Chapter 30 - Absorbing Spiritual Qi

The sun was shining brightly behind the blue canvas.

Right after lunch, Yan Hua brought Jiang Ying Yue to the treatment room. She did not know why he brought her here. I mean her poison should be dispelled by now right?

Yan Hua then brought her to Aurae Heavenly Spring again and asked her to sit on a mat that was by the hot spring. She was pretty sure that this mat was not here that day.

They sat down and Yan Hua started. "Ying Yue, today master will teach you how to cultivate. Based on what I have checked, you should be able to cultivate now. Since you started cultivating quite late, you progress might be a bit slower. But don't worry master will guide you as much as I can."

Yan Hua gave her advises on how to cultivate, what to do and what not to do. After that, he left. He said that people who were cultivating needed absolute focus and no disturbance. By now, it was the start of Jiang Ying Yue's 'close-door cultivation'.

Yan Hua said that he brought her here because the spiritual Qi here was the most abundant and she could rest her body in the hot spring after she was done.

With her master's instructions, Jiang Ying Yue sat in a half-lotus position and slowly closed her eyes.

She calmed her mind slowly and took a long and deep breath. She tried focusing on nothing else but her breathing. Slowly, the noises around her faded into the background she could hear nothing but her own breathing.

Jiang Ying Yue then relaxed her muscles. She tried breathing slowly and guided her breathing to her dantian*. Master said that after she could hear only her breathing and nothing else, she should only be able to see pitch black darkness. The darkness was her sea of consciousness in her dantian.

And that was what she was seeing right now. She could see nothing but darkness. No sound, no view, nothing..

She then guided her consciousness to absorb the Spiritual Qi around her and guide it into her sea of consciousness until she could see beads of colors flying into her.

She focused and in no time, she could see beads of different colors flying around her in her sea of consciousness. To be exact, it was 6 colors in total; red, green, brown, blue, yellow and black. It was as if different colored fireflies flying freely around her. It was beautiful.

Jiang Ying Yue wasted no time and started guiding them into a translucent bead floating in the middle of her dantian. The process was called Qi Circulation and translucent bead was called the Life Bead.

It was as if the colorful beads heard her command and they rushed into the Life Bead. It was a hard task.

Jiang Ying Yue had to guide the beads through every part of her meridians before it reached the Life Bead. And for a beginner, guiding the Spiritual Qi in her meridians was very tiring.

But right after she guided the Spiritual Qi into Life Bead, her body felt better but it did not last long. It was because the Spiritual Qi around her started rushing into her body at an alarmingly fast rate and she had to guide them through her meridians into her Life Bead.

Her forehead and body started sweating and her robe stuck onto her body outlining her curves.

It was not painful but it was very very tiring for her.

Slowly, the frantic Spritiual Qi around her started slowing down and with the last Spiritual Qi being absorbed into the Life Bead, Jiang Ying Yue could finally take a break. Initally, her Life Bead was just at the size of a tiny bead but now, it was as big as a tennis ball.

Inside it was all 6 colors outlining the Life Bead perfectly. They did not get mixed together and just sitting beside each other making it look like a rainbow marble. So beautiful!

Master had said that whatever color that was absorbed into the Life Bead would possibly be her element. It was either one or two colors. But what was this? Was this faulty? She should ask master about it.

Slowly, Jiang Ying Yue got out of her sea of consciousness and opened her ink black pupil with red iris eyes.

It was already dark outside. Ouh she did not realize that it took a whole day to cultivate.

Her body felt different. It was lighter and she felt... stronger.

Jiang Ying Yue looked at her drenched robe and took it off. She felt sticky all over!

One leg at a time, she entered the Aurae Heavenly Spring and rested her tired body.

The hot spring gave her body a lot of comfort! She just realized that not only her body felt stronger but her eyes could see clearer and her ears could hear better too!

So, this was what it felt like to be a cultivator!

Jiang Ying Yue did not stay in the hot spring for long. After she felt refreshed, she got out of it and wore a new robe. No wonder master had asked her to bring her clothes with her this morning.

With her body feeling as great as never before, she went to the dining hall with the hope that Yan Hua was there.

And she was right! Yan Hua was having his dinner alone.

"Good evening master." Jiang Ying Yue walked in with a smile on her face.

Yan Hua had long heard footsteps coming toward him and he knew it his disciple. "Ying Yue! Come and seat. Let's have dinner together."

"Thank you master."

Jiang Ying Yue sat down, took a bowl of rice and started eating.

"How do you feel Ying Yue?" Yan Hua asked while probing his disciple. He was surprised to see her progress!

"I feel good master. Energetic, healthy and not tired at all." She explained.

"Wow! Master did not expect that you would last that long in one sitting and even progressed this much in 5 days!"

Choked!

What? 5 days?!

"Master, you mean to say that I cultivated for 5 days?"

"Yea. Usually, a beginner can only last for 3 days max but you did it for 5 days in a row. And you already at Qi Refiner Level 4!"

Seriously, not to mention a genius, this one was a genius among geniuses ah!

First of all, she started cultivating late and it was already good enough if she could get to build her foundation and get to Qi Refiner Level 1. But what the freak was this?!

It would usually take at least 3 years to get to Level 4 from Level 1. But what was this? She did it in 5 days!

Simply a cheat, a monster. A monster I tell you!

He knew that getting to Level 1 and Level 2 was easy. But it would take longer from then on. It would take longer and harder to breakthrough as the level and rank got higher but she was simply too talented!

Jiang Ying Yue was shocked! She did not check her rank just now. Well she simply forgot about it.

"Me? Qi Refiner Level 4?"

This was simple unbelievable alright? Her so called adopted brother at Blazing Sun Empire, Gu Yang was considered a talent and genius in the country and he was at Qi Refiner Level 4. That was why she was so shocked. Plus, that guy started cultivating since he was young and the family aided him with a lot of resources to get to there.

Hoho she should work harder and take revenge against that family soon. She will work hard in these two years and go back to that country. Gu Mingxia, I will fulfill my promise to you.