Chapter 57: Fated Connection
Incredible, truly incredible.
Su Huanhuan observed the spiritual energy flowing slowly within her body and realized she hadn’t fully appreciated it before.
Now she truly sensed Luohe’s terrifying abilities again.
The essence of the dantian is a storage pool plus a spiritual energy pump.
The size of the pool and the power of the pump vary from person to person, but they serve the same purpose: storing absorbed spiritual energy and delivering it throughout the body as needed.
Just as normal breathing involves ventilation and gas exchange, absorbing spiritual energy can be viewed as ventilation, and transporting it as gas exchange.
Generally, these two processes can’t happen simultaneously, just as no one can inhale and exhale at the same time.
But with Luohe in her body, she could.
What concept was this?
When Su Huanhuan didn’t need to use spiritual energy, Luohe would help her cultivate inside her body while she did other things.
When Su Huanhuan was engaged in battle and needed spiritual energy, Luohe would help her absorb it, replenishing what was consumed.
And according to Su Huanhuan’s own estimates, as long as she didn’t use techniques that completely exhausted her body…
Luohe’s replenishment rate far exceeded her consumption rate.
This meant her combat ability was no longer limited by how much spiritual energy her dantian could store.
Instead, it depended on the amount of spiritual energy in her surroundings, with her dantian merely serving as a transit point.
And this transit point was somewhat small, limiting Luohe’s potential… Well, her talent was mediocre to begin with.
But that wasn’t all.
The spiritual energy absorbed by Luohe into her body differed from what she absorbed herself.
The essence of absorbing spiritual energy is converting masterless energy into an energy substance with strong personal characteristics that cultivators can use.
Although Luohe was essentially borrowing her spiritual root and dantian to absorb energy, the spiritual energy still carried some of his own traits.
In summary, this energy was more condensed, transmitted faster… higher density per unit.
Like compressed biscuits—small volume, high energy.
Durable.
Moreover, after passing through Luohe’s pathway, the efficiency of spiritual energy flow in her body was incomparable to before.
She could now release techniques much faster.
This wasn’t just cheating—it was super-cheating.
Su Huanhuan felt that all the talent she naturally lacked had been compensated for by Luohe alone.
Whether it was the demonic relic that changed her spiritual energy attributes and enhanced her understanding of cultivation techniques, or now Luohe himself…
Damn, why did he only bring her good things since his appearance?
Su Huanhuan suddenly realized this and fell into thought.
Wasn’t this as if they were made for each other? Both had bad luck, but together, they were happy.
Oh my…
“What are you thinking about?”
Luohe’s voice suddenly echoed in her mind.
Su Huanhuan calmly gathered her thoughts, then answered:
“I’m thinking, aren’t we unexpectedly compatible?”
“? Compatible how?”
“Compatible in every way.”
“I think you’re overthinking.”
Luohe stopped cultivating and jumped out of Su Huanhuan’s body.
That warm, enveloping feeling disappeared with Luohe’s departure, leaving Su Huanhuan slightly disappointed.
“Instead of worrying about these strange questions, you should think about planning our next steps.”
“I have it under control.”
At the moment, Su Huanhuan was clearly distracted.
Because she had suddenly realized a problem—one that seemed insignificant now but could become very serious in the future.
That was the question of where Luohe would go.
Su Huanhuan had planned everything well. She sought to snatch treasure from fire, finding a way to use Beichuan for her own benefit.
At that point, with both Beichuan and the demonic seed, she would no longer fear the Remnant Moon Sect’s pursuit.
She would find an appropriate time to strike back and become the new master of the Remnant Moon Sect.
The risk was great, but so was the reward. Hiding had never been her style.
But what about Luohe? What did he want to do?
He said helping her walk her future path was his purpose, but what would he do once they reached that point?
“…”
This was a question worth preparing for.
Wait… that’s right, he’s currently a ghost spirit.
A physical body would be something he wouldn’t refuse.
“Your dantian is now full. You’ve just relaxed, and excessive cultivation would be inadvisable. Why not rest and adjust your spirit?”
Luohe sat nearby, speaking to Su Huanhuan, who seemed to be thinking deeply.
A snow-white rabbit ran over, curiously jumping to Luohe’s side, continuously sniffing at him.
Since becoming a ghost spirit, he’d found himself quite popular with small animals.
Then the rabbit felt a strange force lifting it into the air, gently stroking it.
Cute.
“What about you? You’re not planning to go into the city and scare people, are you?”
Su Huanhuan came back to her senses, asking with seeming ulterior meaning.
She had warned the child, and judging by her expression, she seemed to have taken it to heart and wouldn’t easily expose Luohe’s whereabouts.
Next, they should quickly adjust and set off, leaving Gu Jing to her melancholy forever.
“No, I plan to sit by the Deer Drinking Stream for a while.”
Luohe shook his head, looking toward the other side of the bamboo grove.
“Speaking of which, what exactly is your relationship with that river?”
“Hmm… you could say I was born by that river.”
“All the creatures in this bamboo grove depend on that stream for life, and perhaps I’m no exception.”
Luohe said with a smile while petting the rabbit.
But tracing it to the source would involve mentioning a certain meowing immortal.
However, Luohe would never speak of her.
“Hmm…”
No wonder he seemed to value that river so much… killing someone there must have displeased him.
Better make a note of that.
Just as Su Huanhuan was about to speak again, she saw Luohe release the rabbit, his expression changing slightly.
“What’s wrong?”
“That child Liu Miao… why is she back again?”
“?”
…
Night had deepened, and Liu Miao trudged through the snow, heading toward the bamboo grove from memory.
Suddenly, she felt herself lighten, as if someone had gently lifted her up and then set her back down.
She recognized this touch, so she quickly turned around and said:
“Ghost Immortal!”
“Why did you come back?”
“Please… please help me, help Flower Boss!”
“…”
Su Huanhuan, standing behind Luohe, heard this name and her eyes flickered.
She walked up to Liu Miao.
“Explain clearly.”
“Flower, Flower Boss is also a cultivator. She used to grow many flowers, but today all her flowers died, and she herself… I, I’m not really sure what happened…”
“But Flower Boss’s condition is definitely not right, and I don’t know how to help her…”
“I understand.”
Su Huanhuan interrupted Liu Miao.
The specific details remained unknown, but the general cause… heh, wasn’t hard to guess.
Really good at causing trouble.
“Su… Sister, I know I have no right to ask, but among the people I know, only you can…”
But Su Huanhuan didn’t respond to Liu Miao. She just turned around and looked at Luohe.
“What do you think?”
“Might as well take a look.”
“Hmph… we’ll do as you say. But you shouldn’t enter the city. Your existence is too sensitive; let’s not cause additional problems.”
Luohe nodded; this made sense.
Appearing openly before a cultivator of unknown background wouldn’t be wise.
“Let’s go then, child. We’ll see what’s going on with your Flower Boss.”
Su Huanhuan’s lips curled into a cool smile as she looked at Liu Miao and raised an eyebrow.
“Heh, what did I say? We’re fated.”