29 The Training Continues (2/2)
A few passing snakes hissed as they were forced away by the shine.
”Or most likely by the Yang energy emitted by the bell” thought Shin Sumi.
In the warm reddish light, her finger followed the engravings on the surface.
They had been carved in characters she did not understand and thus could only imagine what was written.
As the bell closed in on her forehead, Shin Sumi sent a bit of Divine Sense towards the magic artefact. Ever since she had obtained the mysterious object, that was something she had done countless times.
Some kind of warm sensation rapidly spread from her head to the rest of her body, scattered by the simple act of touching it with Divine Sense. It showed how powerful the artefact must have been.
”Such a strong Yang force...” she wondered as always.
In the spiritual perception of her Divine Sense, the Copper Bell was akin to a bright ball of light. Everything about that ball resonated with Yang type Shinsoo, brighter than ever.
When she had tested the bell previously during the day, the ball had seemed a lot less fierce. Because the Dark Sky Starry Sect was always obscured by clouds and mostly because Shin Sumi herself was of Yin attribute, she could only imagine how the Copper Bell would appear if she tried to send Divine Sense into it in a strong Yang environment.
She imagined it being cold and dark instead of how it appeared now.
Shin Sumi took a deep breath and concentrated on her dantian. When she was ready, she sent her flow of Shinsoo in the direction of the next Outer Door.
She didn't go in with the intention of breaking it open, instead opting for a peaceful approach. First she had to ascertain the Shinsoo attribute of the door.
Shin Sumi didn't even know if using the Copper Bell would aid in any way in her Shinsoo Opening, but if it did, it would be useless to attack a Yin type door with Yang energy.
And that was precisely the case of the thirty second door.
Putting the bell away, Shin Sumi inhaled deeply with a collection of red beast cores on her lap. Half a breath later, the previously peaceful Shinsoo flow in her meridians started rotating aggressively. At the same time as she tried to pry open the Outer Door, the Flowing Shinsoo breathing technique purified the energy from the cores.
The process went completely according to her predictions. Since the door was of Yin type, it didn't reject her energy as much as the Yang type doors. The opening was still much more difficult than that of a Primal Door, but it was nothing out of her expectations.
After spending close to a quarter of her total Shinsoo level on the finally opened door, Shin Sumi once again calmed down the energy flow within her.
Her cheeks were red with excitement when she ascertained the attribute of the next door, the thirty-third.
”Yang type! I can finally try the Copper Bell!”
She had been anxious to try her idea for a long time now, to the point where she had to forcefully calm herself down in order to resume her cultivation.
Holding the bell in one hand, an orange yellowish core in the other, Shin Sumi expanded her Divine Sense to its limit in the direction of the bell.
Fearing repercussions and a backlash from her cultivation base, Shin Sumi had always refrained from trying to grab the fierce white ball of light that she felt in the bell. But ever since the Gold Tyrant Flying Sword came into her possession, she understood much better how the magical bonds between an artefact and its master worked.
As of now, Shin Sumi firmly believed that no matter what she did, as long as that bond wasn't severed she would be fine while using the bell.
Her Divine Sense closed in on the ball of light from all around before tightening. The warmest sensation she had ever felt reverberated throughout her whole body.
It felt as if she was on fire from the inside, but instead of burning her, the fire was gentle. Instead of the fierce and powerful flames she was afraid of, the inimaginable warmth held only good intents towards her.
Following her every order, the ball of light nestled within her dantian, its light shining onto her internal flow of Shinsoo.
Although it was colorless, Shin Sumi could only describe the flow turning from a white blue to a red tinged grey as it slowly changed attribute.
When the changed was complete, Shin Sumi sent the Shinsoo towards the thirty-third opening, carefully at first but then with more passion.
During the entire time she was immersed in her current state, Shin Sumi easily broke through three more doors.
It was only by the time she had destroyed the thirty-sixth door that she opened her blue eyes.
The night had since long gone, replaced by day. Shin Sumi still hadn't retracted the Copper Bell's power from her dantian but she was happy to realize that even now it still affected the way she viewed the ravine around her.
It was actually something she had been really careful about when absorbing the bell's light earlier. Part of her Divine Sense had stayed out looking for clues like the absence of sound or a coldness to appear. If such a thing had happened, it could only mean that Shin Sumi's body was defenseless against the powers of the chasm and it's writhing mass of black snakes.
”Surely they would love it to bite me” she teased the slithering animals, ignoring their hissing.
Shin Sumi was in a joyful mood. She had found a way to surpass the difficulty of opening the Yang type doors!
There were still thirteen days until the end of the training period preceding the Rising Star Tournament. In such a short lapse of time, Shin Sumi had made more progress than anyone in the sect in ten times that amount of days!
During the following week, Shin Sumi alternated between fighting spirit beasts for their core and opening Outer Doors, stabilizing her cultivation base while she explored different areas around the chasm and the jungle.
She only went as far as the mountainous zone after the immense forest valley once, when there were five days left for training.
She had opened forty six doors in total and was closing in on the Spirit Doors.
She had been pursuing a Brown Slime Toad when she felt the ground tremble under her feet.
Shin Sumi looked around her for a split second but it was a sharp pain that brought her to jump to her left suddenly.
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The nut had slipped from the folds at her breast level to her right arm without her noticing. The next instant a boulder in the shape of a enormous tortoise crashed exactly where she had been standing.
The nut had saved her life with its painful warning.
”A landslide?!” Shin Sumi exclaimed. ”No, this rock... wait... Uh?”
Shin Sumi gaped with astonishment and a strong feeling of pressure. The rock before her slowly unfurled its head.
It was a gigantic tortoise three times taller than her and at least five times longer!
What she had thought to be rock was actually a spirit beast. And a huge one at that!
The Stone Leaf Tortoise closed its jaws with impressive strength. A defeaning 'CLACK' struck Shin Sumi, forcing her to take half a step backwards.
The tortoise's shell was pointy at the front, rounded at the back and had a stone-like texture, which was the reason behind its name.
It was the first time Shin Sumi saw this kind of animal, or even a spirit beast that big for that matters.
Shin Sumi jumped backwards on the slight slope of the mountain side. Her burst brought her almost ten meter away from the tortoise.
”I must have entered its territory. Such a strong pressure, this is not good. A spirit beast like this is one I can not offend!”she thought.
”I have to get away. Quickly!”