Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Ye Nanque spat out a mouthful of blood...
How can I describe this feeling? The flow and loss and replenishment of spiritual energy is actually normal, similar to the metabolism of living things.
But taking hair loss as an example, normal hair loss and someone grabbing your hair and pulling it out are two completely different feelings. Ye Nanque was feeling the latter at the moment.
He knew this was just the beginning. Over the next ten days or so, the Life Stone would take root within Mu Jiulin's body, transforming into the spiritual roots necessary for a true cultivator. Mu Jiulin would feel his meridians opening up, churning with a constant flow of power supplied by his spiritual roots—his true spiritual power.
At the same time, Ye Nanque's body will be exhausted due to the deprivation of spiritual energy. The body that has lost the nourishment of spiritual energy will initially develop a strong sense of self-rescue. In the first two days, that is, in the first stage, it will actively burst out a large amount of spiritual energy, but this will only make the Life Stone absorb it more fiercely. As the saying goes, the more you provide, the more rapid the invasion.
After the first stage, the production capacity of the cultivator's body decreased, but the Life Stone would not be satisfied with the reduction of spiritual energy. It invaded the cultivator's flesh and blood in an almost squeezing manner, not letting go of any remaining spiritual energy and grabbing nutrients.
The second stage is the longest and most difficult.
Ye Nanque was in so much pain that his whole body was covered in cold sweat, but Jiang Caiyu remained calm and was not affected at all. This bking performance gave him a great shock mentally.
He immediately decided that he couldn't lose! He put on the same cold face as Jiang Caiyu and pretended to close his eyes to rest.
Regret came quickly, and on the seventh day Ye Nanque called out the system.
Ye Nanque: [I see that people who travel through books have some way of blocking out pain, but we don’t have that?]
System: [Yes.]
Ye Nanque: […You don’t want to use it for me?]
System: [Since you didn't say anything, I thought you were an experiential person.]
Ye Nanque's eyes darkened: "No, brother, I'm just a bit of a show-off. I don't have any acting aspirations. Come on, use them, brother."
The system is silent and just keeps flashing the screen.
Ye Nanque: […What’s wrong with you?]
System: [Wait a moment, I will download an installation package.]
Ye Nanque: [Okay, how long will it take?]
System: [Two days.]
Ye Nanque spat out a mouthful of blood.
Ye Nanque's vomiting of blood was both a description and an action. He really was vomiting blood.
Mu Jiulin's face showed panic. If he could move at this moment, he would probably run directly to Ye Nanque to ask about his well-being. However, he was trapped in the formation and entangled by the spiritual energy. He could not move and could only talk: "Senior Brother Ye, are you okay?"
Ye Nanque gritted his teeth and pretended to be fine. He wiped the blood from the corner of his lips and shook his head.
Jiang Caiyu raised her eyelids, glanced at Ye Nanque quickly, then quickly looked away and focused her attention back on Mu Jiulin.
"Don't be distracted, close your eyes, and concentrate your energy."
These few words made Ye Nanque a little annoyed for no reason.
Jiang Caiyu really only cared about the outcome of things. Even if he vomited blood, Jiang Caiyu wouldn't show any concern. He seemed to understand the original owner's feelings a little.
Mu Jiulin glanced at Ye Nanque anxiously: "But Senior Brother Ye..."
Mu Jiulin still has some conscience and knows how to worry about him.
"I'm fine." Ye Nanque took a deep breath and said, "Do as Master says."
Mu Jiulin hesitated for a moment, then closed his eyes and concentrated his energy.
At this time, Ye Nanque's bones were aching all over his body as if they had been dislocated. He cursed the system for being unreliable in his heart, while pretending to be calm on the surface.
He had endured so much these past two days that he felt numb. When he felt so light that he could hardly feel the pain and there seemed to be some small winged creatures floating in the distance smiling at him, the system spoke.
System: [Installation successful, pain shielding activated. Note: For a more realistic experience, pain shielding will only reach 50%. This will shield you from 50% of the pain.]
Two days later...it finally came out.
Ye Nanque: [You made a sound, you beast.]
System: […Insulting the system, 1% deduction. Puns, 20% deduction. Final blocking factor: 29%.]
Are puns really so unforgivable?
Ye Nanque knelt faster than anyone else: [Wrong, brother, I'm afraid of pain. Even if you break me, you can't break this thing.]
System: [Another pun, huh?]
Due to the good attitude of admitting mistakes, the system did not give any discounts.
After blocking out half of the pain, Ye Nanque instantly felt a lot more relaxed.
He took a deep breath and prepared to act bold, but before he could strike a pose, he heard Jiang Caiyu say, "It's done."
Jiang Caiyu waved his hand, and the Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation stopped working. The moment Mu Jiulin opened his eyes, purple eyes appeared, but in just a moment, they returned to dark black.
All the pain disappeared without a trace.
...No? Huh, what? He just blocked it? Huh?
Ye Nanque was so angry that he almost laughed, his head was buzzing.
Jiang Caiyu: "How do you feel?"
Ye Nanque: This is bad! This is very bad! Who allowed this formation to stop? Who allowed it? Get it working again, get it working again!
Mu Jiulin: "It feels...it feels weird, as if my body has become much more relaxed, like it's my own...but not like it's my own."
Jiang Caiyu: "The Life Stone has merged into your body, and a spiritual root has emerged in your Qi Sea. However, this spiritual root seems to be repelling your Qi Sea, which is very strange. Do you feel uncomfortable?"
Mu Jiulin felt it and said, "No."
Jiang Caiyu said, "I will teach you introspection. You can enter your own Qi Sea and tell me what you see."
Jiang Caiyu taught Mu Jiulin the method of introspection. The two closed their eyes again and stopped talking, as if they had entered another realm.
Mu Jiulin silently recited the mantra of internal meditation. Although he did not open his eyes, he saw himself walking into a fog. He took two steps forward and called out "Master" and "Senior Brother Ye", but no one answered.
Mu Jiulin reacted and realized that he must have entered his own qi sea.
But his qi sea was dark and unclear, the road under his feet seemed like scorched earth, and there was thick fog all around. There was an uncomfortable smell in the air, which was damp and dark.
He tried walking in different directions and saw a seedling glowing white in the depths of the fog.
He thought this was his spiritual root.
Just as he was about to approach the spiritual root, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook, and there were faint roaring sounds all around, as if there were wild beasts lurking. Mu Jiulin didn't dare to stay for long, so he immediately pulled himself out and told Jiang Caiyu what he had seen.
Jiang Caiyu said nothing, but stood up and told Mu Jiulin to practice with her in the future.
Seeing Jiang Caiyu stand up, Mu Jiulin also stood up, strode to Ye Nanque's side, squatted down and helped him up: "Brother Ye, are you okay?"
Ye Nanque pushed his hand away: "It's okay, I can walk by myself."
Having his hand pushed away, Mu Jiulin looked at Ye Nanque's back helplessly, not daring to move forward.
Ye Nanque took two steps, still feeling his head buzzing. One second he was still wondering if he had been angry for so long. He had never felt that he could get so angry before. The next second, the screen went black.
…………
It was so noisy around him, as if a hundred mosquitoes were screaming in his ears.
Ye Nanque had to wake up even if he didn't want to. He used all his strength to open his eyes and saw Qin Qi sitting alone beside his bed, muttering to himself.
Ye Nanque couldn't believe it: "Just...just you?"
Qin Qi heard the sound and quickly raised his head. He saw Ye Nanque waking up, crying and laughing: "Brother Ye, I am the only one guarding you. Master said that you are suffering from spiritual energy loss, so he gave you a piece of white jade crystal."
Then you are really amazing, you can be so noisy by yourself.
Ye Nanque looked at the pillow and saw a piece of white jade crystal emitting a ghostly aura.
"I already know everything," Qin Qi said, feeling very sorry for him. "Master, for that kid, you, Brother Ye, almost used up all your spiritual energy. That's too much!"
Ye Nanque hadn't recovered any strength yet. He sat up and leaned against the bedpost, saying softly, "If you say something like that again, I'm going to get angry."
Qin Qi: "That's right. How could a mortal like him be able to join the Yu Jian Sect? Master has planned so many things for him alone, and now he even has spiritual roots. Brother, ask yourself, when has Master ever treated us like this? Now he even asks you to sacrifice so much for him. You have no complaints, but we can't stand it."
Ye Nanque was given a headache by his noise and didn't know what to say.
There was another sound of quarreling at the door.
First came Mu Jiulin's voice: "Brother Miaojue, I made some soup for Brother Ye, please let me in."
Miao Jue snorted angrily, "How dare you come here? Why is Senior Brother Ye lying in bed? Don't you know what's going on?"
Mu Jiulin: "I know I was wrong, so please let me in and apologize to my senior brother in person."
Miao Jue: "Humph, don't think I don't know your evil intentions."
Ye Nanque was disturbed by the noise: "Let them all come in, stop arguing, I have a headache."
Qin Qi shouted, "Senior Brother asked you all to come in."
The two hurried into the house. Qin Qi glanced at Mu Jiulin coldly and said, "Senior brother said that he gets a headache just by looking at you. How dare you come here?"
...Why is this kid reciting nonsense and adding fuel to the fire? I don’t think he said that just now.
Mu Jiulin lowered his head and shrugged his shoulders. Ye Nanque thought to himself that something was wrong. This jealous boy was about to start again.
But this time he didn't meet Mu Jiulin's eyes. Mu Jiulin turned around, put the soup in his hand on the table, and said in a muffled voice: "I know Brother Ye may not want to see me, I... I stewed the soup, Brother, drink it... I'm leaving now."
As he lifted his foot, Miao Jue swept the soup on the table to the ground, shattering it all over the floor. "You're such a hypocrite! Who wants to drink what you make? You've taken all the benefits, and now you're here pretending to be a good person. That's right, Master favors you and would rather let Senior Brother Ye risk exhausting his spiritual energy to help you. Now that Senior Brother Ye is in this state, you still want to get close to him? Are you here to show off?"
Mu Jiulin paused, gritted his teeth, and said nothing to defend himself.
Miao Jue turned around and stamped his feet in anger: "Brother, look at him, I hit him in the heart, he is so angry that he dare not say a word."
Ye Nanque looked at him quietly, thinking, "Dude, you're really flat. You don't have the wisdom of our villain at all."
Qin Qi resolutely stayed by Ye Nanque's bed, saying that his spiritual energy was weak and it would be bad if Mu Jiulin, the villain, took advantage of the opportunity. Ye Nanque couldn't drive him away, and he didn't have the energy to do so anymore, so he had to let him stay.
He was sleeping soundly that night when he felt the wind blowing on his face. He vaguely wondered if he had closed all the doors and windows before going to bed.
Yes, aren't the doors and windows closed? Where does the wind come from?
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