Free Web NovelChapter 233: Chapter 233: Implication
Guo Jia thought about the mission the academy dean had given him before he left. The most important part was to find the person with the Divine Bloodline who might have awakened a Legendary Level Companion Spirit, and then find a way to win their favor.
The Starry Sky Academy had already found a concrete clue. The Spirit Controller with the Divine Bloodline was very likely the champion of the unrestricted division in this year’s Alchemist Competition.
Guo Jia ripped the mask from his face, revealing a visage of otherworldly beauty.
With a wave of his hand, a Light Mirror materialized before him. The mirror reflected his own incomparably beautiful face. Looking at himself, he recalled the men he had seen with Ning Xuan today. In terms of looks, two of them were even more handsome than he was.
’How should I get close to her?’ he wondered. ’I need to come up with a proper plan.’
Inside the tree hollow, Ning Xuan sat alone in the Alchemy Room, carefully examining the Prajna Fruit that Lan Xin had bitten.
The fruit emanated a tantalizingly sweet aroma, one that made you want to take a bite immediately.
However, it had no effect on her.
A full day had passed, but the broken skin of the Prajna Fruit showed no change. There were no signs of moisture loss or oxidation, and the flesh looked as fresh as before.
Ning Xuan decided to test the fruit’s effects. She slowly peeled off a layer of skin and took a bite from the other side.
Ning Xuan bit into the sweet flesh, its fragrance lingering on her lips and teeth. She took only a small bite before placing the Prajna Fruit into her Space Ring. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
The moment Ning Xuan swallowed the sweet pulp, a scorching energy surged through her body like lava. Her fingers, resting on the table, tightened abruptly, digging five deep grooves into the green jade.
"Urgh..."
A searing heat wave erupted from her Dantian, and the blood flowing through her meridians felt as if it had been set ablaze. She staggered back half a step, the Silver Bell on her wrist letting out a piercing hum.
A crimson-gold light erupted from Ning Xuan’s body, coalescing behind her into a pair of ethereal wings.
A tempest raged within her Spiritual Sea. Her silver-white Power of Divine Sense transformed into a hurricane, tearing recklessly through her Sea of Consciousness.
Ning Xuan’s pupils turned from black to gold-red, burning like two balls of fire.
Her Spiritual Sea was in turmoil and energy rampaged through her body. Yet, she didn’t feel much discomfort—not until a surge of Wind and Thunder Power emanated from the depths of her bloodline.
A rumbling thunder echoed from within her. The pale blue Wind and Thunder Power collided with the gold-red Flame Energy. Gold and blue intertwined, churning inside Ning Xuan’s body.
World-shaking noises erupted from the Alchemy Room, yet no one came to check on her.
Di Youlin, Nine-tailed, Qing Ze, Chen Nan, Lin Mo, Yun Han, and Lan Xin were all gathered in the central hall of the tree hollow, discussing the day’s events.
Chen Nan suddenly clutched his head and cried out in pain. His Companion Spirit, the Green-eyed Golden Eagle, also let out a shrill cry as it materialized behind him.
Just as Lin Mo was about to ask what was wrong, his eyes suddenly turned bloodshot, and his Companion Spirit, the Blue Flame White Tiger, appeared uncontrollably.
A pained look flashed across Lan Xin’s face as scales grew back on his skin. He then began to convulse violently. His legs transformed into a writhing, blue snake tail, and he froze, like an insect trapped in amber.
Only Yun Han, despite the pain on his face, did not have his Companion Spirit materialize.
However, Yun Han stared at the blood-red Vermilion Bird Divine Beast mark that had appeared on his arm, his expression complicated. He glanced at the others. ’They should have marks like this too,’ he thought, ’just hidden on different parts of their bodies.’
"What’s wrong? What’s happening to you all? Why is this suddenly happening?" Nine-tailed asked nervously, seeing the changes in Yun Han and the others.
Yun Han gritted his teeth against the soul-tearing agony and spoke intermittently, "Something’s... happening with Ning Xuan. Don’t move. Don’t... disturb her."
Hearing that something had happened to Ning Xuan, Nine-tailed started to run, only to be frozen in place by Yun Han’s words.
In this team, Ning Xuan’s word was law. But when Ning Xuan was absent, command automatically transferred to Yun Han—a fact everyone accepted.
Besides Yun Han, the other three were enduring such intense physical and mental agony that they could neither speak nor move freely.
"Then what do we do? Will Master be in danger?" Nine-tailed paced around anxiously, wringing his hands in distress.
"She won’t be. All of you, focus on your Cultivation. Don’t overthink it. This will pass soon." Yun Han didn’t know how Ning Xuan was doing either, but since she could affect her Contractors through the Spiritual Link Channel, she had to still be alive and well. freёweɓnovel.com
Yun Han’s guess was correct. Three minutes later, the turmoil in his Spiritual Sea gradually subsided, and the Bloodline Energy rampaging through his body calmed down. The others also returned to normal, except for Lan Xin. His Spiritual Sea was calm, but his snake tail and the scales on his body did not revert.
Ning Xuan endured the pain and cultivated the Guiding Spirit Scripture, refining the two intertwined streams of Bloodline Energy bit by bit and guiding them into their respective channels.
Originally, Ning Xuan had expected this to be a lengthy process. To her surprise, after only about three minutes, her raging Spiritual Sea was the first to calm. Then, the two streams of Bloodline Energy—one gold, one blue—returned to their own paths, no longer interfering with each other.
Ning Xuan looked inward and found that the Prajna Fruit’s flesh had been completely consumed. The only effect it had on her was those three to five minutes of chaos. While it hadn’t caused her any harm, it hadn’t brought her any benefits either.
Lan Xin’s spiritual power had surged by two levels. Ning Xuan had thought eating the fruit would increase her spiritual power as well, but it turned out to have no effect at all.
After regulating her breathing, Ning Xuan left the Alchemy Room and headed to the central hall of the tree hollow, which was where everyone ate, rested, and socialized.
Normally, at this time, everyone would be in the hall, discussing and reviewing the day’s events.
Before Ning Xuan even reached the hall, she sensed that her Spiritual Link Channel had been used. The link established with Lan Xin, in particular, was still glowing.
Through this channel, Ning Xuan could perceive Lan Xin’s consciousness drifting in and out of pain. His legs seemed to have become a snake tail, and within his Spiritual Sea, beneath the calm surface, a great blue serpent rose and fell.
Ning Xuan sent a thread of her spiritual power through the Spiritual Link Channel.
In that brief moment, Ning Xuan arrived at the hall and saw Lan Xin’s swaying blue snake tail with her own eyes.
"You were all affected because of me just now, weren’t you?" Ning Xuan asked, her gaze fixed on the snake tail. It wasn’t a question, but a statement.
