"Mr. Ji..."
"Sir, please don't blame me. It was Wang Li's negligence..."
Seeing the two of them admitting their mistakes, Ji Yuan shook his head slightly and sighed. These two guys, one man and one god, actually didn't hear the hidden meaning in the first half of his sentence, or maybe they were pretending to be confused.
"Mr. Ji, please tell me about this idiot named Wang. He thinks he is made of iron. If I hadn't brought him food every now and then, he would be skin and bones now, without the strength to speak. He actually yelled at me! Humph!"
Wang Li felt extremely guilty and didn't dare to look at Zhang Rui. He could only look at Ji Yuan, hoping that Mr. Ji could understand him.
Ji Yuan looked at the two people in the cell and suddenly smiled.
"How about this, let Ji accompany you to jail, I will make sure you are safe, how do you think?"
Ji Yuan's gaze swept across Wang Li and Zhang Rui. They both stood there in a daze, not reacting for a while. After a long time, Zhang Rui said in surprise.
"Mr. Ji, you, are you going to jail with him? Are you serious?"
"Yes, Mr. Ji, the prison is not very comfortable!"
Ji Yuan smiled.
"Ji has lived in the most uncomfortable places before, and he didn't live here for nothing."
While Wang Li and Zhang Rui were stunned, Ji Yuan had already approached the cell, opened the door and walked in, then locked the door again.
Looking closely at the furnishings in the cell, there was an earthen bed that was more than eight feet deep, with a low table and candlesticks in the middle. There was also a low window on the top of one wall that was only about a palm's height and an arm's width. Although it was a double cell, it was used as a single room for Wang Li.
“Haha, the environment is pretty good!”
Zhang Rui and Wang Li looked at each other. It seemed that Mr. Ji was serious. It could only be said that ordinary people could not understand the actions of masters.
It was late at night, Zhang Rui had already left, and Wang Li and Ji Yuan were the only ones left in the cell. Wang Li lay on the side of the low table and couldn't fall asleep. He looked carefully at the other end of the table and saw Ji Yuan lying on his side, sleeping soundly and breathing evenly.
He wanted to call Ji Yuan, but Wang Li didn't dare to wake Mr. Ji up. After a long time, he could only close his eyes and force himself to fall asleep.
However, although Ji Yuan's presence made Wang Li feel a little uneasy and nervous, it also made him feel at ease. Coupled with the peaceful and refreshing aura from Ji Yuan, Wang Li fell asleep in less than a quarter of an hour.
As soon as Wang Li fell asleep, Ji Yuan opened his eyes instead, and glanced at the storyteller on the other side of the table. He looked like he was in a dream, but it was not an ordinary dream.
Ji Yuan opened his eyes wider and used his Dharma Eye to observe carefully. A faint white light was faintly visible on Wang Li's body. This was somewhat different from human anger, and it made Ji Yuan feel very unfamiliar.
'interesting!'
Ji Yuan thought for a long time but couldn't find a suitable definition. You know, after thirty years, he is no longer the novice in practice. Although there are still many things he doesn't know, he also knows a lot.
The layer of light on Wang Li's body had no protective effect, nor was it a majestic aura. The human anger was still on the periphery, appearing red, and was strongest on the top of the head and shoulders, and was not so tight to the body.
But what exactly is this layer of light? It seems to be completely useless.
It had been a long time since Ji Yuan had encountered something that could stump his eyes, especially since Wang Li was still a mortal, and especially a virtual piece on the chessboard.
"Hmm? Kyoshi?"
Ji Yuan's mind moved, and he had already responded to the chess piece in his artistic conception. He held it in his hand, and used it to sense it carefully. At the same time, he also thought about the white light from a different perspective. It might not necessarily have any magical powers.
After a long time, Ji Yuan narrowed his eyes again. He had figured out something. The faint white light on Wang Li's body was somewhat similar to a certain situation. For example, when the lights were on in a room but the door was closed, a band of internal light would often appear in the gap of the door.
Is Wang Li’s dream so special
Ji Yuan's original curiosity was even greater at this moment. Judging from the current situation, it seemed to be because of Wang Li's dream, but it was not quite like that. It was just that he, Ji, did not have any amazing skills in entering dreams, or he did not understand the method of entering dreams at all. Even the dreams sent by ghosts and gods were better than his.
However, there is a difference between the dreams of ghosts and gods and the dream entering technique of immortals. The level of dream entering is actually quite high. Although it is called dream entering, it actually emphasizes entering the state of mind of the human heart, which requires extremely high mental strength and concentration of the spirit of the caster. To some extent, it is somewhat similar to the method of demons, and dreaming is actually to replace human consciousness with the dreamer's environment.
Ji Yuan asked himself if he was absolutely strong in terms of mind. The power of Tianqing Sword was so strong, two points were due to the benefit of Qingteng Immortal Sword, and eight points were due to his mind and artistic conception.
But the problem is, his soul is strong enough to enter the hearts of ordinary people, but that is just breaking the barrier roughly. If he really does that, Wang Li will either never wake up, or he will become an idiot when he wakes up.
After thinking for a while, Ji Yuan couldn't hold back his curiosity, so he secretly cast a spell, and his artistic conception showed the creation of heaven and earth. He tried in this gentlest way to see if he could touch upon the world in Wang Li's heart.
Under Ji Yuan's intentional control, the artistic conception was like a clear stream overflowing from a basin, slowly extending to all parts of the cell and to Wang Li. He did not expect to be able to "enter a dream" through this, but at least he could take a look at what the interior scene revealed by the light was like.
After a long time, Ji Yuan slowly closed his eyes, and successfully merged with Wang Li's artistic conception to a certain extent, and he also vaguely saw that scenery.
It was at dusk, and four people, a woman and three men, were riding horses and galloping. The woman was at the front, and a baby who was crying loudly was tied in front of her. Behind the four people and four horses, there were dozens of riders chasing them.
"No, they can change horses frequently. Our horses are running out of horsepower. We can't outrun them. I'll hold them back. You guys hurry up!"
As one of them spoke, he suddenly slowed down the horse's pace, allowing the horse, which was panting and foaming at the mouth, to catch its breath.
"Shengyan!"
The woman in front turned around and shouted at the man, while the two men on the side rode their horses and drove them left and right.
"Hurry up, or we won't be able to leave!" "Don't let Shengyan's sacrifice be in vain!"
The man, who had slowly stopped, roared towards the front.
"Walk-"
After roaring, the man took off a bow from his body, took out the arrow from the quiver at his feet, bent the bow to a full moon, breathed slightly slowly, and then released his hand that was holding the bow.
"Bang~" "Swoosh~"
Arrows instantly flew towards the pursuers behind, and the black-robed man in the front drew his sword instantly.
With a "dang" sound, the flying arrow was directly blocked.
The archer was not discouraged. Instead, he quickly drew his arrow and shot again, this time aiming at the side and at the horse's leg.
As the arrow flew, blood splattered from the horse's legs, and then the horse and the rider fell to the ground, with two people being knocked down.
Unfortunately, there were only three arrows left, and the distance was too close. After three arrows, although two arrows hit the target, they were just a drop in the bucket, and the pursuers were already approaching.
"Liu Shengyan, prepare to die!"
The leading man shouted loudly, already holding a knife in his hand, while the archer's eyes were wide open, and he shouted angrily without showing any weakness.
"I'll leave you here to be buried with me first!"
After saying this, the man rode his horse towards his enemy.
Ji Yuan seemed to be watching this scene from a distance, but his vision was as clear as if he was close. What surprised Ji Yuan was that Liu Shengyan's facial features were actually very similar to Wang Li's, except that his beard was longer and his hairstyle was a little different.
After fighting hard, Liu Shengyan was ultimately defeated and was beheaded. The pursuers did not stop and, apart from taking his head, left his body lying in the wilderness and continued to pursue him.
Ji Yuan thought that the dream would end with the death of "Liu Shengyan", but he didn't expect that it was not over yet. He was then even more surprised to find that the other two men who were executed one by one also had the facial features of Wang Li, and died in battle one after another.
After such delay, the woman finally managed to escape to a big river with her child in her arms.
Ji Yuan's mind moved. Although the river basin is different and there are some differences, this river should be the Chunmu River.
"No—Where's Guangtong? Where's the boat? Where's Guangtong? Where's the boat…"
Ji Yuan's emotions were a little strange at the moment, because the woman's facial features had also transformed into Wang Li's, even though the hysterical shouting was in the woman's tone...
Seeing that there were no boats ahead and the pursuers were approaching from behind, the woman, in desperation, jumped into the river with her child in her arms. But while she was still in the air, a long knife flew towards her from behind.
"Puff..."
The blade pierced the woman's body, but she managed to lift the baby forward with incredible speed, miraculously avoiding being stabbed by both men. However, her strength was gone, and when she fell into the water, she watched the baby being washed away by the river.
In the cell outside, Ji Yuan closed his eyes and frowned slightly, but in the meantime, the baby on the river was still floating away with the water.
"Boss, what about the child?"
"Chase them along the river, and don't let any of them go!"
That’s right, this guy who looks like a villain now also has Wang Li’s facial features.
A group of riders chased along the river, and some even went forward to look for a boat. However, after chasing for a hundred feet, they all saw with their own eyes a whirlpool formed on the river surface due to the undercurrent, and the child's swaddling clothes must have been completely soaked, and sank into the Chunmu River and never floated up again.
Then Ji Yuan's sight followed the water to where there was a large black-backed turtle swimming at the bottom of the river. On its back was a baby covered by bubbles. The turtle also had vaguely the facial features of Wang Li, which confused Ji Yuan for a moment.
"Oh... If I had known, I would have taken action earlier..."
The old turtle sighed and his tone was actually similar to Wu Chong's.
In the prison, Ji Yuan opened his eyes again, while Wang Li was still asleep. This was actually not a simple dream, but a world, the world in Wang Li’s book. This world might not have appeared because of Ji Yuan, or there should have been a similar situation before Wang Li became a chess player, but it became more obvious now.
"No wonder your storytelling is so infectious!"
Ji Yuan murmured, the world is so big that there are all kinds of wonders, and Wang Li's ability is so special. Although it seems to have no significant effect, it makes Ji Yuan feel that he has grasped something.
At a certain moment, Ji Yuan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of the book "Dream in the Clouds" which had benefited him a lot. Combined with Wang Li's current situation, he had some ideas. He had to study it carefully at least several times before he could do it.
The next day, Ji Yuan had already spread out the four treasures of the study - pen, ink, paper and inkstone - on the table, and began to write carefully on the rice paper in the style of calligraphy that he was best at. Wang Li was looking at Ji Yuan's words in amazement.
"Wang Li, someone has brought you food again."
Wang Li glanced at Ji Yuan carefully, then looked at the jailer outside. Ji Yuan looked up and smiled.
"It's okay, he can't see it, so be more relaxed and bold."
"Why!"
The jailer opened the door and came in, serving food and drinks. This time, he even put drugs in the dishes and not only the wine. Ji Yuan purified the food and wine with just a wave of his sleeve.
Wang Li put the dishes aside, and only dared to pick up his chopsticks to eat after seeing Ji Yuan nod. At the same time, he poured some wine and handed it to Ji Yuan, whispering.
"Mr. Ji, would you like a drink?"
Ji Yuan shook his head and continued writing.
Wang Li's every move was seen by the jailer who was hiding carefully in the distance and looking over from time to time. In his eyes, Wang Li seemed cautious, but he would toast cautiously from time to time, and even wanted to pass the chopsticks to the air, which seemed very strange.
Another day passed, and Wang Li did not have diarrhea. Another day passed, and Wang Li did not have diarrhea. But Wang Li became bolder and bolder. He knew that the jailer could not see Mr. Ji, and even confirmed that the jailer could not see his interaction with Mr. Ji, so he became more relaxed.
"Wang Li, someone brought food."
"Hey, here it comes!"
Wang Li walked over happily and held out his hand to take the food box, but the jailer immediately withdrew his hand after handing the food box over and locked the door again. Wang Li didn't care at all and opened the food box to take out the wine and food.
"Hey, hey, hey, sir, we have roast chicken today. Can I have a chicken leg?"
"Ah, you don't want to eat? Well, I'll eat first. Oh, by the way, let me toast to you!"
Wang Li's expression switched between excitement, humility, joy, and frown. He chatted animatedly with the "people" in the room. Not only the jailers in the distance, but also the prisoners in the surrounding cells felt horrified. This feeling could not be faked.
The jailer carefully watched the scene in the distance. The drug took effect, but the effect was different from what he had imagined.
'Wang Li... has gone mad...'