Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

Chapter 1825: Dream But Reality

Zhang Fei was perplexed as soon as Tang Zhiyao brought him into his dream space. Unlike his dream lordship ability, which could only pull others’ subconscious into dreams, her ability could bring others’ real bodies into dreams. "This? How did you do this?"

"I told you from the start that my dream techniques are different from yours, right?" Zhang Fei turned to Tang Zhiyao, who had just landed beside them. He realized that the woman in front of him was her real body and not her ethereal body. "You are a lust demon, and your ability can only pull other people’s subconscious into dreams. As for me, I am a pure dream demon, and I can use my ability to bring other people’s real bodies or subconscious into dreams."

"In other words, this is a dream but also a reality."

Tang Zhiyao nodded. "You can put it like that, Zhang Fei. Normally, other people can’t break into my private space, but someone can do it easily."

"The nightmare lord, Meng Zhuo."

"That’s right! I don’t know how he does it, but I always fail to stop him." Tang Zhiyao waved her hand, and many images featuring Meng Zhuo appeared around them. "Look! That bastard invaded my dream space, and he turned it into a nightmare, which drove me crazy."

Zhang Fei had seen Meng Huo during the soul challenge at the Tower of Eternity, and he had also witnessed his actions against Yuan Xiajie at that time, but he knew nothing about his abilities.

"Even though I’m a dream demon, I can’t do anything about his techniques."

Since getting to know Tang Zhiyao, Zhang Fei had never seen her so scared before. "What kind of nightmares did he give you?"

Tang Zhiyao’s face paled. "That bastard didn’t care about gender, and he gave me endless nightmares that tormented me. As a result, I suffered serious injuries, and my injuries might never have healed if I hadn’t taken your pills."

"Show them to me."

Tang Zhiyao displayed all the nightmares that Meng Huo used on her in the past. "He knew that I always hid my real body here, so he invaded my private space and gave me those nightmares."

"Hmm?" Zhang Fei frowned when he saw those nightmares. "I didn’t expect Meng Huo to be such a vile person; no wonder Yuan Xiajie’s family died with expressions full of fear. If you weren’t a demon god and a dream demon, you would have died from those nightmares."

"His nightmares are much stronger than my dreams," Tang Zhiyao sighed. "Can you do anything about his nightmares? Based on my calculations, he’ll invade my dream space within a few days, and I’ll suffer further injuries."

"I’ve never faced Meng Huo directly, and I can’t analyze his abilities from your memories, so I don’t have a solution for that yet." Zhang Fei’s answer made Tang Zhiyao feel helpless. "Didn’t you say that he was captivated by your beauty and wanted to have you? Why did he do such things to you?"

Tang Zhiyao gritted her teeth. "That bastard had a mental disorder, and he got the thrill out of watching me suffer to death! He even laughed out loud when I suffered because of him!"

"Haha," Zhang Fei laughed in amusement. "Honestly, there are so many people like Meng Huo in this universe, but this is the first time I see one."

"Please help me, Zhang Fei. I’ve asked several people for help, including Mo Qingwen, but they failed to stop Meng Huo." Tang Zhiyao sighed with a pitiful look. "If that bastard tortures me like before, I’m afraid my mental state will collapse, and I’ll truly go insane."

"Meng Huo is the second strongest cultivator in this Ancient Realm, and I don’t have clear information about his abilities, so—"

"Please help me." Tang Zhiyao took his hand. "If you’re willing to help me escape from Meng Huo, I’ll do anything for you, including recognizing you as my master."

Zhang Fei sighed. "I can’t help you escape from Meng Huo, but my two wives can do it easily, and he won’t dare to do anything to you again."

"You mean Feng Yao and Huo Ling, right?"

"Who else? Ling’er."

Huo Ling came straight out of Zhang Fei’s body. "Stopping Meng Huo is not difficult, husband. I will leave a small portion of my primordial flames in this place, and it will attack him if he dares to invade this place again."

"In that case, you can do that, Ling’er."

"Alright." Huo Ling flicked her fingers, and a small part of the primordial flames shot straight away. "Done."

Tang Zhiyao looked at the small primordial flames floating in an area a little far away. "Why don’t I feel any heat from your flames?"

"My primordial flames don’t produce heat, but you will burn to ashes if you touch them." Tang Zhiyao trembled strongly. "Don’t ever touch my flames if you don’t want to die, and you don’t need to worry about Meng Huo. After this, he won’t dare to invade your dream space ever again."

Tang Zhiyao breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you."

"Hey, husband, summon my master out of your beast space." Zhang Fei looked at her in confusion. "This dream space is this female demon’s technique, and it’s separate from our universe, so there’s no problem if you summon my master out."

"Alright."

Tang Zhiyao took a few steps back as a giant fire phoenix appeared in front of her, and it transformed into Feng Yao. "Guang Zhiyi."

"Hmm?" Feng Yao looked at her. "The dream demon god, Tang Zhiyao, huh? No wonder my husband dared to summon me out; it turns out you guys are in your dream space."

Tang Zhiyao nodded slightly. "I needed Zhang Fei’s help, so I brought him here."

"Meng Huo, right?" Tang Zhiyao nodded again. "Don’t worry, Meng Huo won’t dare to bother you again after this."

"I hope so." Tang Zhiyao tried to check Feng Yao’s cultivation, but she couldn’t do it due to her superior cultivation. "Has your cultivation truly reached the Supreme God Realm?"

"Yeah." Feng Yao nodded. "Those two primordial beasts were targeting my husband, so I had no choice but to increase my cultivation to protect him from them."

Tang Zhiyao nodded in understanding. "Even though the two primordial beasts were only using their avatars, I could sense that they were truly powerful, and no one could fight them, including Mo Qingwen."

"If you meet them when they are using their real bodies, you will die before you can breathe." Tang Zhiyao gasped in shock. "Their avatars’ strength is only half of their original strength, but it is enough to destroy the Ancient Realm."

Tang Zhiyao took a deep breath. "I want to become stronger, but Zhang Fei told me that cultivators in the Ancient Realm can’t reach that stage, and we have to go to the Primordial Realm to reach it."

"That’s right." Feng Yao tapped Zhang Fei’s shoulder. "Since you are my husband’s ally, I will take you to that realm in the future."

"Really?" Tang Zhiyao’s eyes lit up.

"Haha," Feng Yao laughed. "However, you still have to wait a long time because I won’t be bringing him there anytime soon, and I will wait for his cultivation to break through to the Celestial God Realm first."

Tang Zhiyao stole a glance at Zhang Fei. "It’s okay, I’m not in a rush with that. I still have a lot of problems in the Ancient Realm, and I want to settle everything first."

"Do you want to join us?"

"No... No..." Tang Zhiyao stuttered, knowing their thoughts. "You guys can use my dream space as you wish, and I won’t bother you."

Feng Yao smiled amusedly as she watched Tang Zhiyao flee like a frightened rabbit. She looked at Zhang Fei. "Do you want her?"

"Alright! Let’s not talk about her," Zhang Fei asked Feng Yao directly. "What do you think we should do about Meng Huo? Is he worthy of being an ally?"

"No." Feng Yao explained a few things about Meng Huo. "He’s different from Mo Qingwen, and he’s too self-absorbed. If I help you, he might accept your offer to be an ally, but he’ll betray you the moment you let your guard down. If he meets your other wives, he will torture and kill them, just like what he did to Yuan Xiajie’s family in the past."

"Do we need to kill him?"

"No need." Feng Yao rejected that. "As long as Meng Huo doesn’t touch you or those close to you, we don’t need to kill him. His existence brings balance to the Ancient Realm, and it will be shaken if we kill him."

Zhang Fei nodded in understanding. "By the way, I’ve already enslaved Huang Tianzhun and Ouyang Xuening, and I ordered them to strip their two clans of their power."

"Huang Tianzhun can do that because he is the strongest in the Huang Clan, but Ouyang Xuening won’t be able to do that." Feng Yao created several qi screens that displayed members of the Ouyang Clan. "The highest authority in the clan is her grandfather, Ouyang Yujin. If you want to weaken the clan and take over it, you must defeat him and those few elders."

Zhang Fei looked at the people appearing on those qi screens. "Do you think Ouyang Yujin already knows about me?"

"He should already know about you, but he didn’t order Ouyang Xuening to capture you, and she did it on her own initiative," Zhang Fei pondered. "Don’t think about recruiting people from the Ouyang Clan, husband. They are powerful, but they are not worthy."

"Alright, I won’t recruit them." Zhang Fei asked another question. "What exactly are your plans against Hun Lingwu?"

"Hun Lingwu will be important to you, but his role will have to wait for your cultivation to reach the Celestial God Realm."