Mao Jing had yet to come out. Thinking of this, I immediately spoke to Xiao Yu:
"Xiao Yu, it looks like Mao Jing can't get out. We need to save him."
I wasn't the only one with that thought.
Daoist Qingshan, Master, Pan Ling, and the others were all eager to try.
They had already been glancing in our direction from time to time.
Xiao Yu nodded slightly.
"Mm! I'll influence his dream right now!"
With that, Xiao Yu closed her eyes.
The next second, I felt a faint soul force radiating from her entire body.
The soul force was very faint, but the moment it spread out—
The lanterns outside the surrounding stone houses suddenly flickered twice.
Then Xiao Yu whispered beside me:
"You should leave! This isn't the real world! Everything is fake."
Xiao Yu spoke very softly. Only I could hear her.
About ten seconds after she finished speaking, Xiao Yu opened her eyes, and the faint soul force around her vanished.
I anxiously asked:
"Did it work, Xiao Yu?"
Xiao Yu nodded.
"He's awakened within the dream. He should be able to come out very soon..."
The moment Xiao Yu finished speaking, I saw the lantern outside Mao Jing's stone house flickering on and off.
A little over ten seconds later, Mao Jing walked out from inside.
However, his face was noticeably paler, and he no longer looked as spirited as before.
He looked utterly dejected, as though his very soul had been drained from his body.
Still, he had come out. That meant reason had overcome the inner demon in his heart.
The power of Illusory Dreams was simply too strong.
It truly wasn't something one could control so easily.
Seeing Mao Jing break free from Illusory Dreams, I breathed a sigh of relief. Daoist