Chapter 41 - Success With The Second Skill
In the Star catching peak, disciples could be seen rushing around with anxiety on their faces. They had detected multiple spatial disturbances a little while ago and were currently trying to pinpoint its location.
A black-robed elder with the insignia of star catching peak embroidered on their chest could be seen standing at the head of a large formation array. A hundred other disciples could also be seen sitting in their respective positions on the formation array.
Sweat could be seen on the faces of all the disciples, and even the black-robed elder seemed to be distressed.
"Elder Feng the disciples can’t hold on much longer. We need to ask the other elders to support the formation." The Head disciple who was sitting near the black-robed elder spoke.
A hint of annoyance along with helplessness could be seen on the black-robed elder’s face upon hearing the head disciple’s words. The black-robed elder faced towards the head disciple and spoke,
"You think I don’t know that? I would have already contacted the other elders if it was possible."
The head disciple was not the least bit bothered by the black-robed elder’s chiding and still had a staunch look on his face. Elder Feng noticed this and let out a long sigh.
"The other elders are currently in the trial grounds and cannot be contacted. The communication jades don’t work across different spatial planes. Though I have contacted an elder to enter the trial grounds and personally inform the other elders of our peak." Elder Feng revealed.
The head disciple nodded in acceptance and returned his attention towards the formation array while muttering,
’Let’s hope they are able to return before we lose the trace of the spatial disturbance."
The black-robed elder heard the head disciple’s mutterings and let out another sigh.
Back at the hunting shack, Lin Mu was currently lying down on the bed. He was waiting to fall asleep and enter the Sleepscape. He had a few ideas that he wanted to try out in the Sleepscape, now that he had spirit qi.
A few minutes later Lin Mu fell asleep and appeared in the Sleepscape. The sight of the blue sky, green flowing grass, and the apple tree in the distance made Lin Mu feel a sense of belonging. He walked up to the tree and observed that it was different than before.
Lin Mu was surprised by the warmth as he could tell it was spirit qi.
’Is that tree in the Sleepscape a spirit apple tree?’ Lin Mu wondered.
He then finished the entire spirit apple and sat down to chant the severing heart sutra. He guided the spirit qi through his meridians into the dantian. Once all the spirit qi was stored into his dantian, Lin Mu estimated that he had obtained nearly twenty wisps of spirit qi from the fruit.
Lin Mu was delighted by this result and figured that if he could get more of these spirit apples from the Sleepscape, he could very well use them to recover his spirit qi if it was ever completely depleted. The only problem in this equation was that Lin Mu did not know if or how long it would take for another spirit apple to be formed in the Sleepscape.
It had been around fifteen minutes, the meat was now fully cooked and emitted a delicious aroma. Lin Mu ate the roast meat and then sat down to assimilate the vital energy. With his improved speed of assimilation, he had completed the entire process within 10 minutes.
Lin Mu then looked within his dantian and sensed the spirit qi present within it. He found that the quantity of spirit qi had increased to nearly 150 wisps. His dantian was now at 7.5 percent of its total capacity. This was the result of the spirit qi from his yesterday’s cultivation session combined with the spirit apple he ate today.
"I should continue testing out the second skill ’Blink’" Lin Mu muttered to himself.
Lin Mu stood up and triggered the skill. He focused all his attention on his body for any change that would be happening. He found that his body did turn blurry for a moment when the skill was used, but could not find the reason for it.
Lin Mu continued using the skill multiple times and in different conditions. After ten more tries, he had nearly depleted all of his spirit qi, thus he sat down and chanted the severing heart sutra to refine more spirit qi.
Three hours later, Lin Mu had restored all of his spirit qi. He had a capacity of 150 spirit qi wisps and could use ’Blink’ fourteen times before needing to rest and replenish it back again. By now the sun had reached the top of Lin Mu’s head, showing that it was noontime.
"I’ll try it a few more times before eating lunch." Lin Mu decided.
Lin Mu had to try it a few more times until he learned a bit more about the skill. He found out that his body only turned blurry when he was out in the open and not in a restricted space like the hunting shack. But if he used the skill in the hunting shack with its door open, his body still turned blurry.
It was not until the 23rd try that Lin Mu was able to successfully use the skill. When Lin Mu used the skill in that attempt, he gazed at a location a few meters away from him and found himself suddenly appearing there.
Because of the sudden movement Lin Mu lost his orientation and fell down, but he did not wince in pain but rather laughed out loud.
"Hahaha, I’ve got it." Lin Mu exclaimed.