"Xue Chen, you guys wait outside. Without my orders, no one is allowed to come in!" Hua Kai said to Xue Chen, who was behind him.
Xue Chen, Tang Lei, and the others all went down. China had suffered heavy losses in today's battle, and they needed to calculate the casualties as soon as possible and report to Hua Kai.
Hua Kai waited for everyone to leave. He looked at Chinese Ink, who was lying motionless on the bed. Hua Kai sat beside Chinese Ink, put his hand on Chinese Ink's head, and sank his consciousness into Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness.
Ordinary people would not easily enter other people's sea of consciousness. If there was danger, they might not be able to come out for the rest of their lives.
However, when Hua Kai entered Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness, he found that Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness did not reject him at all. It was like an empty void, and fragments of memories floated freely in it. As time passed, some fragments of consciousness would slowly dissipate until everything returned to heaven and earth.
Hua Kai felt two special auras in the distance. He walked towards the nearest aura and soon found that the Mountain River Diagram was floating in the void. This was because the Mountain River Diagram was from the system, and Hua Kai could sense a slight reaction from the Mountain River Diagram.
Hua Kai came to the side of the Mountain River Diagram and saw that there were no patterns on it. All the terrain that Chinese Ink had recorded had disappeared, just like when Hua Kai had first given it to Chinese Ink.
Hua Kai put away the Mountain River Diagram and kept approaching the other special feeling. After walking for a long time, he came to a pitch-black place. This was the deepest part of Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness. Hua Kai felt the aura of the Earth Spirit Pearl.
He used his spiritual power to sense the existence of the Earth Spirit Pearl, but he felt that the Earth Spirit Pearl was right beside him, but there was no trace of it.
"This Earth Spirit Pearl must have hidden here with a trace of Chinese Ink's consciousness when Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness was shattered. This is why Chinese Ink's consciousness has not completely dissipated. The Earth Spirit Pearl does not dare to come into contact with people easily. It instinctively protects its master and does not dare to come into contact with external objects," Hua Kai thought.
Hua Kai continued to try to contact the Earth Spirit Pearl. He had to see Chinese Ink's last consciousness to know how to save him.
He kept transmitting his thoughts to the Earth Spirit Pearl, telling it that he could save Chinese Ink. After some time, Hua Kai felt something appear in front of him.
A gray bead floated beside Hua Kai. When Hua Kai saw it, he could not help but feel happy. The Earth Spirit Pearl was quite assured of his aura because it also knew that it was this familiar aura that could save Chinese Ink.
Hua Kai put his consciousness into the Earth Spirit Pearl and felt that there was a small spiritual power inside the Earth Spirit Pearl guiding the dense postures to circulate there with difficulty. The Earth Spirit Pearl picked out some of Chinese Ink's most important memory fragments and dragged them into its body. It used itself as Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness to help prevent his sea of consciousness from being destroyed. However, its energy was limited. It was only a primary spiritual treasure.
When Hua Kai saw this, he was also helpless. A sea of consciousness generally existed when one reached the Foundation Establishment Realm. However, very few people even in the Golden Elixir Realm would explore it. If it was not handled well, the damage to the sea of consciousness would be irreversible.
Any spiritual medicine that could restore spiritual power would also speed up the circulation of the sea of consciousness. Even slight damage could speed up the recovery. Chinese Ink's injury could no longer be cured by any spiritual medicine. Giving Chinese Ink a spiritual medicine now might only make his memory fragments dissipate faster.
Hua Kai was at his wit's end. He watched as the Earth Spirit Pearl guided Chinese Ink's will to circulate. Some of the memory fragments were out of the circulation track. The Earth Spirit Pearl could only give up on these fragments to ensure that no more would be lost.
'If I want to save Chinese Ink, I have to gather all the fragments of his consciousness together and let them form a circulation. Now that the Earth Spirit Pearl has the circulation method of Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness, it only lacks the ability to circulate the sea of consciousness. If I can upgrade the level of the Earth Spirit Pearl, will Chinese Ink have the possibility of being reborn?'
At the thought of this, Hua Kai thought of the virtual world. The sea of consciousness was the materialization of spiritual power and willpower. This still required the world's origin.
There were many world origins in the world of "Journey to the West", but Hua Kai could not summon the world of "Journey to the West" here. If the Earth Spirit Pearl and Chinese Ink appeared in the world of "Journey to the West", the entire sea of consciousness would be crushed.
Hua Kai looked at the inner world of the Earth Spirit Pearl. He stretched out his right hand, and a Golden Elixir appeared in his hand.
"You can sacrifice yourself for me. Why should I care about the Golden Elixir?"
As Hua Kai spoke, an aura floated out of the Golden Elixir. After it floated to the circulation of the fragments of consciousness, the entire Earth Spirit Pearl seemed to have energy, and the circulation of the fragments of consciousness began to speed up.
The fragments of consciousness that were about to break away from the control of the Earth Spirit Pearl were firmly grasped, and the entire circulation began to stabilize.
Seeing that it was effective, Hua Kai heaved a sigh of relief. He continued to pour the power of the Golden Elixir into the circulation of the fragments of consciousness. The circulation began to speed up. Soon, Hua Kai could see images from these fragments, just like the scenes in the world of novels that he created.
As the power of the Golden Elixir continued to pour in, Hua Kai saw that the circulation of the fragments of consciousness was getting faster and faster. When it reached a certain level, it stopped accelerating. A khaki-colored fog appeared below the fragments of consciousness. As Hua Kai continued to pour in the power of the Golden Elixir, the fog turned into water and dragged the entire fragment of consciousness into the circulation. It turned out that this was how the sea of consciousness was formed.
Hua Kai was delighted and continued to pour in more power of the Golden Elixir. His Golden Elixir had turned from pale gold to khaki-colored, but Hua Kai was not distressed at all. It was nothing more than a loss of cultivation. With his aptitude, he would recover very quickly.
When the entire circulation of the fragments of consciousness was completed, the pool below grew larger and larger. It began to turn from a small pool into a lake, and finally into a vast sea. Hua Kai felt that the entire Earth Spirit Pearl was constantly absorbing the seawater.
After an unknown period of time, Hua Kai's Golden Elixir had turned pale yellow. If it continued to be extracted, his Golden Elixir would become a Hollow Elixir.
Hua Kai saw that after the Earth Spirit Pearl had absorbed enough power of the Golden Elixir, it slowly began to turn into nothingness. Then, the nothingness of the Earth Spirit Pearl turned into a mass of khaki-colored sun that floated above the sea of consciousness. Hua Kai realized that he had come out of the Earth Spirit Pearl. Chinese Ink's fragments of consciousness had returned to his sea of consciousness. The water that returned to the sea of consciousness had turned into a khaki-colored white fog that sank below the sea of consciousness, perhaps because there was not enough water.
The circulation of the fragments of consciousness did not change. Hua Kai continued to pour in the power of the Golden Elixir. The fragments of consciousness that were about to dissipate in the sea of consciousness all gathered toward the circulation. Hua Kai saw that Chinese Ink's consciousness was absorbing the fragments bit by bit and growing stronger. He continued to pour in the power of the Golden Elixir.
When his Golden Elixir turned completely white, all the fragments in the sea of consciousness returned to their original positions. Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness had stabilized. Hua Kai felt that his consciousness was getting weaker and weaker. He knew that he had to leave. If he didn't leave, both of them would be finished.
After leaving Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness, Hua Kai's consciousness returned to his body. He felt a sense of security that he hadn't felt in a long time. It was a good thing that nothing had happened when he entered Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness. Now that Chinese Ink's sea of consciousness had completely recovered, he used the Eye of Truth to check Chinese Ink's stats.
Chinese Ink: Foundation Establishment Realm Level 8
Aptitude: SSS-
Physique: 68
Energy: 69
Will: 4 (70)
Mo Family: Everyone
Will of Earth: Level 6 (27%)
Mental Cultivation Method: Meditation Art (High-Grade Heaven Tier Mental Cultivation Method) Perfection
Spear Technique: Space Splitting Spear (High-Grade Heaven Tier Spear Technique) Perfection
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Magic Treasure: Earth Spirit Pearl (Low-Grade Spirit Treasure), Mountain River Diagram (High-Grade Spirit Treasure)
Loyalty: 100
Status: Heavily injured, sea of consciousness damaged.
Although the status was still heavily injured, what disappeared was the damage to the sea of consciousness and not the destruction. The damage could be recovered with spirit medicine. Moreover, Chinese Ink's Will had increased to 4 points. He was already out of danger.
Seeing this, Hua Kai couldn't help but smile. He felt that his mental strength had reached its limit. He closed his eyes and entered the dreamland of the Big Dream Visualization. He slept for an entire day.
When Hua Kai came again, he checked Chinese Ink's stats. His Will had increased to 5 points. This meant that his sea of consciousness was in the process of self-recovery. Hua Kai gave him a spirit pill to recover his mental strength. Only then did he check his own stats.
His cultivation had dropped to Golden Elixir Realm Level 1. His Will had decreased from 80 points to 70 points. Nothing else had changed.
Mental strength was the hardest to improve. However, Hua Kai had the experience of entering the Soul Formation Stage. Moreover, he was a Sage. It wasn't difficult for him to recover his mental strength. He got up and went outside. He saw Tang Lei and his grandfather, Hua Xing, talking at the door.
"Kai 'er, you're finally out. How's Mo' er?" Hua Xing asked hurriedly when he saw Hua Kai.
The two most important members of the Hua family were in trouble. How could Hua Xing not be worried? He rushed over as soon as he heard the news. When he found out that Hua Kai was treating Chinese Ink, he stayed at the door and didn't leave.
"Grandfather, why are you here?
How long have I been in there? "Hua Kai's Will had decreased. He didn't want to calculate the time. He asked.
"Your Majesty, you've been in there for 46 days. It's now the first day of the first lunar month of the Hua Xia Year," Tang Lei replied hurriedly.
Hua Kai looked out of the ship's window. The snow had already covered a height of more than a meter. Many soldiers had set up thick tents outside the ship. The area thousands of meters below the ship had been cleaned up. Some people were busy at the flood dragon's corpse.
"Chinese Ink is fine now. I believe he will wake up soon. How are our losses in the last battle?" Hua Kai looked at Tang Lei and asked.
"In the last battle with the Qin Kingdom, we lost 17 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators. Among them, Hua Xia lost 4 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators. Two of them were core members of the family. Chinese Ink and Fifth Lord were severely injured.
Yan Kingdom lost 3 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators. Our affiliated kingdoms lost 5 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators. Qi Kingdom lost 2 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, Xiongnu Kingdom lost 1 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, and Yuezhi Kingdom lost 2 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators.
We lost 519 Xiantian Realm cultivators, 511 of which belonged to Hua Xia. The Undead Army lost 428 people. The two armies lost 13428 people, "Tang Lei replied.