Chapter 22 [Dark Night and White Smoke]
Ever since Ge Xian appeared for the first time and defeated the group that smashed the city, the ancient street has been very peaceful these days and has regained its former tranquility.
Some secret Xiaoxiao did not dare to make mistakes. After all, the guardian of the ancient street is still quite intimidating in the underground world of Cangluo County, but the current guardian is really young.
It was another weekend night, and Ge Xian came to the ancient street early. It was almost midnight, and he was still practicing in the training room.
Since he had this training room, and combined with the bottle of Spirit Condensation Pill that Chen Churui and Liu Ying gave him before, his training efficiency has been greatly improved, and now his cultivation has touched the three-layer barrier.
When the time comes, Ge Xian is slowly withdrawing his power skillfully and intends to take a rest.
After eating something, I opened a window and found that today happened to be the fifteenth day of the moon. The moon was in full bloom, but the ancient street was still brightly lit at this time, and it looked like a bustling business scene.
"Sure enough, the peak of the ancient street is at night." Ge Xian looked at the bustling city in front of him with a sense of happiness in his heart. Although he was only a temporary guardian, he was proud to be able to protect such beautiful scenery.
When he looked up again, Ge Xian was stunned and saw a strange white smoke rising in the direction of Cangluo No. 1 Middle School in the county seat under the bright moonlight.
What surprised him was that no one seemed to notice the white smoke except him. Could it be that the white smoke was invisible to the naked eyes of mortals?
"Is this?" Ge Xian suddenly gathered his energy and concentrated his power on his eyes.
At this moment, the white smoke gradually revealed its truth under his eyes. He saw the spiritual energy, which was the white smoke formed by the gathering of countless large amounts of spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy gathered from all directions.
The spiritual energy itself is thin, and it is in this era, and this white smoke was discovered by Ge Xian because the spiritual energy was gathered together in large quantities, forming the shape of "smoke".
"Why did I never notice it when I was at home?" Ge Xian was very confused. Suddenly, he looked around the ancient street and the secret practice room, and seemed to understand something.
He browsed directly from the window and came to the roof. As he kept moving, he checked the direction of his school from all directions.
"Sure enough, the location of the secret cultivation room is probably because of the Spirit Gathering Array, so you can see the smoke clearly. Once you leave the range of the Spirit Gathering Array, you can't see it." Ge Xian suddenly realized.
The white smoke slowly disappeared. Ge Xian simply went to the edge of the ancient street and felt the aura in the air. He found that as the white smoke disappeared, the aura content was slowly increasing in inverse proportion to the appearance and disappearance of the white smoke.
"Who is stealing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth?" Ge Xian originally thought that the sudden disappearance of the spiritual energy between heaven and earth around midnight was due to natural causes, but now it seems that it is man-made, which makes him very curious.
"Is it Taoist Zuo? No, no..." Ge Xian quickly shook his head and rejected it. After all, before Zuo Taoist appeared, this phenomenon of stealing spiritual energy had already occurred. It couldn't be Taoist Zuo.
He also thought of the information Tantai Qi and Xu Mengjie told him a few days ago. Taoist Zuo actually went to the Immortal Cave in the back mountain on purpose. Could it be that there really is some secret there?
Originally, he didn't want to go. After all, if Tantai Qi encouraged him, it would definitely not be a good thing. Even though he looked like a coward now, he probably already hated him in his heart.
However, now that he had glimpsed the "truth" about the disappearance of spiritual energy in Cangluo County at that time, he suddenly felt the urge to find out more about the Immortal Cave.
The spiritual energy gradually recovered, and Ge Xian continued to sit down and exercise his skills. Originally he was focused on attacking the realm, but now he was using it in two ways.
The spiritual energy began to travel along the meridians throughout the entire sky, encountering almost no obstacles. The second level of skills seemed to be running very smoothly this time. When this level of skills was completed, Ge Xian was still immersed in the entangled mood of whether to go or not. He continued to run the third-level technique subconsciously, and his spiritual power quickly opened up a new spiritual vein.
These spiritual veins started from the throat and ended at the Baihui point on the top of the head. Ge Xian was completely unaware that the process of his breakthrough to the realm was extremely smooth.
When the spiritual veins were continuously lit up and spiritual energy was integrated into them, his thinking and insight rapidly improved, and the meridians in his brain began to gradually connect with the meridians in his trunk and limbs. This process was a bit long.
"You should still go!" Ge Xian finally made a decision for himself. This was a moment of judgment in his blessed mind just now. He couldn't explain why his determination became so strong just now.
Ge Xian believed that this was an opportunity that belonged to him. Of course, this time was not entirely an opportunity. There were also dangers, such as Zuo Daoist, but he vaguely felt that the most dangerous person might not be him.
At this time, he finally came to his senses and stepped out of his thoughts and speculations. He felt that the connection between his brain, the internal organs of his trunk, and the meridians of his limbs had basically been completed. A stream of pure spiritual power finally burst out from his Dantian, rushing straight into his internal organs. Then it spreads towards the meridians of the limbs and brain, and finally turns into a line of smoke and disperses from the Baihui point.
"...The third level?" Ge Xian himself couldn't believe it. The realm barrier that he had attacked many times had broken through unknowingly, which made him overjoyed.
He thought that this might be a hint to remind him that he should go out and have more adventures. This was a hidden blessing.
He once saw an inspiring passage in "Xiaoyao Jue", or it was left by the owner of the formula. He said: There are thousands of opportunities in the world, and there is no shortage of them, but you have to dare to try, challenge, and go. People who make breakthroughs are rare, so there are very few people who can seize the opportunity, but only those who seize it become unique strong men, and these strong men become legends.
Whenever he read the original text of this passage, his blood boiled and he felt that time had not waited for us. He even blamed himself for his previous hesitation, fear and cowardice. He had transcended many dreams that ordinary mortals could not realize in their lifetime, and faced dangers and opportunities. , but hesitated to move forward. Is his heart for the Tao so small?
No!
While Ge Xian was dissipating the excess spiritual energy in his body after being promoted to a higher level, he continued to stabilize his cultivation level, and the night soon passed.
At about eight o'clock the next morning, Ge Xian opened his eyes and immediately felt that his senses had leapt forward again. If the first awakening of spiritual consciousness surprised him, then this time's awakening shocked him.
Originally, his eyes could feel all kinds of details and subtleties of the flowers, plants, trees, and even animals and people in the world around him, thereby capturing their inner changes. But now, he found that the world in his eyes had changed dramatically again. He seemed to see that everything had animism, and this spirit was the fire of life.
Whether it is flowers, plants, trees, animals or people, there is a fire of life, and this fire exudes a breath of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy in the world comes from these living spirits, and he himself is one of them.
These auras cannot be easily absorbed by these spirits, but most of them are provided to cultivators like him.
"Perhaps these spirits were not in this decayed state a long time ago. They silently provided spiritual energy to the world, from their own sacrifices." Ge Xian had mixed feelings for a while, and was full of respect for the hosts of spiritual energy.
There were very few people on campus on Sunday, and Ge Xian climbed over the wall to avoid the cameras. He was also wearing a peaked cap and sunglasses, so even if he was photographed, it would be impossible to tell his identity.
The entire campus of Cangluo No. 1 Middle School is very large, comparable to a university campus, especially the back mountain, which occupies about half of the campus and covers hundreds of acres. It has not been developed much and basically maintains its original ecology. The specific reason is that Ge Xian also There is no way of knowing, maybe it has something to do with the fame of Xianren Cave.
His destination is naturally the Immortal Cave, but his target is not the Taoist, but the mysterious white smoke.
The Immortal Cave is located deep in the back mountain, with dense woods, and there are very few poisonous insects, but there are no ferocious beasts, which have long been dealt with by the police.
The poisonous insects reproduce too secretly and are difficult to exterminate. Moreover, their extinction will also have an impact on the surrounding ecology. This allows them to reproduce here, but is restricted and can only maintain the most basic number.
The school has set up a warning zone for the area including the Immortal Cave in the back mountain, which occupies about one-tenth of the back mountain. Especially after the Immortal Cave lost its magical effect, it was only a well-known semi-open attraction, and almost no one would break into it alone.
Ge Xian passed various equipment in the warning area with ease and did not trigger the alarm, although it was not as convenient as walking directly underground like Zuo Taoist.
Stepping into the woodland covered with thick leaves, Ge Xian immediately felt the difference in the spiritual energy here. It was like a spiritual gathering array in an ancient street, with a coverage area.
"Sure enough, the spiritual energy absorbed at midnight every day is gathered here. Although a lot of it is consumed, it can still be felt with spiritual consciousness." Ge Xian took off his hat and sunglasses and buried them under a tree and marked them. under the big tree.
I closed my eyes and felt it for a moment, and immediately realized that the scent of the spiritual energy that remained from last night was obviously much richer here than the thin spiritual energy in the outside air.
His eyes were once again covered by spiritual power. He swept all the way and immediately saw the tracks from various fires of life. The closer he got to the Immortal Cave, the stronger the fires of life of these vegetation, insects, etc., perhaps because they had absorbed spiritual energy for a long time. for the sake of.
Finally, the Immortal Cave was right in front of him. At this time, it happened to be around Chen hour. The sunlight gradually increased and the aura began to disappear under the strong sunlight, which made Ge Xian feel surprised again.
"It seems that there is a conflict between spiritual energy and sunlight, but last night..." He remembered that the moonlight was in full bloom last night, and the moonlight was actually sunlight, so why didn't it purify the spiritual energy?
"Could it be that there is some overly powerful component in the sunlight that purifies the spiritual energy, and the sunlight reflected by the moon removes this component, which is beneficial to the spiritual energy, and even beneficial to the formation of the spiritual energy?" Thinking of this, Ge Xian felt as if he Taking a step closer to the truth of Reiki.
But at the moment, he can only do the most basic things first. More of the truth behind this requires him to explore step by step. After taking a deep breath, Ge Xian put on the mask, and his spiritual power flowed around him, naturally protecting his body. , step into the Immortal Cave.
