Chapter 132 Entering the Dream:
The two great sword cultivators simultaneously focused their attention on Xiaozhi, who began to tremble again, unable to utter a complete sentence.
"Go to the guest room first." Lu Yingqi realized the crux of the problem: with Shen Bingsi standing there, Xiaozhi couldn't speak properly.
Although Shen Bingsi looked displeased, she still left as instructed.
Upon entering the guest room and arriving at the bedside, Shen Bingsi grasped Rong Xie's wrist with one hand, checking his spiritual energy consumption while simultaneously releasing her spiritual sense to listen to the conversation between the two people outside.
“Hmm… I know a little…” Xiaozhi’s voice became much calmer. “Back in my hometown of Qinghe, I saw Madam Mei cast a nightmare spell. She also told me that the way to break the nightmare spell is the same as the way to cast it, both of which require mimosa flowers.”
Inside the guest room, Shen Bingsi's heart sank. He had searched high and low without finding it, but it had come to him without any effort. He never expected that the person who actually knew how to break the Nightmare Technique was right in front of him. He had even asked Elder Bai, and not only did he and his master get humiliated, but the solution he got also didn't work!
Half an hour ago, in the Zhengxin Hall, Shen Bingsi, following the plan she had discussed with Lu Yingqi, tried to pry Elder Bai's words out of him. Elder Bai was furious and made a lot of harsh remarks, but in the end he still told Shen Bingsi how to break Madam Mei's curse.
Just as Xiaozhi said, the method to break the nightmare spell is the same as the method to cast it. Both require the use of the mimosa flower. Using the mimosa flower as a medium, the secret technique of the Mimosa Sect is activated, causing the victim to fall into a deep sleep at night and never wake up.
Elder Bai tossed over a booklet and a square box. The booklet contained various basic spells of the Hehuan Sect, including methods for using Nightmare Spells, Illusion Spells, and Furnaces. The square box contained a dried mimosa flower, which, when placed in an incense burner and lit, could serve as a medium for Nightmare Spells.
"That's all I know! Next time Mirror Palace investigates the Hehuan Sect, don't ask me again!" Elder Bai waved his sleeve, refusing to say another word to Shen Bingsi.
After Shen Bingsi finished flipping through the booklet and confirmed that he could also cast the Nightmare Technique, he took the booklet and dried flowers and retreated. As for the method of maintaining the furnace that Lu Yingqi wanted, it was also in the booklet. Whether it was what he needed, Shen Bingsi didn't know. It was his own fault for not checking.
"Thank you, Elder Bai!"
This is the whole story that happened in Zhengxin Hall half an hour ago.
After returning to her room, Shen Bingsi immediately followed the instructions in the booklet, placing the dried flowers into the incense burner and lighting it. As black smoke rose, Shen Bingsi used her spiritual power according to the incantation in the booklet to envelop herself and Rong Xie in the fragrance of the flowers.
That's right. To break this nightmare spell, you need to hypnotize another person and have the second person enter the first person's dream. The second person tells the first person that they are dreaming, and once the first person knows they are dreaming, the dream will end and they will wake up from the nightmare spell.
In theory, it's that simple, but in practice, it's a completely different story.
The dried flowers were almost burned out, but Shen Bingsi was still wide awake.
I don't know if it's because his spiritual sense is too strong and he's not so easily hypnotized by a little nightmare magic, or if people can't use nightmare magic to hypnotize themselves—the booklet doesn't say that you can't hypnotize yourself, does it?
Just then, Xiaozhi, the servant boy who had secretly touched the barrier and pretended to be timid, peeked inside from the doorway, wondering what mischief he was up to.
People are most irritable when they want to sleep but can't, and Shen Bingsi was just like that.
In a fit of rage, Shen Bingsi cast a spell to freeze the black smoke, climbed down from the low stool beside the bed, grabbed Xiaozhi, and launched into a barrage of questions. Xiaozhi couldn't answer; all she could do was shed large tears.
And that's how Lu Yingqi came back and saw the scene he witnessed.
Outside, Xiaozhi and Lu Yingqi were still talking, their voices clearly reaching Shen Bingsi's ears.
"You just said that Shen Bingsi used the wrong fragrance. Wasn't he using mimosa flowers?" Lu Yingqi asked.
"He used mimosa flowers, but those flowers had been withered for a long time, and their potency was almost completely lost... It's impossible to use them to hypnotize a Nascent Soul cultivator..."
"Then how do we do it?" Lu Yingqi had already learned the method to break the nightmare spell: hypnotize one person to go in and wake up the previous person. "Does Shen Bingsi need to use a live mimosa flower to hypnotize herself?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Bingsi instantly thought of the mimosa tree under the well in Lufu. It was Rong Xie who discovered that mimosa tree. Madam Mei used it to make many furnaces and cauldrons and to cast nightmare spells. She certainly couldn't find out anything from that mimosa tree. He would fly to the mimosa tree on his sword to get it right now!
Just as Shen Bingsi was about to leave, she suddenly remembered that the mimosa flower was currently trapped under the Golden Bell Cover as crucial evidence, and no one was allowed to take it out of the Lu residence.
What should we do! No, even if it means forcibly breaking through the Golden Bell Shield, he must bring that mimosa flower to save Rong Xie!
“Live mimosa flowers are too rare… but I have mimosa perfume on me. This mimosa perfume is all taken from live mimosa flowers… It was given to me by Madam Mei before, and it can still be used now.” There was a rustling sound of clothes outside, and Xiaozhi seemed to take something out of her pocket. “Brother Qi, take this and give it to the Judge.”
“Well, come in with me,” Lu Yingqi said, “after all, this floral dew is yours.”
“What did Brother Qi say? Xiaozhi’s things all belong to Brother Qi,” Xiaozhi said hesitantly. “I’d better not go in… The adjudicator doesn’t trust me. If Brother Qi gives them to him, he might still use them, but if I take them…”
Shen Bingsi's feelings were complicated; Xiao Zhi's actions were truly unfathomable.
At first, he thought Xiaozhi was two-faced, secretly touching the barrier but refusing to admit it, and acting timidly in an attempt to escape Shen Bingsi's questioning... Now, it seems that Xiaozhi is genuinely concerned about Rong Xie.
“If he doesn’t want to use it, he doesn’t want to use it. We didn’t beg him to use it,” Lu Yingqi said indifferently.
Upon hearing this, Shen Bingsi's anger flared up again. If it weren't for Lu Yingqi's unexpected trouble, would Madam Mei have had the opportunity to take advantage of him? He was about to go out and confront Lu Yingqi when he heard Xiaozhi speak weakly again.
“I begged him to use it,” Xiaozhi’s voice trembled with tears again, “Young Master Rong is like this because of me… I’m the one who ruined him…”
"..."
The house was quiet, except for the soft sobbing of Xiaozhi.
Shen Bingsi's impression of him improved slightly.
A moment later, Lu Yingqi came in, holding a brocade pouch in his hand, and placed it in front of Shen Bingsi.
Shen Bingsi stared at the brocade pouch: "This is the dew from the mimosa flower?"
“Hmm,” Lu Yingqi said, “I guarantee you with the reputation of ‘Xuantian Sword’ that it’s real. Use it or not, it’s up to you.”
Shen Bingsi grabbed the brocade pouch, and before she even held it in front of her, she smelled a strong fragrance of roses.
A familiar feeling welled up in his heart. He had smelled this fragrance before when he came to the Ruthless Dao Palace to find Lu Yingqi. The fragrance was natural and gentle, refreshing and pleasant, much better than the rose scent on Madam Mei.
It turned out to be on Xiaozhi.
but……
"Why does your little branch have this thing on it?" Shen Bingsi asked. "Did he know it was a mimosa flower all along?"
“No, I told him,” Lu Yingqi said calmly. “When you were settling Junior Brother Rong in, I called Xiaozhi over and told him about the results of this operation. That’s when he realized that what he had taken was not a rose, but a mimosa flower.”
"Oh..." That makes sense. Shen Bingsi thought.
However, he still felt that something was not quite right. It might be because Xiaozhi's attitude was too timid. She always avoided him, as if she had something to hide and was afraid that he would find out.
"Never mind." Shen Bingsi didn't have time to investigate this now. He opened the sachet and asked doubtfully, "How long will this little bit of incense burn?"
“No…no need to burn it,” a weak voice came from the doorway. Xiao Zhi, hiding behind Lu Yingqi with only half her head showing, explained to Shen Bing Si, “Just pinch a little and sprinkle it into the air.”
"Hmm..." Shen Bingsi did as instructed, using her spiritual power to activate the fragrance in the air, quickly spreading it all over the headboard.
This acacia fragrance is indeed very powerful. Shen Bingsi's spiritual power easily adhered to it. He pushed the fragrance until it enveloped himself and Rong Xie.
As the golden light flashed, Shen Bingsi closed her eyes and sat cross-legged on the stool beside the bed in a meditative posture, remaining motionless.
At the same time, the Victorious Evil Sword formed a golden light shield, enveloping Shen Bingsi and Rong Xie within it.
Lu Yingqi looked at Xiaozhi: "Is it a success?"
“It should… have succeeded,” Xiaozhi said. “I hope the adjudicator can successfully awaken Young Master Rong.”
"What else do you need me to do?" Lu Yingqi asked.
"No need... Only the Adjudicator can help right now, no one else can..."
"In that case, shall we go to the outer market? Is there anything you need to buy?" Lu Yingqi asked as usual.
“We do need to buy some new fabric clothes. Spring is coming, and it’s time to get some new ones,” Xiaozhi said. Suddenly, he thought of something, “What about them? Will they just stay here?”
“Well, we can’t help anyway, so there’s no point in staying any longer,” Lu Yingqi said. “After we finish buying the things, we’ll come back and study this Hehuan Sect manual.”
As he spoke, Lu Yingqi picked up the booklet that Shen Bingsi had just placed aside.
A biting wind blew against her face, and beneath her feet were layers of courtyard walls and roof tiles. Shen Bingsi was flying in mid-air, with endless darkness ahead.
Shen Bingsi hadn't dreamed in a long time.
After entering the Nascent Soul stage, his spiritual consciousness became extremely powerful. Even when he relaxed his mind and fell asleep, he would not lose control of his consciousness or create hallucinations for himself.
Now, with the help of the mimosa flower, Shen Bingsi enters a dream.
However, it wasn't his dream, but Rong Xie's dream.
The thought of seeing Rong Xie soon filled Shen Bingsi with excitement. He began to look around. Where was Rong Xie? What was he doing?
The next moment, something vibrated in his hand. Shen Bingsi looked down and found that the jade pendant with the character "Rong" on it was in his palm. Waves of spiritual energy rippled out, and Rong Xie was contacting him.
Shen Bingsi was overjoyed and immediately connected the communication jade pendant.
Rong Xie's voice came from the other end: "Bing Si, where are you?"
"!!" Shen Bingsi was so excited he almost crushed the jade pendant. Finally, after a whole day, he heard Rong Xie's voice again, "I'm... on the roof of the Lu residence?"
"Why are you still going in circles? Where's Senior Brother Lu? Have you found him?" Rong Xie asked breathlessly. "Wait, I'm up here too. Let's go look for him together!"
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