The August night was a bit chilly inside.
At this time, Li Mai's belly was not yet big. When the two of them slept, Li Mai still liked to rest her head on Zhou Quan's arm, snuggle in his arms, and sleep with her back against his chest and belly.
Zhou Quan also got used to holding her at night so he could sleep soundly.
In the middle of the night, Zhou Quan was suddenly awakened by a series of fragmented mutterings.
In the darkness, he glanced down at Li Mai in his arms and noticed that she was muttering something in a low voice.
"As the dye concentration increases, the a and C values of sappanwood in dyeing silk increase, the L value gradually decreases, and the b value increases slightly. At higher concentrations, sappanwood dyeing produces the strongest red light and the highest color saturation, while the L value decreases, resulting in a dark red color..."
"So that's how it is! Wow, this color chart is amazing..."
Zhou Quan listened quietly. Was the wheat still dreaming of dyeing?
But what are the values a and b?
Li Mai kept muttering to herself for most of the night, but Zhou Quan didn't wake her up. He just held her and listened to her soft, fragmented voice as she gradually drifted off to sleep.
However, after entering the dream again, he dreamed again.
The scene in his dream was somewhat unfamiliar; he didn't have this scene in his currently awakened memories.
It was a scene filled with bloodshed and slaughter; many people were attacking him, both in the air and on the ground.
They kept shouting, "Take him alive! Don't kill him! The king wants his life-saving pill!"
Some were carrying knives, some swords, and others halberds, but because of this command, they dared not use those weapons to stab him; they simply surrounded him, shouting.
In the sky, all around were the divine beasts Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Phoenix, and Qilin.
Behind them followed an army of strange beasts composed of their descendants. These beasts were not very strong, none of them had reached the level of spirit beasts, let alone divine beasts.
Zhou Quan dreamt that he looked up at the four of them and shouted, "Even you are helping these despicable humans to deal with me?"
“Luo Ying, as long as you tell us where Jiu Ying and Luo Zang are, we will not make things difficult for you,” Qinglong spoke first.
Luo Ying sneered, "As divine beasts, can't you sense that their aura has returned to the earth?"
“Impossible, we haven’t sensed the presence of Jiuying and Luo in this world.” Qinglong shook his head.
Luo Ying shook her head. "I watched with my own eyes as they turned into spiritual energy and scattered throughout this world."
Qinglong and Qilin shook their heads, still not believing it.
Even if they transformed into spiritual energy and scattered throughout the world, what about their divine essence?
When a god falls, his divine essence transforms into a divine spark that lands somewhere in this world. Jiuying and Luo were the longest-living gods among the creator gods, but they disappeared without a trace.
They couldn't guess what else was possible in this situation; they simply assumed the two were still alive.
They belong to the third generation of divine beasts; the first two generations have long since vanished from the world.
Luo Ying is a second-generation divine beast. If he wanted to kill them, none of them would be his match. Therefore, they tried their best to get an answer and did not want to fight him.
The reason they chose to cooperate with humans this time was because Luo Ying had been living in the human world for nearly a hundred years. However, they clearly overestimated the selfishness of humans. The human king only wanted to obtain Luo Ying's life-giving elixir.
Are they tired of living? Luo Ying is now an unkillable divine beast; apart from Jiu Ying and Luo, no one can kill him.
"Arrest him, but don't destroy his dantian!"
Suddenly, the voice of the human leader rang out, and the humans rushed towards Luo Ying.
Luo Ying naturally wouldn't stand idly by and take the beating. He leaped up, suddenly revealing his true form, his body instantly growing a hundred times larger. His nine heads simultaneously spewed jets of water and flames at the humans who wanted to kill him, trying to force them back.
However, Qinglong and the others, seeing that they couldn't let these humans get hurt, quickly took action as well.
Luo Ying had a notorious reputation, and they feared he would commit even greater atrocities.
This battle lasted a day and a night. Luo Ying faced four divine beasts, nearly ten thousand strange beasts, and tens of thousands of humans all by himself. He became stronger when facing stronger opponents and slaughtered everyone around him.
Later, he became bloodthirsty, and countless people died in this battle. His last memory was of killing everyone who wanted to kill him, including the four divine beasts, and then he too fell into darkness.
When Zhou Quan woke up, he was still panting from exhaustion. The glaring sunlight in the room made him quickly cover his eyes with his hands.
"Did you have a nightmare?" Li Mai's gentle voice came from beside him, followed by a hand gently comforting him from behind.
Zhou Quan turned his head and buried his face in her neck, slowly slowing his breathing and softly humming in agreement.
“I had a dream too. Shall we exchange dreams about what we dreamed about?” Li Mai asked him with a light laugh.
Zhou Quan paused for a moment, then kissed her lips. It wasn't good that his dream was a nightmare, so he didn't want to tell her. He felt that it might not be a dream, but rather memories of many things he hadn't yet remembered.
Thinking of all the murders he had committed in his dream, he felt a chill run through him. He felt so cold and longed for some warmth from her.
Li Mai sensed his slight trembling, but instead of rejecting him, she went along with him.
Zhou Quan gradually lost himself in his wife's passionate kisses until he came to his senses and realized what he was about to do next. He was startled and instantly snapped back to reality, quickly moving back and whispering, "I'm sorry, Xiaomai, I almost made a mistake!"
Li Mai was dizzy from his kisses and felt unwell, but for the sake of the baby in her womb, she knew she couldn't continue.
"Get up!" Li Mai coughed lightly and turned her back to get dressed.
Zhou Quan calmed herself down and started getting dressed.
"What do you want to eat for breakfast? Do you want to go over there to eat, or should I make it for you?" Zhou Quan asked softly as he finished dressing and prepared water for her to wash up.
"Go eat, Mother must have it ready by now," Li Mai said after tidying up the bed and getting up to wash.
After she finished washing up, Zhou Quan washed up as well, and Li Mai first told her about her dream.
“Last night I dreamt about staining all night long, and it was all about pH, C, b, L, and a values. My head is full of these data and numerical research stuff. You have no idea how miserable I am. I haven’t been to school for years, and in my dream I was always in class, watching documentaries about staining.” Li Mai sighed softly after recounting her entire dream.
After washing his face and rinsing his mouth, Zhou Quan asked with a smile, "Do you think it's possible that this knowledge was also implanted in your brain, and that only when you come into contact with these things will memories of them appear in your mind?"
Li Mai was silent for a moment, then nodded. "It's possible. It's like when I draw jewelry or clothing designs. Once I started doing it myself, I had more ideas and thoughts about these things in my head."
"But at least those were ideas, thought processes. This time, the dyeing thing is being made into a documentary." Li Mai rubbed her temples wearily.
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