He half-heartedly retracted his claws, placing both hands behind his head and said to Chang Geng: "I am not married yet, and of course, I do not have children, I don't even have any brothers and sisters, it is unavoidable that I wasn't able to thoroughly take care of you.

"There are many things that if you don't tell me, it would be quite difficult for me to figure out, so if you harbor any grievances or irritations, don't hide it in your heart, all right?"

The tone of his voice was deep and pleasant to listen to, probably due to his exhaustion, and with it came a bit of an imperceptible ambiguity. It drove straight into Chang Geng's ear, making the boy's hairs all rise up, a thin layer of sweat coating his back.

Chang Geng nervously thought to himself: "He was only making some casual conversation, why must I feel as if I'm venturing out to the battlefield?"

"Your Highness must also pardon me," Gu Yun said with a smile, patting the space next to him: "Come, lay down, tell me more about your dream just now."

At the mention of the dream, Chang Geng's nameless wildfire managed to calm down. He stared at Gu Yun for a while, forcing himself to hold back the desires to reveal everything about Bone of Impurity, he first tested the waters:

"Shiliu, in this world, is there an existing type of poison that can cause one to turn insane?"

Gu Yun raised his eyebrows in dissatisfaction: "Who did you call Shiliu?"

He only reprimanded on the outside but actually did not pay it much mind. He proceeded to speak after a pause: "There must be, this world is big, especially in areas of foreign countries, which grow many herbs and plants that do not exist in the Central Plains, not to mention all of their divine beings and gods that have been passed down from generation to generation. There are many secrets and trickeries of theirs that we cannot explain."

Chang Geng's heart sank, his fingers gripping the ruined blade on his chest.

Gu Yun felt this was rather odd, he questioned again in reply: "Why are you asking about this subject?"

Chang Geng's fingertips were cold, the conflict in his head had abruptly come to an end, his voice was layered in sadness: "It's nothing. I dreamed that one day, I became a madman, and ended up killing a lot of people."

After that, without waiting for Gu Yun to respond, Chang Geng had cut in first: "Dreams are all opposite from reality, I know."

He finally made up his mind to tightly seal away the secret of the Bone of Impurity; with his youthful determination and will, Chang Geng refused to admit the possibility of losing. He must fight against and resist the Bone of Impurity, to stay sane until the day he died.