Chapter 596 - 479: The Story Repeats

Chapter 596: Chapter 479: The Story Repeats

Consciousness Collection?!

Jiang Baitao and Lin Le were stunned. Over so many years, they had encountered thousands of cultivators, but among them, only Lu Qian and Master Xuan Ji possessed Consciousness Collection.

They both knew what a rare power this was, a precious talent, and it was a crucial reason why Lu Qian’s array cultivation far surpassed his peers.

Jiang Baitao couldn’t help but exclaim, "Are you saying Xiaolin has Consciousness Collection?"

Hai Shuangyao was even more surprised. She nodded, "Yes, didn’t you know?"

Lin Le shook his head blankly, and suddenly, all kinds of past scenes flashed through like lightning.

My memory is astonishingly good, whether it’s ledgers or documents, data and text are easily remembered; my ability to calculate is astoundingly good, I can effortlessly perform complex calculations mentally; my logical thinking is excellent, and with just a glance, I can clear up old accounts, and after careful consideration, come up with a plan for many things...

With such excellent abilities, I became the Business Steward of the Yunshan Sect, the actual operator of the major marketplaces, and the Sect Leader’s trusted right-hand.

So, it was all because of Consciousness Collection?!

All along, because I was only at the Early-Stage Qi Cultivation, my divine sense was scattered and unusable, until a few days ago I advanced to Mid-Stage Qi Cultivation, my divine sense stabilized, and only then did Consciousness Collection reveal itself?

No wonder this Flying Sword, I only wielded it slightly, and it felt like an extension of my own arm, completely contradicting the accounts in the books that say when first reaching the mid-stage there should be delays and stiffness when starting to "control objects."

This is Consciousness Collection, this is it!

In an instant, Lin Le’s heart filled with ecstasy, his body trembled, and a strong impulse made him want to jump up and vent properly.

So I do have talent, I’m not a useless person, I have the same Consciousness Collection as the Sect Leader!

The repression had lasted so long, so much that I had become numb, destroyed all dreams, and deeply buried the desire for the Dao path.

But now, the appearance of Consciousness Collection brought a glimmer of light in the hopeless darkness!

The long-buried, completely forgotten desire reawakened, churned, and boiled, finally turning into a hysterical shout that echoed through the Mud Alley.

Lin Le’s lips trembled with excitement, his eyes filled with hot tears, but the calmness and maturity in his character began to suppress his excitement.

Can’t be happy yet, can’t be excited yet, not qualified yet... If my spiritual root cannot be solved, I will at most be stuck at Mid-Stage Qi Cultivation for life, at best Late-Stage Qi Cultivation, even with Consciousness Collection, it would only waste my talent.

So, his boiling emotions were immediately doused with a bucket of cold water, and he suddenly stood there in a daze.

Spiritual root, it is the Celestial Mandate...

Suddenly, wild howls erupted, and the hundred or so cultivators surrounding them finally couldn’t hold back, pouncing like beasts!

Jiang Baitao shouted softly, "Close your eyes!"

She clapped her hands, and the gold and fire command banners floated up, two streams of spiritual qi intertwined, and suddenly a glaring light erupted above their heads, as if a blazing sun flashed instantly.

The instant flash of light pierced like needles into the eyes, and screams echoed as the chaotic cultivators clutched their eyes and howled loudly, tears and snot flowing, collapsing to the ground.

With eyes tightly shut, Lin Le only saw a blank white before him, not daring to open his eyes, but eager to perceive his surroundings. In a split second, his brow throbbed, and divine sense flowed out like water, spreading around.

It was a raw, unskilled power, yet so intimate and familiar.

As the divine sense swept by, a clear image formed in Lin Le’s mind. This was completely different from the vivid image seen with eyes, he could clearly perceive each body and their actions within the divine sense, then these pieces of information combined into a dynamic picture in his mind.

Hai Shuangyao didn’t close her eyes at all; the strong light didn’t harm her. She was clapping and loudly cheering on Baitao and Lin Le.

The cultivators, having lost their minds and howling as they charged, were too numerous. Even though many fell, more kept coming, trampling the fallen into mush. Blood and organs splattered, driving these beast-like enemies even crazier.

Lin Le instinctively moved his divine sense, and the nearby flying sword drew a graceful arc, instantly slicing several approaching cultivators in half.

"They’re just numerous," Lin Le said quickly, "but they are already decayed bodies, without magical artifacts, talismans, elixirs, and even their spiritual power is nearly exhausted. We can hold them off!"

These people who entered the Mud Alley had all been drained to the bone, their former artifacts pawned into spirit stones and squandered, now without even a trace of their humanity, most already burnt out, their minds deteriorated, controlled purely by animal nature, reduced to walking corpses.

Jiang Baitao also felt reassured. Seizing the moment when the enemies were blocked by Lin Le’s flying sword, she manipulated the two command banners of gold and water, the white gold spiritual qi and black water spiritual qi merged and transformed with each other.

"Add nine parts water, seven parts gold, extract two parts from both gold and water, extract water to add one part gold..."

Jiang Baitao murmured the changing mantra, and in mid-air, the spiritual qi gathered, suddenly manifesting countless water droplets, layer upon layer, hovering precariously.