Chapter 1734 - 1040: Nightmare Physique

Sui Yi returned to the Book Pavilion and discovered a handsome young man sitting beside Shi Qingxuan. She was momentarily startled, her lips forming a slight curve.

Both of them were holding books, yet they were discussing matters of music theory. It was apparent that their proficiency was high, and their exchange was deep and meaningful, but they quickly noticed Sui Yi, and both turned to look his way.

Shi Qingxuan, seeing Sui Yi appear, felt a sense of relief and her expression revealed a bit as she smiled, "Watching over there, is that being too graceful, or are you just too lazy to care about me?"

"I’m just afraid my lack of knowledge in music theory will be exposed,"

"

Sui Yi looked toward the handsome young man.

"You are...."

The handsome young man looked at Sui Yi.

"Xing Yuanqing."

Ah... Shi Qingxuan’s hand, holding the book, moved slightly as she looked at the man.

Previously, she hadn’t asked for his name; perhaps music enthusiasts often have this habit. But she hadn’t expected he would be so forthright with Sui Yi.

But... Xing Yuanqing is Little Yao, isn’t she?

The peerlessly beautiful Dancing Girl is now just a handsome person.

It seems that disguises are in vogue now.

"You have a request of me?" Sui Yi asked directly.

Xing Yuanqing nodded, "Teacher is a person of great ability... You can write ancient secret script, then you surely know that Greedy Wolf Star somehow acquired a power to mitigate Mysterious Evil’s poison... I can’t reconcile with letting him remain so carefree, so I wanted to ask Teacher if there is a solution."

"How do you know I can write ancient secret script?" Sui Yi asked her in return.

Xing Yuanqing’s fingers on the table moved slightly, reaching out.

"Teacher, it’s apparent at first glance."

This woman...

Sui Yi placed his fingers on her pulse.

Upon checking, he couldn’t help but frown.

"Nightmare body."

"Yes..." Xing Yuanqing withdrew her hand, her expression calm, and she said, "Nightmare body. Throughout my life, I often have very bad dreams. For instance, when I was young, I dreamt that my mother would be assassinated, thinking it was a nightmare; it later came true. I dreamt I could not cultivate, and that, too, came true.... Later, I dreamed my father would be killed.... Teacher must know, knowing beforehand of a tragedy isn’t the bad part; the bad part is that you lack the power to change it."

"Starshine’s major authority shift is destiny," Sui Yi said.

"True, but seeking revenge is the duty of children, which is also fate."

"Have you dreamt of succeeding?"

"No, I only dream of nightmares, half true, half false, never entirely precise. For instance, I didn’t know it was Greedy Wolf Star who would suddenly betray and assassinate my father..."

Yet she began her preparations silently; otherwise, how could she have so swiftly and aggressively exacted revenge upon Greedy Wolf Star after her tribulations?

And the strike was sure.

Xing Yuanqing’s fingers brushed the table surface, "But after my father was killed, my dreams started to be precise. I began dreaming of finding Mysterious Evil in the Dark Forest...."

"Finding Mysterious Evil isn’t a nightmare for you; absorbing its power to temper the Mysterious Evil body is the nightmare, which is why you can dream it."

Sui Yi’s words made Shi Qingxuan startle, having heard Yan Jingan describe the terror of Mysterious Evil. Could there truly be someone willing to willingly merge with it? Never mind the chance of death, but the liberating pain isn’t something normal people can endure.

"Yes," Xing Yuanqing admitted, very peacefully.

If not for the power of Mysterious Evil, how could she disguise herself without detection, and how...

"I originally thought this could kill him, but I didn’t realize he had a helper who transferred Mysterious Evil away from him somehow.... Later, I dreamed of one event, which included Teacher."

"Oh?"

"I dreamt you summoned many fearsome ancient secret scripts...."

"Was this also a nightmare for you?"

"Not a nightmare, but an unexpected joy."

Shi Qingxuan and Sui Yi both sensed that for this nightmare, Xing Yuanqing was hesitant to share something.

"Then, what is the main part of this nightmare?" Shi Qingxuan, seeing Sui Yi’s expression, asked on her behalf.

"Does that matter?"

Sui Yi smiled, "If I make a move, it will have consequences related to me. I can’t just help you with nothing known."

"I will die."

"....."

"But death isn’t bad for me; it’s a release.... Teacher should know, having nightmares every night is a painful experience for a naturally weak person who is also unable to cultivate, especially when many nightmares are repetitive...."

Each night dreaming of her father’s and mother’s death, over and over, refusing to cease.

That pain drains all hope away, leaving one a walking corpse.

"Does your brother know?"

"He didn’t originally know; he thought I was escaping to the Dark Forest.... He likely knows now and is searching for me. But the Xing Family must have one survivor, and he’s the most suitable to continue living."

Sui Yi was silent, watching her for a moment, "Greedy Wolf Star was able to avoid Mysterious Evil because he used a Soul Puppet, which Thousand Buddha gave him.... If one wishes to dissolve the Soul Puppet, one must use Xiu Luo Mi Shu, lure out the Soul Puppet, and smash it, allowing Mysterious Evil to reenter Greedy Wolf Star’s body, with even stronger backlash."

"Third Spirit, Shura?"

"Indeed."

How could Xing Yuanqing possibly learn Xiu Luo Mi Shu, and no one knows?

Xing Yuanqing frowned but did not intend to complicate matters.

"Thank you, Teacher."

She rose to leave but suddenly turned to look at Sui Yi.

"Do you know why I could leave the Greedy Wolf Star unharmed?"

Sui Yi looked at her.

"That person helped me. In theory, I shouldn’t betray him, but you saved my brother and me, and you just helped clear my doubts. I don’t want you to fall into his trap... Be careful of him, he’s terrifying."

After Xing Yuanqing said this, she was about to leave.

"Considering your honesty, Miss Xing, I can also tell you there’s another way to unravel the Soul Puppet. It involves focusing intense power on his Celestial Spirit Acupoint, forcing the brain’s soul puppet to shift. When someone helps you land this blow, you can remotely trigger the Mysterious Evil, causing the Soul Puppet to lose its support and be unable to withstand the eruption of the Mysterious Evil, thus destroying it. Then, the Mysterious Evil would re-enter the Greedy Wolf Star’s body... The key is timing. If precise, there is no great risk for you."

Xing Yuanqing was silent for a long time, then bowed to Sui Yi and left.

She roughly guessed that since Sui Yi said this, then someone would definitely attack the Greedy Wolf Star for her when the time comes.

After Xing Yuanqing left, Shi Qingxuan pondered, "Is that person the Golden Emperor?"

As wise as Xing Yuanqing, even as an outsider, she could deduce the truth by elimination.

Moreover, Sui Yi mentioned the uniqueness of the Golden Emperor several times before.

Sui Yi did not deny it, "The Golden Emperor... He and the Mountain-Knocking Guest likely have a significant connection... Do you know that stone table position where he’s always seated?"

Shi Qingxuan certainly did not know. Although she had some understanding of formations, she wasn’t at Sui Yi’s level.

"The central hub of the Ninety-Nine Big Dipper. Previously, when Ying Yuan met with him, if the Golden Emperor even had a single thought, several underground formations could erupt, killing Ying Yuan at close range, without the Golden Emperor needing to exert any force."

Shi Qingxuan was terrified, "Then wouldn’t it be the same for everyone else..."

"Exactly the same, meaning everyone here is already within the kill range of the Mountain-Knocking Guest and the Golden Emperor—if they so wished."

However, killing everyone obviously isn’t practical, unless the Mountain-Knocking Guest has a ****** personality...

Not killing before, and there’s no need to kill now either.

He seems to want to use the power of Ying Yuan to destroy the Greedy Wolf Star and Thousand Buddha, but would certainly borrow the power of the Twin Emperors to annihilate Ying Yuan’s forces...

Ultimately, causing internal strife within the Dragon and Ape sects to slaughter each other.

But the primary goal surely is that sword.

—He wants to eliminate any forces that could contend for the sword with him.

——————

Sui Yi and Shi Qingxuan left the Book Pavilion and from afar heard people exclaiming near the seating area...

When Sui Yi arrived, he saw quite a few chief students had already emerged.

Emerging meant being eliminated.

Zhi Wen was full of tension, and upon seeing Sui Yi, immediately waved his hand.

"Hey, Little Confidant hasn’t come out yet... Damn it, that annoying Bei Dou is always chasing her."

Although knowing no one would die, Zhi Wen still resented those pursuing Zhi Xin deeply.

"More than half are already out; most remaining are the twenty strongest chief students. Zhi Xin is very skilled."

Sui Yi observed and noticed that out of the sixty people, thirty-five had already exited, leaving just twenty-five.

Nevertheless, the top five from each college truly lived up to their reputation, having all survived.

Of course, their strength was mostly at the pinnacle of the Fifth Level of Breaking the Void, unless like Xie Han and a few others with the power to match Cloud Ascendant, still, in such a ruinous environment with many ferocious beasts, finding someone of similar strength was difficult, let alone defeating them.

However, according to Zhi Wen, it seemed Starshine’s Poison Fang had a skirmish with Xie Han.

It was a draw.

Poison Fang employs assassination and poison tempering techniques, but Xie Han is a Swordsman, formidable both in close and ranged combat, and exceedingly swift. They traded a hundred tricks, each sustaining minor injuries, yet neither could overcome the other. Because the Iron Tower was nearby, both retreated simultaneously.

Why?

Because in close combat, the Iron Tower is the strongest. A three-way fight meant endless battles and the risk of being knocked out by the Iron Tower, so retreat was a wiser choice.

"Just now, that Iron Tower knocked Wu Yong out with a single punch. If it weren’t for Han Han arriving and maneuvering to rescue Wu Yong, one of the five from Purple Sky might have fallen."

Zhi Wen was still rooting for Purple Sky to win, unreservedly in front of the Ice Gleam teacher’s college.

"How about Ice Gleam?"

Sui Yi evidently cared more about Ice Gleam.

"Ice Gleam... The casualties are roughly the same as in other colleges, most are already eliminated... But your friend always moves unpredictably, haven’t spotted her for a while, but she surely isn’t dead."

No emergence meant not dead, for sure.

As Zhi Wen spoke, suddenly seeing the same as Sui Yi within the ruins of a building...

Seo Xinyan found the array fragment’s ending point using thirty Technique Spirit Butterflies.

The fragment floated at the core of the ruins.

Seo Xinyan was slightly delighted and about to move forward...

A white gleam swiftly darted from beneath the exterior wall of the ruins, aiming for the back of Seo Xinyan’s head...

It was a swordsmanship white light, emphasizing speed and sharpness, a deadly ambush technique...

Thud!

The back of Seo Xinyan’s head was pierced.

Success!

Bai Mang was overjoyed, suddenly....

Oh no, it’s an illusion!