Great Immortal With Boundless Mana

Chapter 67: Art of Scent (Seeking Subscriptions)

Art of Scent: Using one's sense of smell to observe people and discern objects. (1/200 Mastery)

Gao Xian looked at the description in the Fengyue Treasure Mirror and was quite satisfied.

The Art of Scent is a minor spell that reached the mastery level with just a hundred and one points.

After Lan Jie demonstrated it, Gao Xian immediately mastered the Art of Scent.

With his powerful divine sense, he only needed a single thought to activate the Art of Scent, a low-level spell.

On the surface, the Art of Scent didn't show any abnormalities, it just made his sense of smell become exceptionally sensitive.

Gao Xian didn't know how dogs discerned smells, but after using the Art of Scent, he could perceive a wealth of information from smells.

The residual scent of his own breath in the bedding, the scent of the cotton itself, the scent of the cat, the woody scent of the wooden bed board, and even the bricks on the ground all had a strange aroma.

The most peculiar thing was that among these smells, he also detected a hint of fragrant body odor.

Gao Xian immediately remembered that it was the scent from Qingping yesterday.

Because the room was sealed, this scent could actually be preserved until now.

Through the comparison of these scents, Gao Xian could quickly differentiate these objects with his nose.

Through the wall, Gao Xian could clearly smell the strong scent of medicinal herbs remaining in the pill furnace, the scent of charcoal, and even the scent of Da Niu's body.

Most things in this world have their own smell, especially living things, which inevitably have their own scent.

The effect of the Art of Scent lasted for about an hour, and Gao Xian felt that the Art of Scent was not simply enhancing his sense of smell, but also indirectly enhancing his divine sense, allowing him to discern and distinguish tens of thousands of scents so clearly.

Gao Xian tried to track Qingping's scent, but the scent dissipated as soon as he reached the courtyard.

The blowing cold wind was too strong, making it difficult for personal scents to last.

Gao Xian made many more attempts and found that the Art of Scent did not conflict with the Shadowless Robe.

As long as he used the Art of Scent first, it would not damage the Shadowless Robe. Even small spells like Feather Flight Technique, as long as the mana did not dissipate outward, would not affect the Shadowless Robe.

Using the Art of Scent, Gao Xian also made an unexpected discovery, which was that he could better discern medicinal herbs.

Some medicinal herbs had internal rot or changes in quality that were difficult to detect with the naked eye. Through the Art of Scent, he could easily distinguish the quality of medicinal herbs.

When refining pills, using the Art of Scent could also improve his control over the heat.

In the past, Gao Xian relied solely on his powerful alchemy skills to control the heat, but it was ultimately not as intuitive and clear as the Art of Scent.

By smelling the different states of the pills, he could easily make accurate judgments.

The Art of Scent is a minor spell, and with his current mana, he could easily cast it ten or eight times in a row.

With the Art of Scent, Gao Xian clearly felt that refining pills became easier, and the quality of the pills had a slight increase.

Because of the rampant demonic beasts, the entire Feima Settlement was in a state of panic. Gao Xian also didn't dare to slack off and spent his days refining pills.

From the first day to the fifteenth day, Gao Xian refined pills every day, and even refined two furnaces of pills in a day, consuming most of the accumulated medicinal herbs.

On the fifteenth night, after Gao Xian, Zhu Qimang, and Da Niu had dinner together, Zhu Qimang said, "Today is the fifteenth, we need to be extra careful."

These days, Zhu Qimang stayed at Gao Xian's place at night mainly to take care of each other.

In such dangerous times, Zhu Qimang trusted Gao Xian more and believed in his combat power.

Although there were many people in Changsheng Hall, none of them were trustworthy. Zhu Qimang didn't want to face the demonic beasts together with those people.

Gao Xian was a little puzzled, "What's different today?"

"The full moon will stimulate some demonic beasts and make them go crazy."

Zhu Qimang sighed softly, "Li Shuanglin is very disorganized in his work. The demonic beasts have been invading Feima Settlement for so long, but he hasn't been able to solve the problem. He's really useless."

Gao Xian knew Li Shuanglin. This Foundation Building cultivator was a disciple of Lianyun Sect and the actual manager of Feima Settlement.

Upon hearing Zhu Qiniang criticize Li Shuanglin, Gao Xian deeply agreed.

As the manager of Feima Collection, such a big incident involving demonic beasts had caused panic among the people in Feima Collection. Li Shuanglin, however, had been unable to resolve it for a long time. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was useless.

Gao Xian asked, "Is Qiniang saying that the demonic beasts might come here?"

These days, the demonic beasts had been active on the outskirts, reportedly killing hundreds of cultivators. Gao Xian didn't know the specific details.

"In fact, Li Shuanglin killed a second-stage demonic beast. However, he can't repair the formation and can't find the mastermind behind it. As a result, more and more demonic beasts are being attracted here. If this continues, Feima Collection might really not be able to hold on..." Zhu Qiniang was somewhat pessimistic about the future. It had been so long, yet Li Shuanglin couldn't control the situation, and the sect hadn't sent reinforcements. The situation could only get worse.

Gao Xian was also powerless in this matter and could only sigh along with her.

He wanted to peacefully refine pills, but the overall situation was unstable, and he couldn't do anything about it.

Gao Xian asked, "Doesn't Lianyun Sect care at all?"

He didn't understand. Such a big incident that could destroy Feima Collection, and Lianyun Sect didn't send reinforcements?

"In the eyes of the elders in the sect, Feima Collection is insignificant. The fact that a few cultivators were killed by demonic beasts is even less of a concern. Besides, there may be people who don't like Li Shuanglin and are taking advantage of the situation to make things difficult for him..." Zhu Qiniang didn't know much about the situation in Lianyun Sect, but she knew that in such a large sect, there must be complex power struggles. To those high-ranking elders in the sect, the survival of Feima Collection was not a big deal.

Gao Xian thought for a moment and said to Zhu Qiniang, "Houses and such are not valuable. When the demonic beasts come, we can use beast-repelling talismans to hide."

Zhu Qiniang nodded.

Da Niu obediently listened to their conversation on the side. He knew that he didn't have a say in such matters and just followed the arrangements of Seventh Sister.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, the moon tonight was particularly big and round.

The cold moonlight reflected off the accumulated snow, illuminating the earth.

At midnight, the roars of demonic beasts echoed in all directions of Feima Collection.

Zhu Qiniang and Gao Xian had strong spiritual awareness, and they could discern from the roars that there were at least two second-stage demonic beasts charging into Feima Collection from different directions.

Both of them had unsightly expressions. Second-stage demonic beasts were equivalent to Foundation Building cultivators and possessed terrifying strength.

The methods of ordinary cultivators posed almost no threat to second-stage demonic beasts.

With two second-stage demonic beasts appearing at once, even if Li Shuanglin took action, he wouldn't be able to stop them.

"Die, you wicked beasts!"

A stern shout suddenly came from the northwest, a voice that was deep and powerful, suppressing the roars of the demonic beasts.

Zhu Qiniang glanced at Gao Xian and said, "It's Li Shuanglin."

Gao Xian sighed softly, "At least he took action and managed to stop one of them."

"What about the other one?"

Before Zhu Qiniang finished speaking, her expression suddenly changed. "It's coming towards us."

"Quick, use the beast-repelling talisman." Gao Xian said as he slapped a talisman on Da Niu and used one on himself as well.

The talismans flashed with spiritual light and instantly turned into ashes. However, the spiritual light from the talismans fell onto Gao Xian and Da Niu.

Zhu Qiniang also used a talisman on herself.

Gao Xian also activated his Fragrance-Sensing Technique. He found that the beast-repelling talisman was indeed effective, almost completely masking the scent of humans.

However, at such a close distance, he could still easily smell the scent of Da Niu and Seventh Sister.

"No, it seems to be coming straight for me!"

Zhu Qiniang realized something was wrong and thought for a moment before saying to Gao Xian, "It would be too dangerous if the demonic beast really breaks in. I'll go lure it away..."

(End of this chapter)