Blind Spot
Chapter 429 - 392 Pine pattern II

Chapter 429: 392 Pine pattern II

"A few years ago, when Jiaoshu Town was slaughtered... it must have been the work of Spirit Wisdom Valley, right?" Wang Yifeng felt a chill run through him.

"They were careless at the onset, but this time we have asked for assistance swiftly. From the reply we received via Xuan Crow, the Blood Guard Bureau has already dispatched people who are on their way. As long as we hold out and the Town General is safe, everything will definitely be fine."

"Right, there’s at most one creature outside the town, and it’s not always roaming around. As long as we’re careful with marking out the territory, we should be fine if we just persist for a while," Guo Hu nodded in agreement.

"Alright..." Wang Yifeng sighed. When he heard it was Spirit Wisdom Valley, his first thought was to move.

But he had worked hard for so many years to accumulate his wealth here, and if he moved, the big courtyard would be lost.

In such a situation, it would be very difficult to sell the property, and even if he could, the price would definitely be very low.

It could be said that choosing to leave would not only face danger on the road but also mean losing a significant amount of savings accumulated over the years.

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Wang Family Residence.

Li Chengyi held a Sword of Wisdom formed from his concentration, slowly practicing the three major forms of the Pine Deer Blade Technique using the sword in place of the blade.

His powerful Consciousness Power allowed him to grasp the core tricks after watching Wang Yifeng demonstrate a few times.

Practicing along with the mental method, it took only five or six tries for a faint, warm current to rise from the Dan Tian area in his lower abdomen.

Initially, this stream felt like blood flow. But as the circulation sped up and began to circle automatically within his body, it completed one large round.

After five rounds, the blood flow gradually became lighter and hotter.

By the ninth round, the sensation of blood flow had transformed and disappeared, turning into a special energy likened to fire wires.

’Interesting, this feeling is entirely opposite to that of dead energy.’ Li Chengyi recalled the mental method, which stated that normally, when the fire wire appears, one has officially entered the True Qi Realm, signifying success in the Pine Pattern Energy technique.

From thereon, all one needs to do is practice daily, fusing the essence of life and the mind through the mental method to continuously strengthen the Pine Pattern Energy.

Once the Pine Pattern Energy fills the twelve meridians in the body to overflowing, it is considered fully achieved.

Overall, this technique is very simple. Pine Pattern Energy doesn’t show any special change - it remains the same at the beginning and throughout.

Li Chengyi let his Pine Pattern Energy circulate within his body once with a controlled thought, then he pondered whether to release control.

This strand of Pine Pattern Energy actually began to circulate on its own, following the path it had just traced.

’Interesting.’

He continued to practice the three major forms, refining his True Qi in surprise.

Although the mental method mentioned that a typical person can refine once daily, and those of exceptional talent should not exceed two refinements a day.

The feeling of comfort is the yardstick to measure by.

However, having just refined this strand of Pine Pattern Energy, Li Chengyi felt no discomfort at all and simply continued refining.

With his Shadow Dragon Bloodline, the triple Shanchong Dragon Realm, evolution of genes by Gene Medicine to the human limit, and numerous enhancings by Floral Dress, Floral Bead, Holy Spirit Technique.

The limit should not be calculated as that of an ordinary person.

Unconcerned, Li Chengyi continued to refine continuously.

Soon, half an hour had passed.

After refining ten times in one breath, he started to feel slightly tired.

It seemed like Pine Pattern Energy consumed a great deal of Consciousness Power, but his physical strength, replenished continuously by the Radiance Field, fared much better.

However, the mental Consciousness Power could not be restored by the Flower Language Technique.

After persisting for a while and refining fifteen times, Li Chengyi felt mentally exhausted and fell asleep for a while.

By now, the Pine Pattern Energy he had refined was fifteen times the original amount - fifteen strands.

These fifteen strands of True Qi circulated on their own within his body,

With continuous circulation, the fifteen True Qi strands gradually integrated into one another, forming a thicker stream of Pine Pattern Energy.

After ascertaining that he could practice Pine Pattern Energy, Li Chengyi began to seclude himself, practicing True Qi at home all day.

One day for him was equivalent to fifteen days for others, two days amounted to a month, and twenty-four days equated to a year.

This terrifying pace kept him from wanting to slack off. Every day, except for eating and sleeping, he was refining True Qi and practicing the blade technique.

Meanwhile, inside Xinmeng Town, peace was restored.

Before long, a month passed.

The envoys of the Blood Guard Bureau, two persons in blood robes and black masks, one fat and one thin, arrived in the town.

Upon their arrival, they took it upon themselves to inspect house by house to screen for any infected Lurkers.

Arrest officer Wang Yifeng was also dispatched to assist and serve as their guide.

Fortunately, it seemed that the Blood Creature had truly left from afar. Maybe it was just passing through, killing a few people by chance, without targeting Xinmeng Town.

After a period of investigation, the Blood Guard Bureau’s envoys confirmed the absence of Lurkers and left the town to patrol.

Some time later, they returned, reporting no sightings of any Blood Creatures.

The restrictions on Xinmeng Town were lifted, and the townspeople eagerly returned to their fields.

The envoys from the Blood Guard Bureau left quietly, and everything seemed to return to how it was before.

The connections with other small towns also began to resume.

Merchants risking their lives to do business once again started hiring guards at high prices.

Blinking, another month had passed.

Inside the Yang Family Bookstore in Xinmeng Town, Li Chengyi held an old, yellowed book in one hand, rapidly flipping through it.

In these two months, the Pine Pattern Energy he had cultivated was equivalent to the accumulation of an ordinary person over three years.

Based on estimates, his second elder sister, Wang Yiheng, had amassed about the same amount of True Qi.

The estimation method was based on the amplifying effects of the Pine Pattern Energy.

This True Qi, when channeled through the hands or a weapon, would naturally form a white light, and within that light, every year’s worth of accumulated True Qi would automatically manifest as a slightly dim gray line.

That was the pattern of the Pine Pattern Energy.

Li Chengyi had observed it when his second elder sister practiced martial arts; she had only three lines of the Pine Pattern.

And now, he also possessed three lines, which were quite similar.

Arrest officer Wang Yifeng had nineteen lines, far surpassing both of them.

’The refinement of True Qi is progressing smoothly, but I still need to quickly understand the surrounding situation, the larger environment, and the overall system as preparation for leaving here to investigate the Illusory Color Dragon.

Although the flow of time here is fast, with one year outside amassing hardly a day, the passing of my lifespan hasn’t stopped. To waste it here would still be too much of a loss.’

He closed the map of the area surrounding Xinmeng Town that he was holding.

Li Chengyi reached out again and took down a general history of the Shaoyin Dynasty from the bookshelf, ready to read.

"This history book isn’t actually complete; it’s just a simplified version. Unexpectedly, Wang Yichen, you’re actually interested in this kind of historical text?"

A voice came from nearby.

Li Chengyi looked up in the direction of the voice.

The speaker was a delicate woman wearing a green dress. There were not many well-known, prominent families in the town, and everyone recognized and was familiar with each other.

Li Chengyi recognized the woman at a glance; she was Guo Yurong, the eldest daughter of the Guo Family from the town.

The Guo Family’s patriarch was the deputy town guard, Guo Hu. Guo Hu had a total of four children, with Guo Yurong being the eldest. She was now seventeen years old, a young woman.

Wang Yichen’s previous life had been well-acquainted with her but did not have a very good impression of her.

This was all because two years ago, there had been intentions of an engagement between the two. Wang Yifeng, the arrest officer, once casually mentioned it to Guo Hu, who was somewhat interested as well.

However, when he asked at home, Guo Yurong had no interest in the lazy and unaccomplished Wang Yichen. In terms of looks, martial arts, and scholarship, Wang Yichen was rather ordinary, so Guo Yurong refused without any hesitation.

Thus, the engagement fell through.

He had not expected to meet her again in this bookstore.

"Miss Guo also enjoys reading history books?" Li Chengyi casually replied.

"To be precise, I like reading, not just history books," Guo Yurong said with a smile. "A few days ago, your second elder sister mentioned that you’ve reformed and are now diligently practicing martial arts and reading daily. Seeing you today, it seems there has indeed been a significant change."

"I hear Miss Guo often likes to collect books?" Li Chengyi asked softly.

"That is true," Guo Yurong nodded. She scrutinized the current Wang Yichen and felt that his demeanor seemed entirely different. Gone was the previously frivolous and rootless air, now replaced with a calm and composed spirit, with an indescribable air about him that exuded extreme confidence.

"Do you have any books about strange legends or unusual events from various places?" asked Li Chengyi.

"I have three. If you want to read them, I can lend them to you for free," Guo Yurong offered with a smile.

"Thank you. Shall we meet here tomorrow?" Li Chengyi replied.

"Sure."

The two parted ways on the spot. Li Chengyi placed the money for the day’s borrowed books in front of the dozing shopkeeper and left the bookstore.

Guo Yurong watched his departing figure, momentarily lost in thought.

"What’s the matter, miss? Regretting having turned him down before?" teased Xiaoqin, her personal maid, from behind with a chuckle.

"Nonsense; in this world, I only want to marry a strong and powerful individual with superior martial skills to protect my family at critical moments," she retorted.

"But Wang Yichen has also begun to practice martial arts, hasn’t he?" the maid Xiaoqin quipped with a smile.

"It’s too late. With his ordinary talent and such a late start, his future prospects are almost transparent. If I were with him, it’s possible that he wouldn’t even be able to overpower me after marriage."

She turned around and tapped Xiaoqin, who wanted to speak further.

"Enough, go find me my books and stop the chatter," she instructed.

Strolling through the street bathed in warm sunlight, flanked by peasants carrying vegetables to sell in the city coming and going.

Occasionally, horse carts and ox carts would be heard shouting to disperse the crowd.

Merchants hung a variety of items that could protect travelers in the wild, such as repellent incense and insect-warding medicine.

These were all essential goods with excellent sales.

"Mom, I want that one, buy it for me, I want it, just that one!" a child with a rounded silver hairpin complained while pulling insistently at his mother, refusing to budge.

"Special offer today, three for half price, big discounts on ready-made clothes from the shop!" A store assistant from the clothing store was energetically banging on a rented bronze gong.

The entrance of the Raven Guild had various sized bamboo cages, all containing Xuan Crows used for delivering messages, apparently sunbathing.

Without the relentless pressure of the Blind Spot, Li Chengyi suddenly understood the feelings of those Blind Spot Individuals he had once seen in the Yunshan Blind Spot.

Although living in a large Blind Spot meant continuously facing dangers, a known danger was always more manageable than the threat of the unknown that could arise at any moment.

’If I lived here always, it might not be an unacceptable thing,’ Li Chengyi pondered in his heart.

Ever since arriving in this world, he had been under the relentless pressure of the Blind Spot, day and night.

Now, like at this moment, able to live without the worry of a sudden Blind Spot appearance, such a life was something he hadn’t experienced in a very long time.