Chapter 30: Auspicious Clouds

Qin Bi: "......"

Qin Bi froze, feeling that Rong Yan was fooling her.

Qin Lang also thought Rong Yan was talking nonsense; who had the ability to summon even a little bit of water?

In their group, being able to summon a single small droplet of water would be considered quite an achievement.

Qin Bi thought about it and laughed; it was a rare moment of amusement for her. She handed the teacup back and said, "Show me if you can summon some water. This teacup belongs to someone else; I won't use it, it's not even new."

Qin Bi was simply being difficult; she wouldn't miss a single chance to find fault.

As long as a magical tool was functional, she would use it, yet she still complained that it wasn't new. Rong Yan waved his hand, "I only told you how to plant things in the Monster Realm small space because you asked. I don't have the ability to summon water. I'm going to dig up some plants."

Rong Yan ran off, busy searching for plants to dig up.

Some could be used as medicinal herbs, others could be eaten; regardless, if it was a plant, he would dig it up.

Don't even dream of spiritual plants; without the guidance of luck, they wouldn't be found.

Qin Tang and Jiang Xu were together just a dozen meters away. They didn't care about any unknown ground-hugging plants; if they saw one, they dug it up, knowing it would be valuable once they returned. Rong Yan ran toward Qin Xun.

Qin Bi held the magical tool, not intending to take it back: "Who wants this? I won't use it."

Her lifespan had been damaged, so she definitely had to rely on mystical arts, but this magical tool was an eyesore to her.

Qin Lang quickly snatched it: "Give it to me, give it to me!"

With this, he had three summoning magical tools in his hands, making him feel incredibly grand. Qin Lang was young; after arriving in the Monster Realm small space, he had only spent a little time digging plants before following his sister around, slaughtering monsters.

One could say that Qin Lang hadn't felt the dangers of the Monster Realm small space at all.

At this moment, the young boy walked with a spring in his step, grinning from ear to ear.

In his excitement, Qin Lang pulled a small sweet potato, looking like a red vine, from his sleeve. He carefully broke off a small section and took a bite, chewing with a crisp, sweet crunch.

"Sister, stop planting things." Qin Lang handed the rest of the small sweet potato to Qin Bi. She didn't eat it, so the boy ate it himself: "There are very few flowers or grass in this small space. This whole area is hard, compacted soil; nothing you plant will survive. Let's just dig up some plants and head back."

Qin Bi had her own ideas. She went to ask Rong Yan once more, holding her own plain teacup that lacked any patterns, and asked, "With just this teacup, can I summon water?"

It made sense; a teacup is meant for holding water.

But it wasn't that simple. Rong Yan said, "You have to use spiritual plant energy wood to draw a pattern on it—for example, a stream, a small river, or a waterfall. As long as there is a hint of water, you can summon it, but the prerequisite is that you must possess a summoning spell and the ability to use it."

Qin Bi was stunned and asked cautiously, "Can you tell me a summoning spell?"

Rong Yan's mouth twitched, and he spread his hands: "I don't know any! I don't even have a spiritual root. I just heard about it when I was gathering with friends; that's roughly how it works. If you don't have a water-summoning spell, there's nothing you can do. Cultivators who know water-summoning spells usually mumble them under their breath rather than saying them out loud."

That was enough; Qin Bi couldn't listen anymore. He didn't even know how.

Everyone was busy looking for plants to dig up. Qin Bi didn't dig; she looked down on these plants, and besides, she had already made a decent harvest. Her current focus was figuring out how to plant something.

Qin Bi held the spiritual plant energy wood hesitantly. Rong Yan leaned in and asked, "Are you planning to draw a stream?"

A stream was somewhat difficult. Qin Bi said, "I can draw rain."

Rong Yan felt that rain was harder to draw and that a stream was better. Most Energy Condensers, when they were beginners, chose to draw streams. As long as the pattern looked even slightly like water, a cultivator with good talent could summon water once they held the tool.

As Qin Bi began drawing the energy into the magical tool, Rong Yan walked away.

Qin Xun, Qin Bi's elder brother, walked over to take a look and couldn't help but freeze. For an Energy Condenser, drawing patterns consumed a vast amount of energy; condensing a magical tool was difficult, but drawing patterns was even harder.

In Qin Bi's hands, it was much simpler. She just poked small dots onto one side of the teacup; any more than that, and it would be rain.

Rainwater is transparent. When Energy Condensers draw it, they like to draw it as light blue rain. As it turned out, for Qin Bi, a single piece of spiritual plant energy wood solved the problem.

Condensing a new magical tool was no easy feat. By the time Qin Xun thought to stop her, it was too late. Poking the dots was incredibly fast; in the blink of an eye, she had poked a whole field of tiny dots. Qin Xun stared at the dots on the teacup, speechless for a long time.

Qin Lang leaned in and said, "Oh my god, I reckon you might be able to summon ants."

Qin Bi laughed in frustration: "Go dig up your little plants, Keke."

Qin Xun was also worried that these tiny dots might be summoning beasts, so he suggested, "Try summoning an ant."

Qin Bi immediately attempted the summoning, but the magical tool remained silent.

Qin Xun and Qin Lang were puzzled and hissed in confusion.

Qin Lang walked away, utterly bewildered, and Qin Xun also went to look for plants. Everyone was busy; Rong Yan and the others only ran over to Qin Bi to take a quick look. They lacked experience; seeing that it looked like ants but wouldn't summon anything, Rong Yan and the rest went back to their work.

Since Qin Bi wasn't digging plants, she focused entirely on chanting over the teacup.

Rong Yan knew Qin Bi didn't know any water-summoning spells, so he didn't pay it much mind. As Qin Bi wandered around the area for a long time, Qin Lang wiped away his sweat, feeling worried as well. He took a sip of water from a bamboo tube.

Qin Bi was also covered in sweat. She used to not sweat easily, but ever since her lifespan was damaged, she would sweat at the slightest movement.

"What are you chanting?" Without waiting for his sister to answer, Qin Lang offered a suggestion: "You might as well chant 'a heavy downpour.' Maybe your summoning tool is powerful enough to drop a bucket of rain."

"No need for a heavy downpour," Qin Bi said listlessly. "A gentle breeze and light rain will do. Just rain."

As Qin Bi held the teacup to summon, Qin Lang remarked, "A gentle breeze and light rain won't even fall."

As soon as the words left his mouth, in the middle of the scorching heat, a light rain fell directly onto Qin Lang's head—a gentle breeze and light rain, neither too warm nor too cold, not too big nor too small, just a small shower.

Not far away, both Qin Tang and Jiang Xu were caught in the rain.

Qin Lang was stunned: "......???!!!"

Qin Tang was only stunned for a moment before shouting to Qin Xun, "Qin Xun!"

Qin Xun looked over and was also stunned by this sudden light rain. Jiang Xu's face was even more full of disbelief. Her combat power was high enough and her energy condensation was powerful; whether her luck was good or not was unknown, but she had managed to summon a light rain without even knowing a summoning spell.

What else could be said?!

This concubine's daughter of the Qin Yan Marquis Mansion was simply extraordinary.

Rong Yan was dumbfounded. After a moment of regaining his senses, he hurriedly tried to stop her, "Stop, stop! You're consuming too much energy in the Monster Realm small space. If you wait until we get back, your talent might stagnate, and what if you can't use your spells anymore?"

Qin Bi didn't even know. Looking at the sudden rain, she was bewildered: "I don't know how to stop the spell."

Rong Yan: "......"

Qin Tang stopped digging plants as well, staring at the gentle rain along with Qin Xun and Qin Lang in worry.

Qin Bi's ability to use water elements was very low; after the duration of a single cup of tea, the rain stopped.

The sky was clear and vast, and a small cluster of auspicious clouds flew over, arriving in front of Qin Bi. The auspicious cloud was extremely arrogant.

The cloud's arrogance was useless, but Qin Bi had never seen such a thing. Rong Yan said in pleasant surprise, "The Monster Realm small space just gifted you a first-grade, high-tier auspicious cloud!"

(End of Chapter)