Chapter Thirty-One: Beautiful Dream? Nightmare?

  "No, no! Master, as long as you promise not to leave this place, I can agree to anything you want. Even... even..." Yuexin lightly untied her robe, revealing smooth and lustrous skin like snow that tempted people. In order to make the other party stay, it seemed that only this last trick would work.

  "Yuexiang, what do you mean by this? Please take responsibility for yourself!" Xiao Chen's face immediately fell, "Do you know that your behavior is not only a great insult to me, but also a huge disrespect to yourself. You were originally a noble person, why are you ruining yourself like this? Bah, your behavior makes me despise you!"

  "Sorry, master!" Looking into Xiao Chen's angry eyes, Yuexiang's heart trembled for some reason. The man in front of her was not the first to enter this fantasy realm, but those people would become eager and make unreasonable demands as soon as they saw her beautiful appearance. However, the person in front of her, even after being with her for so long, still treated her with respect and courtesy. Even when she took the initiative to throw herself into his arms, there was not a hint of lust in his eyes, only disdain, and even a little bit of pity?

  But Yuexiang knew that the other person's anger was genuine, without any pretence. Because the other person's extremely bright and clear eyes would never deceive themselves.

  "Sorry, maybe I was too excited, but Meng Xuan, please don't say such things in the future. This is respect for you and also respect for me!" Xiao Chen also sensed his own emotional outburst earlier, took a deep breath, and tried to calm down his tone.

  Her eyes were exceptionally pure, with a sincere face that didn't have any pretence. All of this had moved Yuexiang in some way. "Huh, what's going on? Why has the temperature here suddenly dropped so much?" The cold chill made Xiao Chen shiver involuntarily. And yet, he had clearly forced himself to wake up already. So why hadn't he left this dream world yet?

  "Master, don't think about leaving in your mind, it's dangerous!" Yuexian's beautiful face looked exceptionally terrified.

  "What's wrong, Yuexian?" Xiang Chenqi said. But suddenly, Xiang Chen's face changed. The beautiful girls around him, except for Yuexian, slowly began to change. Their snow-white and delicate skin slowly turned black, then slowly crumbled into dust, falling off their bodies piece by piece. The beautiful girls without muscles slowly turned into terrifying skulls.

  The skulls were slowly approaching, their jaws constantly moving, making a chilling "creaking" sound. The two deep holes in the skull emitted an eerie cold light. What a strange dream, how did a beautiful and romantic dream suddenly turn into a terrifying one? Xiao Chen was initially frightened, but he quickly came to his senses.

  Xiao Chen smiled slightly, it's interesting. Although it's a bit scary, after all, dreams are just dreams, no matter how terrifying they are, they're all fake.

  "Master, don't think about leaving again, or you'll lose your life!" Moon Cui's face turned pale as she tugged at Xiao Chen's collar, pleading with him.

  "It's just a dream. What's there to be afraid of?" Xiao Chen still didn't think much of it.

  "Master, save me! I don't want to die!" Yuexian let out a terrified cry. Several extremely ugly skulls had already tightly grasped Yuexian's hand. At the same time, a dark and sinister claw had reached out towards Xiao Chen's hand. A piercing pain accompanied by an icy chill rushed straight at Xiao Chen.

  "Get out of my way, you disgusting guy!" Even in his dream, Xiao Chen felt a chill run down his spine. The feeling of this dream was too real, too eerie. He didn't want to stay here for another moment. No, not even for an instant. He had to wake up quickly. Hmm? Why couldn't he leave this dream until now?

  "It's all over, it's all over, everything is over!" The beautiful Yuexiang's face turned pale, and she muttered to herself nonstop.

  "What a wonderful dream!" Xiao Chen shook his head in agony. Why hadn't he left yet? Why couldn't he wake up from this dream?

  "Save me, master!" The skull was frantically tearing at Yuexiang's delicate body. On the tattered Luo shirt, on the girl's white and tender skin, those scratches were shocking, fresh blood dripping down from the wounds, the scene was extremely cruel and unbearable.

  "Get out of my way, you bastards!" Xiao Chen couldn't take it anymore. Although he knew this was just a dream, even in a dream, such cruel things were not allowed to happen. With indignation burning within him, Xiao Chen felt his body burning again. He strode forward with large steps, and with a casual wave of his hand, he brushed aside those disgusting skulls. The kind-hearted Xiao Chen couldn't bear to see such a tragedy befall a beautiful girl, even if it was just a dream.

  "Thank you, Master Xiao Chen!" Yu Ru escaped from danger, still shaken.

  "Beautiful dreams are what everyone likes, but nightmares are extremely hated by everyone!" Xiao Chen desperately resisted the skull's attack. "This dream is too strange, too real, and too hateful. But Yuexia, I want to ask you something, why can't I leave this place until now?"

  "Ah... Ah..." Another bony and filthy claw grasped Meng's shoulder.

  "Get out of my way!" Xiao Chenfeng kicked out with one foot, directly sending that disgusting thing flying. However, even more skulls rushed over in a flurry. Helpless, Xiao Chen could only repeat the same action again and again.

  And yet these skulls seemed to be born not knowing what fear was, born not knowing what fatigue was. Even when they were beaten down, they would crawl back up and launch another attack on Xiao Chen. As time passed, Xiao Chen's breathing also became heavy. "Huh? Why do I feel tired even in my dreams?"

  "Ah!" Just as Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment. Several skulls took advantage of the situation and grabbed Yuexian's hands and feet, desperately pulling her back. The poor girl struggled desperately, once she fell into their hands, she would be dead.

  "Xiao Chen, master, save me!" But Xiao Chen was already tightly entwined by several skulls, where did he have the time to save her? One of the skulls took advantage of Xiao Chen's momentary distraction and its sharp claws stabbed straight into Xiao Chen's thigh, instantly causing blood to gush out. The intense pain made Xiao Chen grit his teeth. Damn it! Who would have thought that even in a dream, the pain felt so real.

  "Master, save me! I don't want to die!" Moon Chan shouted desperately as she was grasped by the skull. "I'll tell you a secret, Master. Do you know why you still can't escape from here? It's because this place is not entirely a dream, but also not reality. To be precise, it's an illusion, existing between reality and fantasy. If you're killed here, your real self will also die, and everything will be over!"

  In the real world, under the dim light, Xiao Chen was still lying on the couch with a rosy complexion and stable breathing. Not far from the couch, Liu Lan was gritting her teeth and staring at the little girl named Xiang Yu who was trembling in the corner of the wall. "Tell me quickly, what's going on!"

  "I don't know, I don't know, don't ask me!" The frail little girl cowered in the corner, hugging her own shoulders and trembling, never daring to meet Lü Yan's gaze.

  "At this point, you still want to deceive me?" If it weren't for the fact that her opponent was just a little girl, Liu Lan would have given her a slap in the face.

  "Girl, if you want to know the reason, why don't you ask me?" A gloomy voice sounded. Immediately following was a muscular man with a rugged face and thick beard. This strangely appearing man was none other than the mysterious figure who had ambushed Xiao Yu two nights ago, only to be thwarted by Xiao Chen's timely arrival.

  "Who are you?" Liu Lan was shocked, looking at the other's appearance, but intuitively, she determined that the other was not a good person.

  "Girl, remember, my name is Huang Liang!" The man grinned, "Of course, you can also call me Huang Liang the monster. As for the young man you're concerned about, I'll tell you, once tonight is over, he will never have the chance to wake up again, hahaha!"

  "He's the monster hiding in Shao Chen's pillow! Xiu Yu, the little girl, jumped up and shouted, "Liu Lan sister, didn't you want to know what was going on? Alright, I'll tell you. This bastard is the monster hiding in the pillow, anyone who sleeps with that pillow will never wake up again. And your Shao Chen is no exception!"

  "What?" Liu Lan was stunned.

  "That's right!" Huang Liang nodded calmly.

  "You stinky girl, since you already knew about this matter, why did you still bring Xiao Chen to this room?" Liu Lan was thoroughly enraged now that she understood the whole situation.

  "That's because my sister was also taken by that monster, but at the time no one would save her!" At this point, the little girl had already burst into tears. "Do you know what it feels like to lose a beloved sister? Why should I bear such pain alone? I want you all to experience the same pain as me."

  "You... you..." Liu Lan's face turned white with anger. Who would have thought that someone so young could be so cruel? Is it just because you've suffered misfortune yourself, you want everyone else to suffer the same pain as you?

  "Little girl, I guessed it was true, you already know my existence!" Huang Liang's face sank, "All those who know of my existence must die, but I will let you become a knowing ghost!" Through Huang Liang's explanation, Liu Lan finally understood the general situation: Pingquan Village seemed like an ordinary small village, but it wasn't. In Pingquan Village, there was a very strange house, and anyone who entered this house would fall into a permanent deep sleep.

  Such a strange and ominous house, the people of Hequan Village had also thought of destroying it. However, anyone who tried to demolish or burn down the house would inexplicably faint. Fortunately, as long as they didn't enter the house to rest or try to harm it, nothing would happen. Over time, people learned to respect and keep their distance from this strange house.

  "This little girl is the first person to discover my existence!" Huang Liang stared at Xiū Yuān. He knew that this little girl was not originally from this village. A few months ago, a pair of sisters had arrived from another village and stayed in Pingquan Village. They didn't listen to advice and insisted on moving into the most spacious and cleanest house in Pingquan Village.

  According to the usual situation, as long as you enter this room to rest, you will inevitably fall into eternal sleep until you leave the world. But unexpectedly, things changed, that little girl was too playful and didn't sleep all night.

  It was also because of this that Xiaoyao's sister fell into eternal sleep, while Xiaoyao herself escaped a disaster.

  "It's you, the demon, who killed my sister Yuexia!" The only surviving younger sister of the two flower sisters, Xiujuan, shouted, "I want to kill you and avenge my sister!"

  Facing the gnashing teeth, the little girl pounced on him. Huang Liang disdainfully curled his lip and kicked the little girl flying with one foot.