Chapter 11: and

Li Tianhen looked at Si Nansheng’s teary-eyed appearance and raised his hand to examine her dantian.

As a result, Li Tianhen was also stunned.

In his memory, he had never seen such a spiritual root.

Inside Si Nansheng’s dantian was a cyan lotus flower in half-bloom, and floating above the lotus were eight light orbs of different colors.

Ordinary people’s spiritual roots aren't supposed to look like this, right?

“Master, am I still normal?” Si Nansheng looked at Li Tianhen, wanting to cry but having no tears.

“It should be considered normal… I suppose.” Li Tianhen spoke slowly.

He had never seen such a spiritual root, so he didn’t know if it could be considered normal.

However, he could feel that Si Nansheng’s dantian was full of spiritual energy, so there shouldn’t be any major problems.

He checked Si Nansheng’s meridians again and immediately looked at her in surprise.

Not only had these meridians fully recovered, but they were also much wider than those of an ordinary person.

Could it be because of those spiritual herbs and flowers she consumed?

“Master, your ‘should be considered normal’ sounds really unconvincing,” Si Nansheng twitched her lips.

She felt that this master was a bit unreliable; what should she do?

“Uh, there’s no help for it; I truly have never seen such a spiritual root before!” Li Tianhen shrugged, feeling a bit uncomfortable.

“Ah? Even you haven’t seen it, Master? Then am I still salvageable?” Si Nansheng whimpered, looking as if the sky had collapsed.

“Aside from the shape being different from others, there is nothing else abnormal. Don’t worry too much; if there are any problems, tell me immediately.

Now that your spiritual roots and meridians have been repaired, you must cultivate diligently from now on. If you find you cannot persist, tell me, and I will go find some Spirit-Tempering Grass for you.”

Li Tianhen patted Si Nansheng’s head, and she nodded.

Living a new life, she had never once thought of giving up. Even if it was an eight-attribute spiritual root, so what? She could still reach the highest realm!

“Master, can you tell what quality these spiritual roots of mine are?” Si Nansheng looked at Li Tianhen.

“They can be considered top-grade spiritual roots, right?” Li Tianhen rested his chin on one hand, looking at Si Nansheng’s spiritual roots.

To be honest, this was the first time he had seen such spiritual roots, but he could also sense their quality.

The eight attribute spiritual roots were of equal quality. Although they were top-grade, this was excellent for Si Nansheng.

“When you first arrived, I didn’t know what to give you. Now that you can cultivate, I can finally give you your apprenticeship gift.

Keep these things well, and if you lack anything in the future, just tell me.”

Li Tianhen took out a storage bag and let Si Nansheng take it. Si Nansheng hesitated for a moment before putting the storage bag away.

“There is also this. I don’t know if it will be of any use to you, so take a look yourself.” Seeing that Si Nansheng had accepted the storage bag, Li Tianhen took out two more boxes.

One box emitted an icy aura, while the other emitted a scorching aura.

“Master, what is inside these?” Si Nansheng felt a sense of danger and did not take them, looking at Li Tianhen instead.

“A Fire Spirit and an Ice Spirit. They were originally meant for your senior brothers. Your Second and Fifth Senior Brothers both have fire spiritual roots, but they were modest and deferred to each other, so neither accepted the Fire Spirit.

As for the Ice Spirit, it was meant for your Fourth Senior Brother, but his water-ice dual-attribute spiritual roots are both top-grade.

If he used the Ice Spirit, the balance of his dual spiritual roots would be broken, so the Ice Spirit became useless. See if it has any effect on you.”

Li Tianhen opened the boxes containing the Ice Spirit and Fire Spirit. Before Si Nansheng could get close, the pale blue and red lights intertwined and rushed toward her dantian.

“Ma… Master…” Si Nansheng stared blankly at her abdomen. As if she had realized something, she sat cross-legged.

As a flame instantly enveloped Si Nansheng, a cold frost rose up in tandem.

Li Tianhen’s eyes widened sharply. The flames within the ice did not disappear; instead, they seemed to burn even more fiercely.

“What kind of monster have I taken on as a disciple?” Li Tianhen sighed slowly.

Li Tianhen was no longer in the mood to read or drink tea, watching Si Nansheng intently.

As the flames and ice gradually faded, Si Nansheng’s aura climbed from the first level of the Qi Refining Stage all the way to the sixth level.

“Master, my spiritual roots have changed again.” The moment she opened her eyes, what Si Nansheng cared about was not her cultivation level, but her spiritual roots.

Li Tianhen examined Si Nansheng’s spiritual roots.

Where the red and white light orbs had been, the light was now even brighter, and he could clearly see the situation inside the orbs.

In the center of the fire spiritual root appeared a small, swaying flame.

In the center of the ice spiritual root appeared a slowly rotating ice flower.

They were constantly emitting spiritual energy, which made Li Tianhen’s eyes light up.

“Disciple, do you know what your cultivation level is now?” Li Tianhen looked down at Si Nansheng, and she hurriedly checked her own cultivation.

“Sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage?”

Goodness, what kind of cultivation speed is this?

“That’s right, you are already at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage. Not only has your cultivation improved, but the quality of the fire and ice attributes in your spiritual roots has also risen to the top grade.

In this way, when the secret realm trial opens in two months, you will go with your Fourth and Fifth Senior Brothers.”

“Master, can I go?”

Si Nansheng’s eyes lit up instantly.

She had been wondering how she could get into the secret realm.

She didn’t expect the Master to bring it up himself.

This saved her quite a bit of persuasion.

“Of course you can go. You are my disciple, why wouldn’t you be able to go? However, you cannot let people know your cultivation level for the time being.”

As Li Tianhen spoke, he began to think about what he could use to help his precious disciple hide her cultivation.

Having just destroyed her spiritual roots and severed her meridians not long ago, to reach the seventh level of the Qi Refining Stage so quickly—wouldn’t that scare people to death?

He was afraid that someone would try to steal his disciple!

“Hmm?” He turned to look at Si Nansheng.

She had just been at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, so how did she become the second level in the blink of an eye?

“Master, it seems the Fire Spirit and Ice Spirit helped me hide my aura. In this way, will others still be able to discover my true cultivation?”

Si Nansheng looked down at her abdomen and asked Li Tianhen.

Li Tianhen came back to his senses: “…No, they won’t. This is very good.”

Even he hadn’t noticed it, so no one else should be able to.

“I have already notified your Fourth and Fifth Senior Brothers to return. Before going to the secret realm, you should get to know them well.”

Li Tianhen looked at his little disciple and nodded with satisfaction.

At first, he had only taken her in because he saw that the little girl had a resilient character and because she had previously gifted him medicine.

He never expected her to be such a little monster!

“Alright, Master, then I’ll go back to cultivate first.”

“Wait, you need to go out with me first.”

“Master, where are we going?”

“To the Saint Heaven Sect to take back your soul lamp. You are no longer a member of the Saint Heaven Sect, so your soul lamp naturally cannot remain there.”

Actually, Li Tianhen had planned to go to the Saint Heaven Sect a few days ago.

But thinking that his little disciple would surely want to retrieve what belonged to her herself, he had been waiting for Si Nansheng.

“Soul lamp?” Si Nansheng’s heart felt a sudden pang of pain.

“Yes, with your soul lamp in hand, I can rest easy when you go on long journeys.” Li Tianhen raised his hand and ruffled Si Nansheng’s small head.

“Master doesn’t need to go.”

“Why?”