Chapter 4556 — Shared Divine Sense
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"What? Someone really is keeping watch? Don't tell me it's that old monster of the Western Mountain Old Sect?" Wei Zhao was startled. Because the mud of the Five-Venom Marsh could block divine sense, even though he was now quite close to the surface, he still could not sense anything outside at all. Puzzled, he asked, "Senior, is your divine sense not affected by this marsh?"
"Of course it's affected, but only much weakened—not to the point where I'm as blind as you, a living, breathing man with his eyes wide open and seeing nothing," the ghost thing said with a cackling laugh.
"Uh..." This time it was Wei Zhao's turn to be envious. They both used divine sense, yet his own was cut off completely, blocked solid by the Five-Venom Marsh so that he could perceive nothing at all, while the ghost thing's was merely weakened. Truly, comparing oneself with others was enough to drive a man to despair.
"Heh heh, no need for that look, boy. To break through the mud's obstruction, your divine sense must reach an astonishingly formidable level. Only a very few high-grade spirit beasts and that small handful of human experts standing at the very peak could possibly manage it. Your level is still far too low—you haven't even gotten past the door of the most basic divine sense techniques. You're a long way from that step yet," the ghost thing explained with a laugh.
"I see. No wonder I was detected by Zhuque's divine sense back in the southern island's dense forest. For safety's sake I had smeared marsh mud on myself—I thought it was because I'd left the mud on too long, and once it dried it could no longer block divine sense perception," Wei Zhao said with a bitter smile.
"That does happen, but even if the mud hadn't dried, you could never have escaped the perception of a thing like Zhuque. I've never been able to stand that creature, but credit where it's due: though it's beneath me in every respect, in divine sense—the field I excel in most—it is every bit my equal," the ghost thing said with a sigh of emotion.
Wei Zhao nodded. This did not surprise him in the least. After all, Zhuque was a top-tier existence among the spirit beasts that now held the heavens in its grasp. If it lacked even this much strength, how could it ever have kept those proud and unruly powerful spirit beasts in check?
"Senior, so what's the situation up there now?" Wei Zhao pointed at the space overhead and changed the subject. What he most wanted to know was whether the one keeping watch above was really the Western Mountain Old Sect.
"Listen for yourself," the ghost thing said curtly.
"Uh, if I could hear it myself, would I need to ask you, Senior..." Wei Zhao was speechless.
"Heh heh, on your own you certainly couldn't hear it, but with me here, if I want you to hear, then hear you shall." The ghost thing gave a profound chuckle, and then, by some wondrous means unknown, Wei Zhao really did suddenly hear the commotion above!
"Amazing! Simply miraculous!" Wei Zhao's eyes shone as he praised again and again, then asked curiously, "Senior, how did you do that?"
"Very simple. I linked my divine sense to yours, so now you and I share divine sense," the ghost thing explained lightly. (To be continued..) R527