Shen Luo's eyes widened, as if there was a cold snake crawling up his back.
Those small hands were swollen and rotten, pale in colour, looking like floating corpses that had been soaked in water for a long time, but there were slender black fingernails on them, some even penetrated his clothes and dug into his flesh.
Shen Luo opened his mouth to exhale, his mouth wide open, but not a single sound came out, his heart could not help but be terrified to the extreme.
But immediately after, he discovered something strange.
He actually did not feel the slightest bit of pain!
"Don't panic, don't panic …"
Shen Luo's heart calmed down, forcing himself to calm down.
He tried to use the nameless technique, trying to mobilize the spiritual energy in his body, to see if he could force back these pale white ghost hands.
However, the spiritual energy in his dantian had just moved slightly, and he immediately felt a chill on the back of his neck, an incomparably strong cold aura seeping out, causing all the hairs on his body to stand on end.
"It's the jade pillow!"
Shen Luo immediately felt the change on the back of his neck.
Without waiting for him to make any further movements, the jade pillow behind his neck suddenly emitted a strong suction force, he only felt that the blood in his body suddenly seemed to be boiling, turning into wisps of white steam, being sucked out.
His eyes widened, but he could only watch helplessly as his chest collapsed bit by bit, the hands that were exposed quickly withered, becoming like ghost claws, life gradually fading away.
Shen Luo's mind was a mess, fear, doubt, unwillingness … all kinds of emotions mixed together, using the last of his strength, he roared, "No …"
The next moment, his body suddenly sat up from the bed, his chest violently rising up and down, gasping for breath.
In a panic, he hurriedly looked at the mattress under his body, but in the end he only saw a circle of sweat soaked water stains, where were the pale white ghost hands that were as small as a child?
Following that, he turned over and looked at his palms and the back of his hands several times, they were all intact, there were no traces of being sucked dry and turning into ghost claws.
"Could it really be a nightmare?"
Shen Luo looked around blankly, only to see that the doors and windows were all closed. The furnishings in the room were the same. Even the pillow under his head was the usual rattan pillow, while the jade pillow was placed quietly to the side.
He raised his hand to wipe away the cold sweat on his forehead. In an instant, all his sleepiness disappeared. He got up, lit a lamp, changed into a clean set of clothes, and sat down at the table.
The hazy moonlight could still be seen outside the window. It seemed that it was already the latter half of the night.
Shen Luo recalled the scene in his nightmare and still felt a little shaken. He took out an exorcism talisman and stuck it on his body, channeling a trace of mana into it.
As the light on the talisman lit up, his eyes became hazy again. He looked around and carefully examined every corner of the room.
However, just as his gaze turned, his eyebrows suddenly twitched.
There was really something strange in the room!
He looked back and saw that from the roof to the void between his bed, there was a slender shadow hanging down. It was faintly discernible and extremely blurry.
If he wasn't nervous at the moment and his attention was too focused, he wouldn't have discovered it.
Shen Luo's heart tightened. He hurriedly held the lamp over, wanting to see it clearly.
As a result, when the light moved over, the thing that he could vaguely see just now disappeared.
He didn't hesitate and immediately blew out the oil lamp in one breath.
As the light in the room was extinguished, the thing that was faintly discernible finally reappeared. It was surprisingly thin as hair, almost transparent light filaments, all of which penetrated from the roof like rain.
Shen Luo's gaze followed the light filaments all the way down. He saw that the jade pillow on the bed was surrounded by a layer of translucent light. Those light filaments hanging down from above all fell on the pillow and were all absorbed into it.
"What is this thing …" Shen Luo's heart was even more bewildered. He approached the bed step by step.
As he approached, he lowered his head to look at the Exorcism Talisman on his chest. He found that it wasn't burning, and those strange light filaments didn't struggle and twist.
"It doesn't look like a Yin Evil Spirit item …" Shen Luo's heart calmed down a little.
He stretched out a palm, as if he was catching rainwater, towards those almost transparent light filaments. The hazy white light immediately enveloped his palm.
However, he found that the moment those light filaments fell into his palm, they passed through his palm as if they were nothing, and continued to gather towards the jade pillow.
His palm didn't feel any discomfort. Those light filaments really seemed to be illusory.
Shen Luo subconsciously raised his head to look at the roof. He saw that those light filaments seemed to be born from the inside of the roof. They were very close together.
He had an idea. He picked up the jade pillow, pushed the door open and walked out.
Outside the room, the moonlight was like water. It was quiet all around. Only the sound of insects could be heard one after another.
Shen Luo carefully looked around. Other than the sound of snoring coming from the room next door, he couldn't hear the slightest sound of people. Immediately, the tip of his foot touched the ground. His figure jumped, and his footsteps landed lightly on the roof of the second floor.
He stood on the ridge of the roof and looked up at the sky. He saw that the sparkling and translucent light filaments were chasing after the jade pillow. They were like waterfalls hanging in the sky, seemingly endless and endless.
Shen Luo's gaze stayed on the night sky for a long time. Finally, he figured out the source of these sparkling and translucent light filaments. They were projected from the starry sky.
"What is the connection between these light filaments and this jade pillow?" Shen Luo was puzzled.
He had already slept. After being awakened by the nightmare, he didn't feel sleepy at all. At this moment, he didn't find the scene of the light filaments boring. He just hugged the jade pillow and looked up at the starry sky.
The light filaments hung down for an entire night. Shen Luo watched for an entire night.
It wasn't until the next morning when the sun was about to rise and the sky was turning white that the light filaments hanging down from the starry sky gradually became sparse. When the sky really brightened, the light filaments had completely disappeared.
In the end, Shen Luo didn't find anything strange about the jade pillow. Only then did he hug the jade pillow and jump off the roof. He returned to the room with a stomach full of doubts.
…
At noon, Shen Luo went to the dining hall to eat. Then, he strolled to the back of the mountain.
When he reached a place where there was no one around, he immediately quickened his pace and went straight to the hidden valley.
Shen Luo came to the shore of the shallow pond. With a leap, he directly jumped into the water.
The shallow pond suddenly splashed up a large amount of water. A cool feeling suddenly surrounded him from all directions, making him feel very comfortable. It was as if the trace of sleepiness from last night's lack of sleep had disappeared in an instant.
However, the reason he came here today was naturally not to relieve his fatigue. Instead, he wanted to try out another technique of the nameless technique, the Art of Spiritual Demon Subjugation.
According to the ancient records, if one had outstanding talent in the Art of Spiritual Demon Subjugation, they would usually only be able to cultivate the first layer of the nameless technique. If one's talent was inferior, it was very possible that they wouldn't be able to successfully subjugate a demon until they cultivated the fifth or sixth layer.
Shen Luo thought to himself that for the first layer of the nameless technique to be able to reach perfection so naturally, it might be because his talent wasn't bad. It was only because his nature was closer to water that it appeared after he encountered the nameless heavenly book.
He walked to the center of the shallow pond and sat down cross-legged. The pond water was neither deep nor shallow. It just happened to be up to his chest.
Then, he closed his eyes and concentrated. While he formed hand seals, he adjusted his breathing and began to silently circulate the nameless technique.
Not long after, within Shen Luo's Dantian, there was a cool and refreshing energy circulating. It began to circulate along the meridians in his body. Within the pond, there were bursts of ice-cold water spiritual energy that flowed and gathered around him.
As his mind gradually emptied, he began to silently recite the incantation of the Art of Spiritual Demon Subjugation. All the movements around the valley suddenly began to become subtle.
At first, Shen Luo could still faintly hear the chirping of two or three birds. Soon, he could only hear the sound of wind blowing through the gaps in the forest. Then, he could only hear the sound of insects hibernating underground, and the sound of fish swimming in the pond …
Until the end, he could only hear the sound of a stream flowing slowly.
At the same time, Shen Luo's mind also became empty. His slightly closed eyes were also pitch-black. It was as if his entire body had crossed space and appeared in another void …
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