This drowsy sensation was extremely strange. It might have had a major impact on others, and forcefully breaking free could even cause their consciousness to completely lose control.
But for Li Moxun, whose base spiritual power exceeded 1,000 points, the restrictions here were already almost nonexistent.
Thus, he could clearly feel his consciousness being pulled. In fact, if he had not willingly accepted that pull, the Spirit Ascension Platform would have been unable to bring him inside at all.
When Li Moxun opened his eyes, he found himself already inside the Spirit Ascension Platform.
Looking at the incomparably pristine forest around him, Li Moxun gently sniffed the air.
Fresh air entered his nose. He was very familiar with this scent; it was no different from the atmosphere of the real world.
Even Li Moxun was somewhat surprised by this nearly perfect simulation. He lightly pressed his fingers against a tree, feeling its realistic texture, curiosity flickering in his eyes.
The group had not been placed entirely together, but they should have been quite close to one another.
With Li Moxun's powerful spiritual power, he could even sense the locations of the others, though that feeling was not particularly precise.
To avoid being discovered by Wu Zhangkong and the others outside, he pretended to know nothing and casually walked in one direction.
His purpose in coming here was naturally not to raise his spirit rings. After all, the soul spirit he possessed was the Titan Snow Demon King Martial Soul, a genuine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirit.
Under such circumstances, even killing thousands or tens of thousands of soul beasts here would not allow his Titan Snow Demon King Spirit Ring to advance any further.
His other spirit ring had been provided by Erii, so he needed it even less. He had come this time purely because he was following everyone else.
The reason he had kept tagging along and wasting time was not only because following the protagonist group could bring benefits; in truth, he was also using them as shields.
After all, his fastest way of obtaining resources was not by following the protagonist group, but by relying on his Spirit Word clones.
He could create one Spirit Word clone every seven days. In fact, he could more or less create one every five days.
And as his spiritual power increased, the number of clones he could possess would only grow larger.
In that situation, his clones could gather resources outside while he quietly hid beside the protagonist group, strengthening himself without making a sound. That was what Li Moxun truly needed.
Moreover, with the Titan Snow Demon King Martial Soul, even if others learned that he possessed Twin Martial Souls, his other Martial Soul would only appear to be an ordinary White Dragon.
Unless he revealed it himself, no one would know the enormous difference between the White Dragon and the White Dragon King.
Under these circumstances, Li Moxun had pushed concealment to the extreme. As he leveled up alongside the protagonist group, his identity would also remain exceptionally clean.
Even if some huge mess really broke out in the future, no one would connect him to it. That was what Li Moxun wanted.
Of course, he himself could not leave, but that did not mean the clones he created could not join other organizations. After all, 1,000 points could only last seven days, while higher values were different.
Inside the Spirit Ascension Platform, however, he behaved very casually. This trip into the Spirit Ascension Platform did not involve any particularly drastic changes either.
Gu Yue still needed to raise the level of her spirit rings on the surface, so she, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and the others secretly improved their soul spirits and began hunting soul beasts.
Li Moxun, meanwhile, changed his soul spirit to a Thousand Year Soul Spirit. Seeing Li Moxun's Thousand Year Soul Spirit, Wu Zhangkong finally relaxed.
The Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring Li Moxun had revealed before had been far too terrifying, so Wu Zhangkong had been observing the boy throughout this visit. Seeing the Thousand Year Soul Ring appear around him now, Wu Zhangkong let out a long breath.
As time passed, the group simply hunted a few soul beasts and did not encounter any major difficulties.
Later, they encountered a powerful Man Faced Demon Spider. It had initially been rather troublesome, but once Li Moxun joined in, the three Second Rings dealt with the Man Faced Demon Spider just as quickly.
After leaving the Spirit Ascension Platform, Li Moxun returned directly to Eastsea Academy with the others.
As night fell, bright moonlight spilled across the land beneath the pitch-black sky.
Li Moxun sat cross-legged on his bed in silence. Looking at the empty dormitory, his expression remained calm.
This time, however, he raised his hand, and a tiny figure in a red dress appeared in his palm.
Looking at the miniature Erii before him, Li Moxun lightly poked her cheek. With that poke, Erii plopped down on her butt.
She lifted her gaze, her red eyes looking at him blankly, filled with confusion and curiosity as to why Li Moxun had poked her head.
Seeing Erii like this, Li Moxun smiled, affection visible on his face.
Elsewhere, at the school gates, a young man dressed in black stood there, a Level Five Soul Tool gripped in his hand.
Power gathered in his hand. Just as he was about to turn and leave, a somewhat gentle voice rang out calmly beside him:
"You're Li Moxun. It seems you really have hidden your trump card deeply."
The woman's voice was soft and calm, but upon hearing those words, the young man in black froze. Then he turned around, his golden vertical pupils silently gazing in that direction.
Gu Yue stood nearby. The girl's expression was calm, and she wore the academy's long school uniform dress.
Staring at Gu Yue, Li Moxun was somewhat surprised that she had noticed him, though not overly so.
"Interesting. How did you discover me?"
"And how can you be so sure that I'm Li Moxun rather than someone else?"
As Li Moxun spoke, he lightly raised the Level Five Soul Tool in his hand. A blue gleam flashed over the blue longsword, while his golden vertical pupils silently watched Gu Yue.
If it had been anyone else, he would have struck and killed them immediately. But facing Gu Yue, he understood that setting aside whether this clone could defeat her, what would it matter even if it could?
Soul beasts stood behind her. He could not kill her, and if those powerful soul beasts made a move afterward, death would be his only outcome at his current level.
Watching Li Moxun raise his hand and sensing no killing intent from him, Gu Yue looked back at him with her cold eyes.
Purple vertical pupils met golden vertical pupils. Curiosity appeared in Gu Yue's eyes.
"Your Martial Soul does not seem to be a true Martial Soul. Or rather, this body of yours seems to possess a very strange power."
"I can't describe this power, but even I feel a sense of unease from it."
As Gu Yue spoke, she took two steps forward. The girl's toes tapped the eaves, and she descended below, leaving less than half a meter between herself and Li Moxun.
The girl then examined Li Moxun, curiosity in her gaze.
"May I ask where you're going in the middle of the night?"
"Judging by your direction, you should be planning to leave Eastsea Academy."
"Of course, it's fine if you don't want to tell me. I won't force you. But your appearance seems rather familiar. The person who infiltrated the Spirit Pagoda late last night was you, wasn't it?"
Gu Yue smiled as she said this. There was no danger in her tone, yet her words were more dangerous than any threat.
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