Chapter 171 Nightmare

Jiu'er thought for a moment and whispered: "Master, let us go with you!"

"It's for your own good that we don't let you go! That thing is too weird, and you can easily fall into it without the corresponding means! When Pierce and the others went there, we can only say they were lucky. That thing hadn't grown up yet. After so many years, The growth of that thing is completely different.”

Qin Weijie directly rejected Jiu'er's request. Qin Weijie knew exactly what he was facing. Facing that kind of thing, an assassin with high attack and agility like Jiu'er would be of no use at all.

"But you?" Jiu'er said hesitantly, with obvious worry in her voice.

Qin Weijie chuckled: "Don't worry, my situation is very special, and I specialize in restraining that thing. Emma is a Tianfu master, with strong spiritual thoughts, and she has the Pure Heart Talisman with her, which not only ensures that she will not be attacked, but also assists We. Tom is a spiritual master now. He has strong mental power and is good at controlling it. You can just stay calm and help me prepare the things for school the day after tomorrow."

Early the next morning, Emma didn't sleep all night because of Qin Weijie's phone call last night. Emma came to see Qin Weijie and Tom early this morning. As soon as they walked in, Emma asked in disbelief.

"Are you sure it's a nightmare?"

"Nama?" Tom was eating breakfast. Hearing Emma's words, he couldn't help but look at Qin Weijie curiously.

Qin Weijie smiled and took a sip of milk without saying anything, and nodded towards Emma.

Nightmare is a kind of demon spirit in Chinese legends. It has no entity and most of the time has no independent consciousness. It is just a black energy body. Its image is somewhat similar to Obscurus.

Demon spirits like Nightmare have two innate powers. The first is to enter dreams. When Nightmare's territory is invaded, Nightmare will trap people in dreams, just like Pierce and the others were trapped in the dream cycle. generally.

The second is to create a dream, when the ‘nightmare’ is controlled by someone

Demonic spirits like Nightmare are very rare. In ancient China, Nightmare was deeply loved by monks, especially ghost cultivators who liked to use Nightmare as the basis for training Nightmare.

In layman's terms, the process of cultivating the Nightmare is that ghost monks use the secret techniques of trickery to breed the unconscious demon spirit "Nightmare" into spiritual intelligence, constantly improve the attack methods of the "Nightmare", and finally refine it. Become an invisible 'nightmare' that kills people.

The 'Nightmare' is a 'Nightmare' who has been trained by the secret method. In addition to inheriting his natural talents and magical powers, his overall ability has been promoted to more than one level. The 'Nightmare' has independent consciousness and can enter dreams to steal ideas and implant memories.

It can also steal people's essence in dreams and refine it into a gem called "Dream Spirit Essence". "Dream Spirit Essence" can steadily enhance the monk's spiritual consciousness. The stronger the spiritual consciousness, the more deceitful it is. The methods used by monks to control ghosts become more and more devious, which can be said to complement the deceitful ways.

Of course, the 'Nightmare' also has a certain degree of lethality. After transforming into a 'Nightmare', it can travel through dreams at will, kill people silently in the dream, devour their souls, and seize the opponent's body.

Compared to the cultivators of the Secret Dao, monks from other systems of Xuanmen also like to raise nightmares, but because they lack the means of ghost Dao, they cannot refine nightmares and can only make superficial use of some of the characteristics of nightmares.

For example, array masters like to refine 'Nightmare' into phantom formations to trap enemies, Talisman masters usually use the breath of 'Nightmare' to depict 'Soothing Talisman', and warlocks use 'Nightmare' to record some daily details to facilitate dream deductions. Most of the sects use it in refining weapons. I heard that there is a lineage of Yanshi in Western Shu who are good at refining mechanical puppets. They have a type of Yanji called 'Dream Arhat', the core of which is 'Nightmare'. There are also Buddhists who like to use 'Nightmare'. 'Create spaces similar to 'Sumi Illusion' to allow disciples to enter the illusion to refine their minds...

Most of the monks in other systems use the "nightmare" dream-making method to either create an illusion to trap the enemy, or use it as materials, which is simply a waste of natural resources.

In general, 'Nightmare' can only display its true value in the hands of ghost monks. Therefore, 'nightmare' is also the demon spirit that ghost monks dream of. Even in ancient times, it was an existence that could only be encountered but not sought.

Qin Weijie didn't know much about Nightmare before.

What we know now were all accidentally discussed with Emma some time ago when we were discussing mysteries. Qin Weijie only knew about the origin of nightmare and trickery after Emma's introduction. At that time, Qin Weijie came up with the idea of ​​raising a nightmare.

However, Emma poured cold water on Qin Weijie and basically cut off Qin Weijie's thoughts...

Without further ado, Emma couldn't help but frown when she saw Qin Weijie nodding his head in confirmation with a satisfied look on his face.

"Impossible! I told you before that Nightmare became extinct at the end of ancient times. As far as I know, the last record of Nightmare was more than a thousand years ago.

Legend has it that a Confucian scholar accidentally discovered an unformed nightmare spirit in an ancient book, and used the scholar's awe-inspiring righteousness to suppress the nightmare spirit in an ancient painting. However, he did not expect that a hundred years later, the creature in the painting would turn into an evil spirit. Anyone holding this painting had their souls sucked dry by the nightmare. Later, they were discovered by an enlightened monk, who burned the ancient painting to cut off the nightmare's vitality.

This incident was eventually recorded in an ancient book called "Xuanzhuan Yikao", which was written a thousand years ago. This is the last record of the nightmare. "

"Emma, ​​have you ever thought about the possibility that because of certain characteristics of nightmare, non-guilty monks in the late ancient times developed a new use of 'nightmare'. Then a large-scale hunting and killing began. In the end, it led to the extinction of Nightmare. I analyzed whether those monks valued the dream-making method of Nightmare, so they learned from Buddhism and began to create an environment similar to the "Xumi Fantasy" to guard or protect some important things. The inheritance...or some kind of test for the younger generations."

Qin Weijie spoke out his guess.

"Some kind of characteristic? Dreaming? Xumi Illusion?" Emma murmured and began to think. After a moment, Emma suddenly realized:

"I know! According to your speculation, the monks in ancient times may have valued the nightmare's dream-making method, and sealed the nightmare in ancient books or ancient artifacts that record inheritance. They can use the nightmare's ability to test the successors. , after all, Nightmare can portray different dreams according to the monk's requirements.

In ancient times, many great masters often conducted various mind-refining assessments on their disciples in order to find disciples with good character and conduct. In this way, they could use the magical power of Nightmare Dream to find suitable successors in a short time! "

"Yes, so the legends about nightmares that have been circulated since the end of ancient China are basically the same. They either exist in ancient books or are trapped in ancient artifacts. This is probably a test for the inheritors. .

Those who are destined to acquire the treasures of heaven, materials and earth can obtain them, but how to define those who are destined? If a monk dies, will it be possible to see his lineage of practice cut off? So they found Nightmare and used Nightmare's ability to search for the successor across hundreds or thousands of years. "

"After you said that, I feel that this guess is very possible!" Emma said, and couldn't help but smile: "The nightmare you have been thinking about has finally been found. When are you going to set off?"

"Don't worry, we'll go after breakfast."

As he spoke, Qin Weijie pulled up a chair for Emma to sit next to him, and casually picked up some vegetables for Emma.

Emma had already had breakfast at home, but looking at the rare Chinese breakfast on the table, her appetite suddenly came back. She allowed Qin Weijie to pick up a plate of steamed dumplings, fried dough sticks and pies for her, and eat them in small bites. got up.

However, Emma didn't notice that Tom at the opposite table looked at Qin Weijie serving her food with unkind eyes, and his eyes were full of resentment.