Although the sky was cloudy, the rain did not get heavier and it always kept pouring. It was as if there was an immortal on the clouds, squeezing slowly without using too much force.
Therefore, from a distance, although the rain curtain looks like a bead curtain, it also has a special meaning, making the entire city in a haze, like a mirage, with reality revealed in the illusion.
The sky is getting late, perhaps because the setting sun is covered by clouds, and only a few residual lights can fall through the gaps in the clouds. This makes this dusk, only in the area where the light beams fall, it is normal, while other directions seem to be covered by clouds. Speeding up the passage of time, making the night come quickly.
The pedestrians on the street were still there, the bustling sounds were the same as before, the vendors and urchins were not much different from what Wang Baole saw before when he opened his eyes, and the drunk man in the alley turned over, snored, and continued to dream. .
"Interesting." In the palace, Wang Baole walked forward slowly, his expression as usual, except for a flash of thought in his eyes.
"This dream seems to contain some profound meaning." Wang Baole paused and turned back to look at the palace where Emperor Xuanchen was. With his current cultivation level, he could naturally tell that something was wrong with Emperor Xuanchen.
The other party does not seem to have much agility. It is like a fixed set of templates, carrying out pre-designed words and actions. Just like the living beings outside the palace, at first glance, they are lifelike, but if you look closely, they are all the same. Just like Emperor Xuanchen.
"Only Xiao Wu..." Wang Baole pondered, and took a step forward. The next moment, his figure disappeared. When he appeared, he was already in a side hall of the palace, and saw Xiao Wu, who was hurriedly returning with frustration and anger.
Almost at the same time that Wang Baole saw Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu also saw Wang Baole, paused in his steps, and suddenly spoke.
"You shouldn't have come."
As soon as these words came out, the agility in his body seemed to escape and disappeared without a trace. His whole person became the same as Emperor Xuanchen, and the emotions in his eyes disappeared and turned into calm.
Wang Baole narrowed his eyes instantly and ignored Xiao Wu. Instead, he suddenly grabbed the top of Xiao Wu's head. He could feel that at that moment, the agility on the other person's body seemed to have turned into a wisp of consciousness, and he was rapidly moving. Leave.
But this wisp of smart consciousness was confusing. When Wang Baole grabbed it, the consciousness seemed to be caught, but it completely disappeared in the next moment, which made Wang Baole raise his eyebrows.
"Is it the only color in this pale picture?"
"Whoever this ray of consciousness is in will be as agile as a real person, and the owner of this dream is the original owner of this ray of consciousness!"
Wang Baole suddenly understood, and walked towards the sky. In a few steps, he stepped out of the palace and appeared in the mid-air of the city. He lowered his head and looked at the city, looking for traces of the spiritual consciousness. Almost instantly, he found it. Where he was, his eyes flashed, staring at a drunken man snoring and sleeping in an alley.
But at the moment when Wang Baole was about to pass, all the sentient beings in this city, no matter what they were doing at the moment, all raised their heads, including pedestrians, vendors, urchins, and singers. Wang Baole in .
"You shouldn't have come."
"You shouldn't have come."
"You shouldn't have come."
The same words came out from the mouths of everyone in the city who looked up at Wang Baole in an instant. When they were gathered together, it was like the roar of the entire city. The air waves shook the sky, spreading like a storm, roaring the heaven and earth.
A powerful obstacle was formed, seeming to block Wang Baole's spiritual thoughts. At the same time, an astonishing repulsion also erupted. This repulsion came from all living beings here, and their will seemed to replace them in this unified gathering. The way of heaven has been replaced by rules.
Therefore, their lack of welcome caused the world to reject Wang Baole.
Wang Baole frowned and slowly raised his right hand, just as he was about to suppress it, but at this moment, bursts of coughing came from the mouth of the drunk man in the alley.
With the cough, the world immediately recovered. Everyone seemed to have forgotten the previous shouts and went about their business as usual. At the same time, the drunken man's eyelids slowly opened, and when his eyes opened, moment…
The rain falling in the city stopped for an instant, and so did all living things. The pedestrians who had just recovered and were on their way remained motionless, the vendors who picked up goods for customers also kept raising their hands, and the playful urchins did the same. Still in the act of running.
A deep light flashed in Wang Baole's eyes. As he stepped, he walked down from the sky and came to the alley. He stood in front of the drunk man who was sitting up from lying down and leaning against the wall.
This drunken man's hair was disheveled, his eyes were sleepy, and he smelled of alcohol, but he could vaguely tell from his appearance that he looked exactly like Emperor Xuanchen.
Seeing this, Wang Baole's eyes became clear and he already had the answer in his heart. The person in front of him was the real Emperor Xuanchen. This was his dream. As for the person in the palace, he was just himself in this person's dream. illusory.
At this moment, the drunk man tilted his head against the wall, picked up the wine bottle next to him, drank the small amount of wine in it, and exhaled a long breath of alcohol before looking at Wang Baole.
"You have no time to disturb other people's dreams. If you didn't smell like my useless little brat about you, I would have kicked you out directly."
"Senior, I have no choice but to disturb you." Wang Baole said calmly, cupping his fists.
"I came here in a dream to find the dream master. Do you want to use the dream to step into Yuanyu Daokong?" The drunk man took the wine bottle, shook it, and threw it aside.
"I hope senior will make it happen." Wang Baole was not surprised that the person in front of him knew this. For a strong man like Emperor Xuanchen, many things could be seen through at a glance.
"It's getting dark." The drunk man suddenly spoke, saying these words that had nothing to do with what he just said, and then closed his eyes.
"Huh?" Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and was about to speak, but the next moment his expression changed, and his spiritual thoughts swept across the city. At this moment, the clouds in the sky had covered the last ray of sunshine, and the earth became dim. At the same time, those who were originally All the sentient beings who were stilled were also restored at this moment.
But...their expressions are completely different from those during the day. The couple, who were cuddling together and walking under an oil-paper umbrella, suddenly quarreled, making each other look disgusting and saying nasty things.
The children who were playing suddenly looked ferocious and started fighting with each other.
And the merchant who was doing business suddenly took out a knife from his arms, jumped at the customer ferociously, and stabbed him.
Even the singer who was still singing and dancing was like this, as if she had turned into a fierce ghost. The entire city and everyone was like this. This peaceful city during the day was like a ghost realm in the dark night.
Roars, screams, curses, and madness all broke out at this moment.
During the day, it's good.
Night, extremely evil.
This scene made Wang Baole's heart stir. He didn't understand what kind of mentality could create such a reversal of good and evil in his dream.
"In this dream, everyone has good and evil thoughts." The drunk man closed his eyes and seemed to be talking in his sleep. He took out another wine bottle from somewhere beside him.
"You want to leave here through me and step into Yuanyu Daokong, then you have to ask me a question, guess..."
"Am I good or evil?"
"You guessed it right. I would like to wake up and let you enter Yuanyu Daokong. If you guessed it wrong, I hope you leave. You... shouldn't come."
Wang Baole looked at the drunk man, remained silent for a long time, and then raised his head to look at the palace.
"If you see good, you will be good, if you see evil, you will be evil. It all depends on your thoughts."
As soon as these words came out, the drunk man's movement of lifting the wine bottle stopped immediately, and he fell silent. After a while, his closed eyes slowly opened, and they were filled with bloodshot eyes. With an unspeakable complexity, he looked at Wang Baole again.
"Sure enough, it's you..." The drunk man murmured, smiled bitterly, raised his right hand and waved violently. Suddenly, the world where the city was located blurred for an instant, as if the bubbles were breaking, starting from the edge and gradually disappearing.
Wang Baole frowned. What Emperor Xuanchen said just now made him feel a little strange.
"Senior, what do you mean by this?"
The drunkard didn't answer, but laughed, and the world became blurry, and even the alley where they were began to disappear.
Only his laughter, complex and bitter, echoed.
"I was originally a guest of Qingdeng who never returned, but because of the dirty wine, I left behind the dust. I am lucky enough to meet you in my three lives. You are both a gift and a calamity..."
"Senior?" Wang Baole was shocked. These words made the strange feeling in his heart become stronger and stronger.
"Let me ask you another question." The entire city, together with this alley, dissipated at this moment, and so did the drunkard himself. Just when he was about to dissipate completely, the drunkard looked at Wang Baole and suddenly spoke.
"What about you? Is it good, evil, or... just a thought?"
(End of chapter)