Chapter 4: Brothers, It's Time for Another Meal

"Junior Sister Xie, there aren't many people in Asking Sword Peak, including our Master; there are only three of us. If you can't find the Master, come find me."

Returning from Luofu Main Peak to Asking Sword Peak, Xu Sui first familiarized Xie Yushu with the environment of Asking Sword Peak. He also arranged a small bamboo building as Xie Yushu's residence and taught her the mental formulas of the Luofu Seed Jade Scripture. However, whether she could cultivate would depend on her destiny.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Xu. I will definitely work hard in my cultivation."

Xie Yushu expressed her gratitude. As a member of the royal family, she had a keen sense of observation and naturally understood that she was being treated as a burden and sent to Asking Sword Peak.

Actually, on the way here, Xie Yushu had prepared herself for the possibility that Xu Sui would show a sour face at any moment. Who would have thought that Xu Sui's attitude had always been very gentle, even considering how a mortal like Xie Yushu would handle the issue of meals three times a day.

In the world of cultivation, strength speaks volumes, and weakness itself is the greatest sin. Even one's own parents would not have a good expression for a child without talent in cultivation. Xie Yushu had firsthand experience of this.

After all, in a certain sense, Xie Yushu had been kicked out of the Xiaoshui Country royal family.

Therefore, she was very grateful for Xu Sui's kindness, but then she remembered her own situation and couldn't help but sigh.

Xie Yushu understood that she ended up in this situation because something in her dantian continuously absorbed the spiritual energy she introduced into her body.

If only that thing didn't exist, how good it would be.

Xie Yushu had this thought more than once, but the dantian was a crucial part of a cultivator, and even if she didn't want it, it was impossible to cut open her dantian and remove it.

So, it was just a thought.

"Just go with the flow in your cultivation."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xu Sui returned to his small bamboo building nearby. With his Empty Spiritual Root, his cultivation speed was so fast that he was getting addicted to it. No wonder those powerful beings remained motionless for hundreds of years when they went into seclusion.

It turns out that cultivation is really addictive.

"Go with the flow? But cultivators are beings who go against the heavens."

Sitting cross-legged, Xie Yushu recalled the mental formulas and chants that Xu Sui had taught her. She continuously operated her cultivation technique to absorb spiritual energy, but the spiritual energy still disappeared like before.

Could it be that I will never be able to cultivate in my entire life? I can't accept it.

Images of family members' cold eyes, servants' ridicule, and the disdain of others echoed in Xie Yushu's mind. She was truly unwilling to be ordinary.

The Luofu Seed Jade Scripture continued to operate, and a large amount of spiritual energy poured into her dantian. Then, a miracle happened.

The thing that continuously absorbed spiritual energy in her dantian disappeared.

Subsequently, the first strand of spiritual energy appeared in Xie Yushu's dantian, followed by the second and third strands, increasing continuously. As the spiritual energy circulated throughout her body, Xie Yushu smoothly entered the first level of Qi Cultivation.

"That thing... disappeared?"

Xie Yushu pinched her delicate cheek until it swelled before releasing her hand. She confirmed that this was not a dream.

It's really not a dream.

Tears unknowingly filled her eyes, and two lines of clear tears hung on her face. Xie Yushu didn't know whether she was happy or sad at the moment, but she did see a glimmer of hope.

...

[The system begins to pick up, please wait, Host...]

[Successful pickup, Host obtained the item "Spirit Communication Jade," stored in the storage space.]

[Spirit Communication Jade: A companion spiritual item of someone with great fortune, containing the supreme Thunder Technique inheritance. It requires a sufficient infusion of spiritual energy to activate. All tracking techniques and prohibitions on it have been erased. Host, feel free to use it.]

"System, you honestly confess where you stole this thing from."

If the previous Clear Source Divine Water came from an ownerless relic, this time the Spirit Communication Jade clearly stated that it was a companion spiritual item of someone with great fortune. Now that it appeared in Xu Sui's hands, it couldn't be anything other than the system stealing it.

The key point was that the owner of this thing was someone with great fortune. The system was truly an inexplicable enemy, really an old sixth.

[This system is an automatic pickup system, and the principle is to pick as the highest priority. All acquisitions are picked up items.]

"Then how do you explain this thing?"

[The owner of this item detests it to the extreme, judged by this system as ownerless, hence it was picked up.]

"Detests it? This is probably the pride of a person with great fortune."

At this moment, a scene appeared in Xu Sui's mind. A rebellious young man stood on the mountain peak, throwing the Spirit Communication Jade down the cliff before turning and leaving, leaving behind a casual remark echoing in the mountains.

With heavy burdens, there's no need for others' bones.

Just thinking about this scene made Xu Sui want to take a deep breath. It was truly too much of a show-off.

"Since someone else doesn't want it, there shouldn't be a problem with the system picking it up."

Although this Spirit Communication Jade was something a person with great fortune looked down upon, Xu Sui was currently poor and couldn't afford to waste the gifts of nature.

Brothers, it's time for another meal.

Xu Sui was a bit curious about what inheritance was in the Spirit Communication Jade, so he infused a bit of spiritual energy into it. However, he quickly discovered that his spiritual energy disappeared like before.

"No wonder this is a companion spiritual item of someone with great fortune. The amount of spiritual energy required to activate the inheritance is so large."

Fortunately, Xu Sui was already at the Foundation Establishment stage and had achieved the phenomenon of "Thousand Mountains Covered in Snow" in his dantian. Each snowflake in his dantian was condensed into substantial spiritual energy. Compared to the liquefied spiritual energy in the Qi Sea of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, this solidified spiritual energy was obviously more concentrated, making Xu Sui's total amount of spiritual energy in his dantian ten times or even more than that of an ordinary early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

For a Qi Refinement cultivator, the gaseous spiritual energy was even more abundant. It was feared that there wouldn't be any ripples when infused into the Spirit Communication Jade.

Even so, the required spiritual energy for the Spirit Communication Jade exceeded Xu Sui's expectations.

Seeing that his dantian's snowy scenery was almost melting, and his internal spiritual energy was almost depleted, just as Xu Sui was about to take a break, a mysterious feeling came from the Spirit Communication Jade.

In a trance, Xu Sui felt as if he were in an endless sea of thunder, destructive power surging, shaking the heavens and earth. In the center of boundless thunder, a blurred figure sat in the void, and mysterious scriptures flowed from his mouth. When Xu Sui returned to his senses, that terrifying phenomenon had long since dissipated, and what remained in his mind was a technique called "Thunder Pool in the Palm."

Gather the power of thunder for destruction, condensing within the palm of the hand.

Condense, and the silent places will produce shocking thunder.

Disperse, and the entire body becomes a forbidden zone.

Indeed, it was an extraordinary technique that combined offense and defense. Moreover, Xu Sui possessed the Empty Spiritual Root, allowing him to fully exert the power of almost any attribute technique.

"Most thunder attribute techniques focus on attack and neglect defense, but the Thunder Pool in the Palm can be both offensive and defensive. This is indeed rare."

Although this wave of infusing spiritual energy almost drained Xu Sui, the harvest far exceeded his expectations.

The Thunder Pool in the Palm was much better than most techniques on Luofu Mountain.