Female Protagonist Assistance System

Chapter 96 : . Spirit Energy

When the first ray of morning sunlight crossed the window lattice and spilled into the room, Xiao Han awoke.

She looked at the girl sleeping peacefully in her arms, her silver eyes revealing a hint of tenderness. Then, she lowered her head slightly and gently pressed a kiss to the girl's forehead.

Just as her lips left Gu Xun'er's forehead, she heard Gu Xun'er utter a meaningless murmur, gradually awakening from her dreams.

Gu Xun'er, who had just opened her eyes, still seemed a bit confused. She instinctively nuzzled against Xiao Han and said softly, "Senior Sister, good morning."

Xiao Han smiled gently, raising her hand to tuck in the blanket for her, and responded softly, "Good morning."

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Now the entire Ancient Clan knew that the Young Miss Gu had acquired a fiancée. It was said that this fiancée named Xiao Han had even passed the Clan Leader's approval. Most of the young men who admired Gu Xun'er had their hearts shattered. Of course, there were still some who didn't know better and went to provoke Xiao Han, openly and secretly mocking her for being from a small clan and unworthy of Gu Xun'er. They would then be slapped half to death by Xiao Han.

When Ling Quan learned of these events, he didn't share the resentment of these people at all. Instead, he felt like laughing.

Finally, the shock he had experienced four years ago was now being felt by these people tenfold.

Later, after Gu Qianfeng, whose talent was second only to Gu Xun'er and who was already a six-star Dou Venerate, was severely injured by one of Xiao Han's slaps, this farce finally came to an end. It was only then that Ling Quan leisurely spread the news of Xiao Han being a high-level Dou Saint, warning clan members not to provoke her unnecessarily.

The Ancient Clan disciples who had been beaten to the point of being bedridden: Why the hell didn't you say this earlier???

Gu Yuan, who heard this news, was also quite speechless. He had been wondering how Xiao Han would resolve this trouble, but who knew she would be so direct, swiftly beating all the troublemakers half to death.

No wonder she had directly asked him to what extent she could beat people up. It turns out she had planned to resolve it through force from the beginning.

And this Ling Quan, so sly and cunning. Being just a commander of the Black Yun Army was really wasting his talents. In a couple of days, he should promote him.

Xiao Han was completely unaware of Gu Yuan's thoughts, but even if she knew, she wouldn't care. At this moment, Xiao Han was watching over Gu Xun'er as she absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame.

In the past, no matter how confident Xiao Han was, she wouldn't dare let Gu Xun'er absorb two different Heterogeneous Flames at once, especially since these two flames were both highly ranked.

But now it was different. Currently, Heterogeneous Flames were as obedient as children in front of her, doing whatever she told them to do. So Gu Xun'er absorbing two Heterogeneous Flames at once was actually smoother than the previous two times she had absorbed a single Heterogeneous Flame.

This time, luck was on their side. After absorbing the two Heterogeneous Flames, Gu Xun'er's strength directly jumped from two-star Dou Venerate to six-star Dou Venerate.

Taking a deep breath, Gu Xun'er looked at the five different colored Heterogeneous Flames in front of her with delight. She excitedly hugged Xiao Han's neck, and the brand new pure blue bracelet on her wrist swayed with its owner's movement, particularly eye-catching.

"Thank you for the birthday gift, Senior Sister," Gu Xun'er nestled in Xiao Han's embrace, thanking her intimately.

Xiao Han had made up for four years of birthday gifts, which included two different Heterogeneous Flames and the bracelet crafted by Wei Yiling.

Hugging Gu Xun'er back, Xiao Han lowered her head to kiss her forehead, her eyes brimming with a smile: "I'm glad you like it."

As she spoke, she pinched Gu Xun'er's wrist, a trace of contemplation flashing through her eyes. During Gu Xun'er's absorption of the Heterogeneous Flames earlier, she had noticed a problem: Gu Xun'er's Dou Qi seemed to be faintly mixed with spirit energy.

At first, she thought she had sensed it wrong, but after touching Gu Xun'er's hand and scanning with her divine sense, she confirmed it. Gu Xun'er's Dou Qi, like hers, was slowly beginning to transform into spirit energy.

Although Gu Xun'er's transformation speed was very slow, and there wasn't much spirit energy in her body, this was still a fact.

Xiao Han fell into deep thought.

Her Dou Qi transforming into spirit energy was firstly because she had cultivated spirit energy before, and secondly, it should be due to awakening some constitution in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower. But what was the situation with Gu Xun'er?

Although the transformation of Dou Qi into spirit energy wasn't a bad thing, this occurrence was too unexpected for Xiao Han not to take seriously. Especially knowing that this world wasn't a stable one managed by rules and the Three Paths, and with the existence of the All Things Killing Qi and tools, she became even more cautious.

After some thought, Xiao Han still asked Gu Xun'er: "Xun'er, I feel like your Dou Qi is a bit strange. Have you been cultivating any other techniques recently?"

Gu Xun'er was a bit surprised: "Is it that obvious?"

Seeing Gu Xun'er's reaction, Xiao Han knew she must be aware of this.

Gu Xun'er nuzzled Xiao Han's neck, comfortably yawning in her arms, looking quite lazy. Playing with a strand of Xiao Han's hair, she said, "I thought Senior Sister knew. This is from the 'Flame Mantra' that you had me cultivate."

It was a completely unexpected answer. Xiao Han raised an eyebrow: "The 'Flame Mantra'?"

Gu Xun'er looked at her somewhat strangely: "Hmm, Senior Sister doesn't know?"

Xiao Han shook her head, saying, "Not very clearly. I only knew that cultivating the 'Flame Mantra' allows one to absorb different Heterogeneous Flames."

"Is that so?" Gu Xun'er blinked, giggling, "I thought Senior Sister knew everything."

Xiao Han gently pinched her nose, saying, "I'm not a god. How could I know everything?"

Gu Xun'er allowed Xiao Han's action, coquettishly saying, "But in my heart, Senior Sister is like a god."

It was impossible not to be pleased. Xiao Han, in a good mood, patted Gu Xun'er's head, gesturing for her to continue.

"I only discovered it a year ago," Gu Xun'er said lazily. "The last chapter of the 'Flame Mantra' says that absorbing different Heterogeneous Flames is not the ultimate goal, because the benefits brought by the superposition of different Heterogeneous Flames will decrease significantly as strength continuously increases. The best method is actually to absorb the heavenly and earthly spirit power from the Heterogeneous Flames."

"Heavenly and earthly spirit power?" Xiao Han's heart stirred. Wasn't this world supposed to be without spirit energy? Then why could heavenly and earthly spirit power be extracted from Heterogeneous Flames?

Wait, if this world doesn't have spirit energy, where did the spirit power she cultivated long ago come from?

Xiao Han suddenly realized something was amiss. A problem she had never noticed before was now placed in front of her.

Gu Xun'er noticed Xiao Han's sudden change in mood and immediately blinked, asking somewhat puzzledly, "Senior Sister, what's wrong?"

Xiao Han lowered her brows and eyes: "It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of a question."

[System, what's going on? Why has the power system of this world become disordered?]

The current system could be said to be at her beck and call. After hearing Xiao Han's question, it immediately replied: [Host, don't worry. The power system of this world is not disordered.]

[Not disordered? Then what's with the spirit power? I remember you told me a long time ago that this world had no spirit energy. If so, then what about the spirit power I cultivated early on and the spirit energy in Xun'er's body?]

After this question was asked, the system fell silent for a while, as if it had suddenly gone offline. Just as Xiao Han thought this was another issue involving permissions, the system's voice suddenly sounded again: [Oh, this. Host, let me explain.]

[Originally, this question was supposed to be something you would realize after fully awakening, but since you've noticed it, I asked the Great God, and They said I could tell you now.]

Xiao Han keenly grasped the key point: [Great God? You mean Wei Yiling?]

[Yes, Rule Master Wei Yiling is the creator of us systems.]

So it really is her. Xiao Han thought, but wasn't surprised at all.

[Actually, spirit energy is similar to killing qi, both are energies produced by all things, but their natures are completely opposite, and spirit energy hasn't developed consciousness, it's just pure energy.]

[Spirit energy is one of the fundamental powers of the world. Even worlds that don't use spirit energy absorption as a cultivation method will have spirit energy, or rather, wherever there are living beings, there will definitely be spirit energy.]

[However, spirit energy is called different names in different worlds. For example, in this world, they call spirit energy—Origin Emperor Qi.]

Hearing this, Xiao Han's eyes changed slightly: [Origin Emperor Qi?]

[Yes, Host. However, due to some special reasons, the spirit energy in this world is gradually decreasing, to the point of being almost depleted now. It's precisely because of this that there hasn't been a Dou Di appearing in this world for over a thousand years.]

A trace of contemplation flashed through Xiao Han's eyes. If Origin Emperor Qi was spirit energy, that meant as long as Xun'er continued to cultivate, even without the Ancestral Awakening Jade, she could become a Dou Di.

This would save a lot of trouble.

[The reason for the decrease in spirit energy...] Xiao Han pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked.

The system said somewhat regretfully: [I'm sorry, Host. Based on the Great God's requirements, I can't disclose related information to you. The Great God's intention is that once you fully awaken, you will naturally understand.]

Fully awaken?

Xiao Han's brows furrowed slightly.

What exactly was her identity? How could there be such a thing as awakening?

Could it be awakening the Dou Di bloodline of the Xiao family? That's impossible.

However, Xiao Han didn't ask. She knew the system wouldn't answer her questions.

Withdrawing her mind, she thanked the system as usual, and then turned her attention back to Gu Xun'er in her arms.

Since their first intimate encounter on the day they reunited, Xiao Han had frequently engaged in deep exchanges with Gu Xun'er. As a Dou Saint, Xiao Han's stamina was naturally incomparable to Gu Xun'er's, which resulted in Gu Xun'er being in a state of weakness these past two days, unable to muster much energy.

Looking at the girl in her arms who was starting to doze off again, Xiao Han couldn't help but raise her hand to gently rub her face, thinking that perhaps she had been a bit too excessive these past two days.

Maybe she should give Xun'er a break.

Xiao Han thought to herself.

After all, she cared for her too.