Free Web NovelChapter 288: Chapter 288: Establishing a Spiritual Connection with the Marshal
Apparently, Ying Yaoshi was injured, and not lightly.
"Is the crisis over?" Ning Xuan didn’t answer his question, asking one of her own instead.
"No. We’ve only exhausted the aberrant creatures that were supplying the wormhole with energy. The wormhole itself still possesses immense destructive power."
"When the wormhole self-destructs, the Ten Thousand Meteor Starship will bear the brunt of the impact. As a crucial barrier for maintaining spatial stability, the ship can’t evade it. Everyone on board will be in grave danger."
"There’s no escape for you here. You shouldn’t have come," Ying Yaoshi sighed.
"So this place is dangerous, but the base isn’t? You knew it was dangerous here, yet you still tricked me into coming. I only planned to stay for a month, and I’m already over my time," Ning Xuan said, looking at him.
"I’m so sorry." Ying Yaoshi lowered his head in guilt.
The little snake rested obediently in Ning Xuan’s hand, wagging its tail with extreme docility, looking perfectly content.
When Ning Xuan opened her hand, intending to put the snake back, it swiftly coiled around her wrist. It wrapped around twice, hanging there like a bracelet.
Ying Yaoshi glanced at Win Snake, embarrassed. "It’s usually quite wary of strangers. I didn’t expect it to get so attached to you." Women generally disliked such slippery, cold-blooded creatures, and most Spirit Controllers who possessed this kind of Companion Spirit weren’t very popular with them.
"You call that wary of strangers? I’ve been treating its wounds for ages, and every time, I had to use medicine to knock it out just to get close." Dean Wen, who had just walked over, saw the scene and her eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Looks like the Marshal’s injuries might heal a bit faster this time. Ning Xuan, I’ll leave him to you." Dean Wen started to walk over to pat Ning Xuan’s shoulder, but before she got close, the little snake—which had been resting its head on its coils as lazily as a simple ornament—jerked its head up. Its body tensed, and its scales instantly flared out.
"HISSS..."
The head of the once-docile snake rose a good half-foot, its fangs glinting with a cold, blue light as a threatening hiss emanated from its throat.
"It’s actually protecting you! This is truly a bond matched by the master brain. Even without a spiritual connection established between you, it’s still close to you." Dean Wen didn’t dare move any closer to Ning Xuan. Even an injured Win Snake was capable of causing tremendous harm, and she had no intention of provoking it.
Ning Xuan gently stroked the snake’s head with the pad of her finger. At her touch, its flared scales slowly settled back into place. The little snake maintained its aggressive posture, but its two vertical pupils, like golden threads, shifted slightly toward her. "It’s okay. Go to sleep," Ning Xuan said, pressing its raised head back down. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
Ying Yaoshi and Dean Wen watched with bated breath, terrified that Win Snake would suddenly attack and injure Ning Xuan. Yet, unbelievably, the little snake yielded to her touch and obediently drew back.
"By the way, Ning Xuan," Dean Wen added, "with General Ying’s Companion Spirit injured and his spiritual power damaged, now is the perfect time to establish a spiritual connection with him. Once the connection is formed, his injuries will get better, and he might even recover his full strength rapidly."
With that, Dean Wen rushed off. There were numerous casualties, and she had much work to do.
"Let’s go. To the isolation room." Ning Xuan led Ying Yaoshi into a private one.
Once inside the private, secluded space, Ying Yaoshi sensibly knelt. "Greetings, Lord Contract Master."
Ning Xuan ignored him. Instead, she took a small, ten-centimeter-tall blue bucket from her Space Button and poured more than ten vials of Healing Potion into it. She then placed the little snake from her wrist into the mixture. Afterward, she took out a dagger, made a small cut on her fingertip, and let her blood drip in.
The little snake swam about happily in the bucket. The red blood was rapidly absorbed, and its scales started to gleam.
"What is this medicine? The healing effect is incredible," Ying Yaoshi said, able to feel his Companion Spirit, Win Snake, recovering at a rapid pace.
Ying Yaoshi had already risen to his feet and was pressing in close to Ning Xuan.
"Aren’t you injured? Get undressed and lie on the bed." Ning Xuan put a hand on his head, stopping him from lowering it further, and commanded.
"Everything? I’m injured on my legs and waist," Ying Yaoshi asked.
"Establishing a spiritual connection might be more useful than treating my physical injuries. I had no confidence in facing this final crisis, but you’re here, Xuanyuan. Maybe your being here is fate itself. I wonder if my Lord Contract Master is willing?" Ying Yaoshi lowered his head, kissing the finger she had just cut.
The Bloodline Energy radiating from the cut made his blood race.
"How much time do we have until the final crisis hits?" Ning Xuan asked.
"Based on our readings, somewhere between four and ten hours," Ying Yaoshi answered honestly.
"We haven’t spent much time together, but you’ve already experienced my rules. Once we establish a spiritual connection, there will be no going back," Ning Xuan reminded him.
"I will be sure to follow Xuanyuan’s rules. If I break any of them, I will willingly accept my Contractor’s punishment. I was initially concerned that your low Spiritual Power Value would make entering my Spiritual Sea dangerous for you. But Win Snake is so fond of you, it will certainly never harm you. On top of that, my spiritual power is damaged right now, so it is indeed the perfect opportunity to forge a spiritual connection," Ying Yaoshi said.
"Since you agree, let’s not waste any time. Let’s begin." Ning Xuan had him sit on the bed, then placed her palm on the crown of his head and sent the tendrils of her spiritual power into Ying Yaoshi’s mind.
’I just finished forming a spiritual connection with Di Youlin not long ago. Ying Yaoshi’s Spiritual Power Value is even higher than his. Even with his spiritual power damaged, forging this connection won’t be easy.’
Ning Xuan steeled herself. To save time, she decided she would risk overdrawing her own spiritual power to accelerate the connection process. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Thus, from the very start, Ning Xuan went all out, pouring ninety percent of her spiritual power into Ying Yaoshi’s Spiritual Sea.
Ying Yaoshi felt countless golden specks of light squeeze into his mind, causing a throbbing pain and a wave of dizziness. The little snake in the bucket suddenly shot upright, then, a moment later, slumped back down again.
Ning Xuan "gazed" out at the boundless Spiritual Sea. Vast regions around her were shrouded in an impenetrable fog. She had expected that entering Ying Yaoshi’s Spiritual Sea would be like entering Di Youlin’s—disorienting, with no target in sight. However, perhaps because Win Snake had just absorbed her blood, Ning Xuan could sense its presence.
Even though Win Snake’s physical form was outside his body, its spiritual phantom was coiled deep within the Spiritual Sea.
Following that sense, Ning Xuan quickly located her target. The snake outside was pocket-sized and adorable, but the one before her now was a colossal serpent, dozens of meters high. Seeing it from afar, Ning Xuan stopped dead in her tracks.
