Chapter 154: Waking Up (1/2)

Lin Mu touched his face and ensured that he really was in the real world and had woken up. He then sat up and touched his surroundings as well. Once he confirmed that everything was as he had known, he took a breath of relief.

'So that really was a dream, a strange one at that. It was as if my spirit sense was really trapped.' Lin Mu thought.

But just as he thought that, an idea popped into his mind. Acting on this idea, he released his spirit sense and extended it. As soon as he extended it though, he was shocked. He had a hidden feeling that what had happened in the dream was not completely fake.

And that's what it was. In Lin Mu's dream, he remembered that his spirit sense was hundreds of meters long and was incredibly strong. The same had happened here. Except that it was not exactly the same. While it had increased its range, it was only extended up to eighty meters, ten times of what it was before he went to sleep.

”This is amazing! How is this possible though?” Lin Mu spoke out loud in surprise.

But him extending his spirit sense had another effect.

~Shing~

A strange sound was heard that was similar to how unsheathing a sword felt. A swooping sound was heard as a few people shouted out loud.

”WATCH OUT!”

”WHOA!”

~Rip~

A tearing sound was then heard as the canvas walls of the tent were torn and an object entered from it. It came to float in front of Lin Mu and hovered there while humming faintly. It was none other than Lin Mu's short sword. Somehow it had come flying to him.

”What?…” Lin Mu spoke in shock as he saw the short sword floating.

”Hold it, it's responding to you now.” Xukong suddenly spoke.

Lin Mu heeded his words and held on to the handle of the short sword. As soon as he held it, the short sword stopped thrumming and calmed down. Lin Mu looked at it from top to bottom and couldn't see any differences in it.

Xukong saw this and knew what Lin Mu was thinking.

”It's not a physical change. It just the spirit control link that it had established with you. While it responded before back when you didn't have a strong enough spirit sense, it was only acting on instinct. But now that your spirit sense is sufficiently strong, it will heed your commands.” Xukong explained.

”Try connecting your spirit sense with it. You should be able to control it.” Xukong added.

Lin Mu did as he was asked and connected his spirit sense with the short sword. He thought that it would be complex at first, but it wasn't. Instead, it was as if it was instinctive, his spirit sense attached to the short sword, and Lin Mu felt as if it was now like a part of his body.

Lin Mu let go of the short sword and it kept on floating in the air. He flicked his spirit sense and with it, the short sword moved. But in his amazement, Lin Mu had forgotten where he was. The small flick of spirit sense was too large, and the short sword moved with a fast momentum.

That small movement of spirit sense was amplified much more in the short sword and it slashed out, destroying the canvas tent. The tent fell apart in two parts, and Lin Mu was revealed to the elements. Faint sunlight dappled his face as he looked at the members of Hei Corps that were staring at him with dumbfounded expressions.

They were first scared by the short sword which had suddenly started flying and had barely missed their heads, and now it was a tent that had been split in half. They felt as if this was going to be a long and tough day.

”The short sword… it's flying?” someone who had not noticed the short sword until now spoke.

”It's a spirit sword! A high grade one at that.” One of them exclaimed.

But just as that man shouted that out loud, another one of the men slapped him on the back of his head.

”Watch what you say!” The man whispered to him.

The man immediately zipped his lips and looked on over at Lin Mu. He had a nervous look on his face and was worried that he had offended Lin Mu. But to his relief, Lin Mu was instead focused on the short sword itself.

Lin Mu was waving it around and trying to get a judgment of how much force he was supposed to apply. Since his spirit sense had grown much more stronger than before, about ten times. He was not accustomed to using it and was experiencing the problem.

A few minutes later he finally got a good grasp on it and could control the short sword freely like a third arm. But along with this, he realized another thing. With each passing second that Lin Mu used the short sword, one wisp of spirit qi was used.