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Chapter 878 Nightmare
"Sister Song!"

Outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, young men and women walked out one after another, each holding a wooden sign in their hands, and were led out by the Yue women.

Song Zhian was following Senior Sister Yuan silently, her pretty face a little absent-minded, as if she was returning to reality after a sleepy night, and she was feeling a little depressed and lacking energy.

As soon as she walked out of the hall, she heard Miss Yu's excited shouts.

Song Zhian looked up and saw a dull man and a short-haired young man standing behind Yu's sister.

It’s Brother Liu and Brother Sha.

Master Lu is not here, and seems to be still in the palace.

The three of them should have come out early and were waiting for her and Master Lu at the entrance of Zhangwang Palace.

Song Zhian turned around and glanced at the hall.

When she just woke up, Senior Sister Yuan was standing beside her, holding a strange bell in her hand, which seemed to be knocking on her ear to wake her up.

Moreover, Song Zhian discovered that the white mist around her became thinner with the sound of the bell. The white mist seemed to be afraid of the bell and retreated with the sound of the bell.

After she woke up, she obediently followed Senior Sister Yuan out of the hall.

In addition, Senior Sister Yuan also handed her a wooden plaque with a number on it written with wet ink.

Song Zhian touched the wooden sign at her waist and looked down.

Ninety-two steps.

It seems to be the third level test, the number of steps required to go deeper into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

According to calculations, the more steps you take, the better the results.

After Senior Sister Yuan brought Song Zhian out of the hall, she said a few words, turned around and returned to the hall. Holding the bell in her hand, she shook it gently and entered the white mist again, as if to look for the rest of the people.

Song Zhian turned around and rubbed her stiff little face vigorously. She cheered up a little, came to Ouyang Rong and the other two, and asked in a gentle voice:
"When did you come out?"

While Song Zhian was speaking, she looked around. There were seven people including her in the open space outside the hall. There should be three more people in the hall, including Lu Jinghong.

"We just came out not long ago."

Song Zhiruo quickly noticed that the three people also had wooden plaques with numbers on their waists. She looked down and said to herself:
"Could it be the order of grades..."

Miss Yu noticed her gaze and immediately raised the wooden sign, smiling and answering:

"It shouldn't be. Brother Liu just analyzed it and said that it should be the degree of dreaming. Some people have deep dreams, and some have shallow dreams. Senior Sister Yuan should have brought out those who are in shallow dreams and easy to wake up first, and slowly awakened the others who are in deep dreams. The real test should be the number on the wooden sign given to us.

"Hehe, Sister Song, you see, I'm also at 92 steps, surprisingly I can do the same as you. That's right, when I just woke up, you were not far from me, we were next to each other, so our scores should be similar, but I was in a shallow dream, so Senior Sister Yuan brought me out first."

Hearing the words "Rumengqian", Ouyang Rong's mouth twitched slightly.

Is sleepwalking also called shallow sleep?

If you are really in a light sleep, you will probably eat snacks while sleeping.

However, Ouyang Rong did not see this imagined world-famous painting, and he felt a little regretful at the time.

At this moment, Miss Yu picked up a small snack, put it in her mouth and chewed it, and said incoherently:

"Originally I wanted to call you, but Sister Song, you don't know how strange your expression was at that time. You seemed to be struggling and twisting your body, and even crying. I was a little scared. In addition, Senior Sister Yuan said that it is normal to have nightmares in this hall, so she asked me not to disturb you and to go out and wait first."

Song Zhian nodded slowly and looked at Ouyang Rong and Sha Ergou.

Sha Ergou always blushed when being stared at by a pretty girl, so he avoided her gaze, scratched his head and said:
"Miss Song, did you have a nightmare? I had one, too. It was a very bad dream... Big Brother Liu woke up the earliest, followed by Miss Yu. But coincidentally, Big Brother Liu and I had the same score. Hehe, it seems that we are both not bad. We both got 85 steps. Big Brother Liu also said that when he woke up, I was right next to him."

Mentioning the nightmare, the latter seemed to be in a low mood, but now he has adjusted himself, grinned, and gestured at the wooden sign in his hand.

Ouyang Rong turned around and spoke to Sha Ergou, responding:
"You were in a deep sleep and shed a lot of tears. Senior Sister Yuan also told me not to call you and asked me to come out and wait first."

"I see."

Song Zhian nodded slightly and glanced at the wooden signs of the two people, which read "Eighty-five Steps".

While everyone was waiting for Lu Jinghong, Miss Yu pointed her finger at her chin, leaned forward, and whispered to the three people:
"I just asked Senior Sister Yuan and found out. She said that the Yangxin Palace is roughly divided into the outer palace and the inner palace, and the deepest core... Within a hundred steps is the outer palace area, and after a hundred steps is the inner palace area. As for the core, I don't know how many steps it takes to get there, but it doesn't matter. It's impossible for anyone to walk there. That's where the female monarch who presides over the assessment stays. I heard that even the female monarch will fall into dreams in the deepest part of the Yangxin Palace...

"Senior Sister Yuan revealed that under normal circumstances, we can only stop at the outer hall. The standard for the third level is that 90 to 100 steps are top-notch, 80 to 90 steps are excellent, 70 to 80 steps are average... and below 60 steps are unqualified. Unless you win the first two levels, or have a divine fetal bottle, you will be eliminated regardless of your previous results.

"In addition, those who can enter the inner hall after walking more than a hundred steps will be judged to have extraordinary mental toughness, which is also a stepping stone for the female monarch to accept her as a disciple..."

Song Zhian looked thoughtful:
"We both took ninety-two steps... But... But I remember that not long after I rushed into the white fog, I felt sleepy and the dream came. I couldn't stop it. It seemed that I didn't take more than a few steps..."

She gradually stopped talking. She was naturally cautious and did not say too much in front of Sister Yu, Brother Liu and the other two.

In fact, just before Song Zhian fell asleep not long ago, she had a bad feeling about the results of the third level.

Sha Ergou's overjoyed voice came from the side:

"Miss Song and Miss Yu should have reached the top level. Brother Liu and I are also excellent. Haha, that's really good."

Ouyang Rong glanced at the three people who all breathed a sigh of relief.

If I remember correctly, before he helped a little and adjusted the positions of the four people, Song Zhian had only walked about seventy steps... According to the norm, it was less than average.

Sha Ergou and Yu Xiaoniangzi both had more than 80 steps, but Ouyang Rong made some minor adjustments and increased the number of steps...

At this moment, everyone expected to get good results, and the atmosphere on the field became a little festive. No one noticed that the dull man lowered his eyes slightly.

Song Zhian also smiled.

Miss Yu happily ate the snacks and replied to Sha Ergou:

"Of course, Sister Song is definitely amazing. Well, I'm not bad either. I didn't expect that the third level would let us dream. I'm familiar with this. I love sleeping the most and I'm also good at dreaming."

She quietly confessed:

"And I have had a special talent since I was a child, which is that I can have lucid dreams.

"I can realize that I am dreaming in my dreams, so I am not afraid of any dreams. After all, I know it is a dream, I know it is fake, and if I sleep lightly, half asleep and half awake, I can deliberately do some bold things in my dreams... When I told my mother about it before, she always scolded me, saying that dreaming is useless. Now I see she still has the nerve to scold me."

Miss Yu clapped her hands, looked up at the sky, and sighed:
"As expected, there is no such thing as useless talent. It's just that I haven't met an immortal who can recognize talent. This Yunmeng Jianze is really good. He even took this test. It can be said that he didn't bury my Yu Mili's talent."

Ouyang Rong:......

Song Zhian and Sha Ergou: ...

The three of them tacitly ignored her words.

Ouyang Rong clasped his fists towards Song Zhian:
"Thank you Miss Song for the extra leaf."

Sha Ergou also said with gratitude:
"Yes, yes, that butterfly leaf is really bitter, but it works, otherwise Brother Liu and I might not have such good results."

Miss Yu nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "That's right, it would be better if it was sweeter and sourer, and it would also make people sober."

At this moment, two figures walked out of the hall not far away.

Everyone was silent for a moment, and looked towards the entrance of the hall in unison.
But he found out that it was Senior Sister Yuan and a young girl who was taking the test.

It’s not Lu Jinghong.

Sha Ergou muttered:
"Brother Lu, why are you so slow?" Ouyang Rong glanced at the main hall.

"Maybe I fell into a deeper dream."

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes. Not long ago, when the white fog in the hall quietly adjusted the steps of the four people, he had observed the expressions of the four people in their dreams.

He found that Lu Jinghong's reaction when entering a dream was the most intense.

If we say that Sha Ergou's expression is one of sadness and sorrow.

Song Zhian's expression was one of struggle and pain.

Then Lu Jinghong's expression was one of complete fear and panic.

Even the muscles on my face were trembling slightly and my forehead was covered with sweat... This was a fear that went deep into my bones.

Like the great terror between life and death.

Those who understand know that he is dreaming, but those who don’t think that Lu Jinghong has encountered a ghost.

As for Miss Yu.

When she was sleepwalking in the fog, her expression was sometimes unhappy, and sometimes silly and happy... It made Ouyang Rong couldn't help laughing.

While the four were talking, two people slowly walked out of the Yangxin Palace.

It’s Senior Sister Yuan and Lu Jinghong.

There were ten people in this batch who entered the palace for assessment, and Lu Jinghong was the last one to be brought out.

Lu Jinghong was a little confused and dazed. He took the wooden sign from Senior Sister Yuan, looked around, and after seeing the four people, he walked over.

His voice was a little hoarse and tired, and he asked:
"You...you all came out so soon?"

Song Zhian nodded gently:
"Well, Mr. Lu should be the last one."

Lu Jinghong suddenly asked:
"Did you have a nightmare too?"

Song Zhian replied:

"That's right, Senior Sister Yuan said it's normal, it's just that everyone's dream depth is different, and the nightmare is also different."

"Is the depth different..." Lu Jinghong lowered his head, looked at the ground, and murmured a little tiredly: "It is indeed the same as the real thing."

He swallowed hard, not knowing what he was recalling.

"What happened to Mr. Lu?"

Song Zhian noticed that something was wrong with him and asked with concern.

"No, nothing..."

Lu Jinghong forced a smile, restrained his expression slightly, and clasped his fists towards Song Zhian:
"Thank you Miss Song for the leaves. They are very useful. They helped me get through several bouts of sleepiness and allowed me to walk a few extra steps."

After saying that, he couldn't help but look at the wooden signs on the waists of the four people.

Then he smoothly looked away.

Lu Jinghong also silently put the wooden sign in his hand into his arms.

This time, he did not ask about other people's scores first.

Overnight, people became much more polite.

But when people are unlucky, even drinking cold water will cause a toothache. What you fear will come true... Miss Yu's curious voice came from the side:
"Mr. Lu, how many steps are there? Sister Song and I have 92 steps, which is considered top-notch. Brother Liu and Brother Sha have 85 steps...Above 80 is considered excellent."

Miss Yu was very considerate and reported everything at once, fearing that Mr. Lu would be embarrassed to ask them.

When Lu Jinghong heard this, his expression changed slightly.

Especially after hearing the steps of Ouyang Rong and Sha Ergou in the third level, his eyes turned away a little.

"Well, sorry for the poor performance. I am barely good enough..."

Lu Jinghong didn't seem to want to talk about this topic any more, so he changed the subject and said with a forced smile:

"Haha, by the way, what kind of dreams did everyone have? Mine was very strange. I had a nightmare about a cannibal..."

Miss Yu was not shy at all. She came forward, snatched the wooden sign from his arms, and took a closer look.

"Hmm, only eighty steps? It is indeed barely excellent."

A black line appeared on Lu Jinghong's forehead.

Are you polite?

Miss Yu put the wooden sign back with an expression of encouragement but a look of satisfaction in her eyes. She shook her head and sighed:
"Hey, Master Lu, I am a little bit better than you again."

Lu Jinghong stared:
"you you……"

You did it on purpose, girl.

At this moment, he didn't know whether Miss Yu was good at settling accounts, but she was definitely good at holding grudges.

Ouyang Rong on the side remained silent.

He actually moved Lu Jinghong's position forward, just a few steps behind Sha Ergou and him, and he didn't calculate it clearly at the time.

But in fact, Lu Jinghong's actual number of steps was not more than Song Zhian's, who he had expected. Both of them were at the bottom of the list...

This is a bit intriguing.

Ouyang Rong smiled in his heart.

Senior Sister Yuan put away the bell, exchanged a few words with the writing girl, and returned the same way, greeting everyone:
"Return to the dripping cave at the foot of the cliff."

All ten people gathered, walked down the cliff and returned the same way.

When they returned to the original cave.

I saw that most of the girls had gathered in the cave hall.

They are all people who have completed the Yangxin Palace assessment. Now they are just waiting for the last batch of young people behind Ouyang Rong and others to finish the Yangxin Palace assessment.

Sha Ergou kept his head down the whole way, looking a little absent-minded.

After experiencing the nightmare, Song Zhiruo and Lu Jinghong became silent.

Ouyang Rong had been to the Yangxin Palace and had a deep understanding of this palace. Although today's assessment was only conducted in the outer palace, the white fog was not thick, but he roughly understood the confused state of the crowd, so he remained quiet and did not disturb the atmosphere, waiting for them to calm down on their own...

As soon as the five people walked into the Dripping Cave, Ouyang Rong began to look around, searching for a certain figure.

At this moment, he heard Lu Jinghong's voice from behind:
"By the way, what did you dream about..."

(End of this chapter)