Under normal circumstances, the mental power was enough to make him laugh proudly in the martial arts world.
However, he felt that it was not enough-far from enough.
How could he increase his mental power swiftly?
Just as Ou Yangming pondered seriously but was still clueless, a purple light in his sea of consciousness flickered out of the blue, and it caught his attention.
Ou Yangming widened his eyes when he sensed the purple light, and an extremely strange thought filled his mind.
Chapter 251 - Devour The Crystal Ball
Chapter 251 Devour The Crystal Ball
The sea of consciousness was a rather peculiar place.
Even if a person was dissected alive, one could not find it through the naked eye.
Nonetheless, although the place could not be seen through the naked eye, a person with great mental power could sense it and utilize it to cultivate mental power.
Ou Yangming’s sea of consciousness was becoming more out of the ordinary. Apart from the crystal ball and a substantial amount of mental power, many purple lights were stored in the space.
The lights were attributes-various attributes that he had transferred from other pieces of abandoned equipment.
Other than Sharpness, Toughness, and other Common Attributes, there were also many Power, Agility, Vision, and other Unique Attributes.
As Ou Yangming’s strength slowly increased, his sea of consciousness seemed to have grown broader, and there were more purple spaces to accommodate more attributes.
Out of all the purple lights, Ou Yangming valued a kind of attribute the most.
The Devouring attribute.
This was the other key that allowed Ou Yangming to rise above many other powerhouses.
In the past, the Devouring attribute could not function when he fixed it to a certain weapon. This time, the purple light that wrapped around the attribute was actively jumping.
Ou Yangming suppressed the intense sudden urge in his heart, and he carefully calculated his gains and losses.
He finally decided after a long time.
Eventually, three purple lights floated in his sea of consciousness.
Ou Yangming acquired a total of four Fire-absorbing Badges, where he withdrew 4 Points of Devouring attributes. Other than the 1 Point he left for Big Yellow, the remaining 3 Points were stored in his mind.
According to the Devouring attribute’s feature, the higher its point, the more effective it was.
Given that the crystal ball was the first treasure that could be preserved in his sea of consciousness, he was naturally not going to waste it.
Under his mental conception’s guide, the three purple lights finally gathered.
Ou Yangming had never made such an attempt in his sea of consciousness because he stored the different attributes separately in the past. Now, the young fellow was going to layer some attributes in his consciousness, and he was doing it without any equipment.
The lights closed in to the center bit by bit. The instant the purple lights touched, their core crashed and crumbled while their surfaces shattered inch by inch. As they drew closer to each other again, the shattered parts grew bigger.
Nevertheless, the other parts of the lights remained the same regardless of the shatters.
It was as though the lights were separated into different areas, where one area could not affect another area.
Ou Yangming was witnessing such a peculiar scene for the first time, but he was unperturbed as he let the shattered parts spread. The bits did not disappear as they spread outward along with the broken areas. It was as if there was a strong attraction force above the lights so that they were attracted by the surrounding
When the shatters expand to a certain area, they came into contact with one another from the other lights. Therefore, all the fragments started to merge and gradually form a larger light ball.
Ou Yangming twitched his mouth. It never dawned on him that the purple lights in his sea of consciousness could be successfully layered through the odd method.
When he sensed the attribute contained in the giant purple light ball, he was certain that it was the layering effect of the Devouring +3 attribute.
Ou Yangming composed himself and controlled the light ball to draw it closer toward the crystal ball.
The crystal ball did not know it was going to face imminent disaster. Perhaps his purple fire had previously fully removed the forceful and wicked giant eye’s willpower, the crystal ball became the most impeccable spiritual crystal.
“Woosh…”
A sound could not be made in the sea of consciousness, but Ou Yangming made up the Devouring attribute’s sound himself.
The thing seemed to have a strong desire for the crystal ball, which made Ou Yangming alert.
‘How can an attribute behave so weirdly? I know too little about the Devouring attribute and the Fire-absorbing Badge.’
Despite how careful Ou Yangming was, the merged Devouring attribute finally approached the crystal ball and devoured it at once.
Yes. Ou Yangming 'saw” the entire process clearly.
When the giant purple light got close to the crystal ball, the three connected junctions split abruptly. A light tunnel that exceeded the crystal ball was revealed, and it instantly sucked in the ball.
Next, the purple light glowed.
Yes, the light ball’s surface radiated lights with unparalleled intensity.
The lights were unordinary. When they shone in the sea of consciousness, Ou Yangming felt exceptionally comfortable.
It was an indescribable feeling of pleasure. Every sense on his body seemed to be strongly affected at this moment, making him feel thoroughly comfortable.
Ou Yangming felt great pleasure too when he absorbed a half-spirit beast’s flesh and blood. However, when the Devouring attribute digested the crystal ball and released power, he felt like he was becoming immortal.
In fact, the past feelings from the Devouring attribute seemed insignificant as compared to this moment.
Ou Yangming’s eyes were still closed, but he was no longer alert because it was so enjoyable that he almost passed out.
One who never experienced the feeling would never understand it because it could no longer be put into words.
Hu Yicheng and Scholar Xu sat in the same carriage in the convoy, and they were conversing softly. At the spur of the moment, they turned to look behind as they were struck dumb.
Outside the carriage, the Yin Grade cavaliers sensed the same thing almost at the same time, hence they turned to look at ou Yangming’s carriage too.
They sensed a peculiar power at that instant.
The power came from Ou Yangming’s carriage, but it was not suppressive at all. Moreover, they felt spirited when the power brushed past their bodies.
It would not be difficult for a martial artist to journey for nearly a whole day but if one kept traveling for more than a year, the accumulated exhaustion could not be treated lightly. That said, when the power was released from the carriage, everyone else had the same feeling
They felt more relaxed as if they just had a hot spring bath, scrubbed their backs, and had a full body massage by an expert. Their piled-up weariness from running everywhere with their superiors for more than a year seemed to have gotten wings; they flew away.
As a result, their energy, essence, and spirit were recovered to the peak state right away.
Under this situation, even if they encountered the dwarf or more swordsmen, they would be confident to fight.
Needless to say, having confidence was one thing; nobody could guarantee how the fight would end.
The Yin Grade cavaliers could sense the source of the change; the remaining ordinary Force Grade cavaliers could enjoy the huge benefit, but they were not capable enough to notice the origin of the magical power fluctuation.
Everyone looked at each other. They were surprised yet overjoyed, but they could not really describe their feelings.
Hu Yicheng a
nd Scholar Xu exchanged glances and were secretly frightened.
‘What’s this method? Why was it unheard of?’
Sir Hu quickly pondered, ‘If this energy is applied to an army in a war, won’t it show immediate results?’
Hu Lingfeng quietly approached their carriage and uttered softly, “Sir Xu, we…”
Scholar Xu waved his hand without any hesitation. “We’re not at our rest stop yet, so nobody’s allowed to disturb Young Ou.”
“Yes, we won’t disturb… Uncle Ou.” Hu Lingfeng was stunned.
He was Hu Yicheng’s nephew, and Sir Hu was considered his closest relative. Since Hu Yicheng recognized Ou Yangming as a brother, Hu Lingfeng had to address Ou Yangming as an uncle.
Nonetheless, before this, as thick-faced as Hu Lingfeng was, he could not bring himself to say that.
After he felt the bizarre power and experienced the enormous change from it, he became completely convinced.
Moreover, he vaguely had a hidden thought at the moment.
‘Having an uncle like him will only bring me more and greater benefits in the future.’
Once Hu Lingfeng left, Scholar Xu chuckled and remarked, “Lingfeng has finally grown up. Brother He, your painstaking effort of appointing him as the head cavalier isn’t wasted.”
Hu Yicheng nodded in agreement. “Yes, face is the most useless thing in this world. If he still couldn’t put down his face this time, he might as well return to his hometown to be a rich man.”
Scholar Xu shook his head. “Brother Hu, children will take care of themselves when they grow up. You’re worrying too much.”
“That’s what I’ve been doing my whole life. What else can I do if I don’t think for them?” Hu Yicheng smiled bitterly. He later lowered his voice and expressed seriously, “Brother Xu, Young Ou is…”
“I have no idea either, but it’s simply unbelievable.” Scholar Xu forced a smile too, then he added after a pause, “But I suggest that we make them swear to not say a word about today’s events to anyone else.”
Hu Yicheng was dumbfounded, but he finally nodded after some thought.
After witnessing Ou Yangming’s strength and potential, they set the most basic standard; they must not offend the young fellow no matter what, and they must avoid making him angry.
As such, forbidding this matter from being spread would at least save them from offending Ou Yangming.
It was true that one would be highly rewarded for becoming friends with a powerhouse, but one had to be careful not to bring trouble upon oneself because of momentary negligence.
Chapter 252 - Huge Increase In Mental Power
Chapter 252 Huge Increase In Mental Power
Ou Yangming’s conception slowly awoke from being in an endless feeling of comfort, and he only realized what exactly happened when his soul finally returned.
He was completely immersed in the great pleasure that he did not have his guard up against the outside world. If anyone wanted to harm him during the moment, he could be easily killed by the most ordinary military saber.
Moreover, his sea of consciousness could not fully accommodate the lights released by the Devouring attribute. After the largest portion, which was the withstandable amount, was absorbed, the rest was released outside.
Although Ou Yangming did not know what the consequence would be, he was certain that the outside world underwent some unusual change, but he did not know what it was.
His head pounded hard for a while before he took a deep breath and eventually calmed down.
Since he had learned his lesson, he would remember not to do it again in the future.
Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up when he sensed the change in his body. He rubbed his hands to release the Appraisal Light once more. [Race: Human)
(Equivalent Rank: Ordinary Human, Yin Grade, Class Five]
(Power: 10]
[Agility: 10)
[Physique: 14 (10+4)] [Mental Power: 53 (51+2)]
[Skills: Martial arts skills, Military Fire Smithing Art, appraisal art, Precious Stone Embedding Art, Blood Flight, Substitution (Passive), Runes Formation, Space Slicing] (State: Integration of Heaven and man, thoroughly meticulous]
53
His integrated mental power suddenly became 53 Points while his basic mental power was 51 Points.
In other words, his mental power increased by 8 Points after the crystal ball was devoured, and he managed to get past the 50-Point hurdle.
8 Points of mental power was a huge difference in value.
The further one was on the cultivation path, the harder it would be for one to improve. It was also worth noting that it would be tougher to upgrade one’s mental power than one’s martial arts.
Given that Ou Yangming set up a Runes Formation in his sea of consciousness, his mental power was very much triggered. On top of that, he always cultivated and had advanced in martial arts, which was why his mental power increased by 2 Points.
Now, the power was increased by 8 Points after a crystal ball was devoured. The gain was enough to make him content.
Besides, Ou Yangming had a vague feeling that he had not fully benefited from it yet. This was because an 8-Points increment was the withstandable limit for him at the moment, and for all he knew, he might suffer a counter-effect if he continued.
Once Ou Yangming’s mental power became much greater, he curbed his thought and entered the indescribable and wonderful realm again.
As he observed through his consciousness, he noticed many nodes that went with the flow in the world. The nodes were not equally distanced from each other, and they were constantly changing. The world was filled with nodes like that.
Ou Yangming reached out his hand abruptly, and the edges of his palm were attached with greater mental power.
“Woosh…”
When he successfully sliced his palm at a node, he was moved, and he experienced an upsurge of insuppressible excitement.
It became easier.
He could clearly feel that the difficulty for him to do this became much lower.
Whether he was searching for nodes or slicing through the resistance, they became more straightforward.
It previously felt like he was slicing the node with his bare hands, but this time, it felt like he did it with a knife. The knife was not sharp and might even have a few notches, but it was much better than using only the palm.
Ou Yangming’s mental conception hotly pursued the nodes. He exerted force along the connecting line between the nodes, where he sliced according to the strange curvy line and finally reached the next node.
He did it. This was his first time completing the basic movement smoothly.
Sure enough, the increase in his mental power resulted in an unmatched advantage.
Before this, Ou Yangming was like a half-grown teen, who was learning the way to maneuver a meteor hammer. The hammer’s weight could not be withstood by a teen, such that he could be hurt if he used it.
However, the teen had now grown into a burly man. Therefore, even though a meteor hammer was not light, he could already toss it around.
The teen and the burly man were learning the same skill, but there was a huge disparity between them.
At the spur of the moment, Ou Yangming sensed that the carriage had stopped. He also vaguely heard the cavaliers shouting.
‘Looks like today’s practice comes to an end,’ he thought and sighed.
As expected, he later heard Hu Yicheng’s voice.
“Young Ou, we’ve arrived at the inn, so let’s have dinner together.”
Ou Yangming’s hands shook as he withdrew the mental power in his hands. At the same time, he retracted his mental conception too.
When he looked at the nothingness in front of his eyes, he somehow felt a little disappointed.
Even he did not know which one of the two entirely different worlds was the real world.
Nonetheless, he quickly curbed his thought and answered in a deep voice, “Okay, I’ll follow your arrang
ement, Big Brother Hu.”
Ou Yangming left the carriage and glanced around, but he instantly noticed a slight difference in the people around him.
There was a subtle difference in the cavaliers’ looks as they looked at him with respect and trust, which was completely different from before when they were afraid and worried.
Ou Yangming was not at all delighted when he was being stared at like that; he furrowed his eyebrows deeply.
He could guess that the change was likely related to the release of his overflowing energy earlier on.
“Uncle, please come this way,” Hu Lingfeng said with respect as he approached Ou Yangming.
Ou Yangming was extremely shocked, and he was this close to having goosebumps. ‘Uncle?’ Hu Lingfeng was the inspector’s head cavalier, and he had a cultivation base of Yin Grade Class Four; he was only one rank below Hu Yicheng.
When Ou Yangming and Hu Yicheng became brothers, Hu Lingfeng was present as well, but he did not approve of it.
Indeed, it was unacceptable for a normal person to address someone much younger as an uncle, more so when the “uncle” was not related to that person by blood.
It was not odd that Hu Lingfeng was reluctant at first, but when he suddenly called Ou Yangming an uncle, the young fellow was taken aback.
Ou Yangming was stupefied, and he wondered, ‘What exactly happened just now? Why are they looking at me so differently now?’
As Hu Yicheng and the rest led the way, they entered the best room in the inn.
Hu Yicheng grinned. “Young Ou, don’t worry, we won’t say a word about what happened today.”
Ou Yangming smiled as though he was pleased, but he was incredibly curious. ‘What happened today? What is it?’
The young fellow felt like his heart was like a cat that was being tickled when he looked at Sir Hu and Scholar Xu smiling mysteriously; he was itching to know, and it was making him feel uncomfortable.
‘We were right, he doesn’t want anyone to know what happened.’ Scholar Xu nodded, then he beamed and remarked, “Brother Hu, nothing happened today, what are you talking about!”
Hu Yicheng slapped his forehead and laughed. “Ah, I’m so silly! Yes, nothing happened today. Come, come, come, let’s have a toast.”
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