Chapter 109 - Xiao Tian and Test.

Hua Ling thought he had scared them; he coldly glared at the youth with the 8-grade Man Spiritual Root, "We do not need a Man Spiritual Root trash in my Little Heaven Realm. You should scram back home by yourself. Or do you want me to kick you back? The garbage of the Man Spiritual Root-level should be too humiliated to show themselves in the Skysoul Institute."

Shen Xiu cringed after seeing Hua Ling acting like that. She turned around and buried her face in Tatsuya's shoulder.

It completely caught everyone off guard; everyone thought Hua Ling made her cry.

Even Nie Li and Lu Piao looked at her weirdly. They hadn't seen Shen Xiu like this.

Looking at everyone's eyes asking the same question. Tatsuya replied as he looked at Nie Li and Lu Piao with focus, "She probably remembered how she used to act before."

His words made Shen Xiu's whole body twitch even more. If someone saw her face, it was the same color as her hair.

Lu Piao and Nie Li understood; they gazed at Shen Xiu's back with weird eyes. She was really different from what they remembered.

Miyuki pulled Tatsuya's sleeves; Tatsuya glanced at her, "?"

Miyuki whispered, "that boy tried to kill himself."

"Tried to?"

Miyuki nodded with embarrassment, "I stopped him."

Tatsuya glanced over in the crowd; he saw a boy in the masses. The boy seemed to have stopped, "You can freeze without showing." Before every time she froze someone, it showed, but he couldn't tell the difference now.

"You want to save him?" Tatsuya asked.

"I don't feel like seeing someone dying over something so silly." She really found Hua Ling silly. His antics were childish at best; they served no purpose, just to satisfy his pitiful vanity.

Tatsuya looked at the boy suddenly, the boy, Miyuki, and Tatsuya appeared in the void.

The boy looked around until he saw Tatsuya and Miyuki. He saw an old man standing with a girl covered in a veil.

Tatsuya didn't say anything; he used the book of the end to stab the boy.

Once he took it out, the boy knelt on the ground, "Teacher, I thought I would never see you."

Tatsuya nodded, combing his white beard, "Kid, I went away for a few years, and you are trying to kill yourself."

The boy slammed his face on the ground, "Teacher, I didn't have the face to see anyone."

"Absurd!!!" Tatsuya's voice resounded, shaking the boy to the core.

He said with zeal in his old voice, "We cultivators go against heaven to cultivate. You are giving up because of something like a face? What will you do with your face, eat it? You are a cultivator; if there is a hurdle, then hide from it. If someone humiliates you, then take it. If you are outnumbered, run away."

The boy looked at him, "If I am lost?"

Tatsuya's mouth twitched, "then come find your master. I will help you."

"Teacher, I don't have enough talent, I was humiliated, I don't know what to do." The boy looked as if he found hope.

Tatsuya placed his hand on the boy, "Xiao Tian, Years ago, I found a rare cultivation technique. When I saw you, I knew it was meant for you. You were too naive then. Now it the right time to give it to you. Remember, Spiritual Root does not decide the end. You do."

Xiao Tian looked at him, pitifully, "Master, take me with you."

"Don't worry, stay there, and someone will take care of you." Before he could say anything, Tatsuya threw him out.

Miyuki started chuckling, soon her chuckle turned to a burst of full-blown laughter. With a burst of smoke, Tatsuya turned back to himself.

"Well, that should be enough," Tatsuya said calmly while looking at Miyuki, who was holding her stomach from laughing too much.

Miyuki tried to catch some of her breath as she turned and leaned on Tatsuya, "Wha-at, was that?"

Tatsuya put his arm around her to stop her from falling, "I thought, I should try a hand on humor. This type of thing was popular in novels before World War 3 began."

Miyuki let out a short laugh before stopping herself, "You shouldn't try that."

"But, it did make you laugh."

Miyuki took a deep breath, "that was for a completely different reason."

Tatsuya nodded; he wasn't too good with the humor.

Miyuki and Tatsuya appeared outside; it seemed Lu Piao, Nie Li, and Yang Xin had taken the test. It was Shen Xiu's turn.

Miyuki glanced at the Xiao Tian, who was looking around nervously.

She whispered, "he seems different."

She felt his personality seemed different.

"When he was a kid, I put him in certain situations. To build more flexible thinking, he was too rigid to be of any use."

"Like?" Miyuki was curious.

"I read an early 21-century novel, I followed the example. Like throwing Xiao Tian in a poisonous swamp, or between strong enemies who wanted to kill him, or throw him into a deep pit filled with monsters."

Miyuki's mouth twitched, "what kind of novel did you read."

Tatsuya was about to answer when Yang Xin interrupted them, "What are we going to do with Shen Xiu's result?" She felt the way Tatsuya was treating Shen Xiu, she might not have great talent.

Tatsuya and Miyuki looked over,

"7-Grade Earth Spiritual Root, off to west district." Enforcer Gu said. He was very polite after all three Heaven Roots appeared in Tiny World. One was even 8-Grade.

Shen Xiu seemed disappointed as she walked back.

"First a man spiritual root, then three heaven root. I thought others would be heaven root too."

"Man, she isn't that far from heaven root too."

"First an 8-Grade Man, then a 5-Grade, then an 8-Grade, and a 1-Grade Heaven Root, now 7-Grade Earth. I bet the next one will be 1-Grade Earth or 9-Grade Man." Youth with rough hairs spoke with confidence.

Enforcer Gu looked at Miyuki and said politely, "Your turn. Please come up."

Miyuki nodded politely before stepping forward.

Tatsuya glanced at Shen Xiu, who was looking down, "Spiritual Roots mean nothing."

Shen Xiu responded meekly, "I know." Although she didn't seem to believe that. She had seen how much importance everyone gave spiritual roots. She had read about them.

Suddenly voices filled with astonishment filled the surrounding,

"I don't believe it..."

"Oh, my dao... what did I see."

"Tiny World...will wonders never cease..."

Some even knelt down on the ground. Some spoke with a feeble voice.

Enforcer Gu spoke in a shaky voice, "9-Grade Heaven Spiritual Root, West Courtyard..No..wait." He wasn't sure if he should send her to the west courtyard. Although there was an 8 and 9 were just one number apart. But there was a massive difference; he hadn't heard a 9-Grade Heaven Root in decads. They represented the peak of the Draconic Ruins Realm. Everytime one appeared, they reached Martial Ancestor Rank.

"I want to go to West Courtyard," Miyuki spoke.

Enforcer Gu was startled, "Yes, Of course." He announced, "West District."

After Miyuki came back as if she had already expected that.

Hua Ling, on the other hand, was tongue-tied. He felt a suffocating pressure over him. It wasn't that anyone was pressuring him, an 8-Grade Heaven Root and 9-Grade Heaven Root. There was also Xiao Yu if they were different from Xiao Yu. He couldn't even imagine his fate.

He knew soon others will hear the news. Nie Li was fine people would just invite him to join their faction. It had nothing to with him. Miyuki was different; she was a talented, beautiful woman, they would go to any lengths to impress her. He felt his life was in danger.

Enforcer Gu took deep breaths; he could only imagine the benefits of finding a 9-Grade Spiritual Root.

He looked at Tatsuya, trying to smile as politely as he could, "Please, Your turn."

It didn't matter if Tatsuya didn't have any talent. He seemed close to the girl. People would bribe him enough that he could live like a king, all this just for a chance to get close to her.

Tatsuya looked at the crystal; his lower and upper soul realm were both active. His Lower Soul Realm was the same as before, to the point that even a fate soul couldn't be born. His Upper Soul Realm had 2 fate souls, a luminescent green, while the other was red. The difference was there was no Bahamut in his soul realm.

There was one more difference, his heart was creating Heavenly Energy rather than Reiryoku.

He realized the difference between them. Reiryoku and Heavenly Energy were similar; Reiryoku only contained spiritual particles, while Heavenly Energy contained spiritual and physical particles.

How did that affect his soul realms? Even in a place without Heavenly Energy, his heart would keep creating Heavenly Energy. Even without practicing, his cultivation would keep growing. In turn, as his cultivation increased, the physical strength increased, the soul became more powerful. His heart will produce even more energy.

Above all, his control over his ability increased. Before, they were separate, but now he could combine them. But that is for another time.

Tatsuya put some of Heavenly Energy from the upper soul realm, the crystal turned violet, soon 9 threads appeared in it. Tatsuya stopped inputting the Heavenly Energy.