My tamed beasts can't be demons.

Chapter 72 Dream Manifestation Stone

The snow was very cold.

It was so cold it went right to the bone.

Even though Zhou Lu had put on warm gloves, he could still feel the warmth of his hands being rapidly stripped away by the ice and snow.

He even felt that he might not be able to dig up anything of value.

But hard work pays off.

Perhaps because the digging action disrupted some kind of balance, Zhou Lu hadn't dug more than a few times when he felt a lightness beneath him and began to fall.

It turned out that the snow beneath his feet had suddenly cracked and collapsed.

Zhou Lu felt as if all he could hear was the sound of the wind.

Bang!

As his body collided with the ground, a tremendous sound echoed in Zhou Lu's ears.

He felt as if his bones were about to be shattered, and his whole body ached.

If it weren't for his thick clothes and the cushioning effect of the snow, he probably would have been knocked unconscious by that fall.

can not sleep.

Zhou Lu took two deep breaths, struggled to his feet, and looked around to observe his surroundings.

Where did I fall?

It looks like a cave?

Could it be that my extraordinary encounter is about to begin?

Zhou Lu immediately thought of classic adventures in various novels, which all seemed to be encountered by the protagonists after entering a cave in dire straits.

However, Zhou Lu's heart sank quickly.

Because the entire cave was bare, there was nothing there.

Why did the Ghost Heart Purple Mushroom lead itself here?

As Zhou Lu pondered this, he walked deeper into the cave.

There was no other way but to leave. Given his current condition, he estimated that it would be very difficult for him to climb out of the hole he had just left.

Only by delving deeper can we see if we can find a way out.

This is not a safe zone, so there's no way to teleport out of the secret realm by breaking the bracelet.

If you want to return to the real world, you must go to the designated teleportation point.

If he doesn't find a way to leave this place, he won't be able to leave the secret realm even if he wants to.

With this in mind, Zhou Lu ventured deep into the cave.

There's still nothing here.

Just as Zhou Lu was thinking this, he suddenly felt something drip onto his nose.

But when I raised my hand to wipe it, there was nothing there.

What happened?

He looked up at the sky with suspicion.

The white stone emitted a faint glow in the dim light, and it was unclear what kind of mineral it was.

Hopefully there's no radiation involved.

In the dim light, a light drizzle fell.

But Zhou Lu could only feel the rain hitting his body, but he couldn't touch the rain no matter what he did.

Zhou Lu was filled with doubt when he saw a familiar figure appear in the corner.

Fireworks?

There may be many Dream Rain Flowers in this world, but the Dream Rain Flower carrying the white jade snail shell is only one of its own, Flower Fire.

Zhou Lu subconsciously touched his chest.

Fireworks lay quietly in his arms, lost in a deep dream.

Just as Zhou Lu was filled with doubt and uncertainty, a system notification popped up in his ear.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, for discovering a Dream Stone deposit and completing the related task ahead of schedule.]

Complete the relevant tasks ahead of schedule?

Zhou Lu immediately opened the system interface.

[Optional Quest: Locate Dreamstone Deposits]

[Mission Introduction: Dream Stones are the favorite food of the quasi-divine spirit beast, Nightmare of Death. Zhou Lu gained the favor of Nightmare of Death by using information about the Dream Stone mine and obtained its protection. Please go to the Snowfield Secret Realm, the Frozen Land, and find the Dream Stone mine before Zhou Lu.]

[Quest Reward: Permanent Beastmaster Skill Card *1]

Dream-revealing stone...

Zhou Lu silently recited these three words in his heart.

During the Beast Taming Era, the Beast Tamers who gained control of this world reformed many things, the most important of which was the reform of terminology.

This is what Wu Xiaoqing said to Zhou Lu when they were searching for the Heavenly Profound Stone last time.

In that reform, the Beast Tamers removed the cumbersome naming conventions used in the Immortal Era for various realms and standardized them into five levels, from the first to the fifth.

"The elaborate naming of realms was a means for ancient immortals to show off their nobility," Wu Xiaoqing said to Zhou Lu. "Without comparison, you would never know which is stronger, the Illusionary Realm or the Mahayana Realm, but the second and fifth levels are clearly comparable."

Can you imagine having a special nickname for each grade from elementary to high school?

Similarly, when naming various items, the immortals also tried their best to name them in ways that ordinary people could not understand.

Just as characters were simplified to improve the efficiency of human learning, many materials in the Beast Taming Era were named in a way that was "self-explanatory".

Regardless of whether you have a background in classical literature, you can guess the approximate shape or function of a material from its name.

This applies to jade-like pebbles as well as black phosphorus stones.

So, following this logic... this Dream-Manifesting Stone...

Zhou Lu looked at the torrential rain and at Hua Huo, who was diligently digging in the rain.

Could the Dream Stone's ability be to display dreams?

No... perhaps it also has the function of allowing people to enter a dream world.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been favored by the Nightmare of Death, and wouldn't have been trapped in such a dream by Hanabi.

In the dream of fireworks, the rain falls incessantly.

Zhou Lu finally understood the origin of the name Meng Yuhua.

Fireworks was clearly unaware that Zhou Lu was watching its dream.

It finally dug up enough soil.

Hmm! It's time to sculpt a statue of the owner!

Hanabi looked at the small mound of earth in front of her, vines on their hips, full of energy.

Zhou Lu sat down against the rock wall.

Activating the [Reverse Feedback] skill will temporarily boost your attributes.

Watching the fireworks being sculpted, he felt better.

The land of extreme ice... seven days of rain...

Immortals always like to speak in a mysterious and esoteric way to show their nobility, so much so that many later immortals simply cannot understand the information left by their predecessors and have to reinvent the wheel.

Zhou Lu was very suspicious. Given the nature of these guys, did this mean that Meng Yuhua should stay in the dream world for seven days surrounded by the Dream-Manifesting Stone?

Tell me, does getting caught in the rain in a dream count as getting caught in the rain?

However, Zhou Lu did not dare to gamble.

Hanabi's current state is something he has never seen before.

He cannot place his hopes on a completely unfounded conjecture!

He can stay here for seven days without any problem.

Although most of the items were inside the firework's shell, there were still spores of the Ghost Heart Purple Mushroom in his pocket, and snow piled up at the entrance of the cave.

Wu Xiaoqing once said that although this thing doesn't taste good, at least it's still edible.

With the added benefit of "reciprocal support," Zhou Lu felt somewhat confident about surviving.

But the prerequisite is to determine the state of the fireworks!

Zhou Lu opened the system and looked at the rewards for completing the Dream Stone mission.

Beastmaster permanent skills...

Maybe I can draw the skill to check the status of fireworks!

Zhou Lu decisively pressed the extraction button.

As the text scrolled rapidly in front of him, a skill appeared before Zhou Lu.

[Recycling]: Limited to once every seven days. It will definitely activate when your pet is near death or about to die, granting immunity to this death and returning the pet to the Beast Taming Card.

(End of this chapter)