Her Highness needs to get the pill sooner, as the Mount Hua trial is coming to an end soon. Until we are able to give her the pill, she mustn't get into any physical fight with anyone, where she would spill blood, or her demon blood scent would be discovered," said Gang, his hand placed on his chin with a worried expression.
"And why didn't I know about this?" asked the Lady General curiously as she made an entry.
"Greetings, Lady General," greeted Luli and Gang with a bow.
"Save the greetings, what are you sending to the Mount Hua sect?" asked Yang Xiu with a serious gaze.
"It's for Her Highness, we have to get the demon repellent pill to her as soon as possible," replied Gang, after which he stood up.
"Your Highness, we're sorry we didn't inform you from the start. We didn't want to disturb you with such minor things," said Luli with her head bowed.
"You didn't want to disturb me? You mean you want to send the invisible birds without my permission," asked Yang Xiu with an angry expression.
"We're sorry, my lady. Please forgive us," both Gang and Luli pleaded with their heads bowed.
"It's okay, the Mount Hua sect security barriers are too tight. We won't be able to get to Her Highness using the visibility birds," said Yang Xiu as she put her hand on her chin, thinking about a possible way to go about it.
"That's what Gang and I were busy discussing. I can't think of any other ways," said Luli sadly.
"There's only one way, and that is the dream spell," said Yang Xiu.
The dream spell is a spell involving the blood of the giver and receiver. It's a dangerous spell that can make the giver casting the spell lose their life, trapping them in a journey that they might not be able to return from, even after passing their message to the other person. The giver will get trapped in the dream world forever and become a dream spirit if their mind is not strong.
"Dream spell??? That's too dangerous!" exclaimed Gang.
"If we really want Her Highness to accomplish this mission of studying the Mount Hua sect secrets and spells, we have to do something to help," said Yang Xiu to persuade them.
"No one knows what could happen. You might even lose your life. Please reconsider," pleaded Luli.
"I'm not afraid of death. What I am afraid of is Her Highness not being able to get out of the Mount Hua sect alive," said the Lady General with a serious tone.
"But..."
"No but, Luli. The important thing now is how to get Her Highness' blood," said Yang Xiu, after which Luli remained silent.
"I extracted her blood from the old bandages to make this pill. We can extract some more for the spell," said Luli as she broke the silence, handing over the old bandages she used to treat Yang Hua's wound some time back.
"Good! Everything is set now. Remember, if I die, don't give up and also encourage Her Highness not to give up," said the Lady General, after which she made an exit, leaving Gang and Luli dumbfounded.
It was finally late at night. Yang Xiu, Luli, and Gang surrounded the dream entry. Yang Xiu cut her palm and mixed it with Yang Hua's extracted blood. She began casting spells with the help of Luli and Gang.
"Spirits protecting the dream world, let me gain access to the receiver."
A flash of dark light escaped through her hand, which was splattered with blood, and pointed through the dream entry.
Yang Xiu soon entered with the demon repellent pill carried along with her and soon vanished into the dream world.
Mount Hua sect
Yang Hua's dream
"Hmmm..." I turned in bed, thinking about what tomorrow entails, and suddenly I found myself in a weird place and heard noises of someone calling my name.
"Who are you and how did I get here?" I yelled.
"Why the hell am I outside?"
I thought about this as I wandered through the dream realm, oblivious to the fact that I'm in the dream realm.
Just as I was thinking whether I sleepwalked into the garden, I saw my sister.
"How were you able to get here without anyone seeing you?" I asked, my brows raised at her.
"Greetings, Your Highness. I'm here to deliver the demon repellent pill. It will hide the demonic scent in your blood," said Yang Xiu.
"You really want to get yourself killed all because of a pill?" I asked with a worried expression.
"Just take and swallow the pill, Your Highness. There's not much time," said Yang Xiu, as she handed over the red pill to me. I chewed it but later swallowed it due to the bitter and terrible taste.
"This is the most terrible and disgusting thing I've ever eaten since I got to this place. Like, what the heck?" I complained with an irritated face.
"I'll have to go now, Your Highness. Please take good care of yourself. No matter what happens, never give up," said Yang Xiu with a serious tone.
"Wait, how did you get here? Are the guards sleeping? And what's wrong with me? This place feels strange," I asked worriedly.
"We devised a way to get the pill to you, and this is entering the dream world to get across to you."
"You should go now. It's actually dangerous," she said as she ushered me out.
"What's going to happen? We're ending the trial tomorrow. I can finally become a disciple," I said while she cast some spells, paying me no heed.
What's with her? She's acting weird, I thought with a frown plastered on my face, and soon I found myself in my room wide awake, thinking about what went wrong.
Why would I dream about my sister? Or is something wrong with her? I thought before going back to sleep.
Demon realm
"The Lady General should be out by now," said Luli, looking all panicked as she pointed her hand to the dream realm, casting spells along with Gang.
"It's a dangerous journey. What if she's stuck inside!" exclaimed Gang with a worried expression.
"Don't you dare curse. The General is strong. I'm certain she would get out of the dream land unscathed," said Luli confidently.
Dream world
After she let Yang Hua out, she plans to start getting out of the realm, only to be met with a hindrance.
Stuck in the dream world, with evil spirits blocking her path from gaining an exit.
"I have to get out of here no matter what," said Yang Xiu as she wandered around the dream land, casting spells to get rid of the spirits that wanted to harm her.
"What could have happened that made the dead spirits stuck between the demon realm out?"
"If I'm not fast, I'll become like them soon," Yang Xiu said as she tried to devise a plan to get out of the realm without needing to waste her breath fighting the spirits.
"Finally!" Yang Xiu said as she remembered the spell used in sealing spirits back into their slumber.
"You really want to get out of here alive, you wish," said a monster that just came out of the cave after Yang Xiu was done casting the spell on the spirits.
"And who are you?"
"I'm the Lord here. I control these fools you just sent to their sleep. Don't worry, I'm not a fool like you. Your measly spell won't work on me," a giant beast scorpion said, as Yang Xiu was about to cast her spell.
"I'm the Lady General. You're too small for me to compete against!" yelled Yang Xiu confidently.
"Only a sting of my poisonous tail will do for me," said the scorpion.
"Let's compete against each other then. If I win, I'll get out of the dream realm alive, and if you lose, you know what will happen to you already," said Yang Xiu with a serious tone.
"Deal! I'll cut you into pieces and feed you to my babies," said the scorpion as she pointed toward a group of baby scorpions in a cage.
With her communication skills, this scorpion is surely not a joke. And what are those? Yang Xiu thought.