A Frightening Dream in the Thatched Cottage

Fortunately, Li Wei's Super Regeneration has the ability to quickly heal wounds. In no time, the wound on his arm was completely healed, but it took a lot of his strength. However, the continuous battles had severely depleted Li Wei's strength, and now even lifting his arm was extremely difficult.

After a while, Xue Lian'er woke up.

After all, her combat strength was superior to Li Wei's. She was only injured because she was hit by Guiguzi's "Falling Goose Finger". Now, after treatment, she is fine.

"You're awake?" Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, if something had really happened to Xue Lian'er, he would have felt quite guilty towards her.

Li Wei was truly surprised by Xue Lian'er's betrayal of her master this time. He never expected that she would be able to fight Guiguzi without any hesitation for the sake of love. He himself probably wouldn't have been so resolute. However, he was not the person she was thinking of, so he still needed to make things clear to her and not let the misunderstanding deepen. Li Wei was determined not to hurt this devoted and innocent girl.

As for this favor, it still needs to be repaid. Li Wei has already thought it through. Since Xue Lian'er has fallen out with her master, all he needs to do is kill Guiguzi. This would be the best reward for Xue Lian'er. Moreover, even for his own sake, he has to kill Guiguzi. After all, if Guiguzi exists, the demonic energy in the townspeople's bodies will probably never be eradicated.

Li Wei already had a plan for this. His Spatial Cage was clearly very effective against Guiguzi. Inside the Spatial Cage, the power of all his moves was more than doubled, which would give him a chance to kill Guiguzi. Of course, this plan still needed to be perfected.

Xue Lian'er was naturally overjoyed to see Li Wei and hurriedly went to check if Li Wei was injured. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Li Wei was alright, which made Li Wei feel somewhat indebted to her.

"Miss Lian'er, sit down. I have something to discuss with you very seriously!" Li Wei said sternly, his face hardening.

At this moment, Xue Lian'er was sitting on the rock like a well-behaved child, staring at Li Wei with her big eyes. The affection in her eyes was like the blazing sun, capable of melting away any ice and snow.

Li Wei shook his head hastily, trying to shake off the slight ripple in his heart, before saying, "Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Li Wei, not your Brother Wei. I'm here... uh, to uphold justice, to thwart Guiguzi's evil scheme, and to save the innocent townspeople. I am deeply grateful for Miss Lian'er's help, and have no way to repay her. I only hope that you can find your Brother Wei soon, and then be together forever..."

Before Li Wei could finish speaking, he saw Xue Lian'er's expression suddenly change, turning icy cold.

"Why won't you acknowledge Lian'er? If it's because Lian'er once attacked those strange people who were with Brother Wei, then Lian'er is willing to apologize. Besides, Lian'er didn't kill them..."

"That's not the reason. I'm really not that Wei Bin!" Li Wei said helplessly, as if the other party had already decided that he was Wei Bin.

"Come with me!" Xue Lian'er suddenly grabbed Li Wei's wrist, and then used her supernatural power to transform into a stream of light and disappear into the deep mountains. Li Wei only felt the light and shadow changing before his eyes, and after a moment, he finally felt his feet touching solid ground.

Looking again, she found herself being led by Xue Lian'er to a cave. However, the cave was not dark; the ceiling was open, and sunlight shone down like golden ears of grain. The surroundings were full of fragrant plants, and in the center of the cave, there was a thatched house.

Xue Lian'er pulled Li Wei straight to the thatched hut, then with a wave of her white sleeve, the door opened by itself.

"Brother Wei, this is where you lived back then. After you left, Lian'er has been here, protecting this cave and house, as well as that scroll of poems. It was written by you, and the poems in it were also your own. Just the other day, you even recited one of them to my face. How can you still not admit it?" Xue Lian'er's eyes were already filled with tears as she stared at Li Wei.

Upon closer inspection, Li Wei did indeed seem to have a faint recollection of the cave and the house, though it was nonetheless a very weak one.

Upon entering the house, Li Wei saw its furnishings. To be honest, the house was rather simple, containing only a bamboo bed and a desk. However, a piece of paper hung on the bamboo bed, on which was written the character 'Dan'. The characters were vigorous and powerful, clearly indicating that the person who wrote the calligraphy was quite skilled.

Staring at the character 'Dan', Li Wei felt a little dazed, but still couldn't remember anything. Then, Li Wei gave a wry smile. This was his first time here, so how could he possibly have any memories? He should try to explain it to Xue Lian'er to avoid her misunderstanding deepening.

As Li Wei was about to turn and leave, he glanced at the large characters one last time.

Suddenly, Li Wei noticed something amiss.

This calligraphy is a bit strange. Under the word "Dan", there are two black spots the size of dragon's eyes. When I looked closer, I saw that the bright spots were faintly flowing with light. Just when Li Wei was confused, two groups of purple light suddenly burst out from these two spots and bombarded Li Wei. Li Wei heard an explosion in his ears and lost consciousness.

After that, Li Wei had a dream.

In his dream, he was a fox spirit who cultivated for a hundred years and then transformed into a human, living in the vast mountains. He built a cave, a thatched hut, and enjoyed human life, living a carefree life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset. He loved poetry and was skilled in calligraphy. One harsh winter, while traveling, he rescued a white fox cub. He used his magic to revive it and kept it by his side. Three years later, he temporarily left his cave due to personal matters, leaving the little white fox behind... The dream ended there. In fact, Li Wei suddenly woke up.

Looking around, he saw it was still the same room, and Xue Lian'er was still standing in the same spot outside the window, showing no signs of distress. Li Wei rubbed his eyes, wondering what was wrong with him. Why was he suddenly lost in thought and having a dream? Fortunately, although the dream was long, only a moment had passed in reality. When he looked at the character 'Dan' in front of him again, he discovered that the two strange black dots below it had disappeared.

After checking his body, Li Wei breathed a sigh of relief; there was nothing wrong with him.

In short, it was a very strange house. Li Wei hurriedly came out, only to be met with Xue Lian'er's expectant gaze.

Li Wei suddenly felt a headache coming on. Should he pretend to admit it or continue explaining? He couldn't decide for a moment. In his daze, everything he had dreamed about was still vivid in his mind. With Li Wei's intelligence, how could he not guess the identity of the person in his dream?

Clearly, the 'self' in the dream is Wei Bin, whom Xue Lian'er mentioned. As a fox demon from the mountains, he obtained the right path, cultivated the Great Dao, and finally took human form. This is Wei Bin's residence. Just as Xue Lian'er said, Wei Bin is free-spirited and loves human knowledge. After a hundred years of study, he has also made achievements in poetry and calligraphy. Then, one day, he encountered a little white fox that was almost frozen to death.

Li Wei realized that the little white fox he rescued in his dream was Xue Lian'er.

This is really strange; why would I have such a dream?

At that time, Xue Lian'er had obviously not yet taken human form; she was just a little fox who had just begun to develop some intelligence. She spent all her time by Wei Bin's side, and it was clear that she thoroughly enjoyed those days.

Wei Bin often wrote poems and recited them to Xue Lian'er when she was still a little white fox. It was probably during that time that Wei Bin's image was firmly imprinted in Xue Lian'er's heart, making him the most important person in her heart.

Besides poetry and prose, Wei Bin also practiced a set of 'immortal techniques' obtained from an ancient immortal cave. It was because of these techniques that Wei Bin was able to form a demon core and transform into the form of Cheng Ren. However, what Li Wei regretted was that he did not see these techniques in his dreams, but only heard Wei Bin occasionally recite them, and they were just fragments, unusable.

Before Wei Bin left, he used the incantation from that immortal technique to separate two of his already condensed inner cores and implant them into a piece of calligraphy he had written. Li Wei didn't know why Wei Bin did this at the time. After that, the dream ended.

Later, Li Wei thought about it carefully and realized that his sudden, hazy dream was probably related to the painting and calligraphy of the character "Dan". It might be a kind of memory projection, where Wei Bin's memories were projected into his own mind through that painting and calligraphy, which is why he had that dream.

But in any case, it was just a dream, not to be taken seriously. He was Li Wei, not that 'Wei Bin'. Thinking of this, Li Wei sighed and shook his head at Xue Lian'er, saying, "This is my first time here. Like I said, I'm not your Brother Wei, but you've done me a favor, so please don't hesitate to ask if you need anything..."

"Alright, stop talking!" Xue Lian'er wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but forced a smile, "No matter why you won't acknowledge Lian'er, Brother Wei, I don't Lian'er you. Lian'er remember you always said, 'Life is full of love, death is unforgettable!' Even if you forget Lian'er, Lian'er will never forget you. As for Brother Wei, if you want to remove the demonic energy from the bodies of those people in Chishui Town, you still have to face my master. In fact, he set up Demon-Gathering Formation here several years ago, but it was broken by a passing teenager, and my master was injured by that person. After he recovered, he returned to the mountain. To prevent others from breaking his array again, my master engraved the Demon-Gathering Formation on his own body. To break the array, you must kill him. If you want to break the array, Lian'er Wei, I am willing to do everything I can to help you!"

Upon hearing this story, Li Wei's spirits lifted. First, he learned how to quickly dispel the demonic energy within the townspeople's bodies; second, he gained a crucial clue.

Someone once injured Guiguzi.

This is crucial information. Guiguzi's Daoist arts are extraordinary; even a few years ago, his combat strength was likely considerable. It's unbelievable that someone in this world could defeat him. If we could find that young man from back then to be our helper, wouldn't that make things twice as easy?

So Li Wei inquired carefully about the information about the boy from back then. Xue Lian'er replied, "I didn't witness that battle myself. I only heard my master say afterward that the boy had blue-black eyes and long bronze hair. His golden ancient sword was incredibly powerful, and even with his nearly thousand years of cultivation, he couldn't match it, which is why he was defeated. Otherwise, he would have summoned an ancient demonic beast long ago!"

Upon hearing this, Li Wei was immediately taken aback.