Chapter 1358: Dream Mandrake

The lion dance performance ended at dusk, and Ning Chen took Gu Yanqi back to the Number One Tea House first.

Arriving before Gu Yanqi's room, Ning Chen narrowed his eyes; he had just heard some sound from inside.

Giving Gu Yanqi a hand signal to indicate she should not make a sound, Ning Chen then approached the door silently, and with one kick, he kicked the door open.

A black shadow flashed past the window; if Ning Chen's eyes had not been sharp, he would have missed the fact that someone had just entered.

What is going on?

Ning Chen scanned the surroundings; looking around, there was nothing strange, yet he felt something was wrong, as if something had been changed, but it was invisible to the naked eye.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Ning Chen standing motionless in the middle of the room, Gu Yanqi walked in.

"Hmm, someone was here."

"Someone was here?!" Gu Yanqi looked around warily, but it didn't seem like it; everything looked exactly as it had when she left, and she couldn't see where anything had changed.

"When I just came in, that person had just left through the window." Ning Chen pointed to the open window and said.

Only then did Gu Yanqi see that the floor-to-ceiling window, which had originally been open on only one side, was now open on both sides; it seemed someone really had come in.

"This, what is this situation? How could someone get in." Gu Yanqi was extremely nervous, "Could it be a thief? No way, shouldn't a thief have ransacked the whole room?"

To be honest, Ning Chen was also curious about this question; his intuition told him the one who left was not a thief, after all, if a common thief had such skill, why would he still be a thief.

Since he couldn't figure it out, Ning Chen decided to wait for Miss Hongxiu to return and ask her; perhaps she knew something.

Miss Hongxiu and the others returned at night; when they saw Ning Chen in the tea room, Miss Hongxiu was nearly scared to death.

"Hiss, what are you doing here?" Miss Hongxiu patted her injured little heart; she now felt the whole person was not very well.

Ning Chen told Miss Hongxiu everything that had happened after they returned.

"Someone came in?" Miss Hongxiu frowned; if it was true, that person was too bold, daring to come even to her territory.

"Hmm, the person didn't look like a thief; I feel something in the room is not quite right; can you take a look? I suspect it was the work of that Snow Demoness."

Ning Chen always trusted his intuition; they had just arrived in this world not long ago, and they hadn't offended many people.

The people offended by the Dongqing Sect Sect were probably all recovering from injuries, and the closest one was only the Snow Demoness, especially since they had just clashed with her today.

"If it is her, then there is some matter; let's go, quickly check the situation."

The two arrived in Gu Yanqi's room; to prevent any problem with this room, while waiting for Miss Hongxiu, Ning Chen had asked Gu Yanqi and Little Yunyao to go to his room.

As soon as they entered the room, Miss Hongxiu sensed something was wrong; besides the scent of incense she had made for the room, there was mixed another peculiar smell; this smell, if inhaled too much, easily caused slight dizziness and a bit of a head rush.

"The smell in the air is not quite right."

Ning Chen nodded; originally, when he first came in, the fragrance in the room was not so obvious; it seemed the black-clothed person who had just left had placed something that was now taking effect.

Miss Hongxiu sniffed the air, searching for the place where the smell was strongest; she directed her gaze toward under the bed.

Ning Chen looked over, then extended his hand; white-gold light shone, and the bed immediately floated into the air.

Miss Hongxiu took out a red-and-white flower from under the bed; the flower looked very beautiful; she frowned and called out the flower's name: "Dream Mandrake?"

Putting the bed down, Ning Chen heard this name and felt some doubt; Dream Mandrake? He knew Mandrake; it was a flower growing on the other shore, connecting yin and yang; so how could there be a "Dream" in front of it?

"What is the effect of this flower?"

"This flower is a strongly hallucinogenic flower; combined with certain spells, it will make people indulge in a world imagined in dreams; this flower, for some people, is good, as they can live forever in the world of their dreams, but for most people, it is a torment, because this flower cannot be controlled by anyone; a good dream may also turn into a nightmare, and the user may also die in the dream."

Miss Hongxiu explained very thoroughly; in fact, she had already roughly determined who did this.

"This Dream Mandrake is not a common thing; and what I know is that this variety was cultivated by the Snow Demoness, because this flower requires the Snow Demoness's tears to be planted."

Miss Hongxiu had said this much; who had sent this flower here was already obvious.

Ning Chen looked at the flower in his hand, thinking; if it were just simply going to find the Snow Demoness, she could flatly deny it; since this flower also needs to be combined with specific spells, the other party certainly would not give up this opportunity; so tonight, she will definitely come.

"Go find Gu Yanqi and Little Yunyao."

Gu Yanqi and Little Yunyao were making lanterns in Ning Chen's room; last time, the lanterns Ning Chen made were very much liked by the two; this also allowed Little Yunyao to find something she wanted to accomplish; she wanted to make a lantern herself, while Gu Yanqi was completely in the role of a companion.

As soon as Ning Chen entered the door, he saw two figures burying their heads and working hard; he made no sound, and with Miss Hongxiu, he entered the room silently and sat on a chair, waiting for the two to finish their work.

The first to discover the two was Gu Yanqi; mainly because Ning Chen's gaze was too intense; it was almost impossible to ignore it.

"Sister Hongxiu, why have you come?" Gu Yanqi stopped what she was making with her hands and looked over.

Little Yunyao also hurriedly stood up; because it was her first time making something, her cheeks were slightly flushed with excitement.

Miss Hongxiu felt somewhat amused yet helpless, but handling the main business was more important; she took out that Dream Mandrake.

As soon as she took out this flower, Little Yunyao appeared extremely excited; she stepped forward, her eyes wide open: "This, this flower!"

Miss Hongxiu hurriedly placed the flower in front of Little Yunyao: "Little Yunyao, do you know this flower?"

"Hmm, my sister planted many of this flower, and moreover, it has her scent on it!"

Now it could truly be confirmed that this flower was sent here by that Snow Demoness.

"How did this flower get here?" Little Yunyao asked cautiously.

Gu Yanqi, who was nearby, thought of the black-clothed person Ning Chen had just mentioned and suddenly realized: "Did that black-clothed person put this here?!"

Ning Chen nodded and said: "Hmm, it was placed under your bed; this flower has strong dream-inducing properties, but it needs to be combined with corresponding spells; if it is from that Snow Demoness, I think she will come to your room tonight to cast spells."