Chapter 13

Chapter 13: Start Cultivating

The moment Du Ruo Lan heard that, she knew Wei Ling Yue would consider her suggestion, so she stopped while she was ahead and returned to Hai Tang Court.

Her thoughts were simple. Since the good things weren’t on that little brat Wei Yun Xi, there was even less reason to let Yun Xi follow her daughter into the sect and split her daughter’s cultivation resources.

On the other side, what Wei Yun Xi had been worried about finally took a turn the next day. In the Cultivation Hall, another child also succeeded at Qi Induction. It was Wei Zong Jin, the child of Wei Ling Yue’s second brother, and he was considered the first person of the Zong generation.

When the spiritual roots were tested earlier, Wei Zong Jin’s spotlight had been stolen by Wei Yun Qing, so he was very unwilling to accept it. On top of that, after hearing Wei Yun Xi’s words in the Cultivation Hall yesterday, he felt even more stifled, and he wanted to fight for a slot to enter the Hao Ran Sect.

Wei Zong Jin had wood, fire, and metal triple spiritual roots, and his spiritual root values were all around eighty-five. He was far stronger than Wei Yun Xi after she had hidden her spiritual root aptitude. After Wei Yun Qing succeeded at Qi Induction, he could already sense the clusters of spiritual energy. Today, with the denser spiritual energy in the Cultivation Hall, he succeeded at Qi Induction in one go and became the second child to succeed.

That night, Du Ruo Lan told her daughter that Wei Yun Xi would not be going with her to the Hao Ran Sect.

Wei Yun Qing immediately asked anxiously, “Mother, why? Didn’t you tell me she could go to the Hao Ran Sect with me?”

Du Ruo Lan soothed her at once. “Qing’er, be good. The past two days, Mother had Zhen Zhu turn Zhuo Hua Courtyard upside down. The hairpin you like and all the resources her mother left behind aren’t on Wei Yun Qing. All of it was placed at the Feng Family. The Feng Family is very wary of the Wei Family. Even if she goes with you to the sect right now, she won’t be able to take those resources with her. Bringing her would only make her a burden. You would even have to take care of her a little for the Feng Family’s sake. What if it slows down your cultivation?”

Wei Yun Qing felt what her mother said made sense, but she still felt uncomfortable, and she couldn’t explain why. She could only frown and say, “Then Mother, you have to find a way to get that hairpin. I feel like that hairpin is very important to me.”

“Don’t worry. As long as she stays in the Wei residence, she won’t be able to make any waves,” Du Ruo Lan promised at once.

Du Ruo Lan’s goal was simple: keep Wei Yun Xi under her nose so she could control and suppress her, and at the same time try to pry out the good things Feng Jia Yun had left behind.

At this time, Wei Yun Qing was still young and didn’t know that sometimes fortune wasn’t necessarily an object. Her fortune was Wei Yun Xi, the person, but she only understood that much later.

By the time she finally understood, the gap between the two of them had already opened. She couldn’t even get close to this younger sister anymore, and could only circle around her.

On the other side, the Feng Family finally sent an attendant over and specifically said she was responsible for guiding Wei Yun Xi’s cultivation. She also had water, wood, and fire triple spiritual roots, and she was at Qi Refining level ten. In an instant, she completely outclassed Zhen Zhu.

This blatant slap in the face made Wei Ling Yue feel uncomfortable, but he didn’t say anything. After all, the other party was concerned about his niece’s cultivation. If her aptitude wasn’t enough, they used resources to make up for it. He had no reason to refuse.

He spoke with her for a couple of sentences, then let the woman called Feng Xiu go straight to Zhuo Hua Courtyard.

Wei Yun Xi had finally waited for her support. If the Feng Family didn’t send anyone soon, she would have been unable to hold back and succeed at Qi Induction.

Feng Xiu’s cultivation was above Zhen Zhu’s. The moment she arrived, she took charge of Zhuo Hua Courtyard, and with a single look, she sent Zhen Zhu off to the outer courtyard.

Feng Xiu said, “Miss, this is what the Feng Family head asked me to bring for Miss. He said to let you focus on cultivating and succeed at Qi Induction.”

After speaking, she handed a small storage pendant to Wei Yun Xi.

Wei Yun Xi said, “Thank you, Sister Feng. Please tell Uncle that I’m safe, and also thank him for the preparations he made for me.”

“Yes, Miss,” Feng Xiu replied.

That night, Wei Yun Xi couldn’t wait any longer. She opened the isolation array plate, then sat cross-legged in the cultivation room with her five centers facing the sky. She took a deep breath, then slowly let it out, little by little adjusting the rhythm of her breathing and heartbeat.

After her mind gradually settled, Wei Yun Xi felt that everything around her was silent, and she could only hear her own heartbeat. Then, in the darkness, specks of light drifted toward her one by one. One speck, two specks, three specks… more and more, until she was completely submerged.

Wei Yun Xi released goodwill and invited those specks of spiritual energy to enter her body as guests. A green speck was the first to sink into her skin, then the second, the third…

As the specks entered Wei Yun Xi’s body, she felt her meridians swell, and the more spiritual energy she absorbed, the more obvious that swelling became. It felt as if her meridians were blocked because the spiritual energy had increased too suddenly.

Wei Yun Xi silently recited the Qi-Gathering Art she knew by heart, guiding the blocked specks of spiritual energy to circulate through her meridians. After one minor cycle, she stored the refined spiritual energy in her dantian.

Her dantian had only just been opened, and it was only about the size of an egg. But she didn’t know that her dantian was already twice as large as that of an ordinary beginner cultivator, and that while she guided the spiritual energy through its cycle, she had also unconsciously used her spiritual sense.

At this moment, only cyan, white, and purple specks were scattered at the bottom of her dantian, barely covering the bottom, showing that she had succeeded at Qi Induction.

Wei Yun Xi still had no idea, and she continued cultivating. The feeling was too comfortable, like her whole body was soaking in a hot spring at just the right temperature, so comfortable she wanted to moan.

As she ran the Qi Refining Art, more spiritual energy poured into her body. Soon, a layer of brown grime seeped out across her skin, and if you smelled closely, you could even catch a stench. These were impurities expelled from her body after her first Qi Induction.

Feng Xiu stood guard outside the door. She couldn’t sense the situation inside, but she knew Miss Yun Xi had probably succeeded at Qi Induction. She had felt that subtle ripple of spiritual energy just now.

All the way until the sun rose, Wei Yun Xi didn’t remove the array. Feng Xiu felt a little worried, but she couldn’t barge in, so she told Chun Yu to go to the Cultivation Hall and ask for leave.

Chun Yu understood what Feng Xiu meant, so she turned and left Zhuo Hua Courtyard. Halfway there, Zhen Zhu caught up with her.

Zhen Zhu asked, “Chun Yu, why isn’t Miss Yun Xi going to the Cultivation Hall today?”

Chun Yu frowned. “Miss isn’t feeling well today. She said she wants to cultivate in her own courtyard. If she doesn’t succeed at Qi Induction, she won’t come out. Miss is anxious.”

Zhen Zhu’s gaze flickered, and then she split off from Chun Yu.

Wei Yun Xi had to stop cultivating because her stomach was rumbling. When she opened her eyes, she felt a wave of dizziness, the reaction of low blood sugar.

She didn’t have time to care about the stench on her body. She shut down the isolation array first. Feng Xiu rushed in right away, and when she saw Wei Yun Xi crawling on the floor like a little turtle, she couldn’t help curling her lips.

She first tossed a Cleansing Spell to remove the grime shell from Wei Yun Xi’s body, then went over and picked her up. She fed her a fasting pill first, and only then did she check her from head to toe.

Wei Yun Xi felt a warm current slide from her mouth into her stomach, easing the burning feeling in her belly. Only then did she ask in a soft, sticky voice, “Sister Feng, how long have I been cultivating?”

Feng Xiu replied, “Miss has been cultivating for two days and two nights. If you didn’t come out, I was about to rush in.”