A few weeks passed after Adam had visited the Turner household and cured Elia. Well, technically, he still hadn't cured her completely. Although she was now much better than before and was no longer bedridden.
Someone would need to help guide her life force with the help of acupressure techniques for the better part of the year. Only then could she be said to have been completely cured. Fortunately, Berger had decided to do this in Adam's stead.
However, Adam believed that the reason why the grumpy old gnome had agreed to this in the first place was definitely because he wanted to learn the intricacies of the acupressure techniques. The youth didn't mind disclosing it to him.
Moreover, with Berger treating Elia, Adam had more time to do other things. For example, preparing his journey to the Spirit World!
Spirit World Traversal was one of the two boons he had received from Valerian. Adam had been researching this ability ever since he'd learned of it. Till now he had not used this ability, however, he had managed to deduce its restrictions.
Firstly, he was not able to directly open a portal to the Spirit World like he had seen Blackie do so effortlessly. To open the portal, he would have to borrow the power of a runic formation.
And lastly, Spirit World Traversal was restricted to Adam's soul body. He could not enter with his physical body.
Therefore, the runic formation he would create would have to solve two purposes - opening a portal to the Spirit World and separating his soul body from his physical body.
Adam had already gotten the information about such a runic formation from Berger. Over the last few weeks, he had been studying and perfecting it, and today, he was finally going to put it into practice.
In the underground laboratory, Adam had cleared the area in the middle and made enough room to carve the runic formation. He walked around the formation, observing all the little details, and nodding from time to time.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})Valerian, who was following behind Adam, copied him and also nodded cutely. After confirming that everything was ready, the youth crouched down and gently lifted the young dragon.
The youth looked him in the eyes and solemnly said, "Val, I'm going to go visit the Spirit World."
"Myu! Myu!" Valerian excitedly nodded. At the same time, he sent Adam a mental transmission saying he too wanted to come along.
However, Adam strictly refused. Going to the Spirit World was always risky. He didn't know whether he would be able to protect himself, much less the little fellow. "No, Val, you must stay here."
"Myu…" Valerian's ears drooped and his topaz eyes started to tear up.
Seeing this, Adam's heart ached. He added, "Listen, Val. When I go to the Spirit World, my physical body will be left here. I need someone I can trust to guard my body. And you're the one I trust the most. Can you guard my body for me?"
Valerian's ears perked up. He got excited hearing Adam was giving him an important job. Thus, he instantly cheered up and balled his tiny fists. "MYU!!"
"Attaboy." Adam smiled warmly and kissed Val on the forehead. Then, he laid him down outside the formation and warned. "No matter what, don't step on the lines, okay?"
"Myu!" Valerian nodded with a serious expression.
Adam stepped foot inside the formation. He laid down face up in the center and took deep breaths to calm down his fast-beating heart. His last journey to the Spirit World was still vivid in his memories. He wondered if this time would also be the same.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})Regardless of how it would turn out, he found comfort in knowing that Spirit World Traversal allowed him to instantly return to the material world at will. He wouldn't have to depend on the chain like last time.
He cast one final glance at Valerian and instructed, "I'm going. Make sure to guard my body."
"Myu!" The young dragon stood on his hind legs and clenched his tiny front paws.
Seeing this, Adam smiled.
Then, he weaved a series of hand signs and injected mana into the runic formations. A few moments later, the lines and patterns on the formation lit up with a resplendent light. And then, Adam's soul body emerged from his material body!
"Whoa…" Adam stretched his hands out and observed his soul body. Compared to the last time he'd seen it, it had now doubled in height. His soul body was close to 6 meters tall, whereas his physical body was only a little more than 1.8 meters.
However, there was one slight problem. His soul body was bright. Too bright.
In the underground laboratory, he was like a small sun that illuminated every inch of the place. The light was so bright, that even Valerian had covered his eyes with his tiny paws, unable to look at it.
"Hmm… this can be troublesome." In the Spirit World, where danger lay at every corner, his soul body would become a very conspicuous target for evil spirits. "I wonder if I can reduce the light a little…"
The next moment, as if listening to his intent, the light emitting from his soul body drastically reduced. So much so, that his soul body now appeared slightly transparent.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})"Haha, this is perfect!" He laughed, however, he didn't have much time to observe his soul body as the next moment, the void above him tore open and formed a portal directly to the Spirit World.
Adam looked at Valerian and smiled. "See you in a bit."
With that said, he flew into the portal.
As the tear in the void mended itself back, Valerian looked at the dimension past the portal with yearning in his eyes. For some strange reason, he was longing to go to the Spirit World.
However, Adam had told him to guard his physical body. So Valerian could only reluctantly do so. After the tear in the void had closed shut, the young dragon lazily lay down outside the formation and kept his eyes on the youth's physical body with alertness.
…
"DAAAMMMNN IIITTT!!!" Adam screamed at the top of his lungs, his face full of grievance. "Why do I keep falling in this damn place?!!"
Every time he entered the Spirit World, he would always be falling. He was sick of it. He hated it.
"Just stop falling already!" He roared in anger.
And the next moment, something very strange happened, causing Adam to be filled with disbelief.
"No way!"
