Chapter 24: Divine Senses

Dugu Baitian seemed to feel the exhaustion and despair of the sealer from thousands of years ago, when their weary body and mind were filled with helplessness and hopelessness, and the warmth of jade was the last trace of hope for the sealer. Then his divine sense seemed to traverse countless spaces, experiencing various emotions such as coldness, darkness, destruction, sunlight, hope, anticipation, despair, joy, and sorrow, and his mood became a mixture of joy, anger, grief, and happiness.

On the other hand, Xuan Xuan had a different experience. The fine fluctuations captured by her divine sense were like a gentle spring rain, moistening everything silently. Then it was like a galloping herd of horses, shaking the earth with its sound, and then like a raging sea, sweeping across the heavens and the earth. She deeply felt that it was the earth-shattering strike of a peerless expert, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth, unstoppable by anyone. The action of the peerless expert taking a breath and using their energy was vividly displayed in front of her eyes, so real and palpable that she couldn't help but be fascinated.

Dugu Baitian slowly opened his eyes, and at the same time, Xuan Xuan also woke up. The hands of the two, which had been intertwined, had unknowingly separated.

"What did you feel?" They spoke in unison.

Dugu Baitian said, "Let me go first. I felt the emotions of the sealer, as if I had experienced a hundred years or a thousand years of his life. Especially his last emotions, they were so confused and desperate, as if I was him and he was me. At that moment, we seemed to have communicated with each other, transcending thousands of years, and finally, we overlapped with each other."

Xuan Xuan said, "I see. It was a strange experience of cultivating divine sense."

"What are you talking about?" Dugu Baitian asked.

"Just now, you might have really experienced his life's emotions. Seven days in the cave, a thousand years in the world. Some things are beyond our current understanding, but they did happen. Whatever happened, one thing is certain, your cultivation of divine sense has made a qualitative leap, and the magnitude of improvement is unimaginable."

"It's impossible. Why didn't I feel anything?"

Xuan Xuan exclaimed, "Are you saying that your current feelings are exactly the same as just now?"

"Yes, there's really no change at all. It's okay, even if my mental cultivation hasn't improved, as long as it hasn't regressed, it's fine. Who can make significant progress in such a short time?"

Xuan Xuan completely disregarded the image of a girl and shouted, "Oh my god, you bastard, pighead, idiot, I'm so jealous of you. Just now when I held your hand, our powers were connected, and at that time, your mental cultivation was at the same level as mine, at the level of an Emperor. But just now, when we were sensing the fluctuations of the internal energy in the jade gate with our hearts, unconsciously our hands separated, and after they separated, your mental cultivation still felt the same as before. Oh my god, how many levels did you jump? It's so unfair, if I could jump one level, I would have reached the level of a Saint."

Dugu Baitian's mouth opened in an "O" shape, and finally he shouted and jumped in excitement, "Oh my god, oh my god, I love you, like a mouse loves rice." Then he hugged Xuan Xuan tightly and kissed her soft lips with a "smack" sound.

Xuan Xuan was suddenly shocked, followed by a mix of embarrassment and anger. She slapped Dugu Baitian four or five times in a row. "You bastard, hooligan, you're dead, I'm going to kill you," she said, pulling out the broken sword and stabbing it towards him.

The broken sword drew a graceful arc and stabbed towards his heart. Dugu Baitian knew he had been too arrogant and careless, and he had "kicked the tiger's butt."

A cold sword energy emanated from the broken sword, and when the broken sword was only a meter away from him, the substantial sword energy had already torn his chest clothes to shreds. He deeply felt that the next moment the broken sword would pierce his heart. If it were before, he would not have had such a perception, and would have been pierced through the heart without any reaction in an instant. However, things were different now. The brief encounter with the jade gate just now had tempered his mental cultivation and led to a qualitative leap. His powerful emperor-level mental cultivation locked onto the trajectory of the broken sword's movement, and he dodged to the side. Although his mental cultivation had reached the level of an Emperor, his actual cultivation level was still stuck at an ordinary first-class level, and his physical movements were far from being as sensitive as his mental perception.

The broken sword was pulled out of his body, accompanied by a spray of blood that calmed Xuan Xuan's furious mood. The bloodstained broken sword fell to the ground with a "crack" sound.

Dugu Baitian crouched on the ground like a shrimp, and drops of blood fell onto the jade floor with a crisp sound.

Although Xuan Xuan was angry at Dugu Baitian's reckless intrusion and wanted to kill him immediately, she couldn't bear to do it when she saw him in this state.

Her voice trembled, "Xiaobai, are you seriously injured? Are you okay?"

"I'm dying, your sword has pierced my heart deeply. Alas, I, Dugu Baitian, a talented genius, unexpectedly met my end here. I am unwilling in my heart."

Xuan Xuan's voice choked with tears, "You won't die, I will save you, you must hold on." She said, reaching out to check his injuries...

"Don't bother wasting your energy, it's useless. I never thought the last kiss would be the kiss of death. Is this punishment for my impulsiveness and reward for death? Fine, then punish me and reward me again. Xuan Xuan, anyway, I'm going to die, so give me another kiss of death in happiness."

"You pervert, hooligan, jerk. You dare to deceive me, you filthy bastard. Saying that, she grabbed Dugu Baitian from the ground.

"Don't, Xuan Xuan, I'm really badly injured. If you keep messing with me like this, I might really die."

Xuan Xuan said, "Serves you right. Who told you to be so bad, taking advantage of others even when you're about to die."

A deep wound appeared on Dugu Baitian's right shoulder, and fresh blood kept flowing out. Xuan Xuan quickly took out healing medicine from her backpack, helped him stop the bleeding, and then bandaged him. Seeing Dugu Baitian grimacing in pain, she felt relieved. After finishing the bandaging, she gave him a hard punch on his left chest, making Dugu Baitian jump in pain.

After a while, he finally calmed down. "Xuan Xuan, did you sense anything just now?"

"My feelings were strange. I heard some sounds, as if it was the sound of a peerless master displaying their skills and luck. I felt as if I sensed a devastating strike from a peerless master, a strike that could destroy the heavens and earth." She gestured with her hands crossed in front of her chest, pushing outward. "Boom!" A loud explosion hit the jade gate, and the surging qi waves pushed her several meters away. Dugu Baitian fared worse, his body was thrown out like a straw, heavily falling to the ground, and blood oozed from the bandaged wounds.

"Little witch, if you want to kill me, just do it straightforwardly. Why torture me in this way?" Dugu Baitian complained.

"I'm sorry, you misunderstood. That was the move I felt, and I only used half of my strength, yet it had such incredible power. It's truly astonishing," said Xuan Xuan.

Dugu Baitian said, "Really? Let me try." He then assumed the same posture, hands crossed in front of his chest, and pushed outward, but there was no reaction at all, not even a breeze stirred.

"Fool, why are you in such a hurry? I haven't told you the complete method of using this technique yet. First, calm your qi in your public region, and then circulate it through the acupoints," Xuan Xuan instructed.

Dugu Baitian followed her instructions, and then pushed his hands outward, "Boom!" Although it didn't have the same power as Xuan Xuan's strike, it was still formidable, creating surging qi waves.

"With your top-notch martial arts skills, you were able to produce such an astonishing strike. It's a pity that you only know the method of circulating qi for this move. If you could grasp the complete set of techniques, what a scene it would be. But I believe that as long as you diligently comprehend the heart method of this move, you will be able to deduce the entire set of techniques." After saying that, Xuan Xuan had a look of longing on her face.