Chapter 1795 — The Young Master's Secret Past

" Zhu Santong said, quick of tongue, "Even if it cannot be cured, it will not leave him hurt worse!

" Shen Mu nodded and agreed, and examined the Cripple's injuries in fine detail. Before long, he slipped into a dream. The others' faces shifted slightly, and they hastily drew back. Shen Mu noticed none of this in his dream.

The old man's voice was hoarse: "The Seventh Young Master's dreams turn into a great macrocosm — take care not to fall into them, to be lost beyond redemption.

" The others were exceedingly wary.

In universes past, they had all heard more or less rumors of the Seventh Young Master's dreams — which might well be called the strangest, most inconceivable things in all the universes that were; and many fearsome tales were told concerning the Seventh Young Master's dreams, so that they could not but be wary. Many tiny Shen Mus poked their heads out from the dream, then came pouring out in a chattering rush, healing the Cripple's injuries.

The others peered close, and could not help but grow doubtful.

The old man let out a breath and said, "He has not yet cultivated to that terrifying degree; there is no need for too much worry.

" Each of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Zhu Santong said in a low voice, "Old monster, are the rumors of the Seventh Young Master's dreams true? I heard that in the Twelfth Epoch, Dao-attaining ones convened a demon-extermination assembly, meaning to do away with him, and gathered a great host of experts. . .

" The girl said, quick of tongue, "I have heard that rumor too! The Seventh Young Master arrived, and as the many Dao-attaining ones made ready to strike, he was seen to have fallen asleep.

They say not even the corpses of the Dao-attaining ones who attended that demon-extermination assembly were ever found — they were simply erased!

" The old man shook his head: "I was suppressed by Taishang too early, and never heard that rumor.

I know only that in my own age, someone once fell into the Seventh Young Master's dream. Later. .

. " He fell silent, and after a moment said, "That man came out alive, but he was no longer himself. " His face turned strange, and a thread of dread entered his voice: "That man — his looks, his fleshly body, his very soul, even his memories — all were changed.

He had meant to kill the Seventh Young Master, but after he emerged from that dream he did not recognize the Seventh Young Master at all. In the end, the two even became friends.

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. " A chill ran through the others. The woman said in a low voice, "In the Ninth Epoch I heard that the place where the Seventh Young Master enters his dreams is the greatest forbidden zone in the universe, the most mysterious and most fearsome of forbidden zones; none may set foot within it, or they will never return! " "I heard that rumor too, in the Thirteenth Epoch!

" the girl said, quick of tongue.

Zhu Santong was silent a moment, then said, "I have heard of it as well. " The old woman nodded: "This old body has heard it too. " The old man sighed and said, "I have heard it too.

" The others fell silent.

From the Seventh Epoch to the Fifteenth Epoch there were rumors of that forbidden zone, and what filled them with dread was that this zone had plainly endured all along, surviving even the calamities of destruction and creation of one universe after another!

"We ought to count ourselves fortunate that we are not his enemies.

" Zhu Santong suddenly broke into snorting laughter.

"That is hard to say. " The girl laughed: "When the Seventh Young Master first came here, you were hacked into four quarters, and you still made a move against him, and spoke insolently and cursed him. " Zhu Santong wilted at once.

Suddenly the old man's face shifted slightly, and he said in a low voice, "Someone's coming!

" The old woman, the woman, Zhu Santong, and the girl were instantly thrown into a fluster.

All at once the sky blazed bright, and a sun appeared, hung upon the canopy of heaven. The old man gave a humph and, lifting his head, said, "Taishang!

" The sky changed; another sun appeared, and then the face of the First Young Master, Taishang, gradually grew distinct, the two suns drawing back to become the two eyes within his face.