Looking around, where was the morning or dusk, and where was Ju Zi's figure? He was standing in mid-air above the sea. Behind him, the fishing village from before had become extremely small, almost invisible.
Only a winding song kept coming from the depths of the ocean, stirring an impulse in the heart to follow the song.
Lin Xiao bit the tip of his tongue, and dazzling lights lit up all over his body. The soul guidance thruster carried his figure rapidly retreating backward.
The song coming from afar in his ears gradually stopped, followed by a light laugh ringing in Lin Xiao's ear. It sounded somewhat familiar, yet he couldn't quite remember where he had encountered it.
Lin Xiao did not dare to be careless and had no intention of turning back until his feet stepped on solid ground again, only then slightly relaxing.
"Teacher, did you hear that voice just now?"
He softly called out in his mind, but after a long time, Electrolux did not respond.
"Teacher, Teacher?"
Lin Xiao was startled in his heart and quickly sank his consciousness into the sea of spirit. However, when he opened his eyes again, what was before him was not his sea of spirit, but an unfamiliar room.
Beside him, Ju Zi was lifting her eyes to look at him, and the previous young man was also standing nearby with a face full of concern.
Lin Xiao quickly came back to his senses. The sound of his heartbeat in his chest was clear to his ears. He slightly calmed his breathing before remembering that he and Ju Zi were staying in this young man's home.
"Had a nightmare?" Ju Zi raised her hand and gently waved it in front of Lin Xiao's eyes.
Lin Xiao did not speak, frowning slightly. He softly called out in his mind, "Teacher?"
"You just encountered danger?"
Hearing Electrolux's aged voice again, Lin Xiao felt a slight relief in his heart.
"Yes, Teacher, what just happened?"
"It should be a method that affects the spirit." Electrolux paused, "What did you encounter just now?"
"I think I had a dream." Lin Xiao carefully recalled. Ever since the Nightmare Douluo died by his hand, he had not quietly entered a dream like this for a long time.
"It shouldn't be as simple as just a dream." Electrolux lightly sighed, "It has already affected your spirit, even your soul. Fortunately, when I was about to wake you, you broke free from its control on your own."
"It was also luck. When I was bewildered by it just now, I felt a breath of death, which brought me back to my senses."
Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes, recalling what had just happened. Although it seemed like a dream, the soul power in his body was not calm, and the chill under his feet had not completely faded. It was as if he had really taken a trip across the sea.
And that faint melody...
"Teacher, did you hear any singing just now?"
"Singing? I didn't hear that."
Was it because Electrolux's level was too high and he was not affected, or...
Lin Xiao's expression looked somewhat ugly. He raised his head and glanced at the other two people in the room.
Or was it that only he could hear it?
While Lin Xiao was pondering, Ju Zi waved her hand in front of his eyes again, "Still not awake?"
Lin Xiao came back to his senses and looked at her, "It's nothing, I had a dream. By the way, what time is it now?"
"At this time..." The young man looked at the sky, "It won't be long before the sky brightens."
Lin Xiao looked out the window upon hearing this. The sun had not yet risen, but he could already see the situation outside clearly.
Withdrawing his gaze, Lin Xiao took out a gold soul coin and placed it on the table, "Thank you, little brother."
"No need, no need." The young man waved his hands repeatedly.
"It's just one gold soul coin; you should take it. By the way, when I came before, I saw some freeze-dried sea fish in the yard. Does little brother usually go out to sea?"
Lin Xiao pushed the gold soul coin on the table forward a bit.
"Ah, most of the people here rely on going out to sea to make a living, barely enough to get by."
"Then, are there any taboos or things like that?"
"Taboos?" The young man thought for a moment, "Nothing more than words like 'sink' or 'overturn' and such."
The young man subconsciously glanced toward the inner room, seeing that his grandma was still sleeping and hadn't heard his words, he slightly relaxed, "But I've never really paid much attention to these taboos. Even the Sea God at home was something Grandma made me worship."
"Then, are there any taboos related to 'singing'?"
"This..." The young man suddenly smiled, "You must have heard the legends by the sea, right? Those are stories my grandma used to scare me when I was little."
"It's said that there are sea demons in the sea who use singing to lure away children's souls, but I've gone out to sea so many times and never encountered them. It's just to scare children from getting too close to the water to prevent drowning."
"I see." Lin Xiao smiled and nodded, standing up.
"We disturbed you a lot last night; we'll be leaving now."
"No need to be polite; it's just that both of you are soul mentors, and there's nothing in the house worth offering..."
"It's fine." Lin Xiao waved his hand and walked out first.
The young man saw them off all the way until Lin Xiao and the other left the village entrance, then turned and left.
"You dreamed of someone singing last night?"
Outside the village, without the walls blocking, the sea wind from afar blew straight at the two. Ju Zi spoke while wrapping her clothes tighter around herself.
"Something like that." Lin Xiao nodded, recalling the scene where he couldn't distinguish whether it was reality or a dream, and did not continue discussing it with Ju Zi. "Where are you going today?"
"You're leaving with me so decisively, but you haven't even thought about where to go?" Ju Zi looked at Lin Xiao and smiled, seeming to have forgotten what happened last night, "Want to accompany me for a walk by the sea?"
Lin Xiao felt a slight daze upon hearing this, then shook his head, "This sea is a bit strange. I don't know if it's because of the sea soul beasts inside or something else, but it's better to stay as far away from here as possible."
To be able to brush past death without any awareness, Lin Xiao had already raised his vigilance toward this place. Hurriedly taking Ju Zi away was also for this reason.
Even if he wanted to figure out what was going on here, that would be something to consider later when his cultivation was higher.
"Okay, then let's go somewhere else to look around." Ju Zi also knew what was important.
When she woke up this morning, Lin Xiao was still tightly frowning as if in meditation, and he didn't open his eyes until the young man came out of the room.
She had thought something went wrong with Lin Xiao's cultivation, and only relaxed when he woke up.
Although she didn't know exactly what happened, she knew Lin Xiao was taking her away for his own reasons.
When the sun fully rose, the two had already put on their flying soul guidance devices and left the place. Lin Xiao occasionally looked back, feeling a faint unease in his heart, but the thing in the sea made no other moves. Last night's events seemed like they really were just a coincidence.
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