Shi Xi looked down and examined the sharp knife that had inexplicably appeared in his hand... He also noticed the marks on the hilt. The knife seemed to have been used for a long time, so it looked a bit mottled, but he could still vaguely make out two characters: Sui Sui.
"Can I kill you?"
Shi Xi got straight to the point and asked.
In dreams, the Nightmare Demon is equivalent to the master, and everything before your eyes will change according to the Demon's will.
Looking at Sui Sui sitting on the swing, he knew perfectly well that the sharp knife was something the other party had conjured.
“Of course you can,” Sui Sui said calmly to Shi Xi. “Only you are not bound by dreams.”
"Oh," Shi Xi said, "So you were looking for death."
Sui Sui didn't react to these words. He conjured up an ice cream and, seemingly ignoring Shi Xi's words, tore open the packaging and started eating it directly.
Then the young man appeared before Shi Xi again, his skin pale, his handsome yet gloomy face bearing a smile. He took Shi Xi's hand holding the dagger and pointed the sharp tip at his own neck—
"Big brother, stab it here."
Shi Xi didn't move, but simply looked up at the young man, "In exchange."
"Answer me, what exactly is in dreams?"
Qi Tingsong felt something was off after he came out of the dream. He was still curious about what he had seen.
The young man gazed at him calmly, a gentle breeze blowing, ruffling the stray hairs on his forehead... Looking at him like this, one could actually see a bit of what he looked like as a child.
"Desire is greed, fear, craving, anger, resentment, jealousy..."
The young man squinted, a smile returning to his face. "The baseness and filth that cannot be hidden in the depths of anyone's heart."
And that's how he survived.
"...What was Qi Tingsong's dream?" Shi Xi hesitated for a moment, but finally asked.
"I don't know." Little Sui Sui licked the melted ice cream and then shook her head.
The ice cream was conjured up; it had no taste, and was even quite awful, but he seemed to have no sense of taste and just ate it bite by bite.
Shi Xi turned her head, her gaze passing through the youth, and saw the flat ground crack and collapse, the blue sky above turning into rolling dark clouds, and the howling wind... At this moment, whether in front or behind, there was only an endless dark abyss.
Only this cramped space under the tree remains, preserving the serene beauty of the past.
Shi Xi realized that this was Sui Sui's dream.
Shi Xi guessed that Sui Sui was not born a nightmare ghost. She didn't know what happened to make her a nightmare ghost, and she had lived from when she was a child until now.
He looked at the young man in front of him. He didn't know when, but Xiao Sui Sui had disappeared, and the swing beside her had also vanished... Countless black mists were wrapped around the young man, pulling him into the abyss with all their might.
The young man saw himself reflected in Shi Xi's beautiful peach blossom eyes.
A nightmare demon about to be consumed by desire.
He recalled a fairy tale he loved to hear as a child: a handsome and affectionate prince, in order to rescue a beautiful princess who had been kidnapped by a dragon, single-handedly ventured into its territory and ultimately succeeded in slaying the dragon.
Now, he is that evil dragon.
The prince was destined to slay the dragon.
"...Hehe." Sui Sui lowered her head and laughed, "Big brother, you won't be able to do it, will you?"
As he said this, he knew all too well that no warlock would ever show mercy to a Nightmare Demon… never.
Shi Xi slowly stood up, walked to Sui Sui, and simply asked—
"Should we leave here?"
Sui Sui's face was pale. She raised her head in surprise and looked at Shi Xi in front of her. "You're not going to kill me?"
Shi Xi raised the sharp knife in her hand, grabbed Sui Sui's hand, and with a swift motion, severed the black mist that was binding him.
Shi Xi turned and walked forward. The abyss beneath his feet transformed into an asphalt road. Sui Sui sidled up to him, her eyes sparkling as she looked at him and chattered incessantly—
Why don't you kill me?
"You're too soft-hearted to be a good Taoist priest. What if a ghost tries to play the victim and fall for your tricks?"
"You wouldn't be this soft-hearted towards every ghost, would you?"
"Hey bro, why aren't you saying anything?"
"Hey bro, bro, have some mercy and talk to them!"
Shi Xi took a deep breath and pushed away Sui Sui, who was clinging to him like a big, clingy puppy. "Stop being so affectionate and stay away from me."
Sui Sui, unconcerned about the slap on her cheek, continued to lean closer to Shi Xi, saying, "No!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com