Li Ling no longer had time to concern himself with the doubts or speculations of the Unusual Events Bureau.
They might attribute the incident to some other mysterious expert, or perhaps suspect True Person Zixu, who had intervened before. He did not care either way, as long as no expert from the Immortal Sects took notice of him.
Li Ling had now tested it himself: ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, and even Core Formation cultivators, had difficulty detecting him. If he only handled these trivial matters without involving himself in the grand currents of the world, he should not provoke any hostility.
Once everything had settled down and his soul returned to his body, the first thing he saw was his wife, the Ninth Princess, watching over him with concern on her face.
Seeing Li Ling open his eyes, she came over and asked in considerable surprise, "Husband, what Dream Path Divine Ability are you cultivating? Even your mental presence almost vanished completely."
Knowing that he would be going out during the day, Li Ling had briefly diverted his attention that morning to warn her, using the cultivation of a Dream Path Divine Ability as his excuse.
But Soul Projection closely resembled apparent death. Had Li Ling's vital aura not remained, and his residual mental presence not been steady, she would almost have thought that he had passed peacefully away in his sleep.
Li Ling smiled and reassured her, "If I do this again, there's no need to panic. If anything really happens, I'll wake up in time."
He was no novice now, and with the Returning Soul Incense to help him, he had ample grounds to say that.
After reassuring the Ninth Princess, Li Ling went to the Fragrant Incense Pavilion and considered the matter that had occurred to him