Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 604 Turning Illusion into Reality, Refining Falsehood into Truth! A Grand Dream of Emptiness!
As Jing Yuanying's spirit, Su Su is indeed a captivating young woman.

This is not just about her vibrant and beautiful appearance, but about a kind of perfection on a spiritual level.

The allure of a perfect life on a spiritual level is unimaginable for those with weak willpower.

Of course, not all of the 3,700 victims were malicious; some simply ran into a dragon, but these were just a very small number of unlucky ones.

However, Luo Fu was not a morally perfect person.

He wouldn't simply judge Su Su by black and white, good and evil, just because she once helped the evil dragon harm people.

As a spirit of the mirror, Su Su cannot be bound by human moral concepts.

“Three thousand seven hundred people died in the mouth of that evil dragon because of you,” Luo Fu said. “Therefore, you should perform three thousand seven hundred good deeds to atone for this sin. From now on, you will stay by my side to cultivate and repay the evil karma in the future. You will then have your own righteous reward.”

Su Su was overjoyed.

He hurriedly kowtowed to Luofu to express his gratitude.

After accepting Su Su's generous greeting in a very casual manner, Luo Fu asked, "When will that evil dragon return?"

“Reporting to the Immortal Master,” Su Su replied, “Ever since I fell into the well and died, that evil dragon comes here on the first and fifteenth of every month.”

"What a coincidence, tomorrow is the fifteenth. So, you have to offer blood food to that evil dragon every fifteen days?" Luo Fu asked curiously.

“I dare not deceive you, Immortal Master. This place has been abandoned for a hundred years. Decades ago, we were still able to offer blood sacrifices to the evil dragon on the first and fifteenth of each month. However, in recent decades, due to the rumors circulating here, sometimes we may not have blood sacrifices for several months.”

Luo Fu nodded slightly, understanding the situation.

At first, the manor was plagued by an evil dragon, and with Su Su aiding and abetting the evildoers, there were naturally many people who did not believe in the superstition. However, as more and more people died and the rumors of ghosts spread, many people naturally became very secretive about the manor.

Su Su only appears at the bottom of the well. Why would so many people have nothing better to do than go and see the scenery at the bottom of the well?

"It seems that although that evil dragon is stronger than you, it does not dare to push you too far."

"Immortal Master, I was merely threatening the evil dragon with the threat of mutual destruction. In reality, even if I abandoned my true form and fought to the death, I would most likely only wound the dragon but not kill it," Su Su said with a bitter smile.

If she were truly confident that she could perish together with the dragon, she wouldn't have been trapped in the well for centuries, constantly threatened by the dragon.

Ultimately, Su Su is simply the product of the spirit of the girl who fell into the well with the mirror. To be precise, she shouldn't be called Su Su, since Su Su is the name of the girl who fell into the well with the mirror. Jing Yuan Ying is the true name of the mirror spirit.

Although Luo Fu accepted Jing Yuanying's mirror, he did not learn much about the evil dragon from her. He only knew that the evil dragon was a crocodile dragon that was entrenched in the river dozens of miles away. Although it had the determination to transform into a dragon, its cultivation was shallow.

At most, it's just a matter of manipulating someone like Su Su, the spirit of Jing Yuan Ying Jing.

Even the female ghosts of Lanruo Temple might not be coerced by him.

Who told Su Su that even the female ghost of Lanruo Temple couldn't match her skills?
From the moment she gained self-awareness, Su Su was trapped in the well and was unable to provide Luo Fu with much intelligence assistance.

Now that he had accepted Jing Yuanying's mirror, Luo Fu naturally wanted to see it through to the end, and deal with the so-called evil dragon as well, since this was his first real encounter with the demons and monsters of this world.

While Luo Fu was in the manor, waiting for the fifteenth of the next day, when the evil dragon would return through the cave deep in the well to feast on its blood,

After parting ways with Luo Fu, Zhu Xiaolian, who had been resting for a day at a town inn, encountered trouble.

I don't know if it was because of the fight between Luo Fu and the blind Taoist Quan Zhenzi, or if the town itself was just not very safe.

I only rested at the inn for half a day.

Zhu Xiaolian and Hou Xia were surprised to find that their travel money had disappeared.

It's important to know that during their journey with Luofu, the group would replenish their supplies whenever they encountered a town, and the key to this was purchasing dry rations.

After all, when you're halfway there and there's no village or shop in sight, dry rations are the only food available. In a place where there aren't even any people, you can't find anything to fill your stomach except the dry rations you carry with you.

Forget about hunting; even hunters need to carry provisions when they go into the mountains, otherwise they might starve to death in the forest.

But now, with no money left, Zhu Xiaolian and Hou Xia were in dire straits.

After searching for a long time without finding any travel money, Hou Xia said with a mournful face, "Young Master, what are we going to do? We're out of money. We can't just go hungry forever, can we?"

With a furrowed brow, Zhu Xiaolian remained silent for a moment before saying, "It's alright. I have a fellow student who lives in the next town. As long as we hurry, the remaining rations are enough for us to reach that town. I will ask him for help then, but..."

Looking reluctantly at the inn, Zhu Xiaolian said, "From now on, we're afraid we won't have the chance to stay at an inn anymore. We can only hurry on our way."

Hearing Zhu Xiaolian's solution, Hou Xia immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But he soon discovered that Luo Fu was not there.

"Young Master," Hou Xia suddenly felt a pang of anxiety and said, "Could it be that Yuan Zhen stole our travel money?"

With a frown, Zhu Xiaolian scolded, "Don't talk nonsense. Yuanzhen...Master Luofu is a virtuous man. How could he do such petty things? Let's wait. If Master Luofu hasn't met us in half an hour, then we'll have to go ahead."

If possible, Zhu Xiaolian also hoped to wait for Luofu and act together with him.

After all, Luo Fu had shown off his skills to Zhu Xiaolian a few times along the way after completing the sharing.

He was probably truly misled by Luo Fu in the past. In Zhu Xiaolian's mind, even if Luo Fu had returned to secular life, he was still a highly accomplished person. Even if he was short of money, he wouldn't resort to theft.

Unfortunately, Luo Fu, who was in the abandoned manor, waiting for the evil dragon to come and enjoy its blood, was unaware that Zhu Xiaolian's travel expenses had been stolen, so he could not do as Zhu Xiaolian wished.

Unable to wait for Luofu, Zhu Xiaolian could only take his page, Hou Xia, and take a shortcut to the next town to seek help from his fellow townsman.

Unfortunately, Zhu Xiaolian, who was taking a shortcut, encountered a group of bandits before he had gone very far.

Desperate to survive, Zhu Xiaolian and his servant ran towards an abandoned ancient temple.

The ancient temple was dilapidated, except for one wall, which was covered with lifelike and exquisite murals.

Zhu Xiaolian, accompanied by his page Hou Xia, stepped into the desolate ancient temple with its painted walls.

After waiting for a day and a night in the abandoned manor, Luo Fu finally witnessed the arrival of the evil dragon.

With Su Su by his side, Luo Fu learned quite a bit about the evil dragon from her.

The next day, as night fell.

While in the room, he was discussing with Susu the wonderful uses of Jing Yuanying's precious mirror.

A foul wind quietly began to blow.

The moment Luo Fu sensed the demonic wind, he knew his wait had not been in vain; the evil dragon had indeed come knocking. On the roof, a crocodile with a serpentine body, already bearing some signs of a true dragon, was stealthily crawling across the roof.

That's right, it's clearly a crocodile, but it's now on the roof, and its posture isn't the typical crocodile crawling posture.

Looking up at the rooftop, Luo Fu asked Su Su in surprise, "Is this evil dragon really that reckless?"

Su Su seemed somewhat frightened and said, "Reporting to the Immortal Master, the evil dragon is always ferocious. I suppose it didn't find any blood or food at the bottom of the well this time, and since it couldn't find any trace of me, it was probably worried that I would escape, which is why it came to me in such a hurry."

After thinking about it, Luo Fu had to admit that Su Su's judgment about the crocodile was correct.

However, Luo Fu wouldn't give this crocodile many opportunities to perform.

When he realized that the crocodile was about to land on his head.

Luo Fu lightly stretched out one hand, his five fingers grabbing towards the roof. A tremendous force instantly and firmly bound the crocodile, no matter how much it shook its head and swayed its tail. But under this invisible force, the roof was crushed and the crocodile crashed heavily in front of Luo Fu.

This is a crocodile with a long, slender body covered in scales, with dragon horns about to sprout on its head, and even a dragon beard beginning to grow on its head.

At first glance, it does indeed resemble a dragon.

Unfortunately, now that it has fallen into Luofu's hands, it will probably never have the chance to transform into a dragon again.

Struggling, the crocodile glared angrily at Su Su and said, "Jing Yuanying, you actually colluded with outsiders to harm me."

Luo Fu chuckled and looked at Su Su, asking, "Are you and this crocodile on the same side?"

“Immortal Master, Su Su has been coerced by this evil dragon. Today, with your help, I will surely repent and change my ways.” Su Su quickly bowed to Luo Fu.

Jing Yuanying is Su Su's true form, or rather, Jing Yuanying is Su Su, and Su Su is Jing Yuanying.

This special spirit makes her both the girl Su Su who fell into the well with the mirror in her arms, and Jing Yuanyingjing; she is a human, a ghost, and a mirror spirit.

Even if Luofu were to be reclaimed, it would be impossible to refine it as a magical treasure immediately.

Moreover, the means he currently possesses do not support Luo Fu in achieving this.

Among the shared abilities, there are indeed methods for refining magical artifacts. However, the localization process has not yet reached that level. Moreover, the worlds are different, and many abilities will exhibit different effects in different worlds due to the different laws of heaven.

Luo Fu, at present, has only obtained a little bit of the Maoshan unorthodox teachings through the blind Taoist Quanzhenzi.

The unorthodox methods of Maoshan, passed down through generations, all seem to have similar effects, exhibiting undisguised brutality.

Just like the blind Taoist Quanzhenzi, his main purpose in capturing ghosts and exorcising demons was not to truly uphold the righteous path, nor was it for the reward, but to use ghosts and monsters to improve his own cultivation.

They use monsters and ghosts to refine elixirs that enhance their cultivation.

This can be considered a situation where demons and monsters eat people, while he, on the other hand, eats demons and monsters.

However, the blind Taoist Quan Zhenzi's cultivation was really lacking. Apart from these brutal and unorthodox methods, his knowledge of proper Taoist traditions was at best superficial.

Su Su was, after all, the first spirit to be subdued by Luo Fu, and her essence was far more special than any monster or ghost.

Especially Jing Yuanying's precious mirror, which can be considered a rare treasure in itself.

Without sufficient certainty, Luo Fu would not rashly attempt the refining process, lest he harm such a rare spirit as Su Su.

Without the ability to refine her, Luo Fu naturally has far fewer ways to control Su Su.

The raging crocodile struggled even more violently when it heard Su Su's words of distancing herself from him.

Unfortunately, Luo Fu's power was far beyond that of someone who couldn't even transform into human form. He seemed to have some of the aura of a true dragon, but in reality, he relied more on his crocodile body to gain an advantage.

The transformation of demons into dragons also has its own direction.

Snakes are undoubtedly the easiest to kill. Besides snakes, there are also creatures like horses that are rumored to have dragon blood.

Crocodiles are known as dragons, and given their aquatic nature, they are not as difficult to transform into dragons as snakes, but it is still easier for them than for other creatures.

Of course, the difficulty of transforming into a dragon is also greatly reduced in terms of cultivation level.

This crocodile is less a dragon and more an animal with the air of a demon. It has no magic or supernatural powers, at most it has the innate ability to control the water. When it fights, it relies more on its physical strength.

But when facing Luo Fu, he was no different from a little mudfish.

In front of Jing Yuanying and Su Su, Luo Fu clenched his fist.

With tremendous force, it crushed the crocodile's internal organs in an instant.

With that ferocious, gaping maw suddenly opening wide, it then vomited blood with a loud "whoosh."

It was clear to the naked eye that the evil dragon that had threatened Su Su for a hundred years had lost its life force in a short period of time, and even its soul had been completely dissipated.

After twitching twice, the dragon died completely in an instant.

Su Su also gained a clear understanding of the ruthlessness of the immortal Luo Fu.

After defeating the evil dragon, Luo Fu suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He finally remembered that he had previously encountered a Taoist priest who only knew a little bit of illusion magic but used it to deceive the people. The subsequent series of events had kept him so engrossed in investigating the evil dragon in the abandoned manor that he had forgotten to greet Zhu Xiaolian and his servant.

With things having come to this, Luo Fu could only collect the dragon's corpse and, carrying Su Su's true form, Jing Yuanyingjing, hurriedly headed towards the town.

When Luo Fu returned, he learned from the innkeeper that Zhu Xiaolian and Hou Xia and his servant had lost their travel expenses.

Since they couldn't wait for Luo Fu, the master and servant left a letter with the innkeeper before leaving, explaining their changed route so that Luo Fu would know how to reunite with them.

I have finished reading the letter left by Zhu Xiaolian.

Luo Fu had a feeling that Zhu Xiaolian was probably doomed to be trapped in that empty dream within the mural.

Luo Fu was quite curious about the murals.

Painted on the wall, it can form a special world that carries consciousness, and can even cause real and tangible harm to the physical body.

This already shows signs of transforming the false into the true and turning the fake into the real.

(End of this chapter)