246 Soul Guard (2/2)
Both of them took them with mixed emotions. Neither were happy about what Bai Tianyi had said, but after considering his situation for a bit, Hei Gou was able to see past it—Lin Xiao, on the other hand, did not know the situation too well. No one had told him about Bai Tianyi being an immortal sword spirit, so he was slightly taken aback, but he found it reasonable and thus was not too insulted.
He quickly placed the jade slip on his forehead. A slight light broke out as the information within the slips entered their minds. Xue Wei looked on curiously. Although he would be willing to take the skill himself, he knew that he was not suitable for it.
He practiced his spiritual energy, and since Bai Tianyi said that it focused on those with weaker souls, it would not exactly be useful to him. As for why, he was sure there was a reason and that it would be explained soon enough.
Bai Tianyi saw Xue Wei's curiosity and smiled. There was indeed a reason that he had not practiced said skill, and why he did not let Xue Wei practice it either.
”When you practice this skill, your soul is protected by Qi, but at the same time it is impossible to release spiritual energy from the soul. It is fine for someone like Gou and Xiao, because neither of them have ever trained their spiritual energy, but for someone like you, it would be like cutting off your own feet. Simply a waste.”
Xue Wei quickly gave up any thought he had about the ability. He was not willing to give up on his spiritual energy, and although it was somewhat lacking at the current point in time, it was not to the point where it could be disregarded.
Furthermore, it was quite a feat that Xue Wei had achieved his current progress in both Qi and spiritual energy and come as far as he had
”Train while moving,” Bai Tianyi said to the other two, his words sounding harsh, but he had the best understanding of the ability and he knew that it was possible to train and walk at the same time. It was obviously harder than when one was sitting cross-legged and could simply focus on cultivating, but the truth was that they were in a hurry to fish for bandits that could be slain for merits.
Lin Xiao and Hei Gou were not focusing on the surroundings at all as they moved. Their heads were lowered, their hands on their chins and their mouths muttering words constantly.
These two were deep in the training of the Soul Guard skill that Bai Tianyi had given them. Although they were both feeling rather excited. They knew of their own weakness. Their soul really was a weak point for them.
Xue Wei and Bai Tianyi surveyed everything around them. Usually, they would use their spiritual energy to scan the surrounding area to ensure that no one was hiding, but this flat grassland made it so that they could see even further than what they could reach with their spiritual energy.
It was strange, but it seemed that being in Yan Dalu, his spiritual energy could not reach as far a distance as it had back in Chang'an. In fact, his previous hundred kilometer radius had shrunk to only one kilometer!
”There!” Xue Wei suddenly called out, startling Hei Gou and Lin Xiao awake from their cultivation. Bai Tianyi also focused his eyes in the direction that the former was pointing.
There, long out in the distance, was a group of three people walking together. They seemed very arrogant. They did not even keep an eye on their surroundings and simply walked their path.
Xue Wei could not see whether or not they had a black wristband on their arms, but he could not let it go. He needed to get closer to observe.
”Well then, let us get moving,” Lin Xiao said with a grin on his face. He was already excited about another fight. In fact, he was sure that he had no weaknesses now that his soul was under the protection of Soul Guard.
He just forgot that he had gotten Soul Guard less than a day ago. His performance with the ability could not be considered anything more than just above average, and as a result although a layer of Qi was shrouding his soul, it would not be enough to protect him for a long period of time.
Hei Gou was less brazen. He was more withdrawn and understood the fact that they had just learned the skill and that he still had a great weakness in the shape of his soul.
Still, he understood the importance of getting their hands on merits, so he did not say anything about them not going. Instead, he brought up the rear of their group. Now that they had started moving and stopped cultivating, his eyes were narrowed as he continued to observe the surroundings, scouring for traces of other people waiting in ambush or appearing in their line of sight.
Xue Wei said nothing. He just started moving towards the people far away. All of them were using their movement techniques. Xue Wei had activated Forbidden Rush, and Lin Xiao was using a movement technique that Xue Wei had never seen before, which made it seem as if it touched upon the dao of space, where one step seemed to cover ten meters.
Bai Tianyi had summoned his spiritual energy sword and was flying on it, and Hei Gou had summoned a pair of wings on his back, effortlessly following the other three.
After the second mutation, he could transform parts of his body as he pleased and the wings came in handy when moving fast. His ability to fly and his wings were so fast that they could easily keep up with the movement technique executed by Xue Wei and Lin Xiao, and Bai Tianyi's spiritual energy sword.
Rapidly, they moved closer and closer to the group of three. The closer they came, the more acutely they could feel a sense of danger. These three were definitely not simple.