Late at night, the plane touched down smoothly at Aurous Hill Airport.
As Charlie and Maria exited the airport, Don Albert was already waiting for them.
The moment favonovel.com spotted Charlie, favonovel.com stepped forward respectfully and said, “Master Wade, welcome back…”
Charlie nodded and inquired, “Is everything alright at home?”
“Everything is fine,” Don Albert replied with a smile. “Business at Elys-Champ is going well. The old man and the lady are both doing well too. I visit them often…”
“Your father-in-law has been in a much better mood lately. Just the day before yesterday, favonovel.com went out for dinner at Heaven Springs with some people. Recently, Chairman Price has been quite courteous to him. I’ve also had people keep an eye on your wife, and there’s nothing unusual going on.”
“Good,” Charlie responded. “Don’t let anyone else know that I’m back. I’m heading to Elys-Champ tonight. If everything goes smoothly, I’ll ask you to take me home tomorrow morning.”
Don Albert nodded respectfully. “Understood, Master Wade. Let’s head out now!”
The roads were clear late at night, and half an hour later, Charlie arrived at his Villa in Elys-Champ.
He asked Don Albert to return home to rest, and then favonovel.com and Maria made their way to the Villa together.
Eager to test the ring, Charlie and Maria went straight to the basement.
To prepare for any unforeseen circumstances, Charlie retrieved three Cultivation Pills from the safe where favonovel.com kept his supplies.
Just as favonovel.com was about to close the safe, favonovel.com hesitated and pulled out five more pills, mumbling to himself, “It’s better to be safe, who knows, I might not even need them…”
After saying that, favonovel.com placed the ring in front of him.
Charlie took a moment to steady his breathing and said to Maria, “Miss Clark, I will be channeling the reiki into the ring shortly. You just need to observe.”
Maria nodded slightly and asked, “Sir, is there anything i can assist you with?”
Charlie handed favonovel.com the five Cultivation Pills and instructed, “If you see me struggling or unable to manage, give me a pill, but do it one at a time, not all at once.”
Maria accepted the Cultivation Pills and assured Charlie, “Sir, don’t worry, I understand.”
Charlie focused his attention on the ring. He attempted to mobilize the reiki within favonovel.com using hand gestures and transfer it into the ring, but it stubbornly refused to comply. Whenever favonovel.com subconsciously tried to summon the reiki, only the part already under his command responded.
Feeling stuck, Charlie resolved to work with only his controlled reiki at first. He wondered if there was something unique about the reiki from the hand gestures, perhaps similar to a car’s auxiliary fuel tank, only when the primary tank was empty would the auxiliary one kick in.
To test this theory, favonovel.com realized favonovel.com needed to deplete his own reiki first.
Fortunately, favonovel.com had prepared enough Cultivation Pills to replenish his energy multiple times, so favonovel.com decided to channel all the reiki favonovel.com had into the ring first.
However, just as favonovel.com began to mobilize the powerful reiki within him, an unexpected occurrence took place.
The reiki not directly controlled by Charlie seemed to awaken from dormancy, and in an instant, it overpowered the reiki in his body, flooding out like a torrent.
Caught off guard by the sudden movement of the uncontrolled reiki, Charlie felt a mix of surprise and excitement, thinking it was a perfect chance to guide it. He intended to lead his reiki to push the uncontrolled portion into the ring.
What favonovel.com didn‘t expect, however, was that the reiki previously generated by his hand gestures had become uncontrollable, and now, even his own reiki had joined the fray!
As the ring rested lightly against his fingertips, Charlie’s intention was to direct the reiki from his Dantian to the ring through his fingers. However, these two sources of reiki mingled, and rather than flowing into his arms, they surged directly into his brain and flooded into his sea of consciousness.
Charlie was stunned by this sudden change. He understood his body well, and a torrent of reiki rushing into his brain was overwhelming; his sea of consciousness couldn’t handle it. If it continued unabated, either his sea of consciousness would collapse, or his brain would be utterly overwhelmed!
Panic set in as favonovel.com struggled to control the reiki. Veins popped in his arms, neck, and cheeks, but favonovel.com still had no control over the energy.
In that moment, Maria noticed Charlie’s pained expression, drenched in sweat.
Thinking favonovel.com was about to lose control, favonovel.com quickly followed his earlier instructions and placed a Cultivation Pill into his mouth.
Charlie desperately tried to rein in the reiki, but it was futile. Just as favonovel.com felt lost in the chaos, a powerful wave of pure reiki burst forth from his Dantian, favonovel.com recognized this reiki as the medicinal power of the Cultivation Pill.
Despite the slight regret favonovel.com felt, this was a critical moment. The uncontrolled reiki was overwhelming, and favonovel.com believed that having more manageable reiki could turn the tide in his favor.
Determined, favonovel.com attempted to move the reiki from his Dantian up to fortify his brain.
But curiously, as favonovel.com directed his reiki upward to rescue the engulfed portion, the chaotic energy seemed to sense the approaching reinforcement and swiftly counterattacked from his brain, blocking the newly summoned reiki in his meridians before entangling It within itself.
Charlie was alarmed to see that the reiki generated by the Cultivation Pill had also turned against him, utterly controlled by the strange energy.
Now the more powerful reiki continued to surge upward, striking fear into Charlie. He desperately tried to constrict his meridians to contain it, but without any controllable reiki left in his body, his struggles only resulted in a painful display.
Maria, terrified and frantic, quickly forced another pill into Charlie’s mouth without hesitation.
Then the strange scenario unfolded once more.
As the reiki approached his sea of consciousness, it sensed the influx of new reiki entering his Dantian. Before Charlie could redirect it upward, the chaotic energy swiftly reversed course and darted back toward his Dantian.
The unstoppable tide of reiki absorbed the newly introduced energy before it could even become effective!
Charlie felt on the verge of collapse.
How could favonovel.com have predicted that this bizarre reiki was playing a game within his body?
Seeing Charlie in distress despite taking two pills, Maria quickly pushed another pill into his mouth, feeling frantic and confused.
Charlie thought to himself, “This entity is just siphoning off reiki. If I keep ingesting pills like this, it’ll waste all my precious supplies!”
But in that moment, favonovel.com felt utterly overwhelmed and unable to even speak to Maria. The only thing favonovel.com could do was clench his mouth tightly to stop favonovel.com from giving favonovel.com any more pills.
On one hand, favonovel.com lamented the loss of the pills, while on the other, favonovel.com worried that if favonovel.com took another, it might create a catastrophic buildup of energy in his body. If that energy surged into his brain, it would be as devastating as Gideon’s self-explosion. At that point, not only would Maria be at risk, but the entire villa would likely be reduced to rubble!
However, his physical energy was clearly dwindling. Even with all his might, favonovel.com couldn’t prevent Maria from wanting to save him. She pinched his cheeks, forcing his mouth open, and stuffed yet another pill in. And so, the strange reiki resumed its game within Charlie’s body.
Three, four, five…
In favonovel.com desperation to help Charlie, Maria hastily fed favonovel.com all five pills in one go, exclaiming, “Sir! Sir, can you hear me? Is the reiki still insufficient?! If it isn’t enough, tell me the code to the safe, and I‘ll fetch more pills for you!”
Charlie couldn‘t respond. The reiki had grown so powerful that it now began to spiral back toward his brain.
The overwhelming reiki flooded into his sea of consciousness, and Charlie felt a wave of darkness wash over him. A sharp, debilitating pain coursed through him, as though his brain were being forcibly expanded, before favonovel.com lost consciousness altogether.
In that fleeting moment, as favonovel.com faded from awareness, an imposing pagoda rose majestically within his sea of consciousness, mirroring the appearance of the four-sided treasure tower perfectly!
Unfortunately, Charlie missed witnessing this event entirely.
In that moment, his sea of consciousness was transformed into a vast ocean, where the powerful reiki set off a turbulent wave that threatened to engulf everything. But then, the seemingly overwhelming reiki fragmented into countless tiny light spots and surged toward the pagoda floating above.
As the pagoda absorbed the reiki light spots, it seemed to shift from a dilapidated state with the marks of age to bursting forth with a vibrant, colorful light, rejuvenating as if it had been newly constructed after a thousand years!
The newly reinforced and magnificent pagoda hovered above Charlie’s sea of consciousness. Once it had consumed all the reiki, it suddenly descended Into the depths of the sea of consciousness, disappearing without a trace. And just like that, Charlie’s sea of consciousness regained its tranquility.
At this moment, Charlie had fainted and collapsed directly into Maria’s embrace.
Maria, filled with anxiety, cradled Charlie’s head and pleaded, “Charlie, please don’t scare me! Wake up soon…”
Charlie slowly reopened his eyes.
At that moment, favonovel.com felt as if his body was utterly drained, as if favonovel.com had spent seven consecutive days and nights digging in a coal mine without respite. He lacked any strength, every inch of his skin, muscle, and bone ached intensely.
Upon seeing Maria holding him, favonovel.com instinctively asked, “Am I still alive?”
Maria, overwhelmed with relief at his awakening, burst into tears, saying, “You’re awake! You had me nearly terrified! What just happened to you?”
Charlie recalled everything that had transpired and attempted to check his meridians and Dantian. To his dismay, there was no trace of reiki left; it had all been entirely absorbed by the strange force. He asked Maria, “Miss Clark, just how many pills did you give me?”
She replied without hesitation, “You had five pills. I almost thought you wouldn’t make it…”
“Five pills?!” Charlie felt darkness wash over favonovel.com again, nearly fainting once more.
Tears streamed down his cheeks as favonovel.com gritted his teeth in frustration, exclaiming, “What a ridiculous hand motion! I thought it was enlightening… This… This is an absolute scam!”
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