109 Into the Dream World (2/2)
The young bird was a little confused as that thought came to its mind.
”Who am I, where am I from and where am I going…..Am I really a bird now? No! No! I have a name…..my name is...”
In the sky, the young bird was in a trance and started to fall down quickly.
”I remember!”
”I remember!”
I am a white bird…..no! I have seen this type of bird somewhere!”
”I'm not a white bird. I'm Fang Yuan!!!”
”I am…..in the dream of the Red-eyed White King Bird!!!”
...
Many confused thoughts then went through its mind like a massive flood, and he remained helpless as he became overwhelmed.
”I have actually….became a bird?!”
While he was falling down from the sky, Fang Yuan didn't know to laugh or cry.
He no longer had the ability to make his bird body fly again.
”After all….this is not my dream…..and there would be a backlash as consequence….That was close!!!”
He still feared to know that he had become a bird. ”Luckily, I am able to become self-aware, and this means that I have gotten the hang of it. I would be able to gain self-awareness quicker in future…..but I don't want to die in a bloodied mess now!”
Fang Yuan let out a loud cry and the bird let out a loud chirp. With much effort, he managed to spread his wings and fly again.
”That was close!”
He exhaled a long breath and said, ”This is not my own dream. If I were to get killed here, there would surely be a backlash!”
”Kacha!”
Immediately after, he heaved a sigh of relief.
A loud thunder rumbled from above and lightning struck down. The mid-air shattered and a fearful giant hand emerged from nowhere.
The giant hand's target was very clear. It went straight at the cliff and nobody could escape from it!
”Damn…...if I had my cultivation…..”
Looking at the giant fingers, Fang Yuan felt like an ant. As his mind was whirling, his mind blacked out.
...….
Green peak spiritual land.
Back in the nest of the Red-eyed White King Bird.
Fang Yuan took a few steps back and opened his eyes. Two streams of blood flowed down from his nostrils.
”This is…..the backlash from the dream world!”
He wiped away the blood and looked at the confused Red-eyed White King Bird. He then gave a wry grin.
He tried out the dream-accessing method in an attempt to communicate with the Red-eyed White King Bird, but faced with an emphatic defeat!
Even though the bird was a semi-smart spiritual beast, the resistance in its dream world was powerful. Its consciousness had combined with Fang Yuan's, making Fang Yuan incarnate into a Red-eyed White Bird and making his mysterious dream a scary one.
Luckily, Fang Yuan was a dream master and was able to wake up after a few hints. Otherwise, he would have remained trapped in that dream world.
Even so, after gaining self-awareness, the consciousness of the Red-eyed White King Bird immediately took countermeasures against him.
”The giant hand that was covering the whole sky….. That should be the scariest thing in that dream world. It appeared in that world to deal with me specifically…..”
Fang Yuan touched his chin and was in deep thoughts.
Even though the things in that world was fake, it was still very real in the subconscious mind. Since the Red-eyed White King Bird feared the giant hand the most, it would naturally have an impression of it in its dream.
This was the strength of a dream master. In the dream world, adversaries would unknowingly reveal valuable information.
”However…...the risks are nonetheless high...”
Recalling the dangerous situation that he had just experienced in the dream world, Fang Yuan was still afraid.
”If not for the retaliation from the bird's subconscious mind, and that I became aware of the dream, this failure might severely harm my divine spirit. It would not be as simple as using up a large portion of my dream elemental force and experiencing a little bleeding...”
”Chirp! Chirp!”
The Red-eyed White King Bird stared at Fang Yuan and was a little confused. It didn't know what Fang Yuan had just experienced.
Unknowingly, it had a strange feeling towards Fang Yuan. It was as though he was kind but evil at the same time, and had a phobia of him.
”However…..this is the correct method. In future, I will be much more familiar with the method of execution. Compared to the complicated human beings and even more complex dream masters, this is considered an easy task already!”
Fang Yuan sat down and his dream elemental force was flowing slowly in his body. His throbbing headache slowly dissipated.
”Now, the subconscious mind of the bird has regarded me as an enemy. I should not prioritise it. Instead, I should start with the Iron-tailed Black Eagle's and the Flower Fox Ferret's dreams first before trying to access its dream again. Afterwards, it would be the most complicated dream world if the humans…..”
After deciding, he walked out of the cave and took a deep breath of the air from the spiritual land. He felt more refreshed.
”I have made a breakthrough in the pathway to becoming a dream master. Next up, Wu Zong!”
”I have already tried the method and pathway of breaking through the Eagle Claw Iron Skin Technique in the dream world. There are three possible ways for me to do it, and I will need to try all of them in the real world…..”
Even though there was only a slight difference between the dream world and the real world, there was still a possibility of him going crazy, as it involved his own elemental force.
Of course, Fang Yuan would not use his own body to try out and hence, he would have to find test subjects.
”Even though elemental force originates from heaven and earth, they might appear in different forms. Take for instance, dream elemental force is more illusionary, while the martial arts' elemental force in the Mind Palace originates from the Dantian... To qualify as a test subject, a person must be at least an Earth Gate martial artist and be able to harness miniature elemental force... I have one such person in my hands, no... I might have two!”
Fang Yuan looked at Qingye City and gave a scheming look.
[1] We've started using 'backlash' to replace 'rebound' as it conveys the meaning of the raw better.