Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi had extremely powerful healing abilities, but that was only for Lu Sheng himself. He had never healed others through Qi transfer.
'But from the looks of it, it seems to be working pretty well,' Lu Sheng judged as he watched Dong Qi's face gradually turn rosy.
After about five minutes, Dong Qi's breathing gradually stabilized.
Lu Sheng retracted his hand. He sensed that the Yin Crane Web of Inner Qi had formed a web in Dong Qi's body at some point in time. As long as she worked hard on cultivating inner force, she would definitely achieve something.
The tiny amount of Yin Yang Jade Crane Aquarius Qi did not cause any changes to Dong Qi. She remained in her normal human form.
"Sect Master!"
Hearing that there was no more movement, Xu Chui and the rest hurried over and knelt on one knee. Seeing the devastation on the ground, they were secretly shocked by the intense battle just now. They wondered how Sect Master had battled Unlaughing Master to the point of tearing down more than half the house.
"Clean up the battlefield. The Unlaughing Master here has been dealt with. Also, carry Dong Qi to rest, "Lu Sheng instructed." We still need to make a trip to that village. "
"That village?" Ning San and the rest were puzzled.
"May I ask, Sect Master, hasn't that village been dealt with?" Xu Chui asked in a low voice.
"Dealt with? Of course not. We've only dealt with one Unlaughing Master Anomaly. But the real source is still there, untouched. " Lu Sheng smiled faintly. He recalled the contents of the stone tablet. Part of the contents hinted at the true origin of Unlaughing Master. At the same time, it hinted at where the passageway led to.
The group quickly cleaned up the scene. Actually, there was nothing much to clean up. Unlaughing Master had been reduced to black ash and Chao Long had completely dissipated. All that was left was some ashes. Apart from the rubble and rubble, only Dong Qi and Lu Sheng were alive.
Then, Tea Sect would lose a house, but they would rebuild it later. This bit of money was nothing to the wealthy Tea Sect.
After giving some simple instructions, Lu Sheng led Xu Chui and the rest to the small mountain village. They did not stop along the way. By the time they reached the top of the mountain village, it was already dawn.
The mountain village was empty and quiet. There was not a single person in sight.
Lu Sheng stood at the entrance of the village and narrowed his eyes as he scanned the interior. Even with his five senses, he couldn't detect anything strange here.
Ning San walked to the front of a stone house and squatted down to pinch a handful of black soil on the ground. He put it under his nose and sniffed it.
"People have been here before. The number … three, and they passed through separately."
"Can you find their tracks? Lu Sheng asked softly.
"I can't … If Elder Chen was here, perhaps it would be possible, but I've only managed to learn a little of his knowledge …" Ning San was a very studious person, so even though he had never been to an academy, he had learned quite a bit of knowledge from everywhere he went.
Back then, Elder Chen had helped Lu Sheng track down the rebel who had escaped from the Martial League. In the process of Lu Sheng killing the Officiator, Bai Jiang, he had contributed greatly. His tracking ability was astonishing. Therefore, after Ning San found out about it, he took the initiative to get close to him and asked for guidance in this area.
"Three people …" Lu Sheng thought for a moment. "Could it be Yan Kai and the other two?"
"Go in and search," he waved his hand.
The group of Crimson Whale Sect disciples obeyed and rushed into the village. The village wasn't big, with only seven or eight stone houses.
"Reporting to Sect Master, there's not a single person inside," a guard reported loudly.
"Is there really no one?" Lu Sheng frowned.
"Indeed, there's no sign of human life," the guard replied in a low voice.
Lu Sheng glanced at the house on the slope at the entrance of the village. Vaguely, he sensed that there was something wrong with that house. But the feeling was very faint, and he couldn't grasp it in time.
"Three Sacred Mirror … Zhao Jiaojiao and the rest are still missing. Could it be that Three Sacred Gate is behind this?" He narrowed his eyes.
"Leave some men to guard Tea Town. Don't let anyone in," Lu Sheng instructed.
"Yes!" Xu Chui acknowledged.
"Let's go back." Lu Sheng looked at the sky. He knew that there were no more clues. Without some special method, there was no way he could find Three Sacred Mirror. What's more, Zhao Jiaojiao and the rest might have been pulled into Three Sacred Mirror's pocket dimension.
He still remembered how he was pulled into the harvested rice field.
Although he couldn't find Zhao Jiaojiao, Lu Sheng had a feeling that Yin Crane Web was still nearby. Zhao Jiaojiao wasn't dead.
After searching for a while and finding nothing, Crimson Whale Sect could only leave some men behind and contact Tea Sect to hire people to build a temporary base here.
Lu Sheng led his men back to headquarters. He didn't stop along the way. Holding the bead in his hand, he had a feeling that something was disappearing with time.
Once back on the Crimson Whale ship, he locked himself in a secret chamber.
"Whoosh!"
A colorless flame burned in Lu Sheng's hand. Then, he placed it under the black bead and roasted it with high temperature.
The mist within the bead began to churn violently. That strange feeling of something disappearing intensified.
Time passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Sheng sat cross-legged on the floor of the secret chamber, staring at the bead. He had been motionless for two days.
In these two days, he had been carefully sensing the changes within the bead. More specifically, he was sensing the aura emanating from the bead.
It had been more than two days since his return from Tea Town. He seemed to be on the verge of grasping a pattern.
"Every night at the quarter to midnight … it's here … it's almost here …" Lu Sheng calculated silently.
At the quarter to midnight, the bead would undergo a miraculous change. Through the burning of inner Qi, it would cause even more obvious changes. This was what Lu Sheng had discovered during this period of time.
And now, it was time for him to test out this change.
Time passed slowly. The moonlight outside the secret chamber grew colder.
Lu Sheng stared at the bead motionlessly, as if he had become a statue.
"Hoo …"
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew out of nowhere.
Lu Sheng was stunned. He looked around but couldn't sense the direction of the wind. He squinted and looked around. Soon, he found out what caused the change in the airflow.
It was the bead.
Under the burning of the inner Qi, the bead was growing bigger and bigger.
From the size of an egg, it slowly floated up and expanded until it was as tall as a person.
The passageway inside the bead was also enlarged. Soon, it appeared in front of Lu Sheng's eyes.
A hissing airflow blew out from the bead. That was the wind that Lu Sheng had felt just now. It was the airflow in the passageway inside the bead.
"How wonderful …" Lu Sheng reached out and touched the bead.
With a puff, his hand naturally entered the bead as if it had gone through a layer of soap bubbles.
"Should I go in? This is the passageway that Chao Long was looking for. "Lu Sheng asked himself.
He carefully looked at the passageway inside the bead. The passageway was hidden in the mist, stretching into the endless depths.
With a thought, Lu Sheng took a step forward.
"Puff."
His whole body sank into the bead. He stood in front of the passageway in the mist.
He looked back.
It was still the secret chamber behind him, but it seemed to be separated by a layer of glass.
In front of him, there were two stone tablets, one on the left and one on the right. He couldn't see them clearly because of the mist. Now that he was closer, he could see them clearly.
The stone tablets were ordinary grayish-white stones. Some words were carved on them.
On the left were "Trouble, Sorrow, Loneliness, Heartache, Bitterness."
On the right were "Grief, Jealousy, Emptiness, Rage, Hardship."
The words carved on the two stone tablets were in ancient Song script. They seemed to be very old. The carvings on them were uneven.
Lu Sheng stood in front of the stone tablets. He looked at the passageway through the thick mist. Then, he looked back at the secret chamber behind him.
At this moment, the secret chamber was like a door, a door that led back to reality, and this passage seemed to lead to a world that he didn't know.
Lu Sheng hesitated.
He really wanted to go in and take a look. But just by looking at Wandering Heart Society's Chao Long's fanfare, he knew that this passageway led to an extraordinary place. If he really was of demon or aristocratic blood, he might have to go in and take a look no matter what.
But he wasn't. He was purely human.
Things that were good for demons and ghosts might be bad for him. Moreover, he could feel a strange, inexplicable aura just by standing in front of the passageway.
This aura was like the moist air of a waterfall crashing down. It was sticky and constantly tried to stick to his body, as if it had a life of its own.
His instincts warned him that the place this passageway led to might not be good for him.
Standing in front of the stone tablet, Lu Sheng hesitated for a long time. Finally, he slowly retreated until he reached the entrance of the secret chamber.
"Since Three Sacred Gates controls this passageway, I'll definitely have a chance in the future. I can't go in recklessly. If I go in when I don't know anything, I might get into trouble. "He never fought a battle he wasn't confident of winning. Apart from the first battle where he had no choice, he would always take the initiative to attack when he had the upper hand.
This was his principle and his way of doing things.
Taking one last look at the mysterious passageway, Lu Sheng gritted his teeth and turned his head. He stepped out of the bead and returned to the secret chamber.
"Szzz …"
The moment he stepped out of the bead, the black pillar and the passageway suddenly warped like a black whirlpool in the water. In the span of a few breaths, it rapidly shrank, faded, became transparent and disappeared.
"Pfft."
There was a crisp sound, and in the blink of an eye, there was nothing left in the secret chamber. The black bead had completely disappeared, not even its remains.
Lu Sheng stood where he was, recalling the feeling just now. That feeling of mystery, the unknown, and danger was something he could not forget for a long time.
"I'm not ready yet. I haven't reached my strongest state. Moreover, I don't know how long this passageway will take. If I go in recklessly, with the lifespan of those demons and ghosts, I might end up spending years or even decades. Then everything I've built up in the Northern Lands will be ruined … Moreover, there's some unknown danger hidden inside. I can't take the risk. "
Lu Sheng did not regret his decision.
There were still many things that needed to be taken care of in the Northern Lands. He wanted to build an absolutely safe nest for himself, a powerful home, a base camp where he could recuperate in secret even when he was seriously injured.
In this chaotic and dangerous world, to build such a place would undoubtedly require a powerful force and influence.
"Maybe next time. When I've figured out everything about Three Sacred Gates, there'll be a chance to go in again." Lu Sheng looked at the empty secret chamber, his expression calm.
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