Genius Demon Empress - Chapter 34

Chapter 34 - Spirit Wood Lines

Translated by Luxican

In these three days, Dean She Xiang sent someone to invite Qiu Zi Zi several times, but they were all driven away.

On the morning of the fourth day, Sha Man woke up and returned to the outer court, she immediately searched for Yue Jing Hua.

"Three days and nights, my enlightenment actually lasted three days and three nights? I heard that something big happened. One Stone Monument was also damaged in the Profound Technique Pavilion, and Lie Si Si of the inner court was injured. Oh my god, what just happened that night, I didn't notice anything at all," Sha Man had no good feelings towards the Lie Family. At that time, the insect repellant powder Sha Lou used was bought in the Lie Family's "Promised Spring Hall".

After Sha Man entered that night, she hadn't felt anything at all. But when she woke up, the Profound Technique Pavilion was empty, and Yue Jing Hua was gone.

"Yes, but there is still more. Dean Xiang of the inner court wants to invite you to join the inner court. She has asked Qiu Zi Zi several times to discuss this matter. What are you going to do?" After Yue Jing Hua left the Profound Technique Pavilion, she had been weak for several days. A few days ago, she was asked what she had learned in the Profound Technique Pavilion. But her face was sallow and she couldn't say anything for a long time.

"Join the inner court? What did Dean Qiu Zi Zi say? Did he agree?" Sha Man was nervous and grabbed Yue Jing Hua.

"Qiu Zi Zi didn't agree, and it still depends on what you think. If you want to stay here, you should go to the inner court and decline directly. If you join the inner court, you will surely enjoy many benefits. At that time the status of the Sha Family will surely skyrocket." Yue Jing Hua blinked. From her time with Sha Man, she knew that Sha Man was a hardworking person. Because of the difference in talent in cultivation, she needed to spend a lot more time than others.

But she never complained about it , and just practiced in silence.

"Amazing, I will not hide it from you, if Mrs. She Xiang had sent me the invitation ten days ago, I would have certainly joined the inner court. At that time there were still people in the inner court I loved and countless talented brothers and sisters that could practice with me, it would have also been the only shortcut for me to win back my dad's love." Sha Man lamented.

"But, on that night, all my delusions were shattered. What I saw were ugly lovers, brothers and sisters, right and wrong. After the fight with Sha Lou, the Sha Family sent people to treat her as soon as possible, but even after my father didn't get news of my well-being for three days, he didn't send someone to check on me," Sha Man touched her hair lightly. When she said these words, her face was peaceful and her gorgeous face looked even more delicate.

She was like a beautiful piece of jade, but she had lacked the sculpting of her soul earlier. After going through all this, especially after the words of Yue Jing Hua, she had fully awakened.

"Well said, the outer court will certainly continue to cultivate you well," it was unknown when Qiu ZI Zi had walked into the house of the two, he laughed, after seeing Yue Jing Hua's sick look, Qiu Zi Zi's eyebrows twitched suspiciously.

Seeing Qiu Zi Zi, Sha Man groaned in dissatisfaction: "Dean Qiu, are you afraid that after I'm gone, nobody will raise snakes for you?"

"Haha, you little brat, I really like you deep in my heart. Having said that, girl, your temperament is a little bad, but you two are still better than many people. Until now you have been hiding the truth. So, I ask you two, at the Profound Technique Pavilion, what mysterious skills did you learn?" Qiu Zi Zi really had to watch these two students all the time.

These two girls, one was more cunning than the other, especially the freshman Yue Jing Hua, who had lain sick in bed the whole day. But at night, she jumped higher than grasshopper. This dean had it really hard.

"I chose an auxiliary metaphysical technique, which is not helpful for cultivation, but for me personally, it's really good. I learned the 'Ancient Soul Spirit'" Sha Man said, a little excited.

Yue Jing Hua already knew the metaphysical technique she had chosen, but the metaphysical technique was not compatible with her, and it was already chosen by Sha Man, so she didn't pay much attention to it. This technique was related to nurturing, so it was very consistent with Sha Man's specialty.

"Ancient Soul Spirit? She Xiang, who despises what I do, would still make things hard for my students even if they earned it fair and square," Qiu Zi ZI shook his head, "How good do you understand the technique?"

Unless Sha Man's understanding had reached the Genuine Stage, she(She Xiang) would have never wanted to recruit her.

"My understanding was, in fact, that day only at the realm of the initial stages of the General Stage, but at the last minute, I heard a very sweet voice and then, I felt clear in my mind. My consciousness was unblocked, and I entered the realm of Core Stage without realizing it," Sha Man's Profound Qi Perception was not good. For her, it was very difficult to perform enlightenment, but she still achieved 100% understanding of the technique, it was quite good for her.

"Understood, it's not bad, what about you?" Qiu Zi ZI had already a promotion in his heart, and asked Yue Jing Hua.

Yue Jing Hua opened her mouth, an expression of envy on her face: "Ancient Soul Spirit, just listening to the name, it must be a very strong mysterious skill. Sha Man say, what kind of powerful mysterious beasts can this technique nurture?"

"Dean, you just said it, as long as I'm in the outer court, you will definitely cultivate me. Is this true?" Sha Man asked pitifully.

"That's natural. The outer court pays attention to elite education. As long as you're hardworking, this dean will support you even if you go to the streets and perform for other people's enjoyment. Ancient Soul Spirit, with this, high-level mysterious beasts will surely be nurtured, and the outer court will give its full support." The price of high-level mysterious beasts is very high. Thinking of the continuous income from selling the mysterious beasts in the future, Qiu Zi ZI became very excited.

"Then I will trouble the dean to help me buy ten ancient mysterious beast eggs, preferably between 500 and 1,000 years," Sha Man said innocently.

Ancient Soul Spirit, as the name implied, was different from the general nurturing techniques, it could hatch the eggs of ancient mysterious beasts. Azure Dragon Continent had existed for tens of thousands of years, and the mysterious beasts had evolved many times. With the rise of Profound Qi cultivators, a large number of the rare ancient mysterious beasts were slaughtered and held in captivity, some even went extinct.

For example, the mysterious beast, dragon, had not appeared on the mainland for thousands of years.

Ancient eggs were rare on the mainland, and they were only to be found in the most remote ancient places or battle fields in the eastern continent, and their price was very expensive.

The smile on Qiu Zi Zi's face immediately faded.

"Ancient eggs, are you talking about the ancient eggs laid by ancient mysterious beasts? The eggs rich nobles spent a lot money to just decorate their rooms with... I remember that the chimney in the dining room is broken. I'm going to repair it, tomorrow is the day you can return to your families, so clean up and rest early," Qiu Zi Zi escaped faster than a rabbit.

"I knew it would scare the dean. But let's not think about this, what happened at the Profound Technique Pavilion, did you find a suitable technique?" Sha Man smiled bitterly, but also blamed herself for choosing this technique, the conditions of the Ancient Soul Spirit were very harsh, but she still insisted on practicing it.

She was different from Sha Lou. Without family support, if she wanted to nurture an ancient egg, it would be very difficult. And the outer court had no obligations to help her obtain the ancient eggs.

But she did not pay much attention to all these problems. She had been in the outer court for much longer than Yue Jing Hua, so she knew the situation of the outer court.

It had to be known that in fact, She Xiang and Qiu Zi Zi had been a pair of lovers many years ago.

The two were the heads of a famous mercenary team on the Azure Dragon Continent. After retiring, they had returned to their home country Shang Kingdom, and took over the Profound Pearl Imperial Academy.

While running the academy, they had clashed many times because of their strong personalities.

Mrs. She Xiang was born in a noble family in Shang Kingdom. She wanted to only recruit youths of excellent bloodline and talent. She was a typical supporter of the noble families. Qiu Zi Zi who came from a simple family believed that everyone was equal, and even wastes, as long as they found the right practice method, could make great use of it.

The two didn't agree, and finally divided the Profound Pearl Imperial Academy into two. She Xiang soon organized her inner court in an orderly manner.

But Qiu Zi Zi's poor management of finances had brought about the declining enrollments in the outer court. After a few years, it had become a situation where they were struggling to even support three students.

This time, because of Sha Man, Qiu Zi Zi had offended She Xiang again, and the outer court would surely be affected. In the current situation, wanting to obtain an extremely expensive ancient egg was unthinkable.

After returning from the Profound Technique Pavilion, Yue Jing Hua had never mentioned the extra Stone Monument to anyone.

No one knew that the change on that day were due to Yue Jing Hua.

Just when Mrs. She Xiang had broken into the Profound Technique Pavilion with Teacher Yao, the Stone Monument had disappeared, leaving no trace, as if it never existed.

"My situation is not better than yours. I was walking around the Profound Technique Pavilion all day, and had only half an hour left. I just sat in front of the first Stone Monument, because I though the first Stone Monument would be the simplest, and then I learned the auxiliary metaphysical technique "Spirit Wood Lines", which helps spiritual wood absorb the Profound Qi between Heaven and Earth," Yue Jing Hua told half the truth.

"Can't attack, can't defend, can only help spirit wood absorb energy? You're joking right?" Sha Man didn't think that Yue Jing Hua's luck was worse than her.

"It's better than nothing," Yue Jing Hua said, moving her fingertips slightly.

She still had to study the "Spirit Wood Lines" technique in detail, but Yue Jing Hua had a hunch that the technique would be able to help her solve the evil lines on her face.

The extra Stone Monument was like it had been made for her. The most basic requirement was to be skilled in using needles.

In the past few days, the inner court seemed to be as tranquil as ever, but in fact it sent people to closely monitor the outer court.

Mrs. She Xiang still had some doubts about what happened in the Profound Technique Pavilion that day.

Now, Sha Man had also come out. Tomorrow also happened to be the day students could return to their homes. All the students, except for the ones who lived far away, would return home for a few days.

Yue Jing Hua would take this opportunity to return to the Lie Estate, and get rid of the surveillance of the inner court.

"Maybe the next time we enter the Profound Technique Pavilion, we can choose the right mysterious techniques, Sha Man, I remember you telling me, that you would stay in the outer court, are you interested in following me home? My family is very kind and will definitely welcome you," Yue Jing Hua knew of the complicated relationship between Sha Man and her father, and that she stayed in the outer court every month.

Sha Man's eyes lit up, showing some hope, but then she gritted her teeth, feeling embarrassed, Yue Jing Hua lived in the Lie Family, she also heard the rumors of Yue Jing Hua's family situation.

"I don't want to cause you trouble." " I have already written my mother. She told me she would be glad if you came with me." Yue Jing Hua didn't tell Sha Man that when she first heard that the Ancient Soul Spirit Technique required ancient eggs, she had an idea in her heart.

Qiu Zi Zi obviously underestimated the role of ancient mysterious beasts, and Sha Man was unaware of the golden goose she had so casually picked up.

The environment of the ancient times was much harsher than today. The ancient mysterious beasts had to be very powerful mysterious beasts with strange and mighty skills.

Sha Man doubted Yue Jing Hua at first, but after reading the letter and experiencing how enthusiastic Lie Rou sounded, she finally agreed to Yue Jing Hua's invitation.

T/N: I'm not quite sure if I understood the Spirit Wood Technique entirely, if it's explained in future chapters I will correct it.