Grinding Toward Immortality: Starting as a Library Scribe
Chapter 156

The Secret of the Restrictive Wards

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Mo Chen was just about to use his Divine Sense to urgently check Wu Wenxuan's condition when he saw her take a small bottle from her Storage Bag and drain its contents in one gulp.

"I can handle this myself."

As Wu Wenxuan pulled out the stopper, Mo Chen immediately caught a fresh, clean scent.

A sweep of his Divine Sense revealed that the bottle brimmed with spiritual energy.

Spirit Liquid!

Mo Chen had read about it no fewer than a hundred times in Jade Slips and ancient texts. Today, he finally saw it for himself.

It was said to be incredibly precious, forming only in places with exceptionally dense spiritual energy, where that energy gradually merged with water to produce something akin to a cultivator's Dharma Power.

One Jade Slip even claimed that, if the Spirit Liquid was concentrated enough, a single drop could fully replenish a cultivator's Spiritual Power.

Mo Chen did not know whether the book exaggerated, but he imagined its effects could not be far off.

Not long after Wu Wenxuan drank the Spirit Liquid, the stiff, gray-black hairs on her body began to soften and shrink, retreating into her skin.

Mo Chen stared at Wu Wenxuan for a moment. "So drinking Spirit Liquid can suppress Demonization?"

At that, Wu Wenxuan shook her head, her face clouded with worry. "Spirit Liquid can only suppress it temporarily. It treats the symptoms, not the root. Once my Dharma Power runs low, I'll still undergo Demonization."

"It's just that this time... I used up too much Spiritual Power and suddenly couldn't hold it back."

Mo Chen nodded.

The reasoning was simple enough.

These two had already undergone Demonization under the Disc Restrictive Ward's influence over the years. Once the Demonic Aura in their bodies overpowered their spiritual energy, they

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