Daoist Fellow, Do You Have a Dao Companion?

The moment their fingertips touched, Song Shuhang's expression suddenly changed.

Not good!

"It's coming, it's coming!" Song Shuhang murmured.

This feeling is coming again, and I can't stop it. It's the feeling that my Appraisal Technique is about to kick in!

Senior Sister Ye blinked, looking at Song Shuhang had suddenly gone mad, with a puzzled expression.

"Senior Sister Ye, get out of the way!" Song Shuhang called out.

However, before Senior Sister Ye could move aside, blood gushed from Song Shuhang's body like a fountain! And this time, the blood spurted out even more violently than before!

With a gentle wave of her hand, Senior Sister Ye blocked the blood that was about to spray towards her with an invisible barrier.

"Damn it, it hurts so much." Song Shuhang lowered his voice, trying his best to suppress the scream in his throat.

But the next moment, blood gushed from his mouth. "Ugh~~"

The last few times she only had wounds on her body, never coughed up blood. What secret does this Senior Sister Ye possess? This injury is even more serious than when she was identifying the 'puppet doll' and the 'Inch-Shrinking Bag'.

Song Shuhang gritted his teeth and activated the Healing Spell on the Ancient Copper Ring on his finger. Previous injuries were just superficial wounds that would heal automatically in a few minutes. But this injury was more serious. Therefore, he used up the Healing Spell, which had a daily limit on the number of uses on the Ancient Copper Ring.

The Healing Spell enveloped Song Shuhang, beginning to heal his wounds.

However... his wounds, barely healed, quickly reopened. And more new wounds appeared—was the price to pay for identifying this 'Senior Sister Ye' really so heavy?

Moreover, the Appraisal Technique was activated quite abruptly.

Song Shuhang had no curiosity about Senior Sister Ye's identity, nor had he intended to authenticate her. Why did the Appraisal Technique Secret Art activate on its own this time?

Shuhang coughing up mouthfuls of blood; in his current state, he couldn't even take any healing pills.

Soon... due to excessive blood loss, he felt his eyelids getting heavy and he became dizzy.

Senior Sister Ye was stunned for a moment, then immediately formed hand seals and cast a healing spell on Song Shuhang. Her Healing Spell was much stronger than the one attached to Song Shuhang's Ancient Copper Ring.

After a Healing Spell was cast, Song Shuhang's injuries began to stabilize. The wounds started to heal little by little and stopped reopening.

Senior Sister Ye: "Are you feeling better?"

"Much better, thank you, Senior Sister Ye," Song Shuhang.

This time, he truly felt like he was on the verge of death!

As he spoke, the 'rune stream' in his eyes was activated, surging towards the literary girl, Senior Sister Ye, before him. Under normal circumstances, this rune stream should have transformed into a clock shape on Senior Sister Ye's body and begun to reverse.

But this time, the situation is somewhat different.

When the runes fell onto Senior Sister Ye, they were directly embedded in her body before transforming into a clock—and Senior Sister Ye was completely unaware of this!

Soon after, the runes returned to Song Shuhang's eye sockets.

The identification result belonging to Senior Sister Ye was fed back into Song Shuhang's mind.

[The master of the Jadewater Pavilion, Fairy Chu... Buzz buzz buzz buzz~~]

Song Shuhang only had this much information in his mind. The buzzing sound below—did the analysis fail?

Is the person in charge of the Jadewater Pavilion, Fairy Chu?

Does Senior Sister Ye have any special connection with Fairy Chu?

What does "the part that failed the identification" mean?

Song Shuhang opened his mouth, then everything went black before his eyes, and he collapsed to the ground, unconscious.

In the moments before he passed out, a series of messages were transmitted to his mind—the messages that were relayed back after the long 'buzzing' sound ended.

[Fairy Ye, known as the 'Crying Tear Beauty' and 'Tears of Healing' of the Jadewater Pavilion, is kind and loves reading. She is considered the living library of the Jadewater Pavilion, and her Daoist practice is... click!] The following appraisal content was interrupted due to Song Shuhang's unconsciousness!

"Pfft~~~" Song Shuhang, who was unconscious, spat out another mouthful of blood.

As his consciousness faded, the 'Appraisal Technique' stopped.

At that moment... no one noticed that a small portion of the blood spurting from Song Shuhang's body had pooled in his pocket.

There, the roots of the Enlightenment Stone and the Onion Lady absorbed his blood, and as if nourished, began to grow slowly.

One hour later.

Song Shuhang regained consciousness.

I was able to wake up so quickly thanks to Senior Sister Ye's magic.

"What happened to you, Scholar Seeking the Dao the Dao? Why are you suddenly bleeding? And why are there so many wounds on your body?" Senior Sister Ye asked in confusion.

"It should be considered a backlash from the Daoist technique, or you could say it's a curse or some kind of Daoist technique," Song Shuhang said with a wry smile. He himself hadn't figured out the principle behind that 'appraisal' secret technique, so he didn't know how to explain it to others.

"A spell that causes blood to spurt from the body... what kind of spell is that?" Senior Sister Ye asked, puzzled. "If it's convenient for you to tell me, you can explain it to me. I've read many books on Daoist magic analysis; perhaps I can find a solution for you?"

Senior Sister Ye has read countless theories of magic and numerology, some of which are useful, some of which are not—and for certain reasons, she even possesses a great deal of Daoist knowledge that she herself is unaware of!

"Of course, if it's a special, secret spell, you should never talk about it with others casually. That's common sense," Senior Sister Ye added.

Song Shuhang nodded slightly—this secret technique was originally obtained from 'Time City'. Moreover, even he himself couldn't describe the spell clearly.

Moreover, since Fairy Ye is kind-hearted and is known as the living library of 'Jadewater Pavilion', perhaps... we could give it a try.

"To be specific, I don't know how to describe it. It's something that gives you the ability to identify items, but when you use it... it causes a backlash that makes you bleed profusely. This spell went out of control after I used it for the first time." Song Shuhang gave Senior Sister Ye a general description of the spell's effects.

Senior Sister Ye tried hard to think, but even in the mobile library known as 'Jadewater Pavilion', she had never come across any similar symptom knowledge.

Appraisal spells also exist in the Cultivator World —for example, some eye techniques that can observe the minute details of objects, which are more effective than any microscope.

Or there are spells that can directly determine the age of an item through elemental identification, and many other types. But none of the identification spells that Senior Sister Ye knows of will cause the caster to bleed profusely.

Senior Sister Ye shook her head. "I've never seen this kind of illness before... Huh?"

But then, a sudden flash of inspiration seemed to appear in her mind—she seemed to have seen similar symptoms somewhere before!

But I just can't remember.

Logically, a cultivator's memory shouldn't be affected by this. Perhaps she only glanced at the information about this symptom in some book?

"Perhaps I really am monitoring these symptoms somewhere!" Senior Sister Ye rubbed her temples, not entirely sure, "But I can't quite recall which book I read about these symptoms in!"

She couldn't even be sure if she had seen these symptoms in a 'book' before, because the knowledge about these 'symptoms' appeared very suddenly... as if it weren't originally part of her memory.

"Really?" Shuhang was overjoyed.

"If you don't mind, Scholar Seeking the Dao, let's search together. I brought many books with me into this passageway, including various Daoist theories and techniques. Let's look around and see if we can find any cases that match your situation," said Senior Sister Ye.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Ye... But, can I read the books here?" Song Shuhang asked. The books here were all about cultivation knowledge.

Outside, even a common Flame Blade costs several Rank Third-Grade Spirit Stone to buy. Senior Sister Ye's collection of books is undoubtedly much more precious than something like the Flame Blade.

"Hmm, that is a problem," Senior Sister Ye nodded.

So, Senior Sister Ye began her search alone in the vast sea of books.

"By the way, I've already found your classmate using the communication spell common in 'Time City'. The aura on the bandage has pinpointed her location, and we can guide her here soon." Senior Sister Ye's small hands flew across the pages of her book.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Ye!" Song Shuhang said gratefully. Now, he could rest assured that Chu Chu was safe.

He squatted to one side, watching with a throbbing desire Senior Sister Ye quickly flipped through the book.

Senior Sister Ye looked so happy as she flipped through the sea of books.

He also longed to squat down with Senior Sister Ye and browse through this vast sea of books... Unfortunately, he wasn't qualified to look at any of the books here.

Senior Sister Ye spent a long time flipping through the sea of books.

Suddenly, she asked, "Scholar Seeking the Dao Daoist Seeker, which sect are you a disciple of?"

"I don't belong to any sect; I'd say I'm a rogue cultivator," Song Shuhang replied with a smile.

"Huh? A rogue cultivator?" Senior Sister Ye couldn't help but take a second look at Song Shuhang. Cultivators have their own methods for judging age. She could tell that Song Shuhang wasn't even twenty yet, but he had already reached the Second-Grade Third Dantian [Dragon Claw Dantian]. Moreover, his spiritual power had already turned bronze, which was a symbol that his spiritual power had entered the Third-Grade Realm.

"Fellow Daoist Scholar Seeking the Dao, would you like to the Jadewater Pavilion?" Senior Sister Ye asked, her eyes shining.

"Thank you for your kind offer, Senior Sister Ye... but I'm afraid I can't consider joining a sect anytime soon," Song Shuhang politely declined.

"Oh, that's a pity. With your talent, you would definitely receive a lot of support and cultivation from the sect if you joined," Senior Sister Ye said with a smile.

Song Shuhang smiled shyly—his aptitude was quite average. Moreover, he had missed the optimal period for cultivation and was by no means a genius.

Senior Sister Ye buried herself in the sea of books again.

She quietly searched through the sea of books, while Song Shuhang squatted beside her, watching her with boredom.

Then, Shuhang began practicing the Steel Hand and the Unmoving Vajra Body.

"By the way, fellow Daoist Scholar Seeking the Dao, do you have a Daoist partner?" Senior Sister Ye suddenly asked curiously.