Chapter 212: Ninefold Dreamcatcher.

Chapter 212: 212: Ninefold Dreamcatcher.

A separate world for mortals?

Qin Xishu stared at the wall in silence as she tried to recollect everything she had witnessed during her dream walking.

’And what are those vessels that seem to move without spiritual qi?’

She frowned slightly.

"Are they some advanced type of flying boat? But they seem to be unable to fly."

The questions continued to pile up in her mind.

The Beguiling Heavenly Maiden Art was Qin Xishu’s martial technique, and one of its abilities allowed her to enter the dreams of others.

It had always allowed her to witness the innermost desires hidden within a person’s heart, even desires that the owner themselves might not be aware of.

Yet what she had witnessed inside Lin Xuan’s dream this time was completely beyond her understanding.

"The girl in that dream..."

Qin Xishu’s expression became slightly more serious.

"Who is she?"

She narrowed her eyes.

"She is definitely not my Yuxi."

That girl had been completely different from her niece, the mother of Lin Zhaoyue and the scion of the Qin Family.

Qin Xishu remained silent as she tried to piece together everything she had seen.

The strange buildings, the enormous streets, and the vessels that moved without spiritual qi.

Then there was the beast she had never seen before.

Only the spatial rift in the middle of the road was something she could barely make sense of.

But aside from that, none of it made any sense at all.

She was still trying to figure out what kind of world she had witnessed when the door quietly opened.

A young girl stepped inside.

"Master, the food is ready. I’ll put it here for you."

She carefully placed the food on the table before giving Qin Xishu a respectful bow.

"I’m going back to training."

With that, she quietly left the room. ℯℯ𝑙.

Qin Xishu’s gaze followed Xu Qingyue until the door closed.

She was the sole heir of the Xu Family.

Qin Xishu had originally taken her with her purely out of curiosity.

Afterward, she had repaired the girl’s damaged meridians and broken cultivation vessel, allowing her to live a completely ordinary life once again.

Qin Xishu had originally thought that restoring her body would allow the girl to return to cultivation.

But that was no longer possible.

Xu Qingyue’s ability to cultivate had been completely lost.

She could no longer sense spiritual qi, let alone gather it within her body.

And yet, despite losing the path of cultivation, the girl had continued living her life normally.

She trained her body, performed her daily tasks, and served Qin Xishu without complaint.

Qin Xishu stared at the closed door for a moment before turning her attention back toward the strange dream she had experienced.

There were still too many questions she could not answer.

"I’ll have to pay a visit again tonight as well."

Qin Xishu pushed herself away from the table.

The untouched meal remained where Xu Qingyue had placed it.

She gave it one last glance before walking toward the door. Within moments, her footsteps faded down the corridor.

A few breaths later, the door quietly opened again.

Xu Qingyue slipped inside and closed it behind her.

She walked straight toward the table and looked down at the untouched food.

A small smile appeared on her face.

"Master, you sure are lucky."

She picked up the plate and started eating the meal. Before long, the entire meal had disappeared.

Xu Qingyue licked the last bit of sauce from her finger before placing the empty plate back on the table.

A faint warmth suddenly spread through her stomach.

She paused for a moment before her expression relaxed.

The poison was already taking effect.

It was completely odorless and nearly impossible to detect, even with spiritual sense. Once it entered the body of a cultivator, it would slowly eat away at their qi, using their own spiritual power to consume them from within.

Xu Qingyue, however, had no qi to consume.

At most, she felt a mild ache in her stomach.

She calmly rubbed her stomach before looking around the room.

Now where did that bitch hide the Xu Family Seal?

Her eyes narrowed slightly as she began rummaging through the room.

Meanwhile, Qin Xishu had already arrived at the outskirts of Violet Log City.

She did not go any farther. If she took another step, the artifact within the city would immediately react to her presence and expose her.

It was designed to detect living cultivators and the spiritual qi within their physical bodies.

A Nascent Soul separated from its body would give off none of the aura the artifact was designed to sense.

Qin Xishu closed her eyes, and her Nascent Soul quietly left her body and began silently heading toward the city.

The Nascent Soul soon arrived at the City Lord’s guest house and entered the room where Lin Xuan was staying.

He was already asleep.

Qin Xishu moved closer and slowly extended her spiritual sense until it made contact with Lin Xuan.

As she prepared to enter his dream by bringing her Nascent Soul closer, Qin Xishu’s expression immediately changed.

A horrifying sensation suddenly washed over her.

She could not tell where it came from.

There was no visible change in the room, nor could she sense anything unusual around Lin Xuan. Yet the feeling alone was enough to make her instincts scream at her to retreat.

Not daring to take any chances, she immediately recalled her Nascent Soul.

It flew back toward her physical body without the slightest hesitation.

Once her Nascent Soul returned, Qin Xishu opened her eyes and stared silently in Lin Xuan’s direction.

"What exactly was that?"

In the meantime... hanging freely beside the window in Lin Xuan’s room was a beautiful dreamcatcher, swaying gently in the night breeze.

At this moment though, one section of its intricate threads had already turned completely dark.

Luckily, under the quiet gaze of the moonlight, the colour slowly continued to fade.

Little by little, the threads returned to their original appearance and by the time the night grew deeper, it was as if the dreamcatcher had never changed at all.