As soon as they met, Luo Jiujiang and the young man were both stunned.

They both wore dark clothes, which were also solid colors without any patterns. They looked clean, neat and capable, and convenient for moving around. However, they looked a little shabby and simple among so many talented people.

They also wore their swords slung diagonally across their right waists, their scabbards also made of silver shark skin, a similar silver-gray color. Neither wore crowns or other ornaments, only their hair tied high and tightly to prevent it from unfurling and getting in the way during the fight.

Regardless of their attire, even their physical appearance and temperament leaned towards the same unrestrained and handsome line. Luo Jiujiang, of the two, had long eyebrows, a straight nose, thin lips, and a pair of dark jade eyes that were perpetually smiling, yet couldn't conceal the sharpness in his expression, as if ready to unleash his sword-like spirit. Meanwhile, the young man's sword-like eyebrows reflected a pair of awe-inspiring eyes, his nose bridge prominent, and his lips pressed together, as if he too was pondering Luo Jiujiang's identity.

When the two of them stood facing each other, it was almost like looking in a mirror.

...But that's not entirely true. Luo Jiujiang is a size smaller than this young man and he is also shorter than him.

After a moment of shock, Luo Jiujiang quickly reacted and said with a natural smile: "It is a pleasant surprise to meet you, Brother Dao. I am Luo Jiujiang from the Spirit Snake Realm. May I know who you are?"

"Jiaotu Realm Abyss." The young man blurted out without thinking, and the next moment he realized that he was not here to chat with Luo Jiujiang. His sword-like eyebrows immediately raised: "Why are you here?"

"The holy land was dark for several months. I took advantage of this to enter a dream and train my soul." Luo Jiujiang smiled. "Brother Dao, isn't it?"

In fact, he was also a little surprised. He didn't expect to meet Fellow Daoist Chen Yuan in this way.

Judging from the current situation, there is more than just a question of whether there is a mirage pearl between the two of them. They are similar from every angle. Mr. Gongyi was right to mistake him for someone else.

"Yes, but..." This Daoist friend Chen Yuan seemed not good at speaking. He frowned even more tightly after he opened his mouth. He was like a cat that wanted to lick water but accidentally stepped on the basin and was splashed with water on its head. With so much messy information, it really couldn't figure out how to speak.

He opened and closed his lips twice, but still couldn't utter a word.

Brother Chen Yuan was clearly a straightforward person. After failing twice, he simply cut the Gordian knot, skipping all the reasons and reasoning, not caring whether others could keep up or not, and rushed straight to the conclusion like a wild horse: "Danger, get out!"

If he had met a fellow Taoist who was gentle and peaceful, not very curious, and valued saving his life, no matter what the specific situation was, seeing that it was Chen Yuan who came first in the dream, and his spirit was powerful and difficult to communicate with, Chen Yuan probably didn't even need to say anything and would have left first.

But the person he met was Luo Jiujiang.

The first thing Luo Jiujiang did upon entering the dream was to investigate the surroundings. He had already determined that apart from the two outsiders and the dream master, there wasn't even a single nightmare here, so there was no real danger. Now, after hearing Chen Yuan's warning, he simply laughed it off.

He would sometimes listen to others' well-reasoned advice, but more often than not, he trusted his own judgment. If Luo Jiujiang had taken every word he said as gospel, he would have been dead by now.

Besides, Luo Jiujiang came here to train his soul. Even if this place is as dangerous as Chen Yuan said, he would still give it a try.

Besides this, he also wanted to take the opportunity to get to know Shen Yuan.

"What danger do you mean, fellow Daoist?"

Seeing that he refused to listen, Chen Yuan frowned. Perhaps as the young master of the Jiaotu Realm, he had never seen such an ignorant brat in his life. With great difficulty, Chen Yuan organized his poor verbal expression, pressed down Luo Jiujiang's shoulder, and pointed at the golden lightning in the sky.

"This isn't a dream, it's someone else's inner demonic tribulation."

Luo Jiujiang's expression finally changed.

As soon as he fell asleep, he heard the sound of lightning and thunder, but he didn't take it too seriously - there were all kinds of strange situations in the dream, sometimes there were huge waves, sometimes there was lava all over the ground, and he even passed by a pool of wine and a forest of meat... cough.

The Jindan tribulation he endured was not only unprecedented, but also potentially unprecedented. It was precisely because of this that he wasn't very familiar with thunder tribulations that he was caught and taught a lesson by Chen Yuan. But from the moment he glanced toward the sky, Luo Jiujiang knew he couldn't escape.

Golden thunder was gathering momentum in the sky, illuminating half the sky and making every detail of the person hanging on the rack crystal clear.

The man was completely naked, his wrists suspended high in a circle of barbed iron shackles. His long hair hung down with his head, obscuring his face. His chest rose and fell weakly, almost as if he were dying. But even so, Luo Jiujiang recognized him clearly at a glance.

Without seeing his face clearly, Luo Jiujiang recognized his body.

...That body, covered with all kinds of knife and axe wounds, hook and gouge wounds, and burns, with every inch of skin uneven and scarred, would never be forgotten by anyone who saw it once.

"Brother, please go first. I, Luo Jiujiang, must stay." The friendly smile on Luo Jiujiang's face had disappeared without a trace. He faced the direction of the thunder tribulation and did not even have time to look at Chen Yuan again: "The person who survived the tribulation is my friend."

The man who was hung on the rack during the inner demon tribulation was half dead.

The author has something to say: Thanks to the cool summer night rocket launcher x2

Thanks to Tanxia for the mine x2

Thanks to Yuxi for the mine x1

Thanks to Jiushan for the mine x1