Chapter 21: A Bizarre Dream

In a dim space, Li Si walked aimlessly. He didn’t know who he was, where he came from, or where he was going. The only thought in his mind was to keep walking forward, to walk until he felt tired.

But after an unknown amount of time, Li Si didn’t feel tired at all. As he kept walking, he began to feel a bit annoyed.

At this point, he started to ponder who he was, what his name was, and why he was walking like this.

After thinking for a long, long time, a name surfaced in his mind.

“Li Si.”

Is this my name? Why am I called this?

“I think, therefore I am. From now on, I’ll be called Li Si.” Suddenly, a childish voice echoed in the dim space, and the silhouette of a thin boy appeared in the distance.

Seeing the boy, Li Si wanted to run over and greet him, but as he approached, the boy immediately vanished.

“Who are you! Why am I here?” Li Si became irritated and shouted into the void.

“How to ponder the world, hot blood reflects on the cold river.” A familiar voice came from another direction, resonant and powerful, yet somewhat unfamiliar.

Looking towards the source of the voice, he saw a thin figure seriously reading at a desk.

Li Si walked towards the thin figure, but it disappeared just like the child before.

“Who are you all!!! I want to get out!!!” Li Si was on the verge of breakdown, this place made him feel very uncomfortable.

Creak…

A grating sound entered Li Si’s ears, interrupting his shouts. He looked towards the source of the sound and saw a wooden bed that had appeared not far away.

The grating sound was coming from the bed.

Li Si walked towards the bed in exasperation. Strangely, this bed didn’t disappear like the boy and the thin figure before.

He walked around the bed, and the creaking sound was still coming from inside. Li Si put his ear close to the bed and realized the sound wasn’t coming from the bed itself.

It was coming from under the bed, as if something was gnawing on something beneath it.

Li Si showed a hesitant expression, but then he crouched down, reached for the bedsheet, and slowly began to lift it.

At this moment, the grating sound stopped, as if whatever was under the bed had noticed him.

When the sound stopped, Li Si’s heart tightened, and his hand paused in lifting the sheet.

A flash of hesitation crossed his face, but then his expression became resolute, and he continued to lift the sheet.

After lifting the sheet, Li Si found it was pitch black under the bed, and he couldn’t see clearly.

Suddenly, his eyes fixed on a corner where he spotted a figure.

The figure seemed to sense him and slowly raised its head. In the darkness, a delicate face came into Li Si’s view.

Looking at this delicate face, Li Si felt as if he had seen a ghost. This face was clearly his own. At this moment, Li Si also saw clearly what this person was gnawing on – it was a slender humerus bone.

This humerus was definitely not from any beast!!!

Was this person who looked like him eating a human?!

Ah!!!

Li Si suddenly sat up in bed, breathing heavily, cold sweat sliding down his neck.

“Fortunately, it was just a dream.” He exhaled, wiped the cold sweat with his collar, and got out of bed.

Knock knock knock, a knocking sound came from outside the room.

“Young Master Li, are you up?” A woman’s voice came from outside the door.

“Mm, I’m up,” Li Si used the death jade to collect the Beheaded Ghost still in the corner, then walked to the door and opened it.

Standing outside the door was the maid who had brought him food yesterday, named Xiao Lan.

At this moment, Xiao Lan was standing outside the door smiling at Li Si, holding washing utensils in her hands.

“Young Master Li, please wash up. The master and mistress are waiting for you in the main hall for breakfast.”

“Mm, alright,” Li Si responded, then began to take the washing utensils from Xiao Lan’s hands.

After washing up, Li Si followed Xiao Lan out of the Small Bamboo Courtyard towards the main hall.

In the main hall, Landlord Zhang and Madam Zhang Guo were eating breakfast, looking very intimate.

When Li Si approached and they saw him, they resumed a more proper demeanor, as if nothing had happened just now.

“Worthy nephew, how did you sleep last night? Was there anything you weren’t used to?” Landlord Zhang took a sip of clear tea and asked Li Si with a smile.

“Nothing happened yesterday, everything was fine. Thank you for your concern, Uncle,” Li Si sat at the table and said to Landlord Zhang with a smile.

“Oh?” Landlord Zhang seemed surprised, then casually said, “Nothing strange happened last night?”

Li Si laughed coldly in his heart, but on the surface, he looked at Landlord Zhang with some confusion, then frowned and thought for a moment before saying firmly, “Indeed, nothing happened.”

Landlord Zhang looked at Li Si meaningfully and chuckled, “It’s good that nothing happened. Come, eat, or it will get cold soon.”

Li Si acted as if he hadn’t seen Landlord Zhang’s meaningful smile and began to use his chopsticks. Although the people here were all dead, the food they made was still quite good to eat.

As for whether he might eat something bad, Li Si had already dispelled the Ghost Blinding spell, so he could naturally see that the dishes before him were normal.

Suddenly, Li Si’s body stiffened, his eating motion paused slightly, then he continued eating as if nothing had happened.

If someone were to look under the table at this moment, they would see Madam Zhang Guo’s snow-white jade foot rubbing against Li Si’s calf again.

At this moment, Li Si focused his thoughts, and a message appeared in his mind.

Dismembering Ghost (Severely Injured)

Ghost Level: Low-level ghost creature

Abilities: Ghost Blinding (incompletely evolved Ghost Wall); Etherealization; Human Skin; Deception

Current Relationship: Not contracted.

Current Soul Strength: 98

Just a low-level ghost creature, Li Si exhaled, but what troubled him was that this ghost creature’s soul strength had reached 98 points.

This could be said to be the strongest low-level ghost creature he had encountered so far.

It’s worth noting that when he first met the Beheaded Ghost, it only had 20 points, and even after strengthening yesterday, it only reached 30 points.

This Dismembering Ghost’s soul strength had actually reached 98 points, more than three times that of the Beheaded Ghost.

However, fortunately, this Dismembering Ghost was somehow in a severely injured state.

Li Si wanted to know the specific information about the Dismembering Ghost’s skills, but as he focused his thoughts on the skills in its abilities, Madam Zhang Guo’s jade foot had already left his calf.

Li Si suddenly felt a sense of regret, not because he missed the soft little foot, but because he hadn’t obtained the information about the Dismembering Ghost’s skill’s.