Chapter 276 (1/2)

Chapter 276

The Hanging Talis with this forestHe could feel it in his bonesIt was like there was so the forestThe aura was suffocating, like an invisible pressure squeezing his body—and even his mind—from all directionsAnd the deeper he moved into the forest, the more intense the sensation became

This wasn't the first ti like thisHe'd experienced this before back in Tibet, when he washis way towards Kathok MonasteryAfterwards he was attacked by a bunch of golden apparitions which looked like arhatsA iven him a tip back then to help him survive the arhatsThe identity of the owner of said voice had, of course, ceased to be a mystery

After all, the same voice had led him to the discovery of the Nine Elixirs Method

As per the tip he'd received back in Tibet, Li Yundong reined in his Qi and tried not to harbor any malicious intent towards the lamasThe latter was pretty damned hard to accomplish since the lamas in question were about to burn Chan'er alive

Regardless, the tip had worked

Sort of

The pressure in his chest had eased a little, and he no longer had to stop to catch his breath once every few stepsHis hHe could still use Eryue and Mingmu, but he could tell that their effectiveness had been reducedThe pressure on his mind had taken a toll on his ability to concentrate and focus

The working hypothesis was that this was the effect of soicAnd if he were to expand on that hypothesis, he would suric was to ward off intruders or anyone who harbor ill will or malicious intent towards a Buddhist establishment: a temple; a monastery; or some creepy forest where random lamas convened to conduct an exorcism

YeahAn exorcis to work? Would an exorcisin with? And what about all that burning and soul-freeing crap? Were these la to burn Su Chan alive? Or was that a figurative expression for soered a few steps when the overwhel pressure returnedIt honestly felt like his head was about to explode

Suck it up, he chided himselfChan'er needs you…

He pushed hied forward

After five h the dark, creepy forest, he ran into another probleone, not because the laround ahead was covered in roots and detritus—fallen twigs, dead leaves, broken branches, etc

There was no way he could find any footprints ahed and lowered hiainst a tree trunk to catch his breath

Catch his breath

Wow

Ever since the Jindan reforle occasion where he had to catch his breath just froAnd now look at him

Pathetic

OkayThat was a bit unfairHe wasn't patheticNot when he just fought off an entire aro

He closed his eyes and leaned his head against the trunkThe rough bark dug into his scalp,sensation of being squeezed by an invisible pressure

The pressure seeer the deeper he moved into the forestMaybe he should just let the pressure guide him towards Chan'erPretty sure the spell's effect would be the most powerful where the exorcism or whatever ritual took place

A traitorously selfish voice in hisZi Yuan for helpThat voice was iustNoHe was doing this on his ownThe woman deserved a break

He opened his eyes and went through his options againMoments later, he activated Eryue and tried to listen forleaves; the breeze; the cracking of twigs; and… well, ed his temples a few timesThat pressure was seriously a burr up his assIt was ly difficult for him to think clearly

OkayThat didn't workNohat?

He spent a few h a list of all the tools he had in his arsenalThe mudras had served hiive him the ability to track down a foeThe elixirs didn't seem like they had any applications beyond co and pulled out the colorful pouch from his pocket

The Omnivacant Spirit Pouch

Before he left the Fox Zen School, Cao Yi had taught hiical pouchApparently, the pouch could sense a person's genuine intent to take out a particular object and then act accordingly by re the correct object from its Spirit spacePretty darned clever if you ask hi inside if they didn't knohat the heck it contained in the first placeAnd the spirit pouch had—surprise, surprise—a Spirit space, which implied that it had its own Spirit and could probably tell whether a person was a thief or the true owner of the object based on their intentAlso, the pouch was constructed from the Rainbow Cirrus, which, Su Chan had once told him, was practically indestructible (physically, at least)The term ”rainbow” certainly jibed with the pouch's colorful appearance

Anyway

Re the Fan of Seven Treasures from the pouch noas definitely counterproductive, since it would probably worsen the spell's effectPrancing around with a deadly weapon was the exact definition of ”harboring malicious intent” He had no idea how to use the Adanificence, so that was out as well

Eventually, his mind returned to the nine elixirsPerhaps one of the elixirs had some hidden property that would be applicable in his current situation? If there was, then he oefully unaware of it

A twig snapped

Li Yundong sat up straighter and listened forelseProbably just a squirrel, or a hare, or whatever species that live in forestsMoments later, he climbed to his feet and decided to just rely on the intensity of the suffocating aura to navigate hiht placeAfter all, it est near the source of the spiritual energy responsible for its—

Li Yundong froze

Spiritual energy

During his battle with Zhang Tianhé, the Elixir of Transcendence had allowed hiy

If a spell was responsible for this thing, then…

Li Yundong pressed his palether and focused on the elixir inside his upper Dantian

Elixir of Transcendence!