With only 8 years to live at the start, I'm going all in.

Chapter 195 The Missing Team

The Gate of Myriad Phenomena, the Secret Chamber.

This is a secret room built underground, connected to the artificial hills in the courtyard outside.

At this moment, Ding Yi sat upright in the secret room, his hands forming a mudra on his knees, cultivating with his eyes closed.

On the floor in front of him was a tray filled with a row of pills, all of which had been looted from the Myriad Manifestations Sect.

Although these pills are not as potent as the Celestial Phenomenon Pill, they are at least much better than the Qi and Blood Pill.

After Ding Yi successfully enhanced two jade-colored divine statues, his lifespan was insufficient to enhance a third one, so he chose to continue enhancing his elixir cultivation.

At this moment, Ding Yi was almost frantically increasing the number of his internal acupoints, which allowed him to successfully break through the 20 mark and reach 22, completing his second qualitative change.

At this moment, Ding Yi stretched out his palm, looked at the slightly trembling void above his palm, frowned slightly, then clenched his left fist and swung it forward sharply.

A strange ripple suddenly appeared, and then a phantom image of a large tree suddenly appeared behind Ding Yi.

This is precisely Ding Yi's domain.

The intent generated by the perfected Ten Boxing Techniques last time allowed him to successfully evolve a domain. In addition, the recent minor success of the Evergreen Skill has caused a significant change in Ding Yi's domain.

The illusory image of the large tree behind him became increasingly solid, and the entire domain was filled with vibrant life, just like early spring.

Prior to this, Ding Yi had also attempted to analyze the domain using modern four-dimensional analysis, and concluded that the so-called domain is a super-powerful energy field.

In this energy field, some of one's own characteristics will be amplified infinitely, such as the strange Evergreen Technique.

However, this domain consumes far too much essence and blood, and the degree to which the domain consumes essence increases dramatically as the domain's range expands.

For example, if the energy consumed in a range of one meter is 1 degree, then the energy consumed in a range of two meters is 5 degrees, and the energy consumed in a range of three meters is 30 degrees.

The unit "degree" was also something Ding Yi figured out himself to mark the volume of vital energy.

With his current cultivation level of 20 perfected acupoints, the essence contained within is approximately 1000 units. This seems like a large unit, but if he were to use a 3-meter range, he could only withstand it for about thirty breaths.

It should be noted that this was only possible for Ding Yi to maintain 30 breaths when all 20 of his acupoints were fully developed and his four gates were at their maximum limit. If it were ordinary acupoints, they would probably only be able to sustain one breath at most.

It is said that once one reaches the Divine Travel Realm, divine consciousness emerges in the Niwan Palace of the mind, which can greatly reduce the consumption of the domain. Therefore, the domain is generally more common in battles between experts in the Divine Travel Realm.

However, Ding Yi's release of his domain at this moment was not to verify the changes in his domain, but to see how the Returning Origin Secret Technique would change when faced with the suppression of the domain.

Ding Yi slightly raised his palm, and the constantly vibrating ball of energy above his palm slowly rose to the surface.

Seeing this, Ding Yi stirred with his left fist, and an invisible pulling force arose in the domain, rushing towards the slowly rising mass of essence.

In that instant, the energy cluster suddenly erupted with even more violent vibrations, and ripples spread throughout the entire domain.

"It was suppressed."

Ding Yi narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the ball of energy that was constantly rising above him, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.

Based on his current synesthesia, Ding Yi keenly sensed that the 800-frequency energy cluster he emitted was being frantically suppressed within the domain.

Moreover, as the distance between the energy ball and the body increases, the frequency of the energy ball decreases continuously, but the consumption of vital energy increases dramatically.

It's like being in the sea; the deeper you sink, the greater the pressure, and the more energy you expend trying to break free and surface.

"Back then, that Land Kong seemed to lack the ability to use the Domain skill. Otherwise, if that 1200 Yuan Returning energy was weakened by the Domain skill, it might not have been able to kill him instantly."

Seeing this, Ding Yi casually dispersed the domain and the energy ball, and began to ponder while stroking his chin.

How can we minimize the cost of reverting to the origin within a domain?

trouble.

Ding Yi rubbed his temples, racking his brains but still couldn't come up with many ideas. He could only think that if he encountered an enemy with a domain in the future, he would also activate his domain to deplete the opponent's domain, and then use Guiyuan to kill the enemy when both sides were almost exhausted.

However, this prolongs the battle and introduces many unexpected variables, which is a very tricky problem.

Ding Yi sighed, then stood up from the ground, pushed open the hidden door of the secret room, and walked out along the stone steps.

Upon arriving in the courtyard, Ding Yi glanced around and, finding no one, strode out of the rockery and headed outside.

Before long, Ding Yi arrived at a small courtyard next door.

As soon as Ding Yi entered the courtyard, he saw an old man eating heartily.

Indeed, this courtyard was prepared by Ding Yi specifically for Jiang Mingyue.

At that moment, Jiang Mingyue also saw Ding Yi and immediately shouted incoherently:

"Song Shu, come quick! Come quick! Let's eat together!"

Ding Yi looked at the old man's face, which was covered in oil from eating, and shook his head with a smile, saying:

"Mingyue, I came to ask you, what should we do if the Returning Origin Secret Technique is suppressed by someone?"

Upon hearing this, the old man asked, somewhat confused:

"What suppression?"

"Return to the origin."

Ding Yi continued.

"If you're suppressed, just run away. Even Guiyuan can suppress you, you definitely can't beat him."

The old man clapped his hands and laughed, pointing at Ding Yi as if to say, "How could you be so stupid?"

"What about before? What did I do before?"

Ding Yi remained unmoved and continued to ask questions.

"How would I have known you before? Oh, Song Shu, you're lucky to have anything to eat now. Don't think about fighting and killing all the time."

Jiang Mingyue shook her head as she spoke, seemingly not caring at all.

"Hey."

Seeing the old man's reaction, Ding Yi was somewhat disappointed. It seemed that finding the answer he wanted from the old man was unlikely.

Just then, a servant rushed in and stood at the courtyard gate, calling out to those inside:

"Elder Li, Hall Master Wang has something to report."

Upon hearing this, Ding Yi glanced at the old man who was eating heartily, then got up and left the courtyard, heading towards the door where the servant was.

"explain."

Ding Yi walked out of the courtyard, stood under the shade of a tree, and spoke to the servant.

"Elder, Master Wang said that a group of people has gone missing."

"Oh?"

Ding Yi raised an eyebrow, then continued, somewhat surprised:

"Have Master Wang come find me."

A moment later, Wang Lin rushed over.

"Boss, Zhao Zi's team hasn't sent any news for two days. According to the plan, they should have returned to the gang three days ago."

As soon as Wang Lin entered Ding Yi's courtyard, he spoke with a serious expression.

Going out to search for evil spirits is a dangerous job, but with the help of the evil-dispelling talisman made by Ding Yi, there haven't been many casualties these days.

But I've never seen a whole team go missing.

It seems we've encountered something big.

"Place."

Ding Yi said slowly.

"Seven hundred miles west of the city, Baihe Mountain Villa."

Wang Lin quickly replied.