Chapter 97: Brave Clan Head?

Lin Wu was currently reading through the report that the system had compiled after analyzing the energy that had knocked Shirong back.

"Hahaha!" Lin Wu laughed, "So it was his own fault that this happened to him." 

According to the system's analysis, the force that Shirong was struck with was directly proportional to the sum of all people's average strength in the hall. Even the weakest person in the hall was at the core condensation realm as had been decided by the clan heads for the ceremony.

The three strongest people were the top three clan heads; Lu, Xiong and Mu. Clan head Lu was a nascent soul realm cultivator while clan Head Xiong and Mu were at the pseudo nascent soul realm. In total, there were thirty three people in the hall.

"So it was the thing that Shirong did back at the old temple that caused this." Lin Wu said as he continued reading the report. 

The seal that Shirong had created there had blocked the operating of the three guardian statues in the main temple. While it seemed like it had been stopped, the truth was all the spirit qi that had been poured by the people in this hall was still trapped within it.

It was not able to go to its intended place due to the seal; this was when Shirong touched the fragment, and the energy escaped to the only place it could go to- Shirong's body. But the thing was this energy was not pure spirit qi, if it had been so, Shirong would have been able to forcible manage it. 

"Heck, I would have directly absorbed it if it was spirit qi. I don't think Shirong would have minded it either." Lin Wu chuckled.

But no, the energy had been changed due to the effect of the three guardian statues and the ceremony. Even the system was not able to tell what kind of energy this was, and all it got was errors. While there were some similarities to the spirit qi, there were also some unknown variables mixed in.

What Shirong had just felt was nothing, but the combined attack of all the people in the hall, in simple terms. This was why he was having such a hard time controlling his spirit qi now and had to focus on it totally.

In fact, Shirong had to forcibly cut off his senses so that he would not be disturbed. He knew that he was at a critical juncture and any minor mistake could lead him to suffer from a qi deviation. 

"Clan head Lu, I've checked the altar and the fragment. There are no traces of any kind of energy there. Whatever it was, it was contained on Young master Shirong. Another thing is that all the formations we set up for the ceremony had been shattered." Clan Head Mu spoke.

Clan Head Lu had a frown on his face after hearing this.

"What do you think will happen if someone were to check the fragment?" Clan head Lu questioned.

"From all my analysis nothing should happen, but I cannot be sure seeing that we had no inkling of this before Young master Shirong touched the fragment." Clan head Mu stated.

"Hmm, then you think we should ask someone to test it out?" Clan head Lu asked.

"That would be for the best. But I do not know if this would be good for the person attempting this. What if they were not able to bear the brunt of it? We cannot forget that Young master Shirong is much stronger than most people here." Clan head Mu replied.

One of the smaller clan heads seemed to have heard them talk and went forward.

"Please let me try it, I volunteer." Spoke the small clan head.

"Clan head Tie are you sure of this? We can ask a slave to do this too." Clan Head Lu asked.

"No clan head Lu, a slave will not be able to sense if something were to happen. Besides, I got a few defensive treasures on me that I shall use. Young master Shirong was simply caught off guard I believe, or he should have been able to resist it easily." Clan head Tie replied, not forgetting to bootlick Shirong, even when he was unable to hear it.

~Sigh~

"Alright, if that is what you wish." Clan head Lu permitted.

Clan Head Tie cupped his hands before taking out a few talismans from his spatial storage treasure and activating them. A few defensive barriers appeared on his body and he got ready to approach the fragment. The rest of the clan heads watched closely and were ready to act if anything were to happen.

Clan Head Lu waved his hands and created a few more barriers around Clan head Tie. The others were in awe when they saw clan head Lu do this, as it was something only nascent soul realm cultivators could do. When one reached the nascent soul realm, they were able to freely manipulate the spirit qi in the air.

Thus creating a few a barrier like this was quite an easy task for clan head Lu. Clan head Tie cupped his hands once again in gratefulness and continued onward. 

~Gulp~

He swelled his saliva and took a deep breath before extending his hand. His heart started beating faster and faster the closer his hand got to the fragment. 

"Huh?" Clan Head Tie uttered in confusion as his hand easily touched the beast shell fragment.

He picked it up and checked it in all angles before a relieved expression appeared on his face.

"It is safe, Clan head!" Clan head Tie shouted.

Lin Wu was unable to see this as his means of observation had been cut off with Shirong restraining his spirit sense. But he was still able to hear the things that people were speaking close by. This was done by letting a small opening in the spatial storage ring's dimension and letting the sound reach inside.

"Of course it wouldn't do anything to you, there is nothing left in it you dumbos..." Lin Wu said with a humored tone.