Chapter 26 Entering the Dream

In the morning, the Crown Prince begged the old emperor to thoroughly investigate the matter of the former empress, using the pretext of a vengeful spirit seeking revenge. The old emperor, valuing his life above all else, didn't care that the investigation would implicate him, and in the afternoon, he had someone clear the former empress's name.

It was claimed that the former empress had not actually had an affair, and that the emperor had wronged her.

He was also extremely guilty and ordered the construction of a mausoleum for the former empress, which had to be extremely prestigious.

Entrusted by the Crown Prince, Su Yunyu went to see the Emperor only after the old Emperor had finished all these things, and said that the wronged souls had been dispersed.

The old emperor wiped the sweat from his brow, while Su Yunyu clearly sensed an extremely powerful demonic aura.

No, the source probably isn't that soul!

This demonic energy is so powerful that it is not to be underestimated; no wonder it was able to scare away so many cultivators.

Sure enough, just as the old emperor relaxed and was thinking that it was too much of a loss to hand over the dragon vein since the matter had been resolved so easily, he was thinking of changing the reward. But the next second, everything went black and he fell asleep.

Su Yunyu hadn't heard the old emperor speak for a long time, so she looked up in confusion and saw that he had closed his eyes, not knowing whether he had fainted or was asleep.

Xiao Shuying's gaze deepened upon seeing this:

"He was pulled into a dream."

Seeing the old emperor's trembling eyelids and quivering lips, one could tell that it was no simple matter of him fainting.

Su Yunyu's face turned cold. He thought to himself that this culprit was really arrogant, dragging the old emperor into a nightmare right in front of him.

After a moment's thought, he instructed Xiao Shuying:

"Wait for me here, I will enter your dream to find out what's going on."

Before Xiao Shuying could react, Su Yunyu's body gradually became transparent, like a soul, and floated into the old emperor's nightmare.

Xiao Shuying, who remained where she was, frowned. It wasn't that she was worried about Su Yunyu, but she felt that this matter was not so simple.

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The old emperor was so frightened that he lost his mind. He had been tormented and exhausted these days. Just when he thought the matter was resolved and his mind relaxed, he fell into a dream again.

The dream was filled with blood, and the wailing of ghosts and wolves still echoed in my ears. I thought it would be like the previous times, where I would suffer endless torment before the demon came to claim my life. But instead, I heard a soft laugh behind me.

"The sounds you hear are the wronged souls who died at your hands."

The old emperor was immediately shaken and opened his eyes wide to look at the person speaking behind him. He used to be unable to move in his dreams, but this time he was free.

Behind him, fluttering red robes drifted by. The old emperor peered up cautiously, trying to see who was speaking, but suddenly saw a beautiful face with lips like red jade and phoenix eyes slightly upturned.

Suddenly, whether it was his inherent lust that overcame his fear, the old emperor momentarily forgot his life-threatening situation and just stared blankly until the demon laughed and asked:

"I'm very good-looking."

The old emperor simply nodded, while the person opposite him chuckled enigmatically a few times.

"You're blind! The person wearing the mask today is the most beautiful woman in the world."

Having said that, the woman in red swept away the floating particles and vanished without a trace. The old emperor, having forgotten his impending doom and about to pursue the matter, suddenly found himself in the Cold Palace—

"The Empress has failed in her duties of virtue and has repeatedly disobeyed orders. She has neither the kindness of a mother nor the purity of a wife. She is hereby stripped of her title as Empress and imprisoned in the Changmen Palace forever!"

The palace servants' summons was deafening. The old emperor looked at himself and was shocked to see that it was the former empress. Just as he was beginning to feel astonishment, two palace servants came in with a noose. He was so frightened that he immediately cried out:

"You mustn't kill me! Open your dog eyes! I'm not that...!"

The noose wrapped around his neck in an instant, and the old emperor could no longer utter a single word; his eyes were wide open and his limbs were stiff.

At this moment, he no longer felt any lingering affection for the woman in red from before; he was now in excruciating pain, having experienced the death sentence of the former empress a thousand times over.

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Su Yunyu entered the dream. At first, there was no sound around her, and everything in front of her was white.

Only with the sound of dripping water did the dream begin to change—

The surroundings were a blood-red color, desolate like a mass grave. The sky was red, the ground was red, and even the particles floating in the air looked like drops of blood.

Su Yunyu wasn't sure how to break free from this dream, but he was certain that it wouldn't last long.

The palace is filled with a rich purple aura, which naturally acts as a barrier against evil spirits. Therefore, even if demons want to cause trouble, it is greatly restricted.

It was completely quiet around her. Su Yunyu casually took a few steps in one direction, trying to break free with her spiritual power, but found that her spiritual power was ineffective after entering the dream.

They had no choice but to improvise, and just as they were tense, a close, urgent sound suddenly came from not far away:

"Quick, kill him! What are you hesitating for?"

At the same time, a soft and timid voice rang out:

"Father, I...I dare not..."

Su Yunyu looked in the direction of the sound and saw that a tall building had appeared in the previously empty space. He didn't even need to go inside; he was already inside.

Looking inside, he saw a prison-like setting. A man was holding a child, and the two were facing away from Su Yunyu. Even so, he could still see a bloodstained person lying on the ground.

Seeing the boy hesitate, the man immediately roared:

"Just because he looked out for you, you can't bring yourself to do it?"

The people on the ground were barely breathing, barely hanging on by a thread. Strange, who were these three people?

Su Yunyu stood there, silently watching the farce unfold before her eyes; the boy seemed to be sobbing.

"Why...why kill him?"

"Didn't I already tell you?" the man said impatiently.

“He deserved to die anyway. As long as I kill him, the position of the Moon Tiger Tower Master will be mine.”

"Are you going to kill me or not?"

The boy's shoulders hunched, as if he had made up his mind to step forward and make a move, but within a few breaths he failed, collapsing to the ground and sobbing.

"I still don't dare..."

"waste!"

Accompanied by the man's furious voice, the scene before their eyes changed, from a prison to a dark room.

This time, the boy was tied to a pillar, and the man lashed him with a whip, cursing as he did so.

"You don't even dare to kill a single person? You don't deserve to be a member of the demon race!"

The whip struck the boy's frail body, making a series of cracking sounds, mixed with the boy's desperate cries of pain. Su Yunyu could hardly bear to watch.

But the light and shadow changed again. This time, it was in a dilapidated room. The boy was lying on the floor, covered only by a straw mat. His body was covered in blood and wounds, and he looked like he was about to die at any moment.

The first two times, Su Yunyu couldn't see the boy's appearance clearly, but this time, after seeing him clearly, Su Yunyu felt that he was inexplicably familiar.

Strange, who exactly is he?

As soon as Su Yunyu stepped forward and touched the boy, the scene before her eyes vanished rapidly, and she was greeted by another scene.

The boy seemed to have mostly recovered from his injuries and was stumbling along the streets when several children of similar age suddenly jumped out and shoved him to the ground.

“You’re a piece of trash who doesn’t even dare to kill a person. I think Father will kill you one day.”

"In the Demon Realm, the strong rule. I think you'd better get out of here as soon as possible."

The mocking voices were incessant. As Su Yunyu listened, she roughly deduced that these people were obviously the boy's brothers and sisters, and that father was probably a certain landlord.

The boy was severely punished and ridiculed for not daring to kill. His so-called father was just using him as a tool to kill.

Something seemed to be about to emerge, and Su Yunyu couldn't understand why the person who created the dream would show him this.

The insults had escalated into physical abuse. Seeing the boy's already frail body being surrounded and beaten by several people, Su Yunyu could no longer bear it and stepped forward, shouting:

"What kind of skill is it to only bully the weak?"

But nothing changed; the people in the scene before me remained unchanged, just as if I couldn't see or hear them, continuing to repeat themselves.

Su Yunyu was stunned for a moment, then realized that what he was seeing was just an illusion. Just as he was feeling powerless, laughter came from behind him:

"As expected of an Immortal Venerable, even his heart is made of glass."

The voice was like flowing clouds and rosy dawn, naturally exuding a romantic and amorous charm, both familiar and strange. Su Yunyu suddenly turned around to look—

The newcomer was dressed in red, with long black hair held back only by a red ribbon, exuding both languidness and danger.

As for that face, it was innocent and naive when it was Song Chi's identity at the beginning, but now that the disguise has been removed, it looks like a demonic and arrogant devil.

Su Yunyu's eyes turned cold as she questioned:

"Feng Mingye, why are you here?"

"Don't rush," Feng Mingye leaned against the wall constructed by the illusion, chuckling as he twirled a strand of hair.

"You were about to go up and stop them, weren't you?"

Su Yunyu didn't know what he wanted to do, but she wasn't very afraid. After all, he was the main villain in the original story. Upon hearing this, she simply asked in a cold voice:

"What exactly are you showing me?"

"What do you think that is?" Feng Mingye walked over, his tone nonchalant.

"That's my past. How do you feel when you see it?"

"..."

Although she had already guessed that this was the case, Su Yunyu really didn't expect that Feng Mingye, the current Venerable Lord, would have suffered as much as Long Aotian in his childhood.

Just as he was wondering how to respond, Feng Mingye had already walked up to him. Seeing that Su Yunyu was still wearing a mask, but his beautiful eyes were clearly stunned, he immediately smiled, put his arm around Su Yunyu's slender waist, and whispered teasingly in Su Yunyu's ear:

"You believed me when I lied to you."

"you!"

Su Yunyu was immediately enraged. Realizing the man's hand was on her waist, she felt offended and uncomfortable all over. She turned and took a few steps back, drawing her Xuehua sword.

"You went to great lengths to enter the secret realm, and now you've entered the palace. What exactly are you trying to do?"

Feng Mingye did not answer, but merely raised an eyebrow:

"What's it to you? I won't hurt you anyway."

Seeing that he was being irresponsible and had no intention of saying anything useful, Su Yunyu didn't want to waste any more words. She drew her sword and faced him. When she saw that Feng Mingye neither dodged nor dodged, she immediately knew that something was wrong.

As expected, when the sword touched Feng Mingye, it passed straight through as if it were air, without causing any damage.

Seeing Su Yunyu freeze, Feng Mingye couldn't help but burst into laughter, this time with a more genuine laugh:

"How about this, take off your mask and I'll tell you the truth."

“…Heh,” Su Yunyu sneered.

Guess whether I believe you or not.

"It doesn't matter if you don't believe me," Feng Mingye flew over. His body, which was originally intangible, suddenly materialized. With lightning speed, he removed Su Yunyu's mask.

By the time Su Yunyu reacted, she saw Feng Mingye already standing a few steps away, holding a mask in one hand and smiling broadly.

"She is clearly a woman of extraordinary beauty, so why does she have to hide it?"

"Phoenix! Darkness! Night!"

Su Yunyu now hated this dream to death. Here, Feng Mingye was completely the master, and he couldn't exert any power at all. Just as he was getting annoyed, a strong wind suddenly blew up and directly blew away all the images.

The dream is about to fade away.

At the end of this illusion, Feng Mingye's voice, soft as a sigh, rang out:

"Actually, what you see is all true."

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Author's Note: I made it onto the rankings! Update this Friday! [Cat emoji]

Every time I write about this second male lead, it feels like I'm writing an old-fashioned novel with a charmingly arrogant and wicked personality—it's so hard to keep it up! [newbie]