Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 289 The Dream Ancestor's Favor

Seeing that the nine phoenixes had finally settled down, Zhao Yifu squatted on the ground, panting heavily.

It's not easy; it's really not easy to go head-to-head with such a big guy.

It's a good thing she's lying down now, otherwise wouldn't that allow him to do whatever he wants?

In her sleep, Jiufeng ceased to maintain her Great Witch form and returned to her normal form.

Zhao Yifu rubbed his hands together and approached Jiu Feng, patting her face... only to find no reaction.

Sure enough, she was having a sweet dream.

Moreover, what kind of beautiful dream is most captivating for the current witch clan?
Of course, it's memories of the past!
The Witch Clan was once one of the main characters of heaven and earth, how glorious it was!

This glorious memory is probably a past that the remaining Wu tribes today all want to return to.

Zhao Yifu's current dream might be like a 'time machine' for Jiufeng, taking her back to the past... the past in her memories.

In particular, she savored every detail of her memories, becoming completely immersed in them.

Zhao Yifu returned to Baiyun Mountain, only to find hundreds of Wu tribesmen causing trouble on his mountain.

Is this still available?

What if I accidentally hurt his cat?

Without hesitation, he used the "Dream Bewitching Technique" again, sending all the hundreds of witches into a dream.

Some of these witches were newly born witches who had experienced the ancient era, but having heard about it from their fathers and grandfathers, they also yearned for life in the ancient times...

And so, they simply used Jiufeng's dream as a foundation and wove together the dreams of all these people.

This is equivalent to Zhao Yifu pulling Jiufeng into a dream, and then using Jiufeng's dream to seal away all the witch clans.

If Jiufeng doesn't wake up, they won't be able to wake up either.

Zhao Yifu nodded in satisfaction, then frowned as he looked around at the surroundings...

Deep within Liaoshan, three hilltops were leveled after a brief battle between him and Jiufeng, creating a large open space.

Lava gushed out everywhere.

But the thick fog from their fight remained, and with a wave of his hand, a large area of ​​precipitation appeared.

The cool rainwater rapidly cools the magma, while simultaneously being evaporated back into water vapor by the magma's high temperature.

However, the moisture was quickly cooled down... This didn't even require Zhao Yifu to do anything; Jiufeng just needed to lie inside and keep breathing.

With each breath she took, she exhaled a cool breath, cooling down the mountain basin.

This cycle might soon change the environment of this basin.

Then let the Wu Clan sleep here for now, and we'll consider waking them up once Boss Youquan has figured out how to reward himself.

Zhao Yifu nodded secretly, and then returned to Baiyun Mountain.

Baiyun Mountain was left in a mess, so he had to rearrange the formation.

Practice makes perfect, and this time he simply tore down the remaining formations and rebuilt them, his thinking much clearer than the previous two times.

This time, the illusion array wasn't as outrageous; it was finally more conventional and resembled a normal illusion array.

It had no bugs and ran normally, but it also seemed rather mediocre.

Zhao Yifu was dissatisfied again.

What use is such a mediocre illusion array?

However, the illusion array has one advantage: to break it, one must enter the array and observe it... This doesn't count the previous instance where Jiufeng directly crushed it with her true form.

Zhao Yifu decided to add a little 'spice' to this illusion array.

It was still 'Dream Building and Bewitching God,' and he used his strongest illusion technique to enter.

Anyone who wants to come in and observe should try this 'Dream Building and Bewitching God' technique first.

After Zhao Yifu had finished setting everything up, he returned to the mountain satisfied and asked, "Grandmaster, what do you think of my formation?"

Xuan Du's expression was somewhat strange. He said, "Why do you always add so many random things to your formations?"

Clearly, "building dreams and bewitching gods" defies common sense once again.

The grandmaster asked curiously, "What are your plans to do with these witch tribes?"

"To be honest, they are ultimately blessed with destiny, and they have a place in the Three Realms."

Zhao Yifu said, "But Boss Youquan hasn't given any new orders yet, and these witch tribes are causing a huge disturbance, so I have no choice but to arrest them all for now."

Very well, Youquan's order is for him to make contact with the Wu Clan.

Zhao Yifu accidentally captured the entire Wu tribe.

Xuandu said, "Have you thought about how to deal with these guys? These witch clansmen are like rocks in a latrine, smelly and hard, there's no way to deal with them."

Zhao Yifu thought about it for a while, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and the more he thought about it, the more his head ached.

He said, "Grandmaster, what should I do?"

Xuan Du irresponsibly said, "That's your problem. Figure it out yourself."

He even gave a knowing smile as he spoke.

Zhao Yifu was instantly annoyed.

After thinking for a moment, he simply stopped the witch clan's 'Dream Building and Bewitching' ritual, hoping they would wake up on their own and leave sensibly.

however……

They didn't wake up; they were still fast asleep.

Because they were all in Jiu Feng's dream, and Jiu Feng was unwilling to wake up, the other members of the Wu clan also fell into a deep sleep and could not wake up.

Zhao Yifu was a bit annoyed. How could these witches just lie down here and not get up?
He felt like he'd been scammed.

Zhao Yifu couldn't help but ask, "Grandmaster, doesn't the Wu Clan have any other great shamans?"

"Why is there only one Great Witch, Jiufeng?"

He just wanted someone to wake up the people on the ground and get them out of there quickly.

Xuandu said, "Originally there were some others, such as Chi You, Fei Lian, and Ping Yi. You know what happened to Chi You. After Ping Yi died in battle, he was appointed as the Rain Master and was in charge of distributing rainwater throughout the world. Fei Lian surrendered and returned to the Heavenly Court. He is now the Wind Master."

"There is also Xiang Liu, who was suppressed at the bottom of the water as early as the time of Yu the Great's flood control. His obstruction of flood control is endless and he cannot be released easily."

"You know where Xingtian is."

"Therefore, the only great shaman among the shamans is probably Jiufeng."

Zhao Yifu was somewhat surprised to hear this, but then he understood and said, "No wonder, no wonder she doesn't want to wake up."

For Jiufeng, reality is probably a place she has long wanted to escape from!

Xuan Du said, "Don't worry, someone will want to wake her up."

Zhao Yifu was taken aback, and then he felt the wind in the mountains suddenly become noisy.

He went outside and saw that the mountain wind was howling and very noisy deep in Liaoshan.

He asked, "Is it the Wind God?"

Xuan Du said, "Although Feng Bo has surrendered and abandoned his identity as a member of the Wu Clan, the original friendship still exists."

Zhao Yifu nodded.

Then I heard an angry voice from the other end: "Don't bother me!"

Then, a breath of icy Xuan Qi was exhaled into the sky, and the howling wind in the mountains stopped.

What a terrible morning grumpiness!

Zhao Yifu watched this scene from afar atop Baiyun Mountain, thinking to himself, "As expected of the Great Shaman of the Wu Clan, he has such a fiery temper."

He was initially worried that Jiufeng would come looking for trouble again after she woke up, and he even began to secretly accumulate dark source power in preparation to transform into the [Primordial Giant] again and fight Jiufeng.

As a result, the other person woke up in a daze and then started wandering around.

How is this going?

It's strange that these witches neither left nor bothered him after they woke up.

Two days passed like this.

Until a sorcerer stumbled into the maze of Baiyun Mountain.

Zhao Yifu's brow twitched; they'd finally come again.

He was ready to fight these witches again. He figured he could just keep fighting; he wasn't afraid of trouble anyway, and it would be a good opportunity to hone his combat skills.

Next time I compete with the monkey and Yang Jian, I won't need them to give way to me.

but……

The situation was developing in a way that left him somewhat bewildered.

Jiufeng led her people to the foot of Baiyun Mountain again.

After hesitating for a moment, another group of sorcerers entered Baiyun Mountain.

Not long after, along with Jiufeng herself, the Wu clan members gradually entered the illusion array of Baiyun Mountain.

Zhao Yifu waited silently, ready for Jiu Feng to reveal her true form as a great witch and cause him another trouble.

But he waited and waited, and nothing happened.

A divine sense swept across the illusion array... Good heavens, everyone was lying up straight, asleep again!

Zhao Yifu covered his face with one hand, feeling that he had been completely extorted.

He looked at Xuandu and said, "Grandmaster, why are these witches so obsessed with dreams? This weakness is too obvious!"

Xuandu pondered for a moment and said, "The Wu Clan used to fight against heaven and earth. Even if they didn't cultivate their primordial spirit, they wouldn't be afraid of illusions because of their boundless fighting spirit."

"But now..."

"The situation may be different now."

"Perhaps only in the dream you weave can they rediscover their ancient pride..."

Zhao Yifu felt somewhat helpless; this was not what he had expected.

He also hoped to rely on these witch clans to become the main force and overthrow the current Heavenly Court order.

But now, it feels like they're just a bunch of lazy bums who only want to dream...

Zhao Yifu found it difficult to remain calm, especially since he had caused this situation himself.

Originally, these witches came to him with the determination to find their clan's war god, Xing Tian... but they encountered the Great Free Heaven Demon King and were instantly lost in their own dream.

Honestly, this is a feat that even the Demon Lord Mara has never achieved.

Any demon would have to bow down and worship him.

In particular, when Zhao Yifu discovered that these witches were losing their willpower in their dreams, his own primordial spirit power seemed to be slowly increasing.

This is a very obvious example of 'one gaining at the expense of the other,' and it is also the way the Heavenly Demon cultivates.

The more the demons tempt cultivators to fall into depravity, the stronger they become.

and many more……

Zhao Yifu sensed something was wrong.

He's only called the 'Great Freedom Demon King,' not a real demon, so how can he do things like a demon?
Zhao Yifu found it incredible.

Little did Mara know that he was even more bewildered by this... As Zhao Yifu became more and more like a true demon, the Demon Lord felt that his position was being seriously challenged.

However, the problem Zhao Yifu is facing now is how to wake these witches from their dreams.
They looked to Xuandu for help, but Xuandu just drank and ate, looking like he was enjoying a good show.

Zhao Yifu knew that his grandmaster had the most perverse sense of humor.

So what can he do?

There was no other way; the only thing he could think of was to go into the dreams of these witch clans and rescue the people.

He shook his head in frustration, then separated his avatar from the dream world and went directly to the dream world, entering the ancient dream woven by the Nine Phoenixes.

That was a barbaric era.

It should be barbaric, chaotic, and cruel.

However, due to the dreamer's preference, this place appears quite bright and exudes a dreamlike feeling.

Looking at this dream, Zhao Yifu helplessly found a little girl catching fish behind a certain aloof older sister.

This is Jiufeng.

Zhao Yifu walked up without saying a word and said in a curt tone, "Great Witch Jiufeng, it's time for you to wake up!"

The little girl pretended not to hear.

To Zhao Yifu's astonishment, the aloof older sister gave him a deep look and said, "Yes, Xiao Jiu, you should go back. This place doesn't belong to you after all."

Little Nine Phoenix suddenly turned her head, her adorable, collagen-filled face angrily staring at Zhao Yifu as she said, "I'm not leaving! I'm staying here!"

Zhao Yifu was stunned for a moment.

He looked at the aloof older woman and asked, "Who are you...?"

The aloof older sister said, "Xuanming, or rather, a wisp of Xuanming's remnant will left here."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yifu immediately realized what was happening.

This is the Dream Realm, where countless fragments of dreams, existing since time immemorial, remain.

And once something has appeared in this dream world, it will leave behind a trace of thought, becoming the last trace of its existence in this world.

It is obvious that the reason why Jiufeng is so obsessed with dreams is because she encountered this remnant dream of Xuanming.

This, ironically, gave her a sense of belonging that transcended reality...

Knowing that it's better to guide than to block, Zhao Yifu said to Jiufeng, "I understand what's going on, but don't you want to find the rest of your clansmen as well?"

Jiufeng was stunned.

She stared at Zhao Yifu in astonishment, completely at a loss for words.

Zhao Yifu, however, said: "Right here, in this world of dreams, there must still be many remnants of ancient dreams remaining."

“Find them, gather them together, and you’ll probably be able to see your former people appear before you in your dreams.”

Jiufeng's gaze towards Zhao Yifu instantly became conflicted.

She asked, "What do you want me to do?"

Zhao Yifu countered, "And how did you find the Xuanming Remnant Dream?"

Jiufeng shook her head and said, "I don't know, Sister Xuanming was in my dream from the very beginning."

Zhao Yifu roughly understood that this might be related to cause and effect.

If that's the case, then with so many witches dreaming together here, the causal connections should surely attract a large number of witches' lingering dreams.

He said, "Let me go take a look."

With that, he left Jiufeng's dream.

Looking around in the dream world, I saw many fragmented dreams approaching from near and far.

The dream realm is endless, and these fragmented dreams may not necessarily belong to the witch clan.

but……

He doesn't care.

To save himself the trouble, he didn't distinguish between them at all. He spread his divine sense and drew a large circle, then gathered all the remnants of dreams within that area.

Then, he remembered that he also had a dream city in this dream world that imprisoned many celestial demons.

They simply moved the Dream City here and used it as their foundation.

After all, there are too many fragments of dreams, so it is probably impossible to rely on Jiufeng's own dreams.

Then, the demons who were originally imprisoned in Dream City got a new job: Dream City Administrators.

After he had finished everything, he returned to the dream world of Jiufeng in Dream City to take a look...

Indeed, many fragments of the witch clan's dreams have been pieced together.

He said to Jiufeng, "Now you can wake up, right?"

"I..." Jiu Feng hesitated again.

Zhao Yifu said, "Don't worry, they'll stay here and won't leave. You can always come back here by simply closing your eyes and sleeping."

Jiufeng was still staring at Zhao Yifu in a daze. She remembered Zhao Yifu's 'primordial giant' form and couldn't help but lower her head and say, "Thank you for your mercy, Dream Ancestor."

Dream Ancestor... Goodness, Zhao Yifu has a new title, and it sounds pretty impressive.

(End of this chapter)