novelapdf Chapter 2 See You
Chapter 2 See You
【Shenshi】
[Supernatural Power: Travel (Ready)]
One: Chen Lingxi
2. Not yet bound]
[Supernatural Power: Thorough Awakening (Unusable)]
[Supernatural Ability: Unknown]
[Supernatural Ability: Unknown]
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The densely packed tadpole-like characters hung in the air, then quietly vanished.
Chen Lingxi's consciousness hovered in the void of the divine chamber, yet he did not understand the meaning of "Seeing the Wanderer" and "Complete Awakening".
"But... it seems that I can activate my already prepared ability to see and travel with just a thought."
With a slight thought, he focused his mind on the line of tadpole-like characters: 【见游-陈灵洗】.
In an instant!
The model of the shrine in the light of his mind was instantly brought closer, falling into the North Courtyard, into several rear-facing buildings, and finally into the one he was standing in!
His perspective also began to change at this moment, no longer looking down from above, and the divine chamber was not filled with thick fog!
—Even though his eyes were closed, he saw Zhao Changle in his mind, saw those dilapidated beds, and even saw the snow falling outside the window and that thin locust tree in the corner of his eye!
The key point is...
His eyes were clearly closed!
"The shrine is vast, like a model, but it is not all visible at once; one needs a pair of eyes to explore it."
The "I" in the shrine became these eyes.
But... I don't seem to be able to control Chen Lingxi in the shrine. If that's the case, then what's the point of this supernatural power, "Seeing and Traveling"?
Chen Lingxi thought of this and suddenly realized something.
His consciousness fell into the category of "seeing and traveling"!
"The 'Visiting' section has two lines; the first line is my name."
The second line shows "not yet bound," does that mean I can bind to someone else's view?
As his consciousness comprehended the meaning of "Seeing the Journey," Chen Lingxi in the shrine seemed to have received a divine mandate and suddenly spoke—
"Those who travel first observe the travels of others, thereby embracing the true nature of Heaven and Earth, and mastering the distinctions of the six qi, to travel without end!"
These words resounded like a great bell in Chen Lingxi's mind.
After a moment's thought, Chen Lingxi subconsciously asked, "How do I bind the second candidate for the audience with the divine chamber's clarity?"
This time, Chen Lingxi in the shrine did not speak, but the mist outside the window rose up and formed many tadpole characters once again.
"Take the items they handled, recite their names and eight characters, and offer sacrifices to the shrine!"
"Items handled by you?"
Chen Lingxi looked around and the first thing she saw was the medicinal herbs that had not yet been decocted.
"This medicinal herb was handled by both Wang Kong and Liu Changle."
"Although Wang Kong is highly regarded by Zhao Duguan, he is ultimately just a lowly servant. Seeing his travels doesn't bring me any benefit, or rather, it's not much benefit."
"Liu Changle is hiding a secret, yet he shares a room with me, is also a government slave, and even goes to the government office with me every ten days! His sights and activities seem to be exactly the same as mine."
Chen Lingxi's thoughts wandered, and she looked around again.
Suddenly, I saw an incense burner on the table in the center of the room.
The incense burner was quite peculiar; its bronze color was as deep as night, and the body of the burner was faintly raised with ghost face patterns.
A thin incense stick, as delicate as a spider's thread, is inserted diagonally into the burner. As it burns, a dark red dot flickers, looking from afar like an ancient eye gleaming faintly.
The smoke swayed and curled into the void.
"This incense burner..."
Chen Ling's eyes lit up.
He had been a government slave for more than two years, and a year and a half ago he was assigned to the Baosu Marquis's mansion!
It happened to be the eldest son's 21st birthday banquet.
At the banquet, the eldest son, Lin Su, invited everyone in the mansion, from servants to attend the feast!
After several rounds of drinks, he invited a Taoist priest to perform a ritual and personally distributed many incense burners, because the young master wanted the fragrance to linger in the mansion day after day.
A year and a half later, the incense sticks were distributed even more punctually than the meals.
"This incense burner was personally distributed by Lin Suri, so it is naturally something he handled."
Chen Ling's eyes lit up immediately.
In the Baosu Marquis's mansion, the Marquis spent his days in seclusion cultivating Taoism. In the year and a half that followed, Chen Lingxi and Liu Changle had barely seen their master.
The person currently in charge of the household is actually the eldest young master, Lin Su Ri.
Steward Zhao also came from Young Master Lin's South Courtyard.
"Besides being the head of the household, Lin Suri is also a military officer in the imperial court, responsible for patrolling, maintaining order, and controlling fire in Yuanjiang Prefecture. If one could see what he sees, perhaps... perhaps one could learn martial arts!"
A glint of light flashed in Chen Lingxi's eyes.
He struggled to his feet and said to Liu Changle beside him, "Changle, it's too cold in this room. Give me that incense burner; the ashes should be a little warmer."
"It's the dead of winter, and the ashes in the stove have settled to the bottom, so I'm afraid it won't heat up," Liu Changle said, handing the incense burner on the table to Chen Lingxi.
The incense burner was ice cold; how could the tiny flames on the incense sticks possibly provide warmth?
But Chen Lingxi didn't care, and held the incense burner with her icy hands.
He closed his eyes as if falling into a deep sleep.
But at that moment, his consciousness fell into the [Divine Chamber]!
[See you there!]
Chen Ling, while washing his hands in the shrine chamber, also held an incense burner and silently chanted—
"We beseech the divine chamber, to witness the daily journey through the forest, to ride the true course of Heaven and Earth, and to harness the transformations of the six qi, so that we may roam freely without end!"
"Jiawu, Bingyin, Renshen, Gengzi!"
Instantly!
In reality, a wisp of smoke actually appeared in the incense burner in Chen Ling's handwashing room!
Smoke billowed out from the narrow gap in the window and headed towards the south courtyard.
The same applies inside the shrine.
Strangely, Chen Lingxi's perspective in the divine chamber changed again, detaching from herself and flying into the void with that wisp of smoke, once again overlooking the divine chamber and the Baosu Marquis's residence.
The smoke rose into the sky, then began to descend, eventually flying into the South Courtyard and then into the East Hall!
It was the hour of You (5-7 PM), shortly after sunset.
In other mansions, if the children of powerful and wealthy families were here, they would probably be indulging in pleasure at this moment.
But in the inner room of the east hall of the south courtyard, the young marquis Lin Su Ri was lying motionless on a heated chair in a very peculiar posture.
"What are you doing?"
Before Chen Lingxi could think any further, that wisp of smoke had already quietly entered Lin Su Ri's spiritual core!
The void around him distorted again, and Chen Lingxi's perspective changed once more.
It's now Lin Su Ri's perspective!
He saw the magnificent inner room, the rosewood canopy bed with its perforated door not far away, the curtains draped with silver-red gossamer gauze, and a sandalwood desk...
This is not surprising...
Strangely, Chen Lingxi actually saw extremely thin strands of "qi" drifting in from all directions and then falling into his body!
"What is this?"
"Spiritual energy? Vital energy? True energy?"
Chen Lingxi immediately regretted not carefully noting Lin Suri's posture just now.
With a thought, his perspective shifted, and he could suddenly see Lin Suri's entire appearance.
"Has it switched to the third person perspective?"
He was greatly surprised, yet he stared intently at Lin Su Ri's posture.
His back arched like a bow, with only his coccyx and the occipital bone of his head supporting him on the chair. His waist and abdomen were suspended in the air, his limbs hung loosely like willows, and his legs were bent into an arc, with his left heel touching his perineum and his right ankle hooked around his left knee. His whole body was like a bow that had been tightened and then loosened.
"This pose is a bit too difficult."
Chen Lingxi quietly gazed at Lin Suri's body...
When he was on a tour, his observation skills improved dramatically.
After a long while, he noticed that Lin Suri's breathing rhythm seemed to be regular, with his chest and abdomen expanding and contracting in a regular pattern.
One inhale and three pauses; one exhale and five pauses.
Lin Suri's each inhalation was long and drawn out, divided into three pauses—first into the nasal cavity, then into the throat; then into the chest and diaphragm, then into the stomach; and finally into the dantian, seemingly stopping three inches below the navel.
Wherever the breath passed, a slight bulge appeared in that spot.
The entire process takes about three times as long as a normal person's breathing.
The exhalation is even more peculiar: a single breath is exhaled and broken into five segments.
The first breath is as fine as a thread, barely audible; the second breath is slightly faster, almost imperceptible; the third breath suddenly becomes heavy and turbid, as if forcing out all the turbid air from the internal organs; the fourth breath becomes light and slow, like a spring breeze ruffling the water of a pond; the fifth breath is completely silent, without a sound or breath, leaving a long "breath interval"—the blank period is extremely long, as if one has stopped breathing.
Repeat this cycle: inhale for three minutes, pause for three minutes, exhale for five minutes, and pause for five minutes.
At that pause, his chest and abdomen barely rose and fell; only his Adam's apple moved slightly, as if he were trying to swallow that strange breath into his limbs and bones.
"This...could it be the legendary breathing technique?"
Chen Lingxi secretly speculated.
Just then, Lin Suri finally stopped breathing exercises, his bow-like body returned to its original shape, and he stood up.
That face then emerged from the shadow of the heated chair.
He was extremely fair-skinned, not in a powdery white, but more like the finest mutton fat jade soaked in clear water, exuding a coolness.
The eyebrows are like distant mountains, with the peaks clearly defined as if cut by a knife, slanting upwards into the temples.
The corners of his eyes are slightly upturned, and his pupils are extremely dark, like two ancient wells, unfathomable.
"The forest is gradually ripening."
Chen Lingxi last saw Lin Suri three months ago, and Lin Suri then was very different from today.
Having lived two lives, Chen Lingxi could see through Lin Suri's seemingly mature demeanor that was inconsistent with his age.
Just as he was wondering what was going on, he heard footsteps.
Then someone appeared in Lin Su Ri's field of vision.
She was a woman with an oval face, captivating eyes, and a charming demeanor. She had a graceful figure and walked with a swaying gait.
She is a beauty.
Chen Lingxi naturally recognized this person; in fact, everyone in the entire mansion knew him.
Wang Chu, the steward of the South Courtyard, was also born into a family of government slaves, but she was valued by the Marquis's mansion. Because of her outstanding appearance, she was the dream lover of countless servants.
"Has Princess Yunhe come looking for Longyue again today?"
Lin Suri's gaze remained unchanged, seemingly uninterested in the astonishing allure emanating from Wang Chu.
Wang Chu bowed respectfully: "Just like the past few days, she arrived just before noon and didn't leave until late afternoon. She and Miss Longyue were practicing flower arranging in the West Garden. Apart from that, there was nothing else strange about it."
Lin Suri nodded slightly.
Lin Su Ri saw Chen Lingxi accurately capture two words.
"Flower arrangement?"