Love Is In The Air

Spring was here, the leaves of the willow tree were dancing by the lake, just like the hair of a young woman fluttering in the air.

Ding Hao had been in this world for ten days.

His mental strength had reached the peak of the acquired stage. Now he was waiting for Boss Shang to bring the medicinal pills to strengthen his constitution and meridians.

There were more than ten young people who came to meditate in the afternoon. Ding Hao helped them enter a meditative state and then he went into the next room to rest.

He was looking at the grey finger on his finger under the decorated window. There was a strange nebula on its side.

"It would have been the end for me in this world if it was not for this black stone!"

"I've been calling you black stone, but let me give you a name. I'll call you Power Absorption Stone!"

"You have only absorbed a small amount of spiritual energy, and already you have manifested a nebula. What power would you have if you absorb more spiritual energy?"

When Ding Hao was thinking, a servant came and said, "Master, Celestial Teacher Min is here." 

"I'm coming."

Min Qingqiu had been visiting him for the past few days. She even tried Ding's way of meditation. Even though she was knowledgeable, she could not tell how Ding Hao guided people into meditation. 

Ding Hao entered the room and discovered that Min Qingqiu was very excited.

He was confused. Then Min Qingqiu pointed at one of the young men and whispered, "He is about to be awakened!"

"What?" Ding Hao was shocked. He looked at the young man. 

Sure enough, the spiritual energy and aura around the young man seemed to have changed slightly.

Ding Hao nodded and said, "That's right. He is about to be awakened."

Min Qingqiu asked, "You can sense it too?"

The lay people in the Acquired Stage would not have the ability to sense the changes in spiritual energy and aura. Ding Hao's six senses had reached their peak level, thus he was able to sense the change. He hid it from her and said, "No, I was only copying what you said."

"Oh." Min Qingqiu nodded suspiciously but looked at him curiously. 

The young man was about to be awakened, Ding Hao and Min Qingqiu stood by his side to protect him. 

The quieter the moment the better it was. 

The parents of the youth arrived not long after they received the news. They were excited to hear that their son was about to be awakened. They kneeled before Ding Hao and thanked him. 

"That's alright. This is his fate." Ding Hao laughed and pushed them outside of the door.

Ding Hao wanted to watch the process of awakening. It would be beneficial for him in the future. His heightened six senses allowed him to sense the spiritual energy changes in each moment.

"It's coming!"

Suddenly, a wave of spiritual energy broke through the young man's Baihui acupoint and rushed toward the sky!

Ding Hao Min Qingqiu felt it at the same time. The energy broke through the body. It was invisible and untouchable, but it did exist.

It was like the energy had burst into fireworks above the young man's head and rushed through the sky. 

Min Qingqiu could tell that Ding Hao was able to sense it. She was curious as to how Ding Hao was able to sense it at the same time. She looked at him twice. 

Ding Hao was silent. He had submerged himself in intense energy.

The "fireworks" that broke through the young man's Baihui acupoint did not go very high. It was about two to three meters high. It did not break through the roof, before the energy erupted.

Soon after, the Ding House was enveloped in extraordinary energy! It was so powerful that all the people in the Ding family could sense it. Passing through everything, the energy quickly curled around the young man.

"The power of Heaven's Will is so strong!"

Ding Hao roughly understood. Energy would break through the body. It was actually a signal. This signal was to communicate with Heaven's Will. Then Heaven's Will would send another great power to awaken the person!

'No wonder there were not many people with celestial genes on Earth. Earth does not have the Heaven's Will System of Jiuzhou. This is too powerful.'

When Heaven's Will sent the energy down, everyone in the vicinity could sense it. Everyone waited to see what type of celestial genes he received. 

A moment later, there was a cloud of mist about a meter above the young man's head. The mist was spiritual energy. It was very thin. An image of a copper furnace appeared. 

"Is it a level eight Brass Furnace?" someone outside the house asked.

The young man's father's face changed. A level eight celestial gene was too disappointing. 

Luckily, someone looked into an ancient book and found the same image. He said, "This should be a level six Medicine Cultivating Furnace.

There were too many different types of celestial genes in Jiuzhou. No one could remember every single one. Therefore, someone had compiled a book containing information of all the different types of celestial genes. However, the book did not contain all the types of celestial genes.

"Level six celestial genes were nothing to write home about, but it was a medicine cultivation furnace. They could open shops that cultivate medicine, and he could make a living." His parents were happier, and they gave red packets to people around them.

Seeing the place bustling with noise and excitement, Ding Hao thought that he might as well have a second awakening at the same time!

When nobody was paying attention, Ding Hao waved on top of Xiao Hai's head.

"Quiet the heart. Quiet the mind."

Xiao Hai entered the perfect-stage meditative state. Immediately, spiritual energy broke through his Baihui Acupoint. 

Suddenly someone exclaimed, "Another one! Another one is awakened!"

Boss Shang had been busy buying medicine pills for Ding Hao. He had just finished the business today, and he brought a bag into the Ding house. He teared up at the news of his son's awakening. He was speechless. 

Every parent hopes their children will achieve greatness. It was the same in all societies!

Ding Hao was paying attention to the spiritual energy changes in Xiao Hai. The spiritual energy that broke through his Baihui Acupoint was one meter higher than the young man. It went through the roof of the Ding House!

"I see. The stronger the energy sent from the body, the easier Heaven's Will would be able to sense it! And thus, awaken a higher level celestial gene!"

As Heaven's Will descended, a cloud of mist gathered above Xiao Hai's head. And a shadow of a one-horned giant rhinoceros appeared.

"It is a beast celestial gene! Moon Horn Rhinoceros, level four!"

"It's level four!" Boss Shang was so excited. He wanted to jump up and down. "You must know, a level four has the qualification to register for the metropolitan examination, and he has an opportunity to join the Jiuzhou Academy!" There was a great difference between a level four and a level five!

An older man who was checking the book said, "Level four Moon Horn Rhinoceros, one could add another half rhinoceros strength when being awakened! This is a very strong celestial gene!"

"Hahaha." Boss Shang was elated, Xiao Hai had a strong body, and it was not surprising that he was able to awaken a powerful celestial gene. The additional half rhinoceros strength would come in handy when he went for the metropolitan examination. 

This was great when compared to the young man who had awakened earlier. He could only work hard in Wuzhou in order to make a living. 

The first thing one must do after being awakened was to register it at the governor's office. 

In the world of Jiuzhou, one could only register as a citizen after being awakened. They would also get a household registration. 

Those who were not awakened did not even get a household registration! This was discrimination against the lay people, but no one would change it!

"Boss Shang, you…"

Boss Shang remembered the purpose of his coming. He laughed and said, "I almost forgot. Gentleman Ding, the past few days I've spent all five thousand taels of silver and got one hundred and eighty well-produced cultivation pills and eight hundred and fifty defective pills!"

"So many!" Ding Hao was excited.

The moment he had been waiting for was finally here. These pills would change his life!

Boss Shang said, "For the normal people, the defective pills are harmful. Therefore, they were given as a gift. You have this many pills because of it. 

As he was talking, he opened the bag and found porcelain bottles and pills.

Boss Shang said, "The porcelain bottles contained the Ex pills. The others are all defective Ex pills."

As long as they contained spiritual energy, the well-produced pills and defective pills were all the same in Ding Hao's eyes. 

Ding Hao examined all pills and found that among the 850 defective pills, 550 were useless. It had been sitting there for too long, and all the spiritual energy had dissipated. The spiritual energy of the Ex pills would dissipate if not kept in a porcelain bottle. When not stored properly they would become truly defective. 

"These five hundred pills are useless." Boss Shang felt down when he heard that it was useless.

Ding Hao said, "One hundred and eighty well-produced pills and three hundred defective pills. There are four hundred and eighty useful ones. We got a bargain!"

Boss Shang was happy to hear that.

Ding Hao said, "Quickly, bring Xiao Hao to the governor's office and register him. I'll take care of things here."

"Alright!" Boss Shang pulled his son over and said, "Xiao Hai, you were able to be awakened all thanks to Brother Ding. Come, kowtow to Brother Ding!"

Ding Hao helped Xiao Hai stand up. "You don't have to thank me, and you don't have to kowtow to me. You just need to thank your father. It is his kind heart that enabled me to stay in the bookshop and read those books. I found something helpful to me. Therefore, I am only here to return the favor. Boss Shang gave me a chance, so I'm returning the favor by giving you a chance. Sometimes things are funny that way. This is karma. You must remember, you have to give opportunities to other people. You should even give it to the useless lay people, for you just never know what luck it would bring!"

Xiao Hai nodded continuously, Boss Shang said, "It is karma indeed. Giving other people a chance is giving yourself a chance! Gentleman Ding you are right!"

"Of course, you don't have to be polite to those who don't give other people a chance," laughed Ding Hao. He then tapped on Xiao Hai and said, "Go and register."

Min Qingqiu overheard the conversation. She found that Ding Hao to be full of surprises. She would not be surprised if an old cultivator had said that, but Ding Hao was only 15 and a half years old. He was still a young man. How did he get such deep insight?

Before she left, she said, "Brother Ding, Xiao Hai has been awakened. I hope you will be awakened soon."

She was looking forward to seeing what he was going to say. 

"Great." Ding Hao didn't say much. He had the big bag of medicinal pills. He looked to the sky and said, "Love is in the air!"