Free Web NovelChapter 88: Chapter 88: Spiritual Connection
A Spiritual Connection required reaching the deepest depths, into the spirit sea where one’s spiritual power is stored.
If this were her modern self, Shi Lan would have had no idea where the spirit sea was.
But in this world, she had her own spirit body. So, based on where Xiao Du usually hid, she could follow He Hanshi’s meridians to find the location of his spirit sea.
The spirit sea was an incredibly private place. If someone wanted to cripple another person, they could do so by wreaking havoc within their spirit sea.
It was equivalent to a person’s greatest weakness. Therefore, without absolute trust, it was nearly impossible to reach.
Shi Lan had expected the process to be fraught with difficulties, but to her surprise, as her spiritual power thread traveled near He Hanshi’s brain, a blue spiritual power thread appeared to guide her, leading her smoothly into his spirit sea.
She froze for a moment. ’I can’t believe He Hanshi trusts me this much.’
But since the treatment was still in progress, Shi Lan didn’t dare let her mind wander.
However, when she saw the state of his spirit sea, her eyes still filled with shock.
After her recent treatments, the Spiritual Poison around He Hanshi’s body had all vanished, but his spiritual power collapse value remained stuck at 50%.
Shi Lan hadn’t understood what was causing the remaining 50% of his collapse value, but now, seeing this, she realized a Spiritual Connection was the only way.
Because the rest of it was all inside his spirit sea. Dense green specks were strung together into layers of nets. Within the densest of these nets, a pure White Lion was listlessly trapped in a central Poison Cocoon, unable to even twitch its tail.
Amidst these green nets, azure spiritual power threads roamed the gaps. A few occasionally drew near Shi Lan’s spiritual power thread, approaching with caution before quickly darting away.
Compared to the green poison, however, these spiritual power threads had too little space to survive. If they even touched the green poison, they would be devoured and consumed.
Shi Lan frowned. ’So this is where the real work is.’
She shook her head in resignation. Looking at the trapped little White Lion inside, she knew she could only start breaking through from the outermost layer.
Inside the spirit sea, her task was slightly different from Basic Healing. It wasn’t as simple as directly devouring the green poison. Instead, she had to slowly peel the green poison away to release the blue spiritual power threads trapped within, and then consume the poison.
It was a complex and lengthy process that required immense care and patience.
’No wonder everyone says a Spiritual Connection takes a long time.’
Shi Lan began her work without complaint. She didn’t know how much time had passed before she finally managed to peel away the outermost line of poison.
Her spiritual power thread devoured the strand of sticky green poison, and He Hanshi’s blue spiritual power thread briefly touched hers.
Outside the spirit sea, the hand Shi Lan had placed on He Hanshi trembled inexplicably, and her fingertips shifted unconsciously.
’What a strange feeling.’ When their spiritual power threads touched, it was as if her fingers had been licked by the fluffy little White Lion’s wet tongue. A tingling, warm itch spread through them, almost making it impossible for her to continue.
Thankfully, it quickly moved away, successfully returning to the body of the trapped little White Lion without being devoured by the poison again. The little White Lion’s weak eyelids fluttered open for a moment before drooping shut.
Seeing the pitiful little White Lion gave Shi Lan a burst of renewed determination. She steadied herself; since she still had strength to spare, she decided to deal with a few more strands.
She re-entered her focused state and peeled away two more strands. The strange, itchy sensation returned to her fingers, and she unconsciously shifted her hand back and forth on the back of He Hanshi’s hand, trying to dispel the indescribable feeling.
He Hanshi fought the urge to grab Shi Lan’s hand. He silently adjusted his breathing and kept his eyes closed, remaining relaxed to avoid distracting her.
However, Shi Lan knew from past experience that these lines of Spiritual Poison contained many points. Worried she’d overeat and be unable to move again, she didn’t force herself to continue.
After all, you can’t get fat from one bite. She decided to check if there were any results first.
With that thought, she retracted her spiritual power thread and opened her eyes. ƒreewebɳovel.com
She slowly lifted her gaze, and her eyes fell on He Hanshi’s face as he kept his eyes closed. For a moment, she couldn’t look away.
Her gaze drifted down from his eyebrows to his long, thick eyelashes. She felt a strange sense of envy. ’They seem even thicker than mine.’
And his skin was so fair. Under the simulated natural light of the room, he looked like warm jade illuminated by a soft glow, translucent and flawless. It made him seem pure and ethereal, almost sacred and inviolable.
Taking advantage of the fact that his eyes were closed, Shi Lan boldly stared for a few extra moments. ’I’ll just consider this training to raise my Immunity to handsome men.’
After a good while, she patted her warm cheeks and said, "Alright, Lord He. You can check your spiritual power collapse value now."
Hearing her voice, He Hanshi slowly opened his eyes.
The corners of his mouth curved up unconsciously as he looked at Shi Lan. He nodded, then activated his chip to run a test.
Soon, the chip calculated the latest value.
A flicker of movement in his eyes gave way to a rare, unconcealed look of joy. "Lanlan, it dropped! It’s 49%!"
Ever since Shi Lan had mentioned performing the Spiritual Connection, all the Beastmen in the prison had been anxiously watching Cell Block 1.
The prison had been quiet for several long minutes, but that silence was a sign that things were safe.
No one dared to make a sound and disturb Shi Lan. But hearing her intimate conversation with He Hanshi made everyone’s heart feel heavy and uncomfortable.
It wasn’t until they heard He Hanshi’s voice that the Beastmen could finally cast aside the weight on their chests and let out cries of joyful surprise.
"Really?"
Even though Mu Tangfeng had the clearest view of the scene in Cell Block 1 and had been feeling sour and miserable the whole time, he was still genuinely happy for He Hanshi upon hearing the news. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
The gloom in Ye Ming’s green eyes dissipated. "It actually dropped?"
Jiang Xia’s boisterous voice was the loudest of all. "That’s great, that’s great! Lanlan is the best!"
Surprise colored Yan Huoshui’s dark, inscrutable crimson eyes. "So it’s possible to heal a Beastman with a High Level collapse?"
No, perhaps it was more accurate to say that, as far as anyone knew, only Lanlan could do it.
Although it had only dropped by one percent, the shock of going from 50% to 49% was no different than the shock of going from 100 to 1.
49%!
What did this mean?
It meant He Hanshi was no longer a high-risk Beastman with a High Level collapse value!
It meant they could truly be healed by Lanlan, that the treatment wouldn’t just stop at 50%!!!
It meant they could actually get out of prison!!!
For a moment, the entire prison was filled with joy.
Shi Lan had initially glanced at the time and felt a little disappointed that nearly an hour of work had only yielded a 1% improvement. But upon hearing the different laughs echoing from the various cell blocks, she too was infected by their joy.
Influenced by the atmosphere, He Hanshi was overcome with emotion and couldn’t stop himself from pulling Shi Lan into a tight hug.
"Thank you, Lanlan."
"From now on, my life—He Hanshi’s life—belongs only to the battlefield and to you."
His tone was so solemn, so earnest, that Shi Lan’s first instinct wasn’t to push him away.
