The man standing in front of the three locusts was an old man.
The old man had silver hair and a silver beard. He was dressed in a white robe. His hair and beard were neat and tidy, giving off a delicate aura. At first glance, the old man's face looked kind and benevolent. However, upon closer inspection, one would discover that his eyes were filled with endless hostility and deceit. At the same time, there were two blood-red snake-shaped lines at the corners of his eyes that flew to his temples, giving him an unconcealable ferocity.
If Xia Pingan was here and saw the old man's face, he would definitely exclaim. Because the old man's face, except for the two blood-red snake-shaped stripes at the corners of his eyes, was almost the same as the other person Xia Pingan had seen on the Tianyuan Bridge. That person was the famous dream-soothsayer on the Tianyuan Bridge — Master Shuiyue.
In Xia Pingan's eyes, Master Shuiyue was a failed summoner. She was a Jianghu gangster who used her dream-soothing skill to cheat people in Shang Jing City in the name of a dream-soothsayer.
There were many such swindlers and hooligans in Shang Jing City.
Looking at the information revealed by the three flying insects, the old man's eyebrows knitted together, and many thoughts flashed through his mind.
To be able to integrate 22 Dream Master's Realm Pearls and open the Spiritual Realm's Divine Palace to enter the Spiritual Realm was a gift from the Demon Sovereign. As far as he knew, in the entire Golden Moon Continent, there was no one else who had such luck and ability. He was the only Demon God's Chosen One of the Blood Demon Church in the Golden Moon Continent. Could it be that other than him, there was someone else in the Golden Moon Continent who was favored by the Demon Sovereign?
Impossible, those who were favored by the Demon Dominator would not be attacked by flying insects.
If the flying insects had not brought back the information, the old man would not have believed it.
"Where is the person you're talking about?" The old man asked directly.
The flying insects' bodies continued to twist in the air, changing into various shapes.
"In the nearest abandoned elementary Spirit Husbandry Castle, and that person hasn't become a Spirit Husbandry yet?" After receiving the news, a faint bloody light flashed across the old man's eyes, "Alright, I see …"
The old man waved his hand, and the three locusts wriggled their bodies and flew back into the sky. Soon, they each coiled around a star and wriggled …
The old man narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the Spirit Husbandry Castle where Xia Pingan was. Then, he flew into the gray fog and rushed in the direction of the Spirit Husbandry Castle.
…
"Where are the cockroaches?" Xia Pingan searched the wilderness outside the Spirit Husbandry Castle for a while, but he still couldn't find the three horseshoe beetles that were chasing him.
Xia Pingan thought that the three horseshoe beetles would be waiting for him outside the Spirit Husbandry Castle. He didn't expect the three horseshoe beetles to disappear so quickly.
Was it because the insect was so smart that it could predict that he might master the sword and run away in advance? Or were they scared away by the guards of the Spirit Castle?
Right, if Nightmare was also in the Spirit Realm, would the horseshoe beetles attack him?
Judging from the effect of the Dream Puppet Technique that Nightmare had mastered, he should still be a elementary Spirit Husbandry. Since Nightmare had mastered the Dream Puppet Technique, it made sense that he would master the sword. Nightmare had been famous in the Blood Demon Church for a long time, which meant that he had been in the Spirit Realm for a long time. After such a long time, Nightmare was still a elementary Spirit Husbandry. His abilities hadn't improved at all, and he hadn't done much in the Spirit Realm. It felt strange.
If … those horseshoe beetles and Nightmare were in cahoots … then …
These questions ran through Xia Pingan's mind twice. Xia Pingan's eyes flashed, and he made a gesture for the Spirit Seeking Technique with both hands. Wei Meiyu's face flashed in his mind, and the Spirit Seeking Technique sensed something and pointed in a direction.
Xia Pingan's figure immediately changed direction and disappeared into the thick gray fog.
…
About half an hour later, the old man's figure came out of the gray fog and appeared in the wilderness a few thousand meters away from the Spirit Husbandry Castle.
The old man didn't rush into the Spirit Husbandry Castle immediately. Instead, he carefully walked around the Spirit Husbandry Castle in the wilderness, carefully observing the surroundings. After confirming that there was no ambush outside the Spirit Husbandry Castle, he slowly came to the entrance of the Spirit Husbandry Castle. After observing the entrance for a while, he entered the Spirit Husbandry Castle without making a sound.
A moment later, the old man stood in the Spirit Husbandry Hall on the second floor of the Spirit Husbandry Castle. He looked at the five black steles in the hall, and his expression changed.
The palm-shaped dent in the middle of the five black steles was clean, and there was no dust. Clearly, someone had "used" it.
Who could it be?
The old man inexplicably felt an unprecedented sense of crisis. In the past, he had always felt that he was the only person who could enter and leave this Spirit World, and that he was the master of this Spirit World. He could do whatever he wanted in this world, but now, there was a second person who could enter this Spirit World. No matter what the background of the second person who could enter the Spirit World was, it was a huge threat to him.
…
At the same time, Xia Pingan finally saw another horseshoe insect attached to the Astral Soul in the sky.
There was only one.
Xia Pingan didn't do anything. He just stared at the horseshoe insect for a few seconds. The horseshoe insect immediately felt Xia Pingan's gaze and turned its head. After looking at Xia Pingan for two seconds, it suddenly broke away from the Astral Soul and rushed toward Xia Pingan like a writhing snake.
This horseshoe insect's reaction was exactly the same as the horseshoe insect Xia Pingan had encountered before. It was as if it had seen the most delicious prey and jumped down in ecstasy.
Xia Pingan stood on the ground, holding the hilt of his sword in one hand and making a "Horseshoe Sword" gesture with the other hand. He stared coldly at the huge horseshoe insect that was rushing toward the ground.
When the horseshoe insect was about three to four hundred meters above the ground, Xia Pingan finally unsheathed his longsword.
"Slash …"
The longsword in his hand gave out a blue light. It suddenly broke away from Xia Pingan's hand and slashed at the horseshoe insect like a lightning bolt …
When the longsword left Xia Pingan's hand, it was still the same size. After flying for ten meters, the longsword had doubled in size. After flying for another ten meters, it doubled in size again. After flying for less than fifty meters, the longsword had turned into a huge sword that was more than ten meters long. Its entire body was flickering with a faint blue light as it slashed through the void …
The huge sword slashed through the horseshoe insect and almost completely cut it open from head to tail.
The horseshoe insect's body turned into a black fog and disappeared. Only a ball of golden light fell and flew toward Xia Pingan and directly entered Xia Pingan's chest.
The huge sword that cut through the sky circled around in the sky and then flew back, returning to its original size.
Xia Pingan silently observed the soul power in his body. The "Horseshoe Sword" just now temporarily consumed "1 Slash" of soul power. This "1 Slash" would be recovered in a month. However, the soul power in the ball of golden light that he had just fused with was "1.5 Slash".
Therefore, after killing the horseshoe insect, Xia Pingan's soul power did not decrease but instead increased. He even had an additional "0.5 Slash".
This feeling was too good. Not only did the additional 0.5 Slash make up for the weakness Xia Pingan felt after vomiting blood, it also increased by a large margin. This made Xia Pingan feel that his current body was better than ever. His ears were sharp and his eyes were clear. His whole body was refreshed.
After killing the horseshoe insect, the astral soul that the horseshoe insect had just absorbed shot down a ray of light from the sky onto Xia Pingan's body. That ray of light flashed and then disappeared. Then, that astral soul vaguely formed some kind of mysterious connection with Xia Pingan.
This was the first astral soul that Xia Pingan had "guarded" …
Xia Pingan did not do anything. Information about that astral soul appeared in his consciousness. That astral soul's identity was that of an ordinary postman in Shang Jing …
Half an hour later, Xia Pingan finally saw the three horseshoe insects from before.
With a thought, Xia Pingan formed a hand seal. Three stars fell from the sky at the same time. Before the three horseshoe insects could react, Xia Pingan's "Horseshoe Slaying Sword" had already slashed over. The first slash turned the horseshoe insect that had been chasing him the most ferociously into ashes …
The remaining two horseshoe insects had just broken free from their absorbed state when Xia Pingan's "Horseshoe Slaying Sword" slashed over again, turning another horseshoe insect into ashes. The third horseshoe insect already felt that something was wrong. It wanted to escape, but its speed was not as fast as the "Horseshoe Slaying Sword". After flying a hundred meters, it was slashed into the air again.
This "Horseshoe Slaying Sword" was simply the horseshoe insect's nemesis.
Three golden balls of soul power flew toward Xia Pingan and merged into Xia Pingan's body in the blink of an eye.
Xia Pingan's soul power increased to 6.5 Slashes. The number of stars he guarded increased to four …
Xia Pingan once again searched the wilderness.
…
After an unknown period of time!
Xia Pingan did not see any more horseshoe insects. Instead, he found another golden arched door that led into the spirit realm. This golden arched door was the same as his golden arched door. The only difference was that this golden arched door would occasionally flash with a scarlet red light …
Nightmare, it was definitely a Nightmare!
When he saw the golden arched door, Xia Pingan's heart trembled. Then, he became ecstatic. This was what it meant to wear out iron shoes in a fruitless search only to find it without any effort. He did not expect that the mysterious Nightmare in the outside world would be so easily encountered in the spirit realm.
Although the Nightmare's golden arched door was right in front of Xia Pingan, Xia Pingan was unable to enter it. That golden arched door could only be entered by the person who created it.
Xia Pingan looked at his surroundings and found a place to hide nearby, waiting for the Nightmare to return.
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