Zombie Bodyguard-Chapter 1488 - 1485: Surprise or Shock
"Kid, don’t play dumb, where’s my purple flame energy?" the Sword Spirit reminded again, as if afraid Lin Tian would renege.
"Damn, you think I’m as stingy as you? Take it, take it, just be careful you don’t overdo it." Lin Tian said annoyedly, then condensed a wisp of flame energy and tossed it to the Sword Spirit.
The Sword Spirit eagerly caught it, swallowed it in one gulp, and then let out a satisfied sound. The golden energy mass after swallowing the purple flame energy faintly emitted a purple glow, and after a few minutes, it quieted down, leaving the Sword Spirit motionless.
Lin Tian knew it wouldn’t die, it just went silent to digest the purple flame energy.
Retracting his mind from his consciousness, Lin Tian turned to look at the two people behind him, finding that Tang Ziqing and Ling Zishan were just waiting, with no abnormalities. He breathed a little sigh of relief.
Lin Tian didn’t want too many people to know about the existence of the Sword Spirit of the Sword of the King, especially not Tang Ziqing. She seemed to have dealings with the Female Sword Saint of Holy Spirit Town, and news could easily spread there.
"Lin Tian, how is Wanxi?" seeing Lin Tian stop talking, Ling Zishan couldn’t help but ask.
"She hasn’t woken up yet..." Lin Tian turned to look at Wang Wanxi’s vacant gaze, frowning. But before he could finish his words, a strange wind suddenly swept up at the top of the tower.
Previously, the calm night held no wind, and within the tower, there was even less wind coming in. Even the smoke from the incense burner rose straight up. As soon as the strange wind blew, the smoke scattered everywhere.
The strange wind was too bizarre, and the three of them immediately became vigilant, with their spiritual sense fully sensing the changes around the pagoda. Lin Tian was the first to activate his super vision, his sight enveloping the entire Nine-story Pagoda.
However, he didn’t notice any situation. There was no one outside the pagoda, not even any animals. Puzzled, he withdrew his gaze, noticing Tang Ziqing and Ling Zishan staring at Wang Wanxi.
"What are you..." Lin Tian was very curious, looking at their expressions as if the strange wind just now had been caused by Wang Wanxi.
The two did not answer his question but exchanged a glance, communicating with their eyes. From their expressions, Lin Tian saw confusion, joy, and some indescribable emotions.
Since Wang Wanxi was sitting still, Lin Tian hadn’t noticed her earlier and had instead focused his attention outside the pagoda. Did he miss something, or was there something happening that he hadn’t seen, and they knew about it?
As Lin Tian was grappling with these questions, the strange wind returned, and this time it didn’t stop. No, it wasn’t wind; it was airflow. Lin Tian carefully sensed it and discovered that the airflow inside the tower started to move slowly and increasingly fast.
And these airflows seemed to be getting caught in a vortex, converging towards one place. When he felt the center of the airflow, he was stunned. The center of the vortex was Wang Wanxi!
"Can someone tell me what’s going on?" Lin Tian raised his voice, shouting at the two. He wanted to know if this was a good thing or a bad thing, and if it was bad, he needed a way to deal with it.
Tang Ziqing had always been aloof, not keen on talking to him, so he could only look at Ling Zishan. Ling Zishan’s expression became slightly stern as she solemnly said, "I’m not sure if it’s good or bad. Wanxi is about to ascend! This is a precursor to ascension."
"Ascend? Aunt Wang was originally at Postnatal Perfection, if she’s ascending, doesn’t that mean she’s ascending to the Innate Early Stage?" Lin Tian was momentarily stunned, then overjoyed. This was indeed an unexpected delight. He had originally thought it was just about restoring realms, not expecting an immediate ascension.
But looking at Ling Zishan’s expression and that of the other, Lin Tian felt something was off again, so he asked, "Aunt Wang has waited a long time for this day. Although her realm was damaged before, she never gave up cultivation. This time she must have broken through the heart demon barrier, her mind has been purified, and with two decades’ accumulation, today’s immediate transition into ascension is naturally justified. Do you think it shouldn’t be?"
"What you say is true, a bountiful harvest follows abundant accumulation, coupled with the purification of the spirit, it can indeed let her ascend. But the ascension came too suddenly, without any preparation." Ling Zishan said with some gravity.
Preparation for ascending to Innate, Lin Tian truly didn’t understand, for he was not an Ancient Martial Artist at all. Listening to Ling Zishan, his heart hung a little: "What needs to be prepared?"
Ling Zishan thought for a moment, then said, "When Ancient Martial Artists ascend to Innate, they need to absorb a large amount of nature’s spiritual energy, to accumulate sufficient true energy to impact the realm. But in modern Earth, nature’s spiritual energy is thin, which is one of the reasons why Ancient Martial Artists find it difficult to ascend to Innate."
"If someone from any aristocratic family is aiming to break through to the Innate Realm, they prepare ahead, and conditions permitting, they’ll prepare elixirs to replenish true energy. Do you understand now why elixirs are so precious? Ancient Martial Artists often need them, especially in this era of thin spiritual energy."
"Of course, elixirs are scarce, even Ancient Martial families may not necessarily have them, particularly those to replenish true energy enough for ascending to Innate would at least need to be intermediate or even advanced level. Advanced elixirs, apart from those left from long ago, who can still refine them now?"
Ling Zishan glanced at Lin Tian, implying, can you as a Pharmacist refine advanced elixirs? Lin Tian touched his nose, saying, "I can’t even refine intermediate elixirs, let alone the legendary advanced ones. But you mentioned that only those with conditions might prepare elixirs. How do those without conditions prepare?"
"Aside from elixirs, some natural treasures can also substitute elixirs to replenish the ascender’s true energy, like certain special medicinal materials, but these natural treasures are also rare finds. So besides elixirs, Ancient Martial Artists can transition true energy for the ascender."
Transition true energy? Lin Tian was taken aback and couldn’t help but look at the two. Both were Innate Experts, the best candidates for transitioning true energy.
"Rest assured, we can fully transition true energy for Wanxi. With the cultivation levels of the two of us, this should be doable. But merely transitioning true energy isn’t enough. Wanxi’s meridians and cardiac meridians, even her Dantian, have just been newly repaired. Normally, they should be nurtured for a period, waiting till the cardiac and meridian systems are stronger and can withstand the impact of Innate True Qi, only then would be the proper time for ascension."
"Now that the signs of ascension are apparent, we can’t wait for that time. Thus, I need your Nine Needle Technique to protect Wanxi’s heart meridian. The three of us together, if we are careful, should ensure that Wanxi ascends smoothly." Ling Zishan explained a lot but eventually arrived at this conclusion.
Lin Tian breathed a little sigh of relief, thankful he learned the Nine Needle Technique. Some things seem to be so, destined by fate, arranged by providence.
In the time they spoke, the airflow within the tower became more evident, and the range increasingly vast, even influencing beyond the pagoda. The top of the tower now seemed to be a bottomless pit, drawing in airflow from several miles around.
