Chapter 123: Spiritual Sense Projection

Now that he remembered the ability, Lin Xiao's curiosity was piqued. He stored the Yin-Yang Life and Death Array Disk back into his private storage, intending to first use his spiritual sense for internal observation.

Closing his eyes, Lin Xiao focused his consciousness inward.

The first thing he observed was his mind—or rather, his Sea of Consciousness.

It appeared as a space that was both dark and filled with light, a place that seemed simultaneously dim and bright. Everything inside was indistinct, giving the impression that he could see everything, yet nothing at all.

He wondered if everyone's Sea of Consciousness looked like this.

Without lingering, he continued to delve deeper.

Soon, he saw his nasal cavity rising and falling with each breath and the blood vessels flowing throughout his body. He could even hear the steady thumping of his heart, growing louder as he moved closer.

As he descended toward his heart, he glimpsed his clean and healthy lungs, which reminded him of images he had seen in his past life of diseased black lungs. Afterward, he saw his heart, beating strongly.

Blood flowed continuously through the three large vessels.

Further down, he observed his stomach, liver, spleen, and other organs, along with his intestines.

To be honest, seeing the tightly packed intestines inside his body made him feel a bit queasy, even though they were his own.

Moving deeper, he spotted a small ball of light.

When he directed his spiritual sense toward it, he was suddenly pulled into the light.

The next moment, he found himself inside his Dantian.

What had appeared as a small ball from the outside was revealed to be a vast space inside.

His Dantian was filled with abundant spiritual energy.

Lin Xiao felt his spiritual sense drifting within, enjoying an indescribable sense of comfort.

Fortunately, he still remembered that he was in the Array Hall, with two others nearby.

After thoroughly examining his body, Lin Xiao withdrew his spiritual sense, feeling satisfied.

He was indeed in excellent health.

Pleased with the results, he decided to try projecting his spiritual sense outward.

Lacking experience, Lin Xiao's first attempt at projecting his spiritual sense was to spread it out in all directions, without any restraint.

In an instant, his spiritual sense covered a radius of 300 meters.

However, due to his inexperience and the large range he tried to cover, he suddenly felt dizzy and quickly retracted his spiritual sense.

Earlier, when constructing the Talisman Crafting Room, Refining Hall, and Array Hall, he had placed them opposite the Alchemy Room and Cultivation Chamber, on the Guiyuan Mountain Residence side.

These three structures were separated from Guiyuan Mountain Residence by a small mountain spring.

The Array Hall was right next to the spring, only about twenty meters away.

In his hut, Liao Pantou, who was quietly studying the Taoyuan Wankong Manual, suddenly sensed a vast, unrefined spiritual sense sweeping over.

At first, he thought it might be a passing cultivator who had discovered this place, but upon closer inspection, he realized it was Lin Xiao's spiritual sense and calmly sat back down.

He figured as much—no seasoned cultivator would be so reckless as to spread their spiritual sense so forcefully and without control.

Reflecting on how just over a month ago, when he first met Lin Xiao, the boy was only at Qi Refining Stage 8, Liao Pantou couldn't help but marvel at the speed of his cultivation, now that he had reached the level where he could project his spiritual sense outward.

While Liao Pantou was impressed by Lin Xiao's progress, he casually set up a formation outside his hut to block any further spiritual sense detection from the outside.

Unaware that his novice attempt had already been detected by Liao Pantou, Lin Xiao withdrew his spiritual sense and took a moment to recover from the dizziness.

His previous experience had been interrupted by the discomfort, so he hadn't fully enjoyed it.

Lin Xiao thought for a moment. Surely, using spiritual sense shouldn't cause dizziness—his approach must have been incorrect.

Perhaps he should try a more controlled release, gradually expanding his spiritual sense instead of spreading it all at once.

With this in mind, he recalled the sensation from earlier and began to carefully extend his spiritual sense outward in a controlled manner.

This time, his spiritual sense expanded steadily, bit by bit.

First, he sensed Mo Yuanjiao and Mo Que across from him, but he couldn't use his spiritual sense to see inside their bodies as he could with his own.

Lin Xiao felt a slight twinge of disappointment.

He had wanted to see if there were any differences between their bodies and his own.

He then continued to expand his spiritual sense outward.

He observed the grass outside, then further on, he saw the small mountain spring and the dwindling piles of soil and wood behind the Sect Hall.

The experience of "seeing" his surroundings without using his eyes was fascinating to Lin Xiao.

As he became more adept at controlling his spiritual sense, he comfortably expanded it to its maximum range.

It covered roughly 200 meters.

Of course, this wasn't the limit of his range—just the maximum distance he could comfortably maintain.

Earlier, when he had spread his spiritual sense over a 300-meter radius, that had been his absolute limit.

At this comfortable range, Lin Xiao felt he could maintain his spiritual sense for one or two hours without much trouble.

Fascinated by the experience, he even spent some time observing ants on the ground.

When his spiritual sense swept over Guiyuan Mountain Residence, he noticed that one room remained impervious to his probing.

Upon closer inspection, he realized it was Liao Pantou's room.

It seemed the senior had taken measures to protect his privacy, setting up a barrier to block spiritual sense detection.

Sighing, Lin Xiao thought, "I was hoping to see what he's up to in there, since every time I visit, he's always just drinking tea."

After thoroughly exploring his surroundings, Lin Xiao noticed that the sky had grown dark, with only half the sun remaining. Reluctantly, he retracted his spiritual sense.

Mo Yuanjiao and Mo Que were still meditating to recover, so Lin Xiao sat down nearby, flipping through the later pages of the Basic Array Engraving Compendium as he waited for them.

Meanwhile, after finishing up in the spiritual field, Lin Yun cleaned himself up and descended the mountain with the others, bathed in the glow of the setting sun.

In a grassy hut by the mountain path, Xiao Luan felt both drowsy and unusually alert.

Shaking its little head, it looked at the three silly disciples clucking around it.

After some thought, it walked over to the bead it had stashed away earlier.

Bending down, it pecked off another small piece.

Looking at the now slightly smaller bead and the tiny fragment on the ground, Xiao Luan hesitated, then reluctantly pecked the fragment into three smaller pieces.

With a cluck, it called its three disciples over and urged them to swallow the small fragments.