"Wow! Welcome to Lingxu. Depending on the length of your path of law, you can soak in the spiritual pool for three and a half sticks of spiritual incense! Congratulations! You have become the first person in thousands of years to insist on more than three sticks of spiritual incense...
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A voice echoed in Ximen Hao's mind in a daze. The voice was very shrill and a little unbeatable.
And he also felt warm around his body, as if he was soaking in a hot spring. It was very comfortable, just like the feeling when he had just arrived in God's Domain from Tianqing Continent, but it felt even better!
Vaguely, he saw that he was in a small pool, with three and a half sticks of incense stuck on the edge, and the half sticks were smoking slowly.
"Hey, kid, I'm back!"
The voice sounded again, Ximen Hao opened his eyes and found a...
"Holy shit! What are you?"
Ximen Hao looked at the translucent object in front of him. If he had to say it was a person, he could think of it as such, but it looked like a cartoon person drawn with translucent colors.
The slender limbs and body are topped by a small head, but the eyes are exaggeratedly large and protruding. The most damning thing is that there are a few mustaches!
"Ahem, sorry, I am nothing. I am the guardian spirit of this spiritual pool. I am responsible for receiving you rookies who have ascended from the lower world."
As the guardian spirit spoke, it twisted in the air, making Ximen Hao almost laugh like a pig.
"Um...Mr. Guardian Spirit, is this the Spiritual Ruins?"
Ximen Hao asked.
"Of course! This is the Dongzhou Ascension Platform of Lingxu! After the three half-spirit incense sticks are burned out, you will officially reach Lingxu! Become a real spirit. Tsk tsk! Boy, you are almost a middle-grade first-level spirit. What did you eat below?
Baby? Enjoy yourself in the spiritual pool, maybe you will break through to the middle grade."
The guardian spirit's posture and smile were a bit mean. Ximen Hao even had a nickname for him in his heart: mean spirit!
"Well... Mr. Guardian Spirit, can you introduce me to the situation of the Spiritual Ruins?"
Although Ximen Hao had already obtained information about Lingxu from Yuan Zeng, he still wanted to know more.
"Sorry little rookie, my introduction has been completed. Don't bribe me, I am incorruptible."
The guardian spirit straightened its rope-like waist, looking more and more in need of a beating.
Ximen Hao's eyelids twitched, and then he sensed his body.
He is stronger, much stronger than before, and he is still getting stronger. At the same time, his cultivation level has also begun to slowly improve.
"Xixi, how are you?"
Ximen Hao asked in his heart.
"..."
Xixi didn't reply, maybe she was using the spiritual pool to improve herself.
"Lao Yuan, how do you feel?"
Ximen Hao touched a handful of soul-nurturing wood.
"Comfortable...don't disturb me..."
Yuan Zeng let out a comfortable sigh and then fell silent.
"Okay, let me enjoy it too."
Ximen Hao glanced at the spiritual pool, which was only a few meters in size. Except for a layer of white mist, there was crystal-like water underneath.
Sitting cross-legged, holding Yuan in both hands, he was about to activate the Divine Emperor's Haki Technique, but found that it could not be activated!
Not only the God Emperor's Haki Technique, but I also feel that all of my magical powers, except for the Eye of Reincarnation, are unusable!
However, there is still a trace of spiritual power that continuously penetrates into the body.
"Little rookie, can't you run your skills? Hehe! It's a new chapter when you arrive at Lingxu. Everything has to start from scratch. Also, hurry up and sacrifice your semi-spiritual weapon."
The guardian spirit obviously saw the doubts in Ximen Hao's heart, and it wasn't the first time it saw an ascended rookie.
Ximen Hao quickly sacrificed the Tianji Umbrella and let the Tianji Umbrella soak in the spiritual pool.
"Wow! Wow! It's not a semi-spiritual weapon, it's almost a first-class spiritual weapon! Tsk tsk! Boy, you are surprising me more and more."
The guardian spirit is a very talkative person, but Ximen Hao also likes such talkative people.
Ximen Hao sat cross-legged and allowed the spiritual power to pour into him. Then he took out a cigar from the ring, lit one, took a deep breath, and blew out the second-hand smoke at the guardian spirit.
The guardian spirit shrugged its nose, and a pair of exaggeratedly large eyes were directly occupied by the eyeballs.
"Specialty from my hometown? Come on! Come on!"
The guardian spirit held the matchstick with its finger, looking funny.
"Um... I'm sorry, Mr. Guardian Spirit, this thing is very rare in my hometown, and I don't have much food reserves!"
Ximen Hao shrugged his shoulders helplessly, then took a deep breath and blew out a puff of smoke towards the guardian spirit.
The guardian spirit quickly twitched its sharp nose, inhaling all the second-hand smoke, and then closed its eyes intoxicated.
"What a wonderful thing! What a great supplement..."
The corners of Ximen Hao's mouth twitched slightly and he almost laughed.
However, this guardian spirit obviously has no body, and he doesn't even know what it is, but it must have a spirit and a soul, otherwise it would love cigars so much.
"Boy, how about a deal?"
The guardian spirit suddenly flew in front of Ximen Hao, looking straight at Ximen Hao with a pair of big bubble eyes, which made Ximen Hao's scalp feel numb.
"What's the deal? What do I have?"
Ximen Hao pretended to be dumbfounded.
"You use this smoking stick to make a deal, and I can tell you about Lingxu."
The guardian spirit said.
"real?"
Ximen Hao's eyes lit up.
"Yeah! Really!"
The guardian spirit nodded seriously.
"Hey! Sorry, I don't need it. I already understood it in some spaces when I was down there."
Ximen Hao's eyelids drooped, he shook his head, took a deep breath of the cigar again, and blew out second-hand smoke at the guardian spirit.
The guardian spirit once again inhaled all the second-hand smoke and became even more intoxicated, but soon continued to stare directly at Ximen Hao.
"I don't know how to refine weapons, and I don't know how to study spiritual formations."
Ximen Hao couldn't help but kept shaking his head.
"uncle!"
The guardian spirit suddenly ran wild and his eyes almost fell out.
Ximen Hao's heart skipped a beat, but his expression remained calm. He even smoked half of the cigar in his hand in one breath without spitting out any second-hand smoke.
Then he took out another one, lit it, and smoked leisurely.
The guardian spirit's deformed face returned to its original appearance, and its thread-like lips rose, making itself look kind.
"Rookie, how many of these smoking sticks do you have?"
Ximen Hao kicked his feet back and leaned on the edge of the spiritual pool, finding a comfortable place to sit, as if he was taking a bath.
"This is called a cigar, not a smoking stick. As for how many... not many, maybe a hundred or so. Alas! The output of this thing is too low..." (To be continued)