Chapter 76: Bro, Mind if I Touch You?
Bai Feng activated his system, and the remnants of the Yin Yang Pattern fragments shot out like a bunch of aggressive squirrels on a sugar rush.
He could feel the two fragments pulling each other closer, about to get cozy.
Suddenly, his surroundings shifted from his dimly lit room to a muddy, wet land, and he found himself transformed into a tiny little tree.
He soaked up nutrients, tried not to topple over, and grew like crazy. As time went by, the environment around him started doing wild things too.
Sunshine poured down, fierce winds howled, hail pelted him, and snowy blizzards tried to bury him alive…
Despite these constant disasters, little Bai Tree kept standing tall. The drought made his roots dig deeper, the wind bent him until he nearly broke, hail slammed into his leaves and branches like jealous exes, and the snow piled on top of him like a giant white blanket.
But in the end, he survived—his trunk grew thicker, and new branches sprouted everywhere. Even the broken-off branches refused to d*e and rooted themselves in the dirt, sprouting tiny saplings that stood proudly beside him.
“Phew…”
Bai Feng slowly blinked open his eyes. His spiritual energy kept climbing until he hit the mid-Golden Core stage—just barely.
He turned to look out his window. It was already pitch dark outside.
“Another breakthrough in cultivation.”
Bai Feng checked his body—like last time when he fused the Yin Yang Pattern, his cultivation level rose again.
Now, he’d already surpassed Bai Yu Mo.
Oh, and his Divine Consciousness had grown a lot too. Even the Nascent Soul Stage divine sense was no longer a match for him.
“Huh? Looks like I’ve got a new skill too.”
Bai Feng quickly sat up straight, concentrating his divine sense.
Soon, he separated a tiny bit of his divine sense from his mind.
This little piece, even if it was far away from him, he could still control it until it ran out of energy.
“Eye in the sky?”
A flash of memory hit him—he remembered the game he played in his past life. He could detach his divine sense and use it as a kind of flying surveillance camera.
And that’s just the basic usage. If he added Illusion Art…
He could trap enemies in illusions even if they managed to run beyond his divine sense range.
He could also hide his divine sense by separating it, reducing energy consumption, and trigger illusions in specific situations.
Looks like he’ll need to learn how to use hair gel for this level of control.
“Should I check what Yu Mo’s up to?”
Most people, after getting new toys, just wanna try them out ASAP. Bai Feng was no different.
So he tiptoed to the window, wrapped some divine sense around a talisman, and sent it flying toward Bai Yu Mo’s house next door.
But knowing Bai Yu Mo’s personality, she was probably still meditating.
He muttered inwardly, controlling the talisman to float to her window.
Sure enough, she was sitting cross-legged on her bed, cultivating, and her aura kept soaring.
Until she broke through to the mid-Golden Core stage and stopped.
Bai Feng: “…”
Well, no surprise—she’s the Child of Destiny after all. She just took a few minutes to catch up.
“Who is it?”
Bai Yu Mo suddenly snapped her eyes open and looked toward the window. Sure enough, a floating talisman hovered mid-air.
Her face showed confusion. She got up, pushed open the window, and the floating talisman landed softly in her hand.
It radiated Bai Feng’s aura, and from the symbols on it, it looked like he had drawn it himself.
“Bro? Isn’t he usually asleep at this hour?”
She instinctively looked over at Bai Feng’s house next door, and as if on cue, a faint light flickered inside.
Bai Feng stashed away his lit finger—no surprise that Yu Mo spotted his talisman.
First, her childhood sensitivity made her super aware of her surroundings—like she lacked a sense of security. Second, Bai Feng hadn’t even tried to hide it.
Right now, with his eyes half-closed, he used his divine sense wrapped around the talisman to ‘see’ all her movements and even her tiny expressions.
“How nice would it be if we could actually talk?”
Bai Feng shook his head—being able to see but not speak was kind of torturous!
Suddenly, a wild idea struck him. He remembered a trick from the Illusion Art chapter—drag someone into the illusion he created. Difficult, since it’s forced, but not impossible.
If the other person didn’t resist, it might just work.
As Bai Feng hesitated, pondering whether to try it on Bai Yu Mo, she suddenly appeared at his window.
“Bro, what are you doing not sleeping?”
She propped herself up with her hand on the window sill, then simply leapt in.
Bai Feng watched her jump through the window with a vaguely familiar flicker in his mind—wait, wasn’t that a bit too smooth?
“Could you ask the landlord before just vaulting into my house?” he muttered, half-joking.
Bai Yu Mo tilted her head, thinking for a few seconds. “Then I’ll just jump back out?”
“…Forget it, just behave,” Bai Feng sighed helplessly. “By the way, your timing’s perfect. I have a new idea and need your help.”
Bai Yu Mo blinked earnestly, curious. “What’s up?”
“I learned some illusions before, and now I’ve picked up a new trick, so…”
Before he could finish, she cut him off—even eager—“Are you going to cast illusion on me?”
“Sort of.” Bai Feng nodded. “But if you’re not willing, forget it.”
“No, I really want to!” Bai Yu Mo hurriedly shook her head, practically glowing with anticipation. “Bro, what kind of illusion do you want to do? Even if it’s a little over the line, I’m good with it!”
“It’s nothing extreme,” Bai Feng waved it off. “Just hold onto this. Don’t resist when I do it.”
He pulled out a new talisman, since the last divine sense bundle wasn’t enough to drag others into his illusion.
Bai Yu Mo took it, curious, glancing over it but seeing nothing unusual. She just felt that Bai Feng’s aura on this talisman was thicker than before.
Then, she felt waves emanating from the talisman. Her instincts kicked in—she wanted to resist. But remembering Bai Feng’s instructions, she held back.
Gradually, a fog crept into her vision, and the scene around her began to warp.
By the time she snapped out of it, the surroundings had shifted from Bai Feng’s bedroom to a familiar childhood study room where they used to play.
In the middle, Bai Feng was sitting in a chair, watching her.
“Bro, is this the illusion?”
Bai Yu Mo slowly approached, touching the table in front of her. It felt real—yet so false, as if a tiny push could break her free.
“Yeah,” Bai Feng nodded, with a satisfied smile.
He was silently muttering inside: ‘The divine sense tangled in the talisman isn’t enough for long, and the distance might increase the consumption…’
Unlike typical subconscious triggering illusions, this one pulled her into a created illusion where Bai Feng himself also entered. So, if she was too far, it’d be hard to trigger.
But maybe with a trap array, he could extend the range.
Hmm, kind of like a signal booster—maybe he could set up a few illusion arrays to act as relay stations?
Bai Feng’s thoughts drifted wildly.
Inside the illusion, Bai Yu Mo was just like a curious kid, poking around everything. Feeling playful, she asked Bai Feng: “Are we really meeting inside the illusion? Is there a distance limit?”
“There is,” Bai Feng nodded, “but I’ve got a new idea. Maybe, even if we’re in the North and South Domains, we can still communicate.”
He chuckled and drew a big plan.
“Hmm, I won’t leave—you promised to protect me,” Bai Yu Mo mumbled quietly, then looked at Bai Feng again with curiosity and anticipation. “Bro, can I touch you?”
She’d already explored everything else in the illusion—except for the most anticipated target: Bai Feng himself!
