What Do You See?
"Is that so?"
"You have 6 elements out of 8 and all of them you have great talents in them." Xuan Wu explained.
"Hm? You knew?"
"Of course, we do. It's not like we are blind and we are bonded to you. And that measly spell doesn't work on us anyway. Who do you think we are?!" Bai Hu scoffs.
"Yes, yes. Whatever. Anyways, you can tell the quality?"
"Hm. We have a connection with the origins you see, and since we are bonded to your soul it is expected that we are able to see." Zhu Que said.
"Your spiritual root is also extraordinary."
"Spiritual root like the ones in the novel?"
"I don't know what novel you are talking about but most likely yes. The spiritual root is separated into colors depending on the talent and the blessings, although you can improve your spiritual roots, it's harder compared to cultivating."
"So you can see the color of my spiritual root?"
"Unfortunately no. There is a restrictive barrier that blocks us from seeing it. However, based on your cultivation speed it should be of a higher grade."
Xun Ying looks disappointed.
"But, it would be your third birthday soon. During that time, we would be able to see the color since the barrier would weaken. However, to see the actual grade and tier, we would have to wait until the barrier comes off, which is during your fifth birthday."
"As expected, you are really wise."
"When you see more you would know more."
"Ah Ying! Ah Ying what do you see when you cultivate?"
"See?"
"Yup. Everyone sees different things when they cultivate. When I cultivate my surroundings morph to that of volcanoes!"
"Does it relate to our elements?"
"Not really. It usually depends on the person itself and if we are based on the elements then everyone would see the same thing, how boring would that be?!"
Xun Ying closed her eyes and went into cultivation again.
Although she had to wait a minute to enter the cultivation state unlike those people in the novel where they entered the state immediately, it's still faster than most.
The qi in Xun Ying's body was now able to circulate without Xun Ying needing to look after it. After a while, the surrounding qi also flows into the body.
Xun Ying looked at her surroundings, expecting to see something like the view of earth from outer space.
However, her surroundings caught her off guard. It looked something like out of a painting.
The sky was one of a night sky representing the cosmos. The moon looks like what it would be in a lunar eclipse: a moon with a ring of light.
She was standing on water with water lilies and lotus around her. To the left, she can see peach blossoms. On the left, a house radiating with warmth. The window was lit up just like it was like when she went back to her cottage the time when her family and her went on an adventure. How odd.
It seems to be something all diverse and all over, and piece it together. Creating a mess but a creative and mesmerizing one.
Xun Ying felt sad and happy at the same time. She can feel warmth and comfort.
[So this is why I felt comfortable cultivating.]
Xun Ying opened her eyes and saw the curious eyes of the five in front of her. Even Bai Hu was glancing over.
"So? What do you see!"
Xun Ying was about to speak but changed her mind.
"Are you sure it is not related to elements?"
Zhu Que nods her head.
"When I cultivate I am surrounded by water and sea creatures as well as lily pads." Xuan Wu said.
"What?! That doesn't make sense."
"I know. Lily pads aren't supposed to go with sea creatures like dolphins"
"Hm. What did you see, Qing Long?"
"I saw the mountains and land while I'm in the sky. But the weird thing is I'm able to see the moon, star and the sun at the same time. Oh, and the sky is light green-blue."
"Now that I think about it, I saw roses in my world too. Roses and volcanoes?! That doesn't make sense either."
"Bai Hu?"
"I was surrounded by bamboo. There is also a white-pinkish plum blossom tree in the middle. The sky...I don't really know how to explain it. It's sunset on one side and dawn on the other with stars."
"Bamboo, and plum tree?! Do they even go together?"
"Bamboos and plum trees aren't really that weird but the sky is a different story."
"Hm? Ah Ying, did you see bamboo and plum trees together before?"
"No, but I saw peach blossoms with bamboo before.."
"So that really is a thing? Wait! Xun Ying, you haven't told us yours yet!"
"Well…"
"Although Baobao doesn't cultivate, Baobao wanted to know too!"
"Well… mine is crazier than all of yours, especially since I have 6 elements"
"Tell us! tell us!"
"Well…"
"Come on! Tell us! We already told you ours."
Xun Ying sighed and told them what she saw.
"That is definitely more...um.. chaotic? Compared to ours. but there are two aspects here though. Our elements do play a small role but there is something that doesn't make sense. I wonder why…" Zhu Que said.
"What do you guys feel when you are cultivating?" Baobao asked.
"Well, I felt comfortable."
"Same here."
Bai Hu, Qing Long, and Xuan Wu also nodded.
"Then the reason why it is chaotic is that it was mixed with your elements and the things you are comfortable with." Baobao reasoned, drawing a conclusion.
"Mhm. Makes sense."
Xun Ying nodded. Her cottage does bring her comfort and the cherry blossom might be linked to that time when she went to see them in Japan with her mother when she was small in her previous life.
"I guess so. Roses reminded me of my birthplace. Beautiful, and passionate yet also dangerous."
"How could a place be passionate?"
"I don't know. It just is."
"Hm. Then I guess the sky was green-blue because it was azure? And it does remind me of the seaweed I got as a gift."
"Wait what? You got seaweed as a kid?!"
"Well, that place was surrounded by mountains, not the sea."
"I see. I'm from the area surrounded by water, so the sea creatures are from there. But why lilies?"
"Because the pond is also a source of water?"
"Wait. Then why does Bai Hu have a giant plum blossom tree and the bamboo then?!"
"I don't really know, but I'm pretty sure that it has nothing to do with being a gentleman having 2 out of the four gentlemen plants."
Everyone stares at Bai Hu, waiting for an answer.
"..."