章節 16: Chapter 16: “Divine Beast Little Roar”
編輯: Misty Cloud Translations
She picked up the interspatial ring and the stone as she inspected them closely. She poured in Spiritual Energy to inspect them separately and still could not find anything special. She then put the stone down and used a small knife and pricked her finger as she let the blood drip onto the interspatial ring. She stared at it intently, watching in marvel as her crimson blood seemed to have disappeared into the ring although she had witnessed it touching the ring. She felt a sense of closeness and realized that her link with the ring had been established. Just as she was curious and focused her thoughts on the interior of the ring, she felt as if her consciousness was sucked away into a different space.
"I'm inside the ring?" Sima You Yue couldn't help but stare wide eyed as she took in her surroundings. She was surprised to find herself standing in a space the size of a room as she excitedly said out loud: "From now on, going out will be so much more convenient! I can store everything in here!"
Her consciousness swept the entire room in its entirety and she had a grasp of how it worked. As she retracted her consciousness, she heard a voice in her head cry out.
"Hahahahahahah! This little Master has finally awoken!"
Sima You Yue was startled as she subconsciously asked: "Who is it?"
"Huh?" The other voice paused for a while and there was silence. Suddenly, the voice exclaimed: "You actually don't remember me?!"
Sima You Yue scanned her surroundings and saw nothing, where did the voice come from?
"Sniff sniff, I can't believe you actually forgot about this Little Master." The voice whimpered out indignantly.
"Who are you?"
"I am Little Roar! You really can't remember me?" A voice filled with grievance echoed in her head which further confused her.
"Monkey? Haha, You are a monkey?" She asked out loud.
(*TL: Little Roar's name in chinese is Hou and it can also mean monkey. It sounds similar, only when reading it, would you be able to see the difference)
"You are the monkey! You were the one who named me!" Little Roar cried out.
While Sima You Yue was still in her stupor, a figure came out from her body and floated in front of her.
"Hmm, you're not a monkey but a rabbit!" Sima You Yue looked at it from head to toe and after affirming it, she nodded contentedly.
Rabbit? How am I a rabbit?! I am Hou! The Ancient Sacred Beast Hou!" Little Roar yelled at her in exasperation.
Sima You Yue touched her own noise in embarrassment and asked: "Sacred Beast Hou?…Little Roar?"
"You've finally remembered me?" Little Roar asked.
"Not really." She seriously answered.
"Then how did you know that I'm called Little Roar?" It asked earnestly.
"Didn't you just say it yourself…?" Sima You Yue carefully answered…as she looked at this creature once again. This creature's IQ was way lower than a human's.
"Oh, did I?"
Sweat—
"How are you in my body? Also, just now you mentioned that you've finally awoken. What do you mean by that?" Sima You Yue who was speechless at the way the little rabbit appeared could not help but ask.
"I have a contract with you, so where else would I be other than in your body?" Little Roar asked.
"Contract?"
"That's right! We are bound with a Spiritual Contract and although you then died, your spirit was still around and I followed you here." Little Roar replied.
"Why then did you not appear till now?" Sima You Yue continued to ask.
"Didn't I just tell you? I was in a deep sleep!" Little Roar explained: "You were hurt, and the injuries spread to me as well and I was recuperating in my sleep. I did not expect you to have forgotten me when I woke up….. Wah~"
Little was so sad he started sobbing and the tears dripped onto Sima You Yue, as an invigorating sensation of relaxation came over her.
"Your tears are amazing." Sima You Yue exclaimed.
"I am a Charm Beast, of course you will feel good." Little Roar retorted.
"Really!" Sima You Yue stared at Little Roar intrigued and said: "You mentioned you got hurt earlier, how did that happen? And, how did we come to be bound in a contract? I don't remember having ever seen you!"
"Wah~ Wah~ Yue Yue! You are so detestable! I don't like you anymore! How could you ever forget your adorable Little Roar? Luckily I entered into a Spiritual Contract with you earlier or I would never have been able to find you! Wah~ Wah~ But now, Yue Yue has completely forgotten about Little Roar altogether!" Little Roar wept sadly.
Seeing Little Roar in such a state made Sima You Yue suddenly overcome with a sad feeling in her heart as well, seemingly having been affected by Little Roar's emotions. She carried Little Roar into her arms, gently stroking at its fur and said: "I'm sorry, I really can't remember. But I can feel the link between us. When you are sad, I feel it in my heart as well."
Little Roar stretched out a short front paw and rubbed it over its face and said: "Maybe your spirit was damaged and it has caused you to forget your previous life? I will go take a look."
Upon finishing the sentence, Little Roar suddenly vanished from within Sima You Yue's arms and quickly reappeared. But its face was looking rather concerned as it stared at Sima You Yue to say: "Your memories have completely disappeared. No wonder you do not remember me."
"Memories? What memories?" Sima You Yue raised Little Roar up before her eyes and asked.
"It wouldn't help even if I told you. You will have to find those memories back on your own." Little Roar replied.
"Recently, I have been feeling that I am missing some memories as well. Sometimes my mind feels a little empty, feeling like I am forgetting something very important. But if it was that important, why do I not remember a thing about it?" Sima You Yue released Little Roar and put both her hands on her head, as her face twisted up in frustration.
"Yue Yue, don't get so frustrated. That will not help you get back your memories." Little Roar said.
Sima You Yue turned to Little Roar and asked: "Little Roar, you know of a way?"
Little scratched at its tiny head for awhile before it finally said: "I think it must be due to your spirit having been damaged, that caused you to forget what happened in the past. As your spirit gradually restores itself, you should be able to remember them again."
"But how do you restore the spirit?"
"Eat things that are beneficial to the spirit, and also cultivate. Once you reach a certain level, you will be able to restore your spirit." Little Roar replied.
Suddenly, Little Roar saw the stone in the box. It cried out in surprise and pointed at the stone: "That….. that is the Spirit Pearl?"
Sima You Yue saw Little Roar's agitated reaction and she asked: "You know of this thing?"
"Of course I know about it!" Little Roar's eyes lit up as it flashed to come before the Spirit Pearl. It stretch out its two short paws and started caressing the pearl, its drool almost dripping out of its mouth.
"My cheapo father said this was a divine item handed down from far ancient times, and it will only acknowledge the destined one as its owner." Sima You Yue said.
Little Roar was still caressing the Spirit Pearl as it nodded vehemently and said: "Yes, yes. A pity no one knows what kind of use this pearl has. Yue Yue, come here quickly and see if it will acknowledge you as its owner! I heard that this is a magical item of the highest divinity and it will be great is you can gain its acceptance."
"Really?" Sima You Yue looked at Little Roar skeptically.
"Really! Come, come, come. Come try!" Little Roar carried the Spirit Pearl to come right before Sima You Yue and urged excitedly.
"Err….." Sima You Yue hesitated, but when she saw Little Roar's earnest face and so filled with excitement, she took the Spirit Pearl and said: "Alright, I'll give it a try."
"Yup, yup." Little Roar leapt up onto Sima You Yue's shoulder and said: "Yue Yue, quick, quick."
But Sima You Yue did not know what she must do to make the Spirit Pearl acknowledge her and just as she was thinking what kind of ritual she must carry out when Little Roar suddenly just came over and pulled apart the wound earlier inflicted on her finger and as there was not much blood, Little Roar pushed her finger directly on to the surface of the Spirit Pearl.
At first, there was completely no reaction from the Spirit Pearl. The blood had not melded into the pearl yet. And just as she was about to give up, the blood was suddenly absorbed into the pearl and she had wanted to remove her finger thinking the process was finished when she found that she could not move it.
Not only that, Sima You Yue felt as if her finger had been bitten and an excruciating pain suddenly poured into her as she felt her blood surge out of her through her finger. She was soon giddy from the sudden loss of blood and the next moment, the world turned suddenly black and she fell onto the bed.
Before she lost consciousness, she heard Little Roar calling out to her worriedly and she cursed in her heart: "You little con! You just killed me!"
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章節 17: Chapter 17: “Spirit Pearl”
編輯: 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.
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