Xiao Bai was shocked beyond belief. He wasn't expecting such an attribute to exist in this pervert woman's brain. No wonder she looks lewd at him and was sure thinking of naughty things that made him tremble. This attribute is of darkness, one which is avoided by many. This have similarities to demonic energy in terms of power but is vastly different in terms of quality. The darkness qi is like a black hole, can absorb any other energies around it, mostly light to convert to its own. Darkness was well-known for it's massive density that can be compressed like air. If spread in an open space, it can look like a normal smoke, but once condensed and compressed into a tight ball, it can shrink up to the shape of a needle but can be as heavy as a sword!
This is related to the law of pressure. The darkness qi is very similar to air, or liquid, or solid, in accordance to its density and pressure emitted. But perhaps, it's main weight adjuster is its pressure itself. And this pressure is controllable by the cultivator. When airborne, the darkness qi's pressure may only apply on a certain portion desired to be inflicted by the bender. Thus, its pure aura is deadly itself. And there are many ways how to use it for execution.
Xiao Bai has far no understand how can a deadly darkness qi core is constructed inside her dantian. This is no doubt dangerous. He would be no more surprised if one day Rou Lang wakes up having black eyes and whelmed by insanity. Just wandering alone near the dantian is scary as the darkness is oppresive enough to consume his consciousness. He withdrawn out.
Xiao Bai opened his eyes and stared at her once again. Complex emosions were swirling in his mind. He slowly let go of her wrist and instead handed her another beast core. When he was lost in silence and contemplation, he decided to get out and have some fresh air, leaving the clueless Rou Lang still with an extended hand.
Rou Lang's circulation and absorption of qi is still smoothly sailing. She met no setbacks whatsoever. The feeling is truly refreshing and enjoyable. She was surprised she was not that easily bored anymore. By rapidly racing the thin strands of qi to her meridians, the passageway gradually loosened up and cleaned, not so dry anymore. She does not need anymore her consciousness to drive the strand of qi as thin as hair. Circulating qi is a way of refining it, and mixing all the elements together. This is also a way to get rid of its impure nature that is hazardous to health. Once the strand gets thicker, she would have to increase her dantian's spin. It was hard at first, and very confusing, like the first time she held a rubiks cube, she was turned and turned that she lost her way. But by practicing it again and again, she was able to do the right mix and motion without intrepidness. In short, the dantian is like a washing machine that spins all sorts of elemental qi inside.
Once the qi are all mixed up, their atomic frictions would rapidly decrease and through constant kinetic motion, they would start to feel bond to each other. Their attraction force gets stronger until they solidify. And that's how cores were formed.
Despite the long exposure to a the exhausting work of cultivating and staying in a position for it seems like eternity, Rou Lang successfully consumed both beast cores. Though both were not enough to intialize condensation, they were good enough for practising concentration and revitilize the mind. She heaved a sigh of relief and closed her palms. Opening her eyes, she observed the apparent lack of brightness and noise. It was already deep in the night and the buildings are already closed. She peeked over the window. There were only one or two people walking by the roads which are dimly lit.
"What time is it?" She knew she had been meditating for hours already but there was no sign of the dawn breaking. It seems that nighttime and daytime were both much longer here than on Jupiter. There were celestial bodies also encircling the sky, they seems like moons but have irregular shapes. Residents prefer to call them 'asteroids'.
Rou Lang wants to continue cultivating for more but she ain't got any beast core, and that white-haired guy was gone as well. Thus, she lays and decided to sleep.
As she rests her back on the pillow, keeping her eyes open, she noticed that she was able to discern everything in the dark pretty clearly. Like the lizard creeping up the ceiling. It shouldn't be possible to view it since it was very well hidden behind deep shadows. But Rou Lang's eyes were to keen to be compared to night vision. It's not like she can really see through light. It was that she was able to sense through the darkness. A sixth sense, or psyche sense to be compared.
What could it be? Why didn't she noticed this strange ability before? Could it be she acquired this after officially entering the path of cultivation.
Cultivation path and dao path is not all about meditation and acquiring heavenly powers, but a wide and diverse path with many branches. Each branch is a cultivator's choice. Like any other path, it could not be so smooth, it will always be rough and full of mind-twisting mazes and could even lead to destruction. But each path is unique and special in their own way. And as she walks further, she won't only improve but will evolve as well, and acquiring strange abilities is not rare. She just have to learn how to control it so she can use it to max efficiency.
Humans normally has five senses, and including their psychic ability to sense ghosts that would make it to six. Among them, sight is the most important as it enables the beauty of the world to be make it into the brain. However, sight can only work through light. Without light, sight is not possible.
The sixth sense, or the psychic sense, is the ability to sense other forms of external distinction. Strange and unnatural environments are clearly sensed by it. Thus, one would know instantly if a ghost is nearby by picking up the scent of high strangeness. This is one amazing sense distinct to humans and animals.
The seventh sense however, is a new one and much more impossible-looking. It is the ability to see through darkness. This sense is very very rare among humans and only a few are ably to acquire its power. It's vastly different on night vision abilities of cats and dogs. Rather, it can literally and completely see through darkness.
Persons who have this do not have the vision of light, in short they are blind. Blind in a sense that they can't see colors at all except total blackness. But the shapes and figures of things are still as clear as day. The darker the place, the more they can see. The brighter the place, the less they can see. That is how introverted some people are. It is both a curse and a blessing. After all, seeing through dark is extremely awesome!
But there is always a setback. People with 'black eyes', or the seventh sense, are shunned by the community for they have the capability to see through death, evil, and demons. As some have explained, when a person is near his/her death, a black smoke of aura will seeth from his/her body. This is a signus of a person's lack of lifespan. Another is fear. The color of fear is red and is emanating from all sorts of being no matter how powerful or brave they are. And if a person is smoking crimson red, it doesn't mean he's real hot, but that he is suffering from true fear.
Black-eyed people are shunned not because of this ability. After all, people would be glad to know if they are near death and will take precautions to avoid it. Black eyes signify the 'Beast', and such people are condemned; feared for their inroverted personalities and extreme alien behaviour. They are usually quiet but their stare alone is contagiously infesting fear. They would stalk people, usually for extended period of time, and the victims mysteriously vanish, only to reapper in pieces washed by their own blood. Black-eyed people were the main suspects. Rumours would revolve around, saying they are demonic shamans who practice dark sorcery or even cannibals who feed on heart and blood.
Of course, not all these rumours were proven real, and would only associate to the stalking behaviour of these black eyed. But given their extremely ferocity and wild nature, black-eyed people are unnaturaly strong and are always standing above cultivators of the same level. It is said they feed on fear and negative emotions to make themselves stronger and faster. Despite being unnacepted to the society, black-eyed people tend to be more helpful in times of crises.
Rou Lang wondered if she somehow acquired this ability.
She shivered.