After Li Feng pulled Yuan Muyun aside, he walked up to Li Xinyu and extended his divine sense into her sea of consciousness.
This was a boundless world, even larger than Li Feng’s own sea of consciousness. The moment Li Feng’s divine sense entered Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness, he was startled by its vastness. The size of the sea of consciousness determined one’s talent for cultivating divine sense. With Li Feng’s current Innate realm divine sense cultivation, his sea of consciousness was still one-third smaller than Li Xinyu’s. This showed just how enormous Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness truly was.
Li Feng’s heart filled with shock. How could Li Xinyu possibly have such a massive sea of consciousness? That was not the main issue. The real key was that Li Xinyu’s divine sense was only at the first level of the acquired realm. How could this be?
But soon, Li Feng discovered the reason.
Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness was in extreme turmoil.
Yes, complete chaos.
If Li Feng’s sea of consciousness was like a calm lake, then Li Xinyu’s divine sense was a raging stormy ocean.
Li Feng finally understood why Li Xinyu had been considered mentally ill. With such chaotic divine sense, and without knowing how to cultivate it, it would be strange if she did not go mad. For so many years, it was already a miracle that Li Xinyu had not died.
But what exactly was wrong with Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness? Was it innate, or acquired later? Why was it so violent?
Li Feng tried to use his divine sense to guide the divine sense within Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness, but after thinking it over, he gave up. His understanding of divine sense applications was still limited. If he made a mistake and injured her sea of consciousness, Li Xinyu might truly become an idiot.
However, with such violent divine sense raging in her sea of consciousness and no guidance, Li Xinyu probably would not last much longer.
The only solution was to teach Li Xinyu a cultivation method for divine sense. But in this era of declining spiritual energy, divine sense cultivation methods were extremely rare. Although the Ancient Martial Artists Association had some divine sense cultivation techniques, exchanging for them required trillions of funds. Not to mention Li Zhengxiang, even the entire Li family might not be able to afford it. And even if they could, they probably would not spend trillions just to obtain a divine sense cultivation method for Li Xinyu.
Li Feng currently knew two divine sense techniques. One was his own Divine Control Technique, and the other was the combined attack technique of the Blood Kill Twin Eagles. But both the Divine Control Technique and the combined attack focused on the application of divine sense. What Li Xinyu needed right now was a foundational cultivation method to guide and stabilise her divine sense. Neither of those techniques was suitable.
What should he do?
Li Feng frowned. If he had not known about Li Xinyu’s condition, he could have ignored her life or death. But now that he knew, he absolutely would not allow anything to happen to her. Moreover, Li Xinyu was his younger sister.
Of course, the most important reason was that Li Feng understood the potential. With such a vast sea of consciousness, if Li Xinyu recovered and began cultivating, she would become a supreme expert in one generation. Even he might not be able to compare.
Before his divine sense broke through to the Innate realm, Li Feng would not have thought this way. But after reaching the Innate realm with his divine sense, he had experienced the various benefits of strong divine sense. He knew that the strength of one’s divine sense played a decisive role for any martial artist.
No matter what, he had to find a way to heal Li Xinyu.
A determined look flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. His divine sense transformed into a small figure within Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness and began wandering through it.
Right now, he did not know how to treat her, but he knew that before anything else, he had to fully understand the situation inside her sea of consciousness.
Li Xinyu’s divine sense was immense, surging like violent waves. The small figure formed by Li Feng’s divine sense flew above the sea for who knew how long before finally reaching the centre.
“This is…”
At that moment, Li Feng’s expression changed. In the very centre of Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness, there was actually a small island.
An island in the sea of consciousness? What kind of joke was this?
The sea of consciousness was not a real sea. How could there be an island in its centre?
Could this island be the thing controlling Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness?
At this thought, Li Feng’s face darkened. He recalled his own Divine Control Technique, which used divine sense to control another person’s sea of consciousness and prevent betrayal. Could this island in Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness have a similar function?
If that was the case, then how did this island appear in Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness? Was it man-made, or due to some other reason?
Li Xinyu’s illness seemed to have started when she was three years old. Could someone have tampered with her back then? But what was the purpose? Why would anyone target Li Xinyu?
If it was not someone else’s doing, then what other reason could there be?
Li Feng thought hard but could not come up with any other explanation besides human interference. After all, his knowledge of divine sense and the sea of consciousness was still too shallow.
With this in mind, Li Feng gently landed on the island.
The island inside Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness was enormous, at least a quarter the size of Tianhai City. Seeing such a massive island, Li Feng’s heart filled with shock once again.
“Who is there?”
At that moment, a voice echoed from all directions around the island.
“Who?” Li Feng’s expression changed drastically. There was actually someone inside Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness? Who could it be? Li Xinyu herself? That was impossible. Li Xinyu probably did not even know what divine sense or the sea of consciousness was. She could not possibly enter her own sea of consciousness.
Could it be the person who had tampered with Li Xinyu?
Thinking of this, Li Feng immediately became alert.
The next moment, a burst of scarlet-golden light suddenly appeared in front of him, then condensed into a small humanoid figure.
The figure formed from golden light was clearly a three-year-old girl, now floating in mid-air. It was an extremely strange sight.
The delicate, jade-carved little girl appeared, leaving Li Feng utterly astonished.
“What are you?” After a long pause, Li Feng frowned and asked, his face gloomy. “How are you here? Do you know what this place is?”
“This is the sea of consciousness. Where else would I be?” The girl looked at Li Feng curiously and said, “You are the first person to come here. Tell me quickly, what is wrong with my master? Why has she not cultivated for so long? Does she not want to cultivate?”
“Your master? Who is your master?” Li Feng was stunned.
“You do not know? The owner of this sea of consciousness is my master. But what is wrong with my master? Why has she not cultivated for all these years? Does she not know that if she does not cultivate soon, this sea of consciousness will keep expanding, and I will not be able to suppress the divine sense turmoil anymore?” The girl replied.
“Wait. The turmoil in this sea of consciousness was not caused by you?” Li Feng was confused by her words, but he remembered her last sentence. This girl was suppressing the violent divine sense in Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness.
“Why would I cause turmoil in my master’s sea of consciousness?” The girl looked at Li Feng in confusion.
“Are you not trying to control Li Xinyu?” Li Feng asked in a deep voice.
“Li Xinyu? Is that my master’s name?” The girl asked.
“Yes.” Li Feng nodded.
“Li Xinyu is my master. Why would I want to control her? Who are you?” The girl asked.
“My name is Li Feng. I am Li Xinyu’s elder brother.” Li Feng introduced himself, then asked, “Do you not know that for the past ten-plus years, Li Xinyu has been driven mad by the turmoil in her sea of consciousness? She is usually in a state of mental confusion.”
“Who told her not to cultivate? As long as she practises a cultivation method, she could suppress the turmoil in her sea of consciousness from the very beginning. If not for me suppressing it all these years, my master’s sea of consciousness might have exploded long ago.” The girl replied.
“If I am not mistaken, Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness was opened when she was three years old, and the one who opened it for her was you, right?” Li Feng asked in a deep voice.
“Yes. My master received the inheritance from my previous master, so I opened her sea of consciousness for her. As long as my master starts cultivating, her strength will advance by leaps and bounds. But what is wrong with my master? Why has she not cultivated all these years?” The girl asked in confusion.
“More than ten years ago, my younger sister Li Xinyu was only three years old. Do you think a three-year-old can cultivate?” A surge of anger rose in Li Feng’s heart. He could finally confirm that Li Xinyu’s illness was caused by someone forcibly opening her sea of consciousness, leading to the violent turmoil. And the culprit was the little girl in front of him.
“Why can a three-year-old not cultivate? My previous master started cultivating right after birth. Not only my previous master, but others did the same. What is wrong with this master now? She does not even know how to cultivate. And what about you, her family? Have you not noticed her condition all these years? Did you not know to teach her how to cultivate? Not only that, you even let her take all sorts of random medicines. Do you not know that by doing this, you are harming my master?” The girl said angrily as she glared at Li Feng.
“So you are blaming us?” Li Feng felt both angry and amused.
“Is it not obvious? If you had not let my master take all those random medicines, I could have helped her suppress it for several more years. But because of those medicines, I am almost unable to hold back the divine sense turmoil in her sea of consciousness anymore.” The girl said matter-of-factly.
Li Feng was shocked. Although the girl did not specify what those “random medicines” were, he was certain she meant the drugs Li Xinyu had been taking all these years. He just never expected that those medicines could actually accelerate the turmoil in Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness.
Thinking of this, Li Feng coldly looked at the girl and said, “If you had not recklessly opened Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness, she would never have ended up like this.”
“What do you mean recklessly? If I did not open her sea of consciousness, how could she inherit my previous master’s legacy? Besides, for a martial artist, how can one be considered a martial artist without opening the sea of consciousness?” The girl said indignantly.
“Aren’t martial artists supposed to open their sea of consciousness only at the Innate realm? By opening it for Li Xinyu so early, are you not harming her?”
Li Feng asked the girl, “Also, who was your previous master?”
