8 Spiritual Energy

As I opened the door and walked out, a fresh breeze carrying the fragrance of unknown flowers brushed past my face. The caress of the wind rejuvenated all of my pores as I took in a deep breath. In the very next moment, I felt a strange ticklish feeling all over my skin as the Natural Energies of the world automatically started seeping into my body.

It was the breath of Nature that existed everywhere on the Divine Amethyst Continent — Spiritual Energy. A sacred power the Heavens blessed the lands with, and all life used it as sustenance. Be it a human or a beast, if one wished to live long and achieve the strength to control their fate, then Cultivating with Spiritual Energy was a must.

Every living being was born with Divine Receptors in their body that helped them feel the existence of the Spiritual Energy filling the world. Using those Divine Receptors, the said being could invoke movement in the Spiritual Energy and pull it into their body, leading it into their Meridians.

From there, one started walking down the thorny road of Cultivation that could make or break one's fate. Living in a dog-eat-dog world where might made right, the higher a person's Cultivation base, the higher up the food chain they would be. Law and order? Those were things the strong trampled on for fun.

Riches and glory belonged to those who had the strength to take them. One without power had no voice. Their only choice was to obey the strong, or face a disaster and get stamped out. I felt the concepts distant yet familiar. I felt quite strange after merging with the memories of the former owner of my body.

As I wondered what fate this new life held for me, I started walking forward. In the garden ahead, I could see a beautiful fairy moving about and watering the flowers while humming a melodious tune. A warm smile appeared on my face as I walked forward with hushed steps and soon arrived behind the woman unaware of her surroundings.

Slowly reaching out my hands, I hugged her thin waist and pulled her into my embrace. Immediately, the beauty released a cute yelp and turned around to look at me with her watery eyes. As soon as her eyes met with mine, a smile full of affection bloomed on her face, and she greeted me, "Good morning, Master!"

"Good morning, JiaJia!" I greeted her back. And although it was high noon and the sun was right above our heads, I couldn't care less about correcting my words. Lowering my head, I gently pecked on her rosy lips, and praised her for her work, "You have worked hard!"

In response to my affectionate gesture, JiaJia pecked me back before burying her crimson face into my chest and saying softly, "It's not hard, Master; JiaJia loves taking care of Master's garden and residence!"

I lowered my face and loving rubbed my chin above her head with a smile, "That's my good girl."

As JiaJia heard my words, she softly giggled in my embrace. But as she was about to lose herself in her happiness, she seemed to have recalled something as she abruptly raised her head and looked at me with an urgent expression, "Master, the Young Mistresses came over to convey the Patriarch's message to you. The Patriarch commanded you to see him as soon as you woke up!"

"Oh," I was surprised at her words, but only for a moment. Considering that the man had not seen his son for ten long years, it wasn't too strange for him to call him for a meeting first thing after waking up. Knowing that I had no reason to be worried about him seeing through me, I nodded my head and said to my beauty, "Alright, I will go see him after I take a bath and change clothes."

"Master, please wait in your room," JiaJia nodded and said to me, "I will go and prepare the bath and clothes for Master!"

"I will wait here," I said to her. Kissing her forehead, I released her from my embrace and said, "I like the flowers and the breeze outside better; that room is too suffocating for a lone person."

"Understood, Master. Please wait here then," JiaJia said that to me and then walked towards the room I had previously come out. She must have gone in there to prepare my clothes for me. Watching her go further away, I slowly sat down on the green grass and decided to use the few minutes I had to get a taste of Cultivation.

I slowly closed my eyes and took in a deep breath. At the same time, I focused my mind on the so-called Divine Receptors by following the method I found inside the memories of the previous Shen Xian. As soon as I focused my attention, I felt a faint movement coming from unknown particles inside my body.

The movement of the particles hastened, and soon, they started reverberating with the slowly seeping Spiritual Energy. The pores of my skin turned into strong whirlpools as they sucked in the Spiritual Energy in the surroundings, devouring it like ravenous wolfs devouring a flock of sheep.

The feeling was indescribable, and I felt as if I was floating in space — I didn't know how one felt floating in space, but still, I imagined it must feel the way I felt. The Spiritual Energies in the surroundings entered my body without pause and made every pore and cell of my body feel alive. I felt free and unfettered like I had never felt before.

It was an experience that one couldn't explain well unless they had gone through it themselves. The peace of mind I felt at that moment was incomparable, and I soon felt my mind drifting into a daze.