Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Secret Breath
In the library with only the sound of paper turning, Elena lay on the floor that Joyce had set up, already asleep.
"Roar of Fear, this ability will cause chaos among the creatures affected, and Captain Bazel has also recited demonic spells, whether I was too calm before, or his ability didn't work on me. Joyce looked at the file, recalling the events of the previous night.
"No, I was in a trance, and I felt a sense of fear of being in the dark, which should have been affected by the roar of fear, but why didn't I lose control, was it a relationship that wasn't eroded by the darkness?"
"Whew. ”
Joyce took a deep breath and sighed at what had happened, and it would be useless to dwell on it.
After a long time of grading and being frightened, Joyce got up from her desk and came to Elena's side.
At this time, Elena's injuries had fully recovered, not to mention scars, even if there were no blood marks.
"What old Rupert has done, this is not a good situation. Joyce thought that it was not easy for Elena to work hard to run a family before.
"Mr. Brilly Bolton said earlier that Elena's secret path is different from that of the Goddess of Life, how did he see it?" Confirming that Elena was okay for the time being, Joyce walked lightly behind the stone scroll shelf relatively far away and sat down cross-legged.
Closing his eyes, Joyce tried to let go of his senses, enveloping the entire library.
"The quest file mentions that if you successfully absorb the Mystic trait, you will generate Mystic Aura. "Joyce mastered the situation of the volume library, and after finding nothing abnormal, he focused more on his perception and attention.
In Joyce's mind, understanding oneself is the foundation of strength.
"What do you mean by secret qi? Joyce's perception didn't reveal any mystery.
Constantly recalling the contents of the bags of mission files he had seen before, the expression on Joyce's face began to change: "The secret qi does not refer to the inner breath of the dantian, but the qi in the meridians. ”
A figure of virtual reality and a unique path of qi sense emerged in Joyce's memory.
"After absorbing the phantom of the compass eyeballs before, I discovered this qi sense running path diagram. Joyce held her breath and raised her palms upwards slightly.
"Wow!"
While Joyce was trying to use his consciousness to guide the qi sense running path map, a trace of blood-colored qi actually came out of his physical body.
"It's really secret!"
Joyce was secretly glad that this blood-colored aura had not been revealed before, otherwise it would have been discovered by the MI people.
"Is it the cracked bloodshot of the compass eyeball?"
Joyce used his consciousness to guide himself with his consciousness.
"It's so heavy!"
When Joyce tried to channel the blood-colored qi, he realized how heavy the secret qi was from the flesh.
The sluggishness of the qi sensation made Joyce breathless, and the green muscles gradually emerged.
"I can't bear it like this, take it easy, take it easy. Joyce thought of the pain of the cracked bloodshot on his body, and regretted his rash action.
As Joyce's mind changed, the heavy secret qi became lighter in perception, and the blood-colored qi flowed along the path of qi sensation.
With Joyce emptying his body, he guided the secret qi to move slowly.
However, the qi sensation is intermittent, and it is quite sluggish between the meridians, and there are stumbling obstacles.
Time passed slowly, until Qi Sense's memory of a running path was approaching the heart, and it was difficult to have the strength to do so.
Joyce was sweating profusely, his whole body was steaming with a turbid aura, and his tuxedo was soaked with sweat, and even had a foul smell.
"The secret aura seems to have faded, what are these steaming aura?" After a while, after confirming that he was fine, Joyce's heart was relieved.
Joyce didn't force it, and this attempt was already a good result for him.
"Buzz!"
Joyce, who stood up with one hand on the ground, only felt that his muscles were bulging, and there was a crackling bone sound in his body.
"This peculiar diagram of the human body's breath is quite unusual. Joyce bent her arms, feeling the muscles bulge and tighten.
By looking at the mission file, Joyce did not find the method of luck on the secret cultivation path for the time being, whether it was not recorded or not, he did not know.
"Damn, clothes. ”
With his hand fanning the steaming breath of sweat, Joyce was more distressed about the soaked tuxedo.
Something bad happened to Elena last night, and her black floral dress was also a little damaged.
"I'm afraid I'm going to be seen again!"
Joyce sighed, this was not the first time he had sweated.
On the day she moved to the bungalow, Joyce was in the basement absorbing the phantom of the compass's eyes, and her clothes were also soaked with sweat, and before she could deal with it, Angela and Carl knocked on the door.
Later, Angela asked Joyce why, and he said that exercising covered up the past.
"Whew!"
Expecting to go out, Joyce kept doing push-ups with his hands on the ground, and then took his stomach for a moment where he was sitting cross-legged.
"Elena. ”
Without waiting for the blonde girl to wake up naturally, Joyce came close and nudged her gently.
Elena opened her eyes, their luster slightly dim.
"Is there anything wrong with you?"
Joyce asked Elena with concern, despite knowing that the green seed in her heart had taken root.
"I'll help you up, let's get out. ”
Seeing Elena shaking her head, Joyce gently lifted her up.
Despite Elena's weakness and shaking, Joyce didn't clean up the floor, so he helped her open the door of the library.
"Again!"
Looking out of the library to the end of the underground passage, Joyce's vision was blocked by the slightly cloudy darkness.
In the early morning, the outside of the bar was completely lit up, and the sunlight was pouring in through the windows, making the task of three hundred gold arroga on the blackboard shelf clearly visible.
Leaving the underground, Joyce could roughly imagine how excited the mercenaries, adventurers, and bounty hunters in the bar were when last night's mission to find Miss Caroline was announced.
"Joyce, Elena looks very bad!"
Loren Marianne, who had changed shifts during the day, spotted the two Joyces coming out of the back road.
"Something happened last night, Loren, I need to change all my clothes, can you please find someone to go to the Laika clothing store, the owner knows my size." Joyce pulled out a damp gold bill from his inner pocket.
Seeing Joyce helping Elena upstairs, the freckled girl was stunned, so she changed a note and asked the barmaid to go to the clothing store.
"She was in poor condition and needed to go to the lounge. ”
When he reached the second floor, he saw a member of the MIA on duty, and Joyce motioned for him to enter.
The man, who had the official establishment of the Military Intelligence Service, did not stop him and seemed to have been greeted in advance.
"Elena, you lie down first, I need to wash it. ”
Entering the lounge at the end of the aisle, Joyce laid Elena on the bed and went to the bathroom as if she were in peace.
Joyce reckoned that the squad should be back soon, and although he was covered in a stinky sweat, he was afraid that he would be noticed.
In the process of washing her body, Joyce noticed that there was a layer of greasy dirt on her body.
"It doesn't seem to be exactly sweat, is it trying to feel the impurities of the body, so the body is discharged?" Joyce couldn't help but guess about the greasy scrubbing.
Not just taking a shower, Joyce washed all her clothes and pants, regardless of whether they were newly bought or not.
Cleaning up the bathroom, Joyce tossed around for two hours.
It wasn't until she heard a knock on the door that Joyce walked out of the bathroom with a towel.
"Who is it?"
Joyce didn't perceive the person outside the door, and asked out loud.
"Clothes were delivered. ”
Outside, the voice of Loren, a freckled girl, made Joyce sigh that it was just in time.
"Loren, I'm sorry, you left your clothes outside the door, it's a little inconvenient for me to take a shower. Joyce apologized outside the door.
Joyce heard Loren chuckle and put down his coat bag and left.
"My ears seem to be much sharper. ”
Joyce opened the door and quickly took the bag of clothes, and said in surprise.
Putting on her clothes and carrying a holster on her shoulder, Joyce let out a sigh of relief, feeling that being a thief was no different.
"Now I hope that those people from the emergency field mission don't come back too soon. Entering the room, Joyce saw Elena awake and fell headlong on the bed, wailing in her heart.
"Joyce, when I came back this time, I noticed that you seem to have changed. Elena whispered to the side.
"This may be the price of growth, now we can only rely on ourselves, we have to eat, we can't do it without clothes, and we have to carry the murder of old Rupert, but you are still a secret cultivator, and he only leaves me with danger and trouble. Joyce was deliberately selfish.
"Maybe it's better to give you the secret medicine. Elena looked at Joyce apologetically, but the man next to her and the man in bed was already asleep.
Although Elena had never seen Joyce not close her eyes all night, she could guess that he might have been frightened.
Joyce didn't want to fall asleep, and he lay in bed and fell asleep unconsciously, and had a vague and long dream, which seemed to be related to the origin of the compass eyeballs.
Whenever Joyce tried to explore the details of the dream, he failed, and the feeling of falling deeper and deeper made him afraid.
"Bang! bang!"
Eventually, Joyce heard a knock on the door, and he was able to escape the dream with difficulty.
Joyce, who got up excitedly, first saw the strange purple moonlight outside the window.
"Elena!"
Finding the blonde girl next to her still asleep, Joyce let out a dry mouth, realizing that she was not in a good state.
"The perception is not out, there is no warning, is it because of that vague dream?" Joyce did not panic, but calmly probed Elena's forehead and pulse.
"I think it's too weak. ”
Joyce muttered quietly, wiping his eyes, vague and long dreams, making him top-heavy at this time.