Chapter 364: Desire (1/2)

While Lin Mu was focused on his mind, the pair of mother and son were seeing something completely different. At first, they thought that Lin Mu was simply gonna demonstrate his skill of using a spirit sword with his spirit sense.

But they had completely misunderstood it.

Lin Mu was trying to emulate what he had seen Old man Jing Wei do when he went to buy the short sword and knew that he could do it after seeing the progress he had with the thousand armament blade Scripture.

He had known that the Thousand armament blade scripture was what both Jing Wei and Duan Ke's techniques were derived from and were inferior versions of. He guessed that he wouldn't be at the level of Jing Wei of course, but if he could demonstrate even one percent of that, Lin Mu would be happy.

The thing that Lin Mu was mistaken about though was his method. Jing Wei's sword intent was born after countless years of battles and fights. He had slain mountains of enemies before he had reached his current level.

Xukong was also curiously watching what Lin Mu was doing currently. He didn't know either and didn't want to read his mind as it could cause him to become disturbed. Lin Mu was almost in a state of trance and had cut off the real world.

For him, only he and his sword existed.

In the room, Zhen Sui's heart was beating like crazy and Wu Hei wasn't in a better position either. Both of them felt as if they were in mortal danger, yet not at the same time. It was not that Lin Mu was targeting them, but rather his very presence that had become dangerous.

Wu Hei could sense the spirit qi in his core becoming unstable, and Zhen Sui's sea of spirit qi in her dantian became stormy. Now for them, each second felt like an hour.

Unknowingly Lin Mu felt as if he had discovered something, it seemed far yet close, ethereal yet material. He tried to grasp it but found it to be slipping through his fingers.

In his mind, he was standing in an empty space. This was unlike the empty Sleepscape which he used to be in. If that Sleepscape was absolutely dark, then this was different… just empty. It was as if there was no concept such as light or darkness in here.

Yet Lin Mu could sense the thing that his heart desired to be in front of them. He walked towards it and held onto it; but it slipped away again. He ran and clutched it, only for it to knock him away. He tried countless times, yet the result was a failure.

”What am I doing wrong?” Lin Mu questioned himself.

He did not feel sad at failing. He did not feel happy at being here either. All he could feel was nothingness. He looked at his heart's desire and it was right in front of him again. But this time he did not try to catch it.

”Am I wrong?” He questioned himself.

Lin Mu stood in silence, looking at his heart's desire without moving an inch. It was as if he had become a statue that would not move no matter what tempests it went through.

Lin Mu continued thinking and question after question appeared in his mind; One became two, two became four, and four became eight. Eventually, his thoughts were no longer thoughts but were now floating in front of him, becoming real.

”What is 'wrong'?” Lin Mu questioned again.