As the golden light flickered, Xiao Jin's body rose into the air and grew with the wind. From a one-meter-tall little person, he instantly turned into a towering giant that was dozens of meters tall. The clothes and hat on his body were directly torn apart. The remaining pieces of cloth hung on his body, looking like a few acne spots on his body.
I didn't know how many times I had seen Xiao Jin's real body. Even if I only saw his whole body, it was the second time. However, I was still shaken and amazed.
I lifted my head. Although I was standing halfway up the hill, I could only see Xiao Jin's abdomen. I couldn't see his head until Xiao Jin sat down cross-legged. Then, my eyes met his.
Xiao Jin held the jade bracelet in his hand. "I can't maintain my human form for a long time. I have to seize the time to absorb the true dragon vein." Then, he closed his eyes to absorb it.
I stopped him and told him, "Let's check the situation of Tong Tong, who's still wrapped in the black silkworm cocoon. Let's see if he can help Tong Tong."
Xiao Jin could only maintain his human form for one hour. Even if he could stay longer, it would be limited. However, during this time, his cultivation base was higher than the Heavenly Master's. Moreover, his witchcraft energy and Yin energy were connected. Perhaps he could help.
After we left the red shadow, I had put a drop of Xuan Yin Fluid on the jade bracelet every day. However, it had been a long time, and Tong Tong hadn't moved. I couldn't take the black cocoon out of the jade bracelet. I was still worried.
Earlier, I had asked Xiao Jin if he could absorb the true dragon vein from the jade bracelet. He could also take the item out of the jade bracelet. However, he couldn't do it normally. He had to wait until he transformed.
Xiao Jin always listened to me. He didn't hesitate. He nodded and urged the jade bracelet to take out the silkworm cocoon that Tong had transformed into. He held it in his other hand.
The huge black cocoon, which was originally as tall as a person, now looked like a small black ball in Xiao Jin's hand. There was still silver lightning flashing on its surface, but the frequency was much lower. It was probably the effect of the Mysterious Yin Liquid these days.
After checking for a while, Xiao Jin put the black cocoon back into the jade bracelet. "The black cocoon contains the power of heavenly lightning. It's hard for me to deal with it, so I can't help you. However, I don't need to worry. I can feel that the power of the heavenly lightning will disappear soon. Then, Tong Tong will be able to break out of the cocoon."
I didn't expect Xiao Jin to be afraid of the power of the heavenly lightning. However, I still exhaled in relief. Xiao Jin had such high power. If he said that Tong Tong Tong would be able to break out of the cocoon, he wouldn't have to wait for too long.
I calmed down. I wanted to take this chance to ask Xiao Jin to help me check if there was anything or anyone else in the jade bracelet.
When I was in university, Deng Meng had challenged me. A person appeared in the jade bracelet and saved my life. At that time, Tong Tong had told me that it was a woman in white. I had always been curious. However, it had been a long time, and I had forgotten to ask Bi 'an about it when I was in the Fire God Temple. Now that I remembered it, I could only ask Xiao Jin to help me check.
However, when I was about to ask, I changed my mind. Tong Tong had told me that there were countless buildings in the jade bracelet. It was a vast area. I didn't know how long Xiao Jin would have to check. He only had one hour to transform. It would be a waste to waste time on this. I would think about it later.
Thus, I didn't mention it. I just asked Xiao Jin to absorb the true dragon veins as fast as possible.
Xiao Jin listened to me and closed his eyes. He placed both of his hands on the jade bracelet and concentrated on absorbing.
While he was cultivating, I had nothing to do. I sat down cross-legged and closed my eyes to feel the dao energy and shaman energy in my body.
After cultivating for several years, meditating during my free time had become a habit. However, after closing my eyes, I sighed.
At this moment, the dao energy in my body had encountered a heavenly barrier. Before reaching the Glory of Knowledge, I couldn't increase it. Also, I couldn't cultivate shaman energy. Now that I was comprehending these two energies, I felt a little upset.
It was a strange feeling. For a long time, no matter how high my cultivation base was, I always had a goal in front of me. If I meditated every day, my progress would be limited. However, I would make progress and get closer to my goal.
But now, the target had suddenly disappeared. From the moment he woke up in the Fire God Temple until now, in this one month, when everyone was quietly alone, they would always feel a little uneasy and at a loss.
It seemed I had to find some time to go to Thailand.
There was no way to deal with the heavenly barrier for the dao energy, and I could only use the Tai Sui to deal with shaman energy.
At this moment, I knew that there were three Tai Sui. Xiao Jin had a restriction in his body. After Yan Nantian and I had caused a ruckus in the Corpse Yin Sect, they would definitely be very strict. It would be impossible to sneak in.
After thinking about it, only the Tai Sui in the Thai King's Palace could be used.
However, I wasn't familiar with that place. I didn't even know if the Tai Sui there was real or fake. The only thing I knew was what Alati had said that day.
I still had to consider whether or not I should take the risk and go there.
Just as I was deep in thought, I subconsciously sensed the shaman energy in my body. I suddenly felt that the shaman energy source stone at the bottom of the Vein of the Heavens was spinning for some reason. As it spun, the shaman energy seemed to be growing... What was going on?
I quickly pulled myself out of my thoughts and carefully felt it. It was because Xiao Jin's body was emitting strong shaman energy waves. The dao energy in my body was growing from Xiao Jin's body.
This discovery made me excited. However, when I estimated the speed of the shaman energy growth in my body, I smiled wryly. This speed was too slow. It was almost the same speed as when I used to cultivate dao energy.
According to this speed, I would need at least ten years to reach Glory of Knowledge completion.
Moreover, this was under the premise that I could cultivate at any time. In reality, Xiao Jin could only recover his body for two hours every month. With this calculation, he might not reach Glory of Knowledge completion even after a hundred years.
"It's better than nothing …" I smiled wryly and shook my head. I continued to immerse myself in absorbing the shaman energy.
More than an hour passed in the blink of an eye. At midnight, Little Gold opened his eyes on time with a smile on his face. He told me that in the past hour, he had relied on the true dragon vein to recover a considerable amount of power. He could already condense an ink bead with great difficulty.
As he said that, he spat out an ink bead that was half the size of the previous one. Xiao Jin smiled and told me to take it to increase the shaman energy in my body.
If I hadn't known about Xiao Jin's situation before, I would have definitely taken it. However, I couldn't take it now.
Xiao Jin had spent a lot of time to condense the previous ink bead, and I had used it. Now that he had recovered a little, it would be too greedy of me to take it.
Moreover, the seal in Xiao Jin's body needed time to recover before it could be removed. If I took away the shaman energy that he had recovered so greedily, I didn't know how long it would take for him to remove the seal.
I tried my best to persuade Xiao Jin to take the ink bead back. However, he told me that if I needed it in the future, I could take it.
I sighed. I didn't know why Xiao Jin was so nice to me. It wasn't that I hadn't asked him, but Xiao Jin seemed to be confused. I wanted to investigate, but I didn't know where to start.
After he swallowed the ink bead, Xiao Jin's transformation time was up. His body rapidly returned to its previous one-meter tall form. When I returned to him from the hillside, Xiao Jin was naked. Pieces of cloth hung on his body. He couldn't wear his clothes for a long time.
Fortunately, I had considered this before I came and had brought other clothes. After helping him put on his clothes, the two of us didn't hurry to go back. Instead, we lay side by side on the hillside, looking at the stars in the sky as we chatted about our own matters.
Xiao Jin didn't talk much. When he talked about the past, he talked about the small things that happened when he was trapped in the Yellow Springs River.
After talking for a while, it was my turn to talk to him.
The things that happened on the path of cultivation weren't fun, and I didn't have the mood to talk about them. I mainly told him about the interesting things that happened when I was young. I talked about how my life changed after drinking that cup of Grave Mound Wine in middle school.
Xiao Jin's eyes twinkled. He turned around and held his chin with both hands. He was interested in the stories I had told him when he was young. However, when I talked about the Grave Mound Wine, the flesh-eating baby, and the Twenty-Eight Evil Yellow Springs Formation, Xiao Jin's face changed.
I kept staring at the stars in the sky, but I didn't notice anything.
The night passed just like that. The next morning, the two of us got up and left the mountain. When we returned to the desolate village from yesterday, Wang Kun was already waiting there. I took Xiao Jin and got into the car to return to Shenzhen.
When we arrived at the Fengshui Metaphysics Shop, as soon as I got out of the car, I saw that the shop was closed. I felt a stifling aura coming from inside.
My heart skipped a beat. What had happened?