195 THE ILLUSION-(1)


    When Lu Ming initially began to light up thenterns, they just seemed to be sources that could be controlled using fire energy. Since he followed the Keeper’s advice, Lu Ming was able to light thenterns quite easily. The energy expenditure was also on the minimal side because the training of 4 years within the Crimson lord world, improved Lu Ming’s fire control capacity to a monstrous extent. One couldn’t begin to imagine how efficient he was in power expenditure.


    It was not until he lit the 10thntern up that Lu Ming began to feel awkward. Something didn’t seem normal about the set ofnterns. At first, he thought it was the vast difference in energy expenditure while lighting them, but soon enough a strange pattern seems to have presented itself.


    “Thenterns seem to beplementing each other as if they were one. I wasn’t sure before, but every time I light a newntern up, the rest of thentern goes through a series of changes. The amount of Qi expended begin to increase at a horrific rate.” The Keeper asked Lu Ming to continue describing his findings.


    “The expenditure of the firstntern was the least when I light it up, but as of now the expenditure is somewhat simr to the tenthntern.”


    “Are you implying that eachntern is demanding the same amount of energy to remain lit up?”


    “I guess. I wouldn’t have found this out if I had rushed through the process. The pace of my expenditure managed to enable me to detect this anomaly. Do You have any ideas regarding this phenomenon?”


    “Just Keep lighting them up. We will soon find the mystery behind thenterns once all of them are lit.”


    Lu Ming continued the supply of energy to onentern after the other. He soon needed to utilize his acupoints to manage the energy supply. The activity continued until he reached the 15thntern. Just as he was about to light the 16thntern up, the gap of energy required became quite massive.


    After some efforts, when it finally managed to light up, Long Tao couldn’t help but get shocked at the othernterns. The energy expenditure almost doubled by lighting a singlentern up. Lu Ming began to utilize more of the elemental acupoints to keep this process up.


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    “We need toe up with a solution. At this rate, I would have to give up on reaching the 19thntern. The 20th would be an impossible feat, without beats me.”


    “If I have to make an assumption, I would say that thesenterns were left here by some powerful entity. They not just test the control of the future disciples, but must also hold some secret of the man who created them. If your luck is good enough, you might be able to top get your hands on some techniques or legacy of some sorts.”


    “How do I ovee the barrier and sessfully light up all thenterns?”


    “You should first extend the energy into all the remainingnterns and start operating them at the same time. If I am not wrong, the secret behind lighting all twenty must be by doing it at the same time. It would ensure that the minimum amount of energy is utilized to control all thenterns.”


    “Once you do get enough energy filled up in each of thenterns, you should light them up at the same time.”


    Lu Ming followed the procedure and found that energy could be transmitted to anyntern without following the sequence. Once he connected with all thenterns, he started to utilize his energy tobust them at the same time.


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    It was at that moment when Lu Ming felt somewhat awkward. It felt as if his soul was being sucked to another ce. When he finally opened his eyes, the sight in front was breath-taking. It was a majestic terrain that was quite simr to the current Pill valley. The only difference was it was more of a wilderness than a civil location.


    When Lu Ming started looking here and there, he couldn’t find anything except the wilderness. He tried contacting the Keeper but received no response. When he finally started inspecting himself, all he could see was a transparent boy flying above the magical terrain.


    “He tried to interact with the surrounding but to his neigh, he couldn’t. Strangely this view seemed like a pre-recorded video ying in front of his eyes.


    “This seems like a memory of the past.”


    The vents yed out in front of him. He soon got to see a single entitying into the picture. He lifted his hands and utilized a horrible kind of energy to tera-form the whole region into a cleaned-out ce. He built a small hut in the middle of the space and began to live his life there.


    The sessive pictures showed the man going through the daily chores, practicing martial arts, and most of the time, alchemy. The figure seemed to be a very powerful alchemist as each time a pill was created, Long Tao could see all the surrounding area’s energy rushing into the man’s medical pot.


    The Pill emerging from the pot radiates a glow that surrounds the whole region.


    “Just what kind of Pill is that.”


    The scene continued with the figure practicing alchemy again and again. After watching for some time, Lu Ming realized that there seems to be a hidden procedure followed by the figure. It was as if he was trying to showcase a particr art to Lu Ming. Once Lu Ming followed his steps, he finally found out the secret. It was indeed a Pill refining art.


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    “This art is magical. Just by looking at it, I could see that my efficiency would at least double by just following in the footstep of the figure. He continued to look at the memory and startedprehending the art from it. After a long period, he was finally able toprehend the art intopletion.


    The view suddenly changed in front of his eyes. It was during this time that Lu Ming found himself to be quite exhausted. Even though he was justprehending the memory, he felt drained.


    “The illusion seems to be sucking my soul power in return for showcasing the memory. It means the higher my soul power, the longer will Ist within this space.”


    Lu Ming began to concentrate on the next piece of memory.


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    The same man was using fire to perform a weird set of moves. At first, Long Tao felt that the moves were quite random. There were somewhat simr movements to the fire arts he had learned from the hall master, but he felt that arge part of it was just a strange set of moves.


    Long Tao tried to practice the movements shown and all they did was to help him direct the fire energy in a better way. He couldn’t find any difference between these setoff moves and what he learned from the Hall master. The Hall master ‘s art seemed to moreplete.


    “I must be missing some essential part of this art, he thought.”


    As Lu Ming continued to practice, he felt his normal fire control improving. IT felt like when he was performing the Dominator’s fist. The movement seemed to be enhancing the amount of energy concentrated at a certain location by a huge extent.


    “Let me try adjusting my breathing.”


    When he finally began utilizing his breath in sync. with the movements, something strange started to happen.


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