The curtain of the small theater slowly closed. The sweet dream ended. The audience member's figure blurred again as he stood up and walked out.
After the audience left and the wooden door closed, Gu Jun's consciousness retreated. The leftmost dream in his mind had changed. It was no longer a colorful bubble but a marshmallow cloud. He could feel it being strengthened, probably by Dirty-minded Yu's mental power.
'This sweet dream is indeed her sweet dream. It's not a one-time consumable, it can be used continuously. That's good. '
Gu Jun opened his eyes and hung up. He was still in the small hotel room.
20 minutes had passed, it was about the same as the time in the sweet dream.
He had been connected for 20 minutes but he did not feel any mental power exhaustion. This kind of sweet dream was indeed a sweet dream.
However, Gu Jun tried to open the marshmallow sweet dream again. He could not summon Wu Shiyu. Obviously, he was still lacking some mental power and connection. He would need to strengthen this sweet dream. For now, he needed to use the phone like before.
With this method of communication, he could temporarily hide himself.
There were still two empty sweet dreams, he should be able to establish a similar connection with the other two. But he had been trained to communicate with Dirty-minded Yu, it might not work so easily with other people. No matter what, he had to make full use of it.
'If only Tong Ye was fine and I could contact him. What was that old man's sweet dream? Winning the lottery? '
Gu Jun thought about it for a while before his mind returned to the Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan.
What was the source of its power? Was it the Earth Gods? If it was some kind of dark power … the personality change of the cultivator might not be a good thing.
Before this, he had a good impression of it because it did not belong to the beliefs of the R'yleh Cult or the Afterlife Cult, it seemed to belong to the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors. Now he had many more questions. Thankfully, as fellow cultivators, Atal, Peacock and the rest were fine.
Peacock and the rest had a strange background but they did not turn to the dark side. In fact, they worshipped the light more than others and loved their own kind.
With a stomach full of questions, Gu Jun returned to the hotel suite. Peacock, Kathlyn and the rest of the '10' were all there. Some were standing while others sat on the sofa.
"Peacock, I have some questions for you."
Gu Jun asked them directly if the land's wanderers practiced the Scripture Syndrome. What was going on with the seven secrets? Along the way from Ulthar to the City of Kindle, he did not ask Peacock and Malachite about this because he was afraid that he would not be able to leave the Dreamlands.
The five of them looked at each other. Some information was supposed to be confidential, but now … a new mission …
They still said what they knew, and Kathlyn translated, although she had no idea what they were talking about.
However, Gu Jun got his answer. They did not particularly like the color yellow, did not have any personality changes, and did not have any mental problems.
Why was this happening? They both cultivated the same source of power, so what was the difference? Was the content different?
"At the end of the third esoteric cultivation, one will come into contact with the source of power." Peacock explained. "Let me put it this way, a power that can connect the sky and the earth. The professors will hold a contact ceremony for us, we will do it around the statue of the Phecda hero. The Phecda mark will help us reach the fourth chapter smoothly. "
Her somewhat homesick tone caused Malachite, Gold, and the others to feel a little downcast.
"What do you mean?" Gu Jun frowned, he realized this ceremony was the key to the difference, the so-called 'Phecda mark' was the Ancient Seal.
"It is …" Peacock tried to come up with an explanation. "Because the earth nurtures everything, good and bad. The source of power is not good or bad, it is us mortals who can differentiate between good and bad. But that is how we live, so when we interact with it, we cannot be tainted by the 'bad' that does not suit us. The Phecda mark has given us such a blessing, it has chased away all the bad. "
Understanding dawned on Gu Jun. When Peacock introduced the holy relic, she proudly said that the Phecda mark was a blessing, this was not just a custom, the mark had a practical use.
Atal's words echoed in Gu Jun's mind. "Barcé the Wise believes the mark has a kind of power that can make him stand above the gods."
Barcé was an expert in the Seven Cryptical Books of Hsan and the Pnakotic Manuscripts, but was it really as Atal said, the two were unrelated?
There had to be a reason that caused Barcé to think he could stand above the gods with his intelligence and willpower.
Gu Jun looked at Peacock's group and then at the Ancient Seal stone on the sofa. No, now he felt they were not unrelated …
Atal had said the Pnakotic Manuscripts was not a spell book, Gu Jun confirmed that when he studied it earlier. In fact, he had a feeling it was a technique that used rationality to fight against spells. For example, 'Chased away all the bad'.
Perhaps Barcé had used this technique to suppress the tome, to absorb the divine power without harming himself … that was how he got that cocky attitude.
The two books came from different sources of power but that was the relationship between them, spear and shield.
"This Phecda mark." Gu Jun asked Peacock darkly, "How do you guys use it?"
"Ritual and …" Peacock paused, "When we use the spells from the tome, this mark can make our mental shadow disappear."
'Mental shadow? ' Gu Jun's eyes widened involuntarily. No matter what it was called, it meant the same thing, Fade Corruption?! '
"Mr. Nightmare Man, I'm serious." Peacock said quickly. With that glare, everyone felt a chill in the room.
"Give me a demonstration." Gu Jun said, "Thank you."
Peacock hurried to the stone on the sofa. She reached out to press on the mark on the stone and said, "Press on it like this, use your mind to feel it and draw it in your heart. This kind of cleansing will be painful but that is how we have always used it. But sir, you know we can't be sure of anything now. "
Gu Jun had come into contact with the stone before and he felt a sense of disgust so he asked Peacock if that was the case.
"Yes." Peacock nodded and said with some pride, "Because the evil spirits do not like the righteousness of the Phecda Hero."
"Then let me give it a try." Gu Jun walked over and sat down next to the stone on the sofa. Gold and Aquamarine immediately stood up.
His mental corruption rate was currently 24.68 percent, the system mission list was refreshed at midnight.
With a thought, he opened the system menu and clicked to accept the abyssal mission.
"Abyssal Mission: Fade corruption rate by 10 percent within a week, Mission Reward: Unknown.
Accept Mission
"Mission Accepted, Mission Completed!"
"Mr. Nightmare Man, our tribe has a rule that a person can only cleanse once every 3 days, we will have to decide if we need help or not." Peacock said urgently, "Because the mental shadow is a very dangerous thing. There is no statue of the Phecda Hero here, without the protection of the Phecda Hero, we really have no idea what will happen."
'I am the Phecda Hero. ' Gu Jun thought to himself. His right palm pressed on the Ancient Seal on the stone. He closed his eyes to feel it and drew the mark in his heart …
All of a sudden, an immense pain exploded in his mind, surging, churning, and engulfing him.
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