novelraw Chapter 174 : Mystic Spirit, A Master at Babysitting!
Chapter 174 : Mystic Spirit, A Master at Babysitting!
Chang Yu saw the two coming quickly, his face darkening. He grabbed Qin Xixue's arm, about to take her away.
Previously, as an esteemed elder of an Immortal Sect, he wouldn't have feared two small disciples at all. But Chang Yu valued face the most. Now, even within the Tianyan Sect and other major Immortal Sects, this matter had caused an uproar, making him lose face completely... He would absolutely not let the Lingqing Sect people off! But for now, he would avoid them if possible.
Chang Yu took Qin Xixue to another mundane place.
An ordinary, even somewhat dilapidated wooden house and courtyard.
A thick layer of dust had accumulated on the stone table, clearly showing that no one had lived here for a long time.
How could Qin Xixue, long accustomed to the grandeur of major Immortal Sects and used to living in luxury, return to such an ordinary and simple mortal life?
Her fingertips tightly gripped her sleeves, the discontent in her heart growing stronger, even giving rise to dissatisfaction with Chang Yu.
Why didn't he directly deal with Chu Sang and Mo Baizhou just now?!
Instead, he so humiliatingly brought her here to hide!!
She wasn't afraid of those people from the Tianyan Sect at all!
No matter how resentful she felt inside, Qin Xixue didn't show it on her face. She silently followed behind the man, plotting in her heart.
"Since the end of the sect competition, in just a few short months, the personal disciples of various major sects have successively broken through. But your cultivation hasn't progressed for a long time, still staying at the peak of late Golden Core stage."
Chang Yu stopped and turned to look at her, extending his hand, "Take out that thing."
Qin Xixue hesitated for a moment, then took out a special spiritual tool engraved with yin and yang sides from her bracelet—the Rotation Instrument.
She had previously obtained Chu Sang's spirit root. As long as she used this spiritual tool, she could tirelessly absorb spiritual energy from Chu Sang.
Most of the spiritual energy Chu Sang gained would be absorbed by her, so her realm had advanced very quickly during that period. Basically, she didn't have to do anything, and the spiritual energy in her body would surge rapidly.
Qin Xixue had been extremely smug during that time, even thinking that if Chu Sang knew that most of the spiritual energy she painstakingly cultivated day and night ended up with her, she would surely be furious to death!
But good times didn't last long. With the decline of the spirit root, the speed of spiritual energy absorption was far from what it used to be.
It could be seen from the fact that her current realm hadn't moved much for nearly half a year.
What is gained without effort ultimately doesn't belong to oneself.
Moreover, because she had relied too much on quickly and conveniently obtaining spiritual energy from Chu Sang before, now when she had to cultivate on her own, it became unusually obscure and difficult, like a child just starting on the path of immortality.
"This thing is of no use anymore." Chang Yu's fingertip moved, and the Rotation Instrument shattered into pieces on the ground.
Naturally, it wasn't because he suddenly had a conscience and wanted to protect his former disciple, but because he feared this evil object would be discovered and ruin his reputation.
There was a contract between Qin Xixue and the Rotation Instrument. The moment the spiritual contract was destroyed, a sweet taste filled her throat, and a look of disbelief flashed in her eyes.
Chang Yu's indifferent voice sounded beside her ear, "From now on, you'll cultivate here. When you break through to the Nascent Soul stage, I'll come see you again."
"......"
After Chang Yu left, the discontent on Qin Xixue's face was no longer hidden. It was he who had told her to go to the demon realm to get something, saying that her special constitution was blessed by the Heavenly Dao and wouldn't be in danger. In the end, she didn't accomplish the task. He only lost some reputation, while she was expelled from the sect. She had lost her status and position as a personal disciple, as well as her wealth. This was too unfair!
Qin Xixue coldly looked at the dilapidated courtyard. She had lived here for many years in her childhood. Perhaps she never felt anything then, but how could she endure such a life now? She immediately used her spiritual power to destroy everything, then her figure disappeared, entering the miniature space.
As soon as she entered the space, spiritual energy hundreds of times more concentrated than the outside world immediately surrounded Qin Xixue, even purer than the spiritual energy on the main peaks where the disciples of the Eight Great Immortal Sects resided.
Not far away were spirit springs and medicinal fields.
Qin Xixue was quite confident that she could make rapid progress cultivating in the space, surely breaking through to Nascent Soul within three months!
The miniature space was divided into several layers. The further inside, the purer the spiritual energy and the more treasures.
This space bracelet was something Qin Xixue had picked up by chance as a child. From that day on, her mindset underwent a tremendous change.
Because someone told her that she was the legendary chosen one, that the entire world revolved around her, that she would have anything she wanted...
But now.
An obstacle had appeared.
Chu Sang had stolen all her limelight and taken everything that should have been hers.
Qin Xixue took a deep breath, her face slightly sinking. She had basically used up all the treasures in the outer layers. She wanted to go to the deepest part of the space to get real immortal tools and divine artifacts.
However, when she reached that sealed door, she tried every method but couldn't get in no matter what.
Based on her experience over the past decade or so, usually, the higher one's strength, the more places one could enter. But her strength had stagnated recently, and she couldn't even take out the real treasures in the space.
Just as Qin Xixue was feeling discouraged, a spectral figure appeared behind her, "I have a way to help you quickly increase your cultivation..."
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After dealing with that evil entity, Chu Sang and Mo Baizhou made their way back to the Lingqing Sect, stopping here and there.
On the way back, to consolidate her strength, Chu Sang went to wreak havoc in several large beast monster forests.
She directly bullied beast monsters below the Nascent Soul stage.
She could fight against Divine Transformation stage beast monsters.
For beast monsters above Divine Transformation stage that she really couldn't beat, she threw them to Mo Baizhou.
Mo Baizhou was forced to follow this exceptionally lively Little Junior Sister, wreaking havoc all the way. When they finally returned to the sect, he saw her as a savior. Without another word, he threw Little Junior Sister to the others and disappeared again, coming and going like a shadow.
Wen Renyue grabbed Chu Sang's hand and walked towards the sect, "I was wondering where you two had gone. Out playing again? Why didn't you take me along!"
"Went to the Tianyan Sect, helped Fourth Senior Brother clarify the mystery of his background." Chu Sang briefly explained the course of events, then looked around, somewhat puzzled, "Where did the other senior brothers and sisters go?"
"Also, Third Senior Sister, where are you taking me?"
"To play with our sect's little disciples!" Wen Renyue said cheerfully. "Didn't the sect just recruit a batch of new little disciples recently? Master told us to go and guide those little disciples."
Chu Sang: "Shouldn't those little disciples be guided by the elders? Are you sure Master told us to go?"
Speaking of this, the fake smile on Wen Renyue's face couldn't hold up anymore. She gritted her teeth, "Who says not? It's just our Master, that iron rooster, who's so heartless. She thinks hiring elders costs too much spirit stones, wanting to save money to buy more land for the sect. So she's exploiting us personal disciples for free to teach the little disciples."
Well, since it was to save money and buy land, Chu Sang felt she could understand.
After all, the Lingqing Sect was now considered a major sect, but the holes from ten thousand years had left the sect with barely any land. To recruit more disciples, they definitely needed to buy more land. "Which age group are we teaching?"
The sect recruited disciples of different age groups.
There were young ones and old ones, ranging from five or six years old to over a hundred years old.
Generally, major sects prefer to recruit younger disciples. Children's hearts are pure, and their physiques haven't undergone any tempering, making it easiest to pass on the sect's heart methods.
"It's the youngest batch, a group of five to seven-year-old children. They all tested with spirit stones recently, with aptitudes of three spirit roots or above. Our old Master quite values these little disciples."
Five or six years old?
Chu Sang's mouth twitched, and her head started to ache.
Imagine a group of little radish heads barely reaching her waist, chirping and circling around her.
She would rather save the world than face a group of chirping little radishes.
"Honestly, I'd rather go to the ghost realm and huddle for warmth with Second Senior Brother than teach those little radish heads."
Half an hour later, Chu Sang, who had tried to run away, was personally caught by Immortal Chanyu and thrown into a pile of little radish heads.
To prevent the senior brothers and sisters from running away together, their rooms were separated. Each person was in charge of twenty to thirty little radish heads.
Seeing her come, a group of little radish heads swarmed over.
A little girl pounced on her, raising a cute and innocent little face, "Senior Sister Sang Sang, I like you so much. I finally see you!"
Chu Sang searched in her mind for this somewhat dark and thin little girl, wondering if she had seen this child before.
Thanks to her good memory, she quickly remembered. The little girl was one of the children whose spirit roots had been dug out, whom she had saved in the village last time.
Unexpectedly, she hadn't joined the Tianyan Sect but had come to the Lingqing Sect after all that?
"Has your spirit root recovered?" She patted the little girl's pigtails.
"Earth, wood, and fire triple spirit root. The Sect Leader personally praised my fire-attribute spirit root, saying I could specialize in it in the future." The little pigtail girl said very proudly.
Chu Sang: "Not bad, not bad."
She herself had a fire spirit root. Fire spirit roots are considered the easiest to master among the five elements.
Strong attack power and many uses, needed for pill refining and tool refining.
Although the little pigtail girl was a triple spirit root, this spirit root combination was quite good. In the future, she could become a spirit plant cultivator and pill refiner... Wait a few days and bring Sixth Senior Brother over to teach her.
"You can become a pill refiner in the future."
She patted the little girl's head and smiled.
At this moment, Chu Sang naturally didn't know that because of this one sentence, the little girl had found a lifelong goal to strive for. In the future, another renowned great pill refiner would appear on the Spirit Abyss Continent.
"By the way, how did your spirit root recover? At that time, I sent you all to the Tianyan Sect. Who helped you reattach your spirit roots?"
Any techniques related to spirit root transfer and grafting are very obscure. With the slightest carelessness, they could become forbidden techniques.
Even though helping these children regraft their own spirit roots was a good deed, a knife has no right or wrong—it's the user of the knife that's wrong. Who could guarantee that no evil cultivators would use such techniques to graft others' spirit roots?
So all major sects guard these techniques very closely. Ordinary people have no chance to come into contact with them at all.
The little pigtail girl put a finger on her chin, thinking very seriously, in a milky voice, "Elder…Chang Yu"
It seemed to be called that.
Indeed, it was Chang Yu. Chang Yu possessed the technique to transplant spirit roots. Even though Chu Sang had guessed it earlier, it was only at this moment that she truly confirmed it.
Chang Yu had transplanted her fire spirit root to Qin Xixue. Probably from the day he picked her up, he had already been planning this.
And when she was cultivating before, even though Heavenly Spirit Roots should cultivate the fastest, she always had difficulty breaking through despite absorbing large amounts of spiritual energy. Probably all that lost spiritual energy had been taken by Qin Xixue.
Qin Xixue... Xixue, truly a well-named blood-sucking parasite.
However, fire spirit roots don't undergo mitosis. There's only one, and that's the only one in the world.
As Chu Sang's spirit root gradually recovered, the fire spirit root forcibly transplanted to Qin Xixue's side would wither day by day. After all, plants without roots can't survive for too long.
Qin Xixue probably couldn't absorb spiritual energy from her anymore. Otherwise, as the darling daughter of the Heavenly Dao, her cultivation couldn't have stagnated for so long.
Finally getting the answer she had been certain of all along, Chu Sang felt an indescribable feeling. She definitely hated that dog master and disciple pair, but there was also a sense of relief.
Now her spirit root had returned, her strength was growing step by step, and the threat from Chang Yu and Qin Xixue was gradually diminishing.
Suddenly, a bold idea arose in Chu Sang's mind.
The daughter of the Heavenly Dao...
Could she be killed?
In theory, the daughter of the Heavenly Dao is uniquely favored, and the Heavenly Dao would protect her. But if one's strength far surpassed Qin Xixue's, even reaching the legendary supreme realm, would it still be impossible to touch her?
This thought flashed through her mind, but she was brought back to reality by the chirping of several little radish heads beside her.
"Senior Sister Sang Sang, what are you going to teach us?"
"I'll teach you to try sensing spiritual energy and absorbing it," she said.
Immortal Chanyu was very comfortable letting these half-baked personal disciples out, which actually showed that there wasn't much to teach the children yet. They were too young to understand profound techniques and heart methods. It was mainly about babysitting, while teaching them to sense and absorb spiritual energy.
The little radish heads were more obedient than Chu Sang had imagined, not noisy at all. After receiving the order, they sat cross-legged one by one, imitating her posture, with their five hearts facing the sky, trying to sense the surrounding spiritual energy.
As time passed, various colored spiritual energy halos slowly floated in the air. At first, there were only one or two, then four or five, then a dozen, then hundreds... filling the entire hall.
Some disciples with better spiritual sense successfully absorbed their first spiritual energy halo.
This also heralded their official entry into the path of immortal cultivation,
Stepping onto the first stone on the great path of immortal cultivation.
After the cultivation was over.
Chu Sang released Mystic Spirit to babysit.
If Master was going to exploit her, never mind, she could exploit her sword spirit.
Mystic Spirit, this free labor, wasn't afraid of getting tired. Moreover, the light-attribute spirit sword was extremely gentle and approachable, very happy to get along with these little children. It was truly a master at babysitting, saving Chu Sang a lot of effort. She set up a spirit-gathering formation below her and sat down to rest.
As for the other two spirits, there was no need to even think about it. They probably disliked children even more than she did.
The Primordial Soul-Chaser could split a little radish head in half.
The peaceful days didn't last long. After a few days, Chu Sang and the others received an urgent mission.