Blind Spot
Chapter 115 - 105 becomes stronger Three

Chapter 115: 105 becomes stronger Three

"Master Long... this information...surely it was mixed up?"

Li Chengyi almost threw out the printout.

The dense pack of Earth Dragons on the image made his skin crawl with disgust.

"No mistake at all."

Master Yu Long, with hands behind his back, bent over in an eerily strange posture and took a sip of milk tea.

"An Earth Dragon is still a dragon, after all. Dragons can be flexible or rigid, large or small. What, do you look down on Earth Dragons?"

"This isn’t about looking down on them; this is just... can’t we not be so revolting?" Li Chengyi said, speechless.

"Fine, then I’ll change it to leeches."

"Why does it have to be like this?" Li Chengyi felt helpless.

"Soft-bodied creatures let you better understand the flow of power." Master Yu Long laughed.

"How about snakes instead? Snakes also work, they can transform into dragons after shedding their skins, according to legend."

"Is there another option?"

"How about eels?" Master Yu Long moved his hands, a picture of understanding.

"Can’t we use water instead? Isn’t water considered the softest?" Li Chengyi asked helplessly.

"Water is everywhere; you’ve been drinking it since childhood. What enlightenment have you gained from it?" Master Yu Long rolled his eyes.

"Nothing..."

"There you go. Trust me, compared to snakes, eels, or leeches, Earth Dragons are the best," he patted Li Chengyi on the shoulder. "I’m speaking from experience as a teacher. It’ll be disgusting at first, but you’ll get used to it."

"..." Li Chengyi felt like maybe he should just make a run for it.

No one could withstand such training methods...

"I’ve prepared a room for you. You’ll stay there for the next few days. Don’t wander off; just focus and get used to it," Master Yu Long continued.

"I..."

"No more ’I, I, I’! Is it such a big deal to change living spaces?"

With a stern face, Master Yu Long added, "The room has a total of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Earth Dragons, collectively called the Myriad Dragon Array. Once you adapt and get through it, you’ll basically understand what the flow of power is like."

The damn Myriad Dragon Array...

Li Chengyi wanted to complain, but seeing Master Yu Long’s expression, he felt it wasn’t wise to speak out.

"Okay... I suppose..." he reluctantly agreed.

To practice the Dragon Whisker Power, he was really going all out.

No wonder the old man kept tempting him with big promises before; it was all to ensure he could withstand this test.

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Three days later...

No one knew how Li Chengyi had made it through those three days.

It was only after he actually entered the room and settled in that he understood what Master Yu Long meant by cohabitation.

The room had no bed; he had to sleep on the ground.

To keep the Earth Dragons alive for an extended period, the room was very humid and filled with a foul smell.

He had to do nothing but watch the Earth Dragons, observing their movements and crawling.

At first, this was bearable. After all, they’re just earthworms, and one could get used to them.

But as time went on!

During these three days, Li Chengyi lived with earthworms, eating fried earthworms, drinking earthworm juice, and sometimes even being asked to dissect a few to observe their internal structures.

He also had to study fluid mechanics and conduction mechanics in a room full of earthworms.

A full three days!

He had no idea how he had endured it.

Now that he was released, even taking a nap filled his dreams with earthworms.

But somehow, Li Chengyi had managed to hold on.

Even Master Yu Long, who had been waiting for him to give up, was quite surprised.

When the time was up, and he came out, Li Chengyi’s hands couldn’t stop itching with the urge to twist like an earthworm.

He would rest for three days before continuing with the cohabitation until he could really get his body’s power to flow and create Soft Qi. Only then could he stop.

’But, I probably don’t need to wait until the next cohabitation...’

In the open space of the villa, Li Chengyi lay on a sun lounger, his mind repeatedly recalling the twisting sensation of the earthworms.

That soft, twisting sensation touched something within him.

"Few people know that earthworms use their bristles to crawl. The muscles and the bristles work together, utilizing the principle of peristaltic contraction, allowing them to move freely through the soil," Master Yu Long said, pulling up a chair and lying down beside him.

"How are you feeling? Got a sense of it yet?"

"Mm... the transfer of power, like the flow of water through the muscles..." Li Chengyi moved his arms gently, feeling uncomfortable.

He felt his mind understood a lot, but his body couldn’t keep up.

"Right now, your mind remembers, but the ’hardware’ of your body needs to catch up," Master Yu Long took a big gulp of his milk tea.

"You’re talented, alright. Only those with strong physical intuition can grasp the concept so quickly."

"So what’s next for me...?" Li Chengyi felt a glimmer of hope and looked towards him.

"Yeah, you don’t have to live with them anymore," Master Yu Long nodded.

"Really!?" Li Chengyi was immediately overjoyed, his expression becoming a few shades livelier.

"Really." Master Yu Long nodded again, "You don’t have to live together anymore, but you do need to get your body trained to keep up with your mind."

"How do I do that?"

"It’s simple." He smiled mysteriously.

"Learn to dance!"

"!?!"

"Don’t be so shocked." Master Yu Long was nonchalant, "To grasp the flow of power, your grandmaster learned quite a bit from many female dancers to create the Golden Snake Dance. I’ve modified and improved it, integrating it into my system to create the unique Dragon Dance."

He sighed.

"Who in the world can surpass those women who have practiced dance their whole lives when it comes to training the power of flexibility? Aren’t they far more skilled than us when it comes to the art of soft dancing, after just a bit of study?"

"Makes sense..." Li Chengyi nodded in agreement.

"To become soft, you must learn to often associate with soft people and things and make more contact," Master Yu Long said, "Harsh impacts will only tense your muscles and make your whole body retract in counterattack. But soft words can make you unconsciously relax your body and mind, lowering your guard."

"That’s why softness is what can most deeply penetrate into a person’s body and mind. Harshness will just be blocked outside of us."

"That’s quite philosophical," Li Chengyi said solemnly.

"So, sometimes, the power of softness is more concealed and more lethal than harshness. You should pay more attention to this in the future," Master Yu Long advised.

"I’ll worry about it once I’ve mastered Soft Qi," Li Chengyi replied, not concerned—for now, such advice was premature.

"All right. Rest well, and starting tomorrow, practice the dance. Before you start practicing, remember these words:

Dragon Dance is not for show, but to better gather strength, and then, to engulf the enemy in one gulp," Master Yu Long said finally, then lay back and closed his mouth.

Li Chengyi lay down, lost in thought.

The sun was warm, though a bit hot, slowly dispelling the dampness that had settled on him over the past few days in the house.

Not long after lying down, the old Master Yu Long beside him started snoring.

With the rhythmic rise and fall of the snores, Li Chengyi also slowly drifted into slumber.

He slept until the afternoon.

By the time he opened his eyes, it was already past four o’clock.

The sun was setting, its red light piercing through the clouds, like a vast expanse of red terraces.

Glancing at Master Yu Long beside him, the old man was still sleeping, saliva dripping down from the corner of his mouth to the floor, dampening a small puddle.

Li Chengyi got up, gathered his things, and prepared to return to The Eternal Botanical Garden for a while.

With a rare day of rest, he needed to clear his mind.

After all, he didn’t want to see this place again for a while.

Moreover, he had to check on Brother Sima Gui, who had been injured, and see how he was doing.

’Right, I haven’t had time to check the items I took from the Silent Store last time. I should do that when I get back.’

The Silent Store’s items, as recorded in Zhong Hui’s notes, all have pitfalls.

They seem effective, but they come with great internal issues, and after use, irreversible and significant changes might occur.

However, at the same time, some items are truly useful.

This, too, was recorded in that notebook by Zhong Hui.

For example, certain highly potent active agents seem to be blocked only at the first layer by the Blind Spot’s shielding mechanism.

When using the active cells from a Blind Spot Individual’s body to create an active agent that enters a new individual, there appears no continuation of the shielding effects.

Without disturbing Master Yu Long, he slowly took a taxi and left the garden villa.

By the time he arrived in Suiyang from Qinggang City, it was already past eight o’clock at night.

In The Eternal Botanical Garden, Li Chengyi brought his own key this time, and the place was no longer like before, where only Old Li watched over it.

Manager Chen Yuqin had arranged an additional security team for the night shift.

Walking on the small path between the greenhouse compartments, he happened to meet a new security guard patrolling with a flashlight.

"Mr. Li, you’re here so late?"

The new security guard was a young man with a faint shadow of a beard, probably about the same age as Li Chengyi, twenty-four or twenty-five, and even somewhat skinny.

"I came to pick up something by the way, and I’ll rest here for the night," Li Chengyi replied, noticing the guard’s slight frame and frowning slightly.

"Oh, by the way, how did Manager Chen recruit you?"

"I can’t speak for others, but I came through a local job website. Manager Chen is very nice, what she promises is what we get, without any discount. That’s pretty good," the young security guard replied quickly.

In front of a peer, he seemed somewhat restrained and nervous.

"Recruitment website..." Li Chengyi mused. He wanted to build his own team, and the first step would require a lot of people to handle miscellaneous tasks and deal with safe but tedious matters.

This would require many people.

’I need to find a profitable support point; otherwise, I won’t be able to afford the expenses of so many people in the team.’

With this thought, he was involuntarily reminded of Zhong Hui’s notes.

Using the items from the Silent Store to research unique products suitable for his own sales was one approach.

After bidding farewell to the guard, he followed the somewhat dim path all the way to the accommodation area—a three-story building.

The structure here had already been relatively perfect before, with clear divisions between the greenhouse area, the staff area, and the public area.

His accommodation room was also in the staff area.

He returned to the top floor of the small building by elevator.

Upon entering his room, Li Chengyi saw the three items he had placed on the living room floor: the Blood Exchange Bottle, the Heart of Greed can, and the newly-acquired Kumquat Mango Juice.

The three items lay openly on the ground, without any concealment.

The Memory Flash Technique did not require any purchases to escape, so there were not too many things here; just a casual place to throw them was fine, as nobody could see them anyway.

At night, the moonlight was dim, and the living room was very dark, but the three items still glowed softly and were clearly visible to his eyes.

The Blood Exchange Bottle glowed with a purple fluorescence.

The Heart of Greed faintly red.

The Kumquat Mango Juice a pale gold.

Li Chengyi closed the door behind him, approached, and bent down to pick up the Kumquat Mango Juice.

The packaging’s design and text quickly began to distort and change.

In no more than two seconds, they transformed into words he could understand.

’Third Eye Medicine’

’Effect: After consumption, a third eye will grow, allowing one to see scenes of certain layers.

The range of vision, the layers seen, and the dimensions perceived are all random.’

This item...

Li Chengyi frowned.

The Heart of Greed from before was one thing; its use was quite specific. But this seemed to have some effects...

Looking at the golden drink in front of him, he pondered for a moment.

Suddenly, he extended his hand and gently covered the bottle with his right hand.

’Flower Language Technique: Radiance Field.’

Hiss.

An invisible glow instantly released, shining upon the small bottle.

Amidst faint traces, he saw wisps of dark smoke escaping from the gaps in the bottle cap.