ccnovels #279 - Psychic Retreat
#279 - Psychic Retreat
Give a return gift... What's with the politeness?
Just give him ten or eight boxes of those 'scrap materials' piled up in this subspace, and wouldn't that little favor be returned?
Wang Jixuan lay in the stone coffin,忍不住打了个哈欠, and couldn't help but yawn. Number Five was already peering over from the side.
"How do we do it?"
"You can rest directly," Number Five's voice was clear and moving, but her expression was very cold.
This made Wang Jixuan couldn't help but suspect that this guy had two personalities, one lively and active, and the other noble and indifferent.
"Can I trust you?"
"You can trust me as I trust you."
"Okay," Daoist Wang slowly closed his eyes, and with the attitude of 'since I'm here, I might as well stay', he pretended to fall asleep.
Of course, it was impossible for him to fall asleep directly!
The most basic vigilance was still necessary.
The surrounding light and shadows flickered, the stone coffin was activated by Number Five, and streams of warm currents gathered from all directions.
The spire trembled slightly.
The massive crystal cores buried under the base of this spire, those crystal core reserves hidden and arranged throughout the subspace, and some rare spiritual mines that could naturally emit spiritual energy, were all contributing a bit of spiritual energy at this moment.
Faint spots of light converged towards the spire;
The light of the stone slab suspended in the studio flickered like a breathing light effect, rhythmically bright and dim, and more and more spiritual energy converged towards it.
Those warm currents flowing into Wang Jixuan's body grew from streams to small rivers;
What a great opportunity!
Wang Jixuan quickly perked up and struggled to sit up from lying down, sitting cross-legged in meditation.
The black and gray skirt fluttered past, and a fair and slender jade leg stepped into the stone coffin.
Number Five frowned and looked at Wang Jixuan: "Aren't you going to lie down?"
"Huh?" Wang Jixuan opened his eyes and asked, "What are you doing in here?"
Number Five said calmly: "Absorbing spiritual energy. My injuries have improved a lot, and my body can already accommodate more spiritual energy, and I'll share a little with you... If it's not a lying position, my absorption efficiency will be greatly reduced. Unless you teach me the method of allowing spiritual energy to flow along a fixed path."
"That requires us to completely trust each other first."
Wang Jixuan looked at the inside of the stone coffin, trying to shrink himself into the corner.
"You should be able to lie down if you shrink down."
"Wouldn't it be better for us to lie side by side?"
"No, it's easy to cause misunderstandings," the Daoist said honestly, "We are partners, there's no need to make it so ambiguous."
"What outdated concepts do you have... There's no one else here, and besides, I'm not interested in your body, and I wouldn't do such a despicable act of robbing someone else's spouse."
The Daoist didn't answer, just looked at her with a smile.
Number Five was speechless, and finally transformed into the 'low-power standby' appearance of the blonde loli from before, lying in the stone coffin, with two small feet stepping on Wang Jixuan's leg.
Streams of spiritual energy passed through the spire, continuously converging towards the two.
This spiritual energy had been purified, it was very pure, and had not been given any attributes.
Wang Jixuan originally wanted to be steady and solid, but with this kind of opportunity, he naturally couldn't let it go.
Well, let's break through the realm first, and it won't be too late to be steady and solid later!
The Daoist quickly entered a state of cultivation, and in just a moment, the Qi Sea in his body was once again filled from a state of near depletion.
He originally wanted to take this opportunity to feel the specific function of the stone coffin and comprehend the spiritual energy circuit.
Now he didn't have the time to comprehend, so he focused on his old business of cultivating immortality.
It seems, he can directly step into the mid-stage of the Core Formation realm today?
According to the laws of cultivation, the higher the realm, the slower the breakthrough. The Dao body needs to be tempered, the Yuan Soul needs to be nourished, and in the Core Formation realm, the two also need to continuously merge with the Qi Sea.
Wang Jixuan had already walked this path once. This time, he was not copying the answers, but putting the reference answers under the test paper, tracing them stroke by stroke, and then thinking about whether there was any room for checking for omissions and filling in gaps.
After the Daoist's state was restored, he unceremoniously used the excellent cultivation environment here to temper his Dao body, nourish his wronged soul, and promote the mutual integration of the two with the Qi Sea.
Vaguely, Wang Jixuan also felt a wonderful Dao rhythm and smelled a fresh floral fragrance.
The core circuit of a spiritual cultivator is the fragment of Dao principles, a near-perfect enlightenment stone;
Wang Jixuan carefully sensed it, and unconsciously began to comprehend... Number Five · Wilhelmina Tuke's core circuit, and easily gained something and understood something.
This return gift was unexpectedly rich.
...
Peony sat boredly by the stone slab wall.
She was holding a philosophy book, playing the role of a cultured and high-quality maid, but in reality, she was collecting information and processing intelligence to ensure that her commander would not be caught off guard.
A message caught her attention.
The war in the D3 Comprehensive War Zone ended with the sudden retreat of the spiritualists.
Before the other party retreated, they also put on a posture of fighting to the death with their own side, but within half an hour, they directly withdrew from the underground.
By the time the frontline commander reacted, those guys had already disappeared without a trace.
Escaped?
Why is that?
Peony didn't quite understand. Logically speaking, the Spirit Energy Capital should be launching a large-scale offensive at this stage, taking advantage of the imminent awakening of the Pillar-level Blade Beast to force D5 to bow its head...
'Why are the Six Elders' decisions so strange?'
Peony didn't quite understand this, but she didn't take it to heart.
She couldn't access the network of the Spirit Energy Capital, as it was physically isolated from the outside world.
In any case, this news must be reported to the commander.
"Peony!"
Zheng Shiduo's greeting came from outside the window.
Peony walked to the window, smiled politely, and asked Zheng Shiduo on the roof of the adjacent building: "Is something the matter, Squad Leader Zheng?"
"Is Teacher Wang coming over tonight?"
"The commander hasn't finished dealing with the spiritualist's problem yet, so he probably won't be able to make it. Let everyone follow the schedule for rest. Later, when the commander has time, he will give everyone lessons."
"Okay!"
Zheng Shiduo stared at the stone slab wall for a long time, and wondered: "Where's Sister Lingtong?"
"She went to film a lecture video."
"Okay, there are a few of her fanboys and fangirls here, uh, middle-aged fans, who want to get her autograph."
Peony smiled and said: "This shows that Commander Lingtong's publicity effect is beginning to take effect."
Zheng Shiduo chatted with Peony for a few more words, glanced at the time, and ran to greet the new recruits to have a meal in the lower city of the fortress.
They weren't going to collectively degenerate on the 46th floor;
It was purely because there was a large enough dining venue over there, and they could also do some karaoke, an ancient but enduring entertainment activity.
Peony returned to her exclusive position and continued to sort out the intelligence.
Ding.
[Little Sister Mai: Big Peony, is your commander busy? I'm on my way back, and I have something to discuss with him. It's not very urgent, but it's important.]
Aunt Dragonfly has already sent her teacher back?
The action was quite swift.
Peony speculated that the important matter in Aunt Dragonfly's mouth should be related to the sudden large-scale retreat of the Spirit Energy Capital in D3.
[Big Peony: You can come directly to the studio, the commander is still busy.]
[Little Sister Mai: To be on the safe side, you should first raise the level of alert to the highest level. Many unusual signs have appeared in the Spirit Energy Capital. The three spiritualists hiding underground have just summoned several SS-level spiritualists from the Natural Faction, who are also my teachers.]
[Big Peony: Received, can this message be synchronized to the Commander-in-Chief?]
[Little Sister Mai: You don't have to bother, his intelligence network is much stronger than you think, he must already know.]
[Big Peony: Okay, have a safe trip.]
Closing the chat box, Peony increased the intensity of information gathering, and related information gradually converged.
No more than half an hour after the spiritualists' large-scale retreat from the D3 Starry Wasteland;
A large number of transport planes appeared in the thirteen branch offices of D2 and D3, and the aircraft group rushed to the north. Obvious firelight appeared in these branch offices.
Within the next two hours, several secret bases opened up by the Spirit Energy Capital closed the 'Doomsday Response System' and disappeared from the map.
The response system is something that all fortresses must automatically run;
The response system is closed, most likely because the building is completely powered off and humans have left the building.
Satellite images showed: a large number of aircraft were converging from all directions towards the vicinity of the Arctic Circle.
Dozens of bases exist on the periphery of the Spirit Energy Capital. These bases are scattered throughout the high-latitude regions. Satellites photographed that these bases were brightly lit, welcoming those aircraft.
The several major comprehensive war zones related to this are currently maintaining silence.
Peony already had some guesses.
The awakening degree of the Pillar-level Blade Beast is constantly rising;
The Spirit Energy Retreat;
Looking at these two things together, it can probably be determined that the Spirit Energy Capital should be trying to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.
This is not a brave man cutting off his wrist or a gecko breaking its tail;
This is just cowardice in the face of the Blade Beast, and the despicable idea of using the Blade Beast to suppress the other force in the human camp.
'These guys, they really deserve to die.'
Peony was secretly sulking.
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She glanced at the stone slab that was still constantly absorbing the spiritual energy in the air, calculating the time the commander had entered it, and was also vaguely worried.
'Well, if Commander Lingtong comes over, then let's try to summon the commander.'
Peony made up her mind like this.
However, she waited until the next morning, and Lingtong didn't take the initiative to come over.
Lingtong was not the kind of clingy person. She fully trusted her partner and respected her partner's freedom, especially since Wang Jixuan had many secrets.
Near noon, the stone slab finally made a move.
Peony saw two figures jumping out of it, and quickly went forward to greet them, catching the combat puppet that Wang Jixuan was pulling.
"Commander... uh?"
Peony blinked and stared unblinkingly at Daoist Wang.
The Daoist's current state was indeed somewhat different.
He had just broken through to the Minor Dao Realm. His skin radiated an immortal glow, his eyes carried a sharp glint, and his whole being exuded an unsuppressable spiritual aura. His eyes were deep and dark, yet flickered with a faint light within the darkness.
"Huh?" Wang Jixuan asked strangely, "What are you looking at?"
"Nothing, I just feel like Commander has changed somewhat."
"His aura is still unstable after just breaking through," Daoist Wang cast two spells to conceal his aura.
Peony lowered her head and helped the battle puppet to the corner, beginning to report the series of events that had occurred here.
"A mass evacuation of Lingneng City?"
Wang Jixuan was slightly puzzled:
"They're just giving up D2 and D3 like that? They've painstakingly managed them for decades, spending so much manpower and resources, and they're just throwing it all away?"
"That's right," Peony said with a smile, "They probably want to avoid the brunt of the attack, preserve their strength, and then rely on the Blade Beast to take out D5."
Wang Jixuan chuckled, "They must be certain that the Pillar Blade Beast will awaken."
"And also certain that the Pillar Blade Beast will attack the Comprehensive War Zone."
"Well, fine then," Wang Jixuan shook his head, "A bunch of cowards. It's good that they've given it up."
Peony said, "The higher-ups of the D3 Comprehensive War Zone rushed here overnight. Commander-in-Chief Fu Jian is receiving them, but they're being treated very poorly. The Commander-in-Chief only gave them two Crane Origin Pills."
"Not bad, the treatment is clearly differentiated. This also saves me a bit of effort."
The Daoist stretched languidly, his spiritual sense swept over the area, patrolling inside and outside the fortress, and then prepared to go back to find Ling Tong.
He had been busy healing Number Five, and then received a gift from Number Five, directly breaking through a small realm. Even the most important plan—the true dual cultivation—had been delayed.
This was very bad;
He had to hurry up and make up for it!
"I'm going to rest for half a day," Wang Jixuan said, "As for the classroom, have them follow the class monitor and the study committee member to study diligently."
"Yes!"
Peony grabbed Wang Jixuan, who was about to jump out of the window, and said quickly:
"Aunt Dragonfly has something to discuss and is on her way. She'll be here in two minutes."
"Alright then, I'll wait for her for a while."
"Hmph," a soft hum came from the stone slab. Number Five Spirit Practitioner, maintaining her short hair, yellow hair, and one-meter-forty appearance, jumped out of the stone slab, and incidentally put the stone slab into her bracelet.
Stars surrounded her;
It was spiritual energy dancing for her.
Number Five was a little indignant: "You ran out without even saying hello. You're really too polite!"
"Wasn't it because I saw you were still cultivating and didn't want to disturb you," Wang Jixuan asked with a smile, "How's your strength recovering?"
"About twenty percent," Number Five raised her small face, "Now, even if those three old things attack directly, I can protect you."
Daoist Wang gave a thumbs up: "Great!"
He then asked: "What if a Pillar-level Blade Beast attacks?"
"I should be able to lead you to escape," Number Five readily admitted defeat, "My subspace, and the subspace left by old Sophie, can both take people away."
The Daoist nodded and asked again: "Can you reactivate the Sleep Circuit now?"
"The activation conditions for the Sleep Circuit are very harsh, and there's a cooldown time. Each use wears it down, and there's also a limit to the number of simultaneous uses, otherwise we would have put these guys to sleep all the time."
Involved in matters of life and death, Number Five also answered very seriously:
"If the six of us work together, we can strengthen the circuit... I can feel now that a Pillar-level Blade Beast is indeed on the verge of awakening."
"Are there other ways to prevent it from awakening?"
"This, I don't have it here, but you can ask Little Hua Ting," Number Five directly indicated, "She might have some surprises."
"I'll leave this to you, Peony!"
"Yes, I'll go ask later."
Number Five reminded: "It's best if you go yourself."
"That'll have to wait until I'm done with my work," Wang Jixuan slumped on the sofa, crossed his legs, and calculated the time he could break through to the Golden Core Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm.
He would need at least three months of preparation to break through to the Golden Core Realm;
This was already forcibly breaking through, regardless of the instability of his Dao foundation.
As for the Nascent Soul... The evolution of the Golden Core into a Nascent Soul itself required a long process...
The Daoist raised his eyes to look at his battle puppet, and began to ponder how to significantly improve the battle puppet's strength again.
Just as he was thinking, Mai Qingting flew directly into the seventh floor, her thin wings vibrating rapidly behind her, rushing over in a fluster.
Auntie hadn't even arrived yet...
"Wang Zheng!"
Aunt Dragonfly gasped for breath, clutching a communicator as she rushed in through the window and shouted directly: "My teacher wants to communicate with you!"
"Then communicate, don't get so excited."
"She's in the underground of Lingneng City, inside the spaceship of those three Spirit Practitioners! It seems the Spirit Practitioners want to see you!"
Wang Jixuan turned his head to look at Number Five.
Number Five answered very seriously: "I didn't betray you, I can't wait to exclusively enjoy your healing ability."
"Help me reply," Wang Jixuan shook his head, "I have partners now and don't want to contact other Spirit Practitioners. If there are any problems, you can first negotiate with my spokesperson in the Spirit Practitioner civilization."
Having said that, Wang Jixuan put his hands in his pockets, walked lightly down the steps, and strode away.
Aunt Dragonfly was stunned.
Number Five hadn't reacted yet.
"Spokesperson? Who is it?"