Gu Shen closed the door.

He took a deep breath, telling himself not to be so nervous. He then sat down at the table. Unlike the previous treatment for insomnia, the identity and status of the woman in front of him were extremely important. He had to be fully focused.

"Lu Nanzhi."

The lady sat on the chair, crossing her legs gracefully. Seeing Gu Shen's hesitant expression, she kindly spoke up and introduced herself, "You can call me Madam."

"Madam..."

Lu Nanzhi's voice had a soothing effect, calming Gu Shen's emotions.

"Forgive me for staring."

He apologized and then summoned his own flame.

"Buzz—"

In the silent room, when the flame appeared, the whole world changed colors... Gu Shen stared at the woman in front of him, who didn't possess any transcendent aura but had a faint flow of transcendent energy like a thin veil. Almost every piece of jewelry she wore, such as rings, earrings, and necklaces, contained extremely powerful transcendent power.

From the perspective of the flame, it seemed that the lady was not a transcendent.

However, Gu Shen had a vague feeling... If he had any malicious intentions, activating any of these sealed items would instantly take him away!

With such powerful protective seals, could they still be affected by transcendent power?

He looked carefully.

Gu Shen's expression became serious.

Under the influence of the flame... he felt a very, very subtle thread at the center of the lady's eyebrows. This thread was so fine that it couldn't even be seen by the naked eye after being enhanced by the flame, only sensed in the depths of his consciousness.

He felt it.

But he couldn't see it.

That thread was tightly stretched... and it affected his entire being. It was somewhat similar to... the seal of a solemn stone carving?

But it was only similar and couldn't be compared in terms of level.

If a seal of this level, like the solemn stone carving, approached the lady and released its power of nightmares, it would be shattered in an instant by the protective power activated by the earrings, and the stone carving itself would be blown to pieces.

"What... have you noticed?"

After a moment, the lady spoke softly.

Gu Shen withdrew the flame and pondered for a moment before hesitating, "With your status, I'm sure many transcendent mentalists have already examined you, right?"

The lady smiled and said, "Yes, even mentalists from the Deep Sea Tenth Layer have examined me, but they couldn't find anything."

Gu Shen was stunned.

Even the mentalists from the Deep Sea Tenth Layer... couldn't detect that hidden thread?

The flame, however, could sense it. His transcendent power was indeed special.

But he also knew that with his current strength, detecting it and solving it were two different things... In the midst of his hesitation, the lady's voice rang out again.

"Cui Zhongcheng recommended me to come here. He said you can cure me."

When Gu Shen heard Cui Zhongcheng's name, he had a sudden realization.

He knew that there were no coincidences in this world. The group insomnia symptoms in Lipu Street were probably part of Cui Zhongcheng's plan. The previous patients were handed over to him, which could be considered as "accumulating experience."

Just as he had just solved the solemn stone carving, the lady came to visit... This series of events made Gu Shen suspect Cui Zhongcheng's true intentions behind the scenes.

"Madam, your symptoms are quite simple, probably just... insomnia."

Gu Shen looked directly into the woman's eyes and confidently said, "Occasional sleep, but they are all nightmares. Recently, the amount of sleep has been decreasing... even with the protection of mental seals, it cannot be avoided. I guess Madam hasn't taken off those two earrings for a long time, but the time she can sleep each day is only three to five hours."

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Lu Nanzhi sighed softly.

Before coming to the Dream Speaker, she had also had doubts... The transcendent symptoms that even the mentalists from the Deep Sea Tenth Layer couldn't detect, could they be cured by an unknown young man?

But the fact had proven that Gu Shen was stronger than the mentalist from the Deep Sea Tenth Layer.

At least he "read" her symptoms accurately.

Those two earrings were extremely precious mental seals. With them, even if she was restless, anxious, or nervous, she could still have a good night's sleep and wake up with sufficient energy and vitality.

But now, the earrings had lost their effect.

The lady lowered her eyes and spoke softly, "Have you figured out the reason?"

"..."

Gu Shen remained silent.

The silence between the two didn't last long.

Lu Nanzhi gently revealed the young man's thoughts, "You suspect that someone around me did this, so you dare not say it."

Gu Shen's eyes changed slightly as he looked at the lady strangely, thinking that this woman was really sharp.

"The transcendent anomaly in Madam's eyebrows... although very subtle, does exist."

He honestly said, "With the protection of those two earrings, I can't think of any way to plant a 'mental seal' on you... I'm afraid the only opportunity would be when you take off the earrings. So I think... only someone close to you can do such a thing."

Lu Nanzhi listened quietly.

With her intelligence, she understood what Gu Shen meant as soon as he spoke.

This mental imprint was planted by someone she trusted.

Gu Shen felt a little nervous, afraid that his words would anger this important person. However, contrary to his expectations, this woman remained calm and didn't show any anger. She just calmly asked, "In that case, do you have a solution?"

That mental imprint was very special.

The person behind the scenes, who plotted this, must have anticipated that there would be a strong person investigating. The mentalist from the Deep Sea Tenth Layer, although powerful, couldn't see this imprint due to their transcendent nature, let alone remove it.

But Gu Shen was different.

"I can give it a try... but I can't guarantee success." After considering it, Gu Shen asked, "Are you willing to take the risk?"

"No problem."The lady didn't hesitate at all.

She took off her two earrings and said softly, "Let's do it."

How decisive... Gu Shen was surprised by the lady's courage.

It was only their first meeting, and she had already taken off her earrings... Even though he had warned her before, this strand of spiritual imprint was planted by someone with intent when she took off her earrings.

Was it because of his youth? Or was it out of trust in Cui Zhongcheng? Regardless, this was a woman with considerable courage.

For various reasons... some were due to his wariness of Cui Zhongcheng, some were due to his respect for the lady's status, Gu Shen's consistent attitude in this incident was to do his best, but never to take over completely, nor to show off his abilities.

"I will do my best," Gu Shen said softly, "Madam, please enter the dream."

His fiery power should now only be lingering at the first level, only able to release the most basic hypnosis.

Fortunately, the lady was not a Transcendent. After taking off her earrings, her mental strength gradually relaxed.

She closed her eyes, her consciousness about to plunge into chaos.

The thin thread at the center of her brow began to tremble... like a steel saw, rubbing back and forth against the soul. Lu Nanzhi furrowed her brows, let out a soft grunt. This symptom had appeared during the last hypnosis by a Transcendent from the Deep Sea's tenth layer. It seemed as if there was a mysterious force resisting the externally imposed hypnosis, preventing her from easily entering the dream.

This scene was within Gu Shen's expectations.

"Go."

Gu Shen's expression was calm. He had long felt that there was something unusual about Lu Nanzhi's spiritual center. How could he not have a countermeasure?

With a low shout.

The fire immediately rushed towards the lady's brow center. The extremely small flame swept out a roaring and majestic momentum in the air.

He couldn't see the thin thread, but he could feel it with his fire.

Closing his eyes, Gu Shen placed all his spirit on the fire, using the lady's brow center's spiritual space as the battlefield... Both were extremely delicate existences, but when put on the same level, they both became enormous.

The originally pitifully small fire, upon entering the brow center, instantly turned into a vast sea of fire.

"Within the extremely small, contains the extremely large."

It was the mysterious and profound concept of containing the universe in a mustard seed.

For the first time, Gu Shen personally experienced such a profound feeling. When he removed the imprint of the solemn stone statue, he directly immersed himself in the soul without any resistance. But this time was an exception, he was blocked outside before immersing in the soul... so his consciousness was still clear, but he had arrived at the microcosm, his spirit condensed into a small person.

Perhaps the slowing down of the spirit-based hypnosis is a presentation of one microcosm after another.

"It wants to escape..."

Gu Shen's face appeared in the sky above the sea of fire.

He looked down at the spiritual space of the brow center. On the battlefield of the brow center, the thin thread was magnified to be winding and majestic, like a long dragon. Although it looked spectacular, it was vulnerable. After being caught off guard and severely injured by the fire, it let out a loud roar... and chose to flee.

Without any resistance at all.

It seemed that the person who planted the spiritual imprint was prepared. Even if the trajectory was captured, there were corresponding follow-up measures.

But, wasn't this too spineless?

Gu Shen frowned, manipulating the sea of fire, and fiercely intercepted the long dragon. This time he felt the power of his "fire" trait. Both were delicate spiritual traits, but the opponent was extremely ethereal and collapsed upon touch, while his own spiritual trait was solid and tight. Every strand of flame falling in the sea of fire could burn a bowl-sized wound on the long dragon.

"Can you escape?"

Gu Shen gathered the sea of fire, and the long dragon was forced to curl up, connecting its head and tail. At this point, only the final encirclement was left.

However... something unexpected happened.

The long dragon let out a mournful cry!

Its head lifted, then suddenly slammed down, and its huge body drilled down. Gu Shen reacted extremely quickly, the sea of fire instantly sliced in a fan shape, cutting the drilling dragon in half... but it was still too late. Half of the huge body turned into nothingness in the burning, and in a few breaths, the fire consumed its Transcendent Arche completely, while the remaining half had completely disappeared.

This thin thread was not a dragon at all, but a worm!

Surviving by severing its body.

This was the method of an earthworm.

"Who planted this imprint? So desperate?" Gu Shen's expression was gloomy, he muttered, "But since this strand of imprint has run away from the brow center, does it mean... I can successfully hypnotize the lady and let her enter the dream?"

Gu Shen faced a choice.

From the perspective of "entering the dream", he had already fulfilled the employer's request. The strand of spiritual imprint was successfully repelled, and the lady could now enjoy a peaceful dream.

But from another perspective, there was still some residue of this imprint. If it wasn't rooted out, there might be trouble in the future.

"The lady is Nanjin's sister, and Cui Zhongcheng specifically asked her to see me..."

After a brief thought, Gu Shen made a decision, "Let's see if I can root out this strand of spiritual imprint."

As the thought fell, the fire dived down.

Sure enough.

After the spiritual imprint escaped, the lady sitting on the chair, with her eyes closed, her breathing became long and soft after a few seconds...

She successfully fell asleep.