Unsealed
The invisible ball of light, formed from the Dream of Delusion, directly entered Lu Li's body. After forming a connection with Lu Li, it fell into a deep sleep. It had already collapsed once when it possessed the South Mountain Tiger. This time, the death of the Mountain Demon it possessed caused it to collapse again, leaving it completely exhausted.
In different instance worlds, although they are all Dream of Delusion, they exhibit different characteristics. In this instance, the characteristic of this Dream of Delusion is that it attaches itself to a living being and absorbs various rumors and legends based on the object it attaches to, thus modifying the Dream of Delusion and its host.
These absorbed legends did not come from a single instance. Lu Li suspected that the Dream of Delusion of different instances were connected and could absorb legends from other instances or worlds. However, the Dream of Delusion residing in his body was absorbing legendary elements very slowly due to too many collapses, and he didn't know when it would be able to begin.
Just then, that inexplicable thing in Lu Li's mind reappeared. It seemed to observe the Dream of Delusion for a moment, and then with a slurp, something was sucked out of the Dream of Delusion and transformed into a constantly twisting yellow mask in Lu Li's mind. The face seemed to be roaring something, but it was all swallowed up by that thing.
After a while, the thing released a cluster of information and disappeared again. Lu Li also accepted the information. It seemed that the thing in his mind was not harmful at the moment and should be a gift from the incident a year ago.
After that moment of Tranquility Meditation Method, whenever I acquire something that connects me to certain beings, it will activate, devour all those connection marks, and return something safe and pure.
If it weren't for this thing, Lu Li estimated that he would have been completely devoured by some being long ago. Of course, Lu Li n't trust the thing in his mind too much, because it was more like it was asserting its dominance than helping him.
Thinking of this, Lu Li inexplicably thought of the Bronze Fruit that had disappeared into his shadow, "Is the Bronze Fruit without any problem, or is that thing unable to detect the problem, or is that fruit actually part of the same group as what's in my mind?"
The substance extracted from the Dream of Delusion, once expelled, provided feedback of a curse spell. Specifically, Lu Li could expend Shadow Magic to create a curse mark, and the person imprinted with this curse mark would not feel anything unusual.
The curse mark slowly invades the host's mind, causing various auditory and visual hallucinations, making the person irritable and restless, eventually becoming neurotic, doubting the reality of the world, believing that they live in a false world, and beginning to believe in an existence called the Yellow Face Village. In the end, they sacrifice everything they have, are absorbed by the curse mark, and transform into a phantom monster.
Of course, now that it has been purified by the unknown, the curse only has the function of tormenting him to madness. As for his later faith and transformation into a monster, it has become a blank. If Lu Li wants to complete this curse, he can only rely on his own efforts.
After that thing disappeared again, a bronze aura suddenly rushed out from Lu Li's shadow, merged into Lu Li's body, and absorbed most of the dormant Dream of Delusion seed, returning to the shadow, leaving only a clump attached to Lu Li's heart.
Lu Li was taken aback, then immediately tried to sense it. He discovered that the Bronze Fruit, which he couldn't detect before, was now completely open to Lu Li. The Bronze Fruit had previously been guided by its master, but now that master was gone and had handed it over to Lu Li. It was as if his previous hiding was to seize that part of the Dream of Delusion, and now that the mission was complete, he had retreated safely, leaving everything behind.
After absorbing that portion of the Dream of Delusion, the Bronze Fruit began to merge with Lu Li's shadow. This fusion was extremely thorough, causing a new mutation in Lu Li's shadow. Originally, the shadow, which resembled Lu Li's second body, was constantly breaking through its original limitations and mutating towards another level.
The results of this mutation will not be immediately apparent, but Lu Li can definitely feel this change taking place. After some time, this change will become even more significant.
The remaining part of the Dream of Delusion Integration Lu Li's heart. This part was about absorbing legendary elements, but because the Dream of Delusion was no longer available, the absorption of these legendary elements became extremely slow, and it could only absorb those around Lu Li, unlike before when it could be absorbed through unknown channels.
Therefore, Lu Li discovered that what he could absorb at the moment was only the villagers' fear of the Night Evil Ghost, which was far from enough to form new abilities. This was a fruit that would take time to reap.
After standing there pondering for a long time, Lu Li suddenly left the cave and returned to the small village at the foot of the mountain. The journey was not peaceful; there were always unclean things in the mountains at night. However, Lu Li was no longer the novice who could only rely on torches and Buddha Head.
Shadow Magic enveloped his hand, extending into a Short Blade. He thrust it directly into the void behind him, and a strange-looking phantom appeared, emitting a silent scream. Lu Li slashed with his hand, and the phantom turned into bubbles and disappeared. It was just a guy who couldn't see the situation clearly.
As the Shadow Magic flowed, it erased the strange black mark left behind. Its gaze turned coldly to the darkness, where the monsters hidden within were secretly watching Lu Li, but after assessing Lu Li's strength, they all retreated.
It can only be said that South Mountain was originally the territory of the South Mountain Tiger. All the humans who died here turned into the Tiger Ghost of the Dream of Delusion. Otherwise, there would be many more demons and monsters in the darkness, and they would be much more terrifying. Now they are just some insignificant little guys who retreated after testing the waters.
Lu Li stared into the darkness for a while. This kind of thing was troublesome. It seemed that it would grow wherever there were mountains and fields. Every time night fell, these things would spy on all humans in the darkness, and only spy on humans.
There might be some secrets involved, but Lu Li had no interest in finding out now. He had some things he needed to deal with quickly back in a safe place, so he flashed away and left South Mountain, quietly returning to the village.
Night had fallen, and the village had returned to its quiet state. Lu Li quietly returned to his room, took out the two modules that had been dropped from the Dream of Delusion again, and fell into deep thought. It seemed that the being who left behind the Bronze Fruit hoped that he would follow that path. It just so happened that I also had that interest.