I drifted into a dream, hazy and distant, almost forgetting the world of men.
In the past, whenever Hu Ma dreamed, he would either enter his Natal Spirit Temple or sink into a deep sleep.
But this time, he deliberately kept his consciousness intact. He was truly only dozing lightly, letting himself dream.
Only then could those who wished to "send him a dream" find a chance to enter it.
According to the knowledge of the Way, dreams were a manifestation of the spirit being unsteady, wandering amid the tangled karma of heaven and earth. Thus, there was also the saying that outside evils would lie in wait for a chance to enter dreams and torment the living.
Before entering the Yin Mansion, Hu Ma had once received a dream from a yin soul. But later, as his abilities gradually grew, his spirit became steady and his Lifespan weighty. Little by little, he gained the ability to stop dreaming and keep outside evils from entering his heart.
This was not any great feat. Many people in the Night Watchers' line could probably do it.
The "Impervious Golden Body" Great Master Zhou had spoken of included the meaning of being impervious to outside evils and sleeping soundly without dreams.
Of course, this time Hu Ma had actively invited outside evils into his heart. Not only did he refrain from suppressing them, he even kept the words "Nether Hall" in his mind, silently wondering what the Ten Imperial Ghosts of the ancient Duyi dynasty had looked like, and what exactly the Nether Hall was.
And because he kept thinking about it, he truly did fall into a dream, lost in a haze.
He drifted aimlessly, his body like duckweed, muddled and dazed, unsure where he was. When he opened his eyes, he