Mystery: She came from the Chaos Sea

Chapter 168 Going down the mountain to experience
The night is dark.

Sitting cross-legged on the cushion, Zhou Mu's forehead was slightly sweaty.

While the original senior was guiding her through the scriptures, she suddenly had an epiphany. It was as if she was somehow connected to the Great Dao, and many messy things suddenly rushed into her brain.

Those were the emotions, desires, and fragmented memories that the Dark House disciples, who had received their ordination, placed on the Great Dao...

This is the state of enlightenment.

In Uncle Lin Jing’s daily teachings, it is mentioned that the state of sudden enlightenment is a very rare and dangerous situation in the process of spiritual practice.

Some people can gain new extraordinary abilities and a deep understanding of the Tao from it.

But some people become crazy or even possessed.

Zhou Mu saw an enchanting figure indulged in the desire to kill and torture. That was an experience of Uncle Master Lin Jing when he went down the mountain to travel.

Zhou Mu also saw that the beauty who used her lust to incite killing in the secular world of a certain country was the indulgence of Tian Ruoyao after she received the Taoist ordination.

These memories washed over Zhou Mu's will and tended to assimilate her.

Just when Zhou Mu's consciousness was about to be completely devoured, a piercing pain came from her arm, pulling her spirit back.

It was her uncontrollable right hand that dug deep claw marks on her left arm, leaving visible bones.

This intense pain gradually cleared her confused mind.

In the quiet room, Zhou Mu tried to stand up, but she had no strength left in her body and collapsed to the ground.

At this moment, eyes outside the door were looking inside through the iron windows.

After confirming that Zhou Min was awake, the iron gate was opened and it was Uncle Master Lin Jing.

"You're lucky, you've actually woken up from your enlightenment..." Uncle Lin Jing's voice broke the silence in the room, with a hint of subtle surprise: "How do you feel?"

Although she had regained consciousness, Zhou Mu was still burdened by a heavy mental burden that had come from nowhere. Her voice was hoarse and weak, as if every word required all her strength to say, "My head feels heavy, and there's so much noise in my brain."

Lin Jing looked at Zhou Wei, who was clearly enduring something, squatted down, and asked, "What did you feel?"

Zhou Mu covered her head and replied weakly with trust:

"The emotions of some of the seniors who received the dharma from the Dark House seem to speak, making my head noisy..."

"For example, you, Uncle Master, are 'curious' right now, while Senior Sister Tian, three houses away, is 'irritated'."

After hearing Zhou Min's description, Lin Jing's eyes showed surprise.

Is this a perceptual ability?
Although one can observe the emotional colors of others by activating the clairvoyance, for the recipient, there are ways to disguise emotions.

Otherwise, when fighting with clairvoyance enabled, many of your little tricks will be difficult to hide from the enemy.

But according to Zhou Min, what she sensed at this moment were the strongest and most real emotions of others, and she could even perceive the emotions of people around her across a certain distance.

At this moment, Lin Jing had the idea of devouring Zhou Min to seize this extraordinary ability, but considering the probability of failure and the increased mental burden even if successful, she rationally restrained this idea.

"In a few days, it will be time for you to go down the mountain for training. Take a good rest for now."

Watching Uncle Lin Jing's departing figure, Zhou Mu, who had regained some strength, called out in her heart, "Senior Yuanchu, I can actually reduce Uncle Lin Jing's malicious intent towards me..."

Just now, Zhou Mu pretended to be naive and revealed the new ability to Uncle Lin Jing in order to further test the effect of the new ability in reducing the evil thoughts of others.

It is not uncommon for disciples who have received the ordination in the Dark House to gain the ability to sense evil thoughts, but it is extraordinary to be able to sense other people's emotions and reduce their evil thoughts from a distance.

Hermione evaluated Zhou Mi's new ability. This was also an attempt on her part. The scriptures Zhou Mi was currently studying were all modified through Hermione's interpretation.

With Hermione's attempts, Zhou Mu's probability of entering the state of enlightenment increased, and her abilities also tended to be in line with Hermione's expected design.

Of course, Hermione believed that her possession had also had an impact. Hermione gently warned, "Don't abuse this ability that can be used as a trump card. Furthermore, the higher the enemy's level, the less effective your evil thoughts reduction ability will be."

Zhou Mu agreed in her heart with the attitude of a disciple.

……

The weather is calm and sunny.

Zhou Mu rode a horse, controlled the speed, and took care of Napolidisli who was not skilled in riding behind.

Napoli Disili was a little embarrassed at this time.

He was unable to learn Tian Ruoyao's riding skills, so he was not riding smoothly now.

In prehistoric Earth, He had never been exposed to horse riding.

But after becoming a demon, He no longer needs to ride this tiring horse.

Napoli Disili never imagined that there would be a day when he would need transportation again.

He now relied on the physical fitness of the recipient to control the horse. Although this method was effective, it made the horse look strange when riding, unlike Zhou Mu's heroic appearance.

Feeling the novelty and awkwardness of riding a horse, Napolidisli called out to Zhou Mu, who was leading the way, "We are all sisters, so why don't you give me a ride, Junior Sister Zhou?"

Zhou Mu smiled and declined, "Senior Napoleon Disley, you're joking."

Zhou Mu could see that Napolitano, who had replaced Tian Ruoyao, was a man, and he hadn't concealed this fact from the beginning.

It was the original senior... Tian Ruoyao shook her head slightly and quickly dispelled the groundless speculation in her heart.

The two of them sped all the way and arrived at a roadside inn before dark.

But when checking in, the innkeeper saw Napolidisli in the light of the fire, and his expression changed slightly: "Two ladies, guest rooms, guest rooms..."

Napoli Disri said with a smile, "Your guest room can't be full in this remote place, right?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly explained, "That's not the case. The guest room is haunted. We were afraid of disturbing the two ladies, so we told you in advance."

"Haunted?" Zhou Mu's eyes dimmed slightly. She used her spiritual vision to scan the surroundings but didn't see anything strange.

I can see that this is most likely a shady shop.

Hermione explained with amusement in her heart, "It's not that the inn is haunted, it's that the owner obviously recognized Tian Ruoyao. I'm afraid Tian Ruoyao is quite famous outside, and she scared the owner like he saw a ghost."

Since the demise of prehistoric civilization, after countless years of cultivation, the population of the Western Continent has become dense again, but among this dense population, the number of ordained monks is still a minority.

Tian Ruoyao, a demon cultivator with a flamboyant temperament, is obviously well-known, so much so that even the owner of this black shop recognizes her.

Under Zhou Mi's arrangement, the shopkeeper honestly opened two adjacent rooms.

After the meal, the two of them washed up and rested.

Hermione returned her attention to the Abyss, continuing to search for and capture high-sequence demons.

The mechanical army carrying video footage conducted a large-scale search, and the ascetics went to the designated locations for investigation under the protection of Sasriel based on the video information.

This method wasn't exactly efficient, but it was still effective. Although they hadn't yet found those high-sequence demons, they had collected quite a few Beyonder attributes from the Abyssal Path.

In fact, Hermione also wanted to find out information about the Abyss from Napoli Disili, but Napoli Disili was very vigilant.

If she were to test it easily, it would expose her secret of being able to connect the inside and outside of the Western Continent, thus putting Zhou Min in danger.

Accustomed to Zhou Mi's perspective, Hermione did not want any unnecessary sacrifices to occur.

(End of this chapter)