No matter how angry I was, I wouldn't be able to harm a single hair on the enemy. So I quickly retracted my thoughts and adjusted my breathing to calm myself down. Then, I closed my eyes to meditate.
I first looked inside. My Meridian of the Heaven was empty, and there was only a sliver of shaman energy. Even the shaman energy source stone at the bottom of the Meridian of the Heaven had shrunk by half. It didn't look as magical as it did when it was filled with shaman energy.
Not only was my shaman energy like that, there was no Dao energy left in my Meridian of the Heaven. My situation was only slightly better than when Lu Zining destroyed my meridians. It was extremely bad.
Putting aside the fact that my aura was so weak, the source of my pain was the numerous small wounds on my chest. These wounds were caused by me activating the shaman energy in my body. I didn't feel much when I had shaman energy protecting me, but now that I lost the protection of shaman energy, I felt an unbearable pain.
It was fine if it was just some pain, but what was more unbearable was my hair.
After checking my body, I plucked out a few strands of my hair and looked closely. All the ends of my hair had turned half a centimeter white.
Of course, I didn't dye my hair, and it wasn't because I was sick that my hair turned white. It was because the method of injuring myself and squeezing out the power in my body was actually a method of using up my health. It was similar to Daoist's Jade Blood Talisman, using lifespan in exchange for temporary power.
There was an obvious sign of using up lifespan in a short period of time, which was the end of my hair turning white. From the length of the hair turning white, I could roughly estimate how much lifespan I had used. The half a centimeter length meant that I had used up three years of my lifespan.
Using up lifespan didn't mean that a person's lifespan would be shortened by a few years, but it meant that a person would instantly age by a few years.
Just like how I was now, my true age was only twenty-five, but adding on the three years of lifespan that I had used, I was actually twenty-eight.
My appearance will become that of a twenty-eight-year-old. Every organ in my body, including the age of my bones, will become that of a twenty-eight-year-old.
This change didn't seem huge. To a normal person, as long as they didn't age ten years in an instant, the change wasn't huge.
But to cultivators, the change in age meant the change in talent. Entering Glory of Knowledge at twenty and Glory of Knowledge at twenty-three were two completely different concepts.
The former had hopes of becoming a Heavenly Master, while the latter would almost certainly remain at the early stage of Glory of Consciousness for the rest of his life.
It's the same for me. Reaching Glorious Consciousness Great Perfection at twenty-five and Glorious Consciousness Great Perfection at twenty-eight are completely different.
Based on my rough estimation, the chances of me successfully advancing to the Heavenly Mentor Realm will drop by at least thirty percent after this consumption of my lifespan.
I hated Mount Longhu even more. However, I didn't make any empty vow this time. I just kept it in my heart and continued to cultivate.
In the withered veins of the sky, the speed at which the shaman energy gathered was extremely slow. In the first hour, I couldn't even gather a single strand of shaman energy. Later on, the evil sacrificial spirit dragged me to the Corpse Sect's Purple Zombie Cave. The Purple Zombie Cave was the cave where the Glorious Consciousness realm cultivators lived. The Yin energy in the passageway that connected to the Yin energy was at the Xuan level, close to the Earth level.
Of course, the Yin energy didn't have any effect on me. However, since this place wasn't far from the Tai Sui, the Yin energy also had some of the Tai Sui's original power. After I absorbed it, I converted it into a large amount of shaman energy.
After my shaman energy recovered, the pain in my body wasn't a big problem. I quickly suppressed the pain and got rid of the little zombie's hand. I got up from the ground. Although I didn't have enough strength, I could limp and follow the little zombie.
We walked for a while. Since the evil sacrificial spirit was moving fast, I couldn't help but remind him to slow down. It wasn't because I couldn't keep up with his speed. It was because we were in the Purple Zombie Cave's area. The caves of the Glorious Consciousness realm cultivators were just a wall away from us. Although there was a large amount of Yin energy in the passageway to cover us, we could still be exposed if we weren't careful.
After listening to me, the evil sacrificial spirit slowed down. He told me that he wanted to absorb Yin energy while walking. I should pay attention to the surroundings and wake him up if something happened.
I was curious about his ability to cultivate and walk at the same time. I wanted to ask him about it, but it wasn't a good time to do so. I nodded and agreed.
The Purple Zombie Cave wasn't small. Since we were walking slowly, it took us around one hour to reach the border between the Purple Zombie Cave and the Flying Zombie Cave.
The Flying Zombie Cave of the Corpse Sect was occupied by a Heavenly Master Realm expert. His power couldn't be underestimated. If we weren't careful, we could be discovered. I immediately woke up the evil sacrificial spirit and told him about the situation here. "We should rest here."
The evil sacrificial spirit didn't say anything. He closed his eyes to sense the Yin energy around us. Then, he nodded. "Although the quality of the Yin energy here isn't high, it's enough … Let's stay here."
Then, he walked a few steps forward and chose a place to sit cross-legged. He then continued to absorb Yin energy.
I looked at the place where he was sitting. It was the border between the Purple Zombie Cave and the Flying Zombie Cave. The Yin energy in that area was almost Earth-level, but the evil sacrificial spirit said that it wasn't high. Could it be that only Earth-level Yin energy could enter his eyes?
While I was pondering, I also sat cross-legged. Although I had recovered a little bit of my shaman energy, it could only cover my wounds and allow me to move freely. I didn't have the ability to recover my cultivation base while walking. At this moment, the spirit in my heavenly veins was exhausted. I had to recover my full power as soon as possible.
Since this place was close to the Tai Sui's corpse, my magic energy recovered very quickly. After around twenty minutes, I felt the magic energy in my veins of the sky become abundant. The wounds on my veins of the sky that had been caused by the overuse of my energy were slowly recovering.
I didn't dare to continue nourishing my body. No matter what, this place wasn't absolutely safe. If I cultivated with the evil sacrificial spirit at the same time, I wouldn't be able to react in time if something unexpected happened.
That was why I opened my eyes as soon as my shaman energy was fully recovered. I was surprised to see the evil sacrificial spirit standing not far from me. He was concentrating on the deeper part of the Yin energy passage. He seemed to be listening to something.
I got up and walked to him. I lowered my voice and asked, "Have you recovered your cultivation base?"
The evil sacrificial spirit didn't answer me at first. After around half a minute, he turned to me and answered, "I've recovered my Yin energy to a level that's higher than the original level of this body … In your words, it's close to the Heavenly Master level.
The Yin energy here isn't enough for me to recover further. I have to move forward. "
I nodded. His situation wasn't different from what I had expected. Although the Earth level of Yin energy wasn't bad, only the Heaven level of Yin energy was compatible with the Heavenly Master level. If the evil sacrificial spirit wanted to recover his cultivation base to the Heavenly Master level, he would need Heaven level Yin energy. He would also need to go to the Tai Sui's corpse to absorb its power.
I pointed in front of me and asked, "Are you going to continue moving forward?
The last time I passed this place, the Heavenly Master didn't see me. As long as we're careful, it shouldn't be a big problem. "
Then, I prepared to move forward. However, the sacrificial evil spirit shook his head at me and stopped me.
I was bewildered as I didn't understand what he meant. The evil sacrificial spirit pointed ahead of us and lowered his voice. "We shouldn't move forward now. There's a cave not far from us. The people who are chasing us are there."
I didn't know what he meant. The people who are chasing us?
After a while, I finally understood. The people from Mount Longhu were right in front of us. They weren't in the Yin energy passage. They were in the Flying Zombie Cave, which was just one wall away from the Yin energy passage!
When Yan Nantian told me the secret of the Yin Corpse Sect, I knew that the Yin Corpse Sect had a good relationship with the entire Metaphysics Society. Mount Longhu was the leader of the Daoist sects, so they also had an important position in the Metaphysics Society. If they came to this place, it was highly likely that they would work together to capture me!