“That’s true, I agree, it’s a good idea.” He Lili quickly agreed to Li Si’s idea of turning the maggots into carpets. This was somewhat unexpected for Chen Jing.
"That's good news." Dao Nan nodded in agreement.
"It's a bit disgusting," Zhang Taoying said, "but for the sake of my health, I have to bear with it."
Thinking about it carefully... it's true. Although I feel disgusted subconsciously, it's a good method. Chen Jing thought to himself.
Li Si continued, "Let's think about something related to the future. First, let's explore the doors in the angel's room that are covered by white threads. If we really can't find a way out, we'll go back the way we came and try our luck to see if anyone can break through."
"We still have many ways and many solutions we can implement."
Chen Jing nodded. He realized that Li Si was encouraging the people here, assuring them that they wouldn't despair because of the dark and oppressive conditions.
“But before we move on to the next step, we need to rest and wait for the healing effects of the Golden Turtle Sea Elixir to take effect, and for our spiritual power and physical strength to recover.” Li Si said to Dao Nan, “You have no spiritual power and are not injured, so you and He Lili will be in charge of guard duty for now.”
Then, she looked at Chen Jing: "You and Zhang Taoying rest now. Once your spiritual power has recovered, you can take over the shift. Li Ai and I will be in charge of guard duty. After you've rested, we'll set off."
Chen Jing did not object; in his view, this was a good solution. He immediately leaned against the obelisk, closed his eyes, and meditated to restore his spiritual power.
As he meditated, Chen Jing entered that mysterious state again, and when he looked up, he could see the deep, dark entity that Chen Jing called the source of darkness.
After breaking through to the Blood Realm, Chen Jing could no longer absorb spiritual energy at the Blood Realm level from the air. Therefore, his true self and divine self were no longer separated. He could not see the stitched-together divine self, nor could he see the gods.
The progress in mastering spiritual energy is average... and there are no additional issues with using the Source of Darkness...
Chen Jing regretted using up two questions at once, leaving him with no questions to ask now.
"But speaking of which, the message the Source of Darkness conveyed to me before was that it possesses knowledge and power... So, besides gaining knowledge by asking questions, one can also gain power?"
"Hmm... Just like how I used the knowledge of the Demon Blade to create the Dark Sword, does that count as a kind of power?"
Chen Jing thought for a while, then focused on replenishing his spiritual energy.
Soon after his spiritual energy recovered, Chen Jing got up to prepare for his shift change.
“You can rest a little longer,” Dao Nan said. “It hasn’t been long.”
The light source was no longer the incense, but four blue-green ghost flames that surrounded the area and floated in mid-air—a spell Li Si had cast before resting.
"I'm fine," Chen Jing said. "You guys go and rest first."
He noticed that He Lili was already feeling sleepy, leaning against the stone wall. It seemed that she had used many spells and consumed a lot of spiritual energy in the previous battle.
Zhang Taoying had not yet stood up, and Chen Jing suspected that she was probably asleep.
"I'm fine. I'm not a person with special abilities, so I don't suffer any loss of spiritual power." Dao Nan waved his hand: "Letting me keep watch is also a way of doing something."
Chen Jing comforted him softly, "After you go back, you can become a person with extraordinary abilities. Don't forget, we obtained a spiritual essence of the Body Realm Battle Qi."
That spiritual essence originally came from the senior disciple of the Meijing Dojo.
Dao Nan paused for a moment, then shook his head: "I just wanted to delay and see if I could become a battle cultivator through my own will."
Chen Jing asked, "Then what are you doing now...?"
“There’s still plenty of time, isn’t there?” Dao Nan said. “That elixir is contaminated and can’t be taken immediately. We have to go back first.”
He took out the wooden box containing the elixir, indicating that Li Si had given it to Dao Nan while Chen Jing was resting.
"Perhaps, just perhaps, I can break through and become a battle cultivator here through sheer willpower."
Chen Jing nodded: "I believe you."
Chen Jing walked to the side, and under the light of the will-o'-the-wisps, he pondered in his heart how he should cultivate.
Since the methods of cultivation are not clear now, Chen Jing can only rely on his past experience to judge how to cultivate effectively.
"I originally thought that using my abilities would improve my control over spiritual energy, but it seems that's not the case," Chen Jing pondered.
Chen Jing recalled the moment when his speed of mastering spiritual energy had improved by leaps and bounds.
The large ship rescued his younger sister, Wan Tong, and in the process, freed the Black Flag mercenary group members who were trying to assassinate Lu Gang, and successfully escaped.
After encountering members of the Black Flag Mercenary Group who had been rescued earlier, his spiritual power also increased.
Luring the monster and the wandering souls of slaves into the trap also significantly increases one's spiritual power.
Because of other people's influence, he chose the Dao Qi Spirit Pill at the Body Realm level in front of Luo You and Mo Wujiang, and his spiritual power was also improved.
...That's about it. I don't think I've missed anything. Chen Jing pondered, "First, we must exclude the part about absorbing spiritual energy. Because absorbing spiritual energy at the Body Realm level will also lead to an increase in spiritual power."
"Rescuing my sister from the large ship and taking the Dao Qi Elixir are two separate events and can't be used as references. As for the remaining events... the chance encounter with members of the Black Flag Mercenary Group and luring the slave souls into a trap... these two events changed my state of mind, leading to an improvement in my mastery of spiritual energy?"
Chen Jing pondered their commonalities.
"Both involve elements of deception. When I encountered the Black Flag Mercenary Group members by chance, although I didn't actually deceive them, my actions essentially made me appear mysterious and unpredictable in their eyes. Even though it was a chance encounter, I pretended it was intentional and made her believe it. And luring the slave souls is also... uh, a bit far-fetched, both are a bit far-fetched." Chen Jing dismissed his idea halfway through.
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