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A strange sensation continued to spread throughout Shi Quan's body, and he felt an unprecedented relaxation. Gradually, the Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit in his hand began to emit faint blue light. The surrounding plants seemed to be influenced by the aura of the Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit, and they also began to emit faint blue light.
Initially, only the plants around Shi Quan changed, but as time passed, this range grew larger and larger. What was even stranger was that the Blue Silver Grass in Shi Quan's hand did not absorb his Internal Energy, yet it suddenly grew wildly, continuously spreading in all directions.
Countless faint blue lights flowed and converged from between the grass, rapidly merging into the Blue Silver Grass. The Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit extended wildly for a hundred meters before finally stopping.
When Shi Quan woke up, the sky, which had been bright, was now illuminated by a high-hanging moon.
Everything around him had already returned to its original state, and the Blue Silver Grass in his hand had also reverted to its previous size. However, Shi Quan could clearly feel that the perception between the Blue Silver Grass in his hand and the surrounding Blue Silver Grass had become much clearer.
Some powerful plant-type Spirit Masters, when Cultivating to a profound Realm, possess a special ability called Environmental Control.
They can control creatures of the same attribute using the aura of their own Martial Spirit.
This means that as long as Shi Quan masters Environmental Control, his Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit will be able to directly control the surrounding Blue Silver Grass.
In the original work, Tang San was able to easily achieve the effect of Environmental Control because his Blue Silver Grass possessed the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
Although he hasn't reached the level of Environmental Control yet, judging by the connection between his Blue Silver Grass Martial Spirit and the surrounding Blue Silver Grass, it's only a matter of time.
Through this Cultivation, Shi Quan also understood the ability brought by the Dream Butterfly's special Martial Spirit Legacy.
Natural Affinity.
It's like a talent. This talent enhances Shi Quan's perception of all things in the World. During Cultivation, he can communicate and resonate with all things, subtly transforming each other, reaching a Realm of unity between heaven and man.
Although it doesn't significantly boost combat power, its improvement to Cultivation is astonishing. With the help of Natural Affinity, Shi Quan's Comprehension Ability and perception have significantly improved, and his Cultivation speed is also much faster than before.
He originally thought that two spirit rings and his innate abilities were already the biggest trump cards, but he didn't expect this Natural Affinity to be the true ace.
"A Meng, how long have I been Cultivating?" Shi Quan asked.
"About five hours, I think."
Shi Quan then asked, "Did anyone else come while I was Cultivating?"
"Don't worry, I was observing the surroundings the whole time you were Cultivating. No one came." Xiao Meng's voice paused, and she asked curiously, "A Quan, the state you were in while Cultivating was very special. It seems to fit perfectly with my Legacy talent."
"Are you talking about Spirit Understanding?" Shi Quan nodded, pondering, "The Spirit Understanding state allows me to focus all my attention on one point, but in this state, I tend to ignore everything around me. It would be very dangerous to use it outside, so I rarely use it."
Xiao Meng happily said, "With me around, you won't have to worry anymore. I can scout the surroundings while you Cultivate, and I'll warn you immediately if there's any problem."
"Okay." When Shi Quan first used Spirit Understanding during his Cultivation, he also considered Xiao Meng's presence to help him warn of danger, which is why he dared to use it with confidence.
"It's time to go back and try the Dream Entry ability." Looking at the bright moon in the sky, a faint smile appeared on Shi Quan's lips as he got up and hurried back.
While on his way, he asked, "A Meng, are there any special restrictions on the Dream Entry talent ability?"
Xiao Meng explained, "Dream Entry has limitations on strength; you cannot exceed your strength too much, otherwise there will be a risk of being discovered. Once discovered, you will suffer a backlash from the power of the dream, and your Soul will be damaged. With my current strength, I can only enter the dreams of people who are already dreaming. If my strength improves further, I will be able to directly enter the consciousness of a sleeping person and guide them to have corresponding dreams."
"It can do that?" Shi Quan's eyes lit up.
He hurried back to the dormitory.
He quickly washed and tidied up.
"Xiao Meng, are there any dreams nearby that I can enter?" Shi Quan asked curiously as he sat cross-legged on his bed.
"There are many." As she spoke, pale blue and white light dots sprinkled from the top of Shi Quan's head. A miniature Xiao Meng flew out from Shi Quan's forehead, circled above his head, and then landed between his eyebrows. Xiao Meng's antennae, surrounded by a faint blue light, gently touched Shi Quan's forehead.
The next second, Shi Quan felt his whole body lighten, as if his Soul had undergone Soul Emergence. The next second, he appeared on Xiao Meng's back, and the World before him also changed. Everything in the room turned into pale blue light, like an illusory space. He could even see his own figure, and outside the room, many light clusters of various colors floated.
"A Quan, these light clusters are dreams, and you can enter all of them." The Xiao Meng beneath him gently flapped her butterfly wings, carrying a pale blue and white light trail, and directly brought Shi Quan to a white light cluster. "Do you want to go in and see?"
Shi Quan was still curiously looking around. Everything now was so illusory and mysterious. Hearing Xiao Meng, he finally responded, "Yes."
Xiao Meng's wings vibrated, emitting a layer of gentle white light, and she carried Shi Quan into the light cluster.
A flash of white light, and Shi Quan felt as if he had returned to the real World. Looking at the familiar Nuoding Academy playground, Shi Quan hadn't yet fully recovered when the Nuoding Academy scene rapidly changed, and he found himself in Marde's office.
"A Meng, what's going on?"
Xiao Meng explained, "Most people's dreams are composed of many fragmented pieces of content and do not have a fixed development path, so the dream environment often changes rapidly. Unless there is a very strong obsession in one's heart, the content within the dream will be more coherent."
"Director Su, here is this year's class schedule. Please take a look."
A voice came from within the dream.
The person speaking in the scene was a young teacher from the academy.
"Director Su?" As Shi Quan wondered, his gaze fell upon the position originally occupied by Marde. Sitting there now was the academy's Director Su.
Shi Quan couldn't help but smile, then realized that this was probably Director Su's dream. In his dream, he actually aspired to be the Dean of Nuoding Academy. It seemed he had long desired the position of dean in his heart.
"Dreams often reveal some of the deepest thoughts and secrets in a person's heart. If used well, it's a good ability to uncover others' hidden secrets."
Shi Quan looked at Xiao Meng beneath him and asked, "A Meng, you just said you can guide dreams?"
Xiao Meng nodded, "That's right. With my current strength, I can guide dreams once I enter them, but only simple guidance. If I guide too severely, it will cause the dream's owner to resist and discover our presence."
Shi Quan asked in surprise, "Does that mean if my strength gets stronger, you could even control dreams?"
Xiao Meng proudly raised her head and said, "That's right."
"That's truly powerful."
With this ability, as long as a person is hypnotized, one can easily excavate the deepest secrets in the enemy's heart, comparable to Soul searching.
If used even more appropriately, could it even achieve killing in dreams, brainwashing in dreams, or making people sleep forever in dreams? Just thinking about these abilities is terrifying.
After wandering through two more people's dreams with Xiao Meng, Shi Quan's consciousness finally returned to his own body.
He had originally wanted to see the dreams of Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang, but unfortunately, none of them were dreaming.
The Dream Entry ability is also very powerful, but the dangerous part is that when entering a dream, the main body falls into a state of sleep and has no self-preservation ability. Therefore, this Dream Entry ability must be used in a safe place.
"I wonder where Teacher is now."
It had been more than half a month since Marde left the academy. From the reputation treasure chest, it seemed that many people already knew his theories, so the plan was likely successful. He just didn't know if he had gained Xue Qinghe as a backer.
There's no point in thinking about it more now; everything will be clear when Marde returns.
In the following days, Shi Quan continued to Cultivate and eat as usual.
In the evenings, he would check if Tang San, Xiao Wu, or Yu Xiaogang were dreaming.
The first opportunity Shi Quan found was with Xiao Wu. What made Shi Quan laugh the most was that Xiao Wu's dream was actually about herself, and the content of the dream was Xiao Wu beating him up, making him kneel and beg for mercy, constantly calling her Sister Xiao Wu.
As a result, Xiao Meng couldn't stand it and forcibly guided the dream's content in the opposite direction. Instead, Xiao Wu was severely beaten by Shi Quan in the dream, making her cry out in distress until she was directly startled awake. From the top floor dormitory, Shi Quan even seemed to hear Xiao Wu's furious, thunderous angry voice.
Shi Quan later entered Yu Xiaogang's dream and saw many people there, including Tang Hao, Flender, Liu Erlong, and even a young Bibi Dong. He also gained a lot of insights into the Martial Spirit theories and Spirit Master data he had been researching from his dream, which was a small gain.
However, as for Tang San, for a full half-month, Shi Quan never encountered a time when he was dreaming, so he had no way to go into his dream and see.
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"A Quan, someone's here."
Hearing Xiao Meng's reminder, Shi Quan immediately woke up from his Cultivation, and his mental force transformed into Spirit Sense, spreading outwards towards the door.
"Teacher is back!" When he clearly discerned the figure outside the door, Shi Quan's eyes visibly lit up.
The round trip took Marde a full month.
Thump thump thump!
Listening to the knocking sound from outside the door, Shi Quan quickly got up and opened it.
"Shi Quan."
Marde's familiar voice came, his attire dusty from travel, but from his excited voice, the trip must have been very smooth.