387: disaster

"You've said so much, but have you asked me?" Great Immortal Zhenyuan stood at the back and said with a wry smile.

Swish! Everyone's gaze focused on Zhen Yuanzi, making the old Daoist feel rather embarrassed.

"Great Immortal, didn't you say you had no way to deal with this situation?" Tang Ku asked curiously.

"Hmm, I did say I had no way, but that doesn't mean I can't send you into the dreamscape!" Great Immortal Zhenyuan laughed.

"I once borrowed Buddha Power to enter everyone's dream world, but I was quickly forced out by the rules of that world itself!" Tang Ku frowned. "At the time, I felt it was the power of a real world, which is why I told my Disciples that neither the rules of the dream nor the rules of reality applied!"

"As long as it's a world, it can definitely be crossed!" Great Immortal Zhenyuan laughed. "Rest assured, leave this matter to me, and I guarantee you won't be kicked out by the Law of that world!"

"Really?" Everyone looked pleasantly surprised, except for Ksitigarbha, who suddenly looked Great Immortal Zhenyuan up and down and couldn't help but laugh. "Congratulations, congratulations. It seems you have gained something from your secluded cultivation this time, Fellow Daoist!"

Zhen Yuanzi stroked his beard and smiled. "Heh, that is exactly so. I had already stepped into the threshold of the Law previously, and now I have an even deeper understanding of it..."

Tang Ku looked at Zhen Yuanzi in surprise, then suddenly thought of something and asked, "Could it be the Space Laws?"

"Heh, Sanzang is clever; you hit the nail on the head!" Zhen Yuanzi said seriously. "What I have comprehended is indeed the Space Laws. It's just that my Space Laws have not developed in the direction of combat; instead, they have become a bridge that can span across other worlds... Although I am not yet proficient, and I cannot detect other spaces at a greater distance, I can still easily find this dream space right before my eyes and tear open a gap to let you in!"

Tang Ku nodded. "Although I don't know what exactly Tesla wants me to go in and do, waiting here to death is not a solution... Great Immortal, I'll leave it to you then!"

"If possible, send me in as well!" Yang Jian said in a deep voice. "I have comprehended the Space-Time Laws, so my sensitivity to space will be stronger. If the two of us go in, perhaps we can look out for each other. After all, there aren't many experts over there who have reached our level!"

"Since that's the case, then the two of you shall go!" Great Immortal Zhenyuan said in a deep voice. "I will remain here to open the passage for you at any time, while Ksitigarbha needs to guard against enemy attacks in reality and also perform Buddha Dharma to eliminate the resentment in the outside world, so we cannot help you!"

"Understood..." Tang Ku nodded. "As the saying goes, the boat will naturally straighten when it reaches the bridge. I've met that guy Tesla before; he is definitely not someone who shoots without a target... Although the dream space is not entirely a dream, there are still certain patterns to its various rules. If we can wake everyone up, we should be able to thwart his conspiracy..."

Great Immortal Zhenyuan stopped talking nonsense. He gently waved his horsetail whisk, and the air in mid-air vibrated slightly. A gust of wind suddenly swept past, and then the space before them seemed like torn cloth, revealing a gap. This gap was very distinct, and it actually gave people the illusion that it could be sewn up with a needle.

"Hmm, wait a moment, let me think..." Great Immortal Zhenyuan frowned slightly, and then a flash of brilliance crossed his eyes. Everyone saw that his pupils were filled with starlight, as if they were a deep Universe.

Immediately after, he suddenly opened his eyes wide, pointed at the crack, and shouted, "Open!"

Hum! The crack in front of them suddenly expanded like a balloon, turning into a circular white light gate. The light was dazzling and very blinding.

"Sanzang, the reason you were rejected by the rules of the dream world is that your Realm is far higher than the rules of that world. After all, you are now an existence akin to a True Buddha!" Great Immortal Zhenyuan said in a deep voice. "If you want to stay in that world, you cannot use any Buddha Power... In other words, you have to rely on your Physical Body and your skills to fight... Hmm, as for Erlang Shen, although your combat power is very strong, your Realm still doesn't reach the highest level of that world, so you can use any power in that world!"

"My Realm is stronger than his?" Tang Ku asked curiously. "We have fought after comprehending the Laws, and it basically ended in a draw every time!"

"The Realm I'm talking about is the Realm of life!" Zhen Yuanzi explained. "Or rather, the level of life... Your level is already higher than that dream world. Although Erlang Shen is close to the peak of that world, he hasn't exceeded it. And in that world, most people are there in consciousness, or rather, their souls are inside, so they are inherently very fragile. Therefore, you must be careful not to harm the lives of that world..."

"Understood!" Tang Ku and Yang Jian looked at each other, then said, "Anyway, I don't have that much lethality relying solely on physical strength..."

Everything was ready. Tang Ku took the lead, and the two of them, one after another, jumped directly into the ball of light.

Before their eyes, everything blurred as their bodies fell rapidly. Tang Ku almost habitually wanted to use Buddha Power to fly, but suddenly remembered Zhen Yuanzi's instructions. He couldn't help but smile helplessly, threw a punch downwards, and using the recoil of the wind from his punch, temporarily stabilized his body before landing steadily on the ground.

As for Erlang Shen, he stabilized his body and landed slowly.

Looking at the surrounding environment, they were currently outside Chang'an City. The ground had long been frozen, and the city was surrounded by a wall of ice. Tang Ku knew this was because Ao Lie had used magic to freeze the area around the city to prevent further earthquakes and subsidence.

"Let's go, let's enter the city to find everyone and discuss countermeasures!" As he spoke, Tang Ku and Erlang Shen walked towards the city. Unexpectedly, after taking only a few steps, a loud noise suddenly came from the direction of Chang'an City, and then a green light spread out from the city, covering the entire city in the blink of an eye. After the green light passed, Tang Ku and Yang Jian were dumbfounded, because the Chang'an City before them was now covered in a layer of green, as if everything was built out of grass.

The two looked at each other, and upon closer inspection, they discovered that the green things were actually a thin layer of moss. After the appearance of this moss, the city became deathly still, without a single trace of living breath, while the resentment increased by nearly double in that instant!

"What on earth... is going on?" The two accelerated their advance. The moment they entered the city gate, they saw that the city guards were covered in this green moss, and their vitality was already gone...

"So... does this also count as one of the disasters?" Tang Ku could not help but frown slightly.