Then all my cultivation as an immortal has been for nothing?

Chapter 28 Can cultivators dream of immortal sheep?

That night, Wang Yi tossed and turned until 2 a.m. and still couldn't fall asleep.

On the surface, it seems that he didn't get up until 6 p.m., but in reality, it's because he had an extreme expectation of entering a dream.

He had been lying in bed for two hours, waiting to fall asleep and try to drift off to sleep again.

That's not accurate, because Wang Yi couldn't test it. He neither knew how to activate the Nine Transformations Heavenly Record's power nor how to control Qi.

He was supposed to have his first basic magic class that afternoon, where he would supposedly learn telekinesis and practice using telekinesis to float feathers.

Since it involves mental movement, shouldn't one be able to learn how to control qi?

Although he could view the course content on the company's app, Wang Yi spent his time brushing up on basic knowledge about dreams after he lay down in bed.

We'll talk about the basics of magic in the next basics class; for now, let's prepare for the second time entering a dream.

Wang Yi: "So, the company has a department specifically for managing dreams? Then why not just eliminate all those demonic cultivators who gather in dreams?"

Elsa yawned deeply: "It would be great to find them, of course, but weak demonic cultivators are inherently difficult to find, and dreams happen to be located in the gap between the Nine Cauldrons and other dimensions."

Wang Yi: "Aren't dreams part of the collective unconscious?"

"Yes, doesn't that contradict their position between the human dimension and other dimensions?"

Wang Yi: "Do people in other dimensions not dream either?"

“No, cultivators don’t dream, in theory.” Elsa said.

Wang Yi was shocked: "Not dream? Then what about my right to dream?"

"What right do you still have to dream? Just go and make an appointment with Wang Chengyan. Isn't that exactly the scene you used to dream about?" The big white cat said, shaking her head, making Wang Yi want to punch her.

Wang Yi: "I'm not just good at having wet dreams! I can also... I can also dream about poetry and distant places!"

"Hahahaha! Oh dear! Cuckoo cuckoo!" Elsa laughed so hard she rolled off the desk and disappeared.

However, she quickly and nimbly climbed onto the bedside table.

"Hey, if you're not going to sleep, I am! Stop asking me all these questions!" Elsa protested.

Wang Yi: "First, explain why cultivators don't dream."

"Well, to put it simply, the soul strength of a cultivator is too high. If it is out of control, it will be very dangerous. That's why they need to practice their skills and keep their energy flowing at all times. At this time, your soul is actually 'awake', but when you are less skilled, your subjective consciousness will fall asleep."

Wang Yi captured the key phrase: "When you're relatively bad at something?"

"That's right. In the world of cultivation, only noobs sleep. Once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, you basically say goodbye to sleep. You will be awake forever. Once you are not awake, who knows what problems might arise? It's terrifying."

Wang Yi said "Oh," then suddenly noticed a crucial contradiction: "Then why do you still need to sleep?"

"A hobby," Elsa replied instantly.

"What kind of hobby is this? Didn't you say that falling asleep would cause big problems?"

Elsa: "I was actually awake, but I was enjoying the feeling of sleeping. You can think of it as a variation of meditation."

Is sleeping a variation of meditation?

This... wait, that seems to make some sense.

Elsa continued, "Actually, when you become strong enough to supplement your cultivation with other techniques, you can choose some sleep-related techniques to quickly restore your Qi and physical strength by simulating sleep. These sleep techniques are generally more efficient at restoring energy than normal techniques."

Wang Yi slapped his thigh: "I get it! Nobita in Doraemon is actually a powerful cultivator!"

"Yes, yes, any other questions? If not, I'm going to sleep." Elsa said, yawning.

Do you yawn even when you're simulating sleeping?

No, that's not important!

Wang Yi asked the crucial question: "Then those dream walkers, are they also simulating a state of sleep?"

"No, it's more like an out-of-body experience. Dream walkers usually practice a technique that allows them to automatically circulate their energy after leaving their body, while also providing a certain level of defense. For example, the Lotus Flower Technique of Zen Buddhism. They sit there and enter a dream state, where their soul leaves their body through supernatural powers, while their body circulates its energy on its own, and the circulating energy surrounds and circulates around their body like a protective shield."

Wang Yi understood; he would exchange his points for the Zen Lotus Skill.

Judging from the description, this technique has maximum defensive capabilities, which might be perfect for someone with an affinity for earth and a powerful personality like myself.

Earth affinity and high survivability mean you can take a beating.

Wang Yi: "How many points are needed to redeem the Zen Lotus Skill?"

Elsa extended a claw: "Ten million is required."

I knew it!

Are all the top-tier martial arts techniques in martial arts games required 1000 million points to obtain?
Then I'd rather switch to the strongest technique—or forget it.

The strongest skill is probably not the Sunflower Manual or the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique. Before you can practice it, you must—wait a minute, you can reshape your physical body, so why not create another one?
When needed, just make another one; if there's a fight, just cut it up on the spot; after cutting it up, you can also change clothes and become a magical girl.

So the real magical girls in this world are actually all tough guys who have mastered the Sunflower Manual. Their transformation device is a knife that can cut things; once cut, they become magical girls and fight in standard magical girl uniforms...

As Wang Yi was making connections, he suddenly realized that Elsa was asleep!
Damn it, the disciple has a question: what's wrong with the master secretly sleeping?
Wang Yi grabbed Elsa's cat body and, imitating a blogger on a video website whose main videos consisted of bathing cats, shook her wildly up, down, left, and right.

"If you want to die, just say so!" Elsa yelled, then started panting. "Wait, no, you're making me look like a cat! A wolf should pant like this: Awooo~"

Wang Yi placed Elsa on the table: "I haven't finished asking yet, so can a dream walker decide whether their soul leaves their body or—or simulates sleep?"

"After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, one can obtain the supernatural powers of the Dream Walker, so the company does not recommend cultivating techniques before reaching the Foundation Establishment stage."

Damn it, so whenever I fall asleep, my soul leaves my body and enters the public dream space—that is, the collective unconscious space?
This is a bit disgusting. When I encounter danger in the unconscious space of the masses, I can only force myself to wake up, but my body needs sleep to recover. Waking up frequently in the middle of the night will seriously affect my sleep quality!

Wait a minute, Wang Yi remembered his previous company, the endless overtime he worked before being laid off, and the nights he spent anxiously worrying about not being able to get a permanent position.

Back then, my sleep was all in segments, waking up every one or two hours, so my dark circles were really bad!

It feels just like being forced to wake up from a dream after encountering continuous danger!
Good heavens, if I couldn't sleep soundly before cultivating immortality, and I still can't sleep after cultivating immortality, then wasn't my cultivation of immortality a waste?
Damn it, I've made up my mind. I'm going to get that Sleeping Arhat Kung Fu from the movie Beggar Su, and sleep like a log, even while I'm asleep I'll still perform Drunken Fist.

Just you wait! It's only ten million points, I'll save them up!

Wait a minute, I think that's called Sleeping Arhat Fist.

Elsa seemed to notice the change in Wang Yi's expression at this moment, and squinted at him: "You kid, you didn't actually master the Dream Walker's supernatural powers, did you?"

It wasn't something I trained; it dropped from monsters, and I was forced to pick it up.

Elsa: "But I've never heard of such a thing. You weren't bewitched by a demonic cultivator in your dream, were you?" Hmm, in a sense, I was indeed "influenced" by a demonic cultivator.

Elsa: "But why would I tempt someone with only 22 spiritual roots like you? Refining them directly would yield much higher returns."

Wang Yi couldn't help but ask, "So, it's actually safer for me to have a lower spiritual root?"

"Yes, that's how it was supposed to be. But thinking about it carefully, you did a lot of outrageous things, like surviving from a demon without any foundation, being thrown into a dream and then saying that you killed a demonic cultivator who was about to lose his form inside."

"We also encountered a demonic cultivation society called the Micro-Light Alliance. The fact that this society can open a market in the dream world means that there are dream walkers. Otherwise, it would be impossible to take the items traded out of the dream world."

So it turns out that the Dream Walker's supernatural powers can bring things out of dreams.

Wang Yi looked at Elsa, seriously considering whether he should tell her if she started to have doubts.

However, the wolf-orc shook his head: "No, impossible. You're probably just lucky. There's no way to measure that, but everyone believes that cultivators do have this attribute of luck."

Wang Yi: "What do you mean? In the world of cultivators, those who are always lucky will always be lucky?"

"Yes, so some teams will add a Lucky Star in addition to the four people, and there are even teams with five Lucky Stars."

Wang Yi suddenly recalled the old movie "Winners and Sinners" starring Sammo Hung, Eric Tsang, and others. Were they all cultivators? If they were, then Jackie Chan must be too?

Is the animated Jackie Chan Adventures actually a realistic story?

Wang Yi: "So I'm a lucky star? Then why do I always get the pity system when I draw cards in mobile games?"

"It means your luck was used up in other areas. The Imperial Observatory does have a lot of records, and those lucky stars all have their own particularly unlucky areas."

So that's it——

Wait a minute, I'm not just lucky, I'm cheating!

Forget it, Wang Yi decided not to think about it anymore; he'd just brushed it off this time.

After all that commotion, he finally felt a bit tired, so he lay down again and closed his eyes.

"Good night," he said.

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The moment Wang Yi opened his eyes, he found himself standing on a bustling street.

Goodness, this dream is surprisingly bustling with activity.

Wang Yi made an association with the word "bustling" and recalled the anime he liked to watch to de-stress a while ago, so he hummed the opening theme song: "Pressure is nothing to worry about..."

Wait, what am I doing!
Wang Yi shut his mouth and looked down to check the equipment.

The gun was safely in its holster, and the weight of it after being pulled out clearly indicated that there was a bullet inside.

Wang Yi stood on the street holding a gun, but the people around him ignored him.

These people might not be real people? After all, none of them are emitting any aura.

The supernatural ability to observe qi is functioning normally.

So all these people and cars are just part of the scenery?
So this is how the collective unconscious space works?

With a thought, Wang Yi took flight.

Sure enough, no one noticed him.

Can these "sets" be influenced by me?

Thinking this, Wang Yi raised his hand, pointing in one direction, imagining the scene in "The Matrix" where Neo stops the bullets.

The next moment, the traffic stopped.

The traffic heading towards Wang Yi stopped, but the traffic leaving him continued.

People walking by all stopped and crowded together.

Logically speaking, such a sudden change on a busy street should have resulted in a car accident and widespread chaos.

But the world remains orderly.

Since it's just a dream, we can disregard its plausibility.

Wait a minute, as a dream walker, I can actually manipulate the space of collective unconsciousness? Then why didn't they use this method to punish me yesterday—or before—in the dream created by the demonic cultivators?
The only environmental change Wang Yin could recall was that the tower had turned off its red light.

Does this mean that altering the environment in the unconscious space of the masses requires a large amount of spiritual energy?

So how can I change this now? If my cheat codes are fully activated, maybe it's the power of those cheat codes.

But the number displayed on the cheat program is less than one percent.

After a series of deductions, the conclusion is obvious.

This may not be a public dream.

Yesterday, the demonic cultivator said that one can change the environment in a person's dream.

Wang Yi immediately restored the movement of people and vehicles.

He looked down at the gun in his hand, and after a lot of effort, he was unable to change the shape of the pistol.

Could it be that I'm only familiar with Walter PPK?

With a thought, Wang Yi created a flying sword beside him.

Hmm, that sounds plausible.

wrong!

As mentioned in the movie Inception, the best way to enter someone's dream is to hide yourself as an intruder and not attract the dreamer's attention. This way, the "soldiers" created by the dreamer's defenses will ignore you.

Wang Yi landed on the ground, sheathed his flying sword, and put away his pistol.

At that moment, he remembered what Elsa had said: Dreamwalkers can take things out of dreams.

Could it be that this kind of dream is possible?
Wang Yi decided to give it a try.

(End of this chapter)