Chen Yun left the Jin Mansion step by step.
The torrential rain hit his face, drenching him from head to toe.
The spring chill mingled with the cold rain, piercing into his body. He shivered involuntarily.
"Ugh, it's so cold."
Although Chen Yun was thoroughly chilled, he had no regrets or hesitation in leaving the Jin Mansion.
Just now, Jin Qiaoguang's behavior became increasingly out of place.
He suspected that the other person might truly be the demon spoken of by the watchman from the past two days.
If he stayed any longer, he might truly be unable to resist the temptation and be drained of his vitality by the demon.
As the saying goes, a virtuous woman fears a tenacious lover, and an evil ghost fears Zhong Kui.
The opposite is also true, a good man fears three entanglements.
Chen Yun did not think that Jin Qiaoguang would continue to tempt him, and he could truly be like Liu Xiaohui.
Momentary pleasure, when compared to life, is a choice that anyone knows how to make.
Chen Yun only wanted to ask for immortality, but he did not want to sacrifice his life.
Besides, to have a woman, one must wait until the body has fully developed.
While he was pondering.
Suddenly, the heavy rain abruptly stopped, as if turning off the water faucet and no more water fell.
Hmm?
Why did the rain stop suddenly?
Chen Yun puzzled and looked up.
Seeing the sky where the dark clouds dispersed.
In an instant, the Milky Way filled the night sky like fine sand.
The sky was a brilliant blue and clear, with stars shining brilliantly.
It seemed as though the heavy rain just now was a mere illusion.
But the damp clothes, the cold, and the wet cobblestone street were tangible reminders to Chen Yun that it was not a dream.
"How can the rain stop so suddenly?"
Chen Yun was quite puzzled.
As he was about to ponder, a series of strange movements occurred within his body.
Intense energy accumulated in the eight extraordinary meridians within his body began to sink downwards, and it seemed as if his kidneys were also producing something.
Shortly after, Chen Yun felt a sense of "energy depletion".
Yes, he was quite certain that the postnatal essence he had accumulated from taking the "Transforming Essence Soup" was now continuously transforming into turbid Qi and leaking out of his body.
This subtle sensation, ordinary people would be unable to detect.
However, Chen Yun had already completed his one hundred-day foundation refinement, so he was well aware that impurities would sink down.
Moreover, after taking the "Transforming Essence Soup" twice last night and this morning, his sense of "energy" had become more acute, which allowed him to immediately detect it.
This sensation of energy loss was somewhat akin to what the Danjing described as "walking essence".
"Not right, I haven't engaged in marital relations, nor have I had any intimate contact with the fifth daughter. Why would there be a sudden case of 'walking essence'?"
Chen Yun walked hurriedly on the cobblestone street, furrowing his brow.
For ordinary people, the occurrence of "walking essence" is not a major issue.
However, for practitioners, losing essence once requires several times the effort and energy to replenish their vitality.
In other words, it would delay the progress of his cultivation.
"I've lost a day's essence, so I'll need to spend nine more days working hard."
What does this mean?
It means that originally he only needed to take the Transforming Essence Soup for thirty days to complete his cultivation, but now it will take thirty-nine days.
It equals to using another Red Snow Lychee fruit and over a hundred ounces of auxiliary medicine.
This is not the most important thing.
Chen Yun currently has a lot of money. As long as Cai Rugee is willing to give another Red Snow Lychee fruit, other auxiliary medicine may be expensive, but it's not a problem.
The problem for Chen Yun is that he doesn't know why he lost his essence.
"If I can't solve this problem, the next time I lose my essence, my cultivation of Qi transformation and essence transformation will take even longer. Don't wait until it's like Zhang Qian and Li Si who failed to complete it for several years. At that time, if I don't show any talent, it will be very difficult to join Zhong Liquan's doorstep."
Chen Yun realized the seriousness of the problem.
Just temporarily, he can't figure it out, so he decides to return to the transmission hall and continue normal cultivation.
Tomorrow morning, he will find Wang Zixi to ask the specific reason for the "walking essence" and then distinguish the problem.
This is a very serious issue that he must resolve.
...
Leave the city.
Chen Yun took out a silken bag from his bosom and then extracted a horse-and-horse talisman from it.
"Huh, Fortunately, it was hidden in the silk sachet and didn't get wet. Otherwise, it would take a long time to walk 50 miles."
He sighed in relief, rolled up his pants to the knee and tied them, and then waited until his calves were dry before applying the horse-and-horse talisman.
He lifted his heels and walked forward.
Under the augmentation of the horse-and-horse talisman, he ran quickly on the official road.
Soon, he passed the official road.
Ahead lay a wilderness of mountains and forests.
Chen Yun had passed through here several times before.
Even though the light was dim at this moment, Chen Yun, who had been here several times before and was very familiar with the place, ran as smoothly as if walking on flat land.
He walked another two li (about 0.6 miles).
Suddenly!
Whoosh, a strange wind swept by.
This strange wind was incredibly fierce, blowing Chen Yun, weighing over sixty to seventy catties, over and down.
He was blown so hard that he collided with a tree trunk.
"Ouch! Ah! Ugh!"
A sharp pain radiated from his left arm, and Chen Yun couldn't help but grind his teeth.
He felt a hot sensation in his left arm, as if something was flowing out.
Looking down, he saw that his robe had been slashed by something, and his left arm was also sliced open, with fresh blood gushing out in a thick, scalding flow.
He looked around and noticed that there was a thick, cracked piece of bark from this large catalpa tree that was stained with blood.
Clearly, the cracked thick bark was the cause of his injury.
"Damn, and I'm injured."
Chen Yun couldn't help but curse to himself, and his mood turned somewhat unpleasant.
It's not that he was unhappy about being injured, but that being injured would affect his cultivation progress.
Fractures take a hundred days to heal.
He wasn't fractured or broken, but with the skin split open and blood flowing, his vital energy would be greatly depleted. For the wound to heal and for recovery, nourishment from postnatal essence was needed.
This would undoubtedly slow down his cultivation progress.
If he has to spend nine more days on cultivation for each time he loses his essence.
Then, with so much blood lost as now, it might take a month or two to replenish it.
This means that originally he was planning to finish cultivating the Qi transformation of rice grains in a month, but now it at least takes three to four months.
It increased several times the time.
Naturally, Chen Yun could not possibly be in a good mood.
"Damn, that Jin Qiaoguang is a curse. Because of her, I first lost my essence unnecessarily, and now I've been injured on my way back, seriously affecting my cultivation progress. From now on, I'll stay away from her as far as possible."
He harbored some resentment in his heart.
The essence had been lost, and the injury had been sustained. Cursing the heavens and blaming others wouldn't do any good.
Chen Yun could already foresee how much more time he would have to spend cultivating the Qi transformation of rice grains before he was finished.
Never mind, let's first return to the transmission hall.
He struggled to get up from the ground, one hand covering the injured area.
He was about to continue his journey.
Huff!
Another fierce gust of strange wind came!
The strong wind whipped up the sky, covering everything in a veil of dust and debris.
Chen Yun hurriedly leaned against the root of a tree, using his sleeve to shield his face.
He wasn't sure if it was just an illusion, but he seemed to smell blood in the air as the wind blasted fiercely.
It wasn't just a simple smell of blood.
There was also a very unpleasant, pungent smell.
Like the pungent odor exhaled from the mouth of some wild beast in the wild.
Chen Yun felt an uneasy feeling now, as if something ominous was about to happen.
The next moment, what happened verified his guess!
Roar!
A deafening roar echoed from the depths of the mountains and forests.
The instant that this roar echoed, the wind around them blew even more fiercely.
Whoosh, the branches shook wildly.
The leaves on the ground were also swept up by the roar, along with soil, rain, and sand, sweeping through the entire small forest.
Although Chen Yun did his best to keep low, using his sleeves to cover himself, the fierce wind and sand still caused him to feel a great deal of pain all over his body.
But Chen Yun didn't care about the pain. His face instantly turned pale!
Because the roar was too familiar.
He had heard similar roars when he visited a zoo in his previous life.
Yes, it was the roar of a tiger!
What could be the consequences of humans encountering tigers alone in the wild?
It should be obvious to anyone what the likely outcomes are!
The most critical point is that the roar similar to that of a tiger currently is even more powerful.
Ordinary tiger roars can shake the heart and soul.
But the roar just now not only shook people's hearts and souls, it also provoked a fierce gale.
A fierce wind that darkened the sky, swept up sand and stones.
This is clearly not the power of a ordinary tiger's roar.
Chen Yun suddenly realized that this is a world of cultivation.
Chen Yun shivered all over and thought to himself: "Could it be that I'm that unlucky to have encountered a tiger spirit causing chaos?"
