Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 53 – Killing in a dream

Chapter 53 – Killing in a dream

Master Tu Ming was lost in thought for a long time before sighing and saying in frustration, "I thought it was what I thought it was, but it turns out it was him who made me think that way. I thought he was innocent-looking, but he's actually an old fox. I miscalculated. What should we do now?"

The old man's eyes glinted as he walked to the building where Su Yun and his group were staying and said, "Everyone from Tian Dao Yuan are deceitful! Regardless of his intentions, I must first check if he's really a guest from Tian Dao Yuan. Moreover, even if he is, the Emperor's envoy may not necessarily be able to pass the exams of my Wen Chang Xue Gong."

He smiled wryly, shrugging his shoulders. "It's not that Wen Chang Xue Gong doesn't want to help him investigate, but he can't pass the exams of Wen Chang Xue Gong, so it's none of our business."

Master Tu Ming praised, "Excellent idea, sir!"

The two walked into the building, which was called Shen Xiu Lou and was where the teachers and students lived. Many people stayed there, but there were also many teachers and students who lived outside the academy.

"Tu Ming, open your Heavenly Eyes and look into the Spirit Realm!" the old man whispered.

Master Tu Ming nodded and took out a jade leaf that looked like an eye and stuck it to his forehead. The jade leaf gradually disappeared into his skin.

After a moment, his forehead split open, and an eyeball appeared in the middle. It rolled around twice, seemingly adapting to the surrounding light.

The old man, on the other hand, did not use this strange jade leaf but directly split open his forehead, revealing an eye.

The two walked along the corridor of Shen Xiu Lou, with the rooms of the teachers and students on both sides.

They looked into these rooms through the walls, and they could see the space where the spirits of these teachers and students were located, as clear as day.

Heavenly Eyes could not see the physical body but only the spirit.

During the day, the spirit would be troubled by various thoughts, but at night, these thoughts disappeared with sleep, making the spirit pure and powerful in dreams.

The spirit was difficult to see because each person's spirit was hidden in their own Spirit Realm, which was inside their body. It was both illusory and real.

The Spirit Realm would expand as the spirit grew stronger, and the larger the Spirit Realm, the stronger the spirit.

However, at night, when people fell into their dreams, the Spirit Realm would appear with the spirit. What happened in dreams was actually happening in the Spirit Realm.

Many people thought that dreams were just dreams, just thoughts during the day and dreams at night. But they never thought that their dreams were actually real in the Spirit Realm.

Master Tu Ming followed the old man, looking into the rooms on both sides, searching for Su Yun and his group's room.Translation:

The spirits of the teachers and students of the Wen Chang Academy emerged, each dreaming their own dreams. Some were reading aloud, some were practicing swordsmanship in their dreams, some were traveling through the void, some were meditating under the golden Buddha, and some were refining pills by the furnace.

The old man and Master Tu Ming nodded secretly. Tu Ming praised, "From their spiritual studies at night, these little guys are diligent and hardworking."

The old man glanced at him and sneered, "What about you guys who live outside the academy? Do you spend your nights drinking and partying, forgetting your studies?"

Tu Ming protested, "I'm a monk, I worship Buddha! How could I be partying?"

The old man snorted and passed by the rooms of the scholars in the academy, nodding repeatedly. The spiritual realm of the academy's scholars was full of brilliant articles, every word shining brightly, truly full of knowledge!

The old man smiled, but suddenly his face changed and he trembled with anger.

In the spiritual realm of one scholar, there was smoke and fog, and a black ink-like article emitted black smoke. Within the smoke, men and women were naked, frolicking in the waves and clouds!

"Who wrote this article?"

The old man was furious and shouted, "He's reading crooked and evil ways! Send him to the coal mine tomorrow!"

Tu Ming looked at it and said, "It seems to be the spiritual realm of Master Lingyue, our teacher at the academy. Sir, do you want to send Master Lingyue to the coal mine?"

"Oh, it's Master Lingyue. Then it's okay."

The old man stroked his beard and continued walking. Tu Ming sighed and approached him, "Sir, there are rumors outside that the Wen Chang Academy has a bad reputation, and it's related to Master Lingyue..."

The old man glared at him, "Is the bad reputation of the Wen Chang Academy related to Master Lingyue? The bad reputation of the Wen Chang Academy is caused by all of us! We intentionally put the blame on Master Lingyue, if we drive him away, won't outsiders know the truth? Who will take the blame then?"

Tu Ming smiled and praised, "Sir, you're wise!"

Finally, they found Su Yun and others' room. The old man looked at it and praised, "The sword aura is high, the sword light is penetrating, the sword heart is pure, with no other thoughts. Li Muge is a good seedling."

Li Muge had already fallen asleep. In his spiritual realm, his spirit was below and his spirit sword was above, attacking with various sword moves according to his spirit.

Even in his sleep, he did not forget to practice his swordsmanship.

The old man and Master Tu Ming walked to another room and looked inside.This is the room where Li Xiaofan and Hu Buping, two little kids, are sleeping. The spiritual worlds of the two little fox demons are connected, and their spirits are also humanoid. They are two four or five-year-old naked children playing in the wilderness.

They are still young and have not yet chosen their direction, and have not formed their spiritual abilities.

Walking forward is Qing Qiuyue's house. Qing Qiuyue has not yet formed her own spiritual abilities. The spiritual world is a little girl, exactly the same as the girl Qing Qiuyue transformed into.

In the spiritual world of the next room, a short young man is holding a scroll and reading. Words leap out of his head, forming articles. The words are bright and clean like moonlight, without any impurities.

The old man couldn't help but stop his footsteps and praised, "You read well! Is this the disciple of the Heavenly Dao Academy that you mentioned?"

Master Tu Ming shook his head and said, "This is a little demon by the side of the disciple. His strength is not bad, and his talent is also extremely outstanding."

The old man nodded and praised, "He has cultivated the Confucian and Taoist divine abilities. Even the little demon by his side is so powerful. It seems that he is indeed a scholar of the Heavenly Dao Academy."

He had just said this when his face suddenly changed, and he whispered, "There is a nightmare demon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hua Hu's spiritual world shook, and a humanoid dark creature broke into Hua Hu's spiritual world.

The creature emitted a dark substance that looked like smoke and flames, infecting Hua Hu's dream and quickly turning it into a nightmare!

Hua Hu lying on the bed suddenly felt as if she was being pressed down by something invisible, unable to move her body, and unable to make any sound!

The nightmare demon rose up and planned to devour the words in the spiritual world.

Those words were the spiritual abilities that Hua Hu had cultivated for many years under the guidance of Mr. Wild Fox!

"How could the nightmare demon come to the academy?"

Master Tu Ming was about to take action to rescue, but was held back by the old man. Master Tu Ming didn't understand what he meant, and suddenly a yellow bell struck, smashing the nightmare demon to pieces!

Master Tu Ming hurriedly looked in the direction of the yellow bell, but saw Su Yun's spiritual power rushing over, leaping into Hua Hu's spiritual world.

In Su Yun's room, another spiritual world opened up, which was many times larger than Hua Hu's spiritual world!

What was even more strange was that this spiritual world and Hua Hu's spiritual world were connected at some point in time!

"Their spiritual worlds are connected?" Master Tu Ming was extremely surprised.

Su Yun's spiritual power had a yellow bell on its head, and it fiercely entered Hua Hu's dream, shaking the bell and killing the nightmare demon!

The nightmare demon was shattered into dark flames, but then it gathered again, becoming much smaller. It suddenly jumped out of Hua Hu's dream and entered the spiritual world of the next room, Qing Qiuyue."Extremely close people, without any defenses, can enter each other's dreams with their spirits."

The old man said lightly, "This demon has practiced demonic techniques and intends to steal the powers of others to enhance his own strength. He didn't expect to run into a hard stone."

The two looked over and saw Su Yun's spirit with a yellow bell above his head, also entering Qing Qiuyue's dream and crushing the demon again.

Master Tu Ming was stunned.

Su Yun's spirit chased after the demon, and the demon fled from the dream realms of the sleeping people's spirits. Su Yun's spirit also chased after it through these people's dreams.

When the demon fled into Hu Buping's dream, Su Yun's spirit finally caught up and trapped the demon in the yellow bell, shattering it into pieces.

Su Yun's spirit killed the demon and then returned along the same path, comforting the frightened Hu Buping, Li Xiaofan, and Qing Qiuyue along the way.

He then returned to Hua Hu's spirit realm and seemed to say a few words to Hua Hu's spirit, but what they said was not something outsiders could know. It was probably just their dream talk.

Su Yun's spirit returned to his own spirit realm and continued to cultivate, the yellow bell on his head rotating slowly and steadily.

The old man and Master Tu Ming were amazed.

"This Tian Dao Academy student is truly extraordinary, even guarding them in their dreams."

Master Tu Ming smiled and said, "Like a mother hen protecting her chicks, he is diligent and responsible."

Suddenly, there was a loud noise from a room downstairs, as if something heavy had fallen.

Master Tu Ming was startled, and the old man said lightly, "That spirit cultivator who practiced the demon technique turned his spirit into a demon. When the demon died, he naturally died too."

Master Tu Ming hurried downstairs and returned after a moment, whispering, "It's a student from our academy!"

"He deserved to die."

The old man glanced at Su Yun's room and withdrew his gaze. The third eye on his forehead slowly closed, leaving no trace after his eyelids closed. He said without any kindness, "That spirit cultivator who practiced the demon technique didn't dare to devour the spirits and powers of others. When he saw new people, he thought he could bully them, but he didn't expect to run into a hard stone! Hey, the stinky kid from Tian Dao Academy just arrived at my Wen Chang Academy and killed a spirit cultivator from my academy in his dream. What a great show of power! First Seat, take care of that spirit cultivator's body tonight and dispose of it properly."

The handsome young monk smiled and bowed, "Don't worry, it's not the first time. I will definitely handle it properly."Zhaizhu: The whole village is eating together. Hua Hu, Qing Qiuyue, Li Xiaofan, and Hu Buping are all invited. Zhaizhu spent several thousand yuan to hire someone to draw it, and it's already posted on the public WeChat account. Search for Zhaizhu public account and you can see it at 10 pm tonight.