Volume 20
Chapter 1978: Provocation (3)
Translator: Misty Cloud Editor: Misty Cloud
“What is it?” Meng Yi Liang snapped a little impatiently.
The man glanced a little nervously at Little Lotus and whispered to Meng Yi Liang to say: “The Imperial Snow Lotus is a Plant Spirit.”
“I know that. So what if he’s a Plant Spirit?” Meng Yi Liang said with disdain. “He’s just a little tiny midget, can he really do anything to me?”
The man then hurriedly replied: “He wouldn’t be able to do anything to you. But the Imperial Snow Lotus and Drunk Lotus are of the same body and once he drinks wine, he will turn into Drunk Lotus. Drunk Lotus is one of the highly skilled fighters among Plant Spirits and his prowess…..” The man discreetly made a gesture with his hand.
Meng Yi Liang’s face changed slightly.
“The fact that the human spirits has scums like the few of you here really shames the entire race. Besides bringing out your Master with every word that comes out from your mouth, what kind of capability does anyone of you have?” Even Poppy could not make himself sit back and watch quietly any longer. He wasn’t all that close to Nalan Shan but he hated people chattering non stop when he was having his meals, as noisy as flies.
“And just who are you! ?” Meng Yi Liang’s face changed a shade upon hearing Poppy’s words.
“I’m Poppy. What? You asking for a thrashing?” Poppy lifted his head up slightly, his face saying “hit me if you don’t like it”.
Hearing Poppy’s name, Meng Yi Liang immediately swallowed the rage rising up back down.
He had not heard the name Imperial Snow Lotus before, but he had known Poppy’s reputation clearly since a long time ago. One of the three heads of the Plant Spirits, Poppy, whose powers was not anything he would be able to stand up against.
“An empty tin makes the loudest noises. What a fool.” Poppy sneered with a laugh.
Meng Yi Liang’s face turned an uglier shade. But seeing that stance that Poppy and Little Lotus was taking, no matter how bad his temper was, he wouldn’t dare to act up in such a situation. Otherwise, even with all the men he brought with him, they all wouldn’t even be enough for Drunk Lotus and Poppy to bash up silly.
“You win today!” Meng Yi Liang gritted his teeth, as he stared at the dark faced Nalan Shan and continued to say: “Master Uncle Nalan, I was asking why you disliked the Serene Spirit Tower so much. Seems like you have allied yourself with the Plant Spirits now. What? When the human spirits become powerful, the position of all your Plant Spirits friends in the Spirit World will then be threatened and that’s why you do not like it? With you doing such things now, how will the human spirits be able to accept you as one of us in future?”
“You’re not going to get out of here? Are you waiting for me to send you off?” Poppy’s eyes turned chilly.
Meng Yi Liang did not dare to say another word, but to merely lead his men out of the Spiritual Spirit Loft with his tail between his legs.
“The entire bunch of them are just obnoxious.” Little Lotus snorted indignantly, as he glared at the departing backs of Meng Yi Liang and his men.
Nalan Shan smiled bitterly and looked at Little Lotus and Poppy apologetically. “I’ve troubled all of you today.”
“It’s no trouble. The whole lot of them deserves a good thrashing.” Seeing that the annoying bunch had left, Little Lotus then released his hand from the wine flask, to continuing burying his head into his bowl.
Jun Wu Xie who had not spoken throughout was looking rather thoughtful. She had not missed the fact that when Meng Yi Liang had boasted about the Serene Spirit Tower and the human spirits, the gazes of the other spirit races that had turned to look at him had not been friendly. She had been able to feel that regardless whether it was the Weapons Spirit, the Beast Spirits, or the Plant Spirits, they all did not seem to be all that friendly to human spirits. It had been the same with the enormous beast who led them into the forest back then. It had been cold and indifferent to all of them.
“I’m embarrassed that you had to see that. There are certain conflicts between their Master and I which caused such a charade today. I hope you’ll forgive me.” Nalan Shan said as he looked apologetically at Jun Wu Xie. He had actually intended to chat a little more about cultivation with Jun Wu Xie but Meng Yi Liang and his men had completely spoiled the mood.
“It’s not a problem. What is that Serene Spirit Tower they mentioned?”
Volume 20
Chapter 1979: Serene Spirit Tower (1)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Jun Wu Xie was rather interested in the Serene Spirit Tower that Meng Yi Liang had mentioned so many times.
When Jun Wu Xie asked about the Serene Spirit Tower, the other spirits who were having their meals at the table beside them threw unfriendly gazes towards them, seemingly showing great aversion to those three words.
Nalan Shan sighed and then said: “About the Serene Spirit Tower, I did not mean to hide it from you. I have not told you about it because I do not approve of using the Serene Spirit Tower to cultivate.”
Nalan Shan paused a moment before he continued: “You must have heard it earlier, that Meng Yi Liang addresses me as Master Uncle. Their Master Wu Jiu and I are both disciples of the most powerful human spirit, the Spirit Master. A thousand years ago, my Master was a Soul Master most valued by the Spirit Lord and the human souls were led by my Master, adhering to the ancient method of cultivation. But with the rise of the Dark Emperor, the Dark Emperor then came to the Spirit World. After the unification of the Middle Realm, my Master was overcome with self guilt, over the fact that he did not discover the Dark Emperor’s entry early, and he punished himself by giving up his position as the Spirit Master, retreating into the mountains to live in seclusion. It was from that time that my fellow disciple Wu Jiu succeeded our Master’s position and served beside the Spirit Lord.”
“The construction of the Serene Spirit Tower was suggested by Wu Jiu, saying that the tower could be reinforced with special runes to gather the power of the spirit more robustly, that would raise the power of human spirits quickly. A hundred years ago, the first Serene Spirit Tower was built, and it was from that time that human spirits abandoned the original method of cultivation, as they all began to cultivate in the Serene Spirit Tower.”
When speaking about that, Nalan Shan could not help but reveal a trace of a bitter smile.
“To tell the truth, actually when the Serene Spirit Tower had just been successfully built, my heart had been moved by that amazing cultivation method and went to the first Serene Spirit Tower to cultivate for a period. But as time passed, I began to develop a certain uncertainty towards the Serene Spirit Tower. Cultivating in the Serene Spirit Tower, one’s cultivation effects was sped up by one whole fold and more and the soul power that grew constantly at a maniacal speed made one easily become addicted to it. But that kind of an increase went way beyond any boundaries of normal cultivation and I could not help but feel that something was wrong. Hence, I left the Serene Spirit Tower and did not cultivate in there anymore, but to continue to use the method my Master taught me to cultivate.”
“The Serene Tower can increase the strength of human spirits quickly, but doesn’t such boundless increase make one feel it to be unsafe?” Nalan Shan said as he looked at Jun Wu Xie, and it was not known whether that question was posed to her or to himself.
Powerful might was something that everyone would look up to, especially for human who possessed the most complicated minds. Since time immemorial, humans had already begun to pursue power in many areas.
They longed for money, authourity, and power, which fed their hungry desire, which caused them to always overlook the most critical questions.
Nalan Shan had brought his questions to Wu Jiu before, but was ridiculed and laughed at by him, causing the fellow disciples to have no choice but to part, treading upon different routes.
“If you choose to go to the Serene Spirit Tower, then please remember my words to you. Growing too fast, might not be a good thing.” Nalan Shan said right at the end, sincerely trying to persuade Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie listened to Nalan Shan’s words silently, a question already risen up in her mind.
[Special runes?]
Without knowing why, Jun Wu Xie suddenly thought of Spirit Reinforcement, something that she had learnt in the past.
The runes she used for Spirit Reinforcement was something she got from her previous life and it was only by accident that she discovered it could be used here in this world, with effects that went beyond anything she could imagine.
“I would like to go have a look at this Serene Spirit Tower.” Jun Wu Xie suddenly said.
Volume 20
Chapter 1980: Serene Spirit Tower (2)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Hearing Jun Wu Xie’s words, Nalan Shan’s face was unconsciously tinged with a hint of disappointment.
[That’s right, who wouldn’t look forward to a faster method of cultivation?]
“Three Serene Spirit Towers have been built now and they are located in three directions of the compass. The exact location should be known to Little Lotus and the others and you can get them to bring you there.” Nalan Shan said with a sigh. It was afterall Jun Wu Xie’s choice and he had no right to interfere.
Jun Wu Xie nodded and after a moment’s silence, she said: “If I want to cultivate using the ancient method, where should I go to find you?”
The disappointment on Nalan Shan’s face was replaced by surprise the moment Jun Wu Xie’s voice fell. He looked at Jun Wu Xie in shock, never having expected that after hearing about the speed one could cultivate at in the Serene Spirit Tower, she could still be thinking of using the old method of cultivation, and joy then rose up involuntarily within Nalan Shan’s eyes.
“I am staying just at the edge of the Tranquil Dreams Forest in the north. Little Lotus went to my place before and if you want to find me, you can just go there.” In Nalan Shan’s voice, there was an undisguisable tinge of joy.
For a person who persisted in his own belief, after having experienced endless ridicule and scorn, the slightest bit of acknowledgement received would make the person ecstatic.
Jun Wu Xie was not the first new soul that Nalan Shan had encountered. He had been here in the Spirit World for Heaven knew how many years. Because he was the Spirit Master’s disciple early back then, he was highly regarded among the Spirit World’s human spirits. Before the Serene Spirit Towers were built, the number of human spirits who cultivated under Nalan Shan’s tutelage was more than he could count. But ever since the Serene Spirit Towers were completed, those human spirits who had cultivated under him began to be drawn over by the amazing effects of the Serene Spirit Towers one after another, and gradually, there weren’t that many human spirits who remained beside Nalan Shan anymore.
Throughout that time, Nalan Shan had encountered quite a number of new human souls who came to the Spirit World, but when those people heard about the existence of the Serene Spirit Towers, they all chose to go to the Serene Spirit Towers, without a single exception.
“Human spirits are basically all cultivating at the Serene Spirit Towers, and the Tranquil Dream Forest is empty. If you need to, you can come find me there anytime.” Nalan Shan said, his eyes joyous.
Jun Wu Xie nodded. There were only two reasons she wanted to go the the Serene Spirit Tower. One, she was curious about the runes in the Serene Spirit Towers, and two, she wanted to find Jun Gu’s soul.
Nalan Shan had also mentioned it. Human spirits were all mainly going to the Serene Spirit Tower and Jun Wu Xie was looking forward to see if she would be able to find any sign of her father in the tower.
It must be known that after coming into the Spirit World, most of the spirits’ memories would have completely disappeared and they would not remember a thing from when they had been alive. Hence, wanting to find Jun Gu would require Jun Wu Xie to go search for him herself.
She spoke with Nalan Shan for a while longer before Jun Wu Xie and her group stood up and left.
Along the way, Jun Wu Xie was thinking about all she had heard about the Serene Spirit Tower as Little Lotus munched happily upon the take out fried sesame cake he had bought from the Spiritual Spirit Loft.
Spirit bodies were not able to feel hunger and Little Lotus was eating so much merely to satisfy craving for food. It should be known that spirit bodies would not be able to eat regular food and no matter how gluttonous they were, after leaving the Spirit World, any kind of food out there was something the spirit body would not be able to digest and even if they went ahead to eat it, it would just cause the spirit body to be in agony as only food that was created by the power of the spirit could be digested by a spirit body.
However long Little Lotus had been with Jun Wu Xie for was the length of time that Little Lotus had endured his gluttonous cravings for. With such a rare opportunity for them to have come back here to the Spirit World, it was only natural that Little Lotus’ carvings were insatiable.
Volume 20
Chapter 1981: Serene Spirit Tower (3)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
“Is Mistress thinking about the Serene Spirit Tower?” Poppy opened his mouth to ask as he looked at Jun Wu Xie’s thoughtful expression.
“Mm.” Jun Wu Xie nodded his head slightly. She turned to look at Poppy. At that moment, Poppy was acting quite a bit more reliable than Little Lotus who only knew to eat. “You know about the Serene Spirit Tower?”
Poppy replied with a smile: “It is only natural that I would know. What Nalan Shan said was not untrue. The Serene Spirit towers were built by the Spirit Master’s eldest disciple, Wu Jiu, and only human spirits can go inside them. Human spirits were a weak power in the Spirit World before and ever since the Serene Spirit Towers were built, they began to show signs of rising and they now hold quite a high position in the Spirit World.”
“Oh? All of you seem to dislike human spirits.” Jun Wu Xie had not forgotten the unfriendly stares from the other spirit races back in the Spiritual Spirit Loft.
Poppy replied with a shrug of his shoulders.
“Back when the Spirit Master led the human spirits, there wasn’t such a problem. But ever since Wu Jiu took over the position as the Spirit Master, he was rather extreme in his ways which incurred the displeasure from the other races. Does Mistress know that the space the first Serene Spirit Tower was built on was a place the Plant Spirits were living in? Many Plant Spirits were living there but because the Serene Spirit Tower was to be built there, many of the Plant Spirits were forced to leave. Moreover, the Serene Spirit Towers only permitted human spirits to enter, so how could Plant Spirits possibly be happy about something like that?”
One’s own home was forcibly torn down, to make way for other people’s benefit. No one could possibly feel happy about that.
“The other two Serene Spirit Towers are built in the territories of the Weapons Spirits and the Beast Spirits respectively as well.” Poppy said as he looked at Jun Wu Xie. He did not need to say the rest and Jun Wu Xie should be able to understand what he was saying.
Although it was great that human spirits were becoming stronger, but usurping the territories of the other spirit races and disallowing the other spirit races the use of the place, that was just too….. Added to that, the kind of arrogance many human spirits started to show after they became stronger naturally drew great hatred to themselves.
Jun Wu Xie could roughly gauge the level human spirits were hated upon in the Spirit World.
As they walked and talked, Poppy led Jun Wu Xie to come to the Serene Spirit Tower that had been constructed earliest.
Standing outside the Serene Spirit Tower, Jun Wu Xie could see many human spirits gathered in groups around the tower. The Serene Spirit Tower had twelve levels a
nd high up at the top of the tower, an ball of orange Spirit Fire burned. Compared to the Spirit Fire on Jun Wu Xie’s roof, that was bigger and a whole lot brighter.
“What are they doing?” Jun Wu Xie asked as she looked at the crowd of people lined up in queue.
Poppy had his arms crossed over his chest as he said with a laugh. “Waiting to go in there. The number of human spirits were becoming more and more numerous and the Serene Spirit Towers were not able to accomodate them all. Hence, Wu Jiu laid down a rule that every human spirit can only go cultivate in the tower for only one hour a day and upon finishing their cultivation, they must leave immediately, to allow others to enter. Long lines like this are seen at all three towers everyday and what you are seeing today is already considered small in number.”
“Only cultivate for an hour? Then what about the rest of the time?” Jun Wu Xie then asked.
“Continue to queue and wait I guess.” Poppy said with a shrug.
Just as Poppy finished, the doors of the Serene Spirit Tower opened up and several men came walking out from inside, but they did not leave, but went straight to the back of the line, to continue to queue.
Looking at the number of the people there, Jun Wu Xie knew that no matter how quickly they came back to join the queue, these people would at most be able to go into the Serene Spirit Tower for two hours at most. Cultivating two hours a day and the rest of the time all spent on queueing. Towards such a manner of cultivation, Jun Wu Xie greatly disapproved of it.
What cultivation depended on, was definitely not some astounding method, but to be accumulated over days and months of work. Hence, being able to cultivate only for two hours a day like that showed an over reliance on the effects of the Serene Spirit Tower, and a possibility of giving up on one’s self well being.
Volume 20
Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss Volume 20 Page 21
