Chapter 17: Chapter 17: “Spirit Pearl”
Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Sima You Yue did not know how long she slept for. All she felt was as if she had fallen into a deep, long slumber and she was in a dream realm. In that dream, there was a mirror which reflected her past life as she stood in the abyss of darkness. Scenes flashed before her, one after another and she stood there calmly, watching each fragmented scene, as if watching a movie. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her heart, and she let out a bloodcurdling scream.
"You Yue, today is the day of the downfall of our Ximen Family. They have been plotting against us for a long time, so you are not responsible for this matter. No one will blame you for this."
"Ximen You Yue, seeing your loved ones dying before you, how does that feel? Ha ha ha ha … …"
"You Yue, you have to live well … …"
"Yue Yue, no matter where you go, Little Roar will follow you."
"Ximen You Yue, Die!"
Sima You Yue stood in the abyss of darkness as she struggled to listen to the exchange between the gentle voice and the voice laced with hatred as she gritted her teeth and bore through the pain. She felt as if her heart was slowly being torn apart. However, she tried her best to concentrate on the voices, she wanted to know who the voices belonged to, but in the end, no matter how hard she tried, she could not pry her eyes open, it was as though something was restricting her vision.
"Ahhh—!"
Sima You Yue forcibly flung her eyes open, and the restriction that binded her eyes dispersed along with the dream. She was panting heavily, gasping for breath, her whole body was drenched, as if she had just doused with water.
"Yue Yue, you've finally woke up! Wuu Wuu… You've scared Little Roar to death!!!" Sima You Yue was still groggy when Little Roar who was floating by her side suddenly dashed and nuzzled his way into her arms, crying and wailing loudly.
Sima You Yue's thought snapped back to reality when she heard Little Roar's cries as she held him gently in an embrace as she touched his fur and coaxed, "Do not cry, am I not fine already?"
"Wuu wuu, it's all Little Roar's fault! If I had not made you try to bind the Spirit Pearl, this would not have happened at all." Little Roar sniffled and said in a self-deprecating tone.
Sima You Yue hugged him tightly and planted a kiss on his forehead, as she soothed him in a gentle voice: "Didn't you do it all for my sake? It was for my own good, wasn't it?"
Although the dream was very fragmented, however, the feelings she had for Little Roar seemed to have been cleared by a fog and she felt a whole lot closer to him. That feeling wasn't just a mere link based on a contract, it had a depth that was as if they had been together for a long, long time, a special kind of bond had formed between them.
She stood up with Little Roar in her arms as she looked around, trying to figure out her where she was. She found herself standing in the midst of a strange new world – surrounding her were mountains, lakes, fields and a house. However, there were no signs of anyone else.
"Where is this?" Sima You Yue couldn't help but ask in surprise as she observed her surroundings, realizing that they were nowhere near the Capital City that she had some knowledge of.
"Yue Yue, just now when you fainted, there was a bright light and it brought us here. I do not know where this is as well." Little Roar replied honestly.
"You are inside the Spirit Pearl." A childlike voice sounded out.
"Inside the Spirit Pearl? Who are you?" Sima You Yue turned around and did not find a trace of anyone or any animals nearby.
A small figure slowly took form and manifested before her. A small child looking around to be 3 year old, with two red buns on his head, wearing a red bib was looking at the person and Sacred Beast before him and said: "I am the soul of the Spirit Pearl, and you are now in the world that exists in the Spirit Pearl itself."
The world that exists in the Spirit Pearl.
Looking at the befuddled expression of Sima You Yue and Little Roar, the soul nodded and continued: "There is a world that exists within the Spirit Pearl, similar to your world on the outside. No, this world is much better than your world outside." He gave a proud smile as he corrected himself.
Sima You Yue couldn't help but nod in agreement. It was indeed much better than the world outside! She could already feel that the Spiritual Qi in the environment was many times denser than the outside world. Even a novice like her who could feel the Spiritual Qi without meditating signified how many times the Spiritual Qi was! Also, not only the Spiritual Qi was denser, the ground was filled with many precious herbs.
"Where did these herbs come from?" She couldn't help but ask as she stared at the myriad and vast quantity of precious herbs that were growing on the pastures that stretched beyond what she could see.
"These were all left behind by the former masters, and these herbs have been around for hundreds and thousands of years." Replied the boy with a sense of pride. "All those that can't grow for too long have been regularly cleared by me."
"The former masters?"
"Yes, it's been hundreds and thousands of years ago, too long that I don't even remember some things." The boy said wistfully as he had on a faraway look as he looked into the distance, deep loneliness reflected in his eyes.
Not knowing if it was because of the bond they shared due to the contract, when Sima You Yue saw that he had on a lonely and forlorn expression, she walked up to him and held him up in her arms as she brought him closer to her face and looked at him in the eyes and softly said: "Don't worry, we are here, with us around, you won't be alone anymore."
The small boy was startled and he stiffened up when he heard that, however when she embraced him, he felt her warmth and he slowly relaxed and let out a small cry. "Yeah."
Sima You Yue patted his head as she carried him in her arms and walked towards the house and said: "Let's go have a look around."
"Ok! Sounds good!" Little Roar who was perched on Sima You Yue's shoulder exclaimed excitedly in anticipation.
Sima You Yue walked towards the house and went in to explore, discovering many things the previous masters left behind. There was also a study that housed a larger amount of books than the Book Pavilion back at the Sima Residence. It had a huge selection of rare ancient texts, many which have already been lost with time. The boy said that this collection of books had started from the first generation master and in this large collection, was the accumulation of various predecessors and the vicissitudes of time could clearly be reflected here.
When she saw these books, she was ecstatic and excited for quite some time, ancient texts have always been known to be more powerful, however, many had been lost with time as knowledge slowly got lost in transition.
What got her really psyched was what he mentioned at the end.
"Your soul is incomplete, you should have been gravely injured in the past. But don't worry, this Spirit Pearl has the ability to heal you and mend your soul, at the same time, it can also aid you in your cultivation."
"It can also aid me in my cultivation?" Sima You Yue couldn't help but blurt out in excitement.
"Try sensing the Spiritual Energy in your abdomen"
She did as she was told and although she could not accurately control and visualise everything at her current level, she could still sense that the Spiritual Energy was no longer just a mass of sporadic red Spiritual Energy, there seemed to be the existence of a pool in there.
"At your current level, you still can't see it, but when you can, there's actually a small pool in there. That is what the Spirit Pearl has prepared for your cultivation, when you inhale the Spiritual Qi, it would attract all the Spiritual Qi and gather them there, using it's ability to sort the various attributes apart. Now, you won't be able to understand it very well, when you can see it, everything will be clear to you."
She stared wide eyed at him and blanked out momentarily before coming to her senses. "You mean that when I cultivate, I do not need to concentrate on which attribute to absorb but I can simply absorb them all and the Spirit Pearl would help me sort them out?" She really could not believe her windfall, It was simply a game cheat!
"Yes." He calmly replied. Sima You Yue picked up up in a crazed fervour and smacked a large kiss on his cheek.
"Yucks! That's so disgusting! There's so much saliva!" He wiped his cheeks with his hands, as he gave her a disgruntled look, however, he could not mask the suspicious blush that appeared on his face and ears. Amused, both Little Roar and Sima You Yue laughed out loud.
Chapter 18: Chapter 18: “Dormitory Mates”
Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Sima You Yue gave the boy the name 'Little Spirit' and after she gained some understanding of the Spirit Pearl and how to use it, she returned back to her own room.
Upon returning, she remembered the Academy matters, as she quickly called her two maids in and found out that 4 days had passed since then. When she heard that, she was startled and jumped up and quickly stuffed everything she needed into her interspatial ring and ran out.
"Yun Yue, just now... Young Master used an interspatial ring, didn't he?" Chun Jian asked in disbelief.
Yun Yue who was equally stunned nodded back in a daze, "It seems like it."
"Then, you mean that our Young Master can now cultivate?"
"Yes...and before he left he still told us to cultivate properly."
They both looked at each other in confusion. "That person, was that really our Young Master?"
"He...should be…"
Sima You Yue had quickly dropped by and informed Sima Lie about her lodging in the Academy and then she headed back to the Academy in the beast carriage. Thinking on how many days she was late for school, she was worried that Feng Zhi Xing would not let her in.
Imperial Academy, the first years of the elite class were all having their lessons and when Feng Zhi Xing came into the classroom and saw the empty seat at the back of the class, a glint came into his eyes, as he looked at the rest of the class and said: "It's been two days since you all started attending our Academy, by now you should have a grasp and better understanding of how things work in here. Also, those that are in this class are all who harness Spirit Energy so I will not repeat all the basic stuff to you, now we will learn how to absorb Spiritual Qi into our body faster…"
At the end of the day, the first years each returned to their own yard.
These students were all who had topped the selections this year and were all the top talents, the cream of the crop, many who had attained the level of Spirit Warriors much earlier.
As the elite class, their treatment received was not the same. For example, other regular students were living together in a big dormitory, while they had the privilege of staying in a cluster of five rooms to a courtyard, and each of them enjoyed the luxury of having a single room all to themselves. Although the courtyard was not large, but the facilities were not lacking. It was fully equipped with a kitchen, bathroom as well as a garden.
Standing before the entrance, Bei Gong Tang was about to open the door but found that it had been opened prior to this.
"Bei Gong Tang, how are you always so fast? After classes end you always rush back, why don't you wait and walk back with everyone?"
Behind her was a voice that was filled with short gasps and a string of complaints, and Bei Gong Tang turned and saw that it was her roommate for 3 days, the Fatty Qu followed by the frosty Ouyang Fei and gentle Wei Zi Qi.
Fatty Qu's name was called Qu Li, and because he was rather chubby all over, he had on the first day that everyone had met each other, he had self mockingly told everyone that they could all call him Fatty Qu.
"It wasn't you guys?" Bei Gong Tang asked when she saw Fatty Qu and the other two with him, her face frowning slightly.
"What happened?" Ouyang Fei keenly sensed that something was wrong and asked immediately.
Bei Gong Tang turned his body slightly to show them the opened lock, and said: "I didn't do it."
"Oh? Does that mean that another one of our dormitory mates has arrived?" Wei Zi Qi took a step forward and pushed open the doors leading into the courtyard while saying: "I'm rather curious who it could be?"
As Wei Zi Qi stepped in, the others followed behind and went into the courtyard. As predicted, noise could be heard coming out from the second unit on the right.
In the room, Sima You Yue was holding a rag in hand and wiping at the tables and chairs. Little Roar was lying on the table that had just been cleaned as its mouth poured out a string of endless grumbles: "This place is so tiny! And they allocated only one to each individual. Compared to the place you stayed in before, this is a dump."
"It's not really that bad, downstairs as the space for learning, upstairs houses my bedroom. It's great! Moreover, as long as it's a roof over our heads, it is good enough. Why would you want such a big place for?" Sima You Yue asked, stretching her hand out to poke at Little Roar's tiny head.
The houses here had two levels, and both levels belonged to the same unit.
Little Roar rolled over and lay on its back on the table saying: "Yue Yue, hurry up and regain your powers. Your spirit is incomplete and it has greatly reduced my powers too. The current me is just so weak!"
"These things can't be rushed." Sima You Yue continued: "Anyway, you're not that young anymore, waiting a few hundred years wouldn't make a difference to you anyway."
"Sigh, that's awful….." Little Roar rolled its eyes.
"Oh yes, don't forget, do not reveal your identity before anyone. You are just an ordinary little bunny. Alright?" Sima You Yue reminded.
"Yes, yes, I remember. You've said it many many times. Not to reveal my identity. Don't worry, I will not give you any trouble!" Little Roar said.
"Glad you know." Sima You Yue said, and proceeded to continue with the cleaning.
"Cough… cough…"
Two coughs sounded from outside the door. Sima You Yue turned to look and saw four people standing there.
"Why is it you! ?" Fatty Qu exclaimed in shock as he stared at Sima You Yue.
"You know our new dorm mate?" Wei Zi Qi asked.
"Err….. Yes." Fatty Qu was starting hesitatingly at Sima You Yue, looking as if he was afraid that he would pounce on him any moment.
Fatty Qu's family resided in the Capital City and when it came to people with widely known infamy such as Sima You Yue, he would naturally know them. He had heard the rumours about the Fifth Young Master of the General's Residence being not exactly a straight guy.
"You guys are my new dorm mates?" Sima You Yue said, smiling at them. When she saw Fatty Qu's expression, his face fearful, Sima You Yue said: "Fatty Qu! Why are you looking like you've seen a ghost? Don't worry, I have no interest in you!"
[Not interested? What did that mean?]
"Hi, my name is Wei Zi Qi, and I stay just in the next house to your left." Wei Zi Qi introduced himself, smiling at Sima You Yue.
"Ouyang Fei, first unit on the west side." Ouyang Fei said simply.
"Bei Gong Tang, to your right." Bei Gong Tang said.
"I know about you guys. In the new student selections, I saw it. Ouyang Fei is a Double Faceted Spirit Master and Bei Gong Tang, you are a Tri Faceted Spirit Master." Sima You Yue said.
She had not thought that her dormitory mates would turn out to be the most gifted students among the new students, and why did Feng Zhi Xing put a useless piece of trash among these elites?
"I… I….."
"It's alright. You are staying in the second house on the west side, you don't need to say it." Sima You Yue looked at Fatty Qu and he suddenly felt weak.
"We have all introduced ourselves but you have not said who you are." Wei Zi Qi pointed out.
My name is Sima You Yue." Sima You Yue simply said in reply.
"You are Sima You Yue? Didn't they say Sima You Yue was….." Wei Zi Qi stared at Sima You Yue aghast, unable to control the expression on his face for a brief moment.
Even Ouyang Fei's expression was looking a little strange.
"Sima You Yue, the High General's fifth grandson, Dong Cheng Kingdom's most useless piece of trash, inclined towards guys." Bei Gong Tang unreservedly repeated the rumour about Sima You Yue as she looked at Sima You Yue. "We've met. Now I'm going back to my room."
Finishing her statement, she immediately turned to go to the unit beside them.
What an icy girl! She was very beautiful, and now she had became a cool and aloof beauty. When she thought back to having seen her withdrawn from all others, isolating herself during the selections, Sima You Yue could not help but feel that she was hiding a secret she did not want others to find out about herself.
"I'm going back too." Ouyang Fei left as well after saying.
"Cough cough. Then erm… We welcome our new dorm mate." Wei Zi Qi said, laughing awkwardly. "The teacher taught us quite a bit of knowledge today, and I need to go back and revise. Bye!"
Sima You Yue looked at Wei Zi Qi's back as he fled in terror and she felt herself on the nose.
Wei Zi Qi was just little more suave than others, did he really need to react so strongly? Was she really that terrifying?
"Cough cough, then, I will need to go back and catch up on cultivation." Fatty Qu said hurriedly, preparing to flee as well.
"Fatty Qu, you stand right there!" Sima You Yue stretched out her hand and grabbed Fatty Qu by the collar and dragged him back.
"Wh… What do you want?" When he saw the evil glint in Sima You Yue's eyes, Fatty Qu instinctively raised up his arms and crossed them protectively over his chest, his face in abject horror.
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