"Miss, don't worry. This servant knows what to do." Lü Tao closed the door and exited the room.
Leng Ruoxue is very satisfied with Lü Tao's performance. She might be a maidservant, but she knew her place and how to advance and retreat. She was someone teachable. Moreover, she had always liked such subordinates. In fact, Lü Tao might be treating her the same as she did with the Silly Ruoxue, but she would not blame her for that. She could see that the two maidservants really cared for the Silly Ruoxue and were constantly afraid that she would be injured, so they would therefore do more at times. However, this was because they were faithful after all. Thus, she would give them the opportunity to know that they did not need to treat her like the Silly Ruoxue before. It would be best if they could wake up on their own and be used by her. Lü Tao seemed to have realized what was happening, but Chi Zhu might need some adjustment since she was too pure.
Leng Ruoxue looked at the method again and confirmed the mnemonic chant so that she would not make any mistake. Then she sat cross-legged on the carpet and commenced the awakening. She closed her eyes and meditated silently with the mnemonic chant while seeing and feeling the spiritual energy in her body. The tiny, transparent, thread-like spiritual energy formed small clusters. This was the spiritual energy inherent in everyone's body, colorless and transparent. But it could only stay in the body and could not be used. However, it was precisely because of the existence of this spiritual energy that the lifespan of people in this world was much longer than the lifespan of people in her previous life. What she had to do now was to draw this spiritual energy out of the body and merge it with the immense spiritual energy of heaven and earth so that her body could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and use it as her own. She felt the originally static spiritual energy in her body begin to flow slowly from her dantian. She sensed the beckoning of the massive spiritual energy outside of her body as her spiritual energy moved very orderly and went bit by bit out of her body. She knew that this was the key to eliciting the spiritual energy, and no mistake could be made, so she waited patiently…
After a long time, Leng Ruoxue opened her beautiful eyes. The brilliance in her eyes flowed, and her whole person felt more spiritual. She could feel herself being different from before, so it should be considered a success, right? Leng Ruoxue couldn't help thinking this, but she couldn't be sure. She hadn't seen anyone awakening with her own eyes after all. She looked down and found that her dantian no longer had a colorless and transparent cluster but a fist-sized colorful light ball.
What does this mean? Leng Ruoxue couldn't help but be stunned. Why is it different from what Lü Tao and the book said? This situation wasn't mentioned in the book, but it seems to be a success even though it's a bit different from what I know.
Leng Ruoxue closed her eyes again and prepared to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. After awakening, the body would be able to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on its own and store it in the dantian. After storing enough spiritual energy, she would be able to break through and enter the next stage. The higher the stage, the more spiritual energy needed to advance. Similarly, the higher the stage, the more spiritual energy could be stored. Moreover, more spiritual energy would be needed for higher-level techniques.
Soon after Leng Ruoxue closed her eyes and began to absorb spiritual energy, she saw more and more wisps of spiritual energy swarming toward her from all directions, rushing to burrow into her body. And she herself was surrounded by a huge sphere of spiritual power. If anyone were here now to see this, they would be scared to death. How could anyone absorb spiritual power like this?
"Sister Lü Tao, why hasn't Miss emerged yet!" Cui Zhu's delicate face was full of worry. It had been two days, and she did not know what was happening with her young miss.
"Chi Zhu, Miss will succeed. We should have confidence in Miss." Lü Tao looked calm, but she was nervous as well.
"Xue'er, where is my darling Xue'er?"
When the two little servant girls heard the loud voice coming from outside the yard, they exchanged glances, and their hearts shook… "We're dead! Old Master is back!"
The tall figure towered in front of them just as they were fumbling over what their replies should be to the old master. The two looked at each other, and a wry smile appeared on their young and beautiful faces. Alas, with the extent of the old master's love for their young miss, if he knew that she had done such a dangerous thing and that they did not know what the current situation inside was, the old master would go crazy. Besides, no one could stop the old master in the entire country if he really went crazy and unleashed his full strength, save for his best friend.
"Why are you two standing outside instead of taking care of your young miss? Are you being lazy?" General Leng Qingtian said with great displeasure. He had hurried to see his precious granddaughter the moment he returned to the general's mansion. He got the two maidservants to take care of his baby granddaughter, but they actually allowed her to become injured. He rushed back immediately when he received the news, not daring to delay for a moment. However, when he saw these two girls whom he had carefully selected standing outside Xue'er's room panicking, his anger came up immediately. Hmph, I would have dealt with them if I hadn't received the news on the road that my baby granddaughter has already awakened from her coma.
"Old Master, it was Miss who asked us servants to stay outside. Miss said that no one is allowed to disturb her," Lü Tao, who knew their old master's temper very well, quickly said. Her nervous palms were sweating, and she only hoped that the young miss could immediately appear in front of the old master.
"What is Xue'er doing in the room?" Leng Qingtian's eyes were deep and unpredictable, but his tone was light and without emotion.
"Miss…"
"Tell me! The family law awaits if you dare to conceal anything!" Leng Qingtian said with a serious face and stern tone. He deliberately released a trace of his might. These servants seemed to be taking his words lightly just because he was away for a few days. He knew something was amiss the moment he saw their nervousness.
Lü Tao and Chi Zhu knelt on the ground with a plop. They were only at the Great Spiritualist stage and could not withstand the aggressive might. At this moment, the door of the room suddenly opened, and a breathtaking young girl dressed in red emerged. All three of them became dumbfounded.
"Miss?" Lü Tao and Cui Zhu finally came back to their senses after being dazzled like idiots. They nearly drooled.
"A-are you my Xue'er?" Leng Qingtian muttered as he looked at the face that was almost similar to his dead daughter-in-law's.
"Grandpa, don't you even recognize your own granddaughter?" Leng Ruoxue's bright eyes looked at her grandfather. She could recall the extremely protective ways of that Silly Ruoxue's grandfather, as she had inherited her memory and body. Yes, this grandfather protected all the Silly Ruoxue's shortcomings and loved her very much, causing her to have a deep affection for him and was very dependent on her grandfather. She felt at home with this old man who loved the Silly Ruoxue unconditionally. This old man hailed as the God of War on the battlefields also gave her an indescribable feeling of admiration, and the old man's love for his granddaughter was the familial love she had always longed for. This was why she had decided to treat this grandfather as her own before she met him. Seeing him in person strengthened her thinking even further. This grandfather was the famous God of War of the Eastern Lagoon Empire, a powerhouse at peak Spiritual Sovereign. He was an idol worshipped by countless people. However, this old man, her grandfather, in front of her was disheveled, his face full of stubble, his clothes all dusty. No one would believe it if he was introduced as the top general of the empire.
"Hahaha… that's great. My baby Xue'er is really clear-headed. Grandpa is so happy. Come, let Grandpa take a good look!" Leng Qingtian's tired face lit up. Her illness was cured, and she was finally worthy of being the daughter of his deceased son and daughter-in-law.
"Grandpa, you must be exhausted after traveling for so many days. Have a good rest and a good night's sleep. Granddaughter will not run away. Granddaughter will let look at me to your heart's content once you are well-rested." The pinkish lips on Leng Ruoxue's absolutely beautiful face pouted a little rebelliously.
"Grandpa isn't tired. Grandpa is happy!" Leng Qingtian's face couldn't hide his joy. Now that he saw his granddaughter with his own eyes, he knew that he was not dreaming, and his wish for many years had finally come true.
"Then Grandpa has to at least take a bath and change clothes!" Leng Ruoxue said with a smile on her lips, her bright eyes shining as she said mischievously.
"Yes, yes, I have to take a bath. Look at my dirty body. Xue'er, wait for Grandpa." He disappeared after that.
"Miss!" Lü Tao and Cui Zhu were excited. Seeing the spiritual energy surrounding her, they knew that she had successfully awakened.
"What are you doing on your knees? Get up!" Leng Ruoxue glanced at the two maidservants who were still kneeling and stretched out a slender jade finger. Her fingertips released a wisp of spiritual energy, and the silver-white spiritual energy slowly circled her skinny fingers.
"Silver white! Great Spiritualist…" Cui Zhu exclaimed in surprise. Lü Tao was relatively calm, but both of them were speechless for a long time. Two days ago, the young miss had no spiritual power. But today, she had awakened to become a Great Spiritualist. What kind of astonishing potential was this? Compared to the young miss, could those so-called geniuses be called geniuses? Was the young miss born to shock others? Their aptitude was pretty good, but it took almost ten years to become Great Spiritualists, yet their young miss took only two days to achieve the same. No, maybe less than two days. They were speechless.
"Xue'er." Leng Qingtian walked in steadily after freshening up, but he felt that the atmosphere in the room had become a little weird. What happened?
"Eh, Xue'er, you've become a Great Spiritualist?" Leng Qingtian was surprised. In fact, it was not difficult to see her level with his cultivation level. As the saying went, one would be blinded by concern. His mind was on Xue'er's sane consciousness, so he hadn't really noticed Xue'er's cultivation level. After all, who could have imagined that a person who just became clear-headed would suddenly become a Great Spiritualist? Leng Qingtian's face changed abruptly, as he seemed to have thought of something.
"When did this happen? How dare you hide it from me? Who gave you the courage to do that? Guards, come and lock them up to wait for my disposal!" Leng Qingtian pointed at Lü Tao and Cui Zhu with an angry face as he ordered the guard at the door. When Xue'er was injured, he hadn't had time to punish them. How dare they conceal such an important issue from him!
"Grandpa, this isn't their fault. I wanted to awaken my spiritual power. You go out first." Leng Ruoxue wheedled her way on it and pulled on one of Leng Qingtian's arms to save the two maidservants.
"Xue'er."
"Grandpa, my spiritual power has awakened, and now I am a Great Spiritualist. Is Grandpa unhappy?" Leng Ruoxue whispered softly, cozying up to him.
"Silly girl. Of course, Grandpa is happy. But what if there was any danger during your awakening when Grandpa was not by your side? Grandpa wouldn't be able to save you in that case. Grandpa just wants you to be safe. Do you want Grandpa to die of worry?" Leng Qingtian's face became stern again after thinking about it.
"Grandpa, my dear grandpa, you're blinded by concern. I know that there is no life-threatening awakening. How could you, a Spiritual Sovereign, have no idea!" Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile. Failure would still cause some damage to the body, but it would not be life-threatening. Lü Tao had already told her before she planned to try the awakening. It was mentioned in the book as well, so she knew it, but she still decided to try. After all, only when you became strong would your destiny be in your own hands.
"You silly girl…" Leng Qingtian scowled deliberately, but he was obviously not so angry anymore.
"Come, tell Grandpa when you awakened and how you became a Great Spiritualist?" Leng Qingtian also knew that he was a little caught up.
"I awakened yesterday," Leng Ruoxue replied.
"And you became a Great Spiritualist today?" Leng Qingtian had a face full of question marks. Such speed!
"Well, I began absorbing spiritual power after awakening yesterday, and then I already was a Great Spiritualist when I woke up today." Leng Ruoxue did not expect the aptitude of this body to be so amazing. As far as she knew, even a genius with the best aptitude would take about one and a half to two years to progress from the most basic Spiritual Practitioner to Spiritualist. And it would take about five to six years to become a Great Spiritualist. Those with lower aptitudes would take longer. Lü Tao and Chi Zhu had upper-medium aptitude, and it took them about eight years to cultivate to become Great Spiritualists.
"I never thought that my precious granddaughter was such an astonishing genius. Hahaha, that's great!" Leng Qingtian's resolute and serious face was full of a triumphant expression. There was only continuous good news recently, elating him.