Chapter 57 - Fated
Heaven-defying, this is truly too heaven-defying.
Su Huanhuan looked inward at the spiritual energy slowly circulating within her own body, only feeling that her previous understanding had seemed insufficient.
Now, she could be considered to have once again felt Luo He's terrifying nature.
The essence of the dantian is a storage pool plus a spiritual energy pump.
The size of the storage pool and the power of the pump vary from person to person, but the effect they produce is the same: to store absorbed spiritual energy and transport the spiritual energy within the body to where it is needed.
Just as an ordinary person's breathing is divided into two parts, inhalation and exhalation, the process of absorbing spiritual energy can be regarded as inhalation, and the process of transporting spiritual energy can be regarded as exhalation.
Generally speaking, these two processes cannot be carried out simultaneously, just as no one can inhale and exhale at the same time.
But if Luo He was inside her body, it was possible.
What kind of concept was this?
When Su Huanhuan didn't need to use spiritual energy, Luo He would help her cultivate inside her body, and she could go do other things.
When Su Huanhuan was engaged in battle and needed to use spiritual energy, Luo He would help her absorb spiritual energy to replenish what was consumed.
Moreover, according to Su Huanhuan's own speculation, as long as she didn't use moves that completely exhausted her body…
Luo He's replenishment rate was far higher than her consumption rate.
That is to say, her combat capability no longer depended on the amount of spiritual energy she could store in her own dantian.
But rather, the amount of spiritual energy in the space she was in; her dantian was, at most, just a transit station.
And this transit station was still a bit small, limiting Luo He's performance... No helping it, her own talent was mediocre to begin with.
But this wasn't all.
The spiritual energy absorbed into her via Luo He was also somewhat different from what she absorbed herself.
The essence of absorbing spiritual energy is to transform ownerless spiritual energy into an energy substance that can be used by cultivators, carrying a strong personal style.
Although Luo He was equivalent to borrowing her spirit root and dantian to absorb it, the spiritual energy would still carry some of Luo He's own characteristics.
To summarize, this spiritual energy was more condensed and transmitted more rapidly... with a higher energy density per unit.
Just like a compressed biscuit: small volume, high energy.
Durable.
And, after passing through Luo He's pathway, the flow efficiency of spiritual energy within her body was also incomparable to before.
She could now release her moves at a faster speed.
This was more than just cheating; this was simply cheating.
Su Huanhuan only felt that all the innate talent she had been lacking was completely made up for by Luo He alone.
Whether it was that Demonic Sarira which had changed her spiritual energy attribute and enhanced her understanding of cultivation methods, or now Luo He himself…
Damn it, why was it that as soon as he appeared, he only brought good things to her.
Su Huanhuan abruptly realized this point and fell into deep thought.
Wasn't this as if they were a match made in heaven in terms of compatibility? She was unlucky, he was also unlucky, but when they came together, they were very happy.
Aiyo, I...
"What are you thinking about?"
Luo He's voice suddenly sounded in the bottom of her heart.
Su Huanhuan unhurriedly collected her mind, then replied:
"I was thinking, are the two of us unexpectedly well-matched?"
"? Well-matched in what way?"
"Well-matched in every way."
"I think you're overthinking it."
Luo He stopped circulating his cultivation and popped out of Su Huanhuan's body.
That pleasantly warm feeling of being completely enveloped also disappeared along with Luo He's departure, making Su Huanhuan feel a little regretful.
"Rather than caring about these strange questions, you might as well think about planning your path forward."
"I have a plan."
At this moment, Su Huanhuan was clearly somewhat absent-minded.
Because she had suddenly realized a problem, a problem that seemed like nothing now, but could become very serious in the future.
That was, the question of Luo He's destination.
Su Huanhuan had planned things very well for herself; what she sought was to pull chestnuts out of the fire, to find a way to make the Sorrowful River her own.
At that time, bearing the Sorrowful River and the Demonic Seed, she would no longer fear the pursuit of the Remnant Moon Sect.
She would then find a suitable time to kill her way back and become the new master of that Remnant Moon Sect.
The risks were great, but the rewards were also very abundant; after all, living in hiding had never been her style.
But what about Luo He? What did he want to do?
He said helping her walk her future path was his goal; then when she reached it, what would he do?
"......"
This was a question well worth planning ahead for.
Wait... that's right, he's a ghost spirit now.
A physical body, that would presumably be a good thing he wouldn't refuse.
"Your dantian is already full. You've just relaxed now, so excessive cultivation is inadvisable. Why not go rest for a bit now and adjust your spirit."
Luo He sat to one side and said to Su Huanhuan, who seemed to be thinking with her head lowered.
A snow-white rabbit ran over from the side, curiously hopped to Luo He's side, and sniffed continuously.
Since becoming a ghost spirit, he had discovered he was very well-liked by these small animals.
Afterwards, the rabbit felt a strange power lift it into mid-air and gently stroke it.
Cute.
"Then what about you? You're not planning to go into the city to scare people, are you?"
Su Huanhuan came back to her senses and asked, as if with a hidden meaning.
She had reminded that child a bit; looking at her expression, presumably she had taken it to heart and wouldn't easily expose Luo He's whereabouts.
Next, they should quickly adjust their condition and set off to flee; just let Gu Jing grieve sentimentally here for the rest of her life.
"No, I plan to go sit beside Deer Drinking Creek."
Luo He shook his head and looked towards the other side of the bamboo forest.
"Speaking of which, what exactly is your relationship with this river?"
"Mm... you can understand it as, I was born beside that river."
"The living creatures in this bamboo forest all rely on that creek to live; perhaps I am no exception.”
Luo He stroked the rabbit and said with a smile.
But if one were to trace it back to the origin, then a meowing immortal would have to be mentioned.
However, Luo He would not speak of her.
"Mmm..."
No wonder he regarded that river so highly... presumably, having killed people there, he was also not too happy about it in his heart.
For now, I'll tentatively make a note of this.
Just as Su Huanhuan was about to speak again, she saw Luo He let that rabbit go, and his expression also changed slightly.
"What's wrong?"
"That child Liu Miao... how come she's back again."
"?"
...
The night was already deep. Liu Miao trudged through the snow, using her memory to walk towards the bamboo forest.
Suddenly, she felt her body lighten, as if a person had gently lifted her up and then placed her back on the ground.
She was familiar with this force, so she hurriedly turned around and said:
"Ghost High Immortal!"
"Why have you returned?"
"Please... please help me, help Boss Hua!"
"......"
Su Huanhuan, following behind Luo He, heard this name, and her eyes flickered.
She walked in front of Liu Miao.
"Speak more clearly."
"Boss, Boss Hua is also a cultivator. She used to grow many flowers, but today all her flowers died, and she herself also... I, I myself am not too clear on what exactly happened..."
"But Boss Hua's situation right now is definitely not right, and I don't know how to help her..."
"I understand."
Su Huanhuan interrupted Liu Miao's words.
The specific details were still unknown, but the general reason... heh, was not at all hard to guess.
Really knows how to cause trouble for people.
"Su... Elder Sister, I know I don't have the right to ask, but among the people I know, only you all can..."
However, Su Huanhuan paid no heed to Liu Miao; she just turned her head back and looked at Luo He.
"What do you say?"
"Might as well take a look first."
"Hmph... then we'll do as you say. However, you shouldn't enter the city. Your existence is so sensitive; don't cause any extra trouble."
Luo He nodded his head; that was indeed reasonable.
For him to appear openly before a cultivator whose background was unknown was indeed not a good thing.
"Then let's go, child. We'll go see what the situation is with your Boss Hua."
A cool smile tugged at the corner of Su Huanhuan's mouth. She looked at Liu Miao and raised her eyebrows.
"Heh... It just goes to show, we're fated.”