Chapter 483: Chapter 272: Pitiful Spring Night Quietly Dreamed

Upon hearing this news, He Kao suddenly felt his mind and body relax, as if a certain pressure had vanished, leaving him feeling particularly at ease.

The advancement of the Insect Concealment Skill is so unique that Hidden Moth Sect sorcerers have been extraordinarily rare throughout history.

In terms of entry-level difficulty, the Insect Concealment Skill may not necessarily surpass the Lingxi Skill, but the true test comes after entry. If one wishes to continue cultivation, they must quickly break through to Tier Two in a short time.

As far as He Kao knew, the progression of each sect’s techniques was quite unique.

For example, the “ritual” of promoting an Observing Body Tier One Diagnoser to a Tier Two Acupuncturist, as summarized by ancestors through generations, is to guide a frail and weak patient to cultivate the Observing Body Skill, allowing them to restore health and begin their practice.

Such characteristic advancement rituals mean that every time the Observing Body Sect produces a Tier Two Acupuncturist, a new Tier One Diagnoser emerges. This is in stark contrast to the situation in the Hidden Moth Sect.

When a disciple advances to a Tier Two Acupuncturist, it signifies that another frail and weak person in the world has regained health. This is a technique that benefits society!

The Wild Phoenix, when advancing to Tier Two Acupuncturist, brought Lin Qingshuang into the sect. Now, as Meng Ya advances to a Level 2 Acupuncturist, he is bringing in Huang Xiaopang. If Huang Xiaopang wants to advance to Tier Two Acupuncturist, he also has to find a suitable person to treat.

As for Tier Two sorcerers of the Hidden Moth Sect, historically referred to as Assassins, their appearance and demeanor should be as ordinary as possible, best if they can’t be found in a crowd, unnoticed by anyone, and even if seen, not remembered.

However, with Gao Xue’e’s snow-white beauty, she doesn’t seem to fit the requirements at all.

What Gao Xue’e is skilled at is not avoiding attention, but making others unaware that she is a sorcerer. This is both a feature of the Hidden Moth Sect’s techniques and the result of He Kao’s deliberate cultivation.

Before Gao Xue’e’s entry at the Foundation Establishment stage, she actually laid the groundwork with the Observing Body Skill. He Kao taught her this for two reasons: one, if Gao Xue’e was not suited for cultivating the Insect Concealment Skill, she could try switching to the Observing Body Skill later.

Secondly, the foundation of the Observing Body Skill is being able to clearly perceive one’s Divine Qi. If she truly succeeds in cultivating the Insect Concealment Skill, she can further enhance her stealth and Concealing Breath abilities, making others unaware of her cultivation.

If Gao Xue’e doesn’t intentionally exhibit her divine techniques, even He Kao couldn’t discern that she’s a Tier Two sorcerer.

The relationship between He Kao and Gao Xue’e might be unknown to others, but it shouldn’t be hidden from Qian Guran. However, the fact that Gao Xue’e is a sorcerer might not even be detected by Old Qian.

He Kao taught Gao Xue’e the Insect Concealment Skill primarily with a mindset of sharing, hoping she could also step into the door of cultivation, gain various mystical abilities, and enjoy a more relaxed and liberated life.

He Kao doesn’t want Gao Xue’e to get caught up in Jianghu disputes, and currently doesn’t plan on having her join the Hidden Moth Sect; there’s even no need for her to know about the Hidden Moth Sect. This way, she’s more at ease and safer.

Actually, He Kao hasn’t realized that his arrangement for Gao Xue’e is the true essence of what is called Secret Transmission.

During certain special periods in history, such as when facing significant external threats, the Magic Sect would secretly cultivate such inheritors, whose identities were unknown to the outside world or even to themselves.

What’s the significance of doing this? For instance, if He Kao’s rebuilt Hidden Moth Sect gets obliterated again, then Gao Xue’e could become the hidden ace he left behind, the seed of inheritance.

Of course, He Kao hadn’t really considered Gao Xue’e as his backup or a seed of inheritance because three other elders have also cultivated the Insect Concealment Skill.

With Gao Xue’e’s cultivation advancing, He Kao certainly wanted to celebrate with her, coincidentally just finishing fasting yesterday, and planned to have a good meal at her place in the evening.

A Tier Two sorcerer who has mastered Body Cultivation has senses and physical quality, and nerve responses reaching the innate best state of ordinary people. During lovemaking, He Kao could also let loose; otherwise, he always worried that Gao Xue’e might not withstand it.

That night was extremely pleasurable, a feeling of unprecedented beauty.

If it weren’t for having already arranged to meet Elder Li three days earlier, they might have celebrated until the early morning of the next day… At midnight, He Kao reluctantly left temporarily and went to Sesame Apartment Building 3, Room 2016, at exactly twelve o’clock.

Already seated in the living room was Li Xiuyuan.

As soon as Elder Li saw him, he laughed and said, “You look positively radiant today!”

He Kao, a bit abashed, said, “What do you mean by that, sir?”

Li Xiuyuan: “Spring signifies growth; I meant your state is excellent!”

He Kao: “You mentioned conducting a dream investigation today; specifically, what do I need to do?”

Li Xiuyuan took out dozens of pages of documents: “I’ve selected about twenty people, let’s pick one to start with and see who is already asleep.”

The elderly man selected a person, a young lad named Wang Yuheng, twenty-three years old this year.

Preliminary investigation materials show that he claimed to have graduated and started work six months ago, but resigned before the Chinese New Year and came to the big city of Qi Yuan, intending to find a more promising career.

His apartment had the same layout as He Kao’s, a one-bedroom, one-living room, with a monthly rent of four thousand.

The old and young pair didn’t disturb anyone, nor were they discovered by surveillance, as they quietly slipped into Wang Yuheng’s bedroom, where the young man was sound asleep.

He Kao signaled with his eyes to Elder Li, asking how to proceed.

Elder Li replied with Divine Thought, “Wait until he starts dreaming.” Saying this, he reached out a hand, hovering above Wang Yuheng’s forehead, seemingly stroking something in the air. It felt as if the lad’s Divine Qi gradually became more comfortable and smooth, and his state of sleep deepened.

In no time, through the eyelids, it was visible that his eyes started moving rapidly. Elder Li said aloud, “Transference, now’s the time!”

It turns out that entering a dream is as simple as this, achieving Transference during dreaming. Elder Li’s method was to have him enter a designated dream, presumably using some form of Divine Thought guidance.

If dreams can be manipulated this way, then entering a dream becomes delivering a dream. The combination of the Spirit Awakening Skill and the Insect Concealment Skill can produce such wondrous effects!

He Kao appeared in the dream, unexpectedly seeing a very familiar campus scene because he had also spent nearly seven years at this university… The young man dreaming now turned out to be his fellow alum.

At this moment, He Kao is Wang Yuheng. He couldn’t see himself, only a woman speaking next to him: “This apartment was rented by a senior brother who went out of town for a project with his mentor for a few months. You can stay here for the time being.”

Wang Yuheng: “Thank you, Teacher Luo.”

This Teacher Luo is Wang Yuheng’s college counselor. Don’t ask how He Kao knows this—a Transference dream observation without thinking, he simply is Wang Yuheng. This instinctive perception in a dream is natural.

Teacher Luo: “No need to be so formal, just call me Mingzhi. I’m really glad you could return to Qi Yuan, I’ve been looking forward to you coming, waiting for you to develop well at Qi Yuan…”

The two walked beside a tree-lined path, where there was a forest of dawn redwoods, with a thick layer of reddish-brown fallen leaves underfoot, which were pleasant to walk on.

He Kao had an impression of this place, it was in the old campus of Qi Yuan University, where couples liked to meet for a walk after dinner.

Dreams are often fragmented and illogical, with transitions that are abrupt and unreasonable. As they walked, they inexplicably entered a house.

This room turned out to be the bedroom of Sesame Apartment, and then the two inexplicably ended up in bed, not knowing when their clothes were removed…

Non-consensual transference is forbidden, He Kao’s consciousness quickly returned to his body, ending the state of transference into a dream. As soon as he opened his eyes, he heard Li Xiuyuan say with Divine Thought: “You’re quick!”

He Kao: “How long was it just now?” He was still a bit dazed, feeling as if he had just had a dream.

Li Xiuyuan: “Only about two or three seconds.”

Although the experience in the dream was short, to He Kao it felt much longer than just two or three seconds. This is the difference between dream and reality; in an extremely short time, a person can have a dream that feels very long.

Looking back at Wang Yuheng, his eyeballs were still rapidly quivering.

Li Xiuyuan reminded: “Quickly recall the dream, don’t forget!”

Dreams cannot be remembered, like programs running in memory, if not deliberately saved, everything will disappear after closing the program. A person has many dreams in a night, often without even knowing it.

Unless someone wakes up suddenly during dreaming, they cannot know what they dreamed about. But this memory is very short-term and will soon be forgotten.

So how does one remember their dreams? Simply because they have intentionally or unintentionally done one thing, which is to immediately recall their dream experiences after waking up… using “recollection” in reality to replace “memory” of the dream.

He Kao: “Aren’t you aware of what he dreamed?”

Li Xiuyuan: “I didn’t perform a transference into the dream, how would I know?”

Li Xiuyuan, with the ability of a Tier Six Illusion Master, performed the Spirit Awakening Skill to guide Wang Yuheng into a scenario as to why he would move into Sesame Apartment. This was just a vague guide, not a clear dream.

He Kao recounted his experiences in Wang Yuheng’s dream.

Li Xiuyuan frowned slightly and said: “It seems there’s nothing wrong with the young man himself.”

He Kao: “There should be a problem with that university counselor he saw in his dream.”

Li Xiuyuan: “Why do you think that?”

He Kao: “Because what she said was unreasonable.

According to your people’s materials, Elder Mei had only been here for a few days, and Wang Yuheng moved in right after, but he didn’t use his own name to rent the place, and there hadn’t been anyone else living here before.

According to Luo Mingzhi, it was a senior student who rented the room, but then had to leave for out-of-town obligations, which doesn’t make sense. Why would a PhD student rent a place so far from school and not live there even for a day, wasting money like that?”

Li Xiuyuan: “In a dream, things not making sense is also normal.”

He Kao: “But the information obtained in the dream is like this, so this is the only way I can analyze it.”

Li Xiuyuan: “Why did she not move in herself but let Wang Yuheng live here?”

He Kao: “Perhaps out of caution, to avoid getting the attention of the Ancestral Hall people. But with Wang Yuheng living here, she would have a reason to come over often to see him, thus still being able to spy on Elder Mei’s activities.”

Li Xiuyuan, with a half-smile, said: “Your analysis makes sense, but it should be based on facts. Do you think everything in the dream actually happened?”

He Kao: “Of course not, a dream is just a dream, and dreams can be deceptive.”

Li Xiuyuan, however, shook his head: “That’s not quite accurate; dreams don’t deceive, they only reflect oneself. If there’s any deception, it’s only self-deception by the dreamer.”

He Kao: “Then at least some information can be confirmed or is valuable.”

Li Xiuyuan: “Oh, tell me about it.”

According to He Kao’s judgment, firstly, Wang Yuheng is a graduate of Qi Yuan University and a fellow alumni with He Kao, and graduated last July.

The information currently collected by the Ancestral Hall is relatively simple. Wang Yuheng is not a key focus, and his graduation school information is not on the materials, but it was filled in by the dream.

Secondly, the seemingly named university counselor Luo Mingzhi should really exist, and she’s the one who let Wang Yuheng move into Sesame Apartment…

He Kao finally concluded: “The more certain information should just be these two points.”

Li Xiuyuan, with a knowing smirk, pursued further: “Then is there any illicit affair between these two?”

He Kao: “That’s uncertain, they might have been involved, or maybe not at all. Don’t you understand what a sensual dream is about?

I can only assess that he likely had feelings for her or considered such thoughts, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it happened in reality…”

Li Xiuyuan: “You’re quite experienced! So further analyze, what is the situation with this young man?”

He Kao: “The dream consisted of just two fragmentary scenes, and their truth is hard to determine, it’s really difficult to judge more.”

Li Xiuyuan laughed: “You could try to tell a story, a story that comes naturally to mind in an instant, and try your best to recall and describe it.”

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