Chapter 7: Cultivation

Qingmei went into the room and found a Heaven-tier skill book for the fire element. On the cover, written in bold, sweeping calligraphy, were the words: *Dance of Fire in the Nine Heavens — Heaven-tier Skill*. Qingmei felt the name sounded quite imposing, so she chose it. Yan Lie glanced at the book. "Little Mei'er, your eye for things is truly excellent. You picked the very best one among the fire element Heaven-tier skills right off the bat."

"Can I practice this?" Qingmei asked, looking at the book. She had heard that if one's spiritual energy was impure or insufficient, or if one's level was too low, forcibly practicing a skill that didn't match one's aptitude could lead to a cultivation deviation. "You are already a Third-Rank Spirit Master; you can practice it." Qingmei nodded and continued to sit on the grass to cultivate. The first page: *Dance of Fire in the Nine Heavens*, First Layer, Heart Method. Qingmei practiced for a while following the incantations, and feeling that her fire-element cultivation had improved slightly, she practiced it a few more times. Second Layer: Fireball. Qingmei practiced according to the methods described, and before long, a fireball the size of a head appeared before her—it was larger than the one from last time. Qingmei tried to control the fireball; it behaved like an obedient child, drifting east and west according to her will. Qingmei looked at the fireball and still felt it was too small, but how could she make it grow? Qingmei fell into deep thought...

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck, and Qingmei seemed to understand. Since this fire was produced using her own natal flame and spiritual energy, if she added more of her spiritual energy to the fireball, it should grow larger. Qingmei tried mixing her spiritual energy with her innate fire and injecting it into the fireball. Sure enough, the fireball instantly grew much larger. Yan Lie, watching from the side, nodded repeatedly. "Hmm, not bad at all. Her comprehension is truly high." Yan Lie sighed in admiration inwardly. On the other side, Qingmei kept creating fireballs and practicing their control until she had exhausted all of her spiritual energy before stopping. "Come, replenish your spiritual energy. Recovering spiritual energy is quite slow." Yan Lie held a crystalline medicinal pill and handed it to Qingmei. Qingmei took it and tossed it directly into her mouth. Instantly, a refreshing fragrance spread through her mouth, and her spiritual energy rapidly flooded back into her body. "Are there any more? It’s quite tasty, and my spiritual energy is back already," Qingmei said, reaching her hand out toward Yan Lie. The corner of Yan Lie’s eye twitched. This girl’s first reaction was actually that it was delicious—was she a foodie? "This is a Super Spirit Origin Pill, used for replenishing spiritual energy. You should take some pills with you when you go out, just in case." Qingmei nodded and headed toward the room where the pills were kept, still savoring the taste of the pill in her mouth and thinking about taking a few more bottles to use as snacks. If other alchemists knew that Qingmei just wanted to use the pills as snacks, they would be so angry they’d cough up blood; those pills were incredibly precious, had a very low success rate for refinement, and were extremely expensive outside. Yet, Qingmei was just treating them like candy...

Qingmei gathered all sorts of Super Pills and Supreme Pills, placing them into the storage space she possessed as a Space Mage. She also packed plenty of gold coins, as the previous batch had been used to buy clothes and daily necessities for herself and Ning'er, and was nearly gone. However, she thought... if she could learn alchemy herself, that would be fine too, right? Could she refine them into fruit flavors? That should be quite delicious... (Little Qingmei, don't just think about eating. Are you a foodie? A foodie? Where did that cool demeanor from your past life's missions go? How did you turn into such a ditsy, adorable girl? The male lead is going to appear soon~~)