The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1804 - 1800: Fall

Chapter 1804: Chapter 1800: Fall

At the same time, the golden array pattern within the White Robe Cave had disappeared, and the entire cave was pitch black. A nauseating smell of charred flesh lingered everywhere. There was no sign of Shen Luo’s body on the dim ground, only a formless mass of flesh lying there.

This mass of flesh was covered by a layer of charred black shell, with wisps of white smoke rising from it, appearing to be about seven or eight-tenths cooked, even if not completely done.

But just at this moment, the mass of flesh suddenly moved.

With a crisp "crack," the sound echoed particularly clearly in the empty cave.

Immediately, the shell on the surface of the black flesh cracked, and a gap opened, revealing a jade-like green light.

"Crack... crack..."

The sound of cracking continued, and the initial gap began to spread like a spider web, with each fissure emitting a bright green glow.

Suddenly, a large gap opened in the black shell, and an arm as white as jade reached out from the flesh shell. It was thin like a skeletal hand, yet transparent like warm jade, with golden bones faintly visible inside.

After the arm reached out, it pressed against the ground, and then a bony spine suddenly rose up, shattering the black flesh shell completely. A very skinny naked figure sat up from within, none other than Shen Luo.

At this moment, he looked like a famine-stricken refugee, his whole body thin like skin and bones, yet his skin exuded a faint translucent gloss, and the bones revealed inside seemed as if coated with a layer of gold, glimmering with a golden light.

At his Dantian, the last ingested Taiqing Pill was still glowing with a faint emerald green light.

Shen Luo struggled to lift his head, suddenly wrinkled his nose, and took a sharp breath.

In a flash, the wind around surged fiercely, with streams of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi rushing into his nostrils, causing his body to swell rapidly, soon becoming as large as a water jar.

As Shen Luo exhaled again, white mist slowly escaped from his lips, and his swollen body began to shrink quickly, gradually returning to its original appearance.

His eyes shone like stars, with a sparkling brightness, and with a casual wave of his hand, a green Daoist robe donned onto his body, bringing him very close to the immaculate, flawless glazed physique.

Shen Luo didn’t dwell too much on the changes in his body. He needed to make the most of his recent breakthrough to Taiyi, as the concentrated spiritual energy of this place, coupled with the still-open pores around him, allowed him to further consolidate his cultivation level.

He sat back down cross-legged, waved his hand to sweep away the remaining meat shell scraps in front, and then formed a hand seal with both hands, his body beginning to glow with a radiant light.

The next instant, Shen Luo was stunned.

The spiritual energy between Heaven and Earth around him surged madly towards his body under his guidance, and his Dantian consumed it, insatiably, relentlessly devouring the surrounding Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi.

"It’s so much faster than before!" Shen Luo sighed with emotion.

He used to draw in Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi faster than others, and now it was almost twice as fast as before.

Shen Luo sank his thoughts, focusing completely, continuing to wildly devour the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi.

...

A day passed in the blink of an eye.

At midnight, Shen Luo suddenly awoke from his state of absorbing Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi.

At this moment, his body was steadily radiating spiritual power fluctuations of the early-stage Taiyi, though the absorption of the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi still continued, not yet fully complete.

Shen Luo’s expression changed slightly, he glanced downward at the ground, and then slowly closed his eyes again.

His divine soul journeyed inward from his Little World to his Dantian, where the last suspended Taiqing Pill was still exerting its medicinal power, assisting Shen Luo in absorbing and transforming the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi.

Shen Luo’s divine soul paused briefly, then extended downward, reaching into the Underworld.

Just as the surrounding Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi had almost been absorbed completely by him, a peculiar, slightly chilly spiritual energy had unexpectedly surfaced from the Underworld, gathering towards his body as well.

Following this stream of Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi downward with his Divine Sense, Shen Luo soon discovered a quite thick Underground Spiritual Vein, extending deep beneath Mount Putuo.

"This is... Mount Putuo’s Underground Spiritual Vein?" Shen Luo felt a tightness in his heart.

The reason a piece of land could become a Blessed Land and Cave, a dojo for immortals and spirits, naturally relied on the land being extraordinary, with remarkable geomancy, and whether an underground Spiritual Vein was present was a crucial factor.

The Underground Spiritual Vein was also one of the key elements for Mount Putuo to be a foundational stronghold of its sect.

Shen Luo subconsciously wanted to stop drawing from the Underground Spiritual Vein, as after all, it was detrimental to the interests of Mount Putuo.

However, just as this thought emerged in him, an anomaly occurred within his body.

The black seed that had always remained quiet within his Meridian suddenly became active. Its black root silently pierced through the Void, embedding itself into the Underground Spiritual Vein of Mount Putuo.

As soon as the black root entered the Underground Spiritual Vein, the black seed began to emit a black light within Shen Luo’s body.

Immediately, the spiritual power within the Underground Spiritual Vein flowed uncontrollably along the root, crazily surging into Shen Luo’s body, at a speed astonishingly ten times faster than his normal mana absorption.

As Shen Luo’s internal mana grew rapidly, the spiritual power within Mount Putuo’s Underground Spiritual Vein began to deplete quickly, causing the Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi throughout Mount Putuo to become violently unstable.

All over Mount Putuo, people were alarmed. No one knew what had happened, and panic spread among the populace.

Outside the White Robe Cave, Nie Caizhu, already anxious over Shen Luo’s prolonged absence, suddenly sensed the change in the surrounding Heavenly and Earthly Spiritual Qi, which made her expression change slightly.

Nie Caizhu suspected it might be related to Shen Luo, but since she wasn’t a Taiyi Cultivator, she couldn’t be sure.

As she hesitated whether to enter the White Robe Cave to check the situation, she suddenly noticed a figure swiftly approaching from a distance, landing outside the White Robe Cave in the blink of an eye.

"Master." Nie Caizhu quickly greeted.

"We’ll talk later." Fairy Qinglian bypassed Nie Caizhu directly and arrived at the entrance of the White Robe Cave.

She waved her hand, directly breaking the prohibition of the Cave Mansion, and stepped inside.

It is most taboo to be suddenly interrupted during secluded cultivation. If the person in seclusion is at a critical moment, it might even endanger their life. Thus, Nie Caizhu and the Black Bear Demon were both startled and hurriedly followed her inside.

"Shen Luo, stop now." Fairy Qinglian’s voice suddenly rang out, with a tone of urgency.

Shen Luo was still immersed in the joy of the Meridian Seed, madly absorbing the power of the spiritual vein, and did not immediately stop his actions.