[Bonus chapter]
Her pulse was strong and steady. Her breathing was deep and even. Blood energy circulated through her meridians in healthy patterns.
She's already absorbed all the blood energy as usual. She's just... sleeping.
Relief washed over me, and I let out a small laugh.
Mo Fan looked at me anxiously. "Is my sister okay?"
"She's fine," I assured him. "Better than fine, actually. Just sleeping. Her body is doing exactly what it should at night."
"So there's no problem?"
"No problem at all. Let's get her to bed."
I lifted Mo Ling carefully, her head resting against my shoulder as I carried her to the children's room.
She didn't even stir as I laid her on the bed and pulled the blanket over her.
"You should sleep too," I told Mo Fan. "It's been a long day."
He nodded, stifling a yawn. "What about you, Big Brother Shen?"
"I have some cultivation to do. But I'll be right in my room if you need anything."
"Okay. Good night."
"Good night, Mo Fan."
I closed their door gently and made my way to my own room. Once inside, I sat on the bed.
As I was about to pull out the large spirit storage bag from the inventory, I had a doubt.
If I remove this from my inventory, I wondered, will the overseer be able to detect the communication tokens inside and follow me here?
The thought made me pause. I wasn't afraid of the overseer himself. My cultivation and the system's protections gave me advantages he couldn't counter.
But involving others, putting Grandfather and the children at risk because of my actions, that was unacceptable.
Before I could spiral into worry, the system's voice echoed in my mind.
[The overseer cannot detect you. The communication tokens have limited range. You are far outside their detection radius.]
I exhaled slowly. Of course. Short-distance communication tokens wouldn't work across this distance anyway.
[Now you can erase his spirit mark to avoid further troubles]
Reassured, I withdrew the spirit bag from my inventory and took the black token out of it
'How do I do that exactly?'
I frowned slightly, turning the token over in my hand.
[Extend your spiritual sense into the token. You will feel a foreign imprint layered beneath the surface. It will feel different from the token's own qi black, colder, and slightly oily. Press against it steadily until it dissolves.]
I closed my eyes and did as the system said.
My spiritual sense slipped into the token like water through a crack, moving carefully through the dense formation inscriptions etched into its core.
There.
Faint, but unmistakable, a thin layer of black qi that didn't belong to the token itself. It felt exactly as the system described. Cold. Slightly slick. Like touching something that had been left in standing water too long.
I pressed against it with steady, focused intent.
It resisted for a moment, then crumbled apart like wet ash.
'Done,' I said internally. 'That was easier than I expected. A Foundation Establishment cultivator placed that mark and I could dissolve it at Qi Refining Layer 6?'
[Do not be misled by his cultivation stage and don't forget your spiritual sense is comparable to a early-stage Foundation establishment cultivator.]
[The overseer practices a demonic path, specifically a blood cultivation method that accelerates foundation building by consuming the life essence of others rather than refining his own spiritual roots.]
[As a result, his actual spiritual sense development is severely stunted. It has not grown in proportion to his cultivation base. The mark he placed was crude barely above what a early-stage Foundation establishment cultivator could produce.]
'Ah that's why i was a able to erase it easily'.
[He is powerful in raw force. But in precision, perception, and spiritual sense refinement, he is far weaker than his stage suggests.]
'So he's been buying strength he didn't earn,' I said.
[Correct. And like all borrowed things, it will eventually need to be returned.]
I didn't ask what that meant. I had a feeling I already knew.
Then I started examining my spoils from the day.
Formation and array plates. Cultivation pills in jade bottles. Ten medicinal herb boxes carefully preserved.
And the two precious legacy inheritances: Alchemy Tier 1 and Spirit Farmer Tier 2 legacies.
I opened my status panel to review the rewards and check my cultivation progress.
A blue panel unfolded before my eyes.
Name: Shen Yuan
Age: 18 / 224
Cultivation: Qi Refining, Layer-7
Spirit Roots: Five Elements (High Grade)
Spirit Cultivation Techniques: Longevity Spirit Breathing Technique (Stage 1 - 63%)
Body Cultivation Techniques: Primordial Star Refining Celestial Body Art (Stage 1 - 26%)
Soul Cultivation Techniques: Divine Soul Nurturing Art (5%)
Legacy: Spiritual Farmer (Tier 1)
Spells: Spirit Rain (Initiation), Sword Control (Initiation), Qi Manipulation (Proficient), Earth Moving (Initiation)
Rewards:
-Verdant Dew (White) ×2
-Rapid Growth (Green) ×1
-Vitality Drop (Green) ×1
-Talisman Master Tier-1 Legacy
After some time, I came to a conclusion.
I can't rely on system rewards alone for cultivation, I decided, studying the numbers. The progression is too slow, too unpredictable.
I need to consume qi nourishing pills. They provide abundant spiritual energy, far more efficient than slowly absorbing from spirit stones.
The problem with pills was well-known. Pill toxins. Impurities that accumulated in the meridians with excessive consumption, eventually blocking cultivation paths and crippling progress.
But I had the Dust-Free Immortal Body. Toxins and waste were automatically purified and expelled.
Which means I can consume pills without the limitations.
My next steps became clear. Learn the alchemy legacy I bought from Jin Shang Hall, along with the Talisman Master legacy reward I'd acquired from killing the accountant.
Use both skills to accelerate my cultivation and prepare for whatever challenges lay ahead.
I stored the large spirit bag back in my inventory and withdrew my personal spirit bag instead.
From it, I took a bottle of qi nourishing pills.
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