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Daydream.
It grew by absorbing Pure Yang, blossoming awash in moonlight, appearing only when the sun and moon were simultaneously present once every thousand years. When this flower bloomed, it would produce an illusory dreamland. It was said that with it, one could glimpse their own future, which appeared real yet unreal, like a dream or illusion. Thus, it was named Daydream.
Coinciding with the simultaneous rise of the sun and moon at the Thunder Swamp, rumor had it that the “Daydream” would bloom in this Savage Region. Many cultivators and even Divine Names were all prepared to head to the Thunder Swamp to try their luck. Reportedly, the Heavenly Decree Palace’s Daoxing Tianzun would also personally set out, however, the “Heavenly Decree Palace” apparently wanted to monopolize the Daydream; they had issued a death order: any who entered the Thunder Swamp without a Heavenly Decree Order would be executed without exception.
So when Qi Lin raised the issue of the Daydream, the others treated it as a taboo and were unwilling to mention it.
Only after hearing “Feng He” explain this did Qi Lin then realize this trip to the Thunder Swamp would actually have such a bustling affair.
This was very normal, in fact. Simultaneous rising of the sun and moon was a marvel in Primordial World, and it was a truth since ancient times that fortunate encounters happened under the auspices of these amazing sights. Even if there was no Daydream, there were other dreams that would entice people to come forth.
“Many thanks.”
“The Thunder Swamp is very dangerous, and the Heavenly Decree Palace has also issued an execution order. Even Void Return cultivators may not return alive. Young Lord had best not go.” Feng He tactfully warned the God Transformation cultivator to not go to the Savage Region, otherwise, he actually was daydreaming.
“I’ll think carefully about it.” Qi Lin said.
Feng He wore a faint smile.
“Elder Sister Feng He, how do I plant this ‘Dingxuan.'”1
“Little Sister is very interested, eh…”
Nezha consulted with Feng He on some exotic flowers, not at all appearing like the Great Deity Of Three Altars And Seas.
After Qi Lin and Nezha left.
At this time, a man also walked out from inside the room. This man wore black clothes and a cap. He had combed long hair, a handsome face, and slender fingers, an elegant and scholarly appearance. “That was Nezha just now.” The man said.
“Qing Yi, you recognize her?” Feng He asked.
“I saw her once at Jixia Academy when I was in the Eastern Continent consulting with the Old Master on the Analects. Later, she blundered, and it was said that the entire Heavenly Capital could not tolerate her.” The man narrowed his eyes, clearly a little regretful.
“Blunder?” Feng He was astonished.
What could such a cute and adorable little girl have done to earn the intolerance of a city’s people?
The man clearly did not want to discuss this topic any further. He walked before that Thousand Star Spider Lily and gently picked up a watering can, sprinkling water on every fruit. HIs gentle attitude seemed as if he was waiting for a lover. “That man and Nezha are together, and he inquired about the Daydream. Could it be that Nezha signed an Invested Deity Emissary Contract with him?”
“Impossible, if the Taiyi came to know that the disciple she most treasured had contracted with a man, she will most certainly kill that man.” Qing Yi muttered.
“Husband, there is no need to worry about her matters. Since they wish to obtain the Daydream, they will know when the time comes.”
“En, I am overthinking.”
…
“I couldn’t tell that you liked flowers so much, Nezha.”
Qi Lin walked towards the outskirts of the city. In Nezha’s hands was a “roller shutter.” The roller shutter was a green leaf, so named for rolling up at the slightest touch. It was a very adorable plant and a special gift from Feng He to her.
Nezha constantly touched the roller shutter’s leaf with her hand, unable to put it down.
“Why can’t I?” Nezha twitched her mouth.
Qi Lin smiled, “You can. The next time you want one, I’ll send you some.”
“The flowers This Great Deity wants cannot be gifted.” Nezha harrumphed.
“Even if the Thirty-three Devas were helping pick it for you.” Qi Lin raised his chin.
The little girl was astounded. With contempt, she said: “Are you hitting on me?”
“You have neither bust nor butt, what would I hit on you for.” Qi Lin shot back with disdain.
Nezha was angry, “This Great Deity will grow in the future.”
“Divine Names can still grw?” This was the first that Qi Lin had heard of it.
Nezha harrumphed and turned the other way, not wanting to talk to this shameless pervert.
The two quarreled all the way to the outside of the city. Not long after, Xian Zhen and Qi Qi also regroup with them.
“Nothing happened to you two, right?” Xian Zhen noticed that little Nezha was a bit angry.
“Nezha believes her figure will fill out in the future.” Qi Lin smiled.
Xian Zhen: “…”
“Fuck off, when This Great Deity grows up, she will not hand her body over to you.” Nezha puffed her cheeks. If not for consideration of Qi Qi’s face, she truly wanted to beat Qi Lin to death. Throughout the whole world, the Three Realms, and the Five Elements, there actually was someone who dared to tease her, the Great Deity Of Three Altars And Seas.
Qi Lin laughed. “Right, does General Xian Zhen know of the Daydream?”
“Daydream? A magic treasure or a name?” Xian Zhen asked.
“The name of a flower.” Qi Lin explained about the Daydream. After all, if the Thunder Swamp had the Daydream with even the Heavenly Decree Palace issuing a death order over it, their little trip would perhaps not be very smooth; it was better to give Xian Zhen a bit of mental preparation.
“Is that so.” Xian Zhen did not expect this. “What then?” She asked.
“No matter what, we must forge the ninth cauldron. If they stop me, whoever they are…I’ll kill them.” Qi Lin did not hesitate.
…
When Nüba entered Flowerless City, the city’s marvelous flowers dazzled her eyes.
Such beautiful flowers truly should…wither under the scorching sun.
“Daydream? So it turned out the Thunder Swamp had such a thing, truly troublesome.”
Nüba heard information about the Daydream, and her brow could not help but wrinkle.
Handling Qi Lin was already very troublesome. Now, the Heavenly Decree Palace was involved as well, complicating things even more.
“If we give a flower like the Daydream to Her Majesty to consume, Her Majesty’s wounds will recover even more quickly.”
There was another woman standing at Nüba’s side. Her whole body was covered in an ashen-gray cloak; this cloak was very beautiful, with indistinct dragon patterns. From its occasional flickering, it was clearly a magic treasure.
She showed significant interest in the Daydream.
The Daydream could even reveal one’s own fate, like a sage calculating heavenly mysteries, but it was unclear whether this was true or not.
“However, the Heavenly Decree Palace has issued a kill order, and the Daoxing Tianzun is also personally taking action. We cannot easily vie for it, Elder Sister Yinglong.” Nüba said. “And we will also need to fight for the ninth cauldron. We cannot delay.”
The woman beside to the side was silent, a spotlessly white finger curled pensively around her chin.
“You can think of a way to take the ninth cauldron and the Daydream, yes?”
“The Daoxing Tianzun and Qi Lin. We can handle one on their own quite well, but two will not be easy.” Nüba shook her head.
“Why must we handle them?” Yinglong faintly smiled.
“Elder Sister’s meaning is?” Nüba thought of something, “To make Qi Lin and the Daoxing Tianzun attack each other while we reap the benefits?”
“Right, the Yu Shiqie that Qi Lin previously rescued had offended the Heavenly Decree Palace. Now that they have come to the Northern Continent, they have sealed their own fate. We can exploit this.” Nüba giggled, and her mood was instantly incomparably relaxed.
To make Qi Lin and the Daoxing Tianzun take each other out, given their powers, both sides would certainly be heavily injured. When that time comes, her team could then enter the field easily for cleanup, no doubt.
Two birds with one stone.
“Then we must think of a way to inform the Heavenly Decree Palace that Qi Lin has come.”
As she pondered this, Nüba spotted several disciples from the Heavenly Decree Palace. The girl’s eyes rolled, and she formulated an idea.
“The Northern Continent’s cities are truly ostentatious. They only plant some flowers and weeds. Not a trace of the Northern Primordial’s grandeur can be found.” Nüba jeered openly on the street. All of a sudden, she drew the gazes of many passersby.
The clothes that Nüba wore were the attire of the Northern Primordial’s Great Shaman Clan, with a unique red and some other adornments.
The people were angry but did not dare speak. Whether they were cultivators or Divine Names, anyone from the Northern Primrodial was not to be taken lightly. However, while the ordinary folk did not dare be provoked, some people did not think this way.
On the outskirts, Nüba and Yinglong were not surprised to be confronted by a crowd of the Heavenly Decree Palace’s disciples.
The disciples wore white and gold robes pretentiously demonstrated that they represented the nobility of the heavenly way, and their brows were filled with a lofty sense of superiority as well. The lead cultivator was at the peak of Void Return Realm while the other six cultivators were all God Transformation or Void Return. With this level of power, they did not need to fear even a Middle Ancient Realm Divien Name, let alone that they were in Heavenly Decree Palace territory.
“The Heavenly Decree Palace is conducting business. You two, stay where you are.”
“Stay, says who?” Nübas faintly grinned.
“Your Servant is Gan Ze. The Tianzun has ordered that any Northern Primordial Great Shaman Divine Names that set foot in the Northern Continent must go to the Heavenly Decree Palace to pay respects to the Tianzun. Both of you are presumably from the Northern Primordial. Please, come with us.” The Void Return Peak cultivator actually was courteous.
However, his invitation was nothing more than a feast at Hongmen; Nüba clearly saw that.
“Everyone in the Northern Primordial knows that the Heavenly Decree Palace is hunting the Great Shaman Clan. If we go, I fear we will not return.” Nüba relentlessly exposed their plot.
“Outrageous, you dare slander the Tianzun. Seize them.” Gan Ze shouted.
The seven disciples did not hesitate to activate a sword array. A hundred Flying Swords poured down like white rainbows. Yinglong was unfazed; such a small spectacle was not worth her lifting a finger.
Nüba slightly smiled.
“I truly do not know who it is that gave you the courage to issue an invitation to us.”
A spatial distortion from high temperature. All of the incoming Flying Swords were melted to slag, and Gan Ze’s group immediately felt scorching heat. All of their magical energy seemed to have been evaporated.
“Huh.”
By the time the Heavenly Decree Palace’s Wei Hu hurried over, she saw the seven disciples collapsed on the ground, their magical energy completely depleted, on their last breaths. A frightening high temperature yet lingered in the area. Wei Hu had merely stepped forward when her skin stung as if being burned.
“Your Seven Swords Heavenly Immortal Array could not stop one Divine Name?” Wei Hu was very furious.
Gan Ze could barely lift himself up. He knelt and said: “The enemy Divine Name was unfathomable, Disciple was no match.”
“Trash, you actually let the Northern Primrodial bully us in our own Northern Continent domain. You truly are trash.” Wei Hu honestly was gnashing her teeth in resentment.
“Commander, please hold your anger. That she was able to come to the Northern Continent, the Void Return disciples were indeed very hard-pressed to match her.”
“Hmph.” Wei Hu stared at Gan Ze and suddenly noticed that something was wrong. Although these disciples were defeated, they were still alive. Given the antipathy between the Heavenly Decree Palace and the Northern Primordial Shaman Clan, there should have been no room for quarter. It would be impossible to have spared their lives. Wei Hu did not believe those barbarian Divine Names would be so merciful.
“Commander, that Divine Name had a message for Disciple to pass to you. That is why she specifically spared us.” Gan Ze said.
“Speak!”
“She said, a cultivator named Qi Lin has already entered the Northern Continent and is prepared to go to the Thunder Swamp to pick the Daydream.”
“Qi Lin!!”
Upon hearing this name, Wei Hu felt thunderstruck, and the flames of fury filled her eyes. She was resentful to the bones from that incident at Yunmeng Pond. Little Sister Han Dulong had died at the hands of Qi Lin’s Divine General, the Great Sage Equal Of Heaven.
“This Qi Lin has stirred up many disturbances in the Northern Primordial. She said that he had an encounter with our Heavenly Decree Palace, so she specifically came to inform Commander.”
“He actually even dares to come pick the Daydream!! How outrageous, he truly treats our Heavenly Decree Palace with contempt.” Wei Hu sneered.
“Commander, this may be the Great Shamans’ plan to borrow a knife to kill.” A subordinate warned.
“Borrow a knife to kill. Hmph, then we shall do as she desires. Kill!”
Wei Hu’s eyes brimmed with murderous intent. Not even all the water in the seven seas could wash away her hatred.
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