Chapter 49: The Spirit within the Spirit Stone
Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
The next day, Feng Zhi Xing came once again to the General's residence and wanted to meet Sima Lie to enquire on Sima You Yue's jade condition. However, he was momentarily been stunned in place when Sima You Yue appeared in the hall to greet him instead of Sima Lie.
"Master Feng, please sit." Sima You Yue smiled as she gestured with her hand, saying, "Grandfather is currently busy and my few brothers are also busy settling some things so today I will be the one to receive you."
"You, you…when did you come back?!" Feng Zhi Xing quickly collected himself as he came to the chair and sat down in a daze, looking at Sima You Yue from head to toe, making sure that she was alright.
Sima You Yue sat opposite him and patiently replied, "I just came back last night."
"Where have you been this entire time?" Feng Zhi Xing absentmindedly received a cup of tea served by the maid and lifted the cover but did not proceed on to drink.
"That teleportation array sent me to a mountain range very far away. After that, because of a few things, I was delayed for a period of time." Sima You Yue smiled as she said, "I heard that Master Feng was very worried about me, I am touched by your concern."
"Since you've managed to return safely, all is well." Only after he heard Sima You Yue's reply and ascertained that she was alright did he let out a small sigh of relief and drank a mouthful of tea. After that, he placed the teacup back on the table and asked, "So when do you think you want to come back to the Academy?"
"There are some matters that I need to tend to first, and I may need a couple of days to settle them. Can I request for a leave of absence for a few days?" Sima You Yue asked.
"Of course you can. I imagine that you've suffered quite a bit during the time that you were outside. You should rest at home properly for a while." Feng Zhi Xing speedily replied.
"Many thanks to Master Feng." Sima You Yue said, "Oh right, I beseech Master Feng to help me keep the fact that I have returned, a secret." Her lips curved up at the ends.
"Alright." Feng Zhi Xing nodded his head, saying, "Since you have returned safely, I will head back to the Academy first. Whenever you want to tell me about the things that have happened to you during this period of time, then tell me."
After he finished speaking, he got up from his seat and left.
Sima You Yue looked at Feng Zhi Xing's back and had some questions in her heart. However, she knew that if she were to go and ask him those questions now, he would not tell her the answers.
After Feng Zhi Xing left the General's residence, he turned around and looked at it, muttering, "She's finally back. She's even much stronger than she was before. She must have met with a fortuitous encounter."
"Master, this is great, you don't have to worry anymore." A voice inside his head sounded.
"Yep, no need to worry anymore..." He broke into a smile.
Sima You Yue waited for Sima Lie to come back and personally sent him to a hidden room. Only after seeing the door to the hidden room close safely did she turn around and leave, returning to her own courtyard.
"Young master."
Sima You Yue glanced at her two maids. Yesterday, when they had seen that she had returned, both of them were incomparably excited. It was unexpected that they were no longer as afraid of her as they were in the past.
"I want to stay in the room to cultivate. If there is nothing, please do not come and disturb me." Sima You Yue instructed.
Because she had once used her interspatial ring in front of them, they already knew about the fact that she could cultivate. Furthermore, they had sworn their loyalty to her, so she had no desire to keep it from them.
Afterall, they were her own people. It would be far more convenient if they knew about all her future plans.
"Yes."
"Sima You Yue went back to her own room and locked herself in. After that, she entered the Spirit Pearl.
"Little Spirit." She called out.
"What?" Little Spirit appeared in midair
"Where is the Spirit Stone from that time?" Sima You Yue wanted to have a look at the stone that Little Spirit had found as she wanted to study it a bit to see whether or not it was of any benefit to her soul.
"I actually thought that you had no interest towards this thing!" After he said that, a jet black stone appeared in front of them.
Sima You Yue held the Spirit Stone in her palm and said, "This was the thing that caused us to be stuck in that Illusion Array for such a long time?"
"That's right." Little Spirit nodded his head.
"Then does this things bring any benefit to my soul?" Sima You Yue asked.
"It could at first, but not anymore." Little Spirit said.
"Why?"
"Because a spirit has already gone on ahead to live inside." Little Spirit said.
"A spirit is living inside it?" Sima You Yue lifted the Spirit stone high up, squinting her eyes to stare at it for a long while but did not notice anything special about it.
"You're really stupid, I already told you that there's a spirit living inside, how could you possibly see anything like this!" Little Spirit was exasperated and cast her a contemptuous glance.
"Then how did you know that a spirit lives inside it?" Sima You Yue asked puzzledly.
"I am the Sovereign of Spirit Stones, I was born with an innate capability to sensing spirits. Of course I would know that a spirit lives inside this stone!" Little Spirit said.
"Fine then." Sima You Yue held the Spirit Stone in her hand and said, "So you're saying that it's first come, first served, so I can't use this anymore."
"Something like that." Little Spirit replied, "However, forming a contract with me couldn't even fully restore your Soul, so one or two of these Spirit Stones wouldn't help you much, either way."
"So what kind of spirit lives within?" Sima You Yue swung that stone, wanting to fling that spirit awake.
"How would I know, he hasn't come out ever since he went in!" Little Spirit used both hands to hug in front of its chest, inadvertently rolling its eyes when it saw what Sima You Yue was doing.
"Hey, the person inside, if you're awake then come and show your face outside!" Sima You Yue shouted at the Spirit Stone.
No reply…
"If you don't come out, I'll throw you!"
Still no reply…
"Fine then." Sima You Yue put the stone on the ground and called Ling Long out.
"Master, did you call Ling Long out because you miss Ling Long?" Ling Long said with emotion as she appeared.
"I want you to change into a weapon." Sima You Yue said.
"What kind of weapon?"
"Hammer."
Ling Long pouted, as she transformed into a hammer…
After a short moment, a hammer appeared in Sima You Yue's hands.
Seeing herself turn into something so ugly, Ling Long's heart was anguished. Did this girl really know about weapons? Why did she always make her turn into this kind of brute weapons!
Sima You Yue tapped on the Spirit Stone with her hammer, saying, "If you refuse to come out, I will break this stone to pieces, I'll see whether you can still remain inside."
After saying this, she lifted the hammer hair in the air. Just as she was about to beat down on it, a voice chided, "Stay your hand!"
"Oh my, willing to talk now?" Sima You Yue heard that voice and gave two evil laughs, saying, "Your voice really is a bit scary, but this Lord doesn't get scared easily. I'll count to three. If you still don't come out, I will break it into pieces! 1, 2, 3…"
Just as she was about to go through with it, a red colored mist stopped her from moving. After that, the mist turned into a faint image of a person.
He had handsome features, a slender body and he looked to be about 20 over years old. His hair and clothes were fiery red, even his pupils were red. He really looked like an evildoer.
"My goodness, what kind of person it this? He looks just like a fireball!" Sima You Yue had been scared by the person who had just appeared in front of her.
"Ignorant human, you have a lot of guts!" That red silhouette looked at Sima You Yue and his body gave off an aura that was both grand and oppressive.
Chapter 50: Mo Sha
Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
What piercing eyes!
Being stared at by that man, Sima You Yue felt as if she had been frozen.
The aura coming from his body was stronger than Wu Lingyu, who had recovered his strength, by who knows how many times.
Sima You Yue calmed her heart, took the hammer and knocked on the Spirit Stone, saying, "I have had a lot of guts since I was born, but according to what you said just now, you're not a human?"
"Hmph, I am from the noble Devil Clan, how could I be compared to you low class humans!" That man said.
"Devil Clan?" Sima You Yue picked up the Spirit Stone and stood up, sizing him up, saying, "Looking at your ambiguous appearance, you don't look like a human at all. I didn't that you were actually from the Devil Clan. However, why would someone from the Devil Clan end up living here, even wandering over to this place?"
"Hmph! Listening to the mockery behind Sima You Yue's word, the man immediately turned his head to the side.
"What is your name?" Sima You Yue asked.
He ignored her…
"I can't call you heyheyhey forever, right? Or else I would be treating you like a cat or dog." Sima You Yue said.
The man pouted, saying, "Mo Sha."
'Mo Sha... As expected, it's a Devil's name. Sima You Yue said, "That time was it you who set up that Illusion Array?"
Silence.
There was no way of confirming it with him.
"Looks like it was." Sima You Yue said, "A person like me has many plans for revenge. Towards someone like you, who has locked me inside that Illusion Array for such a long time, how do you think I will settle this grievance?"
While speaking, she used her hammer to knock lightly against the Spirit Stone in her hand.
Mo Sha looked at what Sima You Yue was doing and his gaze turned dark. He suppressed his anger and said, "How do you want to settle it?"
"The fact that you are in charge of this little stone shows that you are stronger that the average person. Shouldn't you give me some benefits?" Sima You Yue said lazily.
Mo Sha looked at Sima You Yue for a long time, his gaze also slowly started to clear. After a little longer, he opened his mouth to speak, "You want some benefits, this isn't impossible. But you have to promise me one thing."
"What?" Sima You Yue asked.
"Before I find my physical body, I want to stay here." Mo Sha said.
"This is no problem." Sima You Yue nodded.
This Spirit Pearl was so big, it would be no problem no matter how many stones of this kind were placed inside.
"I haven't finished." Mo Sha said.
"Then you should continue." Sima You Yue touched her chin as she watched him while she pondered about what kind of benefits he would be able to bring to her.
"You have to help me find my physical body!" Mo Sha said indistinctly.
"You wish!" Sima You Yue could not help but cry out when she heard it, saying, "The heavens and the earth are vast, where would I go to find your physical body? I don't even know how to go to your Devil Realm!"
"My physical body may not necessarily be in the Devil Realm." Mo Sha said.
"Why?" Sima You Yue asked.
"At that time, when my soul was forcibly separated, half of it entered this place while another half has probably reincarnated." Mo Sha said, "However, my reincarnation may not necessarily be from the Devil Race."
"Then wouldn't I be even more at a loss of where I should go to find it!" Sima You Yue said.
"Even if you cannot find it, you still have have to try. If I help you do things, it's obvious that you have to repay me sufficiently!" Mo Sha said.
"First tell me what the benefit is, see whether it's capable of enticing me to agree to your demands." Sima You Yue's eyes were spinning as she said.
"Imperial Art of Beast Taming." Mo Sha said indifferently.
"Imperial Art of Beast Taming?" Little Spirit was at a corner when he shouted out, "That's a really good thing, Master you must quickly agree!"
"It's just the Imperial Art of Beast Taming. Although Beast Tamers are rare, there's no need for me to know this thing before I can become a Beast Tamer. Since I have to do so many things in return, it's not worth it." Sima You Yue shook her head as she said.
"The Imperial Art of Beast Taming is something from the ancient times!" Mo Sha said.
"From the ancient times?" Sima You Yue narrowed her eyes at Mo Sha, saying, "So what?"
"Are you stupid, the Beast Tamers right now all use such simplistic methods, they only know how to tame the beasts. The Imperial Art of Beast Taming is more powerful than those methods by more than a hundred times!" Little Spirit pulled Sima You Yue to a side, saying, "My ex ex ex master had spent his entire life searching for the Imperial Art of Beast Taming, but until he died, he never managed to find it."
"Is it really that great?" Sima You Yue could not believe it.
"Of course it's great!" Little Spirit affirmed, "The most important thing is, this Imperial Art of Beast Taming has been lost for a long time and is completely impossible to find right now."
Mo Sha looked at Sima You Yue and Little Spirit muttering to each other at the same and knitted his eyebrows together, saying, "Quickly make your decision!"
"Fine then." Sima You Yue hugged Little Spirit and massaged him twice, saying, "Let's do it according to what you've said. The deal is complete!"
"Good!" He had barely finished speaking when he floated in front of Sima You Yue, giving her a kiss on the lips when she was off guard.
"What are you doing?!" Although there was no physical feeling, Sima You Yue still retreated a step back, glaring at Mo Sha.
"Sealing the deal!" Mo Sha said, "This is the way we do it in our Devil Clan."
"Then there's no need for you to do this!" Sima You Yue said with a black face.
"I'm just a Spirit right now, this is the only thing I can do." Mo Sha said.
Sima You Yue had rage that she could not release and could only forcefully wipe her lips, causing her lips to become even redder.
"What about that Imperial Art of Beast Taming that you talked about?" She glared daggers at Mo Sha as she asked.
Mo Sha looked over at her red lips and entered the Spirit Stone, saying, "Put this Spirit Stone on your forehead."
Sima You did what he said. When the Spirit Stone came into contact with her forehead, she felt that something had entered into her brain, causing it to hurt. It was only after a long while that she recovered.
"This jerk must have done it on purpose!" She said, as she held her forehead
"Master, quickly try out that Imperial Art of Beast Taming!" Little Spirit said.
"Okay." Sima You Yue closed her eyes. She only felt that her brain contained some information that she never had before. Her brain was currently appeared to contain a book, and on its cover the words 'Imperial Art of Beast Taming' were inscribed in gold.
When she had organised that information, she realized that this information was definitely of a higher quality. The most impressive thing was that the Spirit Beast that used the Imperial Art of Beast Taming, when he had formed a contract with its owner, it could increase its own strength. Further, in the future when the owner had increased in rank, the Spirit Beast would also increase in rank.
"Damn, it can actually increase in rank. This is something I've never heard of before!" Sima You Yue called out after she had finished reading it.
This Art of Beast Taming is very simple, it uses the same method as other methods of Beast Taming but because taming a Spirit Beast required a lot of Spirit Energy so only when she had increased her own Spirit Energy would she be able to tame higher ranked Spirit Beasts.
"We should try catching a Spirit Beast with this." Sima You Yue said happily.
"Don't forget about our agreement!" Mo Sha said from the Spirit Stone.
"I know!" Sima You Yue frowned, saying, "You have this kind of ancient thing and you could even live within this small spirit stone for so many years. You must have been a very powerful person in the past. Why don't you tell me what your identity was, it'll be easier for me to look for your you based on your identity and status!"
"When I meet him, I will be drawn towards him. I will naturally tell you when that time comes!" After saying this, he refused to say anything more. The Spirit Stone also stopped shining.
"Tsk-" Sima You Yue threw the Spirit Stone over to Little Spirit, saying, "Help me keep this safe."
Little Spirit wished it away, and the Spirit Stone disappeared in front of them.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
Ranking 
37 Power
stone 
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