Chapter 658: The Leader

Today was an important day.

Today was not only the twenty-fourth-day anniversary of Ji Ji Liuli's return to Qingming, but also the day when the three-time decline and three-time refusal had been fulfilled, and Wei Yuan, against his will, had to take up the position of the evil sect leader.

Over the last ten days, Ji Ji Liuli had already formed a routine: half a day in the dream, half a day in Human World Fireworks, and basically her physical body was inactive.

She could now stably handle ninety-six tasks and was striving to run one hundred and twenty-eight tasks completely.

This was also cultivation, preparing for the final step toward Nascent Soul.

This time, when Wei Yuan came to the Youhan Realm again, Dream Eater greeted him with a solemn face and said, "Something happened!"

Here we go again... Wei Yuan was unimpressed.

This was Dream Eater's habitual trick, habitually making a small matter sound bigger than the sky, and then letting Wei Yuan enter the dream in a hurry, opening the evil sect adventure storybook.

At this moment, Dream Eater's face was pale and appeared somewhat uneasy. This feeling of unease was abnormally real, and even Wei Yuan almost believed it. Although the dream was Ji Ji Liuli's, it was built on Dream Eater's supernatural powers; what did it have to fear?

Wei Yuan knew that this was Dream Eater's means to lure him into the game. It was just right that it had been almost a month, and the Dao heart tribulation of the Eldest Senior Sister still had no progress. The key was that Wei Yuan didn't even know what this tribulation was.

It was indeed necessary, as Dream Eater said, to throw Ji Ji Liuli into an environment of pain, despair, helplessness, and humiliation to see what kind of extreme reaction she would have. Only then would it be easiest to break through her mental defenses and reveal the real problem. Once the problem was found, targeted arrangements could be made.

"Her situation is a bit wrong; she dreamed of some strange things. I think... you need to go in and see."

Wei Yuan admired Dream Eater's acting even more; it had even learned to stutter. He remained calm and asked, "What is the plan for today?"

Dream Eater quickly said, "The scene has already been set up. You go in first, and I will show you the abnormalities in her dream, and then I will be your evil sect leader."

"Good, can the leader's appearance be changed?" Wei Yuan asked.

"Appearance, figure, and accent have all been changed; I guarantee no one will be able to tell it's you. And I have already designed what should be done; you don't need to interfere, just watch."

Wei Yuan was very satisfied. This was his special requirement, guarding against the eventuality that if something unpleasant happened in the dream, and the Eldest Senior Sister discovered that the evil sect leader was him, he would still have room for defense.

Wei Yuan had even thought of how to argue: I was just watching from the outside, I didn't go in.

During this period, Ji Ji Liuli's dream had become increasingly rich, and some unusual scenes had begun to appear, some of which were also very bizarre, and neither Dream Eater nor Wei Yuan could understand them very well.

But one thing was very clear: no matter how old Ji Ji Liuli was in the dream, her vigilance was becoming heavier and heavier, sometimes even reaching the point of being suspicious of every shadow.

This showed that the hidden heart tribulation was slowly approaching, and Ji Ji Liuli had begun to protect herself instinctively.

Wei Yuan sat down on the couch in the side hall and said, "I am ready."

The next moment, Wei Yuan's vision changed.

This was a pitch-black night, with a torrential rain falling all around, so heavy that people could barely open their eyes.

Wei Yuan looked around and discovered he was in the middle of a desolate mountain range; the surroundings were barren and silent, with no sign of human life. Beside him were a few bare trees, their withered branches twisted in a menacing fashion. Beneath his feet was a wild field overgrown with weeds; there were no roads, nor were there any traces of other living creatures.

Ahead was vaguely a small mountain, and on the mountain was vaguely a forest. The rain curtain was hazy, shrouding this highland, and Wei Yuan couldn't see clearly, so he was somewhat surprised. Dream Eater's dream world was very special, to a certain extent similar to a Mind-Reflection World, and most Primordial Spirit abilities could be used here.

Wei Yuan's spiritual sense was extremely powerful; in the past, in the Paper Bride Bureau, he had used this to see through Dream Eater's layout in one fell swoop.

Even Dream Eater couldn't restrict Wei Yuan's spiritual sense, but now, in this pitch-black rainy night, Wei Yuan's spiritual sense was suppressed to be no different from that of an ordinary cultivator.

Wei Yuan vaguely saw a young girl standing not far in front of him; it should be Ji Ji Liuli.

At this moment, Wei Yuan suddenly saw an ancient mansion ahead! Two large red lanterns were hung at the entrance of the mansion, swaying wildly in the gale and rain, yet the candlelight inside never went out. Those two bright red lights wandered in front of the door, making the entrance bright and dark. The main gate was slightly ajar, but through the crack, he couldn't see inside the courtyard.

A feeling rose in Wei Yuan's heart: only by entering the door could he know what was in the courtyard.

The young girl ahead was trembling constantly, walking forward a step, stopping for a while, and then walking forward another step.

Wei Yuan immediately realized something was wrong. The young girl was desperately resisting, but it seemed something behind her was pushing her, step by step toward the courtyard gate.

Under the bright red lantern light, the gate of the ancient mansion showed traces of mottled time: the red paint was peeling, the door handle was rusty, and the stone steps were covered with moss; he didn't know how long it had been since anyone had walked there.

Looking at the door, the impulse in Wei Yuan's heart grew stronger and stronger, and he subconsciously took a step toward the door.

Suddenly!

A pale hand grabbed Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan turned his head and saw Dream Eater had manifested its form, pulling his arm tightly.

"You can't go over there!" it said urgently. This time, the intention didn't come from the puppet, but directly from its main body hidden in the darkness.

"Is there something wrong?" Wei Yuan asked.

"I don't know either; this is the first time I've seen that mansion. In short, you can't go in!"

Wei Yuan was about to ask in detail when the young girl ahead suddenly let out a scream, and her spiritual power erupted like a storm. This scene was instantly torn apart and disappeared.

In the darkness, only Dream Eater's puppet was glowing faintly. It appeared somewhat weak and said, "I need to rest for a while. The follow-up has already been arranged; you... go... see... yourself..."

Dream Eater's words became slower and slower, and the tone became distorted and wavering, and then it disappeared without giving Wei Yuan a chance to ask.

Subsequently, the scene changed.

"Let me go! Who are you people, why are you catching me..."

A young girl was struggling desperately, but she was firmly bound by the Immortal-Binding Rope, and her Dao power couldn't be used at all.

Two strong men, completely covered in black robes and half a head taller than ordinary people, carried her, walking through the gloomy corridor toward the depths of the main hall.

In their hands, the young girl was like a small chick, only able to struggle helplessly.

One strong man sneered, "You stole our sect's supreme treasure; did you think you could escape? The leader will personally interrogate you in a moment. You had better cooperate obediently and honestly confess where you hid the supreme treasure, and you might die quickly. Otherwise, our sect's name, the Bone-Eroding Demon Sect, is not called that for nothing!"

The other strong man found the young girl too noisy and directly took out a piece of rag to block her mouth. Then the two strong men carried her to a quiet side hall.

A somewhat feminine, ghostly voice came from the hall: "Come in."

The two strong men entered the hall, not daring to lift their heads, and said, "Mission accomplished; we have captured the thief and brought her back. But she refuses to say where the supreme treasure is hidden, so we can only ask the leader to decide."

The throne was high above. A figure in the shadows looked down at the three people kneeling below and said, "You have done well! Withdraw."

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became somewhat bizarre. Both strong men revealed a hidden smile, exited the side hall, and then carefully closed the hall door.

The moment the hall door closed, a burst of magic power shrouded the entire hall, and not a single sound could get out.

Subsequently, the leader on the high platform walked to the young girl, lifted her chin, looked at her carefully, and then let out a laugh like a night owl, saying:

"I know you must really want to say where the treasure is hidden now, but don't be in a hurry. The night is still long, and it's still a long way from dawn. Since you've entered my Hundred-Flavor Hall, wouldn't it be a wasted trip if you didn't taste all one hundred kinds of the world's most bitter flavors?"

The leader picked up the young girl, walked to the nearest torture rack, hung her up, and then took the rag from her mouth.

"I really don't know where your supreme treasure is; I haven't even heard of it! And I don't know anything about the Bone-Eroding Demon Sect. I warn you, I am..."

The leader covered her mouth and whispered, "... don't be in a hurry. I'm going to get some tools first. You can take a good look around here during this time, and tell me when you've thought it through."

Then the leader walked into the shadows and secretly observed the young girl.

Wei Yuan cursed inwardly. This Dream Eater was indeed an outer-realm demon; everything it came into contact with was Shaman, and this human storybook was written terribly. If it had seen the ones he wrote for Ancestor Zhu Yuanjin, wouldn't it have knelt down on the spot?

But things had reached this point, and Wei Yuan could only choose to watch silently, not daring to say or move anything at all. He had already been hands-on just now; if the Eldest Senior Sister saw through the flaws, it would be terrible.

Hiding in the shadows to peek was naturally not to look at the Eldest Senior Sister's figure...

According to Dream Eater, it was to let the Eldest Senior Sister have some time alone. At this time, she would try every possible way to escape, her mind would be active, and it would be easy to draw out the heart tribulation.

This move actually made sense; Dream Eater was indeed an old hand at playing with dreams, with many little tricks.

Sure enough, Ji Ji Liuli began to look around, struggling hard at the same time. Seeing that she couldn't break free from the restraints, her body suddenly twisted strangely, and a snow-white body actually drilled out from her clothes.

The original Ji Ji Liuli was still tied to the torture rack, still struggling, but her eyes were already hollow. The young girl who drilled out was only wearing undergarments, and it was another Ji Ji Liuli.

She seemed to have taken off a layer of clothing, thus breaking free from the restraints.

Subsequently, she ran toward the hall door, preparing to escape. Wei Yuan, disguised as the leader, remained unmoved, just sneering in the darkness, waiting for her to hit the trap at the hall door herself.

When the trap was triggered, that feeling... the leader kept laughing secretly in his heart, laughing until Wei Yuan rolled his eyes.

When Ji Ji Liuli was about to approach the hall door, she suddenly stopped, looking at the hall door vigilantly, not daring to push the door rashly.

The leader's secret laughter came to an abrupt end.

Just as Ji Ji Liuli was preparing to change direction, suddenly there was a noise outside, and the main hall trembled vaguely. The leader hadn't figured out what was going on when he heard a "boom," and the hall door was actually smashed to pieces in one go. The rubble was like a knife, instantly shattering the leader's hard work in the hall.

Two people dressed as acolytes walked in from the broken hall door, their eyes fixed on Ji Ji Liuli.

Ji Ji Liuli was originally a fearless character, but at this moment, she seemed to have seen her natural enemy, her face turning ashen, and she kept retreating.

The acolyte on the left sneered, "You beast, you stole the treasure; did you think we couldn't find you after you escaped into the human world?"

The acolyte on the right said, "Hiding in the dream of this broken world, did you think it was foolproof? Look at how you're dressed; what kind of appearance is this!"

The acolyte on the left said coldly, "Appearance comes from the heart; this is not the main realm. She is dressed like this because that's what she thinks in her heart."

"Fine, then fulfill her wish. If she wants to be looked at, let's look thoroughly. Just take off her last bit of fig leaf and drag her back to the Immortal Sect."

The two acolytes had cold expressions and directly took out magic treasures, preparing to make a move.

At this moment, Wei Yuan had already seen that something was wrong. These two acolytes carried the chaotic energy of the Immortal Heaven and were not from the Youhan Realm at all.

Despair flashed across Ji Ji Liuli's face.

Just at this moment, a short and bloated figure walked out of the darkness and said in a low and majestic voice, "Presumptuous! Do you not put this leader in your eyes?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 659 =====