Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

After eating and drinking my fill, I felt much more comfortable.

My body feels light and comfortable, without the heaviness of fatigue or the discomfort of soreness, all thanks to the meat I ate last night.

Guan Xun sat on the chair by the door, waving her small hand in the air. A faint coolness wafted around her hand, and she could feel a thin spiritual energy flowing between her fingertips.

Although she couldn't see it with the naked eye, she could feel it.

The heightened senses seemed to have become even more pronounced.

She slowly closed her eyes, channeling her inner energy to survey every corner of her body.

At fourteen years old, aside from malnutrition, he is a perfectly normal and healthy body.

"What a pity. If he had started cultivating from a young age, he would be a high-level spiritual master by now."

Guan Xun muttered to himself, thankfully no one was around, otherwise he would have been so shocked by her words that his jaw would have dislocated.

A fourteen-year-old advanced spiritual master? How confident does she have?!

Even with the best talent, they can't exceed level 2 at most... That's really audacious.

In human cultivation, the first step is to gather Qi, then to transform into spirit. After successfully transforming into spirit, one will directly awaken an attribute system, and only then can one truly begin cultivation.

The higher the level, the more difficult the cultivation becomes. It is said that one can become a god at level 100, but I don't know if it's true or not.

Each level is divided into nine segments of spiritual power. She used to be a level 97 spiritual master with 8 segments of spiritual power. It's a pity that she was just a little short of being able to find out the truth.

During the spirit transformation process, there is a chance that unusual phenomena will occur.

The so-called extraordinary phenomena do not refer to things like heavy rain or flocks of birds paying homage, but rather to a kind of manipulative power derived from human innate abilities.

Among them, 'Wanxiang' is relatively common and can control nature. Guan Xun's sister possesses this power of control.

The strength of the control power is directly related to the divine soul; the stronger the divine soul, the more powerful the control power will be.

It has absolutely no connection to personal cultivation level, so the probability of it occurring is very small, less than three percent.

It would be considered a miracle if one out of ten thousand people could produce such a person.

The spiritual energy absorbed into his body flowed slowly. Guan Xun squeezed it all together and forced it to his dantian, causing the spiritual energy to gather and form a small, white ball of light.

The energy gathering was successful.

Gathering Qi is an exceptionally simple matter for her; as long as there is sufficient spiritual energy, it's just a matter of moving her fingers.

Spiritualization is the most important aspect of becoming a spiritual master.

A thin layer of sweat appeared on Guan Xun's forehead. He dared not relax even for a moment. If he relaxed even slightly and failed to transform into a spirit, he would have to start all over again.

The newly gathered spiritual energy will disperse back to various parts of the body in the blink of an eye, so this is a test of endurance.

Guan Xun continuously absorbed the spiritual energy in the air and sent it to the ball of light again and again. The ball of light flickered, and the speed of the flickering increased with the continuous transmission of spiritual energy.

Suddenly, as if it had absorbed too much spiritual energy, the ball of light scattered outwards in all directions.

A bead dyed in four colors slowly appeared in the dantian, faintly glowing.

The spirit transformation was successful!

Guan Xun's face, which had been somewhat pale from persisting for too long, slowly regained its color the moment he successfully transformed into a spirit.

The four-colored spirit orbs represent four attributes.

Apart from his physical body, everything else about him was exactly the same as before.

While overjoyed, Guan Xun frowned in suspicion.

The scattered points of light would normally dissipate on their own, but they did not. Instead, they swirled around the four-colored spirit orbs, forming a small halo.

what happened?

Guan Xun carefully examined his body and only breathed a sigh of relief after finding nothing else amiss.

It doesn't seem to be anything dangerous at the moment.

She raised her eyelids, and the three red dots in her dark eyes slowly faded until they disappeared.

The sun was already high in the sky.

"It took a really long time."

… …

The capital city, within the imperial city.

Qingya Pond.

A handsome young man dressed in a light purple robe walked briskly toward the pavilion standing in the middle of the lake, and bowed slightly in the direction of the pavilion.

The guards on both sides wisely withdrew, and the young man straightened his back and looked around.

When he found that there was no one around, he seemed to breathe a deep sigh of relief. He changed his arrogant demeanor from before, turned his back, and leaped up to sit on the high stone bridge railing.

"Oh dear... I'm exhausted."

Although he complained in a nonchalant manner, he still didn't forget the important matter: "I rushed back from there day and night, and I didn't encounter anything along the way. I also thoroughly investigated Shifang City and found nothing unusual."

He paused, then hesitated, and asked, "Sir, is it absolutely necessary to find him?"

After he finished speaking, the surroundings were completely silent, with no response whatsoever; even the sound of the wind rustling the willow branches was particularly jarring.

The boy seemed used to it and didn't care whether he received a response or not. He bent his foot and put it on the fence, then pursed his lips.

"The monsters in the Illusionary Forest have become much bolder over the years. Last night, I was just moistening my mouth by the lake when something suddenly plucked my fur!"

"A tuft of hair, a whole tuft, not just a single hair..."

He grew angrier and angrier as he spoke, just then someone rushed in to report, startling the boy so much that he almost fell off the stone railing.

The messenger bowed to the upright-standing boy before continuing to report towards the pavilion: "Imperial Tutor, His Majesty requests your presence."

The next second, the gauze curtains surrounding the pavilion swayed slightly. There was no one in sight and no sound, but everyone present knew that the pavilion was empty.

"Your subordinate takes his leave." The guard bowed to the boy once more and then withdrew.

The boy stretched and muttered to himself, "Old men are always so troublesome."

… …

"Xiao Xun, come here."

Dongyang handed the roasted meat to Guanxun. Thinking of his sister's strange taste, he specially retrieved some leftover animal meat from the purchasing office.

This scavenging lasted for more than a month, but fortunately the shopkeeper turned a blind eye.

As time went on, Guan Xun's body visibly gained a lot of weight.

Her once dark skin has transformed into fair and tender skin, and her face now has the radiance that comes with age. She looks incredibly youthful and radiant.

Her appearance reminded Dongyang of her when she was a child; she was naturally very cute, like a little elf.

In the past, he would eat what his sister left over from meals meant for one person. Now that his sister eats animal meat, he can eat his fill every day, and his energy and spirit are much better.

This beast meat should be extremely beneficial to his health, but unfortunately he wasn't used to the taste. However, he had gotten used to the smell and wouldn't vomit so easily anymore.

"Aren't you going to work today?" Guan Xun asked, chewing on some meat.

"The number of beasts has decreased now, and hardly anyone comes to sell them all day," Dongyang replied, as he had been quite free lately.

That's true. The drowsy period of demonic beasts won't last too long. Guan Xun has been cultivating in the forest recently and has clearly felt that the demonic beasts coming and going have become much more active. Even the spiritual energy in the air has become much weaker.

Since she started cultivating, her spiritual power has only reached level 1, stage 3, which is quite useless.

Even if you continue cultivating at this frequency for hundreds or thousands of years, you still won't reach half of your previous level.

Unless there is another place with abundant spiritual energy for her to cultivate.

"Do you know any places with a high concentration of spiritual energy?" Guan Xun turned his head to look at Dong Yang. His father was a spiritual master, and he might have mentioned it to him.

"A place with abundant spiritual energy?" Dongyang pointed in the direction of the Illusionary Forest and said, "I heard that the deeper you go, the more abundant the spiritual energy becomes, but it's very dangerous."

Guan Xun certainly knew this, but she couldn't go there right now, otherwise she wouldn't even know how she died.

"Anything else?" she asked again.

Dongyang's eyes darted around: "Then it must be the academies in the capital."

"College?"

"Yes, the capital city governs five cities, four academies, and three major families. The city we are in now is called Shifang City. Every year, academies come here to recruit students. Qianshan Academy is an academy directly established by the imperial family of the capital city. I think the spiritual energy there may be more concentrated than that of other academies."

Dongyang spoke eloquently, but seeing Guan Xun listening intently, he became a little embarrassed: "These are all things I heard from storytellers before."

When he used to beg, he always liked to stand next to the storyteller. It wasn't that he was particularly fond of learning, but rather that most of the people who came to listen to the stories were scholars who were kind-hearted and willing to give alms.

"An academy directly under the royal family? The admission requirements must be very strict," Guan Xun asked.

"It should be. I heard that they only accept students under the age of 15 who are already spiritual masters. Once they are over the age limit, they will no longer accept them."

“So strict?”

"Yes, I've heard that's how it is, but I'm not entirely sure," Dongyang replied, finding it somewhat strange. "Xiao Xun, you want to get into this academy? It's too late to start cultivating now!"

"Who said we're starting to cultivate now?" Guan Xun stared at him with a half-smile.

"Then what is this...?" Dongyang tilted his head suspiciously to meet her gaze, then suddenly woke up with a start.

"You're already a Spirit Master?!"