Chapter 162: Xiao Bai’s Return
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“I need to nurture it in my sea of consciousness, but I haven’t reached the Golden Core stage yet. How can I put something into my sea of consciousness?”
Lin Muyu touched her smooth chin, her brows slightly furrowed, her voice carrying a hint of confusion as she muttered to herself.
“Master, it’s not like that.”
Xiaotao’s voice reminded her from the side.
“Master only needs to wrap it with your own spiritual energy, then guide it into your body, and finally recite the Art of Longevity incantation.”
Xiaotao, who had thoroughly studied the 《Art of Longevity》 from beginning to end, quickly explained.
“Oh, oh, so that’s how it is…”
Lin Muyu suddenly understood, the confusion in her eyes mostly dissipating. She immediately stopped hesitating and operated step by step according to the method Xiaotao described.
“…I am willing to nourish you with my own spiritual energy, may you share vitality and life force with me!”
As the final incantation fell, Lin Muyu suddenly felt a wonderful connection appear in her mind… No, wait, upon careful sensing, there were actually two distinctly different connections.
One was particularly weak, tinged with a faint green color. Lin Muyu guessed it was the Eternal Longevity Sacred Tree seed.
But the other was exceptionally strong, surrounded by a faintly visible colorful halo. It was actually a small tender sprout?!
“Ah, Little Sprout?!”
Lin Muyu was suddenly stunned, the movements in her hands also stopped.
Hadn’t Little Sprout always been in that mysterious space?
How could it suddenly appear in her sea of consciousness?
Could it be that the mysterious space she could only enter when unconscious was actually her own sea of consciousness?
But how did Little Sprout enter her sea of consciousness?
What kind of plant was it exactly, to have such peculiar abilities?
A series of questions rang out in Lin Muyu’s mind, and then she suddenly understood something.
No wonder she could only enter that space after fainting, it turned out it wasn’t some mysterious place at all, but her own sea of consciousness!
In that case, when she breaks through to the Golden Core stage in the future and can freely control her sea of consciousness, wouldn’t she be able to find the original owner in her sea of consciousness and interrogate her properly?
Thinking of this, the more Lin Muyu thought about it, the more she felt this possibility was very high, and her enthusiasm for cultivation instantly became high.
However, she soon thought of a new problem.
Would there be any hidden dangers in linking two spiritual plants at the same time?
When there was a problem, Lin Muyu immediately consulted her know-it-all, Xiaotao.
“Master, you mean you linked two plants at the same time? And you still don’t know what the other plant is, that Little Sprout, what species it actually is?”
Hearing this, Xiaotao also fell into a brief moment of confusion.
However, she quickly adjusted her mindset and immediately took the Art of Longevity and began flipping through it.
A moment later, Xiaotao stopped flipping, her expression becoming serious as she spoke:
“Master, according to the records in the 《Art of Longevity》 there is only one situation where two targets are linked simultaneously when performing the Art of Longevity.”
She paused and continued:
“And the Eternal Longevity Sacred Tree seed in your hand is currently still in the seed stage and couldn’t possibly have developed spiritual intelligence, so when you use the Art of Longevity to link with it, the process will be very smooth.”
“But that Little Sprout is different. It has very likely already developed spiritual intelligence and actively initiated a link with you when you were performing the incantation.”
“Ah this…”
Lin Muyu felt a bit lost in the clouds, not fully understanding the logic at once, but from Xiaotao’s words, she still grasped the key information.
Little Sprout not only had spiritual intelligence but also actively established a link with her.
“Then… will this have any side effects?”
What Lin Muyu was most worried about was safety issues, so she quickly asked.
Xiaotao carefully recalled the contents of the 《Art of Longevity》 once more and speculated somewhat uncertainly:
“Logically speaking, the Art of Longevity can only stably link one spiritual plant at a time. The situation of linking two plants simultaneously is not explicitly recorded in the book… However, from a theoretical perspective, perhaps you can simultaneously share the life force of two spiritual plants?”
“Two?!”
Lin Muyu opened her eyes wide in surprise, her voice rising several notches.
Little Sprout had helped her multiple times before, clearly harboring no ill will toward her. Now that she learned Little Sprout had spiritual intelligence, it must be an extremely extraordinary spiritual plant.
She couldn’t help but begin to fantasize.
After these two plants both mature, how much of a strength boost could they bring her?
At that time, her life would have another solid layer of protection!
Thinking of this, Lin Muyu felt a wave of joy in her heart, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up.
But this joy didn’t last long before the smile on her face gradually faded, replaced by a trace of worry.
That damned Seed of Demonic Corruption still remained in her body.
If it weren’t for that group of mutated spiritual energy suppressing it, she would probably have been eroded by demonic energy long ago and fallen into becoming a demon.
Although that group of mutated spiritual energy had helped her greatly, they were also silently assimilating the ordinary spiritual energy in her body.
More critically, Lin Muyu couldn’t mobilize this mutated spiritual energy at all. They seemed to have only one mission, to resist the Seed of Demonic Corruption. Beyond that, they wouldn’t obey any other commands.
If she couldn’t advance to the Golden Core stage quickly and use the power of the Golden Core to strengthen her control over spiritual energy…
Before long, all the ordinary spiritual energy in her body would be assimilated into mutated spiritual energy.
By then, her body would be full of spiritual energy that didn’t follow orders, unable to mobilize even a trace of spiritual power. The consequences would be unthinkable.
“Sigh, it looks like I must hurry to break through and advance to the Golden Core stage as soon as possible.”
Lin Muyu let out a soft sigh, but her eyes became extremely determined as she silently cheered herself on.
Just then, a series of urgent knocking sounds suddenly rang out.
“Knock knock knock… knock knock knock…”
“Master, someone is knocking at the door.”
Xiaotao reminded her.
Lin Muyu came back to her senses, temporarily suppressing the thoughts in her mind. With a thought, she exited the space, got up, and walked toward the door.
“At this time, who would be looking for me?”
She walked while pondering in her heart, her face showing a bit of curiosity.
If it were Xinlian, given her personality, she wouldn’t knock at all, she would have already appeared out of nowhere and used her as a pillow.
And the frequency and rhythm of the knocking didn’t seem like Su Wanqing’s style either.
Luo Chenxi couldn’t possibly be back yet either.
Then who could it be?
Filled with doubt, Lin Muyu reached out and opened the door.
She saw a snow-white fox with fluffy fur, swaying its fluffy tail, standing somewhat awkwardly at the door. Seeing the door open, it walked in somewhat embarrassedly.
“Xiao Bai! You’re finally back!”
Lin Muyu recognized her at a glance and exclaimed in delight, then added another sentence.
“I really missed you… your tail!”
Xiao Bai rolled her eyes at Lin Muyu, then her gaze sharpened.
Wait, she had only been gone for a few months, and this person had already gone from the Qi Refining stage to the late stage of Foundation Establishment?
Even story books don’t have geniuses like this.
Then there was only one possibility. Xiao Bai narrowed her eyes and began to scrutinize Lin Muyu.
Could it be because of that woman?
If she could even make a move on her disciple, then could the Empress also…