txolops Chapter 005 Entering the Dream
Chapter 005 Entering the Dream
This depletion of vital energy is the evil consequence of indulging in illicit worship of the dream lover.
Fortunately, although it is harmful to the body, as long as you know how to do it in moderation, you should not lose your life.
Happiness always comes at a price.
After a slight pause, a peach blossom appeared in Li Yue's mouth.
Supernatural powers can only be awakened at levels five and ten, but once a divine position is obtained, exclusive magical artifacts can be unlocked.
【Entwined Dream Branch: A branch of peach blossoms left behind after the death of a peach blossom demon, crafted by fusing the yang energy of three hundred men. Treading the moon, inviting ladies in their finery, a dream vanishes without a trace.】
As the exclusive magical artifact of the Dream Lover, its function is very simple: to pull women into their dreams.
Li Yue nodded slightly. With this Dream-Entwining Branch, he no longer needed to chew on the bitter Love-Longing Algae.
Most importantly, compared to herbs, the Dream-Entangling Branch, as a divine artifact, is far more potent. Any woman struck by it has virtually no chance of escape.
Moreover, with the help of this magical artifact, Li Yue can also invade a woman's dreams.
After daybreak, Li Yue swam to the west bank again.
But unlike before, after discovering the washerwoman, he immediately shook the Dream-Entwining Branch.
Petals fell from the branches, carried by the water to the women's side, and clung to the clothes they were washing in the water.
That's fine.
After putting away the Dream-Entangling Branch, Li Yue moved away from the shore to absorb the essence of the sun. He finished cultivating an hour later and found a patch of aquatic plants at the bottom of the water to rest, without returning to the east shore.
Quietly wait until the sun sets.
Buzz~ Buzz~
As the moon rose, Li Yue seemed to see peach petals appearing in his eyes, emitting a pink halo in the silent night.
These petals resemble eyes, from which one can vaguely see women.
"Four."
Li Yue recalled that during the day, the flower petals were applied to a total of six women, but now only four remain.
It seems that the other two people noticed and knocked the petals off.
Four people is fine, that should keep him busy enough.
As the moon rose higher, a woman with rough hands and dark skin yawned, took off her coarse cloth skirt, and went to bed to rest.
Perhaps due to excessive fatigue during the day, he soon fell into a deep sleep.
As the woman fell asleep, the peach blossoms emitted a pink mist that gradually enveloped her.
The woman was still fast asleep and completely unaware of what was happening.
"enter!"
With the Dream-Entwining Branch in his mouth, Li Yue silently recited the incantation.
With a soft shout, his consciousness entered the woman's dream.
"Ah, what a beautiful pastoral scene."
She must have been a peasant woman; her dream was of a golden wheat field.
On the ridge of the field, a woman was resting while chewing on ears of wheat.
The chicken in front of the stove admires the crane under the eaves. Li Yue smiled to himself, transformed into a handsome scholar, held a book of poems, and walked straight toward the woman.
A gentle breeze rippled through the wheat fields...
"Young master! Where are you going!"
After a while, the scholar got up and left, and the woman got up and chased after him while calling out to him.
But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't catch up.
"Remember, if you want to see me again, go to the Tongtian River. There is a disc-shaped reef ten zhang from the shore. Throw pigs and sheep as offerings there, and I will come to meet you again."
The scholar suddenly stopped, turned around and said.
The woman reached out to grab him, but missed; the scholar had already turned into smoke and vanished.
"...Young Master!"
With a startled cry, the woman awoke abruptly from her reed mat.
He sat up and stood there in a daze for a while, then couldn't help but look out the window.
Tongtian River, Round Reef...
The woman did not notice that a petal stuck to her clothes drifted down to the ground.
Once underwater in the Tongtian River, Li Yue regained his composure.
Whoosh~
Swallowing and spitting out the water, I felt refreshed and invigorated for a moment.
A woman's vital energy is depleted when she meets her dream lover, but this energy does not simply dissipate; seventy percent of it is actually absorbed by the dream lover.
This so-called essence does not improve the physical body, but it seems to nourish the soul.
It is difficult to determine its specific effects at this time.
[Meet a woman in a dream, fulfilling your duty as a dream lover once, experience points +1!]
At this moment, a notification sound plays.
Looking at the Dreamer's page again, there's an extra bit of experience after the level.
"Next."
Li Yue roused himself and decided to put aside any other thoughts for the time being.
The other three women had also fallen asleep. Li Yue randomly chose one, held the Dream-Entangling Branch in his mouth, and silently recited the incantation to enter her dream...
As the night drew to a close, Li Yue met four women in his dream, performed four divine duties, and gained a total of 4 experience points.
"No, that's too slow."
Deep in the riverbed, Li Yue hid among the lush aquatic plants, lost in thought.
Even in dreams, one rendezvous after another would be too time-consuming.
He can manage now that he has few followers, but as the story of the Dream Man spreads and the number of followers increases, not to mention the possibility of twenty or thirty women wanting him to enter their dreams in one night, how will he be able to handle it?
It seems I need to create more dream scenarios.
So-called dream scenarios are like pre-recorded movies, with a fixed pattern and flow. The experience is naturally not as intriguing as a personalized one, but it can still relieve boredom.
It's just a dream, why take it so seriously?
At worst, Li Yue can create more scenarios based on different groups of people, different psychology, and different preferences.
With the wealth of material I've accumulated from reading countless articles in my past life, it shouldn't be a problem.
By daybreak, Li Yue had already created seven or eight dream scenarios.
Feeling tired, I decided to take a short nap on the spot.
Two hours later, having regained his energy, Li Yue swam to a reef shaped like a disc.
The reef that protrudes above the water is only about ten feet in diameter, but it is much larger underneath. There is a cave near the bottom that is just big enough to accommodate Li Yue's body, making it a natural place to live and hide.
For the next few days, Li Yue planned to stay on the west bank.
The higher the rank of a deity, the greater their supernatural powers. Li Yue's next goal is to become a Five-Power God, so his immediate priority is to upgrade Meng Zhonglang to level ten.
Compared to the East Coast, the West Coast is more suitable for Dream Boy's improvement.
Of course, he had been active on the east bank for over a year, and his reputation as the Fish-Driving Boy was growing. It would be a real pity to abandon him like this. So he left the water ghost on the east bank to take over his duties as the Fish-Driving Boy and maintain the faith.
As for the offerings of blood and food made by the fishermen, let the water ghost hide them first, and he can go back to collect them once every now and then.
"Huh, what's that...?"
As noon approached, Li Yue was preparing to surface and absorb the sun's essence when he suddenly noticed a woman on the shore entering the water and swimming straight towards him.
The distance was only thirty meters, but the woman was a good swimmer and quickly made it across.
He climbed onto the reef, muttering to himself.
"Young master, please come and meet me again tonight. Young master, you must come to see me again tonight..."
As he spoke, he opened a cloth bag behind him, revealing a freshly slaughtered and cut leg of lamb, which he then threw directly into the water.
[The Dream Warrior has received a small amount of sacrificial meat as an offering, and his experience points have increased by 1!]
Watching the lamb leg sink to the bottom and linger on the rocks for a moment, the woman swam back to shore.
She didn't notice that a pink peach petal was stuck to her collar.
"They actually came."
Watching the woman leave, Li Yue smiled to himself.
Forget about the lamb leg for now, and take advantage of the midday sun when it's at its strongest to float to the surface and absorb the sun's essence.
After swimming for an hour, reaching his limit for the day, Li Yue swam back to the shore, looking for women washing clothes or fetching water, and smeared peach petals on them.
As the sun gradually set and it became increasingly late, Li Yue returned to the round reef.
He swallowed and refined the lamb leg offered by the woman at noon, and waited for night to fall.