Chapter 55: Cultivating Mental Power

After Yuan Yao returned from Heaven Learning Peak, she hid in the bamboo hut to sit and cultivate, she faintly felt she was about to break through to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment Realm.

But she was still a bit short of the right timing.

Yuan Yao thought of something and took out one of the inheritance keys.

She sent her spiritual power into it.

In that instant, her consciousness was suddenly jerked away.

When she opened her eyes again, she found herself in a small house entirely made of white, the surroundings empty, with no furnishings or decorations.

As Yuan Yao wondered uncertainly, a faint light flashed and a young man's silhouette gradually appeared.

The man looked about twenty-something, with an ordinary face and elegant bearing, yet gave an unreal feeling, obviously just an illusion.

Yuan Yao's heart tightened, she instinctively stepped back a few steps; after carefully observing his face, she realized the young man resembled Senior Nie Lie.

What surprised Yuan Yao was that, although they were close, Senior Nie Lie seemed unable to see her, continuing his own business.

He stood there silently, eyes slightly closed, right hand lightly raised, and a spirit fruit suddenly appeared in his palm.

He stared intently at the spirit fruit as time passed second by second.

Finally, at the seventh second, the previously calm spirit fruit suddenly emitted a crisp sound and then exploded without warning!

Almost at the same moment, another identical spirit fruit suddenly appeared about a meter away from the young man.

He unhesitatingly shifted his gaze to the newly appeared spirit fruit and continued to observe it intently.

Shortly after, the spirit fruit, as if controlled, rose into the air on its own!

Just as it flew to the same height as Senior Nie Lie, it exploded again without warning!

The next moment, another spirit fruit appeared three meters away.

Yuan Yao witnessed this and instantly realized Senior Nie Lie was using mental power to control the spirit fruit.

He only acted, did not speak.

This left Yuan Yao somewhat perplexed.

Could it be that she also needed to stare fixedly at something like he did?

Suddenly, she heard Senior Nie Lie's voice in her ear.

"Focus your thoughts to cause resonance."

Yuan Yao's heart jumped; she instantly saw Senior Nie Lie's illusion disappear, and a spirit fruit suddenly appeared before her.

Focus thoughts?

Yuan Yao took a deep breath, tried to calm her emotions as much as possible, then stared at the spirit fruit before her.

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

At the thirteenth second, the spirit fruit finally showed movement.

It trembled slightly.

Yuan Yao frowned, wanting to make it explode.

But somehow, she felt her mental power attack obviously met resistance.

This resistance came from the spirit fruit itself.

This made her think that force is mutual; only if her mental power exceeds the spirit fruit's can she suppress its resistance and cause it to explode.

She focused her thoughts, staring fixedly at the spirit fruit.

After half an hour.

"Bang!"

The spirit fruit exploded!

Before Yuan Yao could even be happy, another spirit fruit appeared.

This also sparked her interest.

Gradually, the spirit fruit appeared farther and farther away.

Moreover, the number increased one by one.

Yuan Yao clearly felt fatigued, and her mental state was poor.

She persisted until she could no longer endure, then withdrew her consciousness from the inheritance space, and immediately collapsed onto the bed, falling into a deep sleep.

When she regained consciousness, she was awakened by knocking on the door.

Knock knock!

"Yao Yao, are you there? You couldn't have fallen asleep again, could you?"

It was the voice of Third Senior Brother Cang Li.

Yuan Yao blinked open her eyes in a daze, only to find it was dark; she got out of bed, rubbing her eyes as she walked, and opened the door.

"Third Senior Brother." Yuan Yao couldn't help but yawn as she spoke.

Cang Li brought out a bowl of steaming hot noodles from his storage space, the aroma wafting, and said, "You haven't eaten in days, right? Here, this is the noodles I made for you personally."

Yuan Yao instantly became alert, she looked at Cang Li with delight.

"Third Senior Brother, you're really kind!"

"Come in and eat." Seeing Yuan Yao reach out, Cang Li said, "I'll bring it in for you."

Yuan Yao followed behind him, then quickly lit the indoor candle.

Then she quickly sat in the chair, took the chopsticks Cang Li handed over, and first asked, "Third Senior Brother, have you eaten?"

"Not yet." After Cang Li replied, he lightly flicked his sleeve, and a delicate large bowl appeared before him, filled with steaming hot noodles topped with a layer of fragrant meat and vegetables and several small, exquisite bird eggs.

Yuan Yao's eyes lit up; without a word, she immediately raised her chopsticks to grab the tempting meat and vegetables.

Just as she was about to succeed, a pair of equally agile chopsticks appeared out of nowhere, steadily blocking her path.

As their eyes met, it seemed as if sparks scattered in all directions.

The next moment, a 'chopstick battle' broke out!

Only a clear, pleasant collision sound rang out.

Cang Li raised an eyebrow, 'You love bird eggs the most—why do you want to eat my meat dish today?'

"I don't like eggs anymore; I won't eat them from now on." Yuan Yao said solemnly, though her gaze kept falling on those few delicate quail eggs.

Upon hearing that, Cang Li laughed, 'You don't like them? I don't believe it.'

This girl has loved bird eggs since she was little.

She eats all kinds of bird eggs, big and small.

Now she tells him she doesn't like them, but he won't believe it.

When Yuan Yao and Cang Li were dueling with chopsticks, she suddenly thought of something and then gave Cang Li a puzzling smile.

Cang Li: '?'

Soon he saw Yuan Yao fixedly staring at the meat dish in his bowl.

Immediately, those meat dishes rose into the air and flew into her bowl.

Cang Li's face showed slight surprise, 'When did you start cultivating mental power?'

'I learned it today.' Yuan Yao quickly withdrew her chopsticks, then swiftly picked up a piece of meat, stuffed it into her mouth, and laughed indistinctly.

Upon hearing that, Cang Li's expression grew somewhat complex; he then lowered his gaze to look at the bird eggs in his bowl, 'You really don't want eggs?'

'No more.'

'If you don't want them, then I'll eat them, okay?'

'Go ahead and eat.'

'Then I'll eat them.'

'Eat.'

'I really ate them, okay?'

Seeing him dawdle, Yuan Yao looked up at him and said, 'I really don't want to eat anymore.'

'You're tired of them?' Cang Li still couldn't quite believe it.

'I guess so.' After answering, Yuan Yao continued eating her noodles.

Seeing that, Cang Li also picked up some noodles and started eating, while saying, 'Yao Yao, you've changed a lot these past few days.'

'I feel the same.' Yuan Yao gave a hehe laugh.

Seeing her carefree smile, Cang Li's motion paused slightly, 'You really haven't encountered anything?'

【Target person: Cang Li, Awakening Value reaches 20.】

Yuan Yao put down her chopsticks and shook her head.

Cang Li stared at her for a few seconds, then clutched his chest and exclaimed dramatically, 'Do you have any idea how much pressure your diligent training puts on me, Cangaotian?'

Yuan Yao grabbed his hand and said solemnly, 'Cangaotian, let's train hard together! Our goal is to punch the Youngest Senior Brother and kick the Fourth Senior Brother!'