Autumn Water Pavilion, Li Mo's room.
"Hmm? Why is it starting to itch again..."
Little Li was lying in bed.
Even though his consciousness had already sunk into his own Small World, his body was instinctively scratching his neck.
Meanwhile, in the dream...
Do you want to listen to what you're saying?
Oh, it seems I don't need to listen anymore.
Phoenix Heavenly Empress, is not one to talk the talk but walk the walk.
"!"
Qin Yuzhi was already petrified, but what happened before her eyes made her turn so charred that she almost shattered on the spot.
She remembered a kind of creature, neither human nor demon, called the Night Ghost. They would grab their prey, rendering them immobile, then perch on their shoulders and plunge their sharp teeth into their veins...
High-quality Night Ghost can even resemble humans in appearance, and apart from disliking sunlight, they are almost indistinguishable...
It must be Night Ghost, and a high-quality one at that!
Otherwise, even in her dream, Qin Yuzhi would find it hard to believe that the Divine Hammer Little Overlord would be so powerless to resist.
Night Ghost is impersonating the palace master and eating people! Is anyone going to do anything about it?!
(Fall)!
Splat--
Qin Yuzhi threw the food box to the ground.
Ying Bing: "?"
She raised her head blankly, looking at Qin Yuzhi, feeling somewhat unfamiliar with her; Cassia Palace clearly did not have such a disciple.
She glanced at Li Mo again, that brat who was dating her domineering palace master.
Yes.
How could there be male disciples in the Cassia Palace?
Snap--
The dream began to merge with reality, and a ray of sunlight shone in from beyond the sky, causing all the dreamlike illusions to vanish without a trace.
The perpetually weathered Cassia Palace seemed to finally begin to crumble at this moment.
The light from the Tianshan Mountains covered everything.
"Huff... huff..."
Early in the morning, Ying Bing woke up slowly. She looked out the window with blurry eyes and found that the daylight was so bright that it was hard to open her eyes.
She placed the back of her hand on her forehead, blocking the all-pervasive warm light, and stared blankly for a moment.
What did she dream about last night?
Yes, she used the Yellow Millet Dream Technique and her memories to guide herself back to the Cassia Palace, back to the time when she was still the Phoenix Heavenly Empress in her previous life.
But just before I could enter the dream, the system, of all times, appeared...
And it played some images from Little Li's mind.
Those scenes are so memorable, it's hard not to be impressed!
This naturally shattered the dream she had constructed for herself...
"So..."
Ying Bing recalled the scene from her dream in a daze, her fair and delicate little feet curled up together.
She dreamt about a scene from the TV series "The Overbearing Empress Falls in Love With Me" yesterday?!
People don't dream about things they haven't seen before.
But she happened to have seen Li Mo guiding Ouyang's serialized picture book, and the place where the story took place in the picture book was very similar to the Cassia Palace in her memory!
And... and Qin Yuzhi saw it too.
At the same time.
Next door.
"Today's progress is about the same as yesterday's."
"With fifty-five more Upper Form, or perhaps five more Extreme Form, the Heaven-Equalizing Battle Intent will reach a new level."
Little Li as he got up, rubbing his temples, but still felt tired.
My head is still a little dizzy, and I feel like all my energy has been drained.
This is normal.
I'm constantly staying up all night fighting bosses to level up. Sometimes I die multiple times on a single boss. After defeating one, I have to switch to the next. Anyone would be dizzy trying to beat one. I feel like I've just finished working overtime.
"At this rate, even when I Nine Apertures of Divine Observation, the Power of All Living Beings will still not be enough to challenge the Great Dao Divine Form."
Li Mo took out the Empty-Bright Myriad-Color Pagoda and began to calculate the progress of collecting the Power of All Living Beings.
It's currently a little over fourteen stories high, and there's still a long way to go to reach thirty-six stories.
The main reason is that the speed at which the Power of All Living Beings gathers has recently shown a gradual slowdown.
Li Mo thought for a while and felt that the reason was quite simple.
Faith needs to be upheld.
For example, in the Western Regions where Buddhism flourished, the Buddha only existed in legends, but temples with his golden statues were everywhere, and there were eminent monks who spread the teachings for him.
Our Heavenly Venerable Immortal has only manifested his power once, and since then he has remained hidden and inconspicuous.
Over time, his image will naturally fade in the minds of the people of Southern Border, and things he once asked them to do, such as clearing mountains and dredging rivers, will gradually be taken for granted.
After all, he doesn't intimidate the people, and the offerings he requires are unlike those of traditional deities, so the people don't even have the proper way to follow the rules.
"But Southern Border is so vast, how can I manage it all by myself?"
Li Mo had a bit of a headache.
He could use External Incarnation to replace his true self, but his cultivation level is insufficient to support it, and the avatar has significant limitations.
Putting aside other things...
How many hairs does he pluck in a day?
"What I look like with a bald head..."
Xiao Li shut out the terrible thoughts in her mind, then went to the kitchen to make a simple breakfast: hand-pulled noodles and Fudi cranberries.
Yes, Fudi red berries look just like strawberries, have a sweet and sour taste, and can also relieve fatigue and refresh the mind.
Having a few in the morning is quite delicious!
As soon as he came out, he saw Ice Block sitting there, staring at the person opposite him with a deep gaze.
Qin Yuzhi looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, as if she were lost in thought.
"Have some fruit in the morning."
Li Mo didn't think too much about it and put the berries on the table.
Then I scratched my neck. Why is my neck even itchier today?
That's weird. With his physique, could he have sensitive skin?
"Puff..."
Qin Yuzhi picked up a red raspberry from Fudi, and just then she saw Li Mo scratching his neck, causing her to spit out the water she had just drunk.
"This is..."
"Strawberries taste amazing, the sweet and sour flavor is just like me."
Li Mo found the name of the system's description awkward to pronounce.
"I... I don't like eating fruit."
"?"
A perplexing breakfast began.
The sharp-eyed Li Mo noticed that Ice Block's hair was loose, and her black strands were being tossed by the wind, brushing past the corners of her mouth several times, almost slipping into her mouth.
So he casually said:
"Ice Block, your hair is messed up, let me help you..."
"!"
Ying Bing's clear eyes trembled slightly for a moment.
"I can... I can do it myself..."
"Your hands are all curled up like this, is it because you're cold?"
Li Mo casually took her jade hairpin, rolled it around the end of her black hair, and then naturally coiled it up.
He was stunned when he finished examining it.
Strange, how come I'm so skilled at this?
This thing also has extraordinary talent?
"Cough cough cough... cough!"
Upon seeing this, Qin Yuzhi, a dignified Seventh Realm cultivator, nearly fainted from choking on the noodle soup.
"What's wrong with you?" Li Mo asked curiously.
"I was just strolling around last night."
Where are you wandering around?
Qin Yuzhi said guiltily, "In my dream, and then, by accident—well, it definitely wasn't intentional—I slipped into Little Bing's dream."
Ying Bing's heart tightened.
Sure enough, Qin Yuzhi wasn't actually in the dream!
Li Mo became interested and asked with a smile, "What kind of dream did she have? It wasn't another nightmare, was it?"
"No, quite the opposite... she dreamed about you."
Qin Yuzhi looked at her, then at him, and shook her head seriously.
"It's nothing, just a normal dream." Ying Bing said expressionlessly, but her fingers, which were gripping the chopsticks, couldn't help but curl up even tighter.
"What kind?" Li Mo was genuinely curious.
"She..."
Click--
The chopsticks snapped in two, and Qin Yuzhi, despite being at the Profound Mastery Realm, felt a chill on her neck.
"... Yes, she subdued you and then gave you a good beating, and you were completely helpless."
"??"
A small question mark appeared above Li Mo's head.
This was a tiny, tiny difference from what he had imagined.
Why scold Ice Block when he's perfectly fine?
And he himself is the mighty God Hammer... uh, fourth in the Hidden Dragon rankings, even a little higher than Ice Block.
How could they be completely defenseless?
Is this reasonable?