Chapter 349: Extraordinary Items and Misunderstandings
“Hehe~ Calculating the time, the main body should have completed the Sacrifice Ceremony as well. Sigh… I can already smell the scent of bl**d and flesh here, truly delightful~ Once the passage to the Abyss opens, I’ll take this back, and my task will be nearly complete.”
At this moment, the Dream Demon was playing with an extraordinary item that resembled a piece of art. The white crystal sealed the Fortune Seed at the last moment of its dissipation. It’s hard to tell what kind of ceremony was completed in that instant to give birth to such a miracle.
This is an extraordinary item related to fortune!
Although she still didn’t understand the effects of this extraordinary item or what the cost of using it was, if this extraordinary item could affect fortunes beyond just the Main World…
No, no, no, the Dream Demon shook off that thought. Such matters were not for her to concern herself with; she only needed to bring this extraordinary item and the fortune of the Main World back to the Abyss.
“It’s here… Oh~ Has that bl**d orb already condensed to such a size? What is the main body doing? Hurry up and open the passage.”
Just getting off the lift, the Dream Demon gazed at the enormous bl**d orb under the distant dome, feeling an ominous sensation rising in her heart for some unknown reason.
When she realized what was happening, she found that several nodes of the Sacrifice Ceremony had been destroyed!
“What’s going on? What is the main body doing? Was it really unable to use its clones for just a short while?”
If only a bit of bl**d and flesh essence had been sacrificed to recreate some sisters to guard those ceremony nodes, this situation wouldn’t have arisen.
Cursing inwardly, the Dream Demon furrowed her brows and headed in that direction, completely unaware that the extraordinary item she had tucked away was now radiating a faint bl**d-red light.
At this moment, beneath the bl**d orb.
“Please clear the way~ So many people are waiting for me to give them an answer. Do you still want to stop me?”
At this point, the Dream Demon had returned to her previous annoying demeanor. Although she didn’t dare speak loudly to me now, her tone was extremely infuriating, making those nearby fear that I might impulsively deal with her.
“So you crushing this anchor point to open the summon passage is also a lie.” I looked at the Dream Demon and spoke coldly.
“Opening the passage is true, but it requires sufficient energy to maintain it.”
“Heh…”
I chuckled lightly. I was previously misinformed; otherwise, this Dream Demon wouldn’t have had the chance to be so cocky in front of me.
However… the energy from the half-residential area, which the outsiders took for granted, was now being consumed, and the ones who could probably not accept this the most would be the original residents of the Underground City.
Perhaps ordinary people might not understand what we were discussing here, but if they knew, they would definitely fight desperately against us.
Yes, they feared the Dream Demon, the instigator of all this. However, they would unhesitatingly blame the outsiders for doing something like this after having helped them. From what I understood about them, I believed they could do such things.
Because outsiders couldn’t harm them, but the Dream Demon could.
I didn’t look at her again; I just inadvertently glanced toward the position of the lift in the Underground City.
There, I seemed to sense something, or rather, I noticed the abstract connection and source of fortune drawing closer.
However, unfortunately, fortune would not answer my doubts in any form, and even the fortune protecting me right now was merely fulfilling a “transaction.”
This fortune did not belong to me, and I hoped so.
As everyone’s gaze was concentrated on the Dream Demon, they were equally on high alert. This was a gamble, betting themselves for an answer they hoped for.
My gaze, however, drifted afar. With the inexplicable gain of Body Cultivation powers, my senses became sharper. This must be the Five Senses training that Sister Bai mentioned in Body Cultivation.
It indeed seemed to have a considerable effect on Spirit Vision, suggesting that Spirit Vision was somewhat connected to visual perception.
“They’re coming…” I whispered, my voice so soft that only Sister Bai beside me could hear.
“What?” At this moment, Bai Yu also looked toward where I was gazing, and soon spotted a figure rushing toward us, “That is…”
“The earlier missed fish; one of the little Dream Demons responsible for setting up the Sacrifice Ceremony is coming from the lift. It seems she went down to lie on the ground and then came back up,” I said, feeling the source of fortune getting nearer, my smile growing.
“And it seems she has brought something extraordinary.”
“Xiao Han, do you know?” Bai Yu didn’t understand my comment, wondering if Xiao Han had grasped everything that was unfolding.
Why did it seem that she suddenly noticed something approaching? How could she confirm that it was a Dream Demon, and even know their trail, including… what they had brought?
She even started to think that perhaps Xiao Han had some predictive spell or something.
“When the information I know is sufficient, many things can be inferred. Sister Bai, you simply haven’t been paying attention to what’s happening now. You don’t need to mind this; I was the one who got you involved.”
I turned my head to look at Sister Bai’s face and smiled to comfort her, then subconsciously glanced toward the approaching Dream Demon.
The timing for the Dream Demon coming from the lift was just too coincidental, so I had to verify whether this was some backup plan of hers or a part of her scheme.
Moreover, she had brought the source of fortune from Ninglan New City. Even I wasn’t sure that the fortune from Ninglan New City could indeed be taken away. I had thought it existed in some abstract form within Ninglan New City.
If the fortune had not entirely abandoned Ninglan Qiuyu to use me as a temporary vessel, I would never have known that the source of fortune had come here.
It happened to be at this critical moment.
“Are you leaving?”
“Mm.” I nodded, mainly because the Dream Demon seemed to be getting quite close. This indicated that apparently, there was no connection or sensing method between Dream Demons.
Just as I was about to leave, an unusual wave of space surged behind me, as if the bl**d and flesh energy mass found an outlet to erupt. It seemed the Dream Demon had made a move.
Such an anomaly even prevented those people from noticing my departure.
As I swiftly leaped across the buildings, this terrifying body control allowed me to perform such movements, and my instinctive techniques were continuously being optimized.
“I found you.”
Upon seeing this Dream Demon, my voice instantly startled her.
“Who… who! Is it you!”
“You’re correct.”
As she began searching for me, I reached out from her blind spot and seized her throat.
Earlier, I would have needed to use confinement spells or body enhancement spells to do this, but now I didn’t need them. The dual clasping of Dream and Reality rendered her powerless.
At that moment, something fell from her.
As soon as that item fell, my fortune also quivered.
“What is this?” I flicked it with my toe, sending it into the air, then caught it in my hand.
It felt like a warm, smooth crystal, not the warmth of being temporarily warmed by body heat but rather an inherent sensation of this thing.
As I looked down, what I held made my pupils contract.
That was… a Fortune Seed!
I had seen this thing too many times — within Tan Han, within Achir, within Yu Mengrui; I had seen every style. Naturally, I recognized this seed-like object at first glance — it was a Fortune Seed!
Moreover, Spirit Vision does not lie; the information it reflected was identical to that of the Fortune Seed.
In that moment, I thought of countless possibilities, but each one was systematically denied.
I remembered Teacher Ji explaining to me that Fortune Seeds cannot be transferred. So it seemed now that while Fortune Seeds cannot be transferred, it does not mean they cannot be removed. After all, the current scenario was a perfect example!
But I still had one question: Fortune Seeds are not physical; they’re an abstract conceptual polymer that can only be recognized through the information feedback received by Spirit Vision.
Yet… this piece of art-like white crystal I held, with this seed inside it, without a doubt was a Fortune Seed.
“You… let go…”
“Mm?”
At this moment, the Dream Demon’s struggle interrupted my thoughts. Then I realized that perhaps I was overthinking. After all, the world is vast, and there are all kinds of phenomena. I should attempt to accept all known and existing things rather than make random assumptions without any foundation. I could always ask Teacher Ji later; I believed she would have the answers.
“Tell me what this is, and perhaps I’ll let you go.” I observed her struggling so intensely, as if I were clutching not the white crystal but her very life, even though her small life was indeed in my hands.
However, since this was a Fortune Seed and the source of fortune in Ninglan New City seemed to be this… combined with my clear understanding of the Dream Demon’s objective this time—seizing fortune from us.
It seemed I could easily draw a conclusion.
Upon realizing the existence of such a thing in Ninglan New City, the Dream Demon began scheming to seize it; everything like the change of City Lord and the fortune plundering ritual was merely a cover.
“Give it… back to me!”
“Even if you don’t say it, I know what this is.”
“Hmph… You know this is an extraordinary item, yet you still ask me?”
“Extraordinary item?”
“You don’t know? Then what do you think you know?!”
“What is an extraordinary item?” I ignored her questioning and continued to ask.
The concept of an extraordinary item seemed familiar, but I had never understood it. I had apparently mixed it up with alchemical items earlier and didn’t pay attention, but it seemed now that they were not the same thing.
At the very least… this so-called extraordinary item bore no clear traces of artificial runic rituals.
Rather, its existence hinted at some unknown, highly complex ceremony, appearing natural, exquisite, yet eerie.
“Do you really think I would tell you?”
“Then you will be of no value.” Just as I prepared to pocket it, intending to teach this Dream Demon a lesson, it suddenly unleashed a powerful force and broke free from my grasp as I reached the vicinity of my storage equipment.
“What’s going on…”
I looked at this so-called extraordinary item that had freed itself from my control, floating before me in surprise.
It emanated a bl**d-colored energy, similar to the bl**d and flesh energy that the Dream Demon had harnessed from the Sacrifice Ceremony, but seemingly purer.
In the next moment, it shot past me like a meteor, racing straight towards that massive bl**d and flesh energy.
“d*mn it, what’s happening!”
Faced with this unexpected situation, I instinctively felt this was the Dream Demon’s doing. However, the Dream Demon in my grip obviously had no idea what was happening either.
But this direction was clearly toward that Dream Demon!
Meanwhile, that Dream Demon was using the bl**d and flesh energy to outline the ceremony at that anchor point, preparing to open the summoning passage.
“d*mn it… this isn’t a passage to summon Dream Demons at all; this is a way to rapidly consume the fortune of Ninglan New City!”
Combining all these coincidences, I could only reach that conclusion.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t understand why that Dream Demon was so insistent on opening the so-called summoning passage, and coincidentally this Dream Demon had brought this to this place. Wasn’t this meant to take it away?
So I decisively chased after it until that item stopped at the massive bl**d and flesh energy, and then… it began to absorb the energy from that enormous mass of bl**d and flesh!
“You! What is this! Are you trying to destroy our agreement?”
At this moment, the Dream Demon was focused on anchoring her position and laying out the ceremony. As the bl**d and flesh energy surged in, the passage to the Abyss would soon open. But just at that critical moment, an inexplicable yet somewhat familiar thing suddenly intruded, nearly disrupting the stability of her ritual!
How could she not be furious?
Moreover, following that object, that Witch felt instinctively that it was the other party’s betrayal.
“This is something I should be asking you!” I leapt up and grabbed the white crystal, but its released energy was too intense; even though I grasped it, it was still somewhat unyielding.
“You Dream Demons really excel at manipulation; you almost succeeded.” I gritted my teeth and glared at her.
“What do you mean! If you wanted to k*ll me, you could do it directly instead of looking for some inexplicable reason to blame me?”
“This… don’t you Dream Demons know what this is?!” Although at this moment, I seemed to have no way to deal with this white crystal and the Fortune Seed, it didn’t stop me from presenting it before the Dream Demon.
“This! How did you have it?!”
She naturally recognized it. She had seen it when she and Ninglan Qiuyu went to meet the old City Lord, but at that time she had not had the chance to take it. She had planned to find an opportunity later to take it! And now it had appeared in the hands of her opponent at this moment?
When did the other party intercept it?
She probably wouldn’t be able to take away the biggest portion of fortune from Ninglan New City.
“You really know, it seems I was not wrong about you.” My face darkened, ignoring the dazed expressions of everyone present, because they indeed did not know what was happening.
But something that could make me so serious and solemn was definitely not a trivial matter.
And at that moment, this extraordinary item erupted with a surge of bl**d-colored light, madly drawing in bl**d and flesh energy. This trend was even covertly overshadowing the Dream Demon’s ritual of opening the passage to the Abyss.
“What have you done! What did you do! You are ruining my masterpiece!”
“Shut up! If I knew what this was, would I still be asking you?”
At this moment, I had to release my grip because the energy emitted by this so-called extraordinary item had already exceeded the limits my body could bear. I had to take some distance.
The others were momentarily blinded by the energy ripple stirred up by this force, even though they were still in the Dream.
After slightly adjusting my physical condition, I looked again at the white crystal, where a phantom began to slowly coalesce…
“What is that?”
