“A room full of insects with human faces and a birdman nailed to a wooden frame. You know, it looks quite like the painting on the stone tablet.” Dao Nan said. Although he was not a superhuman, he was skilled in close combat and still walked at the front, holding a long sword in one hand and a round shield strapped to his forearm in the other. He was also wearing heavy armor.
“Human-faced insects and winged people…” Li Ai said with great interest, holding a Mingguang incense stick as she walked beside Dao Nan.
Because Dao Nan was equipped with a shield, he didn't have a free hand to grab the Mingguang Incense, so this time Li Ai was the one grabbing the Mingguang Incense.
Although the name of the Mingguang Incense is "fragrant," it is not as fragile as incense. Even if it falls to the ground, it will not go out and will still emit light, making it very stable.
Li Si remained at the front of the group. She appeared to be unarmed, but she took out a small bone hammer from her waist pouch, which exuded a chilling power.
Chen Jing walked in the middle of the group, ready to use his agility and illusion magic to support the front at any time, while He Lili and Zhang Taoying, two ladies who were not good at fighting and were more supportive, were at the very back, in the safest position.
Upon arriving at the stone gate, the two fallen Song soldiers beside it stood up blankly. This immediately put Chen Jing and the others on edge, almost unable to resist attacking, until Li Si coldly said, "I summoned them."
“If what you say is true, then the entity that attacked me certainly couldn’t exert any power here; otherwise, we would have been killed by it long ago.”
This is the power of the corpse driver... Chen Jing looked at them and saw that they seemed no different from living people, but in essence they were corpses, moving like zombies.
Zhang Taoying was somewhat afraid and apprehensive, but dared not speak.
He Lili then spoke up, "Speaking of which, when you led us through the prison to the window bars, why didn't you summon a large number of zombies as followers?"
"That's right... Li Si is a corpse driver, so theoretically he should be able to command a large number of zombies to serve him for a long time." Chen Jing also remembered this.
After a moment's thought, Li Si replied coldly, "Two reasons."
"I personally don't like controlling zombies, which is a result of my own personality and experiences. But it's less likely, because based on my past experience, I still control zombies when I'm exploring for danger."
"The second reason is that as a spiritual cultivator, I possess spiritual awareness that is stronger than that of other cultivators at the same level. Therefore, my intuition and perception are also superior. Perhaps my subconscious sensed something was wrong and dangerous, and thus subtly prevented me from commanding a large number of zombies."
Is this the style of spiritual practice? Analyzing one's own mind like an analytical machine, as if not seeing oneself as a living, breathing person, but as a machine prone to all sorts of problems… Chen Jing pondered these words. Or is this Li Si's personal style?
Chen Jing had known before that spiritual practitioners possessed strong spiritual awareness. At that time, Chen Jing asked his teacher, the "expert," whether the corpse-driver could detect Chen Jing's infiltration while he was invisible to noise. The expert replied that it was impossible to see him directly, but he might have a vague intuition and feel a gust of cold wind passing by.
Wait a minute, people with higher spiritual awareness will subconsciously act to prevent themselves from getting close to danger. Chen Jing then recalled that after seeing the last sentence in the diary, "The moonlight outside the window is so beautiful," he subconsciously did not look further and even subconsciously put the diary back in its original place without taking it with him.
"Is it my subconscious mind that's stopping me...? I also possess a high level of spiritual awareness?" Chen Jing pondered, without confirming the answer.
Dao Nan watched silently as the two former soldiers drew their swords and walked ahead, then asked, "Priest, if they are still alive and came out with us, will you bury them?"
“They,” Li Aidan said, “are heroes.”
“First of all, they are already dead, you should call them ‘them.’ My answer is that I will bury them.” Li Si’s voice was neutral, yet cold: “For two reasons, firstly, I personally don’t like controlling zombies and won’t keep them as long-term followers. Secondly, you have clearly shown compassion for them, and if I agree to bury them, it will win your favor, which is to my advantage. Please wait a moment.”
She called out to everyone just before she stepped inside the building, which was filled with angels and maggots.
Just as Chen Jing and the others were looking at her, she suddenly made a hand seal and began to chant softly.
A gentle breeze suddenly arrived, and Chen Jing felt a surge of power within his body and mind. No, this was completely different from the morale-boosting speech of Black Hand Lu Gang. Black Hand Lu Gang's morale-boosting speech was quite domineering, directly interfering with the will, while this was more like a blessing, much gentler.
"Ah!" Zhang Taoying suddenly covered the eye covered by the blindfold, trembling with fear and dread.
"What's wrong!" Dao Nan exclaimed alertly, walking back.
"You can see spirits," Li Si said indifferently. "A Blood Realm Shaman? A shaman who leans towards communicating with spirits? A born shaman?"
"Actually, you don't need to be afraid of them. They are not evil spirits. On the contrary, they are blessing you in a friendly way."
“Spirits…” Zhang Taoying looked at the air around her: “Are they called spirits?”
Li Si didn't intend to explain, but He Lili still chimed in, "Yes."
"What is a spirit?" Chen Jing asked curiously.
“Spirits are spiritual beings that wander throughout the world; they are everywhere,” He Lili said. “Wandering spirits, ghosts, spirits, natural world spirits and gathered elements, etc. The world of spirits is everywhere. Ordinary people cannot see them, but certain practitioners can use them to perform powerful spiritual arts, also called divine arts.”
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