Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 1108: Chapter 397: Breaking the Ice, Turning Hostile!

”Not bad, you haven’t betrayed this seat’s trust.”

These words were naturally praising Ji Yuan for not forgetting their agreement and successfully killing Ma Gui.

”Is this Illusion Realm really that terrifying?”

Ji Yuan did not say much on this question.

It was just a mere Ma Gui; even without the methods given by Nightmare True Monarch, he could still kill him, at most just spending a bit more Mana.

”You can go experience it yourself in a bit, then you’ll know.”

Nightmare True Monarch reached out and wiped the corner of his mouth.

”Are we setting out now?”

As Ji Yuan spoke, he also released his own dream butterfly, letting it land on his shoulder.

”Wait until this seat has rested for a while, then we’ll talk. They won’t be getting out any time soon.”

After Nightmare True Monarch finished speaking, he took out an Elixir and swallowed it, then sat down right where he was, his whole person sinking into a silent state.

Ji Yuan had no choice but to wait quietly at the side.

Thus about four to five hours passed before Nightmare True Monarch exhaled a breath of turbid air and slowly opened his eyes.

And at the very instant he opened his eyes, he subconsciously turned his head to glance at those Nascent Soul Cultivators beside the Blood Pool.

Seeing that they were still motionless where they stood, he finally felt at ease, and his gaze fell onto Ji Yuan.

”How is it, how are your preparations?”

”Mm.”

Ji Yuan nodded, without speaking.

”Then let’s go!”

Nightmare True Monarch suddenly rose to his feet, and the dream butterfly in his Spirit Beast Bag flew out and landed on his shoulder.

After that, without Ji Yuan needing to manage anything, Nightmare True Monarch took him along, turning his body into Escape Light, and landed at the edge of this Illusion Realm.

”In a bit, no matter what happens, the two of us absolutely must not be more than one foot apart.”

After landing, Nightmare True Monarch suddenly opened his mouth and said.

”Hm?”

Ji Yuan looked at him in puzzlement. ”Why?”

”Because the domain of a single Tier Three dream butterfly can’t withstand the Illusion Realm here. We have to combine the domains of two dream butterflies. Once we separate... I’ll still be fine, I’m at least a Nascent Soul Cultivator; you, however, will likely die here for good.”

Nightmare True Monarch cast him a faint glance.

It was a threat, and also a reminder.

”This junior understands.”

Ji Yuan inclined his head to show he agreed.

”Go.”

At this point, even Nightmare True Monarch did not dare to travel by Escape Light anymore. The two of them, shoulders almost touching, stepped into this Illusion Realm.

Their pace was not exactly slow.

Perhaps because the dream butterflies were taking care of them from the side, Ji Yuan truly did not feel any Illusion Realm.

The two of them quickly walked toward the Blood Pool in the center of the desert.

The route that those Nascent Soul Cultivators had taken half a day to traverse earlier, now the two of them finished in less than the time of one incense stick.

Seeing those Nascent Soul Cultivators drawing closer and closer, Ji Yuan could not help but send a voice transmission to Nightmare True Monarch, asking:

”If we suddenly get close now, then burst out all at once, wouldn’t we be able to kill them all?”

”Heh.”

Hearing this question, Nightmare True Monarch let out a cold laugh.

”They’re only trapped in an Illusion, not dead. Kid, you haven’t grown up yet, so let me give you a word of advice...”

”Please speak, Senior.”

”Never underestimate any Cultivator capable of Nascent Soul Formation, no matter what method they used to form their Nascent Soul.”

”Yes.”

No matter what mindset the other party had, these words were indeed heartfelt.

So Ji Yuan very earnestly nodded.

It was at this point that Ji Yuan began to feel some resistance to moving forward.

Because before his eyes—or rather, in his heart—there would from time to time appear some strange things.

For example, someone suddenly rising up under his feet, making him instinctively halt, afraid that one more step forward would tread on that person.

Or a longsword suddenly appearing ahead, thrusting straight toward the space between his brows, forcing him to sidestep.

Yet just as he prepared to dodge sideways, he discovered that the longsword vanished into thin air again.

So he could only stumble forward, staggering as he went.

Looking somewhat bedraggled.

But in truth it was still acceptable, because even Nightmare True Monarch, a dignified Nascent Soul Cultivator, was the same.

Very soon, Ji Yuan passed by this group of Nascent Soul Cultivators trapped in illusions.

The one closest to him was still that fellow townsman of his, the Lady of Joy.

It was just a pity that, though fellow townsmen had met, Ji Yuan did not even have the chance to ”take a black shot” at her.

And once Ji Yuan walked past them, the illusions appearing before his eyes grew even more numerous.

One after another, without the slightest pause.

The closer they got to the Blood Pool, the stronger these illusions became.

”Senior, can our two dream butterflies really hold out...?”

Ji Yuan looked at the unending illusions before his eyes, and then at the Blood Pool still some seventy meters away.

He could already feel that the dream butterfly on his shoulder was trembling.

Nightmare True Monarch’s first instinctive thought was... don’t ask me, I don’t know either.

But thinking that he ought to set Ji Yuan’s mind at ease, he couldn’t actually say that.

He merely said, ”They can. Trust the dream butterflies.”

After they advanced another five meters or so, Ji Yuan felt that the dream butterfly on his shoulder was about to reach its limit.

It kept trembling.

”Senior, how about, how about I feed it some dream-mystic fluid now? See if the dream butterfly can hold on a bit longer?”

Ji Yuan asked tentatively.

”Don’t. If you feed it now, are you looking to die!”

Nightmare True Monarch hurriedly stopped him; he was even so frightened that the voice in his sound transmission grew much more urgent.

”If we feed it now, the dream butterflies will enter a feeding state, and we’ll likely be trapped here immediately.”

”All... right.”

Ji Yuan looked at the remaining distance, and then, through the Insect Control Technique, sensed the state of the dream butterfly on his shoulder.

He already had an answer in his heart.