I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 81 Foster Father
Just as Chen Yu was about to say no problem, Teacher Zhao said directly, "No problem, there's enough time. Lord Huode is prepared."

Teacher Zhao took out the divine painting of the Fire Virtue True Lord and flung it forcefully. The painting of the Fire Virtue True Lord spontaneously combusted without fire and burned to ashes in the blink of an eye.

The delicate fragrance emanating from the flames made Chen Yu yawn, and his eyes involuntarily began to close.

Yu Guangzhong saw that Ma Daqiang had already fallen onto the table, and Liu Qing was able to resist for a while, but then she also fell down.

"Don't resist," Teacher Zhao's voice rang out from afar. "Just close your eyes and sleep."

Chen Yu closed his eyes and immediately drifted into a dream. When he opened them again, he found himself still in the small restaurant.

But what appeared outside the window wasn't the familiar night market, but a milky white mist, indicating that this wasn't reality, but a dream.

Chen Yu clenched his fist and then released it, finding that this place was no different from reality.

Even the Emperor's Banner that Zhong Zheng sent was brought in, and his own magic could still be used, which was truly astonishing.

"This dream is almost real," Chen Yu said in surprise.

"almost."

Through the mist, Teacher Zhao strode over with Liu Qing and Ma Daqiang, and sat down opposite Chen Yu: "Dreams and reality are two sides of the same coin. It's normal for the Star Lord to have the ability to turn reality into illusion or illusion into reality. But Chen Yu, you are indeed amazing. You realized this was a dream as soon as you came in, unlike these two idiots."

"I've been exercising my primordial spirit recently, so I feel quite energetic."

Liu Qing and Ma Daqiang, who were brought back, looked as if they had just woken up, with a clear and innocent look on their faces.

Teacher Zhao punched each of them to bring them back to their senses, and then said, "Time flows in this dream world at a rate of one-twenty-fourth that of the outside world. You have fourteen days here to prepare."

"That's quite generous."

"Well, not only that, I've also invited a dream weaver from the Tianyuan Cultivator Committee to assist you. Be sure to treat him with respect later; he's a top-tier figure in Tianyuan. He's over a hundred years old and has witnessed a great deal of Tianyuan's history. Even I have to be very polite to him."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a bunch of parts bounced and hopped over, landing clattering onto the chair.

Straightening his head, Zhong Zheng said excitedly, "Chen Yu, we meet again! I knew I'd see you when Teacher Zhao contacted me. I'm playing the new tricks in 'My Factory' every day, it's so much fun!"

"Don't even mention it," Chen Yu sighed. "I won't be happy even if you praise me."

"You're still a tsundere."

Holding his left hand, Zhong Zheng tapped Chen Yu's face across the table, then said to the astonished Teacher Zhao, "Don't worry, Teacher Zhao, Chen Yu and I are old friends. Leave this to me. You go out and prepare for the Inquiry Day, don't disturb us as we're getting to know each other."

"Okay. But be careful, don't lead my students astray into ghost cultivation."

"You can do that?! You're kidding, don't raise your fist, you're kidding! Can't you show some manners to the elderly?!"

After finally seeing Teacher Zhao off, Zhong Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Teacher Zhao should have explained the rules of the Day of Inquiry to you. According to the contract established by the Fire Virtue Star Lord, I will not provide any help with ideas, but will only help you improve your dreams. Although I am just an old ghost at the peak of Qi Refining, I have several Foundation Establishment ghost cultivators in my Human Emperor Banner, so you don't need to worry about spells."

Chen Yu had already witnessed the wonders of magic and knew that dreams with magic and dreams without magic were two different things.

Every dream is constructed using magic. The magic provided by the Dream Weaver platform is an integrated set of magic. Although it is usable, some details are still lacking.

However, if one obtains a spell seed and can cast spells, one can modify the spells provided by the platform according to one's own wishes, thereby producing better effects.

Take Chen Yu's first dream, "The Dreamer," as an example. If Chen Yu had been able to use magic, he could have twisted the player's mind even more, and made the corruption effects on the surrounding objects even more disgusting, thus driving the player even more insane.

Magic won't raise the lower limit of a dream, but it can expand its upper limit, allowing a dream that's originally at 85 points to develop into one at 90 points or higher. But it's not too late now.

With Zhong Zheng's assistance, Chen Yu felt he could create works that surpassed his limits and then reap a wave of negative emotions.

After all, this dream is meant to test your resolve, so we have to use some serious methods!
After Chen Yu and Liu Qing and Ma Daqiang regained consciousness, they subconsciously wanted to serve some more food, but then realized that they were still in Huo De Xing Jun's dream.

Seeing this, Zhong Zheng smiled and said, "Don't worry about the difference between dreams and reality. This is a dream that the Star Lord had. Reality and dreams can be interconnected. You'll see if you don't believe me."

With a tap of their finger, all the food they had just ordered outside appeared here, and it tasted exactly the same as what they had in real life.

After eating, Chen Yu even felt a bit full, and had to admit that the Star Lord's power was indeed amazing.

"If you can eat your fill in a dream, what about going to the toilet in a dream?"

"That's a unique idea, but I still suggest you go to the toilet in real life. Okay, you guys get to work, I'm going to play 'My Factory'."

Seeing Zhong sinking into a dream, Chen Yu realized that dreams are indeed quite mysterious.

At the same time, Liu Qing and Ma Daqiang also woke up.

After explaining the current situation and confirming that the two understood, Chen Yu, while eating dried fish, said, "We have fourteen hours now, which corresponds to fourteen days here. I have already divided these fourteen days into fourteen periods; please take a look."

Looking at the plan Chen Yu had drawn up, Ma Daqiang gasped and couldn't help but ask, "Brother Chen, your plan looks impressive, but something feels off."

"what happened?"

Where is the break time?

"Weren't you resting the whole time? We were all dreaming, do you want to rest in your dreams too?"

"Having said that, but..."

"No buts, let's begin. By the way, I can pull some strings and make you temporary workers at Tianyuan Chenguang Co., Ltd., then you can be paid overtime. Fourteen days, three people, 260 yuan a day, how come it's only 10,920 yuan? Well, this number is acceptable, let's leave it at that."

After transferring the money directly to the three men, Chen Yu said to Liu Qing and Ma Daqiang, "Don't refuse. This is just a small loophole I found using the rules. Just take it. Okay, let's get back to work."

"Godfather!" Ma Daqiang shouted excitedly, "I'll do whatever you ask me to do, without any complaints!"

"Wait, I forgot to factor in overtime. We're working 24/7, and overtime pay is tripled, so we need to multiply that by seven, which is 76,440. Hmm, that number is satisfactory."

"Godfather!" Liu Qing exclaimed excitedly as he looked at the extra 20,000 yuan in income. "We'll cut down whoever you tell us to cut down."

"You guys are so noisy," Zhong Zheng said, putting down his phone. "A mere 25,000... can I call you godfather?"

"Go play your electric game, there'll be plenty of work to do later."

"Okay~"

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(End of this chapter)