There's a big problem with dreams in this world.

The ball of light circled around Lu Qing again, and after thinking for a while, it resolutely entered the silver-haired girl's body.

.......

[Error Log: Player's "Stranger" attribute has exceeded the limit.]

[Warning: Player "The Stranger's" mental world is ascending to the third level of the mental realm.]

[Warning: The dream world [Shaman Princess and the Ash Forest] is approaching its critical stress point.]

[Warning: An error has occurred in the dream world [Shaman Princess and the Ash Forest].]

The system is undergoing emergency maintenance...

[With a large investment of Dream Coins, the difficulty of the Dream World [The Spirit Princess and the Ash Forest] has increased.]

[Temporarily modified the characters of Pope Gordon and Knight Myron.]

[The character Archbishop Angus has been released ahead of schedule.]

[Player "Stranger" has reached a critical point and is ascending to the third level of the spiritual realm.]

[With a large amount of Dream Coins invested, the Dream [The Spirit Princess and the Ash Forest] is undergoing dimensional upgrades...]

......

[Congratulations to player Stranger for reaching level 15 (Blue)!]

You have gained 25 attribute point!

You have obtained the item: Blue Game Manual

[Due to special circumstances, the difficulty of this dream world will be increased!]

[Dream Name: Ascended Dream - The Psychic Princess and the Ash Forest]

[Dream Difficulty: Blue Two Stars]

The Guiji Cult's nearly four-hundred-year-long plan has succeeded. The Sacred Tree has now lost its ability to absorb and purify the power of the void, and it is weakening day by day.

The entire world has undergone earth-shattering changes. The Kingdom of Vanhusdan has been destroyed, and now only a single human city remains, struggling to survive. But recently, they may even lose the ability to continue.

[In their attempt to save the sacred tree, the two girls were unfortunately frozen deep within the Fanling Lake by raging water elementals.]

The descendants of the kingdom's legendary knights find themselves transported to the once-prosperous Annaba Desert, now reduced to mere sand, by a sudden spatial rift.

[And you, Princess of the Kingdom of Vanhustan, have finally awakened after fifty years of slumber in the spring deep within the elven sacrificial grounds!]

[Main Objective: Successfully heal the ailing sacred tree, allowing life to continue in the world!]

[Secondary Objectives: Gain the Pope's approval in psychic training, redeem more than five vengeful spirits, and collect and personally engrave ten masks.]

[Hunter's Trial: Slay a blue-level beast!]

[Kindred's Mark: Slay the corrupted Forest Guardian!]

"Er..."

Perhaps because she had slept for too long, Lu Qing, feeling a bit of a headache, slowly opened her eyes. Accompanied by the sound of splashing water, she sat up from the spring.

"What am I doing...?"

Lu Qing looked at her palm, and gradually recalled the scene before she fell into a deep sleep.

She looked at the diary with a strange expression, noticing a long string of new text. After reading it, she belatedly opened her mouth wide and exclaimed:

"So, the reason why dreams have become so difficult is entirely because of me?"

"Also, how did I suddenly become level 15? What happened to breaking through the dream realm? What happened to asking for my consent before breaking through?"

P.S.: My computer crashed halfway through typing.

About 800 words were missing from Chapter Two, and I was devastated.

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Chapter 542: Spirit

"The two young girls, descendants of legendary knights, are they Fang Qingrou, Muir, and Hao Meng?" Lu Qing wondered, looking at the information in her dream.

"And what's more, I've actually slept for fifty years?"

Lu Qing rubbed her forehead, then stood up from the spring. She didn't know why, but even after soaking in the water for so long, she didn't feel anything unusual, and her clothes weren't even wet!

"Wait a minute..."

Lu Qing suddenly noticed something and focused her attention on the clothes.

【Item Name: Festival Costume】

[Item Quality: Purple]

[Description: This ceremonial robe, made of the finest silk, is predominantly blue and white, adorned with intricate bright silver patterns and numerous silver-white pendants. It appears dignified and elegant without being extravagant.]

[Originally just an ordinary item, it underwent a strange transformation after being soaked in the sacred tree's spring water for fifty years.]

[Skills: Spirit Ornament, Nature's Affinity, Spiritual Energy Recovery, Advanced Life Regeneration.]

[Spiritual Ornaments: Festival attire, having absorbed some powerful blood, underwent a special transformation after being soaked in holy water, allowing it to switch between illusory and real forms.]

[Nature's affinity: When wearing festival attire, all creatures in nature will be friendly towards you.]

[Psionic Healing: Your psionic energy recovery speed has been greatly increased.]

[Advanced Life Regeneration: Wound healing speed is greatly increased, even severed limbs can be fully restored.]

[Note: Thanks to nature for its bounty! (bushi)]

"How did this become a purple-quality item?" Lu Qing wondered, looking at the attributes displayed in the diary with a mix of amusement and exasperation.

This should be considered a good thing, right? Thinking this, Lu Qing tried using the [Spirit Ornament] skill of the festival costume.

The next moment, she felt a chill on her body, as if she were completely naked...

"ah!"

Instinctively clutching her chest, Lu Qing realized that her ceremonial attire hadn't disappeared; she could still see it with her eyes, but couldn't touch it with her body.

In addition, she could also sense that the other skills of the festival attire were still active.

"So, I don't have to worry about this outfit getting damaged?" Many thoughts flooded Lu Qing's mind. The skills of the festival attire were quite good, but its defensive capabilities weren't very strong.

Although it's a purple-quality item, its defensive capabilities are only about the same as her nimble cloak, and it's also quite troublesome to wear, hindering her activities.

However, this spirit accessory skill can solve all the above problems, because she can put on other items while the festival costume is in an illusory state!

Doing whatever came to mind, Lu Qing opened the storage cabinet in the small house, took out all the props she had previously stored inside, and put them on.

Surprisingly, the props she thought would clip through her clothes, such as the Wind Sprite Bow, disappeared after she put them on, accompanied by a distortion of light!

Lu Qing touched it with her hand and found that she could still touch the Wind Spirit Bow, but she couldn't see it with the naked eye. Once she used Eagle Eye, Spirit Vision, or the Golden One-Eyed Eye, she could see it clearly.

"By the way, where's Wayne?"

Lu Qing thought of something else. She remembered that when Wayne was about to break through, she placed him on her shoulder. After meeting Archbishop Angus, Wayne disappeared.

"Let's summon Wayne and take a look," Lu Qing thought to herself.

As usual, Lu Qing managed to bleed a few drops of blood and used the power of the contract to summon Wayne.

"Wow!"

The moment Wayne came out, Lu Qing heard a surprised female voice.

"who!?"

Lu Qing instantly became very vigilant, her icy blue eyes constantly scanning her surroundings, while she temporarily put aside the changes in Wayne.

Judging from Wayne's appearance, he must have successfully broken through to the blue level. His size has increased dramatically, and when he stands up, he is almost as tall as Lu Qing.

His feathers looked even darker in color, and now probably no one would call him a raven after seeing him. He looked more like an eagle than a raven.

Just as Lu Qing was looking around warily, a small, azure ball slowly floated out of her body.

"Don't look anymore, I'm here," the little ball said in a clear, ethereal voice.

She wasn't speaking human language, and Lu Qing couldn't tell which race she was speaking, but for some reason, she was able to understand what she meant.

"You are..." Lu Qing looked at the small ball floating in front of her, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Are you an elf...?"

“Yes, my name is Ling. It’s nice to meet you.” Ling floated in mid-air, the light on her body trembling lightly. She seemed to be quite happy.

"Ling..." Lu Qing murmured the other person's name, then asked, "Why are you here?"

"Furthermore, elves shouldn't look like..."

“Ah…” Ling’s voice sounded somewhat dejected as she said, “I came here to check on the state of the Sacred Tree, but when I got here, I was discovered by a bad guy. That bad guy attacked me, and I couldn’t beat him, so I had to run here.”

"You were sleeping in the spring when I came in, and I woke you up~" Ling said, becoming cheerful again, jumping happily in the air.

"As for their form, elves can freely change their form, and I think their current form is more conducive to survival."

“The outside world is full of void power and many bad guys. If I keep my physical body, I’ll be captured!” Ling said with a hint of resentment.

"I see. Then why did you hide it before?" Lu Qing asked again.

After a moment of silence, Ling's body continued to flash with a pale blue light, and she said, "There are many bad guys among humans. Ling'er needs to observe them first."

Lu Qing was surprised by Ling's answer and could only laugh and cry at the same time, saying, "You did the right thing. There are indeed many bad guys among humans."

"Mmm." Ling's voice became lively again. She looked at Lu Qing with some curiosity and said, "Are you Princess? I've heard humans say that the last spirit medium to enter the elven sacrificial site was Princess Lu Qing."

"Is that what people outside say?" Lu Qing asked curiously.

"That's what they all say, but I've also heard a lot of rumors."

"What rumor?" Lu Qing asked curiously.

“Hmm…” Ling hesitated for a moment, then said, “There are many theories. Many people say that the princess deliberately killed the sacred tree, while others say that the princess did not learn all of the Pope’s skills, so she failed to purify the impurities, causing the sacred tree to wither and die.”

"But I already know it's fake, because... oh, I can't say the rest," Ling said somewhat belatedly.

“I know all that, about the connection with Ao and stuff.” Lu Qing roughly guessed what Ling couldn’t say.

"Huh, you knew all that?"

Ling curiously spun around Lu Qing, wondering how she knew all this.