The following night.
Gray clouds drifted across the sky. The night grew deeper, a faint cold wind blew in gusts, and the flames in the campfire flickered unsteadily.
As usual, everyone was still discussing whether they should travel to Jigu City alone.
Chen Mu sat cross-legged beside the campfire, seemingly resting with his eyes closed.
Yet his mind was focused on the Yinling power he had newly acquired.
This cool power was stored throughout his body. He could easily release it to block the cold wind, or draw it back into himself and leave it dormant. It could be used to activate the Dew Gathering Incantation and also wield the Hundred Mile Qi Seal Divine Ability.
"The total amount is still a bit too small." Chen Mu smacked his lips.
Before, the Hundred Mile Qi Seal could easily cover a radius of over four hundred meters. If he used Five Ghosts Possession, covering an area of three to five li would have been effortless.
But now...
At a thought, an invisible, intangible sphere slowly expanded around Chen Mu. Once it enveloped the camp, it could barely spread any farther.
He had tried many times over the past two days to extend it farther, but he lacked the strength to do so. Every attempt had ended in failure.
"As a scouting method, it's far inferior to the True Hearing Technique."
Just as he was sighing inwardly, a strange sensation suddenly appeared within the perception of his Hundred Mile Qi Seal, like a mass of gas forcing open a clenched hand.
Chen Mu's attention immediately sharpened, and he quickly discovered a mass of Black Wind forming not far from the camp.
It spun, expanded, twisted, and warped. In the blink of an eye, it became a long black wind-serpent and crashed into