Chapter 975

As soon as he flew over, Xu Jingming saw Su Qingli's eyes tightly shut, her face twisted in pain.

"Has Su Laoshi not woken up yet?"

Xu Jingming's heart jolted.

"No."

Su Tianrui's expression was anxious, "Logically, even if affected by an illusion, once the Void creature is slain, she should awaken."

As a ninth-rank peak expert, his willpower was extremely resolute.

Thus, even with his power diminished, the earlier psychic shriek had no effect on him.

But he was not a psychic-type adept, and his psychic energy was severely depleted—he had no way to handle Su Qingli's current condition.

"It should indeed be so; it seems something else has happened to Su Laoshi."

Xu Jingming nodded and asked Eva: "Eva, do you have any records of this situation in your database?"

"No."

The full-projection Eva shook her head, "I already scanned it just now—there are no matching records in the database."

Hearing this, Xu Jingming frowned and murmured, "Then we can only enter Teacher's psychic sea to see."

Shhh—

Xu Jingming closed his eyes slightly, and a thin strand of psychic energy surged forth.

It pierced through Su Qingli's pale forehead and entered her psychic sea.

Crackling—

As soon as he entered, a dense roar of thunder erupted before him.

Half a year ago, Su Qingli had switched to the SSS-grade mental cultivation technique, "Lei Hai Guan Xiang Fa."

At this moment, the psychic energy within her sea churned like a stormy sea of lightning!

Yet Xu Jingming soon noticed something was wrong.

The psychic sea is the core of any adept's cultivation.

When faced with another's psychic intrusion, the psychic sea should automatically resist—not remain utterly unresponsive like this.

The only possibility was that Su Qingli's overwhelming psychic energy was fighting a far stronger presence!

His gaze swept through, and he spotted a massive mass of psychic energy deep within Su Qingli's sea.

This mass was clearly different from Su Qingli's own.

At this moment, the vast majority of Su Qingli's psychic energy was resisting the invasion of this foreign mass.

"It's the psychic energy that invaded Teacher's consciousness during the giant Void creature's shriek."

Xu Jingming frowned.

This King was truly extraordinary—even after its physical body died, its psychic energy remained active.

"This is troublesome—it's inside Teacher's psychic sea, and I can't act lightly."

As the inheritor of a psychic master, Xu Jingming could easily obliterate this mass by summoning more psychic energy.

But Su Qingli was already trapped in the illusion; her psychic energy instinctively lashed out to destroy the foreign presence.

If he poured too much of his own energy in, it would be shredded by her reflexive defenses.

And he couldn't strike back—that would mean harming Su Laoshi herself.

It had become an inescapable deadlock—he had no way to act.

"But if we can awaken Su Laoshi from the illusion, this problem will be solved."

Shhh—

His psychic energy swiftly withdrew from Su Qingli's mind; back in reality, Xu Jingming recounted the situation to Su Tianrui.

"Su Laoshi is not currently in mortal danger. My suggestion is we leave the spatial turbulence layer first, then find a solution."

Xu Jingming spoke quickly.

The spatial turbulence layer was extremely dangerous—if another, stronger Void creature appeared, even he might not survive.

"You handle the arrangements," Su Tianrui nodded.

Joking—he had a ten-thousandfold psychic dagger!

In the field of psychic arts, Xu Jingming was unquestionably a master.

He naturally wouldn't interfere with the other's decision.

"Then I apologize."

A faint glow from his space ring—Xu Jingming directly sealed Su Tianrui into the pre-prepared space ring.

The crimson lightning sphere emitting high-risk energy vanished instantly.

"Good thing Senior Su can fit inside a space ring—otherwise it'd be worse."

Xu Jingming moved to Su Qingli's side, slinging her onto his back.

Whether from muscle memory or not, even in deep illusion, she clung tightly to him.

He could even catch the faint, clean scent of her body.

"Eva, let's go."

Sssshh—!!

With a flap of his Lei Ting wings, Xu Jingming shot forward like a black lightning bolt, leaving only a lingering afterimage.

On the way here, he'd moved slowly to scout the path.

Now, returning, he flew at full speed.

Fortunately, no incidents occurred on the return journey—he passed through the spatial rift and reappeared at Po Xu Tower in just three minutes.

He recalled the golden guardians surrounding him into his space ring, then shot away as a streak of black light.

After flying over two hundred kilometers, he replicated the method and dove into a space a hundred meters underground.

"Eva, is there any way to wake up Su Laoshi?"

At this moment, Xu Jingming had already exited Thunderstorm State.

Not far across from him lay Su Qingli, eyes tightly closed, on a pristine white bed.

Now that his space ring was large enough, he carried some daily necessities.

This large bed was perfect for use—far more comfortable than the vine bed woven from Tianxian Lotus tendrils.

As for Su Tianrui, Xu Jingming had not released him.

On one hand, Chixiao Doushen Shenlei was simply too large to extract.

On the other hand, Su Tianrui could offer no advice and would only grow more anxious over his daughter's condition.

"Being dragged into the illusion is ultimately due to insufficient spiritual power and willpower."

Eva mused, "Willpower strength relates to personal experience; right now, we cannot help Su Laoshi strengthen it."

"The only solution is to enhance her spiritual power—you, as an S-rank, can try the Spirit-Nourishing Elixir."

"Alright."

The giant void creature's death left nearly one liter of Spirit-Nourishing Elixir.

Xu Jingming had no hesitation whatsoever—he took out a small portion directly.

"Su Laoshi, forgive me."

With his fingers, he gently pried open Su Qingli's tightly shut cherry lips, then poured the Spirit-Nourishing Elixir into her mouth.

"Mmm~~"

With a soft moan, Su Qingli slowly opened her eyes.

"Su Laoshi, you're awake?"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up, but immediately he noticed something was off about Su Qingli's condition.

She pressed her right hand to her chest, cheeks flushed crimson, eyes glazed, breathing rapid.

"Jingming..."

A soft, pliant voice sounded as Su Qingli turned her beautiful eyes toward him.

Yet unlike her usual cold detachment, her gaze now brimmed with seduction, as if pulling threads of desire.

Xu Jingming was no stranger to this look.

He had seen it on Song Qiuyun, Jiang Chuxuan, and Ling Shuang.

But he had never once seen it on Su Laoshi's face.

"What... is going on?" Xu Jingming was baffled.

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