Normally, since Liu Mei's condition was stabilizing, the aura of death should have disappeared from her body.
But this time, not only was the color on her face regaining its past roseness, but the aura of death was also growing stronger with every second that passed.
It wasn't just Shun Long, but Little Black and the black panther as well were also stunned at this sight.
As high-level magic beasts, they were even more sensitive to auras than Shun Long was, and they could clearly feel the ever-growing aura of death coming from Liu Mei's body!
At the same time, inside Liu Mei's spiritual space, even after the vibrant energy had completely restored the luster of her soul, the pink-colored liquid continued to nourish her even further.
Unlike Shun Long's violent soul expansion through the golden book however, Liu Mei's soul was like a plant that was being watered by a gentle drizzle.
The vibrant energy coming from Shun Long's middle rank 5 pill was being quickly absorbed by Liu Mei's soul.
More than 4 hours passed like this until Liu Mei opened her eyes.
Feeling the death aura that was coming from her body, Shun Long was stunned, unable to understand what was going on, but the look in Liu Mei's eyes was one of disbelief.
Waving her slender hand in the air, a wave of death aura appeared around it, before it swirled in a small ball on top of Liu Mei's hand.
Looking at the black ball in her hand, Liu Mei couldn't help mumbling
''Is this.. death?''
Shun Long's eyes widened when he heard this, while the black dragon and the silver-winged panther looked at their master's wife with eyes filled with astonishment.
Looking at Liu Mei, Shun Long asked her in a curious tone
''Mei'er, how do you feel?''
Liu Mei's eyes once again focused around her, as she looked at Shun Long and her eyes started to mist up.
She had already experienced every event in her life for the second time, and her feelings for the young man in front of her, couldn't be clearer in her heart.
Shaking her head she then said in a sweet voice
''Long-ge, I am fine. I felt like I was about to die earlier, but a strange kind of energy suddenly healed my soul.
At that moment, I felt like I had connected with a mysterious Dao, and it seems that I can control a new kind of energy.''
As Liu Mei finished speaking, the death aura immediately vanished from her body.
It was like it had never existed around her in the first place.
Shun Long turned his head to look at Little Black, as he asked seriously
''The Dao of Death? There is such a Dao?''
The black dragon nodded his head, and replied to Shun Long through a telepathic message
''There is, master! There is a Dao for almost everything in the world, including death.
But... it is actually extremely difficult to attain comprehension in the Dao of Death. It is said, that one needs to nearly die and gaze at the Abyss of Death itself in order to have a chance to comprehend this Dao, and even then, it would still be up to that person's luck.
However, this Dao is also one of the most unique and extraordinary of Daos.
There is even a certain, extremely powerful family in the Dark Sovereign's world, who puts its descendants into hellish training in order to comprehend the Dao of Death.
Less than 10 percent of them make it out alive, but nearly all of them become supreme experts among other cultivators.
Shun Long nodded his head, without asking Little Black about any other information regarding this Dark Sovereign's world.
Instead, he turned his attention to Liu Mei who once again conjured a black ball that was filled with death energy in her hand.
Seeing that Liu Mei had fallen in a trance, Shun Long didn't interrupt her, as he then had Little Black sweep the small mountain with his soul sense, to see if there were any magic beast near them.
However, thanks to Little Black's violent outburst once he broke through to rank 6, there was no magic beast in an area of 500 miles around them.
3 days passed like this while Liu Mei was still in a trance.
Shun Long understood that she seemed to be comprehending the Dao of Death, as he once again sensed a death aura around her.
The aura of death around Liu Mei would sometimes grow weaker, while at other times it would grow much stronger.
Once the 3rd day was over, Liu Mei conjured a black ball of death qi between her hands and allowed it to fall on the ground.
Seemingly out of thin air, under Shun Long's astounded gaze, a dozen skeletons had appeared in front of him.
Each of them was 1.8m(5.9ft) tall.
Their jade white bones were shining under the night sky, while green ember wisps were glowing in their eye sockets.
Each of these skeletons was carrying a small bone sword, while the aura that they were emitting was slightly lower than Liu Mei's cultivation, at the peak of rank 5 in Heaven grade.
Looking at the dozen skeletons that had quickly arranged themselves in front of Liu Mei in 2 lines, Shun Long mumbled to himself
''Necromancy...?''
Nodding his head, Little Black responded with a serious look in his eyes
''Indeed master, necromancy is a path of the Dao of Death!''
The black panther also stared at the 12 skeletons curiously, seeing how they had arranged themselves in front of Liu Mei, like soldiers who were protecting their general.
Liu Mei snapped out of her reverie, and looking at Shun Long she flashed him a dazzling smile before she started to explain to him the experience that she had just been through.
Liu Mei told Shun Long everything, from the memories of her life that she had just experienced, all the way to the Abyss of Death that she had seen.
The 2 of them chatted for the entire night, until the sun had finally started to rise.
Shun Long heaved a sigh of relief once he confirmed that Liu Mei was alright.
Even though she had come face to face with death, this ended up being a blessing in disguise for her in the end.
Shun Long then plucked the rank 4 'Meridian heating fruit' from its tree, as he and Liu Mei got on the black panther's back, while Little Black entered inside the foggy place in the 'Stone of Time'.
The black panther spread his silver wings and shot up to the sky, as he flew towards the forest's entrance.
Since there wasn't anything else for them to do inside the Dreamland Forest, the black panther headed towards the Dreamland plains.
It was time for Shun Long and Liu Mei to start the B-rank mission.