably become confused and absent-minded like he has been these days.
He knew in his heart that the person’s body had been completely destroyed, and what was in front of him was just a corpse-guardian created by the Tianshi sect using evil methods.
But when he decided to send the corpse-guardian over, Xiao Lang felt reluctant.
Du Yan saw Xiao Lang just standing there staring blankly after he finished speaking, so he raised his head and looked over.
Xiao Lang felt even more guilty when he saw those pale eyes. He turned his head away and spoke in a somewhat stiff tone.
“You are causing trouble here. I am going to give you away.”
After Xiao Lang finished speaking, he waited for Du Yan to protest. He felt that from the time they had spent together, he could tell that this corpse-guardian was quite dependent on him. Otherwise, why would he break into his house to look through those photos?
Once the other party shows unwillingness to leave, he can show his strong attitude and firm will.
The Ghost King would not be easily fooled by a substitute, and he just answered those questions just to let the corpse-guardian know his position. Xiao Lang wanted to let the other party know that he was just a gift that could be passed on later.
“Ok.”
“Even if you don’t want to leave, you don’t have to… wait, what did you say?”
Du Yan looked at Xiao Lang’s dazed expression and repeated patiently: “Okay, let’s go.”
Xiao Lang blinked his eyes, feeling that the development of the matter was completely different from what he had expected.
He was somewhat unwilling and confirmed again: “I’m going to give you away and not bring you back.”
“I know, let’s go.”
Du Yan’s expression did not change at all, and he seemed to not care at all about being given away.
Things have developed to this point. Even though Xiao Lang has mixed feelings, he can not lose face as the Ghost King.
He restrained his expression and looked very calm and indifferent: “That person’s status and strength are similar to mine. Don’t say anything nonsense when you meet him. He might kill you if he’s in a bad mood.”
Du Yan glanced at him, thinking that Xiao Lang did not seem to have a rational and objective understanding of him.
However, this man is not in a good mental state now, so Du Yan didn’t bother with him and just nodded: “I understand, let’s go.”
Xiao Lang said: “I need to prepare before I go to see him.”
As soon as he finished speaking, black mist rose from under Xiao Lang’s feet and then enveloped him completely.
After the mist dispersed, Xiao Lang changed his attire completely. He wore a gorgeous black and gold robe and a somewhat sinister silver mask on his face. Finally looking like a Ghost King.
After Xiao Lang changed his attire, he turned around and walked towards the two-story building.
When he came out, he was holding a black cloak in his hand: “Put this on, and it’s best not to reveal your true appearance when you go there.”
After saying that, Xiao Lang directly stuffed the black cloak into Du Yan’s hand.
Du Yan and Xiao Lang are in different situations. Xiao Lang is a soul, so he can change his clothes as he pleases. Du Yan, on the other hand, has a physical body and must wear real clothes.
When Du Yan heard this, he had a guess in his mind. That was the only place where his face could not be revealed. In this case, the person who contacted Xiao Lang was his soul, which made sense.
They couldn’t see each other’s faces, and in that special place, they couldn’t feel the similarities between them, so it was normal that they didn’t realize they were the same person.
He was still in a daze when he heard Xiao Lang say: “Are you dissatisfied because I didn’t sew it well?”
Du Yan looked down and realized that the cloak in his hand was the same one he had worn before. The cut on the hood of the cloak had been sewn crookedly.
The stitches were messy, and it was just two pieces of rags that were barely put together. From the twisted seams, it looked like it would tear again if it was pulled lightly.
Du Yan put on the cloak and said: “It’s fine, thank you.”
Xiao Lang turned around, raised his hand to open the passage, and said: “It’s almost late, let’s go.”
From Du Yan’s perspective, he could see that the earlobes exposed outside the mask were slightly red.
Du Yan followed Xiao Lang silently, and the passage in front of him seemed to have no end.
There was only the sound of two people’s footsteps in his ears. Perhaps because he felt the atmosphere was a little awkward, Xiao Lang finally couldn’t help but speak.
“When you meet that person later, tell him that you just met me yesterday. I just killed a Taoist priest and then picked you up.”
“……”
Du Yan was speechless after hearing what Xiao Lang said. He thought he should try to communicate.
He was silent for a moment and said: “Actually, I am the person you are looking for.”
Xiao Lang suddenly stopped walking and looked back at Du Yan: “I know you don’t want to be given away. Just say it directly, I will seriously consider it.”
“……”
Du Yan pinched his brows and said: “I am telling the truth.”
Xiao Lang shook his head slightly and said: “I don’t believe it. Your origin is too strange. In my preparation…”
He paused, as if there was something he couldn’t say: “Anyway, I suspect you are an undercover sent by the Celestial Masters. Don’t use such words to deceive me.”
Seeing this, Du Yan continued: “The longevity wood is yours. I believe you know the effect of longevity wood. When I woke up, I was in the longevity wooden coffin.”
Xiao Lang said: “The longevity wood can indeed revive the dead, but the only one is in my hand, you can’t fool me.”
After saying this, Xiao Lang didn’t want to say anything more, so he turned around and continued walking forward.
Du Yan followed in silence, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind.
This conversation was not without results. He could almost guess which main soul was missing from Xiao Lang’s body.
Among the three immortal souls and seven mortal souls, the three immortal souls are the main souls, namely Tai Guang, Shuang Ling, and You Jing.
Tai Guang is the master of life force, Shuang Ling is the master of intelligence, and You Jing is the master of emotions and desire. It seems that Xiao Lang is at least missing the Shuang Ling soul.
Xiao Lang now has no reasoning ability or rationality and only believes in what he sees with his own eyes and his instincts.
It seems that in order to enter the next level of dreamland, he must first gather Xiao Lang’s three immortal souls and seven mortal souls.
He doesn’t know how much time has passed, but the view on this seemingly endless path suddenly became wider.
This space suddenly appeared, the whole sky and earth were gray, without a single light, in the distance there was a dead tree, under the tree there was a person, he just stood there motionless, as if this place had been like this since its existence.
Xiao Lang and Du Yan walked over, and Du Yan carefully observed the surrounding situation on the way.
At the far end of the trail, a river and a bridge could be vaguely seen. Coupled with this unique atmosphere, Du Yan confirmed his previous conjecture.
The Gates of Hell, the road to the underworld.
In this place where yin and yang meet, one can not reveal one’s true appearance. Otherwise, it will attract the ghost messenger to take one’s soul. Although the ghost king is not afraid of the ghost messenger, they are not here to cause trouble, so naturally, it is better to have less trouble than more.
The situation today is somewhat special. There are no souls coming to reincarnate on the path. It is completely empty.
A moment later, Du Yan and Xiao Lang arrived under the dead tree.
Seeing the two people coming, the mysterious man finally moved. He was leaning against the tree, but now he stood up straight.
His attire was even stranger than Xiao Lang’s, and his entire body was shrouded in a thick black mist.
“What do you mean by this? Bring a refined corpse-guardian here?” The mysterious man’s voice was hoarse, and it was obvious that he rarely spoke.
Xiao Lang said: “This matter is not important. Let’s exchange information first.”
The mysterious man raised his hand, the black mist in the air twisted, and a thread-bound book appeared in his hand.
Then, the book came into Xiao Lang’s hands.
Xiao Lang flipped through it casually and said: “I’ve told you so many times not to show me these complicated things, just tell me the results directly.”
The mysterious man chuckled softly, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice: “With your IQ, even if you find the person someday, he probably won’t like you.”
Xiao Lang retorted: “You are so poor that all you have left is clothes on your body. Even if he likes you, he can’t stand you.”
The mysterious man probably thought it was stupid to argue with Xiao Lang, so he just sneered and then began to explain the information recorded on it.
“…, summing up, no soul with 100% similarity has been found.”
Xiao Lang sneered: “You look so powerful, but you still haven’t found the person.”
Du Yan listened to the whole process from the side, and those bits of information were connected together, about the reason why Xiao Lang’s soul was split, and the reason why Shuang Ling soul appeared at the Gate of Hell.
Shuang Ling soul stayed in this place of soul reincarnation, waiting for him. The ghost domain created by Xiao Lang, which pulled those who were about to die into it, was also looking for him.
The reason is simple. Not all people will enter reincarnation after death. Some people who have not yet let go of their obsessions will linger in the world of the living for ten or even a hundred years and are unwilling to reincarnate.
Xiao Lang’s method can ensure that no possibility is missed. Shuang Ling, who is the master of wisdom and naturally rational and calm, is the most suitable person to stay here and do repetitive and boring work.
It was just that something unexpected happened when their souls were split, which led them to think that they were independent people.
From the information revealed in Xiao Lang’s words, Du Yan’s body repair should require a soul to complete. Under this dragnet, he failed to find Du Yan’s soul, and without the main soul of wisdom, he naturally believed that Du Yan was a fake.
Du Yan was deep in thought, but in Xiao Lang’s eyes, it looked like the man in the black cloak staring blankly at the person opposite him.
Xiao Lang had never been able to gain the upper hand in conversations, and seeing this situation made him even more furious. Impulsively, he said directly: “By the way, I see that you are very depressed staying here every day, so I feel sorry for you and bring you a gift.”
The mysterious man’s refusal was very firm: “No need.”
Xiao Lang said: “Don’t rush to confirm. Just take a look.”
After saying that, he directly lifted the hood on Du Yan’s head.
The black mist on the mysterious man suddenly became turbulent, and the thick black mist rolled up and even spread towards Du Yan.
Seeing this, Xiao Lang raised his hand and covered the cloak again, saying: “Don’t get excited. We can’t expose our true appearance for too long in this place.”
“This corpse-guardian…… where did it come from?” The mysterious man’s voice sounded a little hesitant.
“Don’t worry about it. I’ll leave it here so you don’t get too bored at work and make mistakes.”
Xiao Lang originally wanted to say, giving it to you, but for some reason, the words turned into, leaving with you, when they came to his lips.
The mysterious man looked in Du Yan’s direction and asked: “And what about you?”
Seeing that his love rival actually asked Du Yan what he thought, Xiao Lang wondered how he could ruthlessly reject his request if he was unwilling.
Fortunately, the corpse-guardian face was covered by the hood. Otherwise, his pale eyes would have revealed a pleading look, and he might have struggled a lot.
“Ok.”
Only one word floated into Xiao Lang’s ears. He looked at the person next to him in disbelief: “Wait, what did you say?”
Before Du Yan could answer, the mysterious man on the other side came over. He stopped in front of Du Yan and said: “Since you are willing, let’s do this.”
After saying that, he looked at Xiao Lang again: “The information exchange is over, you can leave.”
“You!”
Xiao Lang finished speaking and then heard Du Yan say: “I still have something left with the Ghost King. Can I go back and get it?”
When Xiao Lang heard this, he thought that this was Du Yan’s expression of not wanting to leave him, and without waiting for his rival to speak, he directly replied: “Okay, let’s go back now.”
“I’ll go with you.”
Xiao Lang was a little unhappy, thinking that the other party was very tactless, and said: “Why don’t you stay here and wait for the person? Why are you going over there?”
The mysterious man said: “After all these years, you still don’t know the rules here. Today is the day when the Gates of Hell open and ghosts return to the world of the living.”
This is why there is no ghost here. Du Yan just woke up, and a series of things happened. He didn’t know that today is July 15th.
Xiao Lang could no longer find a reason to refuse, so he could only reluctantly take the two back to his territory.
Du Yan stopped when he returned to Xiao Lang’s territory. Before the other two could react, he moved and appeared beside the mysterious man.
Du Yan grabbed the man’s arm, and the black mist on the man’s body became thinner in an instant.
The mysterious man reacted very quickly, and the black mist on his body turned into several ghost claws that grabbed Du Yan’s face, but they all dissipated when they were about to touch his skin.
Xiao Lang’s expression changed, and he was about to go to rescue him, but when he found that the situation had changed, he instantly stopped.
He stood opposite, gloating and said: “How’s it? You were also deceived by this imposter and couldn’t bear to hurt him. I have to remember this scene carefully for future use, heh.”
Du Yan looked at Xiao Lang silently, without any expression.
However, Xiao Lang swallowed his saliva and shut up tactfully. He suddenly felt a sense of crisis and thought that if he continued to talk, he would probably be scolded.
After the black mist covering the man was completely driven away by Du Yan, Xiao Lang was completely stunned.
Why does the rival standing opposite him look exactly like him?
“Who are you?” The two Xiao Lang said in unison.
“Counterfeit.” Still speaking at the same time.
“You must know that he likes me, and you try to disguise yourself as me to deceive and confuse him. Do you think he will be deceived by appearances?” Xiao Lang said: “He will choose me.”
“Stupid.”
Du Yan really couldn’t stand this strange situation of him confronting his other self, so he walked forward and grabbed Xiao Lang’s arm with one hand.
“You, what are you doing?”
Before Xiao Lang could react, he was forced together.
The moment the two Xiao Lang came into contact, a hazy white light lit up in front of their eyes. After the white light faded, only one figure remained.
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Chapter 204. Undercover
Arc 7 : Last Nightmare
After Du Yan and the Ghost King left the ghost space, they arrived at a familiar place.
In front of him was a place with a dense yin aura that seemed to be solid. The black mist surges everywhere, and the mahogany pillar standing in the center indicated that the place where Xiao Lang lived was exactly where Sun Jin had imprisoned Celestial Master Tong Xuan.
But now this place is very different from before, it is no longer empty.
The two-story building not far away was where Du Yan and Xiao Lang once lived together, and the rest of the place was full of their memories.
Xiao Lang can now create such a large ghost domain, so it is not difficult to copy all the places he has been to here one by one.
Du Yan even saw a train parked not far ahead.
Xiao Lang stopped and looked back at Du Yan. The expression on his face was very unfathomable, apparently showing Ghost King’s posture.
Of course, if he doesn’t speak up.
Xiao Lang pointed at the buildings and scenery in front of him: “You are not allowed to enter those places.”
“……”
He thought about it. Maybe he felt that since he had brought Du Yan back, he still had to give him a place to stay.
“You are a gift from the priest. I have a nice display cabinet that would be perfect for you.”
After he finished speaking, black air surged on the ground, and then a large rectangular object appeared out of thin air.
Du Yan glanced at him but found that the display cabinet Xiao Lang mentioned was exactly where he was when he woke up.
Longevity wood coffin.
It takes a thousand years for the longevity wood to grow one meter. The section of the longevity wood that turned into ashes in Lingxing Sect was the section closest to the root. The section in front of him has a slightly smaller diameter and should be the section on the top.
It seems that the person who put him in the longevity wooden coffin was undoubtedly Xiao Lang, but Xiao Lang seemed to have forgotten this memory and only thought that he was a corpse with the same appearance refined by the Lingxing Sect using magic.
Du Yan frowned slightly, trying to connect the pieces of information together and find out the truth of these years.
Xiao Lang seemed to have misunderstood his meaning and said: “Don’t think I’m humiliating you. You’re just a fake item used to deceive my feelings. This wooden cabinet is the best for you.”
Du Yan entered the longevity wood coffin in silence. He was too lazy to argue too much with Xiao Lang, whose brain was short-circuited. The longevity wood in front of him was indeed the best place for him to rest and recuperate.
He still can’t speak at this time, which should be related to the connection between his soul and body. If he lies in the longevity wood for a while, he will probably be able to speak.
Although the longevity wood is an excellent place for self-cultivation, it is always a bit boring to stay inside for a long time. When Du Yan opened his eyes again, he didn’t know how much time had passed.
He pushed open the lid above, stood up, and left the longevity wooden coffin. The space was completely silent, and there was no sign of Xiao Lang.
Du Yan didn’t care where Xiao Lang went. Perhaps those ghost spaces needed the ghost king to enter frequently to provide sufficient yin energy, so it was normal for Xiao Lang not to stay there.
Du Yan looked around and then walked decisively towards the house where they once lived together. He didn’t take Xiao Lang’s words a few days ago about not being allowed to approach seriously.
The door was locked, but this did not stop Du Yan at all. When he entered the dream world, he remembered everything that happened here very clearly, and naturally, he would not forget the password that he had used for a long time.
Du Yan raised his hand and entered a few numbers, and the door opened.
The room was quiet. Even though this was just a scene created by Xiao Lang using yin energy, the decoration inside was no different from when they lived together.
Du Yan just glanced at it casually and went straight to the study on the second floor.
Du Yan’s purpose was to go to the study to find Xiao Lang’s diary. During the time they lived together, he knew that Xiao Lang had the habit of writing a diary. The frequency was not high, but important events were generally recorded.
As Du Yan went upstairs, he thought that writing a diary was a common feature of Shao Lingheng in these dream worlds. Perhaps he had this habit in the real world.
Du Yan didn’t have a special hobby of peeping into other people’s privacy. He just wanted to find out the reason for Xiao Lang’s strange condition from the diary.
Xiao Lang’s thoughts were in a mess at the moment, and he couldn’t communicate properly at all.
As the Ghost King, Xiao Lang can stay awake as long as he can not rest. When he lived with Du Yan before, he adapted to Du Yan’s living habits and was no different from an ordinary person.
Without this constraint, he naturally wouldn’t sleep like an ordinary person. If Du Yan wanted to enter the next level, he had to solve Xiao Lang’s problem first.
Du Yan opened the door of the study room. The decoration inside was still very familiar. The only difference was that there were several more photo frames on the desk.
Du Yan walked over, picked up the newly appeared photo frames, and found that they were all photos of Xiao Lang and himself, and even a few photos of Du Yan alone.
In the solo photo, Du Yan did not look at the camera, and the angle was not very good, so it was obviously a candid photo.
“……”
Du Yan knew about the group photo, but he had never seen these secretly taken photos.
When they first lived together, Du Yan did not allow Xiao Lang to print out photos of the two of them and put them at home.
These photos are considered taboo in the profession of Celestial Master, especially since Xiao Lang was the Ghost King at that time. If these photos were available, someone with ulterior motives would cause trouble after discovering them.
Du Yan picked up a photo and looked at it carefully, and found that it was a photo of the two of them taken together ten years ago when they had just met in Shunping City.
That year, Xiao Lang took his college roommates to Shunping City for fun. After Du Yan joined them halfway, they all traveled together. When taking pictures, Xiao Lang always found various reasons to take photos with Du Yan alone.
This photo was taken at that time.
Du Yan had actually hardly looked at these photos carefully and only found them a little strange when they were placed in front of him.
In the photo, he was looking at the camera, expressionless, and looking as gloomy as usual. However, Xiao Lang next to him was not looking at the camera but tilting his face slightly to look at the person next to him, with his ears reddened.
At that time, Xiao Lang was still a youthful college student, which was very different from his pale and cold appearance now.
Of course, that’s provided he doesn’t go crazy.
Du Yan lowered his eyes and was looking at the photo intently when suddenly a hand reached out from behind him and snatched the photo away.
Du Yan turned around and saw Xiao Lang appear in the room at some point. In this domain, Xiao Lang really came and went without a trace, so it was not strange that he could appear silently.
Xiao Lang looked down at the photo in his hand and felt that the corpse-guardian in front of him seemed to have discovered that he was peeking while taking the photo. He felt angry and embarrassed for some reason.
Du Yan looked at Xiao Lang. Although he couldn’t speak, his eyes were full of doubt.
However, Xiao Lang, on the other side, misunderstood his meaning, thinking that he was just wondering if he had the same face as the person in the photo.
He felt that he had to help the corpse-guardian recognize his own position, so he said: “You can never replace his position. You are just a substitute!”
“？”
Du Yan felt that he should quickly find out the reason why Xiao Lang’s soul was incomplete. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would lose control and beat the stupid ghost king to death.
How capable is Shao Lingheng of coming up with strange plots? In the last dream world, he was jealous of himself, and in this dream world, he let Du Yan be his own substitute.
Du Yan even began to wonder if Shao Lingheng had seen too many of these bloody plots when he was selecting the script, and that was why he unconsciously brought them into his dreams.
He thought that after he woke up, he should ask if he could take over the job of helping Shao Lingheng to initially screen the scripts. He wanted to eliminate all these bloody scripts so that he wouldn’t always feel so helpless when he had a nightmare.
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Du Yan lived with him for a few days and found some clues from Xiao Lang’s living habits.
Xiao Lang’s soul is indeed incomplete, and he has no choice but to stay here. Only in this place with the heaviest yin energy can he keep his soul intact despite his incomplete soul.
A few days later, Du Yan finally discovered the reason why Xiao Lang’s soul was incomplete.
When he came out of the longevity wood coffin, he found that he had regained the ability to speak, so he prepared to find Xiao Lang to communicate.
Unexpectedly, after following the familiar scent, he found that Xiao Lang was actually using the soul-splitting technique.
Splitting the soul is a very painful thing, Xiao Lang did not notice Du Yan’s arrival at all.
“What the hell is this you are doing?” Du Yan asked with a frown.
Xiao Lang turned around and said: “What are you doing here? Don’t interfere in my business.”
Du Yan looked at him, his expression unchanged, and he just asked again word by word.
“What the hell are you doing?”
Xiao Lang didn’t know why, but his momentum suddenly weakened. He turned his head away and said: “Create a ghost space.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Lang realized something was wrong: “Wait, when did you learn to speak? Aren’t you a refined corpse-guardian?”
“…” Du Yan was silent for a moment, but still answered the question: “I am not an ordinary corpse-guardian. As a Corpse King, my body connects the yin and yang, and except for the lack of body temperature and breathing, the rest of the body is not much different from that of ordinary people.”
Xiao Lang suddenly showed some anger when he heard this and accused: “So you have been deceiving me? You are indeed a liar!”
Even Du Yan, who had a rather peculiar way of thinking, was unable to follow Xiao Lang’s train of thought for a while.
“Deceive you?”
“You can obviously speak, but you pretended to be mute to get my secrets. The taoist priests have been trying to kill me. Are you an undercover agent?”
Du Yan pinched his brows and explained: “I was refined not too long ago. I need to repair my body in longevity wooden coffin to recover the ability to speak.”
Du Yan felt that he could no longer get entangled with Xiao Lang on this issue, as the man in front of him was simply not in a clear mind.
It was futile to reason with him. Du Yan just said expressionlessly: “Don’t change the subject. Why do you use this soul-splitting technique to create the ghost space?”
Xiao Lang was really not prepared to answer this question. In his opinion, Du Yan was just a gift from the priest. As a gift, how dare he question what he did?
Xiao Lang decided that he must not let the substitute forget his identity.
However, when Xiao Lang saw the other party’s pale eyes, he couldn’t help but say: “I created the ghost domain to find someone. Since I want to find someone, I must make the entire ghost space within my perception. There is no other way to achieve this goal except to split the soul.”
As soon as Du Yan heard this, he knew that Xiao Lang was probably looking for him. The current situation must be related to the previous incident where the Ghost King was struck by lightning and finally wiped out a certain Tianshi sect.
He pretended to be clueless and asked: “Who are you looking for?”
When Xiao Lang heard this, his expression changed slightly.
He was silent for a moment, then said awkwardly: “I’m looking for a soul that looks similar to you. They thought I was looking for a living person, but they didn’t know that the person’s body had long been destroyed.”
After saying that, he glared at Du Yan again: “So don’t try to deceive me, that person has no body at all, you must be a fake.”
“……”
Du Yan finally understood why he appeared in longevity wooden coffin when he woke up. The longevity wood could nourish the body.
Something must have happened that caused Du Yan’s body to be destroyed. Afterward, Xiao Lang managed to find the wood of longevity, helped Du Yan rebuild his body, and then retrieved his soul to perform the resurrection technique.
This kind of forced reversal of life and death would naturally result in Xiao Lang being struck by eighty-one thunderbolts.
However, Xiao Lang has lost some of his memory due to the split soul, and he only thinks that Du Yan’s body is destroyed, so he is determined to find his soul.
Xiao Lang, who was not very clear-headed, was very stubborn and only thought that what he was looking for was a soul without a body.
So he stubbornly believed that Du Yan was just a fake, but his instinct prevented him from harming Du Yan, and he kept thinking about it, which led to the current situation.
“Did you divide your main soul to create the ghost space?” Du Yan asked again.
Xiao Lang was stunned and said: “I’m not that stupid. The main soul is not needed in a mere ghost space.”
“Then where did your main soul go? Was it shattered by the thunderbolts?”
Although Du Yan couldn’t tell how many parts of soul were left in Xiao Lang, judging from his incomplete memory, at least one of his souls was no longer in his body.
Xiao Lang looked confused, and after thinking for a long time, he shook his head: “I don’t remember.”
At this moment, a small black bird suddenly flew over.
Seeing this, Xiao Lang stood up and extended his hand.
The little bird landed lightly on Xiao Lang’s palm and then said: “You are late, have you found the person?”
After saying this, the bird turned into black mist and dissipated in the air.
When Xiao Lang heard this, he realized that he seemed to have forgotten this matter. He glanced at Du Yan and thought that it was all the fault of this substitute, who had actually confused him to the point of forgetting this important matter.
That person is Xiao Lang’s love rival. If he knew the reason why he almost missed the appointment, he might find the person and use the opportunity to discredit his image.
Xiao Lang thought about it and decided that it was best to take the initiative.
Xiao Lang raised his hand and blew a breath, and the same black bird took shape in his palm. Then he said: “I’ll be there right away.”
Du Yan heard something wrong in the black bird’s voice. Although the bird’s voice was a little hoarse, as if it hadn’t spoken for a long time, Du Yan could tell that it was clearly Xiao Lang’s voice.
Of course, he knew that this little black bird was just a means of communication, so could it be that the other party was Xiao Lang’s lost soul?
Du Yan was about to ask Xiao Lang to take him with him, but before he could open his mouth, he heard Xiao Lang say: “I’ll take you to a place.”
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