Chapter 127: Chapter 126: The Spatially Dislocated Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion

After receiving the message, Jiang Zuo sighed. Fortunately, there was still some time.

Afterwards, he followed the address given by Chi Xue Child and found their residence.

It was a standalone villa. The moment he entered Blade Master Hai Bian’s room, Jiang Zuo sensed a familiar aura.

Just as Chi Xue Child had said, Blade Master Hai Bian was severely injured and unconscious.

There was only one wound on his body: a hole torn through his chest.

Even if it wasn’t where his heart was, it was enough to leave him on the brink of death.

Meanwhile, Liuyue Xue was at his side, doing everything she could to save him.

Seeing Jiang Zuo arrive, Mo Yan immediately asked, "Master, is Blade Master Hai Bian going to die? I don’t think Liuyue Xue can save him."

Jiang Zuo didn’t speak. Instead, he walked over to Blade Master Hai Bian’s side. After a few glances at the wound, he came to a conclusion. "Under normal circumstances, he’s a dead man. He must have taken a life-preserving Elixir Pill, but it didn’t have much effect. The Healing Technique has almost no effect on him either, right?"

Liuyue Xue immediately nodded. "Yes. There’s something wrong with the wound."

The wound was perfectly smooth, and no blood flowed from it. It also didn’t respond to any treatment.

There was something else in the wound—something fatal.

Jiang Zuo looked at Mo Yan. "Ask him what he went through."

Mo Yan was stunned for a moment. Liuyue Xue and Chi Xue Child didn’t quite understand what Jiang Zuo meant either.

Mo Yan asked, "How do I ask him? And shouldn’t we be treating him first?"

Jiang Zuo said, "Don’t worry, he won’t die just yet. Letting him hold on a little longer will actually be good for him."

Chi Xue Child said, pleasantly surprised, "Fellow Daoist, you have a way?"

Jiang Zuo nodded, then said to Mo Yan, "Contact him. Let’s see what exactly happened."

’It’s a good thing Blade Master Hai Bian can be saved, but... how am I supposed to contact him?’

Mo Yan was completely dumbfounded. ’The Master makes it sound so easy,’ she thought. ’It would be so embarrassing to admit I don’t know how.’

Seeing Mo Yan standing there, stupefied, Chi Xue Child asked, "Don’t tell me you don’t know how?"

Mo Yan shot Chi Xue Child a glare and said through gritted teeth, "If you know how, then you do it."

Alright, so Mo Yan didn’t know how.

This kind of thing was a bit much to ask of a Demon Cultivator. She had never learned it.

Jiang Zuo said, "Modify the Nightmare state you use to invade people’s dreams. Blade Master Hai Bian’s consciousness is dormant, so you need to enter the second layer of his consciousness.

For safety, it’s best to transform your Nightmare into fine threads."

Mo Yan immediately asked, "Is turning it into threads to avoid hurting Fellow Daoist Hai Bian?"

Jiang Zuo gave Mo Yan a meaningful look. "If you don’t disperse it into threads, I’m afraid you’ll be burned to death by his Tier Three Protective Spiritual Qi."

Mo Yan: "..."

Then, under Jiang Zuo’s guidance, one of Mo Yan’s hands transformed into a Nightmare state and began to invade Blade Master Hai Bian’s consciousness.

’He’s using me like a telephone line.’ 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

But this opened the door to a whole new world for her. ’So Nightmare Specialization is even more versatile than I thought.’

"I’ve conveyed my goodwill to Blade Master Hai Bian. The defenses of his second layer of consciousness are dispersing..." Mo Yan felt a daze wash over her, and after it passed, she exclaimed in delight, "I’m in! So there really is a second-layer Dream Realm. This feeling is incredible! Haha, I feel like I’m about to level up.

Chi Xue Child, you’re finished! Once I’m done leveling up, I’ll show you just how cruel a Demon Cultivator can be."

Chi Xue Child’s face darkened. ’What an embarrassment to Demon Cultivators. What good is advancing a minor realm?’

’All she does is make empty threats, but when it comes down to it, she just begs for mercy.’

Jiang Zuo interrupted Mo Yan, "Have you found Blade Master Hai Bian?"

Mo Yan immediately replied, "Almost... Huh? I found him."

Jiang Zuo said, "Project the image out here. You’re in a Nightmare state, so you should know how to create a Dream Realm, right? Use a similar method."

Mo Yan immediately said, "I know how to do that! My master forced me to draw since I was a child. I’m a super-artist!"

Soon after, Jiang Zuo and the others saw Blade Master Hai Bian sitting by the sea, fishing. Inside the Dream Realm, the fishing Blade Master Hai Bian also saw them.

As soon as he saw Jiang Zuo and the others, Blade Master Hai Bian spoke. "Truly impressive. To think that Nightmare Specialization could be used like this. It’s quite fitting for delivering one’s last words."

’I’ll remember this. I’ll get my revenge next time.’

Jiang Zuo spoke up, "I’m in a bit of a hurry. First, tell us what you encountered. By the way, can you still remember it clearly?"

Blade Master Hai Bian chuckled. "I am a Tier Three Cultivator, after all. I have a sense for these things. I wouldn’t forget something even after falling into a deep coma."

Then, Blade Master Hai Bian continued, "Let me tell you what I encountered today. The location was not far outside of town. I was chasing a Ghost Cultivator.

But as I was giving chase, I suddenly saw a field of grass.

I stopped instinctively, because I clearly remembered there was only snow outside, no grassy fields at all."

Chi Xue Child asked, "You walked into an ambush?"

But Jiang Zuo said, "It was a spatial displacement, or you could call it a spatial distortion."

Blade Master Hai Bian was shocked. Then he said, "You truly live up to your reputation as the master of the group, Fellow Daoist Po Xiao. You hit the nail on the head. It was indeed a spatial issue.

I stopped at the time, but I still entered that space. It was a place where birds sang and flowers bloomed, and the Spiritual Qi was abnormally dense.

At first, I also thought it was an Illusion Realm, but none of the Magical Treasures I carried could determine if it was real or illusory."

Speaking to this point, Blade Master Hai Bian paused, as if waiting for someone to ask him a question.

And Mo Yan dutifully obliged, "And then?"

Blade Master Hai Bian then continued, "I used a very crude method to determine if the place was real or illusory. I saw a stone staff on the ground and planned to take it with me when I left the space.

However, what I didn’t expect was..."

"A Heart-piercing Snake ambushed you, and then the sky filled with them. To be honest, it’s quite impressive you made it back alive. Among Tier Three Cultivators, I don’t think many could have escaped their pursuit," Jiang Zuo said, finishing Blade Master Hai Bian’s story for him.

However, Blade Master Hai Bian’s face contorted as if he were constipated. He had gotten to the most exciting part, only to have the punchline stolen from him. The feeling was just awful.

’I won’t be able to rest in peace.’

In the end, Blade Master Hai Bian sighed. "It was just good luck. I managed to bring the stone staff out with me, and after I got out, I watched with my own eyes as that space seemed to move and then vanish.

Only then was I certain it wasn’t an Illusion Realm set up by the Ghost Cultivator. It was some other space that I had stumbled into by accident."

But as he said this, it dawned on Blade Master Hai Bian. "How did you know, Fellow Daoist? Could it be that you’ve encountered it as well?"

Jiang Zuo shook his head. "I haven’t been there yet, but I’ll make a trip when I have time. It’s just that entering it the way you did is now almost impossible.

Also, if you encounter a situation like this in the future, grab whatever you can as quickly as possible, and then get out as quickly as possible.

The Heart-piercing Snakes inside will attack anyone indiscriminately. Below Tier Seven, no one would dare to wander around in there."

Except for... the Inheritors.

But Jiang Zuo didn’t say this part out loud.

Now, Jiang Zuo was certain. Blade Master Hai Bian had accidentally entered the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion.

And the Immortal Spirit Cave Mansion had already moved to this vicinity. It was much closer than he had anticipated. It seemed he really did have a chance to find the Immortal Spirit Spring.