Chapter 37: Vital Energy Transference, Zaghrama Sacred Mountain
After leaving the robbed ancient tomb, the archaeological team walked forward for another five days.
During the evening rest, Hu Ba Yi, Wang Pang Zi, and Xue Li Yang cultivated breathing and nascent qi absorption according to the method taught by Su Mo. Three days later, all three had actually reached the martial artist realm.
Although it was only the beginner stage of the human immortal martial way, just stepping into the threshold of martial arts with initial vital energy accumulation in the dantian, it was already quite remarkable for ordinary people.
It was evident that these three all possessed a certain talent for cultivating the human immortal martial way.
Xue Li Yang insisted on not taking a master, but she and Su Mo seemed to have grown subtly closer.
Along the way, without waiting for Su Mo to speak, she would bring him food and water, her actions showing a special closeness and concern.
Hu Ba Yi and Wang Pang Zi saw this, but both muttered to themselves inwardly: no wonder Commander Yang was unwilling to take a master—she was thinking of becoming their master’s wife!
However, Hu Ba Yi had just met Xue Li Yang not long ago, so naturally he did not develop more feelings for her as in the original story. Seeing Xue Li Yang and Su Mo being close, he actually felt happy for Su Mo.
The group rode camels onward, and by the time they reached the depths of the black desert, even the traces of the Zi Du Dark River had disappeared, and not even the hardiest haloxylon ammodendron hidden in the sand sea could be seen.
Professor Chen and Hao Ai Guo were both advanced in age, and by this point, their faces were pale every day, their lips as dry as a riverbed that had not seen rain for years.
Even Sa Di Peng and Chu Jian, the young ones, were drowsy while riding camels during the day, like fish gasping on a dry riverbed.
But after Hu Ba Yi, Wang Pang Zi, and Xue Li Yang cultivated using Su Mo’s method, they were much better off than the others. Not only could they endure the sun and hot winds better than Sa Di Peng and the others, but they also retained their energy after a full day of trekking.
As for Su Mo, he sat steadily on the camel’s back the whole way, his face always calm as water, his eyes still bright as morning stars, showing no sign of fatigue.
The team walked forward for another two days, and they did not spot any traces of that mysterious foreign expedition team on the road. But on the third day, Xue Li Yang saw the compass in her hand starting to spin wildly.
Su Mo looked at the compass spinning nonstop in her hand and knew they had entered the magnetic field range of the Zaghrama Magnetic Mountain ahead.
Xue Li Yang took out the notebook left by that British explorer and flipped through a few pages before saying:
“This British explorer wrote in his notes that after losing the traces of the Zi Du Dark River in the depths of the black desert, he saw two enormous black magnetic mountains. All the compasses lost function under the black peaks. Those two black magnetic mountains were like two black warriors left from ancient times, guarding a mysterious gate!”
“Behind the mysterious gate is a black valley, and inside it is a mysterious ancient city hidden for over a thousand years!”
After speaking, she closed the notebook and frowned while looking into the distance:
“It seems we are not far from Zaghrama Mountain now!”
An Li Man, who had been listless on the camel’s back, suddenly perked up upon hearing her words:
“Yeah, I’ve heard friends who went to the black desert say that in its depths there are two divine mountains, one black and one red, where the prophets are buried!”
Xue Li Yang nodded, but her brows furrowed tightly:
“If these two great mountains are really nearby, it is possible that the Zi Du Dark River was blocked underground by the magnetic mountain and disappeared. But we can’t even see the shadow of the mountains…”
As she was speaking, suddenly there was a thud from behind.
Everyone turned to look and saw Ye Yi Xin had fallen headfirst from the camel’s back.
It turned out that Ye Yi Xin had the weakest body to begin with, and after trekking for many days in the black desert, her body had reached its limit. This half day, her head had been dizzy and groggy.
At this moment, her vision went black, and she fainted directly.
Xue Li Yang hurried over and lifted her from the ground, touching her forehead—it was burning hot.
“Oh no, she must be severely dehydrated!”
Hu Ba Yi quickly took out the yogurt pouch he had been reluctant to drink and fed some to Ye Yi Xin. Xue Li Yang also gave her some medicine to take.
After taking the medicine, Ye Yi Xin calmed down a lot but remained in a coma.
Su Mo used the Great Yin Meditation Technique to carefully examine Ye Yi Xin and found she was simply too severely dehydrated, exceeding her body’s tolerance, which caused her to fall into a coma.
This was equivalent to the human body’s self-protection mechanism: when the body exceeded its load, it would enter a coma or dormant state to prevent direct death.
Su Mo then extended one palm and pressed it firmly against Ye Yi Xin’s back vest, channeling a full surge of vital energy from his body into hers.
This vital energy transfer method came from the Devour and Transform Method.
It was not the kind of internal energy transfer from martial arts experts that others imagined, but more like a qigong healing technique—simply put, using vital energy to catalyze the other’s qi and blood, helping them recover quickly.
After a while, color gradually returned to Ye Yi Xin’s sallow little face, and her breathing became steady.
Sa Di Peng and the others watched in stunned amazement.
“Master Su is truly amazing! We’ve only seen this kind of thing in wuxia films!”
“This… wouldn’t be some kind of special ability, would it!”
Hu Ba Yi, Wang Pang Zi, and Xue Li Yang, having learned breathing and nascent qi absorption from Su Mo, naturally knew what was going on.
However, their cultivation was too shallow to achieve what Su Mo could do.
“You guys don’t know shit. My master is using qigong to heal little Ye!”
Wang Pang Zi said with a hint of pride:
“Look, little Ye’s breathing is much steadier now!”
Seeing Ye Yi Xin’s condition indeed much improved, Chu Jian and Sa Di Peng felt both admiration and envy.
Su Mo then had Xue Li Yang lay Ye Yi Xin flat on the camel’s back so she could rest there.
Afterward, he gazed intently into the distance.
Under the Zi Wei Guan Xiang Fa, at the far end of heaven and earth, a black line invisible to ordinary people faintly appeared.
That was Zaghrama Mountain!
Su Mo pointed toward that place:
“Zaghrama Mountain is right there. Everyone speed up. Once we get there, we can rest and recuperate!”
Hearing his words, the group trusted him completely and all quickened their pace toward the direction he indicated.
Sure enough, after walking forward for half a day, the black ridge of Zaghrama Mountain gradually appeared before everyone’s eyes.
“So Master Su could see Zaghrama Mountain from that far away, and only now can we see it!”
“Truly godlike!”
At this point, Sa Di Peng and the others’ admiration for Su Mo could be described as complete prostration.
Hu Ba Yi looked at Su Mo with an expression of pure admiration and worship.
From such a great distance, Su Mo could see where Zaghrama Mountain was—this was countless levels stronger than his Celestial Star Feng Shui Technique!
By the second half of the night, the group finally arrived at the base of Zaghrama Mountain.
By then, the moonlight was like water, and Zaghrama Mountain’s two enormous black peaks stood in the moonlight like two massive black warriors, calmly towering in the boundless sand sea.
