Chapter 3

The Ancestor asked his ministers: "I wish to enlighten the world, so that everyone is like a dragon; what good strategies do you have?"

Bi Gong said: "You can build temples, seal underworld soldiers and gods, reward good and punish evil, covering the nineteen continents."

The Ancestor frowned slightly.

Zhao Gong said: "You can compile classics, collect ten thousand good laws, and spread them to the world."

The Ancestor's face cleared slightly.

Zhou Gong said: "The common people are struggling, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, so we cannot increase their burden in vain. Building temples and compiling classics should encourage officials, not the common people. The ancient evil cult Nightmare Sect has a law called 'Great Dream Spring and Autumn' and a treasure called 'One Dream Heaven and Earth', which can allow disciples to kill in their dreams."

"Laws have no good or evil; I can change their use. All citizens of my Zhou Dynasty can be enlightened in their dreams without harming their bodies."

The Ancestor clapped his hands and laughed: "Good!"

He then ordered Zhou Gong to interpret dreams and spread them to the world.

The above allusion is, of course, fictional.

Zhao Xing clearly remembered that the Cloud Dream Academy had absolutely nothing to do with the Ancestor and the founding father Zhou Gong Dan.

The ancient sect Nightmare Sect was also not an evil cult, but the state religion of another Qi Luck dynasty, Great Li, before Zhou.

The cultivation method 'Great Dream Spring and Autumn' and the supreme treasure 'One Dream Heaven and Earth' did indeed exist.

The predecessor of the Cloud Dream Academy was called 'Great Dream Academy'.

It was used by the Great Li Dynasty for 'elite education' to absorb geniuses, and it could indeed be used to kill in dreams.

After the fall of Great Li, it passed through several dynasties before the Great Zhou obtained the supreme treasure.

The Emperor of Zhou wanted to crack it and use it for himself, but he didn't do it at all.

It wasn't until the era of Emperor Wu that the treasure One Dream Heaven and Earth was cracked and turned into the 'Cloud Dream Academy' in Emperor Wu's hands.

At the same time, this allusion followed.

So why did Emperor Wu attribute the credit to the Ancestor?

Because this treasure was not 'cracked' in his hands at all, but was accidentally discovered by a minister in an ancient book on how to enter it.

That is, by using the simplest [Soul-Calming Talisman] and [Guidance Talisman], combined with a single sentence, one could enter.

And the effects within had already been developed by Great Li, so it could be used after some casual modifications.

After obtaining the supreme treasure for many years without a way to crack it, they finally found a method, only to find that the method was outrageously simple!

In addition, the ancient emperors had already done everything he wanted to do, only lacking large-scale promotion and simplification.

The arrogant Emperor Wu felt embarrassed; he seemed to see the Emperor of Great Li mocking his incompetence, and it was even more impossible for him to covet this 'great merit' and 'great virtue' that the world saw.

It wasn't appropriate to attribute it to the previous dynasties, so he simply pushed it to the end and attributed this matter to the Ancestor.

The Soul-Calming Talisman and Guidance Talisman glowed slightly, and a thick drowsiness struck; Zhao Xing felt his eyelids heavy, and soon light snoring began.

In the dream, Zhao Xing suddenly stood up and raised his head.

Endless clouds shrouded the surroundings, so thick that he couldn't see clearly.

Only a gate tower dozens of feet high appeared before his eyes.

On it, four characters were carved in ancient script: Great Dream Academy

"Did I really get in?"

Zhao Xing's first consciousness was to check the panel, but he found he couldn't see it at all, so he had really entered.

The second consciousness was:

"I'm rich!"

"The Great Dream Academy dungeon in the early version, oh no, it's still called Great Dream Academy! It's completely an undeveloped gold mine!"

"Compared to when it was emptied of treasures by Emperor Wu in the later period and reduced to a daily dungeon for players, it's completely incomparable!"

Zhao Xing was somewhat excited.

In his past life, he didn't catch up with the good times, but now it was different.

Organizing his thoughts and recalling some precautions, Zhao Xing stepped into the mist-shrouded portal.

With one step, the scene changed abruptly.

Before his eyes appeared palaces wrapped in semi-circular light shields, magnificent and golden.

[Reincarnation Hall], [Heart-Asking Platform], [Martial God Tower], [Spell Secret Treasury], [Heavenly Mystery Pavilion], [Holy Beast Palace], [Life Palace]……

Pavilions, palace complexes, corridors, and bridges were scattered in an orderly manner, with layers of mountains and mist, as if he were in a fairyland.

Zhao Xing's eyes were dazzled, and he drooled.

In the 'background story' summarized by players in his past life, Emperor Wu obtained the treasure house accumulated by Great Li, which gave him enough confidence to forcibly conquer the eight wildernesses.

Now these treasures were presented one by one before Zhao Xing, but before he could look closely, most of these palaces disappeared into the clouds.

Only a few small pavilions remained.

"Huh? What's the situation?" Zhao Xing was stunned. "Why did they disappear?"

He quickly chased in the direction where a palace disappeared, but after walking only a few dozen meters, he was blocked by a gentle pushing force, walking very difficultly, until he could no longer advance.

After trying several times, it was the same; Zhao Xing stood in place, frowning and thinking for a long time, before he realized.

This is the Great Dream Academy, not the Cloud Dream Academy.

"The Great Dream Academy of Great Li was specifically for cultivating geniuses, while the 'Cloud Dream Academy' of Great Zhou had no discrimination in teaching, regardless of aptitude."

"The former not only allows learning high-end secret arts but also bringing back physical rewards, and each one is a precious treasure. But there is an entry threshold and high-difficulty tests."

"The latter is mainly based on low-level secret classics, with very few physical rewards. But there is no threshold, even young children can walk through all parts of the academy, and there are no tests."

After understanding, Zhao Xing could only helplessly watch as the treasures disappeared into the clouds.

Now he didn't need to look for them himself.

Because as soon as he moved, he triggered the mechanism, and what remained was where he could try to get rewards.

"Let's see what's left, no need to rush. It's at least a few hundred years before Emperor Wu empties the treasure house." Zhao Xing's mentality immediately relaxed; he had plenty of time to empty this place slowly.

After waiting for a while, all the thousands of palaces and pavilions disappeared, leaving only a high platform floating in the sky.

The clouds rolled, and stairs spiraled from the high platform to Zhao Xing's feet.

"Heart-Asking Platform?"

"It seems my level is too low, I'm not qualified to touch anything else, so only this 'Heart-Asking Platform', which has nothing to do with cultivation realm, has hope for me to pass and get rewards."

The tests of the Heart-Asking Platform were basically about the seven emotions and six desires, and would formulate scenes according to different people.

It also had some patterns: creating the things one currently desires or fears most.

Looking at that Heart-Asking Platform, Zhao Xing seemed to recall some bad memories.

"Don't tell me it's going to be something terrifying and hard to handle right from the start..."

Taking a deep breath, he carefully stepped onto the first stair.

"Hum~"

The surrounding scene changed abruptly, and Zhao Xing suddenly smelled a refreshing fragrance.

Water rippled, petals floated on the surface, steam rose, and a beauty was lying on the edge of the barrel.

The half-hidden buttocks, bare back, fragrant shoulders, beautiful hair...

"What? A desire test?"

"Heart-Asking Platform, did you get it wrong? Is what I desire most right now this kind of low-level interest?!"