Yin Yang Lantern Man

Chapter 301 Alternating Dreams, True or False?

Come back home?

What home are you going back to?

Master Liu Fu looked at the broken mountain. There was no grass at the foot of the mountain, only yellow earth.

Only when you leave the mountains can you see greenery, but now it's night and all the greenery is shrouded in darkness.

"Your words are hard to understand."

Master Liu Fu shook his head: "I've finished my meal and will go back to rest."

He turned and left, and Chen Ningan just smiled and said to him: "Remember to follow me closely then."

Phantom.

As the night deepened, Nangong Fangyun finally showed signs of waking up.

He himself had consumed too much energy, but his cultivation was still there, so he slowly woke up.

What came into view was the sky, trees, and stars. The bright stars were twinkling in the sky, and he smiled slightly.

The people around me were not too stupid and did not spend the night in Loulan County.

He estimated the time himself and felt a little thirsty, so he said softly, "Someone, pour some tea."

no respond.

"Ok?"

Nangong Fangyun struggled to stand up, pushed open the elevator, and saw a vast expanse of white outside.

What a heavy fog.

No, how could I see the stars in the sky when I was in the sedan chair just now?
He became cautious and keenly realized that something was wrong.

"Where am I?"

He called out in his heart: "Fox Fairy, Fox Fairy, are you there?"

There was no response, which made his heart skip a beat.

Without the fox fairy, he has fewer tricks up his sleeve and can easily fall into a passive position.

Nangong Fangyun staggered down the stairs. It was quiet all around, with no one around. The color of the sedan chair seemed a little strange. He felt that the left rear was empty, which was a little creepy.

Where on earth have I come to?
Nangong Fangyun walked forward, trying to walk down the mountain and look for anyone nearby.

"Dong dong~"

A muffled sound made him turn around suddenly, and he saw a shadow swaying from side to side in the woods.

Evil?

No!

It was just a dead branch blown by the wind, but it made him break out in a cold sweat.

At this moment, Nangong Fangyun felt movement behind him, and two balls of light suddenly appeared in the fog.

The light was so bright and dazzling that he couldn't open his eyes in the fog, and it was approaching him quickly.

"scare!"

Nangong Fangyun suddenly opened his eyes, screamed and got up, only to find that he was still in the sedan chair.

It was already daybreak, and the guards heard the noise and rushed towards him.

"Master, what happened?"

"No...it's okay."

Nangong Fangyun sat back on the couch, feeling severe pain in his heart and head.

Is that a dream?
Why is the dream so real? So real that even the coolness of the fog can be clearly seen.

He took a long time to calm down before getting out of the sedan chair. The county lieutenant had been waiting outside for a while.

He was too worried that something might happen to Nangong Fangyun. It would be useless to escape to any place when the master's family came to settle accounts with him. The only consequence was death!
Magistrate Wu is really cunning and sly. With just a few words and some running around, he cleared himself of all charges. I really admire him.

"Are you feeling unwell, sir?"

"Nothing." Nangong Fangyun asked his men to cook some porridge, and he walked down to the ground. The unique leaves and grass there tended to be soft.

There was the scent of forest plants at the tip of his nose. Perhaps it was because of the sunlight, his chillness was dispelled a lot.

Generally, evil spirits rarely appear during the day. Unless in special circumstances, almost all evil spirits appear at night.

This is why the county pavilions have to patrol at night, holding lanterns and talismans to ensure everyone's safety.

Based on his memory, he slowly walked to the place where he was hit in his dream, and was startled!
I saw two strange scratches on the ground, as if a millstone had rolled over it.

"That wasn't a dream?"

His face turned pale, he raised his head and looked around, and heard a "dong dong" sound.

Next to it, a dead branch was blown by the wind and hit the tree trunk.

"Pity."

Suddenly, a voice came from behind him. Nangong Fangyun turned around and found a young man touching the ruts on the ground with his hand.

"It's a pity that I didn't take the opportunity."

"Who are you? What's that opportunity?"

Nangong Fangyun asked sternly: "Hurry up and tell me! I am the Zhu family's priest in Heideng County. Why are you here?"

“I was already here.”

Chen Ningan raised his head and glanced at him: "You have a good dream, continue it tonight."

What goes on tonight?
Nangong Fangyun looked unhappy: "Do you know something?"

"We'll find out tonight."

These were the only words Chen Ning'an said, and then he sat back on the mountain, at the edge of the cliff, staring at the scenery in the distance in a daze.

He seemed to be looking at another world instead of this one.

Beyond the ruined cliff scenery, it should be as beautiful as the fairy palace and temple.

"baffling."

Nangong Fangyun walked back and the old talisman master also came.

"Is Mr. Nangong feeling better?"

The old talisman master looked at Nangong Fangyun's face and said, "I just went down the mountain to check the situation and didn't find anything unusual."

"Who is that?"

Nangong Fangyun pointed at Chen Ningan and asked, "Why are you here?"

"That person?"

Master Liu Fu took a look and said, "That's Fellow Daoist Chen. He was already here when we arrived."

After Master Liu Fu finished speaking, he lowered his voice and said, "I suspect that he is mentally unstable. Sir, it is better not to disturb him."

They were originally here to deal with the people in Lookout Pavilion Sanli, so there was no need to cause more trouble for him.

Nangong Fangyun had never been so embarrassed when dealing with matters for the Zhu family, and he was feeling very angry.

"Let's take a look at Loulan County first."

Looking down from here, Loulan County is quiet and silent.

Not even a cat or a dog was to be seen.

"Strange, where are those people?"

The view from here is far, so Nangong Fangyun took action again, his eyes set on Loulan County.

Then I saw those strange evil spirits that grew out of the county residents, gathering in twos and threes, seemingly talking about something happy and laughing.

They would look around from time to time, and were curious about everything happening in Loulan County, and they couldn't get enough of seeing everything.

Even the stones on the roadside have to be touched twice.

It seems that these evil spirits have never seen the world.

"hiss!"

Feeling a sting in his eyes, Nangong Fangyun withdrew from the horse-riding state, but still did not see any results.

He slowly sat back in the sedan chair: "Fellow Daoist Liu, I need to continue to rest for a while. Please help me watch over it and don't let anything unexpected happen to me."

He was afraid, afraid that he would have the dream again, that place looked too weird.

Master Liu Fu nodded in agreement, and was about to say something, but Nangong Fangyun had already fallen asleep.

He was very tired. His body had been overdrawn from his previous outing and it couldn't be replenished by a good night's sleep. After waking up, he went out again, but naturally the time would not be as long as before.

Master Liu Fu sighed, "It's not easy to be a worshiper in a big family. It seems glorious, but in fact, it carries risks and pressures that ordinary people cannot bear."

There are good times and bad times everywhere.

For example, although he is not very strong, he is happy to have a leisurely time in Gushan County. If the chief of Qing'an Division and the other four hall masters had not died this time, it would not be his turn to go on the mission.

The sky had unknowingly darkened again, and Nangong Fangyun's eyelids were moving frantically in the sedan chair.

Master Liu Fu discovered that Chen Ning'an, who had been sitting at the entrance of the mountain, stood up and was wandering around unconsciously on the top of the mountain.

"Fellow Daoist?" He called out carefully. Chen Ning'an looked like he was possessed by an evil spirit, so he had to be on guard.

"What's the matter?"

Chen Ning'an walked to the sedan chair and quickly headed towards the broken mountain pass. He did not stop and at this speed he would fall off the cliff in a few steps.

Unconsciously, Master Liu Fu seemed to see the third leg.

wrong.

He blinked his eyes, and there were no extra feet there. Fellow Daoist Chen was still walking around looking for it.

He suddenly walked behind himself again and stared at the ground!

"What's going on? Why are you acting so strangely, my friend?"

Master Liu Fu could not bear it anymore and took out the talisman involuntarily.

If Chen Ning'an is infected by evil spirits, he can subdue it in the first place.

"Shh~"

Chen Ningan put his index finger on his lips, pointed at the grass on the ground and said to him, "Look."

The grass suddenly pressed down into a ball, and not far away, small pieces of grass quickly collapsed.

Look?
Nangong Fangyun woke up again and saw the stars again.

It’s just that today, the stars in the sky are dim and difficult to see clearly, but what is weird is the sky.

There were clouds in the sky, pink and yellowish in color. Although there was no light in the sky, they were visible clearly.

No, this light seems to be shining from the ground, so the clouds look so strange.

There was still white fog all around him. He sat up and found himself in a sedan chair.

“I’m in this place again.”

He looked unhappy and shouted deliberately.

"Master Liu Fu, Master Liu Fu, where are you?"

There was no response. He gritted his teeth and told himself it was a dream. He planned to wake up after some time had passed.

But the next second, he saw the light again, two balls of light in the darkness, and before he could react, the sedan was suddenly hit by the light!

"boom!"

He seemed to be hit by a cannon and fell out of the sedan chair with a scream!

"Da da da da~"

In his blurred consciousness, he heard footsteps approaching him. Nangong Fangyun raised his head with difficulty, trying to see clearly.

"Are you OK?"

The voice had a strange tone and was a little harsh, but he couldn't see it clearly.

"right here!"

Suddenly, with a loud shout, Nangong Fangyun subconsciously opened his eyes.

He found himself waking up again in a sedan chair.

"Pity."

It was that voice again, that weirdo Chen Daoyou, not far from the sedan chair.

He stood up from the ground with some ashes of the burnt talisman in his hand.

"Daoyou... that... that is..."

Master Liu Fu widened his eyes in shock. Just a moment ago, he saw Chen Ning'an seemed to tear something apart with the talisman.

I saw that the inside of the torn door was completely dark, foggy, and bright, which was dazzling.

Before he could see clearly, the thing that was torn open suddenly closed, followed by Nangong Fangyun's scream.

"What the hell are you!"

Nangong Fangyun walked out despite the injuries on his body. The place where Chen Ningan and Master Liu Fu were standing was the place he had been in his dream.

His body felt as if it was falling apart. He tore at the broken bones and tendons and questioned Chen Ning'an.

"what did you do to me!"

There are so many people here, and except for Chen Ning, everyone else is one of us. It's impossible that they did it.

There is only one possibility, this man named Chen Ning'an did something to him.

"I didn't do anything to you."

Chen Ningan's voice gradually turned cold: "Also, don't yell at me."

The peaceful expression on his face was gradually replaced by a cold expression: "I am willing to talk to you because you are valuable."

His tone began to become grim, and a distorted expression flashed across his face.

"Otherwise, you will all die!"

After these two or three sentences, Nangong Fangyun felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He opened his eyes wide and was speechless for a long time.

Master Liu Fu subconsciously took two steps back. At that moment, he discovered that the person next to him seemed not to be a human, but a ferocious tiger.

"Hehe, I lost my composure just now."

Chen Ning'an stood up, smiling again as he handed him a talisman.

"Your injuries seem to be serious. Please use my talisman. It can heal you."

The talisman was an authentic wooden talisman. Chen Ningan wiped the corner of his mouth and said, "Use it quickly. The injury will heal soon."

"I...I'd better not use it for now. I have my own."

Nangong Fangyun didn't know why, but he didn't dare to take the talisman. He took out the talisman from his brocade bag and stuck it on his body.

The broken bones are recovering, the bruises are mending, and the talismans are of great use.

"This is a rejuvenation charm, and it lives up to its reputation."

Master Liu Fu gave a thumbs up and praised: "I have been studying, but unfortunately I haven't mastered it yet."

According to legend, the rejuvenation talisman can only be drawn by a cultivator who has at least reached the level of Divine Transformation.

If other people want to draw, they must use spirit refining materials before they can draw.

He wasted a lot of materials following his master, and in the end he didn't draw anything, which was really a pity.

Perhaps, he himself did not realize that when he said this, he subconsciously took a few steps away from Fellow Daoist Chen and stood with Nangong Fangyun.

"Then you try?"

Chen Ning'an handed the wooden talisman to Master Liu, who naturally shook his head and did not dare to agree.

"It's a pity."

Chen Ning'an retracted his expression, the corners of his mouth curling up unconsciously.

"Be still, be still, be still..."

He was mumbling to himself, talking to himself, repeating himself over and over.

"Hey, Fellow Daoist Liu, how about we go down the mountain first?"

Nangong Fangyun signaled Master Liu Fu to come closer.

"I remember there are still some places in Loulan County that I haven't visited yet. Let's go explore them."

"Yeah, that's right."

Master Liu Fu nodded, and the two of them walked down the mountain first.

"Pack your things."

Nangong Fangyun said to the servants, trying to keep his expression natural.

"Don't take it."

Suddenly, Chen Ning'an appeared beside them with a changing expression on his face.

"I'll be back sooner or later anyway. It's too much trouble to pack up and take out my things."

"Daoyou, it's not a problem."

Master Liu Fu forced a smile, and the two of them fled down the mountain.

"Wait for me!"

The county lieutenant shouted, "I'll carry your things."

He also ran away. From what he could tell, the two talisman masters had left. Was he left here alone, waiting to die with those servants?
He hurried after him, looking back from time to time.

The strange man stood behind them with a weird smile on his face. He didn't move and just looked at them quietly.

The servants packed up their things quickly, as if they had noticed something.

That person stood behind him, watching him, motionless, and kept repeating:
"It's too troublesome. I will be back, I will be back..."

Is he contaminated by evil spirits that two adults can't handle?
When they left, it looked like they were running away.

(End of this chapter)