The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

Liu Mengli gently touched his brow with her finger.

Shen Yifei's vision blurred, and the scenery around him changed.

It was no longer that simple bedroom, but a magnificent palace.

"Where have you taken me?" Shen Yifei asked.

"The place I imagine can be exactly what I want it to be."

"It seems you really like luminous pearls!"

Shen Yifei pointed to the luminous pearls on the dome.

"Of course! If one day I have my own little home, I'll decorate it entirely with luminous pearls!"

Shen Yifei saw a huge bed in the center of the palace, with lifelike dragons and phoenixes carved on the bedposts, and pale gold gauze curtains that fluttered gently in the breeze.

"Such a big bed?" Shen Yifei thought the bed was ridiculously big.

"Isn't a big bed good?" Liu Mengli's smile was somewhat malicious.

Shen Yifei felt like he wasn't in a dream; the feeling of touching the bed was so real.

Liu Mengli stood in front of him, smiling, "In my dreams, you can do whatever you want."

Shen Yifei looked down at himself, wearing a bright red wedding robe with a red flower pinned to his chest.

Why did you dress me up like this?

"It looks great." Liu Mengli circled around him. "The groom, of course, has to wear a wedding robe."

"So what are you wearing?"

Liu Mengli looked down at herself.

In a flash, she changed into a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, a bright red wedding dress embroidered with phoenixes in gold thread, the hem of which trailed on the ground, a full three feet long.

"Is it pretty?" She looked up, her green eyes sparkling.

Shen Yifei swallowed.

Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Liu Mengli's face was already alluring, but in this wedding dress, she was even more enchanting.

The beaded curtain on her phoenix crown hung down in front of her forehead, swaying gently with her movements, making her green eyes look especially alluring.

"Are you going to marry me?"

"Yes." Liu Mengli walked over and took his arm. "You can't marry me, but in my dreams, I can marry you."

Shen Yifei's heart skipped a beat.

This female demon may seem carefree, but she's actually quite perceptive.

"Alright, let's proceed with the wedding ceremony."

The two bowed to heaven and earth, to their parents, and finally to each other in the palace.

Liu Mengli lowered her head, the beaded curtain on her phoenix crown obscuring her face, but he could see the corners of her mouth slightly upturned.

"Send them to the bridal chamber," she whispered.

Shen Yifei picked her up and carried her to the large bed.

Liu Mengli wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face in his chest: "Don't be too rough later."

"What, are you afraid of pain even in your dreams?"

"Fear. We Nightmare Clan are much weaker than humans."

Shen Yifei placed her on the bed and leaned over to look at her.

Liu Mengli lay on her back, her phoenix crown askew, the beaded curtain scattered on her pillow. She reached out and removed the phoenix crown, her hair spreading out and covering the pillow like a piece of black satin.

"Little guy."

"Um."

"If you dare to hurt me, I'll sing you songs in your dreams every day so you can't sleep."

Shen Yifei chuckled: "You can threaten people?"

"Of course I will." Liu Mengli reached out and hooked her arm around his neck. "I'm best at threatening people. But with you, I can't bear to part with you."

She leaned in and pressed her lips to his.

Soft, sweet, with a faint fragrance.

Shen Yifei closed his eyes and responded to her kiss.

Liu Mengli's kissing skills were far better than he had imagined, as if she had practiced countless times. Every kiss was just right, making him feel like he was being scratched by cat claws.

"Who...who did you train with?" he asked, panting.

"I haven't practiced." Liu Mengli bit his lip. "I was born with it. That's called talent; you can't learn it."

Shen Yifei felt a surge of heat from her teasing and reached out to undo her wedding dress.

The ties on the wedding dress were very complicated, and I couldn't untie them no matter how hard I tried.

Liu Mengli laughed, her laughter so loud it made her body tremble.

"Idiot, I'll do it."

She quickly untied her wedding dress, and the bright red dress slipped off her shoulders, revealing the pale yellow bodice underneath.

The bib is embroidered with two mandarin ducks playing in the water.

Shen Yifei looked at the two mandarin ducks and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What are you laughing at?" Liu Mengli glared at him.

"It's nothing. You drew two mandarin ducks on this. Who do you want to be with?"

"Hmph, with anyone is fine!"

……

……

"Little one, the feeling in this dream is really special..."

What's so special about you?

"I can't quite put my finger on it, but it's just different."

Shen Yifei didn't care whether it was a dream or reality, truth or falsehood, or falsehood or truth; to him, it all felt pretty much the same.

That night, he stayed in Liu Mengli's dream for a long time.

Time in dreams is different from reality. What takes an incense stick to burn in reality can last a day and a night in a dream. Liu Mengli stretched out time in her dream, so long that Shen Yifei felt like he had spent several days with her.

In the past few days, he has witnessed the talents of the Nightmare Clan.

Liu Mengli said they were born with the skill, and she wasn't bragging.

Her abilities surpassed those of any other woman he had ever met.

It wasn't the kind of strength that was deliberately flaunted, but a strength that came naturally. Every move she made, every smile she gave, was just right; any more would be excessive, any less would be lacking.

Shen Yifei felt like a mouse being toyed with by a cat, being teased to the point of ecstasy, yet unable to escape her grasp.

"Aren't you...aren't you tired?" he asked, panting.

Liu Mengli nestled against his chest, laughing like a cat that had just stolen some cream.

"No. This is a dream, and I won't get tired in a dream. But you will, because your body gets tired in reality."

Shen Yifei understood. She was tormenting him in his dreams, and his body was reacting accordingly in reality. That was the power of the Nightmare Clan!

What you do in your dreams can affect reality.

"You're cheating."

"So what if I cheated? You didn't say I couldn't use dreams." Liu Mengli nuzzled against his chest. "Besides, weren't you enjoying it?"

Shen Yifei had to admit that he did enjoy it quite a bit.

Liu Mengli fulfilled all his fantasies about women. Gentle, wild, shy, and wanton—she could switch between all these personas with ease. Moreover, she seemed to be able to read his mind; whatever he wanted, she could give him without him having to say it.

"Do you Nightmare Clan possess mind-reading abilities?"

"I can't read minds, but I can sense emotions." Liu Mengli looked up. "I can feel whether you're happy or excited. So I can guess what you want."

"Isn't this just mind reading?"

"They're different. Mind reading is knowing what you're thinking, while sensing emotions is knowing what you're feeling. The former is peeping, the latter is feeling. We Nightmare Clan disdain peeping into other people's thoughts; that's a despicable tactic."

Shen Yifei didn't ask any more questions, he put his arm around her and closed his eyes.

Time flies in dreams; it felt like only a short while had passed before Liu Mengli nudged him.

"Little one, it's time to wake up."

"Um?"

Shen Yifei opened his eyes and found himself still lying in bed, but Liu Mengli was gone.