The Birth of Sword God

Chapter 441 382: Endless Dream

The black cat escaped swiftly, running so fast that no one had time to chase it.

When Jiang Zhi and the others arrived at the Unrestrained Forest, they could only gather around Chu Huaixu to check his condition.

The Daoist Junior Martial Uncle began attempting to cast spells, but was completely unable to unravel the nightmare technique.

There was no other choice; this person pursued the Dao through killing, excelling in slaughter.

His other means, though numerous, were ultimately mediocre.

The old man immediately looked up at Yuwen Huai and Pei Songji, his eyes filled with anger.

Yuwen Huai was also rather speechless.

"Who was so confident earlier?"

"And said there was no need to stop it."

"Now he's blaming us!"

But despite the anger, they still had to think of a solution.

He exchanged a glance with Pei Songji, and the two of them also began attempting to break the nightmare set by the cat guardian.

Yet in the end, it was all in vain.

"Huh?"

"This shouldn't be happening!" Pei Songji said in surprise.

"Could it be the guardian's cultivation has advanced again?"

"Logically, with the Mountain Master's help, we should certainly be able to break this nightmare technique."

Jiang Zhi's brow instantly furrowed tightly.

"Even you two can't break it!?"

"This is indeed quite strange..." Yuwen Huai showed a slightly awkward expression.

This led the three great cultivators to speculate whether this cat demon had quietly reached the Great Perfection of the Ninth Realm.

Otherwise, it shouldn't be like this!

"Brother Jiang, don't worry, let's find someone and think of another way." Pei Songji comforted.

"Moreover, judging by what the guardian said, it doesn't seem to have any intention of harming Huaixu."

"Since it's just training him a bit, there shouldn't be any major issue." He added.

Jiang Zhi couldn't help but ask:

"What did it say in the end!"

"Did it give you a transmission?"

Pei Songji nodded and said, "Indeed it did."

This Cicada Chasing Man from Spring and Autumn Mountain showed an expression of helplessness mixed with amusement:

"The guardian said it's been displeased with Chu Huaixu's current demeanor for quite some time."

"Even at the Fourth Realm cultivation, he isn't afraid of it."

"Until the time he learns fear, he won't be able to emerge from the nightmare."

"Brother Jiang, it seems the nightmare within is just a way to startle him."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhi's face changed drastically, and he shouted loudly:

"This is bad!!!"

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Chu Huaixu fell into a deep sleep and couldn't wake up.

Possessing the Great Perfection level of Fearless Sword Intent, he knew not what fear was; how could he be frightened in a dream, or feel afraid?

To others, it might just be a few days of extremely realistic nightmares.

Experiencing several waves of lifelike horror films.

But to Chu Huaixu, if fear was the key to the exit, then he would never find the door!

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Chu Huaixu remained asleep in the center of Spring and Autumn Mountain's elegant courtyard.

Han Shuangjiang was by his side, taking care of him, and every three days, she would feed him a Grain Avoidance Pill.

She lowered her gaze to carefully observe this handsome face in front of her, her eyes filled with a hint of concern.

Every day during these days, those with high cultivation levels would come to visit and then try to break the nightmare.

But in the end, it was all in vain.

Outside the courtyard, Xu Ziqing attended to Jiang Zhi, watching as yet another Eighth Realm Great Cultivator bowed and left, unable to restrain himself from saying:

"Master Ancestor, what should we do with Senior Brother?"

"Now there are only two paths left: one is to find someone to attempt breaking the nightmare, and the other is that Pei Songji has already gone down the mountain to seek that cursed... seek that cat bite." Jiang Zhi replied.

Since this was the Dao Ancestor's pet beast, he still didn't curse the words "cursed" out loud.

Everyone was actually still utterly clueless as to why the cat demon would do such things to the Dao Ancestor's inheritor.

"It seems like they have some old grievances!" everyone's thoughts echoed in their hearts.

But when had Chu Huaixu ever offended it?

"Enough, tomorrow I will first take you back to the sect, and once back at the Daoist Sect, I'll think of a solution."

"The people of Spring and Autumn Mountain, not one of them is reliable! Hmph!" Jiang Zhi, the most unreliable old man, couldn't help but let out a cold snort.

The next day, regardless of Yuwen Huai's attempts to retain him, he insisted on leaving.

Leaving behind only a sentence: "If Pei Songji finds the cat guardian, let it come quickly to the Daoist Sect to break the nightmare!"

"Do not delay the matters related to the third layer of the Origin Spirit Realm!"

And upon returning to the Daoist Sect, Xiang Yan and others also made moves.

But no matter how everyone tried, Chu Huaixu remained unyieldingly asleep.

"Junior Martial Uncle, perhaps I should write a letter, and let the Sword Venerable and others try?" Xiang Yan suggested.

"It can only be this way." Jiang Zhi replied.

Normally, he cared a lot about appearances, but at this moment, he couldn't afford to.

Currently, Chu Huaixu was too important.

Important enough that if anything went wrong, it would be worth it for everyone in the Ninth Realm of the Profound Yellow Realm to come together to solve it!

After the flying sword sent the message, all the Great Cultivators of the Ninth Realm from East Continent began to arrive at the Daoist Sect.

Even Sword Venerable and others had no solution for this nightmare.

Even if there was one, it involved taking dangerous actions.

Sword Venerable had a technique, which might have a fifty percent chance of success, but it could also damage his Sea of Consciousness and Spiritual Embryo.

In the end, after much deliberation, the members of the Daoist Sect still deemed it too risky.

"Instead of this, why not send more people down the mountain to catch... to invite the cat guardian!" Xiang Yan made the decision.

After this commotion, everyone began to have a clearer understanding of the strength and methods of this cat demon.

Of course, it wasn't that its nightmare technique was unsolvable or unbreakable even if used against them.

It was purely because Chu Huaixu's cultivation was too weak, and the nightmare was too strong, so external help could easily destroy him.

The senior members of the Daoist Sect were quite puzzled.

Why hadn't the Heart Sword in Chu Huaixu's Sea of Consciousness reacted at this moment?

Logically, it possessed spiritual intelligence and should have saved its master by now!

"In just a blink of an eye, more than a month has passed."

"Yet the Heart Sword still sits quietly at the center of the Sea of Consciousness, showing no reaction?"

They had also entered Chu Huaixu's Sea of Consciousness to investigate.

They found that the Heart Sword was in excellent condition and still highly spiritual.

But it simply refused to save its master or break through the illusion!

Indeed, it was strange and mysterious.

The overall feeling was that this trip to Spring and Autumn Mountain was entirely bizarre from start to finish.

Every matter was puzzling.

Zhong Ming had sent Chu Huaixu to Spring and Autumn Mountain, but the outcome seemed to harm him instead.

The next day, Jiang Zhi and Tai Tingbai also went down the mountain to seek the mischievous cat demon.

Everyone now could only hope for this cat demon, thinking to find it soon and capture it to unravel this nightmare.

As a result, after sending so many people, searching almost the entire East Continent, the traces of this cat couldn't be found.

More strangely, it was said earlier that those carrying the Power of Origin could roughly sense each other's location unless there was a huge disparity in strength.

But after the cat demon went down the mountain, it somehow became impossible to find!

Pei Songji happened to encounter it once by chance.

But the outcome was... he was knocked unconscious.

The mighty Cicada Chasing Man of Spring and Autumn Mountain was simply not a match for his guardian beast.

His face was scratched by its plump cat paws.

He couldn't even finish his sentence or clarify Chu Huaixu's situation before being knocked to the ground.

The disparity in power was obvious.

Later on, they even expanded the search from East Continent to the entire Profound Yellow Realm.

Who knows if this cat demon might have run off to Western Continent?

Xiang Yan pondered for a moment and decided to inform the Moon Country Royal Family about this matter.

To everyone's surprise, the Moon Emperor was also incredibly anxious, fearing any mishap for Chu Huaixu.

This made the senior members of the Daoist Sect feel better about the current Moon Emperor.

"It seems he is at least someone who cares about the lives of the people?"

Little did they know, the elderly emperor had a plan to destroy his ancestors that required the help of Chu Huaixu.

However, as time passed, half a year had gone by in the blink of an eye.

And yet, the cat demon still hadn't been caught.

On the other side, even all the cultivation giants were helpless against Chu Huaixu's situation!

The situation was truly bizarre.

"The nightmare shouldn't be this overpowering."

And right now, a new issue had arisen.

For the third layer of the Origin Spirit Realm, who should be sent?

Now that time was drawing near.

Chu Huaixu, as the best candidate, was still caught in a dream and hadn't woken up.

Furthermore, his cultivation remained stuck in the Fourth Realm.

Everyone's gaze naturally gathered on the person of destiny mentioned in the Daoist Ancestor's Proverbs.

— Sword Attendant Xu Ziqing!

Thus, the Evil Sword became the last hope.

Xiang Yan and others called Xiaoxu to the great hall to discuss this matter.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing these contents, the young man immediately bowed and clasped his hands:

"Disciple is willing to go in place of Senior Brother!"

Without any hesitation, not the slightest bit.

Jiang Zhi looked at the young man before him, recalling the time in the great hall when Chu Huaixu addressed him, continually saying, "My Xiaoxu."

The last words were, "I will bear his karma!"

Ah, these brothers indeed.

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