My dreams can simulate the future.

Chapter 13 Assassination

After preparing the talismans, Jiang Chen pondered how to deal with a possible assassination attempt.

"If those two cultivators who were inquiring about me were to attack me, they wouldn't do it in broad daylight; they would definitely choose to do it at night."

People are most prone to drowsiness during the hour of Chou (1-3 AM), and they are most likely to act during this time.

"By practicing talisman drawing in my dreams each day during the hour of Chou (1-3 AM), I can more likely foresee their actions."

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen immediately sat cross-legged and entered meditation as usual to restore his consciousness.

At the beginning of midnight, he used the Dream Butterfly Diagram to practice drawing talismans in his dream.

Less than three hours after entering the dream, it was already late in the Yin hour (3-5 AM), and some cultivators who had gone out to hunt demons or do business had already started to get up and get busy.

"The assassin hasn't made a move yet; they probably won't tonight."

Thinking of this, he withdrew from the dream, having consumed only about one-fifth of the energy that Dream Butterfly had used.

He will meditate for another four hours, and by the next morning he will have replenished the energy that Dream Butterfly has used up. At that time, he will still have the opportunity to enter the dream world.

If you follow this method, you can dream for more than two hours every day to practice drawing talismans.

This is a method he figured out that can maximize the effect of the Dream Butterfly Diagram in assisting with talisman drawing.

Then, Jiang Chen began to circulate the Nourishing Spirit Technique.

The next day, as soon as Jiang Chen woke up, he went to buy two high-quality Nourishing Spirit Pills.

I want to use this item to quickly enhance my spiritual awareness so that the Dream Butterfly Painting can play a greater role.

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Three days passed quickly. Every night, Jiang Chen would draw talismans for nearly three hours in his dreams at the beginning of midnight, and the assassination attempt did not occur.

At this moment, in a small courtyard in the northwest ward of Heishishan Ward.

The scholar who had been staring at Jiang Chen earlier was holding a jade pendant the size of a baby's palm, which he was probing with his divine sense.

The bull, unable to contain himself any longer, asked, "Scholar, what are the boss's orders?"

The scholar sighed: "The boss is unwilling to drag this out any longer and wants us to forcibly take down Jiang Chen. We should make our move at the beginning of Chou hour tonight. We can injure him, but we absolutely cannot kill him."

The boss has already bribed several ghostwriters to ensure that there will be no one patrolling the southwest ward for at least fifteen minutes at the beginning of the hour of Chou (1-3 AM).

"After capturing Jiang Chen, put him into a spirit beast bag and leave from the southwest corner of the market, where someone will meet you."

Upon hearing this, the bull slapped its thigh excitedly.

"The boss still has the right temper for me. If we had acted sooner, we would have taken down Jiang Chen long ago."

Seeing his appearance, the scholar's face was full of worry.

"We must not be careless. Jiang Chen is now a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator. He also bought magic artifacts from Zhang Laokou before, and he has quite a few mid-grade first-rank talismans."

Taking him down silently in a quarter of an hour is no easy task.

The bull waved its hands repeatedly, its face full of impatience.

"Don't look down on me. I, Man Niu, am a man who has been through bloodshed. I've killed at least seventy or eighty mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators."

Jiang Chen was just a young boy who had only just broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining and had never experienced life-or-death battles.

"Don't even mention one Jiang Chen, I could take care of three or five Jiang Chens within a quarter of an hour."

"My concern is, if I put Jiang Chen in the spirit beast pouch, will he suffocate? If he does, I can't afford to be blamed by the Black Wolf Boss."

The scholar sighed, "Don't worry, if demonic beasts can survive in spirit beast pouches, human cultivators can too. It's just that staying in a spirit beast pouch for too long will cause a loss of magical power and physical weakness."

"We captured Jiang Chen alive to take him hostage, not to worship him as an ancestor."

"As long as you can capture Jiang Chen alive and take him out of the Jiang family courtyard, Boss Black Wolf will reward you handsomely. If anything unexpected happens afterward, it has nothing to do with you."

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At night, Jiang Chen woke up from his meditation.

He breathed a sigh of relief: "The effects of the superior-grade Spirit Nourishing Pill are truly remarkable! One pill a day has made my spiritual sense advance by leaps and bounds. Although it's a bit expensive, costing ten spirit stones per pill, I can still afford it."

After saying that, he once again looked into his mind's eye and examined the Dream Butterfly Diagram.

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Number of Dream Butterflies: 1

Second Dream Butterfly Condensation Progress: 21% (affected by divine sense strength)

【Dream Butterfly Energy: 100%】

[Current number of dream visits: 1/1]

[Maximum time for simulated future events in dreams: one day and three hours (affected by the total amount of spiritual consciousness)]

"In just three days, the time for the dream simulation was increased by one hour, the progress of the second dream butterfly was increased by one percent, and even the success rate of my talisman drawing was slightly improved. It's really worth it."

At the beginning of midnight, Jiang Chen entered a dream again to practice drawing talismans.

In my dream, the hour of Chou (1-3 AM) arrived.

In a dark alley near the Jiang family's courtyard, two figures were hiding in the shadows; they were Xiucai and Manniu.

The scholar used his divine sense to instruct, "Bull, the time has come. Once you go in, fight quickly and decisively, without any hesitation."

The nearby patrols and executioners have all been transferred away, so we're not afraid of making a commotion. As long as Jiang Chen is spared, we'll go ahead and do it.

The bull nodded, and then he pounced on the Jiang family's courtyard like a tiger, without making a sound.

Arriving at the courtyard wall, he casually tossed out a talisman.

The talisman turned into a wisp of mist, and the array in the Jiang family courtyard stopped operating.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the man in black went straight over the courtyard wall and landed silently in the courtyard.

He then released his divine sense to probe the room, searching for Jiang Chen's location, hoping to take him down in one strike.

After pinpointing the location, he rushed toward a window in the main house.

Click~~

The window shattered, and Jiang Chen, who was drawing talismans, looked up and saw a dark shadow rushing towards him.

Thump~~

The dark figure crashed into him with a dull thud.

Then, the dark figure flew backward and crashed heavily into the wall.

A thick, earthen-yellow barrier appeared around Jiang Chen, and the dark figure crashed into the barrier without causing him any harm.

Although Jiang Chen had no experience in life-or-death battles, he reacted at this moment.

He casually picked up a golden needle talisman from the table, and with a flick of his wrist, a golden embroidery needle flew out, aiming straight for the bull's brow.

At the same time, he took out the mother-daughter needle from the storage bag and quietly activated it.

The bull had already taken the heavy sword from its back when it landed, and now it used the sword to parry.

ding~~

The golden needle struck the heavy sword, and after a crisp sound, it disintegrated.

After blocking the attack, the bull swung its heavy sword, which was over four feet long, and swept it horizontally towards Jiang Chen.

Protected by the thick earth jade pendant, Jiang Chen was fearless. Holding the mother needle, he manipulated the three child needles to circle behind the bull, aiming them at the back of its head, the back of its heart, and its right shoulder respectively.

Suddenly, the bull felt the hairs on his body stand on end. But with his entire body being held by the heavy sword, he had no way to dodge or move.

He simply tilted his body to one side, following the force of the heavy sword.

Thump~~

A muffled thud rang out as the heavy sword struck Jiang Chen. Although it failed to cause any damage, it did dim the earthen-yellow barrier considerably.

puff~~

puff~~

puff~~

Immediately afterwards, three barely perceptible soft sounds were heard.

Hiss~~

The bull gasped, clearly injured. But he was extremely fierce, and after being wounded, he swung his heavy sword even more violently.

Thud~~

The heavy sword, over four feet long and as wide as a bench, was swung in a wide arc and slammed into Jiang Chen, producing a muffled thud.

The earthen-yellow barrier activated by the Thick Earth Jade Pendant trembled violently, its light dimmed, and it lost at least five or six layers of power.

At this point, the defensive barrier was already extremely vulnerable.