Chapter 390 - Rampant Spiritual Energy (1/2)

Thinking of those fractured memories from the Yun Zou Sect that he hadn't seen anymore since leaving from there Leng Jin Yu felt another sort of determination rise up within himself.

Yes, he was here to help the crown prince through his trial and make sure that the dragon king wouldn't interfere too much. He had done what he could in that regard. But who said that he couldn't do something for himself, too? This wouldn't hinder him in accomplishing his task.

He kept the Fractured Crystal Leaf, stepped in front of the statue of the man who reminded him of the God of War and put his palms on the shoulders. He had looked at all this from the perspective of a human cultivator. But if these two had been a god and a demon instead, then he naturally couldn't find the same clues from their statues. So, he had to look for the things he had encountered in the Nine Heavens and the demon realm instead.

Leng Jin Yu closed his eyes, took a deep breath and sent some of his spiritual energy out. He didn't find anything at first but he didn't give up that fast. He searched further and finally found a trace of something at the tip of the handle of the sword the statue held.

Leng Jin Yu probed the spot further but couldn't tell what exactly it was. It seemed like a trace of spiritual energy but he couldn't feel any sign of a specific element inside. That shouldn't be. If a human had left this trace, then there would inevitably be some trace of the element the person used. Leng Jin Yu frowned. No, wait. If the person had full spirit veins, then things were different. And, well, trueborn gods had, as far as they could be compared to humans, always full spirit veins.

He sighed. It really was a little strange to investigate something done by a god. After all, he had only lived about two weeks in the Nine Heavens. Sure, he had tried to find out everything he could but that definitely wasn't enough time to get a thorough understanding of them. In most regards, he still thought like a human being and not like the ascended deity he now was.

He slightly furrowed his brows and continued to ponder. If there wasn't just one element involved, then he couldn't rely on this to find changes that had been made by the realm's master. So, what distinguished the handle of the sword from the rest of the statue? There definitely was something there.

He took one hand from the shoulder of the statue and carefully touched the sword handle in the hope of finding another clue. The stone there was just as cold as the part on the statue's shoulders and there was no obvious difference in the spiritual energy, neither in the use of one element nor in the overall level of energy.

Something told him that there was something different though. Well, he wouldn't be able to find it like this. It seemed he'd have to take a risk this time.

Leng Jin Yu took another deep breath and put both of his hands against the handle. He circulated his spiritual energy and made sure to have all six elements equally distributed. Then he carefully inserted a sliver of energy into the stone.

The energy inside the stone instantly reacted. It threw his spiritual energy right back at him and started to whiz around uncontrollably. If this went on, even the stone of the statue might be shattered.

Leng Jin Yu frowned. Just what had happened? It was normal for there to be some reaction but it shouldn't be to this extent. He had only carefully probed the energy inside not fired a large amount at it.