4 An Ironic Twist of Fate

The old man stopped with his lesson and he looked at a particular girl emitting a pure and innocent aura.

"Song Qiuyue what is the first step to being a spirit cultivator?"

"One must have a desire, just like Zhang Zhaohui, without it one will not be able to be a spirit cultivator!"

"That's right, Zhang Zhaohui is able to become the master of the Desire Spirit precisely because he has a strong desire to continue living. Alright, let us end this discussion here!"

The old man stood up from his lotus position and looked at the students. He is very pleased with the reply given to him by Song Qiuyue, the most spectacular student currently!

She is more outstanding than the heir of the three great families and even Feng Xin with her four-star spirit, the Purple Ghost Butterfly Spirit.

"Starting tomorrow you will not be listening to my discussions but you will now start with refining your soul space. The first three people to be able to refine their soul space and enter the First Stage of the Infant Spirit Cultivation Stage will be given 20 spirit stones and other rewards!"

The old man said and he noticed everyone's excitement except Feng Xing who did not show any particular emotion. No sadness, no happiness, literally nothing.

"Refining your soul space is hard, you will be needing spirit stones to replenish your spirit essence. With that in consideration, the academy will be giving you each 5 spirit stones that you will use for the week!"

"Make sure that you refine your spirit in that time span as the academy will not give you any more spirit stones. Class dismissed!"

The old man added.

Hearing that the class is dismissed, Feng Xin stood up and looked at the mortal helper that is carrying spirit stones who entered the classroom.

Feng Xin is the first in line as he got his five shares of spirit stones and left the academy.

"To think that I will reach the point in life where I have to beg for five spirit stones, what a twist of fate!"

Feng Xin muttered in amusement. Spirit stones are the currency used in this world, it is used by mortals and spirit cultivators.

It can be used for trading and even replenishing the spirit essence in one's soul space.

As for spirit essence, it is used by spirit cultivators in order to activate their spirits. Meanwhile, the soul space is the place where the spirits of a spirit cultivator lay.

The soul space is also where the spirit essence of a spirit cultivator is located. So when a spirit cultivator wants to use his spirit essence then he has to guide his spirit essence from his soul space to the place he wants it to be.

Feng Xin quickly got to his home not bothering to even greet his aunt and uncle.

After knowing that Feng Xin's talent is just average, naturally, their attitude to him also changed. With this, one can already infer that they are never there to support him but to just use him and the wealth that his father and mother have.

In short, they wanted to splurge his inheritance! Naturally, Feng Xin isn't dumb enough to not know their intentions so he never acknowledges them as his family. This way they can't take any money or anything from the inheritance of his father and mother

His father is the hero of the clan and his mother is also a spirit cultivator, naturally, the wealth that they have gathered will not be low but right now, Feng Xin remains poor.

Since he hasn't acknowledged his aunt and uncle as his family there is no way for him to be able to even spend some money from the inheritance as only adults can take it. Unless he hit 15 years old, which is the age of an adult person in this world.

In short, Feng Xin cannot take any help from the inheritance of his father and mother and his aunt and uncle wouldn't help him if he doesn't acknowledge them as their guardian.

"What a tight spot to be in."

Feng Xin muttered as he sat in a lotus position breathing in a stable manner. He is trying to enter his soul space but he can't do so as he still hasn't broken the barrier that is clouding his soul space.

For the fourth time, Feng Xin gathered the spirit essence in his surroundings, the spirit essence in his body, and the spirit essence in the spirit stones in his hands through his breathing in order to break the barrier.

Feng Xin has been doing this for the past three days. When his peers are celebrating the fact that they have awakened their spirit, Feng Xin is already looking for a way to break through to Infant Spirit Stage!

Infant Spirit Stage is the first stage in the stages of spirit cultivation it will be divided into nine levels. Just like the name of the stage suggests, Infant, this stage is the stage where the awakened spirit is still in its infancy.

Due to this, it must be taken care of like an infant in order to grow. Every advancement will lead to huge growth in the spirit making it stronger.

Feng Xin is trying to break through in the first stage of the Infant Spirit Stage for the past three days but he still hasn't found any success. In his first three days, he can only put a small hole and cracks into the barrier.

He has to fully break the barrier in order to succeed and become a true spirit cultivator. Breaking the barrier covering the soul space is very important as once a spirit cultivator is able to break it, then he will be regarded as a "true spirit cultivator".

Only by breaking the soul space can one use his awakened spirit!

"My progress is very low, I need to do it faster, or else I will not be able to refine my soul space. I only have 5 spirit stones with me, other than the 200 spirit stones that I have hidden in case of an emergency where I have to run away from the clan."

Feng Xin felt troubled, he never expected that he will have to use his emergency fund this early in his plans.

"If my talent is only a little bit higher, I would have refined this soul space of mine already."

Feng Xin sighed in disappointment as the spirit stone in his hand turned into dust.

"Again!"

Feng Xin continued consuming the spirit stones in his hands but he found that the hole and the cracks in the barrier of the soul space is only showing small signs of breaking down.

Feng Xin repeated this process until all the spirit stones that has been given to him had turned into dust.

"Looks like there is no perfect plan even in this world. I have to take first place in order to get the twenty spirit stones. With no income right now, I will only fall behind and that is a thing that cannot happen with my current situation."

Feng Xin muttered as he stood up and moved the bed in his room. He leaned to the floor and tap it three times and a clanking sound rang out.

"I just need a few spirit stones and I will be able to break through."

He said as he looked at the hidden compartment that showed up on his floor. He opened it and he took the bag containing the spirit stones.

"Let's try again!"

Feng Xin rearranged everything back in his room and he sat in a lotus position continuing where he is left at.

Cracks and holes continuously appeared in his soul space and suddenly a tremor started after an unknown amount of time.

"Finally! I managed to succeed."

Feng Xin cannot contain his excitement as he suddenly wants to jump but he felt the tiredness conquer him.

A sense of hunger and thirst assaulted him.

He stood up and tried to leave his room to look for food. As he opened the door, he saw a tray containing food and water just beside his door.

The food is already cold meaning that it has been put there for a long amount of time already, even then, it is still in good condition.

Just as he is about to pick it up and eat it, he suddenly heard a footstep coming for him.

Feng Xin look at the person walking in the hall and he saw a girl with long black hair tied in a ponytail coming to him. She is tall and pretty, every boy his age would have admired her just with her beauty alone.

Some aura of budding maturity can also be seen in her.

"Young Master, I am just in time. This food is already cold. Take this one instead, it is still warm. I promise it will be good for you."

She said as she gave Feng Xin a new tray containing hot food.

Seeing her, Feng Xin only nodded.

'Song Qiuyue, what a twist of fate. To think that the person who actually managed to awaken the best talent in the clan's spirit awakening ceremony is my servant. How ironic. '

Feng Xin thought and he sighed, there is no reason for her to do this as after all the moment she became the most talented in the clan, there is no reason for her to continue serving him. This is a thing that Feng Xin cannot understand.