NOVEL WEB Chapter 12: Never had a better start.
"Huh? Master?"
Shen Mu was already used to Luo Qingling's unpredictable appearances in his room. After a questioning sound, he continued to lie dejectedly on the table.
"What's the matter with you? I've never seen you looking so dejected before."
Shen Mu let out a light sigh, sat up straight, and said, "Nothing, I'm just a bit physically and mentally exhausted. I'll be fine after taking a short rest."
"By the way, Master, what's the reason for your visit?"
Whoosh!
Luo Qingling silently pointed out a ray of spiritual light, which entered Shen Mu's forehead.
"You've been on my Wanxiang Peak for about two and a half years, and I haven't formally taught you any cultivation techniques. Coincidentally, I have a cultivation technique here that's suitable for those with multiple spiritual roots. It should be very suitable for you."
"..."
The "Chongtian Jue" (Heavenly Ascension Technique)...
Shen Mu's pupils dilated for a moment, and then he suddenly opened his eyes wide, with a hint of surprise on his face.
But then, confusion followed.
"Master, how did you obtain this technique?" He stood up and asked Luo Qingling seriously.
This "Chongtian Jue" was a technique with growth attributes. In this world view, it was one of the few universal techniques that could be practiced with any combination of spiritual roots.
It could be said that once one had this technique, the gaming experience would be greatly improved.
"About seven years ago, when I had just reached the Huashen Realm (Nascent Soul Realm), I wanted to find some suitable opponents to stabilize my realm, so I tried to break into the Ancient Longevity Pagoda."
"This rather special first-grade technique was the reward I chose after reaching the top of the pagoda."
Luo Qingling explained slowly.
"I see. Thank you, Master."
Although Shen Mu still had some rather puzzling questions in his mind at this time, thinking about her usually lazy and carefree nature, where everything she did was based on her own whims, and asking would probably not yield any results, he didn't ask any more questions.
"Aren't you curious as to why I'm giving it to you only now?"
"Master must have your own plans in mind. If Master doesn't say, this disciple won't ask."
Hearing this answer, Luo Qingling pursed her lips and smiled, showing a rare smile. "What a good 'I won't ask if you don't say'..."
"What a good nature of being able to hide your thoughts."
When that meaningful sentence reached Shen Mu's ears, his eyebrows twitched slightly. He felt that the fairy-like master in front of him seemed...
to be a bit different from his previous impression of her?
Was it my illusion?
Or...
Shen Mu's thoughts immediately tensed up, and his gaze gradually shifted slightly, with a somewhat solemn look.
"What are you thinking about now?"
Luo Qingling slightly turned her curvaceous body, propped up her cheek with one hand on the table, and there was a gentle, soft smile on her beautiful face. "Do you feel that I'm different from before?"
"..." Shen Mu nodded slightly.
"Master is indeed a bit different from before today."
"Do you want to know the reason?"
At this moment, countless possibilities flashed through Shen Mu's mind.
Body snatching, reincarnation, changes in the world line resulting in major alterations to her life experiences, being burdened with variables...
He even thought of something like a system descending.
However, in the end, he still didn't choose to voice all the possibilities he had guessed.
"Whatever the reason is, Master will always be my Master, and I will always treat you as before." Shen Mu gave an answer that could perfectly handle all possibilities.
"Heh..."
Getting this nearly perfect answer, Luo Qingling let out a light laugh and didn't want to tease him anymore.
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore. Cultivate well and try to surpass that disciple favored by the Sect Master as soon as possible and become the chief disciple of the sect. Give her a good slap in the face."
After saying that, Luo Qingling's figure disappeared in an instant, leaving only a gentle and elegant fragrant breeze blowing by, just like when she came.
...
In the middle of the night.
A black cube was suspended in front of Shen Mu, constantly absorbing the spiritual energy from the outside world, refining it, and transforming it into strands of pure spiritual energy that entered his body.
Just two hours passed.
Surrounded by strands of pure spiritual energy, he had already cultivated the "Chongtian Jue" to the first level of the beginner stage, allowing all his meridians to be filled and nourished by the pure spiritual energy, making him feel extremely full.
"Hoo~~"
Shen Mu opened his eyes and felt the spiritual energy that had been replenished in his body at this time. The look of decline and gloom on his face was gone, replaced by a sense of confidence.
The highly efficient refining effect of the "Wanhua Shen Fang" (Myriad Transformation Divine Formula) on spiritual energy was a perfect match for the "Chongtian Jue". The progress of his cultivation was as fast as a rocket.
At this rate of cultivation, I should be able to steadily break through to the later stage in about a month.
By then, I'll also have some room to resist when facing that Lin Yuhe!
The corners of Shen Mu's mouth turned up slightly, somewhat resembling the look of a cocky protagonist.
"Next, as long as I gather all the materials and refine them into the Tianling Pill to complete my spiritual roots, then everything will be possible."
Once he successfully completed his spiritual roots and became a body with the Five Elements Spiritual Roots, it wouldn't be impossible for him to open up a unique and carefree path for himself in the future.
At this moment, Shen Mu really wanted to raise his arms and shout: There has never been such a wonderful start!
But when he thought of the strange behavior of that lazy master tonight, his mood couldn't help but become low and complicated again.
She probably also underwent some changes and was no longer the same as what was set in the original game.
I'll have to be more cautious when dealing with her from now on.
After all, caution is the mother of safety. He didn't want to accidentally fall into a trap because of this lazy master in the end.
"Fortunately, as long as the male protagonist hasn't changed much, then I won't have much to do with the main storyline."
Shen Mu was glad that the main storyline of this game was an invincible overpowered story. Whether he was involved or not, the outcome of the story wouldn't change much.
"Um~~❤"
In the silent night, a soft, charming moan of a young girl like the buzzing of a mosquito reached Shen Mu's ears, causing his expression to change slightly.
"What the hell... Could it be that someone has broken into my spirit peak again?"
Whoosh!
Shen Mu immediately went out the door and followed the faint source of the sound to look for it...
...
"Um~~❤"
Under the moonlight, a clear spring flowed, and in the forest, a delicate figure trembled.
A petite pink-haired girl was leaning on a green tree with one hand. Her pure and lovely little face was flushed, and her small, delicate pink lips let out suppressed and restless gasps.
"Se... Senior Sister..."
She raised her pair of pink, amber-like, clear and charming peach blossom eyes, with ripples of an unusual amorous look in them. She closed her pink lips slightly and called out to the blonde girl walking in front of her in big strides.
"Huh? What's the matter?"
"How much longer do we have to walk..." The pink-haired girl twisted her petite body shyly, rubbing her legs slightly together. Her immature voice carried a natural alluring charm.
"Just a little further. Bear with it a bit longer."
"Umm..."
The girl took a difficult step forward. Every step seemed to be tightening every nerve of hers, for fear that her remaining little bit of sanity would collapse like a dam breaking.
"What are you two doing here in the middle of the night instead of resting in your respective spirit peak caves?"
Shen Mu's figure suddenly appeared, blocking the two girls' way, and he asked casually.
"Senior Brother, you've come just in time!"