Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 253 Response
Over there, Princess Yongkang brought Xi Mei and Changle back to the palace to file a complaint, while here, Ren Yuan had already fallen into a deep sleep with his head resting on the Youxian Pillow.

As soon as he got on the Qianli ship, he solemnly ordered Xiao Heizi: "Hurry up and dock the boat, I want to go ashore!"

"Rejected, the ship owner is not allowed to go ashore." Xiao Heizi spoke in a damn broadcasting voice, not giving any face at all.

"Lift this ban!" Ren Yuan said anxiously.

"It's invalid. The ship owner has no right to change the rules." Xiao Heizi flatly refused.

"The situation is urgent and I need to save people. Please be flexible." Ren Yuan slowed down his tone and asked Xiao Heizi depressedly.

"Apologies, rules cannot be broken." Heizi replied without any emotion.

"Haha, kid, don't embarrass it." At this time, the three beasts on the mast couldn't stand it anymore, and the middle-aged man said, "He is just a skeleton without emotions."

"I just follow the lines preset by the old man and recite them verbatim." said the old man.

"So you might as well ask us." The young man also smiled.

"Okay! I have to pick up a man who is being hunted by the Nightmare Beast Army, but we haven't agreed on a specific location. Can you guess where I can pick him up?" Ren Yuan followed suit and said, "It's amazing that you can guess this riddle."

"What kind of riddle is this?" the middle-aged man said unhappily.

"If you can't guess, just tell me." Ren Yuan retorted.

"Nonsense, we know everything." The old man blew his beard and glared.

"But the fog is too thick. We need to get closer." said the middle-aged man.

"How close can you get?" Ren Yuan asked Xiao Heizi.

"Answer, as close as you want, as long as you don't go close to the shore." Xiao Heizi answered in a calm tone.

"Damn, why didn't you say it earlier? Come over here!" Ren Yuan rolled his eyes.

"Yes, sir. Start the Qianli boat!" Xiao Heizi responded and immediately started the paddle wheel and headed towards the shore.

When the boat reached the shore, it entered the thick fog. Ren Yuan could not see his hand in front of him, and he had no idea where he was going. He also heard a lot of laughter and weird shouting. He had to use his internal energy to resist the hallucination.

Xiao Heizi steered the boat without any interference. There was also a compass invented by Zu Chongzhi on board, which always pointed in the right direction. Soon, the Qianli boat successfully passed through the fog.

"It's much clearer now." The middle-aged man said on behalf of the young man floating in the sky: "My goodness, this dreamland is too big, isn't it?"

"You guys haven't been here either."

"Nonsense, we have been staying in Lingyin Temple before, how could we have the opportunity to come here? It's good enough that we know about this place."

"Okay, I said the wrong thing." Ren Yuan quickly apologized and asked, "Is there any way to find him now?"

"Of course. Who are we?" the middle-aged man said proudly.

"Do you know what omniscience means? Let me see where this person is." The old man also said in a deep voice.

The young man stretched out his neck to a hundred feet long, flew his head up to the sky like a kite, and looked around.

After a cup of tea, the middle-aged man said on behalf of the young man, "Found him, 500 miles to the north. Hurry up, he is being chased by thousands of nightmare beasts!"

"Go five hundred miles north." Ren Yuan hurriedly ordered. "Go as fast as you can!"

"Yes, sir. Full speed ahead!" Xiao Heizi responded and turned the paddle wheel to produce sparks. The speed of the boat suddenly increased, leaving a long tail wave.

Ren Yuan even felt the push on his back that only a speedboat can give him… “I have a question,” he asked Sansheng Beast, “I heard from the passengers that there were only one or two nightmare beasts chasing them, how come we attracted so many at once?”

"What did he do? What did you do? You killed the master of a dream, which is equivalent to killing the county magistrate in reality. How can the court not send an army to wipe you out?" The middle-aged man rolled his eyes at him.

"That's the truth. Who in real life would dare to kill the county magistrate?" The old man smacked his lips and said:

"Okay, you dare. But that's because someone is protecting you, otherwise you would still be in trouble."

"I see." Ren Yuan asked again, "But how did Xiao Zhengde become the dream master?"

"Of course, it was appointed by the Great Dream Master who commands the Dreamland." said the middle-aged man.

"Why would they appoint such a person?" Ren Yuan was puzzled.

"What is poison to you may be honey to others. Maybe in the eyes of the Great Dream Master, he is still a rare talent." The old man said with a smile.

"If you want to create a nightmare in Dreamland, then he is indeed very useful..." Ren Yuan spat, "The two of them can create a hell where millions of people suffer."

“Hehe, even if it’s not right, it’s not far off.” The old man laughed.

"Then, why is Purple Gold Mountain connected to Dreamland? Did Xiao Zhengde discover that passage by accident, or did some great dream master tell him about it?" Ren Yuan asked again.

"You'd better not ask too much about the Purple Gold Mountain for now. I can only tell you that everything that happens by chance has its own destiny." Then the middle-aged man said calmly, "In the words of the Buddhist sect, everything that exists is false."

"I understand." Ren Yuan nodded. San Sheng Beast had given a thorough answer and he had a basic understanding in his mind.

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The Qianli Ship cut through the waves and arrived at the location designated by the Sansheng Beast in just two hours.

Now he didn't need its help, Ren Yuan could already see the 'black cloud' in the sky, and then he saw the fifth dimension being chased by the black cloud.

He immediately crushed the talisman.

The fifth dimension sensed something and immediately locked onto Ren Yuan's position. He discovered that this guy had actually run to the front and was waiting for him, and even got on a boat.

Without having time to think about it, he dodged the sharp claws of a nightmare beast in a panic, then dodged its bloody mouth, turned into a stream of light, flew out of the dreamland, and landed on the Qianli Boat.

The overwhelming nightmare beasts were about to pounce, but the Qianli Ship burst out with a strong golden light, and the seemingly powerful nightmare beasts were either killed or injured when they touched them, and fell into the Yunmeng Lake with screams. Gulp, gulp, sank to the bottom of the water like a stone.

The rest of the nightmare beasts did not dare to move forward, apparently realizing that there was a being on the ship that they could not deal with, and they all howled to the sky.

"Hurry up, if we invite that guy here, it will be useless for me." Zu Chongzhi's voice came from the cabin.

Xiao Heizi turned a deaf ear to it. It was not until Ren Yuan gave the order that he quickly turned the boat around and sailed away from the shore at lightning speed.

When the Qianli ship sailed out of the fog, the nightmare beasts could no longer be seen, nor could their noisy voices be heard, and the world returned to silence.

"Is Master Wei okay?" Ren Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Diwu Wei looked exhausted, he quickly drew a talisman for him to heal his wounds.

"I'm fine. Look, I don't even have any superficial injuries." The fifth dimension remained unmoved.

"He's just holding on." The Three-Life Beast ruthlessly exposed him, saying, "The Nightmare Beast hurt his soul. If he hadn't already cultivated into a Yang God, his soul would have been shattered long ago."

"His Yang Shen is not mature yet. He was injured a lot. It will take at least three to five months to recover."

"Alas, you don't give me any face at all..." The Fifth Dimension was exposed and stopped trying to hold on. He lay down on the deck and screamed, "Ouch, it hurts so much."

(End of this chapter)