A Psychiatrist's Bizarre Game Journey / Dream of the Mist

Dongfang Xianyun had almost given up hope after hearing the old man's words, but a glimmer of hope rekindled within him. As if grasping at a lifeline, his eyes lit up as he asked, "Then, if I hurry there now, perhaps I can still catch up with them?"

"That should be the case, however..."

I would be upset if I disturbed that young lady and the young master's intimate moment...

The old man had intended to say that, but before he could finish speaking, Dongfang Xianyun couldn't wait any longer. He hurriedly bowed to the old man, not intending to listen to what the old man had to say, and hastily said, "Thank you for telling me, senior. I will take my leave! If I have been impolite, I will accept the punishment in the future!" He then disregarded etiquette and hurriedly flew up on his sword towards Wucheng.

"this..."

The old man stroked his long beard helplessly.

These young people... really... I hope they don't cause trouble after meeting the young master...

Thinking this, the old man turned to look at the onlookers of the Demonic Sect disciples, snorted coldly, and frowned as he said righteously, "Do you see? If you are upright and honest, even without wasting your breath, others will not have any malicious suspicions when they hear of your good reputation. This is a living example!"

You just wasted a lot of breath and even got angry, wanting to argue with the other party, but you still couldn't convince them. Why is that? Ultimately, it's because your daily actions are inadequate!

Instead of reflecting on their own actions, they're constantly getting angry and annoyed with this and that. The reputation of the Demonic Sect is being ruined by you juniors! Go back and copy the sect rules!

Upon hearing this, the demonic sect disciples who were watching all lowered their heads and quickly slunk away.

If Zhou Ke'er heard these words...

Forget it, the scene is too beautiful to imagine.

So what exactly makes this evil cult so evil?! Is it their appearance?!

Watching his disciples slink away, the old man snorted contentedly, stroked his beard, and turned to leave.

Before they had taken more than a few steps, they saw another group of people rushing menacingly toward the Demonic Sect's mountain gate. Judging from their clothing, they seemed to be disciples of the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect.

Could it be that the young master arrived so quickly? And even caused trouble?

Looking at the other party's aggressive demeanor, the old man couldn't help but wonder in astonishment: "That's not right. Even if you flew there, it would take at least an hour. Even if the young master used all his strength, it shouldn't be this fast! Not to mention that the people from the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect have all arrived. It's impossible for them to come and go so quickly! Even causing trouble takes time!"

The old man stood there helplessly, waiting for the group to arrive. He overheard them shouting that their sect leader's son had encountered the young master of the Demonic Sect at a market not far from the Mountain Wind Sect, and had since fallen into a trance... They had come to demand justice, and so on...

"Young Master... what have you done?!"

The old man sighed helplessly. "Now look what's happened. If the young master goes to the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect, isn't he just walking into a trap?"

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157. Starting from Zero to Become a Villainous Supporting Female Character (Thirteen)

"The Myriad Laws Immortal Sect, we've arrived... Hmm? What's going on..."

After a long flight, Zhou Ke'er was almost asleep when they finally arrived at their destination.

As Jun Lianzheng landed, he tried to wake Zhou Ke'er, who was feeling drowsy and had started to doze off, but she subconsciously hummed in confusion.

"Strange... what's going on?"

Jun Lian frowned, gently placed the just-awakened Zhou Ke'er on the ground beside him, and looked at the mountain gate of the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect with suspicion.

"What's wrong? Hey... is this the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect? Why is there no one guarding the mountain gate? Aren't there any protective formations or anything like that? How can someone from the Demonic Sect just walk in like that?"

Zhou Ke'er rubbed her eyes, yawned, and then sleepily looked around the gate of the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect before subconsciously asking Jun Lian a question.

Indeed, the mountain gate of the Wanfa Immortal Sect does look very grand, and the simple yet exquisite and elegant carvings exude a vibrant ancient atmosphere. In short, it looks very artistic. But... for some reason, there isn't even a single person guarding the mountain gate.

It seems rather strange. Is this sect really that confident?

"This...is indeed very strange...it shouldn't be like this. Although the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect usually has good relations with other sects, they wouldn't be so lax in their guard, especially now that the Wucheng Grand Competition is underway, it's even more impossible for such negligence to occur..."

Jun Lian shook his head, narrowed his eyes, and his previously nonchalant expression turned serious: "Furthermore, the disciples from the Mountain Wind Sect and other sects participating in the Wucheng Grand Competition should be arriving here one after another around this time. Even without any welcoming ceremony, it's impossible to leave the mountain gate completely empty. Putting aside the possibility that this might cause trouble, it's extremely impolite and not at all in the style of the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect..."

"emmm..."

Zhou Ke'er scratched her head and carefully observed the mountain gate of the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect.

Although it was deserted, there were no signs of damage, fighting, or any attack on the mountain gate; it was simply empty.

It has to be said that if there were any traces, it would be easier to understand. But the current situation is not only baffling, but also feels a bit... eerie and terrifying.

Could it be... that Silent Hill is about to begin?

Zhou Ke'er couldn't help but mutter to herself. But this really couldn't be possible, could it? There was no need for this situation to happen in this module; it would completely contradict the module's tone... It's clearly just a Mary Sue romance module disguised as a cultivation novel, how could such a dark and cruel situation suddenly appear?

It's impossible that the female lead, Xiao Ke, discovered that Zhou Ke'er had snatched away the guy she was stringing around—Jun Lian, the second male lead—and instantly lost her composure, so she angrily instigated the male lead to unite with the righteous sects, using the Wucheng Grand Competition as a pretext to attack the Demonic Sect...

Thinking about it this way, whether they're secretly plotting or have already attacked the Demonic Sect, it barely explains the current situation of the sect being deserted... After all, attacking the Demonic Sect would definitely require a full-scale mobilization...

(PS: Zhou Ke'er was unaware that the demonic sect in this module was supposed to be peaceful and do good deeds... so it's understandable that she thought that way.)

Thinking this, Zhou Ke'er looked at Jun Lian with pity.

Sigh, yet another poor soul has been ruined by him.

Well, but you can't blame him for this. It's all the female lead's fault... Well, in the end, it's because Jun Lian was willing to be hung up by the female lead in the first place. It's still his own fault!

As Zhou Ke'er thought this, she couldn't help but nod to herself, pleased with her ability to shift blame.

Something's not right...something's very wrong.

Jun Lian frowned, cautiously surveying his surroundings. "Although it's very thin... no, not thin, but extremely concealed... there's a very strange feeling in the spiritual energy naturally emanating from the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect... as if something is mixed into the spiritual energy? Or is there something wrong with this spiritual energy...?"

"There's a problem with the spiritual energy? That's great. I can't absorb spiritual energy anyway, so even if there's a problem, it won't matter to me, right?"

Seeing Jun Lian's very serious expression, Zhou Ke'er interrupted him in a serious tone.

"That should be it..."

Jun Lian glanced helplessly at Zhou Ke'er, who had interrupted him, and secretly stopped his automatically circulating cultivation technique. He sealed off the spiritual energy within his body to prevent it from being contaminated by the strange spiritual energy, and adjusted his internal spiritual energy to its most suitable state. He cautiously surveyed his surroundings, "This place is truly eerie... If the entire Myriad Laws Immortal Sect is in trouble, then... even I will find it difficult to protect myself. It's far too dangerous... I might not be able to protect you. Moreover, I can't leave you here and go in to investigate myself... so..."

"Since we're here, why rush to leave?"

Before Jun Lian could finish speaking, he heard a voice that sounded hoarse at first, but was actually quite smooth, like a man's voice and a woman's voice, as if it were an illusion. It was as if many people were speaking at the same time. Although it was just one sentence, the tone and vocal lines were strangely different, all strangely blended together.

At the same time, a figure flew out of the Wanfa Immortal Sect, passed through the mountain gate, and crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The man was dressed in a plain, old-fashioned white shirt, but now it was covered in bloodstains, both dried and still wet, all smeared together, and with the dust clinging to it, it looked tattered and worn.

That person was none other than the male protagonist, Nangong Shi!

Nangong Shi struggled weakly, gripping the broken sword in his hand, supporting himself on the ground, and swayed as he half-knelt and straightened up, breathing heavily.

"Whoa... what's going on... the male lead is being abused? Where did the female lead go? Is this a minor climax? Wait a minute! I, the main villain, am still here! How did such an obvious plot twist occur?"

Zhou Ke'er glanced at the disheveled Nangong Shi in bewilderment and couldn't help but mutter to herself.

"Old-fashioned? What's going on?!"

Upon seeing this, Jun Lian couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, "I haven't even made a move yet, and you're already at a disadvantage? Could it be that an elder from the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect, or some other powerful old monster, made a move?"

"Pfft... Ha... No... it's..."

Nangong Shi didn't have the strength to ask Jun Lian why he was there. He only managed to turn his head to glance at Jun Lian and Zhou Ke'er before vomiting a mouthful of blood and gasping for breath, saying, "It's... Wu Ziqi!"

Upon hearing this, Junlian couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock—he almost thought Nangong Shi was joking, but seeing his miserable state... it didn't seem like a joke at all.

Before he could ask anything more, a chilling sound came from inside the gates of the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect...

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158. Starting from Zero to Become a Villainous Supporting Female Character (Fourteen)

Zhou Ke'er and Jun Lian looked toward the mountain gate of the Wanfa Immortal Sect following the sound. Then, something seemed to be wriggling, carelessly crushing and destroying all obstacles in its path, leaving behind a wet, slippery mess that resembled some kind of viscous liquid, accompanied by the sound of bubbles bursting. Just hearing it gave people a nauseating feeling, and they felt a sense of discomfort and disgust, as if this feeling was innate.

"No way..." Zhou Ke'er felt uneasy as soon as she heard that voice, and an ominous premonition surged into her heart.

This feeling was like when I first met Cronus, whose body was covered in chunks of flesh and deformities, or like the feeling I had when I was pulled into another space by the black mist after meeting the patient in reality, and then looked at that altar.

Regardless of which scenario it is, it's something Zhou Ke'er absolutely doesn't want to see.

In fact, this eerie feeling alone was not enough to make Zhou Ke'er so afraid of it; the deeper reason was...

This inexplicable feeling disgusted Zhou Ke'er; it was an impulse that seemed to stem from her nature, but more like something had been imposed upon it.

Ahem, I digress. Anyway, as that disgusting sound slowly approached, the surrounding environment instantly became completely silent, leaving only the sound coming from within the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect.

Upon hearing this sound, Jun Lian's previously sealed and orderly circulating spiritual energy suddenly became chaotic, forcing him to exert great effort to control his own spiritual energy.

Fortunately, he had the foresight to shut down the exchange between the spiritual energy inside his body and the external spiritual energy, thus avoiding an even worse outcome.

As for Nangong Shi, who was already seriously injured, he was even more unable to resist. He couldn't help but cough up blood and almost couldn't maintain his kneeling position, teetering on the verge of collapse.

However, for Zhou Ke'er, this was merely a psychological discomfort, and it was even thanks to the contaminated spiritual energy blocking his body that the rate at which his spiritual energy dissipated was slowed down.

Moreover, Zhou Ke'er felt that her body was unconsciously absorbing the polluted spiritual energy in order to fill the gap left by the loss of spiritual energy.

He was now truly certain that the so-called "pollutants" mixed in with this spiritual energy were most likely from the same source as the "evil" that Kronos had mentioned.

What... what happened to the normal difficulty?! What happened to just avoiding the death flag in the original storyline?! How did the hidden storyline suddenly trigger?! He didn't do anything! He just went for a walk with Jun Lian, and even logged off for a while, how did the storyline suddenly go haywire...?

"Long time no see, Jun Lian, Young Master Jun. I was planning to come find you after dealing with this troublesome fellow, after all... I owe my current state to you, but I never expected you to come to me on your own."

Before the person was seen, the voice was heard. That eerie voice once again emanated from the Myriad Laws Immortal Sect, echoing continuously and vibrating through the air and spiritual energy.

Finally, before the words had even finished, the speaker arrived, belatedly...

No, that can no longer be called...human.

A gigantic, mountain-like creature emerged from behind the mountain gate.

It can be clearly seen that the chunks of flesh that make up the lower part are themselves, or interspersed with, grotesque human faces, as if they were being swallowed whole, with painful and bizarre expressions, as if they were roaring at something.

The upper part is stuck together, sometimes not sticking properly, falling off, and then being crushed over by the bottom again. The fragmented pieces that have merged into one are constantly churning, as if something is trying to burst out.

As for the top, there was a man whose lower body was buried in the flesh, while his upper body was exposed. Judging from his appearance... it was none other than Wu Ziqi, whom we had seen before.

However, he was no longer the handsome and refined man he once was. His face was bulging with veins, and his eyes were filled with churning black mist and dark red blood vessels. He was completely oblivious to his surroundings, revealing endless violence and chaos, as if he had no reason at all.

"What's going on?! Nangong Shi?!"

Jun Lian merely used his spiritual energy to sense that thing, and suddenly felt his spiritual palace being impacted, almost becoming unstable. Even the portion of spiritual energy he used to sense it was instantly contaminated and spread over.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, decisively severing the connection to that part of the spiritual energy, and subconsciously stood in front of Zhou Ke'er, frowning as he asked Nangong Shi.

Nangong Shi was about to answer when he suddenly lost his breath and spat out a mouthful of blood—not bright red, but pitch black mixed with other dark colors, with many unknown things churning inside.

One after another, bluish-black lines gradually spread from his neck, instantly covering his entire face. Fortunately, he quickly sealed every meridian and acupoint, directly severing the already contaminated spiritual palace and discarding the contaminated part, which stopped and eliminated the lines. At the same time, his black hair turned gray and withered in an instant, turning into a grayish-white color of decay.

As for Zhou Ke'er, strangely enough, it was as if the influx of polluted spiritual energy provided her with some kind of resistance. Zhou Ke'er's rapidly declining sanity value slowed down at a visible rate, eventually even stopping at around 50%, fluctuating only occasionally.

"I have to thank you for this, and the girl behind you, Jun Lian! If you hadn't caused me to suffer a qi deviation, why would I have needed to go to the sect's forbidden area to study the remains left by my master ten thousand years ago and the original texts of cultivation manuals?!"

I really have to thank you. Otherwise, how could I have understood that only ignorance and chaos can communicate with the true Dao? Hahaha!