The King of Urban Mercenaries-Chapter 1338 - 1341: Dreamscape (Part 1)

Dugu Xiaoqi finished speaking, waved his hand, and Lin Fei and the other two suddenly flew up, heading towards the distance. Lin Fei could feel the vast and rich Heaven and Earth Qi propelling them to drift away.

"Master! I don’t want to leave you! Master!" Bai Ya exclaimed.

Dugu Xiaoqi laughed and said, "Don’t worry, Bai Ya, your master will be fine. Just wait for me!"

The three drifted beyond Man Mountain, finally descending from the sky. Fortunately, Bai Ya, with quick reflexes, grabbed Lin Fei and Xiao Qing, taking a few steps in the air before stopping and landing on the ground.

The three of them looked towards Man Mountain in the distance. Gusts of wind formed tangible ripples, with ring-shaped shockwaves striking Man Mountain, yet it stood unmoved. However, the wind came at them head-on, making their skin sting as if cut by blades, causing their hearts to tremble.

Inside Man Mountain, the two had been battling for three days and nights, seemingly unable to determine a victor. Finally, a loud shout from Dugu Xiaoqi signaled a powerful attack. Immediately after, the three saw a white shadow approaching from afar, instantly appearing above them.

It was Hua Xianfeng!

"You heartless man! I never thought you would treat me like this. This sword of mine severs all ties with you!" Hua Xianfeng said angrily.

Then, Hua Xianfeng seemingly transformed into a giant sword, reaching the heavens, and then slashed towards Man Mountain. The enormous sword light seemed to pierce through heaven and earth, directly cleaving the mountain!

However, immediately after, a pitch-black shadow as dark as ink violently struck the sword light, instantly dispersing it into starlight, scattering into the heavens and earth, completely fading into nothingness...

"Dugu Xiaoqi, we shall never meet again!" Hua Xianfeng said, then turned and left, disappearing into the sky.

"Damn, this dream is too real, making me feel unreal!" Lin Fei felt very conflicted and bewildered, not understanding why the Dou Sect Master wanted him to enter such a dreamscape. Was it merely to have him dream?

This was too strange, but to Lin Fei, this was just a dream. Before coming in, he already knew that the Dou Sect Master had made his spirit and body separate to enter the Spirit Realm, which was no different from dreaming, so Lin Fei had always considered this place a dreamscape.

Except the dream was too real. Even after hearing the legend told by Shuba, he had to admire his own imagination; this was more of a science fiction epic than reality! 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"What dream? Lin Fei, I found you talking nonsense. Are you sick?" Bai Ya asked, noticing Lin Fei always speaking incomprehensible things, as if he was out of his mind.

"You’re the sick one! Where’s your master? Go check on him quickly!" Lin Fei replied.

Bai Ya suddenly snapped out of it and immediately ran towards the interior of Man Mountain. When they reached the foot of the mountain, they saw a neat mountain path with a groove below, as if the path had split two mountains apart, a miraculous feat, and Lin Fei knew this would be the ancient path of the future Beidou Sect.

Since there was a good path, they naturally wouldn’t miss it. Lin Fei and they followed it directly into the depths of Man Mountain.

In the depths of Man Mountain, when they reached the end of the road, they were utterly stunned. The entire depth of Man Mountain seemed flattened. The surrounding trees were broken and collapsed, and the risen mounds were also shaved down. Lin Fei couldn’t imagine such a sight, so he didn’t dare to think about it.

At this moment, the middle-aged man Dugu Xiaoqi flew over from the sky. He looked at the three, and then facing Lin Fei, he asked, "Would you be willing to be my disciple and acknowledge me as your master?"

"What?" The three were stunned, a bit lost, not understanding why Dugu Xiaoqi would suddenly ask such a thing.

"Master, why do you want to take him as a disciple? We don’t even know their identities yet..." Bai Ya said. He didn’t dislike Lin Fei; on the contrary, after interacting with Lin Fei for so long, he understood Lin Fei to be a man of loyalty. He was just puzzled since his master never liked taking disciples, even if their status was high. Lin Fei and the others didn’t seem to have any connection to nobility!

"There’s a heavenly will in the midst of everything. We are all in his dream; he created us, so of course, I have to take him as my disciple." Dugu Xiaoqi replied.

"Master, what do you mean? That we live in his dream? That’s impossible!" Bai Ya exclaimed.

"All things in this world have spirits, and all things are possible. Everything is ordained by destiny, so why be troubled by this? Taking him as my disciple is heaven’s will; why should we go against it?" Dugu Xiaoqi looked at Lin Fei and said.

Lin Fei felt this was definitely not simple. Was Dugu Xiaoqi really just a character in his dream? A figment of his imagination? Maybe, but Lin Fei thought it was very likely false!

But how to explain all of this? He had returned to the mythical era, back before the Beidou Sect was established on Man Mountain. He had even witnessed the so-called legend with his own eyes.

Was his spiritual power absorbed by the Spirit Realm, thus creating this series of illusions? Dreams? Or what?

"Are you willing?" Dugu Xiaoqi asked.

"Me? Of course, I am willing! Disciple Lin Fei greets Master!" Lin Fei had made up his mind; even if it was a dream, so what? It would eventually end. Before waking, he might as well construct a perfect dream; that would be fine too!

Yet, Lin Fei was somewhat worried about Qingfeng, uncertain of his situation. His master, the Dou Sect Master, had said there was a way to save Qingfeng, but that method required Lin Fei to enter the Spirit Realm. This puzzled Lin Fei and was why he was determined to perfect the dream; as long as he could help Qingfeng, it would suffice.

"Alright, do whatever you wish. I will be here for three years. After three years, I will leave. If you have any doubts within these three years, feel free to ask me." Dugu Xiaoqi said.

"Disciple understands, but I have a request..." Lin Fei replied.

"No need to say more; I shall also take her as my disciple. Would that suffice? Oh, it seems another person will also become my disciple. That will be that; when that person arrives, bring them to see me. I’ll take them as a disciple." Dugu Xiaoqi said.

"Master is truly prescient!" Lin Fei exclaimed.

Dugu Xiaoqi chuckled, saying, "This is all your dream. You only need to remember that, and it will be enough."

"Disciple remembers. By the way, Master, I plan to build a sect here named the Beidou Sect; is that possible?" Lin Fei asked, thinking if the dream were to be perfect, it should be more aligned with reality first!

"Do as you wish, Bai Ya will help you. Alright, I’ll go to the practice ground first. If you have anything, just come and find me." Dugu Xiaoqi finished speaking, drifting to a distant round platform, which in the real world was the Spirit Platform of the Beidou Sect.