Chapter 15 015 Cultivation
Even with his exceptional comprehension back then, he couldn't grasp that elusive and mysterious secret at the second level of Qi Refining. This child… such comprehension, yet such aptitude…
Thinking of that talent, Mo Shubai couldn't help but sigh slightly.
The other teenagers must have thought of this as well, and their eyes dimmed slightly.
Song Chi never expected that after playing a few notes on the zither, he would stumble upon a dead mouse by sheer luck and suddenly feel a chilling killing intent.
Then, with a few sharp, snapping sounds, a small patch of firethorn was cleanly severed right before her eyes.
The fire thorns were very tough, and it would take her quite a bit of effort to cut them cleanly with a sword in one go.
Sure enough, the secret to sound editing lies here.
She was so excited that she couldn't stop exclaiming "Holy crap!"
But then she thought about how she had destroyed the Firethorn Spirit Plant. While it wasn't expensive in the Azure Sword Sect, it was still incredibly expensive for her.
Her few spirit stones weren't enough to cover the losses. And just as she was clutching a handful of fire thorns in her distress, an unlucky deacon checking the completion of a mission walked over from not far away.
Upon seeing her situation, the steward rushed over, opened the barrier, and began to question her sternly.
"Why are you still in the herb garden at this late hour, my little disciple?"
"Huh? It actually hurt Firethorn!"
Then his eyes narrowed sharply, and Song Chi didn't even have time to turn around and hide from the fire thorns.
He could only sigh inwardly and bow, saying, "This disciple has accidentally injured the Fire Thorn and is willing to accept the punishment."
Seeing that she was quite willing to admit her mistake, the steward said indifferently, "In that case, I will punish her with five hundred mid-grade spirit stones."
"Five hundred mid-grade spirit stones!" Song Chi almost choked on her own breath. In her past life, she had never worried about money, and didn't even have much of a concept of money. But in this life, she fully understood the difficulties of being broke.
"These are the sect's rules. Do you think I'm trying to trick you?" The steward immediately became angry upon hearing her words.
Song Chi repeatedly said she wouldn't dare, and she knew perfectly well that the steward hadn't lied to her; she was just a little worried about the money.
When Mo Shubai saw Song Chi's pale face and tried to take spirit stones from his storage ring, he thought of the Song family's financial situation and how eagerly the child had been completing tasks these past two months, rushing out of the classroom.
Feeling pity for him, he slightly stretched out his body and landed on the opposite side.
"I had this disciple practice immortal arts with fire thorns, which is why the fire thorns were broken."
Upon seeing him, the steward immediately bowed. "So it is Young Master Shu Bai. Since you say so, then naturally there is no need for punishment."
Mo Shubai, however, spoke in a veiled manner. "The sect's rules are the rules. I will make up for any losses incurred."
"How could I dare?" the steward stammered. But Mo Shubai waved his hand dismissively, and the steward left with a look of relief.
"I will never forget the great kindness of my Immortal Master!"
No sooner had the steward left than Mo Shubai heard an exceptionally obsequious voice from the immortal master.
And the way he bowed deeply showed his joy; it was as if his whole being was overflowing with happiness.
Mo Shubai couldn't help but smile upon seeing this, and waved his hand to let her get up.
As soon as the two emerged from the barrier, Song Chi asked...
"Is the Immortal Master taking a stroll around the neighborhood?"
"…Um."
"The Immortal Master's refined tastes are indeed extraordinary. This herb garden... well, the lush greenery and the surrounding streams are truly beautiful."
This is quite a flattery, but the surrounding mountains and forests are all medicinal gardens covered by small barriers. Only the trees on the mountaintop are lush and green, as she mentioned. Moreover, it is already early winter, and even the trees are a deep dark blue-green. The scenery is just so-so.
They're really going all out for those five hundred mid-grade spirit stones.
Mo Shubai found it amusing, but it didn't dampen her enthusiasm.
The two then chatted for a while about the scenery nearby. When they were almost at the entrance of the Medicine Garden Valley, a female disciple who had just finished her mission saw them and exclaimed in surprise before covering her mouth.
Mo Shubai noticed that Song Chi seemed a little uncomfortable, as if he wished he could disappear from his side without a trace.
Thinking about how sect disciples loved to spread all sorts of nonsense, Mo Shubai was speechless for a moment.
"Go back early, and don't stay up this late on missions anymore."
"Yes, disciple respectfully sees off Immortal Master."
He then respectfully saw off the immortal master... Mo Shubai silently disappeared into the shadows.
Perhaps because Song Chi performed the deepest bow with unusual respect, they waited until he disappeared for a while before getting up and running away. The female disciples who had been watching the commotion from a distance sighed dejectedly and left the Medicine Garden Valley.
Mo Shubai turned around to investigate and discovered that those good-for-nothing kids were incredibly audacious and had even followed him to the valley entrance.
They didn't leave until he became invisible.
He whispered something to Jiang Linyue, then went to his Listening Spring Pavilion. He also went to the Azure Cloud Pavilion to give instructions that Song Chi should not be blamed for any spiritual plants he damaged during missions; all losses could be deducted directly from his account.
However, in reality, he didn't use those spirit stones at all.
Because Song Chi learned from his mistakes, he chose a task that required uprooting spiritual herbs to train his golden spiritual root attack.
But all of them failed.
Song Chi summarized two reasons. First, the capture of that mysterious spiritual power seemed to be related to the sound cultivator's own emotions and connection with the surroundings. Back then, within the Fire Thorn spiritual plant barrier, because she was secretly trying it out, she was a little excited, and this emotion connected with that mysterious power, leading to an unexpected success. Later, she trained twenty or thirty times before succeeding only once, and even then, the destructive power was insufficient. So she gave up.
Secondly, it seems that capturing this mysterious spiritual power is easier within the spiritual plant barrier set up by the founding ancestor, Immortal Lord Qingxiao. This founding ancestor's mastery of sound cultivation was unparalleled in the entire cultivation world ten thousand years ago, and his design of this series of sound cultivation spiritual plant barriers should not have been without purpose.
In any case, during the mission, Song Chi found it increasingly easier to perceive the connection between his Water and Wood spiritual roots and that mysterious dust energy.
Fortunately, she already knew the offensive and defensive effects of establishing a connection with the Metal Spiritual Root. So she decided not to aim too high and instead focus on building a solid foundation with the Water and Wood Spiritual Roots, exploring each one one by one.
So she continued to become a task expert, constantly shuttling between the sound cultivation spiritual plant barrier.
At first, she struggled to complete even two tasks a day. Later, she began adjusting the distribution of spiritual energy in each piece of music to capture that mysterious energy. Gradually, she began to figure out the distribution of spiritual energy for various low-level music cultivation pieces, and she was able to complete three to four music cultivation tasks before dark.
She originally thought she would have to rely on her parents to buy Transformation Pills for cultivation, but because the workload increased dramatically and the spirit stones and task points for sound cultivation tasks doubled, she not only didn't need to use the spirit stones sent from her family, but she even had some left over from her own savings.
Of course, it was only a little bit. That old ancestor of sound cultivation seemed to have eyes that could see through everything in the future; he probably even foresaw inflation. Anyway, with Song Chi doing so many tasks, it was just enough for her to buy the Transformation Pills for cultivation and food.
A year later, Song Chi's cultivation reached the fourth level of Qi Refining. The original two hours of cultural classes in the morning were divided up into one hour for Instant Step and combat skills.
This time, it wasn't Mo Shubai who came to teach their Guihai class, but rather Immortal Master You Qin. She was a gentle and graceful woman, also a Golden Core Sound Cultivator, and was said to be an outer disciple of Venerable Xueqiao. However, since Venerable Xueqiao had been traveling around in recent years, she had not yet undergone the formal apprenticeship ceremony.
However, when Mo Shubai introduced You Qin to his disciples, he addressed her as his junior sister.
Although Immortal Master Youqin was gentle in nature, she was extremely strict with her disciples when teaching. Moreover, her Instant Step was so beautiful that even Ye Qingyu and his group of dragon princes and phoenix grandsons showed a slight surprise, and then began to show her the utmost respect.
Master Youqin only taught two sets of Instantaneous Movement Techniques.
One is a flash of azure sky, the other is a drifting cloud.
The Azure Nether Flash Step is as fast as lightning, extremely mobile, and highly advantageous in combat. Sound-based combat relies heavily on crowd control, especially in the early stages when offensive power is weak, requiring a cautious approach to development. Therefore, a swift flash step technique is particularly essential.
However, this set of steps is exceptionally complex. According to Song Chi's understanding, other sword cultivators and alchemists don't have such complex spiritual energy circulation in their Instant Step techniques. Only the Linglong Sect, which uses dance as a means of attack, can rival the footwork of sound cultivators.
However, this set of steps is especially suitable for disciples with the three spiritual roots of metal, water, and wood. Moreover, it was created by our grandmaster himself.
This set of steps seemed to sense that mysterious energy as well, and Immortal Master Youqin indeed used the word "comprehension" again. Only by comprehending it can one master the wonders of this instantaneous movement technique.
Immortal Master Youqin had clearly grasped the essence of it; her steps were not only as swift as the wind and as fast as lightning, but also as beautiful as a lotus trembling in the mist. Watching her Instant Step was an immense pleasure.
However, learning it was painful. For the first three months, Song Chi, like the other disciples, spent his time falling and stumbling around. This was because it was a kind of aerial movement where one's feet barely touched the ground.
The other set of steps lives up to its name; when the actual movement is as graceful as flowing clouds, all that remains is grace.
It was a kind of gait that seemed to be chasing something, as if it were used in coordination with other disciples.
As for how to cooperate, Master Youqin was very clever and let them figure it out themselves.
In the cultivation world, if you don't mention the word "enlightenment," you'll probably die.
In short, since this was a set of steps designed by the Grandmaster himself to be suitable for sound cultivation, even though Song Chi's current limited understanding only made her feel that the steps were too gorgeous and beautiful and not practical, she still tried her best to cultivate them.
Of course, she focused on Qingming Flash's footwork. Thanks to her year-long exploration of various sound cultivation and spiritual plant missions, she not only had an easy grasp of sensing that mysterious energy, but with a little effort, she quickly adjusted her spiritual power parameters and adapted to these two footwork routines.
However, like the other disciples, she pretended to fall for half a year before gradually becoming proficient and at ease.
Even so, she still received a sarcastic glare from that bastard Ye Qingyu, who secretly flew past her and cursed her for pretending.
Anyway, this guy doesn't say anything nice, so she won't bother arguing with him.
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