parentshiftbook Chapter 69 Mysterious Aura!
Chapter 69 Mysterious Aura!
"Hey boss, I'm off now."
"Um."
Li Tong was also afraid that something else might emerge from the forest. Su Ye didn't stop him. Since they had already obtained the Crimson Glow Spirit Fruit, there was no point in Li Tong staying here any longer. If they encountered any evolved creatures again, it would only make things worse.
Yuheng Mountain has fallen silent again.
Unlike Yuhuang Mountain, which is bustling with worshippers and has transformed into a vibrant, human-made mountain, Yuheng Mountain is more natural. Its undulating terrain, with the night pressing down on its ridges, gives it an unspoiled, natural feel.
Su Ye walked alone in the mountains.
His spiritual power slowly spread out.
The life in the mountains and forests suddenly lit up in his senses: wild mice curled up in tree holes, birds frightened and afraid to move on branches, snakes slowly crawling in the grass, and even a few small beasts that had begun to mutate, with denser bones, longer claws and teeth, and much more vigorous blood and energy than ordinary wild animals, but they had not yet truly crossed the threshold of marrow cleansing.
These things posed no threat to Su Ye, and he didn't care at all.
But just as he was walking through a mountain valley, Su Ye suddenly stopped.
His expression changed slightly.
What is that?
Su Ye's spiritual power penetrated downwards, and at a certain point at the bottom of the mountain, the spiritual power was like a thin needle piercing into the boundless black water, suddenly making his face turn pale.
boom.
Su Ye's expression changed drastically. His mental energy was instantly withdrawn, and he took a half step back. A layer of cold sweat appeared on his back.
A mountain breeze blows.
The woods were quiet.
That feeling just now vanished completely, as if it had never existed.
Su Ye stood still, not moving for a long time.
What's at the bottom of the mountain?
The atmosphere of that moment was ancient and worn, carrying a sense of the vicissitudes of time, as if the plants and trees had withered and flourished generation after generation, but it was still there.
Su Ye slowly exhaled.
There are great secrets in the world, but they are not something I can touch right now.
One must know when to advance and when to retreat.
Su Ye knew very well that he had only come into contact with that aura from afar, and it had already caused his spirit to collapse. He thought he had come a long way on this path, but who would have thought that he might still be just an ant.
He turned and left the mountain valley, finding a cave far from the beasts and the energy deep within the mountains.
The cave entrance was covered by vines. The cave was not spacious, but it was quiet enough. After confirming that no living beings were approaching, Su Ye sat down cross-legged and took out the Crimson Cloud Spirit Fruit.
As soon as the spiritual fruit left the embrace of the water elemental energy, a layer of crimson light illuminated the cave. The fruit lay quietly in Su Ye's palm, its peel crystal clear, and the spiritual energy within flowed slowly, warm and vibrant, like a newly risen rosy dawn encased within.
Su Ye did not hesitate.
Take a bite.
The moment the fruit enters your mouth, there is no juice or sweetness like in ordinary fruit. Instead, a burst of crimson energy explodes in your mouth, flows down your throat, and rushes straight to your heart with almost no pause.
boom!
Su Ye's chest suddenly trembled.
That crimson energy was so intense, like a ball of molten iron poured directly into the depths of the heart.
Su Ye grunted, and the veins on his forehead bulged instantly.
It felt like my heart was being squeezed tightly and then forcibly opened in the next moment. A sharp, throbbing pain exploded from my chest cavity, rushing along the aorta to my entire body. My blood felt like it was on fire at that moment, my veins bulged, and red veins were faintly visible under my skin.
it hurts.
Su Ye gritted his teeth and instantly activated his breathing technique.
However, the spiritual energy within the Crimson Glow Fruit was too domineering. As soon as he drew upon a wisp of it, his heart suddenly accelerated uncontrollably, his blood surged, and his eardrums were filled with heavy drumming sounds.
thump.
dong dong.
Boom boom boom!
Su Ye's vision went black, and it felt like a furnace was burning inside his chest.
The water-based golden elixir trembled violently.
The next moment, a cool sensation surged wildly from the depths of his left kidney, spreading layer by layer along his spine, blood vessels, and spiritual energy channels into his chest cavity, like a tide suppressing a fire, or like a cold spring pouring into a burning iron furnace.
For the first time, Su Ye felt so fortunate that the first golden core he fused with was the water-based one.
Without this golden pill, he wouldn't be able to suppress the spiritual energy of the Crimson Cloud Spirit Fruit at all.
Getting angry can be fatal.
Even after his second marrow cleansing, his body might not be able to withstand such a violent transformation at the heart level.
The water spreads out.
The flames surged.
Two forces collided repeatedly in his chest cavity, causing Su Ye's breathing to become fast and slow. His originally formed breathing technique was torn to pieces at this moment, but it was precisely because of this tearing that he truly saw the position of his heart in the breathing technique for the first time.
He used to know that the heart is the engine.
But now, that engine has been destroyed.
Myocardial contraction, valve opening and closing, blood pumping out, the fiery spiritual energy spreading with each beat, is then gradually brought back into rhythm by the water-based golden elixir.
confusion.
pressing.
Reorganization.
Su Ye's mental energy was fixed on the depths of the heart, like a doctor standing in front of a collapsing operating table, knowing that the patient might die at any moment, but still stitching back the most critical structure inch by inch.
Heartbeat, blood flow, inspiration.
These originally scattered things were smashed into chaos by the overwhelming power of the Crimson Cloud Spirit Fruit, and then gradually re-condensed under the suppression and deduction of the Water-type Golden Core.
I don't know how much time has passed.
The crimson spiritual energy sank completely into the depths of the heart, without forming a fire-type golden core or condensing an inner palace, but it seemed to leave a very faint crimson pattern in the deepest part of the heart muscle.
With each heartbeat, that texture light up slightly.
thump.
Su Ye slowly opened his eyes.
The crimson glow inside the cave has dissipated.
He looked as if he had just been pulled out of the water; his clothes were soaked with sweat, his face was pale, but his eyes were surprisingly bright.
The anomaly just now, though dangerous, also greatly inspired Su Ye!
The breathing technique was finally perfected.
It's not the kind of rhythm that was barely cobbled together before, nor is it a rudimentary form that was temporarily patched up by borrowing Li Tong's Heart Fire, Li Yuefeng's External Appearance, and Lung Metal Attack. Instead, it's a complete breathing method that can simultaneously draw in water, metal, and fire, and can use the heart as a furnace, the lung breath as a blade, and the water-based golden elixir as the center.
Su Ye raised his hand and pressed it against his chest, carefully feeling it.
My heart beats even stronger, and my hand feels intensely hot.
Boom boom boom!
350 times/minute.
This heart rate is extremely alarming.
Picking a flower!
Su Ye's eyes narrowed slightly, and with a gentle twitch of his fingertips, his fascia contracted, his lung energy pressed into a line, and his heart pounded instantly.
840 times/minute.
It was just a fleeting moment.
But in that instant, the vines hanging from the cave entrance snapped silently, and a very thin crack appeared on the rock wall, as if it had been attacked by an invisible and terrifying force.
Su Ye slowly withdrew his hand, feeling a tightness in his chest, but without the previous sense of loss of control.
He chuckled softly.
"It's done, but I don't know when the third marrow cleansing will come."
Just then, a rustling sound came from outside the cave.
The aura leaked out when the Crimson Glow Spirit Fruit was devoured eventually attracted something.
A mountain leopard poked its head out from above the cave entrance, its pupils glowing with an eerie green. Its limbs were much thicker than those of ordinary wild animals, and a row of tiny bone spurs even grew on its back.
On the other side, the grass and trees parted, and a mutated mountain python slowly swam out, its scales damp and cold, its forked tongue carrying a faint, sweet, fishy smell.
Further away, several other mountain beasts with exceptionally vigorous vitality surrounded them.
They were all staring at Su Ye.
Or rather, staring at the crimson spiritual energy within his body that had not yet fully subsided.
Su Ye slowly stood up.
The water-based golden elixir was calm, the lungs resonated, and the crimson pattern deep within the heart lit up slightly.
He looked up at the outside of the cave, his gaze calm yet somewhat cold.
"A few wretched creatures."
"You dare covet Lingji?"
The next moment, he took a step forward.
The mountain leopard was the first to pounce.
Su Ye raised his hand and plucked a flower.
The air jolted suddenly, and while the mountain leopard was still in mid-air, its head snapped back, and its entire body instantly exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
The mountain python hissed, and its enormous body suddenly coiled around.
Su Ye did not dodge. He exhaled his lung gold with a breath, and a faint golden light sliced across, silently severing the snake's body from the middle. The cut was as clean as if it had been cut by a sharp weapon.
The remaining few evolved mountain beasts had just rushed to the cave entrance when they froze simultaneously.
Su Ye didn't even look at them, and gently pressed down with his right hand.
boom!
The blood mist exploded outside the cave.
As the mountain wind blew, the fishy smell spread into the forest. In Su Ye's eyes, the mountain beasts, which had never undergone a marrow cleansing, were like ants.
Su Ye stood at the cave entrance, his clothes still damp with sweat, but his expression had returned to calm.
Deep within Yuheng Mountain, that ancient and heavy aura remained stagnant at the bottom of the mountain, without the slightest movement.
Su Ye looked up at the night sky.
The light in his eyes slowly faded.