The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 227 - 226: The Feeling of Inhaling Mist Is Really Nice
At night, Xiao Qing was called up to work overtime again because this time, Lin Yun’s Qi Sea had suffered an extensive deficit, even worse than the last time, reaching one-fifth of its capacity.
Thanks to these spiritual liquids, Bai Jiaojiao’s cultivation level had recovered to the current limit she could achieve, which is the peak of the Celestial Knowing Realm.
The Dharma Form needed to be reshaped, and the Life Soul had to be reconnected with the fate star; this wasn’t something that could be achieved simply with an injection of energy.
But this speed was already quite fast. According to Bai Jiaojiao’s calculations, without Lin Yun’s help, it would take her at least three years of hard cultivation to recover to the transformative stage, and that was counting on her having access to a lot of spiritual treasures and medicinal materials.
To recover from the transformative stage back to the Celestial Knowing Realm would require at least another ten years.
However, with Lin Yun’s help, all she needed was to sleep a few times.
More often, it was nothing more than throwing tantrums and acting cute.
See, this is the joy of being taken care of.
Of course, choosing a good nurturer is very important, as others couldn’t provide her with such massive amounts of directly absorbable spiritual power.
Spiritual energy is omnipresent in this world, but to absorb and refine it on one’s own requires too much time.
The only one probably dissatisfied was the Azure Dragon Gu Worm—how does this wild dragon eat so much!
What displeased her even more was that aside from eating and sleeping, this wild dragon was utterly useless. If it did any work, she wouldn’t be angry; after all, she was not a petty dragon.
To appease Xiao Qing’s feelings, Lin Yun made a gesture before she went to work.
"You’ve grown up now, and I don’t even know how much spiritual liquid you can eat every day, so from now on, you can help yourself. The spiritual liquid in the Dantian Qi Sea is all yours to use," he said.
Hard-working Xiao Qing has successfully upgraded to shareholder Xiao Qing.
"Thank you, Master. Master is so kind!"
With Lin Yun’s encouragement, Xiao Qing set aside her dissatisfaction with the wild dragon Bai Jiaojiao for the time being and began to concentrate on her cultivation breath work.
This time, as Lin Yun was on guard against Chu Han, he did not deploy his unique flames around him, and the mist began to converge towards Lin Yun at a visible rate.
Lin Yun did not know that merely letting Xiao Qing practice her cultivation breath work would cause such a phenomenon. It seemed that Xiao Qing’s practice was only part of the reason. More importantly, his body was autonomously devouring the mist.
This scene seemed somewhat familiar. When the Li Fire God Palace launched a sneak attack on Dongfang Hongyue, creating a dense fog, it was Lin Yun who sucked it all in at once, and then his Immortal Body revealed a certain kind of...
The situation was similar now, only not as exaggerated, but it still made Lin Yun feel uneasy.
Chu Han was also awakened and, having not slept very deeply, noticed Lin Yun’s anomaly and exclaimed in horror, "You’re actually absorbing the Great Mist!"
"Is there something wrong with that?"
Chu Han’s expression changed erratically, and it was unclear what he was thinking, but judging by his shifting expressions, one could tell that he was not someone who had seen much of the world, which is why his thoughts were so plainly written on his face.
If it were Lin Yun, no matter what he was thinking, his face would never betray his thoughts.
Of course, when feeling lustful, he might inadvertently show it.
It can’t be helped, people are bound to show their true feelings sometimes, right?
Chu Han’s reaction made Lin Yun realize that from Chu Han’s perspective, the Great Mist was likely indeed something that should not be absorbed.
After thinking for a long time, Chu Han finally let out a sigh and said, "The Great Mist is the embodiment of our deity, and absorbing the Great Mist is an act of disrespect towards the deity, punishable by divine retribution. Once a certain amount of the mist is absorbed, one will turn into those irrational Mist Beasts and remain in the mist forever."
Is there such a thing?
Lin Yun felt that what Chu Han had said was no lie, but he could also sense that the confession was incomplete; Chu Han must have hidden something.
This is no longer a matter of instinct, but rather based on numerous experiences of deceiving others.
Chu Han didn’t lie, yet he concealed some important information.
He looked at Lin Yun with some shock. Any normal person, upon hearing that absorbing the Great Mist would turn them into Mist Beasts, would have stopped absorbing it by now. But Lin Yun had no intention of stopping at all.
We must stick to the facts when doing things, rely on evidence, and talk about scientific principles.
Even in the Cultivation World, the operation of immortal techniques has its principles.
For example, absorbing the Great Mist turns one into a Mist Beast, so it can be understood that the Great Mist is a kind of Spiritual Energy with a virus that infects and mutates its absorber.
But Lin Yun was different. Once he knew this, he added Little Gold’s Purification process. After a round of purification by Little Gold and a burn from his Golden Fire Lotus, even if there was a virus, it would be eradicated.
Such things also exist in the Cultivation World, like the Five Spirits Poison, which is a poison hidden within the Spiritual Energy.
Spiritual Energy is everywhere between heaven and earth, but some of it is contaminated and indistinguishable by cultivators because the poisoned Spiritual Energy feels exactly the same as the non-poisoned to their senses.
Once absorbed into the body, it would infect with the corresponding poison. This kind of Spiritual Poison is not difficult to handle; it can be resolved by using the principle of Five Elements Generation and Restraction, at worst causing discomfort for the cultivator for a while.
This is also why cultivators generally don’t cultivate in areas with a strange environment. In general, even if one cannot discern whether the Spiritual Energy is poisonous, common sense can still be used to judge.
For instance, in extremely hot places with abundant Fire Spirits, this kind of overpowering Fire Spirit might have fire poison. If one is not in harmony with Fire Spirits, they may be unable to adapt.
Another scenario is in places with miasma where water and wood are mixed, there’s a possibility of producing poisonous Spiritual Energy.
However, Lin Yun never cared about these things. Xiao Qing only needed to absorb; the rest would be handled by the Fire Lotus.
There is no poison that cannot be burned away.
In the Great Mist, Lin Yun remained unscrupulous. Moreover, his body was craving the absorption of this Great Mist, and he seemed to feel its emotions as well.
They were afraid! They wanted to escape but couldn’t.
Lin Yun trusted his instincts. Since his body wanted it, then just absorb more, what’s there to fear!
At this moment, he was actually contemplating Chu Han’s slip-up. Following the thought that Chu Han didn’t lie but only concealed the truth, it was quite easy to guess what he had concealed.
"I have a question. If one absorbs a lot of the Great Mist without turning into a Mist Beast, what does that imply?"
Chu Han was instantly jolted and hastily responded, "I don’t know about that."
Lin Yun didn’t say anything; he knew Chu Han had lied.
Indeed, there was a possibility of absorbing the Great Mist without turning into a Mist Beast.
It’s just some sort of important constitution, right! I get it, I’m used to it.
But since Chu Han wasn’t talking, Lin Yun didn’t press him.
The time hadn’t come to burn bridges. This guy might be helpful for leaving the Great Mist, and currently, he was Lin Yun’s only lead, so Lin Yun didn’t want to kill him off for the time being.
By utilizing the Azure Dragon Gu Worm to absorb the Great Mist, Lin Yun didn’t actually do much but reminisced about what Chu Han had just said.
If the Great Mist is the embodiment of their deity, then if I absorb all the Great Mist, would I become a god? Or, without the Great Mist, wouldn’t I just be able to walk out?
Lin Yun carved out a path he had never contemplated before...
