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Chapter 71: Nightmare Shocks the Gods [Two-in-one, please read]

Tang Hao locked onto the target and was about to take action.

"Senior Brother Tang, you've drunk too much. Let Qitong help you." Tan Qitong's hands climbed up his arms like snakes.

He felt the fullness and swelling, and instinctively wanted to push it away, but he forced himself to hold it back.

He shook his head and shouted, "Who said I drank too much? I can still drink."

"Okay, okay, senior brother can drink a lot. Qitong will take you home, okay? If you want to drink more, Qitong has better wine here." Tan Qitong stuck close to him, her voice charming, and licked her red lips.

"Well, go back, um, go back and continue drinking."

Mumbling incoherently, Tang Hao looked left and right, as if he couldn't tell which side was the exit of the hall.

Then, he took a staggering step, holding onto the dining table with one hand, knocking over the chairs along the way, but he was walking in the wrong direction.

Tan Qitong supported him and said, "Brother, over there."

But her cultivation was far inferior to Tang Hao's, and her strength was even less, so she had no chance of defeating him and was led forward by him, staggering.

It's just a matter of walking a few more steps. Since I can't get rid of him, I just let him go.

When passing by Tan Linchuan, Tang Hao tried to pat the other's body to see if he could get anything out of it. However, his arm was held by Tan Qitong, and if he tried to pull it out forcibly, it would seem a bit deliberate, so he had to give up.

Raising his chin towards him, he said with a thick tongue, "Tan, Master Tan, thank you for the hospitality. The wine is good, and the food is also very good. I am very satisfied."

The hand holding the dining table softened, as if unable to support his body. He involuntarily leaned forward and slapped the chopsticks used by Tan Linchuan.

His hand was hit by the tip of the chopsticks. He picked it up and looked at it with a confused look, then threw it on the table.

"Fellow Daoist Tang is too polite. I'm glad you're satisfied with it." Tan Linchuan said with a flattering smile, "Hey, Qitong, quickly get a handkerchief and wipe your brother's wound."

Tang Hao saw Tan Qitong actually took out a handkerchief to help him wipe his hands, so he immediately wiped it on his robe as if he didn't care: "No, it's okay, let's go, let's go!"

He waved his hand, then winked at Luo Ke Di and Jiang Shen Yin. The three of them were each supported by a woman and staggered out of the hall.

After watching them leave, Tan Linchuan's two sons, Tan Wenhe and Tan Wenqi, could no longer hold back and their faces turned ugly.

"Father, why are my sisters treating themselves like this?" Tan Wenqi is younger and can't keep secrets. If his father hadn't stopped him at the banquet just now, he would have lost his temper.

Tan Linchuan's smile faded at this moment. He glanced at him coldly after hearing this and said, "Why would you say it's insulting? Isn't this quite good?"

"Father, you?" Tan Wenqi looked at his respected father in disbelief. "No one from the sect has ever been like this before, right?"

"The past is the past, and the present is the present. I, your father, have my own considerations." Tan Linchuan said with some impatience.

The eldest son, Tan Wenhe, held down his younger brother who was trying to argue, and looked at his father's expression.

Hesitantly, he said, "The six of us siblings have average talents. Father wants to find a good husband for you sisters to support the family in the future?"

They all have inferior talents with mixed spiritual roots, and the children of aristocratic families would not be disciples of menial tasks unless they had no other choice.

Generally speaking, only when one's true spiritual roots are detected and one obtains the qualification to join the sect, that is, the outer sect, will one consider entering the sect to practice.

Tan Linchuan said "hmm" without comment and left.

Watching his father leave, Tan Wenqi said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, why don't you let me speak?"

Tan Wenhe, who had originally looked respectful, now had a gloomy face, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't answer. He just said softly, "Father has changed."

"Brother, go slowly, be careful of the slippery ground." Tan Qitong supported him all the way, and her towering figure brushed against Tang Hao's arm from time to time.

He felt his skin beneath his sleeves getting slightly hot as he finally reached the door of the guest room.

The three of them pushed open the door at the same time and locked it behind them.

"Brother, please open the door. I haven't gone in yet." Tan Qitong acted coquettishly and the door slammed loudly.

There was no sound in the guest room, and the same was almost true on the other two sides.

After filming for a while, the three women suddenly stopped and stood at the door strangely like puppets. After a moment, they turned around and left.

Seeing that there was finally no movement outside, Tang Hao breathed a sigh of relief.

Sitting on the bed, he took out the [Dream Jade Talisman] from the reward space.

"[Dream Jade Talisman]: I don't realize I'm just a guest in my dream, and I indulge in pleasure for a moment."

"Effect: Using the target's body fluids and aura as a guide, you can weave a real dream and pull the target into it."

Cooling time: one month

Because the cooling time of this thing is too long and Tang Hao has never used it before, he plans to give it a try first.

He traced his fingers over the patterns on the butterfly jade talisman and brought it close to the part of his robe where he had previously wiped his palms.

An interface suddenly popped up in front of my eyes.

Items won through lotteries, such as the [Identity Detection Ring] and the [Dream Jade Talisman], are like peripherals of the system.

When using it, you operate on the "screen" in your field of vision, just like watching an advertisement.

"Exotic body fluids and aura detected. Do you want to establish a connection?"

"[Confirm][Cancel]"

"Tan Linchuan will definitely not be asleep right now. If we connect, will he be noticed?"

Tang Hao was a little hesitant, but then he changed his mind and thought, what is there to worry about?
"The [Identity Detection Ring], also produced by the system, can even deceive figures like Lu Xianyou. A mere Master hiding in a corner shouldn't be able to do that."

Moreover, he also wanted to see whether the target would be forcibly pulled into a dream while awake, or whether the connection would fail.

Having made up his mind, he immediately selected [OK].

"Identifying..."

"The body fluid and breath target has been locked."

"Dream access..."

"Note: The target is not in sleep mode, so a connection cannot be established at this time."

Tang Hao raised his eyebrows, not too surprised, and thought to himself: "I can learn a hypnotic spell to use in conjunction with it in the future."

Then, a new line of information popped up.

"[Dream Jade Talisman] will continue to monitor the target's status."

Isn't it just a direct exit? That's quite convenient, otherwise I would have to keep trying.

He took the butterfly jade talisman and looked at it in front of his eyes. Sure enough, he saw ripples on it that were invisible to the naked eye, rippling out in waves.

Tang Hao put it in his arms with satisfaction. Just as he was thinking about what to do, he heard the door knock again.

"Junior brother, are you hungry? I have some lotus leaf roast chicken here." It was Luo Ke Di's voice.

He immediately smiled, stood up and opened the door, and saw Jiang Shenyin was also there, so he invited the two of them in.

After sitting down, he rubbed his stomach and said, "I didn't feel it at first, but after you said that, I really feel empty in my stomach."

Each of them took out their favorite dishes from their storage containers, and while satisfying their stomachs, the three of them discussed their plans for the afternoon.

Jiang Shenyin suggested: "Let's do the whole show. Why don't we just stay in the guest room and pretend to sleep until the next day?"

Luo Ke Di also agreed with this.

"Stay in the guest room for a while. Let's go out in the afternoon to check out the terrain and investigate the situation in Tanjiabao." Tang Hao immediately objected.

Originally, he thought that it was just a dream, and it would be fine as long as it was vague. But since he had to wait until night to pull Tan Linchuan into the dream, he might as well go out for a walk and make it more real.

"That's fine." Luo Ke Di and Jiang Shen Yin thought about it and agreed immediately.

They ate and talked for a full hour, and when they felt it was about time, they all got up and went out.

The Tan family's manor covers a large area. Tang Hao recalled what he saw from the air and estimated that it was about several hundred acres.

However, the latter half is covered by a formation, and should be the planting area for spiritual plants such as [Shen Jingcao].

Looking at the medicinal fields behind the archway with some regret, Tang Hao sighed, "I didn't expect that such a large family would have such a large medicinal field."

He didn't remember much about the Tang family's medicinal fields. He only knew that they were located on a farm outside Shengjing City, but he was not very clear about their specific size.

"That's nothing. Wait until you go to my hometown and see our clan's medicinal fields. They're truly massive," Luo Kedi said nonchalantly. Hearing this, Tang Hao's eyes lit up. "Do they also grow [Shocking Spirit Grass] and [Dipsacus Flower]? And [Weeping Blood Ganoderma]?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Ke Di was speechless and looked at him helplessly.

Jiang Shenyin couldn't help but laugh: "Junior Brother Tang just transferred to Yaofeng and hasn't had time to read the classics yet."

After receiving Tang Hao's affirmative response, he nodded.

"Although all factions are vigorously cultivating spiritual medicines to meet the needs of their sect disciples, some special spiritual plants are extremely difficult to cultivate due to their different growth environments."

He pointed at the archway and said, "Take this [Shocking Spirit Grass] for example. The quest information only mentions when to pick it, but Junior Brother, you don't know that in order to grow this spiritual plant, you first need a rare Phantom Spirit Spring."

"Phantom Spring?" Tang Hao thought for a moment.

Of course he knew about the so-called spiritual spring, and similar things like spiritual eyes.

There are spiritual energy channels like blood vessels and meridians all over the mountains and underground. There are often spiritual eyes in the places where the spiritual energy is rich. As for spiritual springs, they are generally believed to be the source of the spiritual veins.

Spiritual springs have various properties, the most common of which are the basic properties of the five elements, and the spiritual veins derived from them, such as fire spiritual veins, water spiritual veins, etc.

This Phantom Spirit Spring is naturally a spiritual spring with special properties.

Jiang Shenyin continued, "These families didn't plant the [Shocking God Grass] here, but rather they established their families here because this place is suitable for the growth of [Shocking God Grass]."

"Brother Jiang is right. My Tan family wasn't originally here. It was only after we discovered this Phantom Spirit Spring that we moved here."

As they were chatting, a young man walked over from not far away. It was Tan Wenhe.

Luo Kedi greeted him with a smile, "So it's Junior Brother Tan. What a coincidence! Although your manor is large, we haven't seen many people after walking around."

As he approached, Tan Wenhe bowed respectfully to the three people.

Then he smiled and said, "Only the main branch of my Tan family and some servants live in the manor."

"Junior Brother Tan, did you come here specifically to find us?" Tang Hao carefully sensed the other party's Yuan Yang aura again, and suddenly asked directly.

Hearing this, Tan Wenhe's eyes flashed and he nodded in agreement. "Senior Brother Tang is right. I would like to apologize to the three of you for my sisters' frivolous behavior and my father's indulgence."

Before they could say anything, the other party bowed deeply and spoke again: "To be honest with you, my three senior brothers, my ancestor's life span is coming to an end, and my father has been worried about this in recent years."

"Fortunately, half a year ago, I spent a lot of money to buy a [Foundation Building Pill] in Dongliu Fairy City. I thought there was a hope for building the foundation." Tan Wenhe sighed.

His tone was somewhat sad and angry. "I never thought that I would be attacked and seriously injured on the way back, and the elixir was also stolen by the thieves. Although my injuries have recovered now, my temperament has become a bit strange. Today, I was even more eager for quick success. I hope that the three brothers will understand and forgive me."

Tang Hao and the other two couldn't help but look at each other.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother Tan. We understand and won't take it to heart." Luo Ke Di comforted him.

Tan Wenhe's expression eased slightly. When he learned that they planned to go for a stroll outside the manor and might have dinner outside, he immediately said, "I will tell my father."

After a pause, he continued, "However, due to the Phantom Spirit Spring, there are few people walking around in the fort at night, which might be a bit disappointing for the brothers."

"It's okay. It's generally like this in places where [Shen Jing Grass] is grown. We will be back after dinner." Jiang Shenyin nodded and smiled.

Only after sending Tang Hao and the others to the outside of the manor did Tan Wenhe apologize and leave.

Tang Hao glanced back and asked curiously, "Will anything strange happen at night?"

"That's not the case." Jiang Shenyin smiled and shook his head. "It's just that after nightfall, the [Shocking Spirit Grass] will use the power of the Phantom Spirit Vein to amplify its hallucinogenic effect, affecting the surrounding creatures. People within this range will become somewhat sleepy."

Luo Kedi warned, "If you dream of being in the Tan Family Fort at night, but the people there are confused and dazed, there is no need to panic. That is also caused by the [Shocking Spirit Grass] consuming the scattered mental energy of the residents."

After listening to two more sentences, Tang Hao was a little surprised: "In other words, everyone here will be in the same dream at night? This will not affect the effect of my [Dream Jade Talisman], right?"

The three of them wandered around aimlessly. Whenever Tang Hao met someone, he would sense the other person's Yuan Yang and Yuan Yin Qi. After a circle, his brows were already wrinkled into the shape of a "川" character.

Seeing that it was dinner time, they found a restaurant and sat down.

Tanjiabao is not a small place, it is already the size of a town. There are many travelers and traveling merchants passing by, as well as monks who travel here.

"Junior brother, you look unhappy, but have you discovered something new?" Luo Ke Di said.

To be cautious, they did not speak casually, but turned to communicating through voice.

Tang Hao nodded with a serious expression: "It's similar to the situation in the manor. All the young women have lost their vitality. Well, some older women who are somewhat pretty have not escaped."

In his heart, he tutted twice: "This guy is really not picky. I don't know how the "Heart Sutra of Controlling Women" can plunder women's essence. He won't really do that, right? So many people in half a year, what kind of cattle is this?"

"It seems that Tan Wenhe has obviously noticed something, but the cultivation base of him and his brother is too low, so it's good enough that they can protect themselves. The situation of the ancestor of the Tan family is unknown. If something happens, it is still unknown whether he can be used as a helper." Jiang Shenyin said, pouring tea for everyone.

Earlier, Tan Wenhe suddenly came to me. Although he didn't say anything explicitly, it was obvious from his words that he had noticed something unusual. However, due to his low level of cultivation, he didn't dare to take any action.

Luo Kedi frowned and said, "I hope the mission can be completed smoothly."

That being said, they all knew that the possibility was not high. However, with the previous briefing and communication, the three felt that protecting themselves was not a problem.

Tang Hao thought to himself: "I wonder where the people who helped Yan Yumian get water are. Are they within the range of the jade talisman? If that doesn't work, I can try to contact them."

While the three were talking, a young man came to the table.

He bowed and said, "Could the three of you share a table?"

Only then did they realize that the restaurant had been full for some time, so they agreed.

"Thank you. My name is Feng Mingyang. I'm a casual cultivator who likes to travel around." The other party introduced himself, and Tang Hao and the others also told him their origins, but they kept their specific names secret.

Tang Hao thought the name sounded familiar, and then he smiled and said, "I think I was thinking of Feng Qingyang."

Feng Mingyang smiled and said, "So you are a disciple of the Qinghua Sect. Nice to meet you!"

Since they met by chance, there was naturally not much to talk about. However, the other party talked about his travel experiences. Tang Hao and the others had already finished their stories, and it was quite interesting to listen to them now.

After the meal, it’s time to say goodbye.

Feng Mingyang suddenly said, "I've been traveling around looking for my sister, Feng Mingyue. If you three meet her in the future, please leave a message at the Que Tower. I will reward you handsomely."

Tang Hao and the others agreed immediately, and at the same time they understood that they were the only ones in the restaurant who were obviously cultivators. No wonder this person came to them when there were so many tables.

Looking at the three people's departing backs, Feng Mingyang was a little dazed.

He muttered to himself, "From the latest clues, my sister's disappearance is closely related to the [Hehuan Sect]. From what they've said, this place is indeed the territory of a master. It seems I was right."

It gets dark early in winter. When they came out of the restaurant, it was already completely dark outside and there were almost no pedestrians on the road.

When they were almost at the manor, Jiang Shenyin suddenly knocked his head and said, "So it's him, Feng Mingyang, the traveler from Cangnan. No wonder he sounded familiar to me just now."

"Is this person famous? What is his level of cultivation?" Luo Kedi's eyes lit up.

As if knowing what he was thinking, Jiang Shenyin shook his head and said, "I don't know to what extent. He's famous not because of anything else, but because he wrote several widely circulated travelogues in the past ten years or so."

"Is it also to make it easier to find his sister?" Tang Hao also remembered that he had read the other party's works some time ago, so it was no wonder.

After sighing a few words at the man's perseverance, they each returned to their guest rooms.

Tang Hao did his daily tasks as usual. After finishing, he had nothing to do, so he took out a book to read.

When I flipped through it, wow! The author is Feng Mingyang.

I continued reading until midnight, when only a few pages of the thick book were left.

[Dream Jade Talisman] finally responded.

"Detected that the target has entered sleep mode. Do you want to establish a connection?"

"[Confirm][Cancel]"

Tang Hao immediately put away the book and lay down on the bed.

at the same time.

In the master bedroom of the house deep in the manor.

Tan Linchuan was sleeping soundly on a porcelain pillow with a butterfly pattern on it.

The moment Tang Hao chose [OK].

On the porcelain pillow, the butterfly's wings trembled gently, as if it had come alive.

(End of this chapter)