Hearing this, the two couldn't help feeling curious. The Short Monk tested the waters first, slowly gathering all his cultivation mana into his hands.
At first, everything was normal; he found nothing amiss. His mana flowed freely, his meridians were unblocked, and he felt no discomfort at all.
Gradually, however, the Short Monk noticed something was wrong. He suddenly realized that his immortal energy was constantly draining away, pouring endlessly from his vast reserves straight into his hands—no, to be precise, into the rope binding his hands.
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