After returning from Greenhill Mansion, Zheng Qing had a series of nightmares.
At first, he was walking through the academy under the night sky, surrounded by vague shadows that seemed to follow him, yet he couldn't see them clearly. Occasionally, a cold breeze swept into his neck, raising goosebumps all over his skin. Turning to look, he found no one there, as if he were a character destined for doom in a ghost film.
Then shadows twisted and spiraled beneath his feet, resembling invisible long snakes. When he looked up, he saw the shadow cast by a strange giant tree under the moonlight. The tree's branches stretched out in all directions, nearly spanning the entire forest road. It was covered in white fruits of various sizes. As the breeze blew, the fruits slowly rotated, revealing ghastly pale faces with eyes tightly shut, tears of blood streaming from them.
This scene terrified the warlock so much that his legs trembled, his mind was fearful, and he could barely walk straight.
