Chapter 84: Spiritual Force Body Tempering

After everyone scattered, Lou Mu Yan greeted Lou Mu Bai before walking to sit cross-legged atop a large tree with dense foliage not far from the wooden house.

She closed her eyes and the Spiritual Energy within her body performed a few macrocosmic orbits, placing her whole body and mind in a free and empty state. One night was enough for her to advance.

Streams of Spiritual Force came from all directions and quickly entered her body. A faint green force encircled her dan’tian, full of vitality.

Above her head, in the sky, clusters of Spiritual Clouds gathered, and lightning bolts descended from the Spiritual Clouds, striking each of Lou Mu Yan’s meridians. The Spiritual Force continuously tempered her body.

Dazzling lights like coloured glaze shone down on her through the dense leaves, making the gorgeous, white-clothed young girl appear as if a stunning celestial that had descended, rippling in light and enigmatic as if behind a layer of mist.

And this sight naturally stirred everyone who was resting within the wooden hut. They leapt out of the house, looked in Lou Mu Yan’s direction, and were completely stunned.

“This—This is Spiritual Force Body Tempering?” A student stammered out.

“Isn’t Lou Mu Yan’s talent a bit too strong? She’s only advancing but can actually attract Spiritual Force Body Tempering. Isn’t it that only the legendary constitution can cause such an anomalous phenomenon of Heaven and earth?” A member of the Imperial Family said in disbelief.

“She doesn’t have a special or rare constitution, but it’s said that people with the Terminal Meridians Constitution are actually extremely talented and Heaven-defying. It’s just that it’s been stopped by their Terminal Meridians. So after eradicating the Terminal Meridians Constitution, her talents and aptitudes are gradually revealed.”

“This truly is the so-called ‘interdependence of blessings and misfortunes’. The Lou Mu Yan after eradicating the Terminal Meridians Constitution, compared to the trash from before, are like two different people, she…”

The students were discussing constantly, and they all sighed with mixed emotions at Lou Mu Yan’s good fortune.

Yun Cang, Lan Si and Yun Ji were also standing outside the hut, looking at the anomalous phenomena occurring at that large tree.

Every time a Spiritual Cloud scattered, there would be even more that floated over. It was as if the white-clothed woman shrouded in a colourful glaze had a dan’tian that was a bottomless pit, incessantly absorbing the Spiritual Force of Heaven and earth. Its speed was truly breathtaking.

“Imperial Teacher, Lou Mu Yan really doesn’t have the Heavenly Spiritual Body?” Yun Ji looked at Yun Cang in confusion, asking.

He had never seen anyone who could attract the Spiritual Force Body Tempering anomalous phenomenon when they were advancing. Such an anomalous phenomenon was only a legendary existence, yet he didn’t expect to see it today occurring on the infamous trash of the Empire.

Yun Cang’s gaze was deep, and with a rare smile on his face, he sighed: “She does indeed not have the Heavenly Spiritual Body, but she has excelling talent that is no less than a Heavenly Spiritual Body. The future of this girl is immeasurable.”

Then, Yun Cang looked at Lan Si with a serious expression and ordered: “No accident can occur to Lou Mu Yan during this Trial.”

Whether it was the Master behind Lou Mu Yan, or the excelling cultivation and Alchemy talents that she displayed, it all decided that she would be an extraordinary person in the future. The Empire could not lose such a talent.

“I will protect her secretly.” Lan Si nodded, “But all the missions in the Trial need to be completed by herself, so I will not take action until a life-or-death moment.”

“That is only of course. If she can’t even pass such a Trial, then it would be a waste of her good aptitude.” A sharp glint flashed in Yun Cang’s eyes, “I just have a feeling that she can win a Trial quota this time.”

“I hope so!” The gaze that Lan Si cast towards Lou Mu Yan revealed a hint of extreme interest.

After a few hours, Lou Mu Yan’s Spiritual Energy soared. She opened her tightly shut eyes and formed a few hand-seals before her. The few Spiritual Clouds that remained in the sky were absorbed by her and the layer of thin film that blocked her advancement in her dan’tian was broken by the flooding of Elemental Energy.

[WENG!!] A huge amount of Spiritual Energy poured into her dan’tian, and the light green mist expanded in size.

Only after performing a few cosmic orbits in her body, was Lou Mu Yan’s advancement complete. Feeling the abundant and deep Spiritual Energy within her, a confident smile rose on her lips.

Although she was only at a Sword Spirit cultivation base, but the Spiritual Energy in her body wasn’t inferior to that of an Initial-Phase Sword King Sword Master. Now she had another layer of guarantee for the upcoming Trial mission.

Then Lou Mu Yan finished and glanced in the direction of the wooden hut with furrowed brows. There, countless pairs of eyes were staring at her, transfixed, making her feel very helpless.

After eradicating her Terminal Meridians constitution, her potential talent was even better than those pampered children with special constitutions. And because of her unique Flesh Refining Manual, every time she advanced, she would attract the anomalous phenomena of Heaven and earth where Spiritual Clouds would send lightning to temper her body. She suddenly felt a headache because the scene of her advancement was too big.

She didn’t like being watched and liked to cause trouble even less. But as long as she could refine the Foundation Establishment Pill and take it, after successfully establishing her foundation, she could create a sight where it would conceal and isolate the anomalous phenomena of Heaven and earth during advancement from the outside world.

She ignored the gazes of those people. Right now, she was bound to be questioned if she walked over, so she continued to sit on the tree and close her eyes to rest.

It wasn’t until when the time came for the mission to start did Lou Mu Yan jump off the branch and leave with Lou Mu Bai and the rest.

After separating from the other Trial students, Yun Lan took out a beast-skin map and carefully checked it.

“A’Lan, you actually have a map of the outer ring and inner ring of the Glacial Mountain Range.” Xiao Zi Ang looked at the beast-skin map and said in surprise.

Yun Lan looked at the beast-skin map carefully then explained: “This is from my Master.”

After hearing that it was given by Yun Lan’s Master, Xiao Zi Ang said excitedly with a smile: “Then are there marked locations for the Tier 5 Demonic Beasts we need to find?”

Yun Lan’s Master was that Sword Sovereign expert of the Empire that was currently in Closed-Door Cultivation, and also Yan’zhou Kingdom’s strongest Sword Master. It was also because of his support that Yan’zhou Kingdom wasn’t completely reduced to the ranks of a small country.

“Yep, there are rough coordinates.” Yun Lan said to them after confirming a few points on the map: “There’s a Tier 5 Ice Ape to the east of the mountain and it’s also the closest place to us. Let’s go there for the mission first.”

“Alright!”

Their little team consisted of Yun Lan, Yun Jin, Xiao Zi Ang, Yun Luo, Chi Yi Xuan and the two siblings of the Lou Clan. Their strengths were relatively prominent among the Trial teams.

With Yun Lan’s map, the efficiency would be improved a lot, so it wouldn’t be difficult for them to complete the missions. It saved time and trouble. Five days was enough.

“Elder Cousin Brother, are there marked locations of Spiritual Herbs?” Lou Mu Yan asked in a whisper when she walked beside Yun Lan.

Yun Lan nodded: “Yes, but not complete. There’s only markings for Spiritual Herbs that are being protected by Demonic Beasts.”

“Can I take a look?” Lou Mu Yan’s eyes lit up like stars. A Spiritual Herb like the Deep Orchid would definitely be guarded by a Demonic Beast.

Yun Lan smiled, took out the beast-skin map from his chest area1 and handed it to Lou Mu Yan. Then he pointed to a few places where only one word was written, saying: “These are the places.”

“There’s the word ‘orchid2’ here, does it represent the Deep Orchid?” Lou Mu Yan stared at the place marked on the map with the word ‘orchid’ as her heart skipped a beat.

“Yes, the Deep Orchid can only be found in the Glacial Mountain Range. It’s extremely rare and precious. According to my Master’s notes, the Demonic Beast guarding it is a Peak-Phase Tier 5 Cold-Mist Jiao3. It’s also the King of the northwest area.” Yun Lan was very familiar with the things marked on the map. His Master had explained it all to him one by one before coming.

Lou Mu Yan pointed to a few other markings and asked at random, but she noted down the Deep Orchid’s direction and location in her heart.

1probably an unnecessary explanation but you know how in ancient China, people wore robe-like clothes? (love them btw, they’re so pretty!) Anyways, obviously you wrap one side of the robe over the other side to wear it, so there’s a slit there to put things. Often in Chinese dramas you’d see them take things out from their chest area. Women are often seen taking things out from their sleeves.

2the actual character is ‘兰’ from ‘深幽兰’, which is ‘Deep Orchid’.

3ok, based on my many years of reading Chinese novels, the word used here to describe the animal ‘蛟’ means a being that is more than a snake but less than a dragon. I did a brief Google and Baidu search and it came up with ‘蛟龙’ amongst some other answers which is translated as a ‘flood dragon’. 蛟 are thought to be beings that are related to water only. A 蛟 can eventually evolve to become a true dragon, however. There’s no real English translation except ‘dragon’, but it’s not quite. So I’m leaving it as it is haha.