Chapter 0981: Activating the Lantern Bearer
Li Luo stared at thentern bearer in front of him. He remained quiet as he continued his slow stroll along the destroyed hallway, appearing illusory from time to time. The same oldntern was swaying from side to side in his hand, its me appearing to have been extinguished since time immemorial.
Li Luo took a deep breath and did not hesitate any longer. Ignoring the warning signs from his body, he carefully approached thentern bearer.
In a few moments, he was standing right beside him.
From such a close distance, he could see that thentern bearer''s face was kind of blurry. However, his size and posture indicated that he stood tall and stalwart.
Li Luo grit his teeth and reached out with his hand, trying to give thentern bearer a light tap.
To his surprise, his hands went straight through him. Nheless, he had no reaction to Li Luo''s sudden action. He simply continued with his slow walk.
Li Luo pulled his hand back. It seemed like ordinary methods would not suffice if he wanted to awaken thentern bearer...
After putting some more thought into it, his gaze turned towards the old, bronzentern. "The me has died out... The me has died out..." the same phrase continued to echo faintly from thentern bearer, as if these words hade from a far more ancient time.
"Don''t worry, brother. Little brother here will help you light the me. I only hope that you''ll show some other reaction afterwards..."
After saying this, Li Luo ced both of his hands together as if he was doing a prayer. He then stretched out his arm and activated the Acquired Resonance Godly Forging Art. In the blink of an eye, a transparent ball of Acquired Resonance me hovered above his palm.
He was not sure if his eyes were ying tricks on him, but for a moment, the illusoryntern bearer seemed to have finally reacted when his Acquired Resonance me appeared.
"Is it working?!"
Li Luo felt his spirits lift. With a flick of his fingers, the Acquired Resonance me flew through the air, aimed right at the bronzentern.
He did not even dare to blink as he watched the me''s flight carefully.
What happened next was shocking. The acquired resonance me reached the inside of the bronzentern, but it did not fly past it like every other object. Instead, it hovered inside thentern for a moment. Li Luo''s heart was beating rapidly as he watched the situation unfold.
Pop!
The wick inside thentern ignited!
A ball of me faintly rose into sight in the ancient, bronzentern.
In the same moment, thentern bearer finally stopped his endless walk.
Li Luo excitedly looked at thentern bearer. There finally seemed to be a faint sign of life within his empty eyes. However, it was still a mere glimmer.
Nheless, this was much better than the illusory state that he was in previously.
In fact, Li Luo could feel that thentern bearer had begun to turn his confused eyes towards him in an extremely slow manner.
"...who''s… that...
"Cultivated… acquired resonance me… but… did not merge… with resonance...
"F… foolish..."
Li Luo was dumbfounded, but the words gradually entered his mind.
"Who cultivated the Acquired Resonance me but did not merge it with their resonance. Foolish?"
Li Luo''s face turned ck. “This elder must have been a really strict teacher back in the Sacred Void Resonance Sect. Despite how weak and faint he sounded, the first words out of his mouth are calling me a fool?
“Nheless, what did he mean by merging it with my resonance? No one taught me anything about it at all!”
Li Luo felt aggrieved by these words, but he knew that there was something more important now. He carefully said, "Elder, an Other has snuck into the Sacred Void Resonance Sect. Please help us out and eliminate this devil!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed the illusory figure of thentern bearer showing violent fluctuations. This time, anger appeared to surface within those dead and nk eyes.
"Other? Other! How dare it sneak into the Sacred Void Resonance Sect! It deserves to die!"
His words and voice had chained together and became coherent this time.
Li Luo was really pleased as he replied, "Yes, it deserves to die. Please help us out quickly, Elder!"
"Kill it! Kill it!" The voice of thentern bearer echoed.
However, Li Luo''s face changed quickly after a few seconds. He realized thentern bearer was repeatedly chanting for it to be killed, but there was no further action...
"Elder, what''s the use of shouting? Please act now!" Li Luo could not help but shout in response.
Thentern bearer turned silent for a moment before he replied, "I am just a remnant of memories from years ago. What can I do?"
Hearing this, Li Luo felt like he was about to vomit blood! This waspletely different from how he had imagined it to turn out.
At this point, thentern bearer continued slowly, "I may not be able to act directly. However, I can still borrow your hands to y this devil."
Li Luo was taken aback after hearing such big words from the elder. However, he immediately answered, "As long as I can get rid of the devil, I am more than willing to help out as a disciple of the Sacred Void Resonance Sect!"
Thentern bearer nodded slightly. In the next moment, the me in his bronzentern burned more brightly before it condensed into a golden me talisman.
The me talisman rose into the air and hovered in front of Li Luo.
"This is the Golden Holy Fire Talisman. You can use this to help you get rid of the devil. However, you will also suffer burns when it’s used. If you can endure through this ordeal, you may perhaps earn some unexpected rewards."
Li Luo''s heart wavered when he heard thentern bearer''s words. He looked at the me talisman in front of him, and he could feel terrifying undtions it faintly emitted.
He carefully reached out to it. At the same time, he noticed that the me in thentern had died out once again after being used to create the fire talisman. Thentern bearer''s body was also beginning to fade, as if he was about to disappear.
Li Luo quickly took the chance to ask him another question. "Elder, what did you mean by merging it with resonance earlier?"
Thentern bearer replied in a deep voice, "You fool. Didn''t you pay attention during our daily training? I''ve never seen such a foolish disciple." Li Luo was stunned by his blunt scolding.
Nheless, thentern bearer exined to him in the end. "Go towards the Golden Dew tform andplete the ritual. You''ll be able to merge it with your resonance."
"Golden Dew tform?"
Li Luo''s eyes move slightly. He was about to say more, but thentern bearer was about to disappearpletely. As such, he took the chance to ask onest question. "Sorry, but how should I address you, Elder?"
All of a sudden, the nk eyes of thentern bearer reacted violently again. It seemed like he had regained consciousnesspletely for a moment as he stared back at Li Luo. He seemed to have seen right through him.
In the next moment, Li Luo saw a surprising scene. Thentern bearer vanishedpletely, but the bronzentern remained, falling onto the ground.
He then heard a soft echo that seemed to havee from a time long past.
"I am known as the Sixth Son of Void Resonance, Wang Taixi."
"The Sixth Son of Void Resonance, Wang Taixi?" Li Luo whispered to himself as the image of thentern bearer''s gaze surfaced in his mind once again. He frowned for a moment, unable to understand thentern bearer''s reaction in thatst moment. However, he could note to any conclusion. Li Luo took a look at the bronzentern on the ground and hesitated for a moment before he carefully reached out and picked it up. Using some resonant power, he tried to activate it, but there was absolutely no reaction from it. It seemed to have be a piece of useless junk. Li Luo stored it in his pocket sphere though, never wasting anything. He then looked down at the Gold Light Fire Talisman, and his eyes lit up. With this in hand, his trip here had not been wasted.
Li Luo turned around and dashed back towards the depths of the thick mist once again.
“Cousin Lingjing, please wait for me!”