Chapter 13: Breakthrough, Battle Techniques
Late at night, Sea Concubine Palace.
Compared to the frigid Ice Plains, the Sea Concubine Palace was like a completely enclosed underwater dragon palace, covered by a transparent water curtain, eternally shielded from the sun and moon.
A dense spirit energy filled the air, azure ripples creating wave-like patterns that almost materialized.
Ordinary humans would find it difficult to breathe here, even suffocating from lack of oxygen.
However, for Spirit Masters with water-attribute spirit energy, this was an absolute cultivation sanctuary. Meditating in the Sea Concubine Palace yielded twice the results with half the effort.
Returning to her quarters, Gong Lianyue glanced casually at the woman in white, still kneeling with her head bowed.
“Saintess!”
Hearing the footsteps behind her, the woman in white immediately woke up, looking over excitedly.
“I am…”
Bang!
Before the woman could finish, Gong Lianyue slammed the door shut with a loud thud.
Staring at the closed door, the woman in white sighed helplessly.
She had waited here for four or five days, but she hadn’t even managed to exchange a single word. After all, the difference in their status was too great. There was nothing she could do.
Under the knowing gazes of the two maids, she turned and left the courtyard without a word.
Inside the room, Gong Lianyue sat expressionlessly in front of her vanity mirror, glancing from the corner of her eye at a flickering black will-o’-the-wisp burning in the shadows.
The black will-o’-the-wisp slowly floated closer, its weak, flickering form as if it might dissipate at any moment.
“Saintess, I have the latest intelligence on the Saintess Candidates.”
“Hong Tao successfully broke through to Level 2 Spirit Master a week ago. Her Hellfire Dragon should have also evolved.”
“Qing Yu formed a contract with a high-rank spirit beast. Based on battle traces, it’s a Wind God Eagle.”
“Also, Lei Ji lasted three hours in the Sea Abyss Secret Realm. She might pose a challenge for the Saintess position in this selection.”
“…”
Seeing the girl’s silence, the flickering will-o’-the-wisp grew weaker.
Just then, Gong Lianyue slowly spoke.
“I was attacked on the Ice Plains by an assassin claiming to be from Bai He’s side.”
Hearing the blue-haired girl’s cold voice, the black will-o’-the-wisp flickered violently and quickly responded, “It wasn’t one of ours!”
“Can you describe her appearance? Perhaps we can identify her.”
“She looked like a slut.”
“Eh?”
“Don’t worry, I know it wasn’t one of yours. After all, Bai He is pathologically pure. She would be disgusted by the mere sight of anyone who isn’t a virgin.”
Gong Lianyue maintained a calm expression, secretly amused.
The flickering will-o’-the-wisp seemed confused, relieved yet slightly embarrassed.
Wasn’t this implying that everyone around Bai He, including itself, was a virgin?
“We’ll investigate this as soon as possible.”
With those final words, the black will-o’-the-wisp slowly dissipated like an extinguished flame.
The woman in white, who had just left the Saintess’s palace, stopped abruptly, a dark flame flickering in her hand.
She blushed slightly, then extinguished the flame and quickly walked away.
In the dark room, Gong Lianyue slowly exhaled, her anxiety easing.
Why bother talking so much? She couldn’t defeat any of the Saintess Candidates anyway…
They all possessed high-rank offensive spirit beasts, and some had even broken through to Level 2 Spirit Master. She was no match for them!
“Whatever, I should focus on cultivating.”
Gong Lianyue sighed and sat on her bed, closing her eyes to meditate.
This time, with the Cloud Dream Flower’s talent boost, she felt that she could quickly break through to the Spirit Master realm.
Becoming a formal Spirit Master would allow her to communicate more closely with her spirit beasts.
As the blue-haired girl calmed her mind, the surrounding spirit energy converged like a whirlpool, flowing into her body.
Crystal-clear, water-attribute spirit energy, purer than water, gathered around Gong Lianyue’s soul core, pouring down like a waterfall, gradually filling it.
So fast, so comfortable…!!!
Gong Lianyue had never realized cultivation could be so pleasant. It was three or four times more effective than before, the circulating spirit energy flowing smoothly and continuously.
Before this, her spirit energy flow would be interrupted every few minutes, a frustrating and uncomfortable experience.
Cloud Dream Flower, I love you to death!!
The water-attribute spirit energy in the room was quickly depleted, and the spirit energy from the courtyard began to converge, drawn into the girl’s soul core.
Perhaps due to her shattered spirit, the core seemed stronger and more durable, capable of storing more spirit energy.
Bang!
With a crisp sound, the previously dim soul core seemed to activate, bursting with a brilliant azure light.
Gong Lianyue felt a refreshing coolness wash over her body. The spirit crystal within her turned a deep, icy blue, radiating a chilling aura.
Breakthrough successful! She had become a Water Spirit Master!
Her previous state was called the awakening period, the stage where the spirit crystal hadn’t yet emitted light, and she could only issue simple commands to her spirit beast.
By crossing this stage and becoming a Spirit Master, she could formally control her spirit beast, their bond deepening significantly.
At this moment, several lines of illusory text appeared in Gong Lianyue’s mind.
[Low-rank Level 1: Water Element]
[Bloodline Talent: None]
[Spirit Beast Battle Techniques: O]
[High-rank Level 1: Nine-Colored Cloud Dream Flower]
[Bloodline Talent: Cultivation Amplification]
[Spirit Beast Battle Techniques: OOO]
This wasn’t some kind of system, but an awareness automatically formed in a Spirit Master’s mind, expressed in human language.
Silent for a moment, Gong Lianyue could barely contain her excitement.
As expected of a high-rank spirit beast, the little fox had an innate talent for cultivation, boosting her from ordinary aptitude to a minor genius.
This way, she could quickly catch up to the other Saintess Candidates!!
Moreover, after becoming a Spirit Master, her spirit beast could begin learning battle techniques.
Even among the same species and rank, a spirit beast’s combat effectiveness could vary drastically based on battle experience, the quality and proficiency of their battle techniques, and the assistance and commands of their Spirit Master.
They could learn techniques unrelated to their own attributes, or even useless acrobatic techniques, though only a fool would do so.
Beside the Water Element’s battle techniques, there was only one circle, but beside the Cloud Dream Flower’s information, there were three OOOs.
This meant that all the technique slots were currently empty, but the Cloud Dream Flower had two more slots than the Water Element. This was the inherent advantage of a high-rank spirit beast.
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