The road is vague

Chapter 27: Mana Backlash
Li Mo stopped, opened his arms and felt the drizzle.

"Thunderstorm season is almost here again."

According to past experience, the more he focused on studying something during the day, and the more likely it was a summer thunderstorm, the greater the chance he would enter a dreamland.

Depending on the things he studies, he will trigger different situations after entering the ethereal dream.

He seemed to be gradually adapting to the ethereal dream world.

For example, at the beginning, Li Mo studied various medical books and medicinal materials every day. So after he entered the ethereal dream, he just walked around in a daze, instinctively acquiring knowledge of various medicinal materials along the way.

Afterwards, he began to study the "Three-in-One Sword Technique". After entering the ethereal dream, he regained his sanity, and his body and shadow were exchanged, allowing him to quickly accumulate experience in swordsmanship.

So now that he has begun to study the practice method of "Eye of the True Spirit", what will happen after he enters the ethereal dream?

In the next few days, Li Mo was unable to enter the ethereal dream as he wished.

Fortunately, he did not encounter any major setbacks in his practice, so he was not anxious and continued to wait silently.

the other side.

Since the failure of his confession that day, Shi Yazhou seemed to be fine.

He was like an undefeated warrior, completely letting go of his psychological constraints. Whenever he had the chance, he would try to get close to Zhao Huaxue, constantly expressing his admiration, which made people's scalps tingle.

"Huaxue, I really like you. From the first day I saw you, I couldn't forget you. My mind is full of you, and I dream of you as soon as I close my eyes at night..."

Li Mo and Lu Tianyou, who were watching the show on the side, tried hard to pretend not to see it and hold back their laughter, but they couldn't control the goose bumps that appeared on their bodies.

Zhao Huaxue had obviously never experienced such a scene before.

Over the past few days, after her repeated warnings were in vain, Zhao Huaxue's hesitation and astonishment in the face of Shi Yazhou's relentless harassment had completely turned into anger.

"I won't be with someone who's doing nothing, just give up!"

After saying that, she left the classroom.

Shi Yazhou was rejected again by Zhao Huaxue in public, but this did not discourage him. Instead, his eyes lit up.

"Huaxue, I will let you see another side of me!"

There were not only people like Lu Tianyou and Li Mo who were watching the show in the class, but also murderous guys like Zhou Zheng and Yang Zhiman, who were looking at Shi Yazhou with gloomy eyes. Zhang Guoyin, who was in his sixties, shook his head and sighed.

Yang Zhiman could no longer contain the anger in his heart.

"As the ancients said, a man of equal social status and a woman of equal talent and beauty are the best match. I think you are too ignorant of yourself!"

He strode up to Shi Yazhou.

"Today, in front of everyone, I, Yang, am making this clear: if you dare to harass Zhao Huaxue again, I will be irreconcilable with you!"

Then he left the classroom angrily.

Lu Tianyou suppressed the urge to laugh and whispered to Li Mo, "You are really good at giving nicknames. This Yang Xiucai is so appropriate. Did you hear that? He just called himself Yang Moumou and we are irreconcilable. Haha!"

He imitated Yang Zhiman's words vividly.

Li Mo couldn't help laughing and pulled him out of the classroom.

That night.

Li Mo finally entered into a vague dream.

The land was still vast and boundless, exuding an ancient and lonely atmosphere. Li Mo, who was in the form of a shadow, looked around and found that there seemed to be no changes here, which made him a little confused.

Fortunately, Li Mo soon discovered that there was indeed a lot of spiritual energy between heaven and earth here.

Especially the dense spiritual clouds in the sky, which turned out to be spiritual energy, were so dense that it seemed as if endless dark clouds were rolling and surging, with huge shadows occasionally passing through the dark clouds.

Li Mo has adapted to all this.

Then he walked away for a while, and after confirming that there was nothing else unusual here, he sat on the ground.

He actually planned to try to practice breathing and luck in a dream.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Li Mo held his breath and concentrated, following the luck formula of "Eye of the True Spirit" to introduce the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his meridians.

Compared to reality, where it takes about a cup of tea to calm down and concentrate, at this moment he almost instantly entered the state of breathing practice. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions seemed to have found an outlet and continued to flow towards Li Mo, making him unable to help but make an intoxicated sound.

Li Mo felt that his whole body was in a state of high excitement.

Even if Li Mo in the ethereal dream has rationality, it is only rationality in the dream, and he is still in a dormant state in the dream.

After completing a small circle of circulation, he compared his practice results with reality.

Li Mo discovered that compared to usual, the efficiency of his small Zhoutian in converting mana was at least about twice as fast. The pure spiritual energy of heaven and earth was continuously flowing into his body, forming a small cycle, and then transformed into strands of mana, condensing in his dantian.

With his current speed of increasing mana, I'm afraid it can be on par with the operation of the Great Circulation in the outside world.

At this time.

Li Mo suddenly thought of a question.

If I circulate the Great Circulation here, wouldn't the efficiency of converting mana be greatly improved?
Li Mo's rationality was obviously weakened in the ethereal dream. Although he had logical judgment on everything here, he was still just in a dormant state in the dream.

As soon as the idea came to him, he couldn't wait to try it out.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions continuously flowed into his body, but this time the spiritual energy traveled along the twelve main meridians, the eight extraordinary meridians, and the veins of the limbs, allowing some corners of the body to be fully nourished by the spiritual energy, and finally transformed into magic power.

This is Li Mo's first great luck!

As Uncle Ding Wei said, the speed of converting mana was obviously much faster, which immediately made him enjoy it and unable to extricate himself, and the mana in his dantian became more and more.

These magical powers will gradually dissipate on their own.

Next, Li Mo just needs to let these magic powers accumulate to a certain amount before evaporating on their own, forming a so-called magic power vortex, and let these magic powers completely stabilize, then he will reach the so-called first level of Qi training.

"Li Mo, get up!"

An unknown amount of time had passed before Li Mo, who was still immersed in the Great Zhoutian luck, faintly heard Lu Tianyou's call.

He suddenly shuddered, thinking of the serious consequences of suffering the backlash of magic power, and opened his eyes instantly, revealing an unconcealable panic in his eyes.

at the same time.

In the ethereal dream, there were bursts of hoarse roars and heart-wrenching beast roars again. Countless place names were like a flood, trying to pour into Li Mo's head.

Fortunately, Li Mo had gradually adapted to all this. He forced himself to open his eyes, enduring the pain, and saw that Lu Tianyou had already put on his crane cloak, facing the bronze mirror with his back to him, fixing his makeup.

After waking up, Li Mo sat on the bed to check his physical condition. He found that the magic power in his dantian was obviously much stronger and there was no other abnormality. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

After Lu Tianyou finished washing up, he noticed something unusual about Li Mo.

"Why do you look so ugly?"

After hearing this, Li Mo covered his emotion with a sigh and quickly got up to wash and put on his clothes.

"I had a nightmare last night."

Lu Tianyou seemed to have thought of something when he heard this.

"Did you dream about Xiao Man?"

"Ah."

Li Mo didn't want to explain too much. Lu Tianyou sighed and patted Li Mo on the shoulder.

"I have an idea for you. After three years, when you have completed the final examination, you can choose to serve in the Special Duties Hall of the Outer Sect. Once you have the status of an Inspector of the Ministry of Destiny, you can seek revenge openly."

Li Mo nodded.

After washing up, he went to the classroom with Lu Tianyou.

Generally speaking, students will wait in the classroom for a while in advance. During this time, familiar students will get together and talk to each other, so the classroom is often noisy and bustling, just like a morning market, quite lively.

After Lu Tianyou entered the classroom, he separated from Li Mo and came to Hu Tianer.

Wang Feng extended his hand to invite Li Mo over and sat opposite Zhu Yidan and Zhao Xiaonan.

"Did you hear that Tao Ran took a few people to look for Shi Yazhou last night?"

"what?"

Zhu Yidan and Zhao Xiaonan exclaimed.

Li Mo was also surprised and a little curious.

"and then?"

"Who knows? I only found out yesterday after I ran into Shi Yongjie. He said Shi Yazhou was trapped in the house by them. It seems that Tao Ran must have some interest in Zhao Huaxue, otherwise why would he stand up for her?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yidan couldn't help but stick out his tongue.

She stole a glance in the direction of Zhao Huaxue.

"Zhou Zheng and Zhao Huaxue from our class are both considered influential figures in the Enlightenment Hall."

Li Mo shrugged and said, "This is normal. After all, our class all came from Anle City, the provincial capital. By the way, do you know Zhao Huaxue's background?"

All three shook their heads.

As the four of them were chatting, Shi Yongjie suddenly ran in from outside the door. He lay in front of the classroom door with a look of terror on his face.

"Shi Yazhou...he seems to be dead!"

The originally lively classroom suddenly became lively again after a brief silence.

Everyone gathered around and asked Shi Yongjie for specific details.

Shi Yongjie looked to be about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a small mustache. He looked more mature than many people in the class. He led everyone towards his and Shi Yazhou's dormitory.

Shi Yazhou is indeed dead.

Li Mo couldn't squeeze into the room, so he could only stand on tiptoe and take a look from a distance outside the door. He vaguely saw Shi Yazhou lying on the bed, his eyes rolled back, a large part of his tongue sticking out, and he died of bleeding from all seven orifices. It seemed that he had suffered great pain before his death.

Several disciples from the Law Enforcement Hall came upon hearing the news and drove everyone away.

Li Mo, Wang Feng, Zhu Yidan and Zhao Xiaonan gathered together again, talked a lot, and walked back to the classroom.

The classroom was full of discussions about Shi Yazhou.

After a while, Li Mo returned to his mat. The chatterbox Lu Tianyou came over and sighed with gloating.

"Yesterday he said he would let us see another side of him, but I didn't expect it to be this side. Oh, what a pity! Without this funny guy in the class, we'll have less to talk about in the future."

Li Mo sighed, looking helpless.

"The person is already dead, so please stop talking."

Lu Tianyou shrugged.

"Do you think it was someone from our class who did it? That person also liked Zhao Huaxue and secretly killed him at night?"

Li Mo's face changed when he heard this.

If he asked himself, he would have only a 30% chance of strangling Shi Yazhou to death silently without disturbing his roommate Yongjie.

Could it be that someone in the class has already mastered advanced magic or possesses magical weapons?
Fortunately, at this time, Ding Wei walked into the classroom.

He looked at everyone with a cold expression.

"I have just completed the autopsy with the people from the Law Enforcement Hall. We have confirmed that Shi Yazhou died last night from a sudden accident while practicing the Great Circulation of Heavenly Qi, and his magic power backfired."

Having said that, he snorted coldly.

"I've repeatedly reminded you these past few days that the Great Circulation of Qi must be performed in an absolutely safe environment. Countless heroes, giants, and geniuses throughout history have perished in the process. Without the protection of a hidden, safe cave, recklessly practicing the Great Circulation of Qi is courting death. You actually ignored my words. You truly brought this upon yourself and deserve to die!"

Everyone was in an uproar.

Many people looked at Zhao Huaxue, guessing that Shi Yazhou took the risk of practicing the Great Circulation in the dormitory in order to prove himself to her.

Li Mo couldn't help but feel a little scared when he heard this.

If he had not been practicing the Great Circulation in a misty dream last night, where there would be no consequences of magic power backlash after being affected by reality, there might not be just Shi Yazhou's corpse this morning.

Both he and Shi Yazhou will be described by Uncle Ding Wei as those who brought this upon themselves and deserved to die.

"It seems that when I circulate the Great Circulation of Heaven in a dream, I won't suffer any backlash from my magical power due to interruptions during the process. I can be considered to have escaped death."

Li Mo tried hard to make himself look normal.

(End of this chapter)