บท 295: Burden

Ryu awoke from the images with a headache that threatened to exit the ethereal and split his head in two in the real.

He knew exactly what this sort of feeling was, he had experienced it many times before in his first life. His Focus Qi had been completely drained in what amounted to less than an instant of time.

The edge of the prayer mat fell from Ryu's hands, leaving him with an incredulous expression.

'Little Ryu, this dual cultivation mat should be placed upon core vein of Shrine Mountain. There's clearly a leak here, but this prayer mat astonishingly has the ability to seal it off and reap all of the benefits for itself! This is likely the greatest treasure of this place.'

Ryu blinked. Could it be that this was related to the qi infestation riddled beast he met before? Shrine Mountain was actually leaking its vital energies?

But even more curiously, what series of events led to this prayer mat being laid here?