What! The Wives in My Dreams Are Real?

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With the final strike, Wu Dingxuan finally knocked a chunk off the ore.

He’d already given it everything he had, yet the task quota was still a distant dream.

A bitter smile crept over his face.

Maybe this ghost-life was simply doomed to be like this.

Just as he braced himself to try again, a shrill scream sounded from outside.

It didn’t last long—no more than two breaths—and then it ended.

Curiosity rippled through the ghosts nearby.

What was that? It sounded like the overseers screaming.

But they were high and mighty—how could they be the ones screaming?

In the next instant, a dozen overseers’ soul-bodies were hurled inside and piled up like a small hill.

Without exception, every one of them had a thin, fraying soul, right on the verge of shattering.

Seeing this, the miners’ eyes widened as they stared ahead in disbelief.

A figure came into view, step by step.

Wu Dingxuan recognized him at a glance—the ghost who had just left with Zhou Cong: Ye Yu.

Was he the one who did this to the overseers?

Before Wu could think further, Ye Yu had already stepped atop the heap of overseers.

“Fellow ghosts, I’m Ye Yu. My favorite thing in this world is to fulfill other people’s dreams.

“So—say your dreams out loud. Here and now, I’ll do my best to make them happen.”

The ghosts looked at each other, baffled at what medicine Ye Yu had in his gourd.

He was wearing the same numbered miner’s garb as they were, but his face was too unfamiliar to trust. One by one, they kept silent.

Some even edged back half a step.

Maybe, in their eyes, this was just a bigger trap.

When no one spoke, Ye Yu frowned and rumbled, “What, not a spine among you? Can’t even get a word out? Did these dog-spawn overseers beat you so stupid we couldn’t kick a fart out of you if we tried?”

Even under that tongue-lashing, most of the ghosts remained numb.

Years of mining had already ground their fighting spirit to dust.

At length, a gaunt ghost with a thinned soul raised his right hand.

“I... I have a dream. My dream is to leave this mine!”

Ye Yu’s eyes lit up. He turned his body and cleared a path.

“No problem. You can go right now. No one will stop you. The overseers outside are all down.”

The ghost didn’t leave immediately. He glanced around at the miners, fear flickering in his eyes.

Clearly he was still afraid it was a trap.

Ye Yu lifted his hand, and a whip dropped into his palm.

“If you’re going to go, then move. Don’t dawdle. If you don’t go now, I’ll kill you.”

The ghost dared not say another word and headed straight for the exit.

Finding truly no one outside, his steps quickened.

He made it out of the shaft without a single obstruction.

Right there, he wept with joy and shouted back inside, “Thank you for making it possible, senior! I, Hu Laosan, am finally free!”

Hearing his voice from afar, the ghosts who remained turned pale all at once.

He really got out?

So this wasn’t a scam—it was real.

If that was the case, they wanted out, too.

[System: Detected completion of Hu Laosan’s dream. Difficulty: simple. Duration: seventeen years.]

[System: Reward — ten thousand top-grade ghost stones.]

Ye Yu’s face went a little odd.

Wait—not cultivation, but ghost stones?

So the Dream-Maker’s rewards aren’t limited to cultivation?

That wasn’t ideal at this early stage.

Still, there were plenty of ghosts here. No matter. Keep at it.

Ye Yu looked over the crowd of ghosts ahead.

Right now, the dead-eyed numbness was gone; one after another, they were itching to try.

But he didn’t just wave them all out. Instead, he said again, “Who else has a dream?”

“I do! Me! Me!”

Many answered at once, Wu Dingxuan among them.

Seeing this not-quite-stranger, Ye Yu gave him the second spot without hesitation.

Wu Dingxuan shouldered past the ghosts in front and came straight up to Ye Yu.

“Really... any dream at all?”

“Of course,” Ye Yu said with a thought. “You can ask for something bold, just don’t go overboard.”

Yes—he was encouraging Wu Dingxuan.

If simple dreams gave modest rewards, then set a harder one and hope the reward scaled up.

Wu nodded hard.

“Senior, I’ve been here over a hundred years, hating this place every single day.

“Whenever I’m at my limit, I tell myself it can’t be like this forever. If I ever get the chance, I want to kill the mine lord [N O V E L I G H T] Luo Jiange with my own hands.

“That’s my dream. Is... is that too much?”

At that, the ghosts around them broke into a clamor.

“Is he crazy? Getting out alive is already the best thing in the world, and he wants to kill the mine lord?”

“Delusional! Pure fantasy!”

“Yeah—dream on!”

...

Hearing their scolding, the light in Wu Dingxuan’s eyes dimmed. He slowly lowered his head.

“I’m sorry, senior. I overstepped.”

Ye Yu waved it off.

“No—those are exactly the right steps. As for that Luo-something... get in here.”

The words had barely fallen when Luo Jiange’s massive bulk came in from outside.

At the sight of him, the miners’ faces blanched and they all shrank back.

Anyone who’d worked here long had seen Luo Jiange.

Compared to the overseers’ whips, this mine lord was the truly ruthless one.

When he made a move, he needed to devour at least ten ghosts alive to vent his rage.

Luo Jiange was the nightmare they feared most.

Wu Dingxuan couldn’t help trembling.

He craned his neck to look up at the behemoth, terror swelling in his eyes.

Ye Yu didn’t bother with any of that. He gave a single nod.

“Kneel.”

Luo Jiange dropped to the ground before Ye Yu, prostrating himself with all five points to the floor.

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