aircannonsinc Chapter 39 The Journey, Part 2
Chapter 39 The Journey, Part 2
Upon seeing the corpse of the evil soul master who had already been killed, Elder Yi in his spiritual sea put aside his research on the relationship between soul rings and soul masters.
He then commented on the boy, "Your casting speed and target location prediction are both acceptable. For a beginner learning necromancy, this performance is already quite good."
"But why did you use the purifying fire to attack in this way? You know that when mages cast spells, they usually keep a certain distance from the target to protect their own safety."
"Otherwise, mages wouldn't always carry a spell to resist auras, just to prevent enemies from getting close and ensure their own safety."
"And basically, most spells are ranged attacks. Even when I cast Purifying Fire, it uses its soul-purifying power to shine like light on the surrounding targets, or it floats directly on the target and burns them."
"Basically, no spellcaster would attack a target by making close contact with them in a slapping motion..."
As he spoke, Old Yi mimicked the actions the young man had taken when he dealt with the evil spirit in his spiritual sea.
Although he was only imitating it at the moment, after slapping it a few times, he felt that it was quite enjoyable.
After this period of time, nourished by the spiritual energy within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, Elder Yi no longer needs to maintain that remnant soul state.
When asked about this, Huo Yuhao replied, "I didn't think that much. I just saw the vengeful spirit rushing over, and since it wasn't very strong, I just slapped it."
Upon hearing this answer, Old Yi stopped what he was doing and subconsciously said, "You know what, this method is pretty cool... I should say it's simple and quick, just like your style in the wasteland."
Upon hearing this, the boy smiled, which was taken as an admission.
Meanwhile, Tianmeng, who was inside the Sea of Spirit, also came over when he heard the commotion, but he was wearing sunglasses that had been conjured up on his face.
Upon seeing Tianmeng arrive, Elder Yi said somewhat irritably, "Can't you just stay quiet over there?"
To this, Tianmeng simply smiled and said, "We'll talk about it next time..."
Seeing this, the boy could only smile helplessly.
After burying his mother, the boy left and headed towards the far north.
During this process, Tianmeng in the Sea of Spirit remains the same as always, just sleeping inside.
Meanwhile, Elder Yi began to study the boy's condition. After all, according to Tianmeng, he had not found Huo Yuhao's memories of the wasteland in the Sea of Spirit, but the boy did have those memories.
Tianmeng couldn't find the reason, so she stopped looking for it, but Elder Yi had no intention of ending things like that.
After that, he began to explore the boy's spiritual sea, and the facts proved that in terms of spiritual power and soul, Elder Yi was indeed much stronger than Tianmeng, a fact that even Tianmeng admitted.
Because Elder Yi did indeed find Huo Yuhao's memories from the wasteland. As for why Tianmeng hadn't found them before, it was because these memories weren't with the other memories; instead, they were hidden deep within the boy's soul.
At the same time, Elder Yi also discovered that his soul had shown signs of leaving his body. This was not uncommon among some powerful cultivators of spiritual power. It was possible to separate one's soul or consciousness from the body and go elsewhere.
However, given Huo Yuhao's current situation, it is completely impossible.
As for the reason, Elder Yi gave an explanation: when someone like him chooses to dissipate, the immense power generated creates a spatial rift, allowing a wisp of his remnant soul to drift here.
Of course, this explanation does not clarify what force drew the boy's soul back at that time, or under what circumstances.
However, this led Elder Yi to a conclusion: when the boy was in the wasteland, he did not go there in his physical body, but rather in a strange soul state.
Tianmeng was somewhat surprised by this conclusion, while Huo Yuhao was not too surprised.
Because he remembered when he was still in the capital wasteland, when he first got his hands on that strange black book, many noisy voices appeared in his mind, and they became stronger and stronger as time went on.
At that time, he took off his gloves and saw his hands blurry in his eyes, but he just attributed it to blurred vision caused by mental confusion.
Looking back now, from the moment I obtained that black book, to the moment I went to the obelisk in the basement of that building to destroy it, and finally fired several shots at the obelisk to create cracks, and then the strange feeling in my mind disappeared, until a sense of clarity appeared, it already showed that I was abnormal.
Previously, I thought the abnormality was caused by the radiation produced within it. Now, after hearing Mr. Yi's explanation, I believe that radiation is only one of the reasons, and there are other factors that indirectly led to my severe reaction.
Another issue is that after returning to Douluo Continent, his physical age didn't match that of the wasteland.
And back in the wasteland, Captain Zhao joked about his superhuman strength, saying that at his age, he could fire an anti-materiel sniper rifle without wearing power armor.
In the past, I hadn't thought about it in that direction. I just thought that I came from another world and that I had soul power in my body, which was why I was different.
But if we look at it according to Mr. Yi's explanation, then it becomes understandable.
It wasn't his physical body that left Douluo Continent, but rather his soul and consciousness that detached from it. This provides an explanation for many situations that were inexplicable in the wasteland.
However, many questions remain unanswered during this process, but it has indeed provided a direction for explanation.
At the same time, the boy didn't intend to dwell on it too much. If he couldn't find a complete explanation, then he would just finish what was in front of him.
Seeing that Huo Yuhao was able to accept the situation so quickly and not get caught up in the doubts, Elder Yi and Tianmeng breathed a sigh of relief.
The boy then continued his journey toward the far north, while Tianmeng and Elder Yi watched from within their spiritual seas what the boy had experienced in the wasteland over the years.
After reading these memories, Old Yi was not too surprised.
Although he found the things in that memory novel and was interested in the contents of the books Huo Yuhao saw in the wasteland and the scenery of the universe, Old Yi was still able to calmly face these new things.
Of course, Old Yi didn't understand how the boy returned either, and could only attribute it to the favor of fate.
However, Elder Yi did figure out why Huo Yuhao's meridians were burst and his spiritual sea was disturbed after he returned.
That's because, although the experience in the wasteland wasn't a direct physical journey, the growth in mental strength and power still existed in the soul state. As the soul returned to the body, this power surged in instantly, causing this situation.
Huo Yuhao survived the ordeal, avoiding being directly burst, and successfully absorbed the power, though at the cost of his meridians nearly bursting.
However, there were also some good things. For example, the meridians that were about to burst from the strain of this force, in a sense, helped to clear the congenital narrowing and blockage of the meridians in the boy due to malnutrition.
The blood that kept seeping out of his body at that time was a sign of clearing his meridians and removing stagnation. At the same time, during this process, the boy also stimulated some potential in his Spirit Eye Martial Soul.
For example, when using the Spirit Eye Martial Soul, the appearance of that silver light with gold will temporarily double the boy's mental strength and physical strength.
However, achieving this effect certainly comes at a high price, since the meridians in the body are almost bursting, but at least they can be slowly recuperated and repaired.
After hearing this explanation, the boy understood why that had happened and realized that he had always thought that his face had turned pale because he was anemic after that incident.
I now realize that it's because all the accumulated impurities in my body have been expelled that I look like this.
Looking at himself now, the young man couldn't help but marvel at how fair-skinned he was, to the point that he could even be called a pretty boy.
No wonder when they were in Shrek City, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao joked that even if they didn't sell snacks there, they could still make a living with their faces.
After that, Elder Yi began to study the help he had mentioned to Huo Yuhao in his spiritual sea, often researching the structure of spirit rings and the relationship between spirit beasts and spirit masters.
At the same time, Elder Yi also taught the boy necromancy and occasionally looked at the books from the wasteland in his memory.
Tianmeng's situation was clearly different. He was attracted by the boy's experience in the wasteland. Even though most of the scenery in the wasteland was ruins and wilderness, there were still many novel things, such as the scene of New Vegas casino in the boy's memory.
For Tianmeng, seeing these memories was like watching the movie the boy had described, and it gave him a tremendous shock.
In fact, after reading these memories, Tianmeng didn't feel any fighting spirit, nor did he look for knowledge in the wasteland like Old Yi did. It just gave him more things to relieve boredom in the Sea of Spirit.
For example, the novels and comics Huo Yuhao read, the songs and dances he watched, and the radio music he listened to in the wasteland.
And he finally understood what the boy meant when he said, "It has five times the protein of beef," after their first meeting.
Then Tianmeng got very angry, Huo Yuhao pretended not to hear, and Elder Yi watched all of this silently.