Wo Chi Xi Hong Shi

Chapter 12 The Dreamer

  Within his Mind Realm, Xu Jingming stepped onto the towering, undulating mountain range. After a moment of sensing, he thought, "This mountain actually exceeds my perception range?"

  Whoosh!

  He immediately flew upward along the mountain's structure. Upon landing at the summit, Xu Jingming carefully sensed his surroundings. "Just an ordinary mountain, nothing special about it."

  "Swoosh."

  Xu Jingming flew down the mountain, continuing to explore the territory's ruins. These territory ruins were far, far larger than the territory Xu Jingming had opened up.

  After all, Xu Jingming was only a cosmic legend, and his territory was among the lowest of the low in the Infinite Mind Realm.

  "Whoosh."

  Xu Jingming flew past towering mountains and across deep valleys, marveling at the vastness of the territory ruins. According to the "Mind Realm Exploration Guide," over 90% of the territories in the Mind Realm were left behind by Eternal Realm existences!

  The threshold for the Mind Realm was very high. Almost everyone who could open up a territory within the Mind Realm could reach the Eternal Realm. In the Mind Realm, half-step third realm existences were very rare.

  As for the territory ruins of third realm existences, it was hard to find even one among hundreds of millions of ruins. Xu Jingming was still aware of this.

  "Hmm?"

  Xu Jingming looked ahead. In front of him was a lake of azure blue, several hundred *li* in diameter. This azure blue lake was very attractive.

  "This is?" Xu Jingming approached.

  The azure lake gently rippled with mist. When the mist touched Xu Jingming, *'chi chi chi'* the Pure Lotus Fire on Xu Jingming's body surface burned, naturally incinerating the mist.

  As it burned, Xu Jingming saw many strange phenomena.

  He saw large amounts of wealth, planetary territories, and extremely precious inheritances...

  "This is a Lake of Greed," Xu Jingming murmured.

  "There's a saying that all the emotions of all living beings in all timelines are reflected in the Mind Realm! Some are greed, some are infatuation, some are sin... This gathered power drifts in the chaos, only fixing its position when it touches a territory or territory ruins," Xu Jingming thought. The only 'creation' within the Mind Realm was a territory.

  The Lake of Greed had been drifting all along, naturally needing to touch a 'creation' to stop.

  "Whether this saying is true or false cannot be determined. But there are indeed all kinds of emotions, desires, and sins that coalesce into substance, entrenched in various places within the Mind Realm," Xu Jingming thought.

  Whoosh!

  Xu Jingming continued to move forward. Within these territory ruins, in addition to the Lake of Greed, Xu Jingming also discovered a 'Lustful Deep Pool' and a 'Sea of Sins.' Although it was called the Sea of Sins… it didn't actually contain as much sin as the first petal of the 'Flower of Sin.'

  "Where is the core of the territory ruins?" Xu Jingming searched. "The territory owner opened this place up and naturally left behind the strongest mental imprint. Where is his mental imprint?"

  The territory was too large! Xu Jingming searched for more than three days. When Xu Jingming sensed a large stone, he revealed a look of joy.

  This large stone… was the core of the entire territory's ruins. It itself was a complete imprint!

  "Rumble~~~"

  The moment Xu Jingming sensed and touched it, it was also triggered. Naturally, the surrounding scenery changed, and heaven and earth were transformed!

  The broken territory ruins, originally shrouded in chaotic aura, now had their scenery changed. A dim star hung high in the sky, illuminating this world. Within this world were mountains, continuous lakes, and flowers and trees everywhere. The scenery was beautiful.

  Xu Jingming stood among them, knowing very well, "This is the core of the territory ruins, a naturally formed illusion."

  "Ugh, what a good dream." Suddenly, from the large stone in the distance, a figure lying on the stone stretched lazily and sat up, extremely languid.

  This figure was thin. His upper body was solid, but his lower body was black mist. He held a black pot in his hand. The surface of the black pot had strange beast carvings. He opened his mouth and inhaled, and seven-colored light flew out of the black pot and into his mouth.

  "A latecomer." This figure looked at Xu Jingming, unconcerned, "There are countless ruins in the Mind Realm. Many lazy ruin masters will leave behind some tests. I'm too lazy to arrange tests!

  Since I'm already dead, why bother so much?"

  Xu Jingming's eyes lit up as he heard this, thinking, "That's the right way to think! I don't want to encounter any tests either."

  "Me? My whole life has been half-dream, half-awake! After reaching the Eternal Realm, I unknowingly came to the Mind Realm," the black figure said. "The only two techniques I'm most proud of in my life, you should watch carefully. Learn as much as you can. As for the complete inheritance? I'm too lazy to prepare it. I'm already dead, why should I make things so easy for you latecomers?"

  After the figure finished speaking, he stretched out his hand. Black mist condensed in his hand, slowly forming a large bow. In his other hand, black mist slowly formed a simple and unadorned arrow.

  The condensing process contained a large amount of high-dimensional information.

  Xu Jingming watched carefully.

  "Sincerity in bow and arrow? The archery lineage?" Xu Jingming received this scattered high-dimensional information.

  The figure deliberately let the latecomer see clearly, so the movements were very slow. Condensing the bow and arrow took nearly a minute.

  Then, the arrow was placed on the string!

  Drawing the bow!

  When the bow was drawn to its fullest extent, although the arrow had not yet been fired, the indifferent look in his eyes as he stared ahead made Xu Jingming feel a chill in his heart.

  "This is…" Xu Jingming was secretly shocked.

  At this moment, he could sense a large amount of high-dimensional information, as if being targeted by this bow and arrow meant certain death.

  "When I was a low-dimensional life, I loved the art of archery, and I was so absorbed in it that I unknowingly became a high-dimensional life," the figure said leisurely. "After becoming a high-dimensional life, I still loved archery. Relying on archery in the Eternal Realm, I naturally entered the Mind Realm. At this time, my arrows could not only shoot the enemy's physical body but also shoot the enemy's mind."

  The figure said proudly, "I've only reached the Eternal Realm in my life, but with this archery skill, I've never met an opponent below the half-step third realm! For ordinary Eternal Realm existences, one arrow equals one life, hahaha…"

  Xu Jingming clicked his tongue. "Eternal Realm high-dimensional lives have extremely strong life-saving abilities. Although it's said that Eternal Realm existences of the Mind Realm lineage are already powerful, saying that one arrow equals one Eternal Realm existence is too terrifying."

  According to his own information, a half-step third realm existence could generally easily kill an Eternal Realm existence. Both Gu Mo and the monster 'Meng Hado' had killed many Eternal Realm existences.

  The ancient existence before him was not a half-step third realm existence but claimed to be able to deal with ordinary Eternal Realm existences with one arrow each!

  "One arrow out, shooting the physical body and then shooting the mind?" Xu Jingming said to himself.

  "Go." The figure drew the bow to its fullest extent and finally released an arrow.

  The arrow shot out, dazzling and radiant. The world seemed to have an additional primordial star. Immediately afterward, it tore through space and disappeared without a trace.

  "No way to dodge, can't dodge it." Xu Jingming received a large amount of high-dimensional information about this move, shocked by its power.

  "Even if I unleash my Eternal Realm high-dimensional weapon, the 'Flower of Sin,' to its full potential, it wouldn't be as good as this arrow."

  "The third realm of the Red Lotus Fire... perhaps only the most ultimate 'Red Lotus Fire' has a full chance of surpassing it," Xu Jingming thought.

  Mastering the Red Lotus Fire meant being a half-step third realm existence, naturally able to surpass it. As for the Black Lotus Fire? Xu Jingming had no confidence in comparing it to this archery technique.

  He estimated that he would have to wait until he had cultivated it in the future before he could compare it.

  "The art of archery is my first technique and my only means of killing enemies," the figure said with a smile. "This technique of mine has no detailed inheritance. And even if you learn my inheritance, I'm afraid you won't be able to learn this arrow.

  Only by understanding the essence of archery can you hope to master similar moves," the figure said.

  "My second technique is a move to 'sever karma'."

  "Take a look."

  The figure looked at Xu Jingming. The black mist of his lower body spread throughout his entire body. The spreading process was very slow, allowing Xu Jingming to clearly see the process of spreading and transforming, receiving a large amount of high-dimensional information.

  After a moment, this body turned into mist and dissipated. After the mist condensed, it transformed back into its original form.

  "The strong of the Mind Realm lineage are all good at the art of clones. With a thought, they can differentiate into thousands of clones," the figure said.

  "They kill each other, and it's very difficult to completely kill each other. What they fear most is attacks that follow karma."

  "So severing karma is very important," the figure said. "I have comprehended this method of severing karma from the art of archery."

  "Archery requires following karma, setting a target. Once an arrow is shot, all the enemy's clones are destroyed."

  "This method of 'severing karma' is the opposite," the figure said. His figure was always in a state of coexistence between his true body and mist.

  Xu Jingming watched and said, "When it comes to severing karma, I don't need to learn it. The 'Red Lotus Fire' is extremely good at severing karma. Even with the newly mastered 'Pure Lotus Fire,' it's difficult for enemies to follow karma, let alone the Black Lotus Fire and Red Lotus Fire later on."

  The Red Lotus Fire was much stronger when it came to severing karma, but what about offensive methods? Xu Jingming was still somewhat envious.

  "He is sincere in bow and arrow, I am sincere in spearmanship. Some of his skills can be used in my spearmanship." Xu Jingming broadened his horizons and had some ideas about his high-dimensional spearmanship.

  The strong of the Mind Realm lineage were also divided into many factions. Some were good at targeting the enemy's mind, some were good at controlling and destroying, some were good at constructing vast worlds, and some were good at mental weapons! Vast mental power was contained and gathered in weapons. Like this master who was good at archery, his bow and arrow had endless mental power gathered in them, so that they could kill the enemy's physical body and destroy their mind. This could be considered a mental weapon.

  "I have lived for half an abyss epoch." The figure looked at Xu Jingming. "I am only good at these two techniques. Finally… I am called 'Da Meng Ke'!" (Great Dreamer)

  After saying that, his figure dissipated, and the entire illusion dissipated.

  Before him returned to the previous ruins of the territory, and that large stone.

  "Da Meng Ke?" Xu Jingming murmured, "Leaving behind a name, it seems he is unwilling and still wants to be resurrected and return."

  Half an abyss epoch was considered a short life for an Eternal Realm high-dimensional life.