Chapter 286 - Fixing The Tear In The Barrier
Please read the author note at end.
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Lin Mu felt a bit curious about the tear in the barrier as he peered at the void that was behind it. He realized that he could faintly sense something moving around the tear. He had not felt this before and could only sense it for the first time now.
What Lin Mu was sensing was different from using the spirit sense, as whatever it was near the tear, it was too far away for his spirit sense to reach.
’Huh? How am I able to sense that...? Is it because my cultivation recently increased?’ Lin Mu thought to himself.
"Why don’t you try to focus on it more, see what happens?" Xukong suggested in an encouraging tone.
Lin Mu closed his eyes and tried to focus on whatever that was moving around the tear. He realized that he was feeling it through a different kind of a sense. A sense he had for a while, but it was not as strong. He had been using this sense for a while now, unconsciously.
"The thing moving around the tear, its... spatial attribute qi!" Lin Mu uttered upon realization.
"Of course, Jing Wei said that the tear was caused by the spatial attribute qi that was accidentally released because he lost control. So it’s still around the tear and that’s what’s stopping it from repairing fast enough," Lin Mu concluded.
"You are correct, that’s exactly what’s happening. The spatial qi that escaped from the material that Jing Wei previously used is trying to escape the confines of the barrier but is being restricted by it. The more it leaks out into the lesser void, the faster the barrier heals." Xukong explained.
Thirty seconds later it was completely gone, and the barrier was repaired to its original state.
~Phew~
Lin Mu opened his eyes and let out a breath of relief. While the entire process looked relatively easy, it was not. The process had been taking on Lin Mu’s mind and he felt fatigued now.
"Excellent! That was flawlessly done." Xukong praised in an elated tone.
Xukong had not expected that Lin Mu would actually be able to do it this well. Originally he had thought it may take him a few tries to do it, but he had done it in a single try. And not only that, but he was also able to absorb a small part of that spatial qi into the ring.
That final thing in itself was a complex thing that would trouble a lot of experienced cultivators that specialized in using the spatial qi techniques or had cultivation techniques that focused on that aspect.
"Thank you, senior." Lin Mu replied before peering into the ring.
There he saw the translucent cloud of the spatial qi floating in a corner. Unlike the silvery grey streaks of spatial energy that floated in the sky, Lin Mu realized that this cloud was fully in his control. He could move it wherever he liked and could even change its shape.
"Umm Senior... what do I do with it?" Lin Mu asked, feeling confused.
While he had obtained this cloud of spatial qi, he had no use for it. He had not planned to really get something like this, thus was confused.
"Well, there are many uses for it, of course, that I want you to find them out yourself. But, I can still give you one use, which is rather obvious. Try using that spatial qi to power the skills that you obtained from the ring." Xukong answered.
Lin Mu tilted his head as he thought over the other possible uses, but then decided to try the one that senior Xukong had suggested him.
Lin Mu decided to use it with the first skill ’Flicker’ as it was the easiest one to use and took the least amount of qi. He controlled the cloud of spatial qi and broke out a small part of it before using that to activate the skill ’Flicker’.