Hidden moth

Chapter 226: It's hard to be shy and have wild thoughts

The train station was indeed still in operation. There were people waiting in the waiting hall to enter the station and get on the train. There were also people waiting at the exit to pick up the train, and there were also many drivers waiting there to pick up passengers.

Many shops on both sides of the square in front of the station are still open for business, most of them are fast food restaurants, and there are also a few supermarkets.

He Kao walked into a fast food restaurant and ordered a bowl of beef noodles. There were actually other customers at this hour. There were more than a dozen tables in the restaurant, and besides He Kao, there were two other people dining. They had almost finished their meals and were just checking their phones to pass the time.

He Kao also took out his mobile phone and put on headphones. He opened a video and seemed to be watching it intently, but in fact his consciousness had left his body.

Pure consciousness is invisible, but a person's instinctive feeling is like having an illusory body that can float around without being bound by gravity - He Kao's current state is equivalent to a ghost.

He Kao passed in front of the two diners, but they didn't react at all, perhaps because they were too engrossed in browsing their phones.

The waiter behind the counter had nothing to do, so he chose a comfortable position to lean back and watch a variety show on a tablet placed on the table. He Kao passed between his eyes and the screen.

The waiter didn't notice anything and just raised his hand to rub his eyes.

He Kao discovered that in this state he could pass through doors, walls, and even into cabinets. As long as his spiritual sense could reach a place, he could reach it.

But it was difficult for him to pass through the human body, as if there was an invisible barrier.

He Kao floated above the waiter's head and watched a comedy skit. He could feel the waiter laughing, although he didn't make any sound.

He Kao passed through the glass door and teleported to the exit. There were many people waiting there. He passed by them and no one could notice him.

He Kao floated in through the exit, floated in the opposite direction, went up to the platform from the underground passage, and then floated into the waiting hall at the rear.

There are not many people waiting for the train here. They are sitting in groups of three or four. Some are checking their phones or dozing off. Some are impatient and are waiting at the ticket gate early with suitcases and bags.

He Kao also discovered that in this state of pure consciousness, his telepathic skills seemed exceptionally clear. Previously, the mystery of telepathic skills was primarily the interconnectedness of all senses. Based on this, He Kao also gained considerable experience in identifying poisons, medicines, and objects.

At this moment, as you pass by all kinds of people, as long as you pay attention, you seem to be able to peek into their hearts.

It may be an exaggeration to say that he can peek into people's hearts. He cannot detect specific thoughts, but he can sense everyone's emotions, such as anxiety, worry, confusion, excitement, anticipation, etc.

After a while, He Kao realized that any action he took in this state actually consumed energy. The farther away from his body and the more things he did, the greater the consumption.

This consumption comes from the soul, and if the soul is consumed too severely, it will also consume the body. It is like there is an invisible thread between him and the body, so he cannot leave the range of the soul.

At this moment, he seemed to be disturbed by something, and his consciousness instantly returned to his body.

He Kao was still sitting in the fast food restaurant, with a few bites of beef noodles in front of him, looking at his phone with headphones on. On the surface, there was nothing unusual, but there was one more person in the fast food restaurant.

This was a man who looked to be in his early thirties. He was dressed in ordinary clothes and was not eye-catching, but He Kao could feel that he was strong and full of energy. He had an almost perfect physique. If he was a sorcerer, his cultivation level would be at least second level.

But this person's cultivation level has obviously exceeded the second level. He was ordering food at the counter at the moment. When he entered the store just now, he used his spiritual sense to investigate the surrounding environment and inadvertently scanned He Kao.

This is the limitation of spiritual awareness, which is equivalent to active contact rather than passive observation. If the other party also possesses spiritual awareness, they may be disturbed.

He Kao sensed the disturbance in someone else's consciousness, and his consciousness instantly returned to his body. But he remained calm and continued to browse his phone without a change of expression. After a while, he put the phone down and picked up his chopsticks to start eating noodles.

If you don’t eat it now, the noodles will become clumpy.

The new diner is a sorcerer, whose cultivation level is at least third level, possibly even higher. After all, the cultivation level is not written on the face, and it is difficult to judge without actually performing magic.

But He Kao didn’t even know this person!
This shows one thing, that at least in the general survey of disciples of the sect a year ago, this person did not register his detailed information truthfully, otherwise he should not be absent from the mind seal that Old Man Jiang gave to He Kao.

Either he concealed or omitted the information at the time, or the information he provided was inaccurate, or he was just a wandering quack. Having just experienced the Fabre incident, He Kao was very sensitive about it.

Moreover, some time ago, it was heard that Mei Guyu, the head of Danding Sect, was going to "work" at the Qiyuan branch, and Lao Qian also asked him to help pay attention to one thing: if he encountered a strange sorcerer in Qiyuan, he should report it to the clan law hall in time.

This was a secret mission assigned by the Patriarchal Hall with money.

He Kao finished his noodles leisurely, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and left the fast food restaurant. He arrived at the pick-up area, blending in with the crowd as if waiting for someone, while secretly casting a spell to leave his form.

His consciousness drifted back to the outside of the fast food restaurant, observing secretly through the window. He Kao didn't deliberately stare at the man, but just passively observed what he saw.

The man didn't react at all, probably because he didn't notice him.

He Kao wanted to conduct an experiment. Just now, no one noticed him, but those were ordinary people. What about a sorcerer? Practice has proven that even a sorcerer with advanced skills would find it difficult to detect when he was stealthily moving in this state.

Although He Kao could see each other, they seemed to be in different worlds.

He Kaola floated into the fast food restaurant at a close distance, coming to a place only a few steps away from the man, floating in the air across two tables, maintaining a state of watching but not thinking.

What does it mean to observe without thinking? It can be roughly described as both seeing and not seeing, just like an ordinary person walking on the road, who can see many things and avoid various obstacles, but whose consciousness is not deliberately observing them.

At this time, if a handsome man or beautiful woman with outstanding figure and appearance comes towards you, you may notice them immediately and take a closer look at them. This is not just looking without thinking.

The so-called observation without thinking requires extremely deep concentration, at least the concentration to break through the inner demons. Basically, only high-level sorcerers can do it.

He Kao floated in just for this strange sorcerer, and he was able to maintain a state of mind of watching without thinking, which is impossible for ordinary people to do... In this state, the other party still seemed unaware.

He Kaoshi floated a little closer, almost sitting across the table from the man. The man suddenly frowned, looked up with some confusion, and seemed to be looking at the counter.

He Kao dodged immediately, instantly reaching mid-air outside the fast food restaurant. Even though the man couldn't see him, sorcerers had a kind of inexplicable intuition, and the other party might have sensed something as well.

He Kao floated in mid-air and conducted another test. He actively changed his previous state of observing without thinking and intentionally locked onto the man's back, beginning to observe him carefully...

Zhang Jingui was sitting there eating noodles when he inexplicably felt something was wrong, as if there was something right in front of him. He looked up but saw nothing, and he also found nothing when he used his spiritual sense.

At this moment, he suddenly felt like he was being stared at again. He turned his head and looked at the air behind him. His sight passed through the glass window, but there was nothing in the air in front of the station square... His spiritual sense also swept over.

He could feel that there seemed to be something there, as if it was between existence and non-existence, but he didn't know what it was exactly. It was invisible and intangible, and disappeared in a flash.

Is this an illusion, or... a ghost?

Someone must have been watching him just now, but Zhang Jingui, a fourth-level Huazi practicing the art of awakening spirits, surprisingly didn't feel any emotion from that observation. Zhang Jingui had long since confirmed that there were no such things as ghosts and spirits in this world, and he had felt confused and regretful about this. So what had happened just now? Was it some kind of magic performed by a master?

Zhang Jingui stopped eating his noodles and stood up and walked out. He stood in the square in front of the station, looking up at the sky and observing his surroundings, but he found nothing...

When He Kao's consciousness returned to his body, he felt a tingling sensation all over his body, as if he had been swept by an electric current or pricked by countless tiny needles.

This was actually his consciousness being attacked by the strange sorcerer's divine sense, who was at least a fourth-level sorcerer. Fortunately, the attack was not strong, and only had a repelling effect, causing his consciousness to return to his body in an instant.

From the spirit to the form, consciousness is affected and the body also responds.

He Kao has tested out some results: even if ordinary people occasionally have some spiritual perception, they cannot detect the existence of disembodied consciousness; if they maintain a state of observation without thinking, it will be difficult for cultivators who have mastered spiritual consciousness to detect it, unless they are close to a certain distance.

If the consciousness is deliberately observing, the distance of detection will be much greater. He Kao was discovered from ten meters away just now. Spiritual attacks are somewhat harmful to the out-of-body consciousness, but the damage is not strong.

He Kao's soul was not injured, it was just driven away and returned to his body in an instant, and the consumption of his spiritual energy and magic power was also a bit severe.

Out-of-body consciousness cannot touch anything, so the possibility of being touched by other means is also very small, including the effectiveness of various attacks will be greatly reduced.

But this was the case when the opponent didn't attack him intentionally. What if he used a magic weapon to attack him? Consciousness has no body to protect it, so even if the damage would be reduced, it would still be very dangerous.

Take note of the appearance of the strange sorcerer and inform Lao Qian later.

He Kao turned and left the exit, disappearing in a secluded place. The next moment, he appeared in the Jinxiu Science and Technology Park in the northern suburbs of Nanhua, which was the secret base where Ye Liangcheng stayed.

Lan Jiuwan has built a residence on the fifth floor of the Jinxiu Entrepreneurship Building in the center of the base. He has decorated three rooms, connected them to water, electricity and the Internet, and also built a quiet room for practice.

She usually practices here and is almost never disturbed by anyone. Apart from Ye Liangcheng and Senior Brother Yin'e, no one else knows about this place.

He Kao appeared on the rooftop, casting "Consciousness Stealth" and floating down the building's outer wall. He called his latest ability "Consciousness Stealth," which was probably the hallmark of a fourth-level warlock of the Hidden Moth Sect.

The state of submerged consciousness is very strange, different from spiritual consciousness, just like floating in the air. Outside the building, He Kaoru cannot think, and he cannot see what is happening inside.

But in this state, he could pass through very narrow spaces and directly penetrate thin walls. So he floated in, not through the wall but through the door and window, and arrived at Lan Jiuwan's quiet room.

Lan Jiuwan actually came back and was sitting in the quiet room.

Some time ago, Lan Jiuwan followed He Kao's instructions to find Li Yu and became Li Yu's assistant, specifically to protect Li Yu and his wife. Three days ago, Shi Yunlu's conspiracy was exposed, and the crisis facing Shi Haotu and his wife was resolved, so Lan Jiuwan no longer needed to follow him.

Just in time for the holiday, Lan Jiuwan returned to the base.

Li Yu was very grateful and wanted to keep her. She said that even if Lan Jiuwan was unwilling to continue being an assistant, she could arrange another high-paying position that would satisfy her, or have other areas of cooperation.

But Lan Jiuwan didn't know what to do next. He couldn't make any decisions on his own and had to wait for further instructions from the head senior brother. However, the head senior brother hadn't shown up for almost a month.

Lan Jiuwan was getting a little anxious waiting, but when she thought about it, she felt a little scared but also eager in her heart. How to describe it? It was that kind of irrepressible shyness.

Had she ever felt this way before? She couldn't remember it at all! She had been struggling, just wanting to live well, but she had almost forgotten what it felt like to be alive. It was just a hard, cold feeling, until she met the headmaster...

The head brother said last time that the toxins remaining in her meridians and internal organs need to be cleansed several times before they can be completely eliminated, and then she can be taught the secrets of the Yin E Sect.

The feeling of the head senior brother using a precious pearl to cast a spell to expel the poison from her body was still extremely clear every time she recalled it. She even didn't dare to savor it because the feeling was too shameful and the taste was too wonderful. She simply couldn't bear it!

She had never tried to completely let go of her body and soul like that, and devoted herself to experiencing and guiding the other person's spiritual consciousness and magic power, invading her internal organs and meridians, and filling every part of her body.

It was too difficult for her to get into this state, but she had to do it even if she couldn't. The head brother was actually more tired than her, but he said nothing, just waiting for her to adjust her state.

Only after I actually did it did I realize how beautiful the world can be.

The master's spiritual power was both gentle and powerful. She was completely seen through from the inside out. This was not a feeling, but a fact... She was very scared, not afraid of the master, but afraid of herself.

There was no physical contact between the two, but it was more passionate and profound than any form of skin-to-skin contact... She tried her best to control herself from trembling, and the hairs on her body stood up. She had never had such an experience in her life.

She knew what her inner demons were, and what she truly needed to accept deep down in her heart was actually herself. Cleansing the furnace was also a way of cleansing her state of mind.

I haven't practiced properly for more than half a month. Now that I have some free time, I must not slack off... Lan Jiuwan thought so as he collected his mind, adjusted his breathing, and began to meditate and practice.

He Kao floated in and saw Lan Jiuwan who was practicing.

The "vision" of the latent consciousness is not affected by darkness. It can not only see the outline of the body, but can even clearly distinguish various colors. This should be a state of mind of the primordial spirit.

He Kao did not float too close, but the quiet room was not big. He stayed in mid-air against the wall, only a few steps away from Lan Jiuwan, waiting quietly without disturbing the other party's practice.

After the consciousness leaves the body, the state of observing without thinking is also a state of concentration. He Kao discovered that maintaining this state and not doing anything is actually a form of cultivation.

This is a refinement of the primordial spirit, which can strengthen the spiritual consciousness. Although it is very slow, cultivation is this kind of accumulation... After about half an hour, Lan Jiuwan finished the sitting practice, exhaled, opened his eyes, and spread his legs.

Clothes for sitting and practicing meditation should be loose, so she wore a set of soft cotton long-sleeved pajamas and pajamas, just these two pieces, without any underwear underneath.

After coming out of meditation, she did a set of movements on the bed aimed at invigorating her qi and blood. It looked a bit like yoga in the gym, showing off her seductive figure.

Lan Jiuwan was beautiful, yet she looked fragile, even forlorn, her aura like a flower stamen in frost. But He Kao knew how strong her will to survive was, her vitality as tenacious as wild grass, even bearing poisonous thorns.

But in recent times, she has changed a lot, like a weathered weed that has finally bloomed in the spring, showing its true tenderness and gentleness, as well as its shy charm.

If you don't believe it, just look at her now. After stretching her muscles and bones, Lan Jiuwan began to massage the acupoints all over her body, starting from the roots of her scalp and hair, then rubbing her ears and face with her hands, and massaging her skin all over her body.

This was a normal closing movement after sitting still, but why did she do it so…? Her clothes were lifted, revealing her snow-white body. Her expression was strange, her mouth slightly open, her eyes almost dripping with tears, and her legs unconsciously tightened.

When doing these movements to stretch the muscles after coming out of meditation, it is not required to enter into meditation, but she seems to be distracted. What is she thinking about?

The state of observing without thinking also means not having any thoughts. As He Kao had a thought, Lan Jiuwan over there finally sensed something and looked over at him...

He Kao's consciousness instantly returned to his body, and he even blushed a little. But he quickly adjusted his mindset and teleported to the fifth floor. He spoke through the two doors, "Lan Jiuwan, you're back?"

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(End of this chapter)