Monday.

At 7:30 in the morning, most of the office workers had just left their homes, and this was the busiest time for the subway, as everyone was still on their way.

Although the city was bustling, the majority of the business streets wouldn't start their operations until nine o'clock, so at this time, there were usually only a few scattered pedestrians on the streets, and it wasn't crowded because most of the shops hadn't opened yet.

However, in front of a certain shop on Lipu Street today, a small queue had already formed.

When Zhou Xin arrived at the Whisperer at eight o'clock, she was startled. She confirmed twice... these people were queuing up in front of her own door, and they had come in groups, with a minibus parked not far away.

"Everyone, please line up in order."

A woman earnestly urged by the side of the queue, "No cutting in line."

The people in line looked weary and numb, but surprisingly obedient.

Zhou Xin frowned. She felt that this woman looked familiar...

It came to her!

She was the wealthy woman who had come to deliver a banner to Gu Shen before. Now she was dressed in a khaki windbreaker and a dress, looking several years younger, about twenty-four or twenty-five.

If she remembered correctly... this woman's name was Jiang Wan?

"Dr. Zhou, is Dr. Gu about to start work?"

Jiang Wan smiled and said, "We've been waiting here for almost half an hour."

Here to see Gu Shen?

Zhou Xin was taken aback and quickly opened the door.

It can be hard to make great work when its stolen from "p𝑎wread.com".

After Jiang Wan waved, the people in line slowly entered the door.

"Are these... brought by you?"

"Due to work, I can come into contact with some patients." Jiang Wan nodded and smiled, "Dr. Gu's medical skills are superb, so I thought of introducing some clients to him and making some extra money... By the way, you charge commission for this, right?"

Introducing clients?

Zhou Xin looked at Jiang Wan suspiciously, feeling more and more that something was not right...

Why did she feel that this woman's motives were not pure?

"Don't get me wrong, I just simply admire Dr. Gu's abilities." Jiang Wan sighed and smiled helplessly, "I'm a whole round older than Dr. Gu, what bad intentions could I have?"

...

...

When Gu Shen arrived, he looked surprised at the crowded clinic.

This business was... beyond his imagination.

"Little Gu."

Xinjie pulled Gu Shen aside and whispered, "These people were all introduced by Jiang Wan. I suspect she's interested in you, so you should be careful."

Hearing this, Gu Shen was taken aback.

Sure enough, among these people, he saw a familiar face.

It was Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan looked at him with a smile... being reminded by Xinjie, this kind of gaze made Gu Shen feel a little uneasy.

The last person who looked at him like this was Qu Shui.

But Gu Shen had personally checked Jiang Wan's dream.

She was just an ordinary person, without any transcendent abilities... there was no need to worry that she would be the second Jiangtan killer.

"These people seem a little off... their spirits seem to have some problems."

Gu Shen glanced at the patients in the clinic. These seven or eight patients, all dressed in old clothes, looked listless, but this listlessness was not caused by insomnia.

He became serious and said softly to Xinjie, "Anyway... let's start working first."

He took the youngest child and went into a separate room.

The child looked dazed, with a blank expression on his face. No matter how he was asked, he didn't say a word, as if he were as dull as a piece of wood... Seeing this, Gu Shen directly summoned the Blaze.

The second layer of the Deep Sea, Little Hypnosis.

Gu Shen directly entered the dream of this child.

Unfortunately, Tang Qingquan was not present, otherwise, he would definitely feel deeply... Mr. Shu, this old guy, was old and had a sharp eye.

He saw people too clearly.

In the aspect of transcendent abilities, Gu Shen was a player who couldn't be judged by common sense.

His Blaze was not a high-risk ability with unparalleled power from birth... but it had great potential for growth, and it grew very fast, which was related to Gu Shen's own comprehension.

Different babies learn to walk at different times.

And Gu Shen was definitely one of the fastest in this category.

Now, the Blaze was only a wisp, and it could only roam in the spiritual space, but in Gu Shen's hands, it could already sweep through the majority of dreams.

"Wake up."

This time, the immersion was extremely fast.

Gu Shen regained consciousness in an instant and looked at the mist in all directions. In the dream of this child, there seemed to be an invisible wall blocking everything, and all the scenery was shrouded in a thin layer of mist, with an extremely thin field of vision.

"This is... mist?"

He couldn't see his hand in front of his face.

This dream was extremely quiet... like ten thousand miles in the deep sea, where all the sounds had died.

At the moment he raised his hand, the silence was broken.

"Splash—"

The dense fog shattered like a mirror.

The Blaze turned into a lantern, floating above the dream, breaking through the mental erosion of this sealed dream.

"These streets, old alleys, seem familiar..."

Gu Shen stared at the mottled walls, with graffiti of children running, as well as balloons, birds, and cloud patterns. The walls surrounded like a maze, and the new urban area of Dadao would not have such old buildings.

"This is the old city."

He understood the identity of this child.

And he understood why all these patients were dressed in old clothes.

These people should all be residents of the old city...After the fog was pierced by light, there still remained an area shrouded in mist. Gu Shen maneuvered his dream self, attempting to venture deeper, yet this dream seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier of air.

"This is the end... I can't go any further."

Gu Shen halted, holding a lantern, and murmured, "The spiritual imprint left behind this time... is somewhat more formidable than the solemn stone sculptures."

Forcefully removing it posed no issue.

After all, it was merely a wisp of an imprint.

But what truly caught Gu Shen's attention... was the area of dense fog beyond the air barrier.

"In this child's dream... there lies a fog a hundred times thicker, which can only be explained by a seal. But if this scene were real, it would not have escaped the notice of the Tribunal..." Gu Shen pondered, "It must be at least the power of a Grade B seal, right?"

"First, I'll remove the child's spiritual imprint, then take a look at the dreams of others."

His mind made up.

Gu Shen snapped his fingers, tapping lightly on the surface of the lantern. The floating lantern was struck by his finger snap, bursting into thousands of streams of light, brilliantly colliding in all directions of this foggy dream... Just as Gu Shen had guessed, every direction was blocked by air walls, limiting the space of this child's dream.

Where the fiery light passed, the mist rapidly dissipated.

This process of removing the imprint... for Gu Shen, was also a form of cultivation.

Though the Transcendent Arche was sparse, consuming it could still enhance his strength!

Moments later, all the dream fog within the air barrier was devoured.

Gu Shen exited the dream.

The child, who had looked lost, slowly had the numbness fade from his eyes, the fog that seemed to have been smeared over his pupils finally revealing a spark of spirit... only to be quickly replaced by fatigue.

Gu Shen pushed the door and left the compartment.

"How is it?" Jiang Wan saw Gu Shen emerge and quickly stood up, her expression somewhat anxious. Seeing the child inside fast asleep at the desk, she breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed he was cured.

Gu Shen noticed her reaction.

"Did you bring these people?" he asked softly, "Carry the child to the car."

Jiang Wan hurriedly complied.

At that moment, another door of the compartment was pushed open. Zhou Yexin looked troubled and said, "This person is too strange, like a block of wood... no reaction no matter what..."

It seemed she was at her wits' end.

Indeed.

The hypnotic ability of the pocket watch was limited.

It was only created to protect Zhou Yexin, and the last wisp of Transcendent power could only ensure the safety of its owner.

"Leave it to me. Little Sister Xin, you go about your business."

Gu Shen smiled, his words imbued with the hypnotic power of fiery light, he whispered softly, "The rest of you... come with me."

The remaining seven, upon hearing this, all slowly stood up and entered Gu Shen's compartment.

"The second layer of Deep Sea is minor hypnosis, hypnotizing an individual."

"The third layer... is major hypnosis, spreading the spirit, radiating it across an area."

Gu Shen closed the compartment door, facing the row of patients, he recalled the scene of Han Dang hypnotizing him.

The Domain of Truth.

Within that spiritual domain, no matter how many people entered, they could only become fish on Han Dang's chopping board... Gu Shen had already felt it, when the spiritual power was strong enough to coalesce and project outward, it would form a "domain."

Minor hypnosis was mastering the inherent hypnotic power of fiery light.

Major hypnosis, on the other hand, was the outward projection of spiritual power, spreading towards the domain.

"Let me try... to hypnotize multiple people at once."

He took a gentle breath.

Gu Shen released the fiery light, the Transcendent Arche of the flowing water was half digested, and the fiery light had grown more than twice as strong as at its inception, but the spreading glow barely enveloped the room.

"Enter the dream."

"Enter the dream."

"Enter the dream."

A voice echoed simultaneously beside the ears of these people.

The fiery light solidified, gathering a room full of brilliance.

Gu Shen entered a dream constructed by his own spiritual power, successfully performing major hypnosis, arriving in the foggy dream of the old city district. This time, he carried the lantern far, the dreams of these people like pieces of a puzzle, each representing a piece of the unlocked area. Connected together, there were still air barriers, but the range of movement was much larger.

"Fulin Alley."

"Lion Alley."

"Rui'an Lane."

Gu Shen carried the lantern, dispersing the thin mist, stopping and going, he identified the landscapes within the dream, and finally recognized several streets of the old city district... A detailed map immediately surfaced in his mind, and through these few clearly revealed streets, he determined his own location.

Then, he looked towards the distant fog-enshrouded depths of the dream...

He reached out his hand.

An invisible and solid wall blocked his advance.

The deepest fog.

Inaccessible, untrodden, untouchable.