Gu Ming recalled Ah Ji's unique traits while connecting with it, syncing their perception of Shadow Energy's essence and recalling those hazy prophetic fragments from the future.
He no longer treated the diagrams on the Jade Scroll as an infallible law, but rather as a "reference map."
His Divine Sense seemed to transform into a faint glimmer of light, beginning to wander and explore the abstract "Shadow Network" within Ah Ji's body.
He guided Ah Ji's own Shadow Energy, careful not to forcefully break through the node that felt "blocked."
Instead, he tried to sense if a more natural, smoother path for the energy's flow existed.
Ah Ji seemed to sense its master's intentions as well.
It relaxed its body, carefully attuning to the subtle changes in the energy within.
Time trickled by, second by second.
Time always passed quickly when studying in the university library.
