Chapter 188: The Second Phase Of The Dream Realm
Sha Xiao's words triggered his pride, he inwardly vowed that even if he died from the itch, died from pain, died by rotting, or died from numbness, he would not beg for mercy!
Sha Xiao waited for a while, young Thieving Heaven was still rolling on the ground, tearing his clothes and skin, crying out in deep pain, but he did not beg for mercy.
Until young Thieving Heaven could not endure anymore, a fierce light flashed past his eyes as he smashed head-first into the wall of the well.
"He actually wants to die?!" Sha Xiao was surprised, quickly moving to stop this.
Sha Xiao not only saved him, but also healed him, soon, his heavy injuries had turned into light injuries.
"Kid, you have quite the backbone, even I am feeling some admiration." Sha Xiao changed his tone, green light flickering in his eyes.
He looked at the powerless young Thieving Heaven lying on the ground, and said with a soft and slow voice: "But if you die, what will your family do? I won't feel distressed about it, but what about your parents? What about your siblings? Hehe, do you have a girl you love, does she know your feelings? If you die, what about her?"
Young Thieving Heaven's expression began to change.
"I cannot die."
"I need to live on!"
"I need to find a way to leave this world and return home. There are people waiting for me there!"
Sha Xiao was an old schemer, the corners of his lips curling up slightly as he saw the change in young Thieving Heaven's expression.
Young Thieving Heaven fearlessly gazed at Sha Xiao: "You have not killed me because you want to make use of me. Speak, what do you want me to do?"
Sha Xiao laughed heartily, giving a thumbs-up to young Thieving Heaven: "Kid, you have guts, you actually dare to speak to me like that."
The moment he finished speaking, Sha Xiao's expression changed, his laughter was gone without a trace, replacing it was twisted fury.
He ruthlessly kicked young Thieving Heaven's face, and sent him flying.
He then pointed with his finger, a strange light shot out and struck young Thieving Heaven's body.
Chii Chiii Chiii…
A series of soft sounds echoed within this old well.
Young Thieving Heaven's expression rapidly changed as he felt intense pain all over his body, he tried to stand up but due to a lack of energy, he could only sit on the ground.
His face was bloody, his nose bridge had been smashed by Sha Xiao's kick.
Young Thieving Heaven started blacking out and almost fainted from the pain.
With his remaining consciousness, he squinted at his hand but immediately received a huge shock.
He saw his hand was festering and corroding like it had touched powerful acid.
Not just the hands, his face, his arms, his neck, his whole body was starting to rot.
Soon, young Thieving Heaven's eyes also started to corrode, losing his sight.
Sha Xiao's sinister voice floated to his ears: "You think I need you? Hehehe, it is your fortune to be used by me! You dare show me such an attitude, so what if you die? At worst, I will just find another puppet. Hahaha!"
"Now, this is your final chance! I shall give you one final opportunity, if you don't want to die, kowtow to me and call me grandpa, obediently follow my orders."
"Take your time. You have been struck by my killer move anyway, your whole body will continue to rot, in a dozen or so breaths, your whole body will rot completely and only your skeleton will remain. Hehe, I will give you a few kicks then and see how hard your backbone really is."
Sha Xiao did not speak anymore after this, only looking at young Thieving Heaven with his sinister gaze.
Young Thieving Heaven was slumped on the ground, motionless like a statue.
The muscles on his whole body were beginning to rot, the stench of it had already filled the well.
The terrifying injuries, intense pain, and more importantly the entanglements in his heart, caused his face to distort.
"I, the great Ben Jie Sun, a noble army general, how could I beg for mercy?"
"But… if I die here, do I let my loved ones in the other world wait in vain?"
"Sigh!!!"
Young Thieving Heaven let out a heavy sigh inwardly.
He slowly adjusted his posture and knelt down, then he lowered his head till his forehead touched the ground.
He spoke with a weak and rough voice: "You win."
"Hahaha." Sha Xiao laughed wildly, his eyes opened wide as he stared at young Thieving Heaven: "Then what should you call me?"
"Gran… grandpa." Young Thieving Heaven gritted his teeth, his whole body shook and hot tears rolled down from his corroded eyes.
"Hehehe, my good grandson!" Sha Xiao was satisfied, his voice turned sharp like a crow's cry high above the graveyard.
Young Thieving Heaven reached his limits and completely fell unconscious.
Darkness descended upon Fang Yuan once again.
And the dream realm fiercely corroded his soul.
With the passing of time, the darkness disappeared, Fang Yuan could see once again.
The blazing sun was high in the sky, young Thieving Heaven was moving across the desert while dragging his extremely weak body.
Those terrifying injuries on him were all gone without a trace. But there were several new injuries which looked like lacerations inflicted by fangs and claws of wild beasts.
"Kid, listen properly, when you return to the clan, probe the situation for your grandpa."
"Wait, grandpa will bring a few desert wolves to you, hehe, if you are going to put on a show, you should go all the way. Grandpa will not help you, if you can't escape the wolves, you can only blame yourself."
"Oh, remember not to speak carelessly. Grandpa's killer move is in your body, you have already tasted the feeling of a rotting body. As long as I will it, your internal organs and your brain will immediately rot, hehehe, be obedient, grandpa won't mistreat you, my good grandson!"
Sha Xiao's figure was nowhere to be seen, but young Thieving Heaven's ears were resonating with his voice.
At this moment Fang Yuan noticed something amiss with young Thieving Heaven's body.
It was as if there were two different people inside one body, but at the same time they were one.
Fang Yuan stopped his thoughts for the time and focused on the dream realm.
The moment Sha Xiao's words finished, several desert wolves rushed out from a sand dune.
Fang Yuan once again gained control over young Thieving Heaven's body.
He quickly ran while looking into his aperture to see and just like his previous life there were a sandpit Gu, a chimney smoke Gu, and a clear water Gu.
There was only over ten percent of green copper primeval essence left.
Just at this moment Fang Yuan suddenly felt wind at the back of his head.
Without even thinking, he leaped to the left.
At the next moment, a desert wolf had pounced on Fang Yuan's previous location, it fell unstably to the ground, rolling some distance away.
At the crucial moment, Fang Yuan propped his arms up on the sand and exerted strength on them to forcibly push his weak body forward, he barely maintained his balance and continued to run.
Not even a few steps later, another desert wolf had caught up to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan quickly activated sandpit Gu, this rank one Gu expended five percent of his green copper primeval essence, instantly forming a pit in the desert.
The second desert wolf had just been about to exert strength on its legs to pounce at Fang Yuan's back, but a sandpit appeared out of nowhere as it stepped into it.
Because it had exerted too much strength, this desert wolf lost its balance and fell face flat on the ground.
But the third desert wolf quickly rushed over and had already leaped to the air.
He quickly dodged the third desert wolf and started to run madly.
By this time, the first and second desert wolves had already regained their footing and caught up.
At this critical juncture, Fang Yuan put all his primeval essence in chimney smoke Gu.
The dense smoke obstructed the three desert wolves' eyes and noses as Fang Yuan took this chance to pull apart some distance from the wolves.
The three desert wolves soon broke through the smoke and caught up to Fang Yuan.
Right at this time, an electric chain brushed past Fang Yuan's cheek and struck the three desert wolves, instantly roasting them.
Young Thieving Heaven's body was at it's physical limits, fainting once again.
At the next moment Fang Yuan's soul exited the dream realm.
After this exploration of Thieving Heaven's dream realm Fang Yuan's soul fell from ten desolate soul to one desolate soul, while his Theft path attainment remained the same.
Next Fang Yuan used guts Gu to recover his soul foundation and for the following time cultivated his soul.
Half a month later.
Fang Yuan's soul foundation had increased to one hundred desolate soul.
After reaching one hundred desolate soul, Fang Yuan once again entered Thieving Heaven's dream realm.
There was the clamoring of people around the pool where a market gathering was being held.
Young Thieving Heaven was roaming around in the crowd, he observed the transactions in the surrounding while moving closer to the pool at the center of the clan.
"Stop! Unauthorized people are not allowed entry here."
"Kid, get lost."
When young Thieving Heaven got near to the pool, two guards guarding the area immediately responded and stopped him.
Young Thieving Heaven could do nothing other than to pretend to have received a shock and leave.
He sighed inwardly: "That pool is the only water source in the oasis, it is strictly guarded and even though they opened a market gathering, the guards are quite alert, I simply cannot get in."
At the same time, Sha Xiao's sinister voice resounded in his mind: "Hmph, think of whatever ways you can to get in. Don't forget, there is only a month or so left from our agreed time limit. If by then, you have not made any progress, that will be the time of your death."
Young Thieving Heaven's pupils shrunk as he replied inwardly: "Aren't you powerful? Why don't you directly charge in or sneak in? Why let a weak guy like me gather information?"
"Hmph, you want to goad me? How could I fall for your plan? Moreover, you don't understand anything, heh, I also don't have the patience to explain to you. Grandson! Quick, do as grandpa says, talk less and do more work, then you can live a bit longer."
Young Thieving Heaven could only let himself be manipulated, the enemy was strong while he was weak, he did not speak anymore, except that sharp light flickered in his eyes.
"I know when to yield and when not to, there will be a day when I will find a chance to not only escape the shackles of this old demon Sha Xiao, but also reciprocate all my sufferings."
"But right now, I need to endure, I need to put on a show and wait for my chance."
Over the next few days, young Thieving Heaven thought of every way possible and exhausted all his strength to gather intel and try to get near the oasis' pool.
But all his attempts failed.
The pool was the most important area in the clan, it was guarded extremely tightly.
Just as he was unable to find a way, news spread among his peers.
"What, half a month later, the clan is holding a small scale competition, and the winner can choose a Gu worm from the pool as a reward?" Young Thieving Heaven also heard of this news.
"I need to participate in this small competition and also obtain victory!" Young Thieving Heaven said to Sha Xiao in his mind.
Sha Xiao snickered: "Silly kid, don't think I don't know what plot you are scheming inside. You want to use this to raise your strength to overturn my control?"
Young Thieving Heaven sneered, admitting frankly: "So what? Who doesn't thirst for freedom?"
"Good!" Sha Xiao was unfazed, instead praising: "You are quite straightforward, haha, if you call me grandpa, I can help you seize this victory."
"You!" Young Thieving Heaven stiffened, his eyes revealing anger.
"What, you don't want to? Think properly, without my help, with your strength and aptitude, how can you win this competition?" Sha Xiao sneered.
Young Thieving Heaven's expression darkened.
"I was born as a noble, my life was filled with glory, but I have to bend my back and beg for mercy! This is a humiliation to my ancestry, I am ruining the reputation of my Sun clan."
"But…"
"If I don't do this, I truly won't have any hope."
"I am too weak, returning home is an uncertainty. If I can't even get through this juncture, there is no need to talk about the future."
"Damn it!"
Young Thieving Heaven clenched his fists, falling into extreme hesitation.
"Grandpa…" Finally, he chose to yield, squeezing out this word through clenched teeth.
"Hahaha." Sha Xiao's crazed laughter filled young Thieving Heaven's mind: "My good grandson, since you called me grandpa, grandpa won't let you fail. Grandpa is giving you this method to succeed, accept it and turn it to your strength, you shall definitely win this competition."
Right as Sha Xiao finished speaking, a huge amount of information charged into young Thieving Heaven's brain.
Young Thieving Heaven immediately gave a low gasp, his expression distorted and he subconsciously held his head. The huge amount of information continued to strike his brain, he felt so much pain that his head felt like it would burst.
He endured it with difficulty, his whole body was covered in sweat, his face was deathly pale like paper, and he was shaking, looking extremely miserable.
Sha Xiao's method was violent, but the transferred information were all authentic and of great value.
Most of the contents were about fighting techniques, they were exquisite and concise. A portion was about Gu recipes and usage method of Gu worms, and there was even a killer move.
Mortal killer move — Blurred Grey Eyes.
"This move is so insidious, it is not my style." Young Thieving Heaven's heart sank, he did not look happy.
"Blurred grey eyes needs three Gu worms, and they just happen to be all the Gu I have."
"Looks like Sha Xiao had already planned to increase my strength. Hmph!"
Young Thieving Heaven did not want to practice blurred grey eyes, he put his whole concentration in the fighting techniques.
After a few days of practicing, young Thieving Heaven felt his battle strength had soared!
"This world's fighting techniques are not simple, but a complete set of moves involving Gu worms."
"Different kind of moves for different kind of Gu worms."
"I had no one to instruct me before, so I was too weak to do anything. Now that I have obtained this skill and have practiced it diligently, I have a sixty percent chance of winning the clan's competition."
"Even if I don't use blurred grey eyes, I can take care of most competitors."
He was confident in himself, and soon welcomed the clan's small competition.
When he first stepped on the stage, the audience did not think highly of him.
There were even some who ridiculed him.
And his opponent had an expression of arrogance as he pointed towards young Thieving Heaven's nose: "So it is you, trash, surrender now and I won't break your leg."
Right at this moment Fang Yuan once again gained control over young Thieving Heaven's body.
He immediately attacked using the mortal killer move Blurred Grey Eyes.
Whoosh, a large clump of white ash was puffed out at his opponent's face.
The opponent could not defend in time, quickly retreating three steps before crying out: "Ahhh! I can't see anything, what is this thing!"
"Get lost!" Fang Yuan took a few large strides before giving a fierce kick to his opponent's face.
His opponent was directly kicked out of the stage.
Victory!