Cultivation by Trial and Error
Chapter 47 - 47 47 The Legendary Going Around in Circles

47: Chapter 47 The Legendary Going Around in Circles 47: Chapter 47 The Legendary Going Around in Circles Clutching Lin Lan’s small hand tightly, Chen Hai was chatting with her.

Suddenly, he realized that the small hand he was holding was dry and thin, resembling a bird’s claw.

Looking up, the person whose hand he was holding was not Lin Lan at all but rather a gaunt old lady, with only a layer of skin covering her bones.

Even with Chen Hai’s iron will and strong psychological resilience, he couldn’t help shuddering when suddenly facing such a situation, and he flung the hand he was holding aside.

“Chen Hai, what are you doing?

Why did you suddenly fling my hand away?” Lin Lan’s voice reached his ears.

Rubbing his eyes, Chen Hai opened them again to see Lin Lan looking at him with a puzzled face; the old lady he had just seen was nowhere in sight.

“Is an illusion affecting my perception?” he frowned and thought to himself.

He actually knew a few similar tricks himself; it was precisely because of this that he immediately thought of this explanation.

Of course, he was startled by the sudden sight as well.

But it was only a moment before his composure returned, and he was as calm as usual.

Looking back, there was a good chance that the reason Zhang Zhi had slapped Li Ying so hard was that he had encountered a similar situation.

“My parents never hit me, Zhang Zhi, how dare you slap me?”

“Ying, I’ve explained so many times, I really didn’t mean it, I just saw the wrong person!”

“Don’t make excuses.

Let me tell you, Zhang Zhi, no matter what your reasons are, don’t expect me to pay you any mind in the future…”

“Ignore me if you want to; we can break up for all I care.

With my qualifications, do you think I’ll be afraid no one will like me?”

…

Staring at Zhang Zhi, Li Ying’s face was steely.

Zhang Zhi, who had been apologetic, seemed to have lost his temper now.

Like quarreling with someone, the two were at each other’s throats, barely refraining from a physical confrontation.

“What’s all this noise?

If you don’t want to spend the night here, everyone better quiet down!” Chen Hai admonished them with a displeased glare.

Honestly, being in such an environment was enough to make anyone anxious and irritable, and emotions could easily spiral out of control.

That Li Ying and Zhang Zhi had ended up in such a state was not surprising at all.

Chen Hai’s reprimand seemed to be scolding them but also meant to calm them down.

“Brother Hai, do you have a way to leave this place?

Whatever you say, we’ll do.

We will all listen to you!” Zhang Yong, who had just eased his relationship with Yang Hua a bit, quickly chimed in first upon hearing this.

“That’s right, Brother Hai, just command us in whatever needs to be done!” Hu Zhiyong, the class leader and organizer of the activity, also quickly agreed after Zhang Yong.

By now, his legs were still trembling, and among all the people present, only Chen Hai seemed to be the most composed and relaxed.

Under these circumstances, who else could Hu Zhiyong trust if not Chen Hai?

Even his address for Chen Hai had changed from “Chen Hai” to “Brother Hai.”

“Chen Hai, if you really have a way to get us out of this, we’ll all listen to you!” Li Ying and Zhang Zhi, who had been arguing nonstop, also looked at each other and decided to put aside their quarrel to show their stance to Chen Hai.

“Can we escape or not?

We won’t know unless we try.”

“But I must remind you: no matter what you see, stay calm and don’t panic!”

“First, stand still and do not move!” After patting Lin Lan’s shoulder and letting go of her small hand, Chen Hai strode to the cabin door.

Outside was a gray blur, and nothing was clear, which was entirely different from what he had seen while in his divine soul state.

It seemed that the unknown spirit in the cabin had covered the whole place with its illusion.

The reason Chen Hai’s perspective was different in his divine soul state was simply because, in that state, he was on a different frequency.

He called out to the few people inside the cabin, then stepped boldly out the front door.

Unlike Zhang Yong’s previous encounter, Chen Hai had taken only a few steps before he re-entered the cabin from the room on the left.

The illusion was now covering the entire cabin, and under such circumstances, one’s perception was completely disoriented.

“Zhang Zhi, go and try running outside like I did, will you?” After looking at everyone inside the cabin, Chen Hai’s gaze ultimately fell on Zhang Zhi.

“Brother Hai, isn’t that a bit inappropriate?” Zhang Zhi responded, shrinking back a little.

“What’s inappropriate about it?

Both Brother Hai and I have tried it.

If you run out the door, at most you’ll just come back in from the room on the left, there’s nothing dangerous.”

“That’s right.

You’re so spirited when arguing with Li Ying, but when Brother Hai asks you to do a small task, you’re reluctant–what does that mean?” Hu Zhiyong and Zhang Yong rebuked him one after the other.

The other women also joined in with their own reproachful words.

“Alright, fine, I’ll go out…” Looking slightly uncomfortable, Zhang Zhi could no longer evade the suggestion and strode towards the nearby door.

“Just as I suspected!” At this moment, Chen Hai’s divine soul had once again departed from his body.

Through his vision, he could clearly see that Zhang Yong hadn’t walked out the front door at all but had directly entered the left room, made a round, and walked out again.

Of course, this was the scene he saw in his divine soul state.

If his divine soul were to return to his body, what he would see would be the same as what the others saw—Zhang Zhi leaving through the main door and coming out from the room on the left.

The illusion influences perception; as long as you are within its range, what you see, hear, and sense could all be false and untrustworthy.

Chen Hai’s divine soul could glimpse the truth, but he had no way of guiding the people inside the cabin to truly leave.

Even he himself, free to come and go in divine soul state within the cabin, would also be misled by the illusion once he returned to his body.

“Brother Hai, is this what they call going around in circles in legends?” Hu Zhiyong, still trembling, asked Chen Hai tentatively.

“What nonsense about going around in circles?

It’s just a silly tale.”

“As the class leader, Hu Zhiyong, your political awareness is lacking!”

“Let me tell you, in this day and age, there can’t be ghosts, nor are they allowed.

What we’re dealing with should be a Spirit of Obsession.”

“Unlike resentful spirits or evil spirits, this Spirit of Obsession feeds on emotions, just scaring you a little.

Normally, it wouldn’t take someone’s life.”

“Drag on for a while, and once morning comes and the rooster crows, the illusion will dissipate, and we will naturally be able to escape.”

…

Completely composed, Chen Hai smiled and explained.