Dispossess: Red Robe Nightmare Suppression Sorcery!

What is learned on paper always feels superficial; one must personally practice to truly understand.

"I already have the experience of failure, and now I urgently need to succeed for real, only then can I thoroughly understand its profound mystery."

Many crucial points on the path of cultivation are difficult to describe accurately in words; they are often misunderstood as soon as they are spoken, and can only be grasped through intuition.

All Meng Nan could do now was to keep trying, leave it to chance, and hope for success.

Cang Mountain.

Meng Nan resided on the mountain, cultivating, without stepping out.

Cultivation made him lose track of time.

One day.

The moon hung high in the sky.

Meng Nan's heart suddenly skipped a beat, inexplicably feeling a sense of panic.

"I am--"

Meng Nan paused, then quickly realized: "The Red Robe General has started!"

This anomaly should be the effect of the Red Robe General's spellcasting.

Ninety-nine days, eighty-one days.

The symptoms would gradually deepen.

By the last day, when the 'Red Robe Nightmare Suppression' was complete, Meng Nan would die on the spot.

This was the original process.

Even Meng Nan, at the third level of Qi Condensation with a hundred years of Magical Power, couldn't survive it.

And this time.

On this night.

Not long after the palpitation, a fleeting shadow appeared in Meng Nan's sea of consciousness, surrounded by stars of various sizes.

"Dispossess!"

"Red Robe Nightmare Suppression!"

Meng Nan's thoughts moved, and the shadow and other stars rapidly dimmed, completely vanishing.

Only one of them continued to twinkle.

[Dispossess: Elephant Armor Skill]

[Dispossess: Red Robe Nightmare Suppression]

"It worked!"

A smile spread across Meng Nan's face.

After Lü Shiwu and the others had left, he had already locked onto the 'Red Robe General' using Visualization from the 'playback' in the [Death Log] for 'Dispossess'.

He had just been waiting for him to die.

Now that the Red Robe General was dead, the prerequisite for [Dispossess] was immediately met. Meng Nan had instantly stripped and claimed his signature secret technique, 'Red Robe Nightmare Suppression', for himself.

Immediately after comprehending it, Meng Nan was overjoyed.

"Red Robe Nightmare Suppression."

"Once troops are forged and arrows are shot from the camp gate, the spell can be cast, allowing one to curse and kill enemies from afar."

Although this technique required eighty-one days to complete, its advantage lay in its insidious nature, making it impossible to guard against.

Combined with Meng Nan's [Dispossess] technique, from now on, any enemy's ability he fancied, he only needed to set up camp and curse them to death with 'Red Robe Nightmare Suppression' to arbitrarily strip it away.

Wonderful, wonderful!

"The Red Robe General has advanced to Qi Condensation, and his mastery of 'Red Robe Nightmare Suppression' is extremely high. I only need to follow the steps, and I will have some power, perhaps even able to curse and kill ordinary Qi Condensation cultivators!"

Meng Nan sensed it, filled with anticipation.

Another half a month passed in a flash.

Meng Nan had been in this life for four months.

During this time, he had been cultivating on Cang Mountain. The spiritual energy here was abundant, and with the aid of Spirit Sand, Meng Nan smoothly returned to the peak of True Essence, once again reaching the Three Cavities.

One day.

Meng Jian returned.

"The Red Robe General has been beheaded, and his head was brought back to Qing Le Mountain by Fellow Daoist Lü."

As soon as Meng Jian returned, he recounted the events.

This time, they traveled together as a group, lurking around the Red Robe General's camp, keeping constant watch.

After only a few months, the Red Robe General indeed made a move—

He created a wooden effigy of Meng Nan and placed it at the camp gate, performing a ritual and shooting at it with arrows.

They witnessed it with their own eyes.

The evidence was conclusive.

Meng Jian and the others immediately swarmed forward, slaying the Red Robe General and all three hundred and thirty of his cavalry, breaking the demonic spell.

However, there was an interlude in the middle of this.

"What do you think of my Star Picking Sect!"

"You can't escape petty schemes!"

"This Red Robe General's ritual this time was actually instigated by 'Tiansongzi' under Immortal Master Ge. He wasn't targeting Father, but Fellow Daoist Lü."

Meng Jian shook his head.

It was quite a coincidence.

As soon as the Red Robe General began his ritual, Meng Jian and the others rushed out, startling him. He then immediately cried out, "Tiansongzi is harming me!"

He thought he had been tricked by Tiansongzi.

He had no grievance with Meng Nan, so why would he curse Meng Nan to death?

It was merely Tiansongzi's commission.

And at this moment, just as he had begun the spell, these people showed up.

Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

Could he predict the future?

Thus, a misunderstanding occurred, and the mastermind Tiansongzi was comically betrayed by the Red Robe General.

As for Tiansongzi himself—

"Lü Shiwu and Tiansongzi are the two great generals under Immortal Master Ge, his left and right hands."

"If I am close to Lü Shiwu, Lü Shiwu will gain the favor and support of thirteen Qi Condensation stage cultivators from the Cang Mountain and Mirror Mountain lineages."

"Tiansongzi sent the Red Robe General to kill me to weaken Lü Shiwu's strength, so that he could better compete for merits in the future."

Meng Nan listened and immediately understood.

Lü Shiwu.

Tiansongzi.

Two tigers fighting, the fish in between get caught.

Meng Nan had suffered an undeserved disaster.

"Infuriating!"

"Hateful!"

Meng Nan made a mental note to deal with 'Tiansongzi' severely.

No need to rush now.

Just wait.

When this life is about to end, he would definitely make this person pay!

'Tiansongzi', like Lü Shiwu, was a legitimate Immortal Master of the Star Picking Sect, with deep roots and many friends and relatives. He wasn't someone like the Red Robe General that could be killed on a whim.

A strategy was needed.

Now that the Red Robe General was dead and Tiansongzi was exposed, let Lü Shiwu deal with him.

Meng Nan didn't care.

He looked at Meng Jian.

Meng Jian was dressed simply, wearing a fan cloud crown, a water-and-heaven robe, a silk sash around his waist, and hemp shoes on his feet, dressed as a Daoist. His appearance was handsome, and his expression was kind, immediately evoking a sense of goodwill.

Vaguely, his facial features, especially his eyes, bore a strong resemblance to Meng Nan.

Although three members of their family of five were still gone in this life, both Meng Nan and Meng Jian had successfully advanced to Qi Condensation, both having ascended through the 'middle method' Great Elixir.

Meng Jian's advancement was far behind Meng Nan's.

One was in Immortal Calendar year 47.

The other was in Immortal Calendar year 95.

There was a fifty-year difference in between.

However, in terms of combat power and prestige, Meng Jian was ahead.

"What is your current realm, Second Brother?"

Meng Nan asked.

"Fourth-layer Magical Power."

"Profound Light of Cultivation."

Meng Jian replied.

Fourth-layer Magical Power wasn't high.

However, regarding cultivation—

Manifested Qi.

Heart Flame.

Profound Light.

True Fire.

Four realms of cultivation. Meng Jian had only advanced to Qi Condensation for forty-five years, yet he had already achieved the third realm. His speed was too fast.

"My son is remarkable!"

Meng Nan marveled inwardly, then said, "Let your father see your 'Heavenly Eye'."

"Yes."

Meng Jian knew Meng Nan had amnesia, so he obeyed everything.

Upon hearing this, he swiped two fingers across his brow, and a vertical eye immediately opened.

Whoosh!

In an instant.

Meng Jian's originally upright and handsome appearance instantly gained immense majesty. An extremely strong pressure emanated from this Heavenly Eye.

This was him holding back.

If its full power were unleashed, with Meng Nan's current cultivation, he would likely be so terrified that his heart and guts would shatter, and he would die on the spot.

"The Heavenly Eye opens, observing all directions, as if it were my palm."

"My 'Heavenly Eye' was born from childhood, manifested upon reaching adulthood, and only truly revealed its power after advancing to Qi Condensation. It possesses the abilities of 'Deterrence,' 'Illusion Breaking,' and 'Detection,' far surpassing various sorceries."

Meng Jian slightly opened his eye. After Meng Nan had seen it, he closed it again and said, "Dad coincidentally obtained the 'Profound Spirit Treasure Ginseng of Ji You' back then and helped Mother refine it. Mother was carrying me at the time, which is why I have extraordinary talent and this 'Heavenly Eye'."

After Meng Jian advanced to Qi Condensation, his considerable fame at this level and superior combat strength were likely due to this 'Heavenly Eye'.

Once the Heavenly Eye opened.

Ordinary Qi Condensation cultivators would be deterred on the spot, their Magical Power becoming sluggish, leaving them to be slaughtered by Meng Jian.

If immortal masters or Yao manipulated illusionary sorceries, Meng Jian could also see through them at will.

This single Heavenly Eye was superior to many sorceries.