"Hmm?"

"What’s going on with this person?"

"I don’t know. He just suddenly lay down here."

This was a long street, the sides lined with buildings, but each shrouded in a faint light, indistinct and seemingly inaccessible.

There were few pedestrians on the street, mostly keeping to their own paths.

Only in the middle of the long street, a group of three or four people had gathered.

Men and women both, they surrounded someone who had fallen to the ground.

One of them apparently found it boring and walked away without saying a word.

The remaining three continued to talk.

Since in the Taixu Illusion Realm, one’s height, weight, and appearance were unreliable, they casually referred to each other as A, B, and C.

A said with intrigue, "This is the first time I’ve encountered someone fainting in the Hongmeng Space."

B mused, "I don’t think he fainted."

C leaned in and asked, "Brother, what do you mean by that?"

With a knowing smile, B said, "A person who has fainted wouldn’t normally talk in their sleep."

A scratched his head, "I didn’t hear him talking in his sleep?"

B calmly said, "His voice is very faint, very fine, like silk threads floating around. If you listen carefully, you can hear it. This person has delved deeply into the path of sound, even in his sleep he can use it so delicately."

C silently felt for a while, "He is indeed talking in his sleep. Something about owing and repaying... What does that mean?"

"Dreams, they don’t follow any logic," A remarked. "This fellow is truly talented, coming to the Hongmeng Space just to sleep. On the street, no less!"

C laughed, "The sky as blanket, the earth as bed, why not? Besides, here, no one can do anything to him."

"It wouldn’t necessarily be the same in reality," A said.

"If you maintain enough spirit perception alertness in reality, then he surely would too," B analyzed methodically. "This could be a unique cultivation method."

A remained curious, "Coming to the Taixu Illusion Realm to perform or debate already constitutes cultivation. What is he cultivating by sleeping?"

"I don’t know about that," B replied, clearly very knowledgeable and experienced. "However, I’ve heard that in ancient times there was a secret technique of entering divinity through dreams, somewhat similar to this situation..."

Jiang Wang slowly woke from the boundless confusion.

His head throbbing, he only remembered pushing open that stone gate, entering the Hongmeng Space, and then hearing a "Hmm."

After that, there was just a jumble of voices talking.

"What’s going on with this person..."

"This could be a unique method of cultivation..."

What the heck!

Wait, why were people talking?

Jiang Wang fully opened his eyes and saw three heads, each looking down at him from different angles.

Six eyes all conveyed curiosity.

Suppressing the urge to unleash a blast of Samadhi True Fire at them, Jiang Wang asked, "Gentlemen, what’s happening here?"

A, B, and C looked at each other.

After all, they had been observing and analyzing him this whole time; now that he was awake, they were a bit embarrassed.

Finally, A replied, "We were just wandering around in the Hongmeng Space and happened to see you lying here... Practicing?"

Hongmeng Space...

That "Hmm," it must have been them talking, right?

But it seemed like he had gained something. The benefits of entering the Hongmeng Space?

Jiang Wang pondered deeply, momentarily forgetting to get up.

"Ah, practicing," he answered nonchalantly, asking, "How do I address you gentlemen?"

A, B, and C looked at each other.

Clearly they hadn’t known each other before, having just gathered from watching the commotion.

A was the first to speak, "Since fate brought us together, why not make friends sincerely and get to know each other. I am Jia Fugui!"

B remained composed, "Shangguan."

Jia Fugui, Bing, and Jiang Wang were all looking at him, waiting for him to continue.

"I’ll go by Shangguan," Yi added.

He seemed quite low-key and steady, but inside, the waves were turbulent, a complete fanatic for authority.

That name was too attention-grabbing! Everyone needed to address him as Shangguan respectfully.

Bing then chuckled honestly, "I am Zhao Tiezhu."

Great, all fake names from the Taixu Illusion Realm, none of them sincere.

Jiang Wang smiled gently, "Younger brother here, Dugu Wudi."

Jia Fugui, Shangguan, and Zhao Tiezhu fell silent for a moment.

Then everyone jointly clasped hands, "Fortunate to meet, fortunate to meet!"

It was then that Jiang Wang noticed he was still lying down and quickly got up to mingle with the three brothers.

Hongmeng Space was currently open only in a small area, so there weren’t many cultivators around. Many buildings remained closed, and it was unknown if there was anything else different here.

Judging only by Jiang Wang’s interaction with these three onlooker brothers, Hongmeng Space was a more direct communication space, capable of accommodating more cultivators simultaneously, not sticking to familiar or unfamiliar faces, just like in real life, possibly meeting anyone while walking on the road. Perhaps the most important point was... Hongmeng Space didn’t require expending energy.

Compared to that, the Star River Space that Jiang Wang and Zhongxuan Sheng occasionally used seemed more like a preliminary transition of Hongmeng Space, or perhaps a more secretive communication space.

Jiang Wang leaned toward the former. Because once Hongmeng Space was fully opened, the buildings along the streets, if they included places like inns, could undoubtedly easily replace the function of the Star River Space. Of course, maybe the Star River Space might extend further. He still had a very limited understanding of Taixu Illusion Realm, everything was uncertain.

The interaction with Jia Fugui, Shangguan, and Zhao Tiezhu was dull, and he believed they thought the same.

No one was spilling any truths, all were just circling around probing each other.

This was natural; in a place like Hongmeng Space, where no one knew the other’s background, holding back was even more suspicious.

However, such interactions were inevitably exhausting. Meaningless socializing was a skill many nobles needed to master.

But for Jiang Wang, he was not willing to waste time.

After chatting casually for a few more phrases, he took the initiative to take his leave.

"Brother Dugu, take care!"

"Next time, let’s talk more."

"Happy to meet Brother Wudi!"

Everyone was very enthusiastic.

However, once Jiang Wang had walked away, the topic changed.

"This kid really acts well." Jia Fugui spat.

"Maybe he’s really capable," Shangguan said seemingly objectively and then continued, "But about this name, Wudi... I met a Zhen Wudi at the Discussion Platform before, just shouting loudly and absolutely incapable."

Zhao Tiezhu chuckled agreeably on the side.

His real identity was a scion of the Zhongshan Clan of Jingguo. He also knew that those capable of entering Hongmeng Space during this period wouldn’t be weak.

He believed that whatever Jia Fugui, whatever Shangguan, including the departed Dugu Wudi, had their real identities not too simple.

But here, everyone donned a layer of disguised identities, completely shedding the airs and graces of everyday life, like ordinary mortals found everywhere on the streets, spectating the buzz. Gossiping behind others... it was indeed a fascinating experience.

"The more one lacks something, the more they show off," Zhao Tiezhu chuckled as he added.

"Exactly, exactly," Jia Fugui, elated as he gossiped, probably rarely had such chances, "That Dugu surname, definitely weak! When I bump into him at the Discussion Platform one day, watch how I’ll teach him a lesson!"

"Maybe he won’t encounter you," Shangguan said with a smile.

Everyone laughed.

At that moment, as Dugu Wudi, who was walking to the end of the long street, approached, an ancient, hefty stone gate suddenly appeared before him. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

The handsome young man named Dugu Wudi gently pushed the gate and stepped inside.

The stone gate closed and vanished without a trace.

Everyone on the long street who noticed this scene suddenly turned their heads, all eyes fixed in that direction!

"Damn! The Gate of Blessings!" someone couldn’t help but curse.

The trio of onlookers exchanged glances.

Jia Fugui blinked, "Such high-level figures, aren’t they just focused on the Blessings? To think he’d also wander in Hongmeng Space?"

Zhao Tiezhu shrank his neck, "This guy might truly be invincible..."

Shangguan managed to keep his expression calm, "Brother Fugui, looks like he truly won’t encounter you..."