Chapter 113: The New Changes in Xiao Wutian

Since she began cultivating, in three months she had trained all three methods simultaneously; her Spirit Refining technique broke through to the third level, and her Qi Refining technique would reach the third level in about twenty days, at the latest within a month.

Even her Body Refining technique had now broken through to the second level.

Looking at her progress over these three months, even if her mother returned, she would not say Su Jin had not trained diligently.

Satisfied, Su Jin stopped paying attention to the changes in Xiao Wutian and went to sleep.

The next morning, as soon as Su Jin woke up, her consciousness entered Xiao Wutian.

The evolution of Xiao Wutian had already stopped; all the tiny white dots had vanished.

Xiao Wutian now contained only twelve mu of fertile black soil, a small patch of thriving gourd vines, and a single Jin Tong tree growing at its center.

It seemed like nothing had changed.

But Su Jin felt something was different.

She sensed that her Xiao Wutian seemed more vibrant—why?

Su Jin silently watched the Xiao Wutian, and as she watched, she realized the gourd vines were moving—not on their own, but swaying with the wind!!

Good heavens, she finally realized a problem.

There was wind inside her Xiao Wutian.

But where did this strange wind come from?

Su Jin rushed to the Jin Tong tree and communicated with it via spiritual sense: “Jin Tong, why is there wind in our Xiao Wutian?”

The Jin Tong tree replied: “What’s strange about having wind?”

Su Jin asked in shock: “Isn’t our Xiao Wutian inside my spiritual sense? How can it have wind?”

Jin Tong: “Just because our Xiao Wutian exists within your spiritual sense doesn’t mean it can’t have wind.”

Su Jin: “Then why is there wind? Where does it come from? Is it being absorbed through my body? Why don’t I feel it?”

Jin Tong: “Do you think Xiao Wutian is just an ordinary small space?”

Su Jin: “It shouldn’t be, but I don’t understand how it’s different.”

Jin Tong paused before replying: “Xiao Wutian is a blessing bestowed by the Primordial Sacred Witch upon bloodline descendants! It possesses autonomous growth—it can grow without you—but you are its gate.”

You limit its growth.

You grow, and it grows.

The stronger you become, the stronger it becomes!

In short, you are its upper limit. As long as you live, it lives and can keep growing; if you die, it dies, and the remaining Xiao Wutian is merely a dead shell.”

Su Jin frowned: “Why is it like this?”

Jin Tong immediately replied: “Don’t ask me—I never inherited the reason, only the mechanism.”

Su Jin sighed: “Jin Tong, I’ve noticed you’re learning to be difficult.”

Jin Tong tree: Silence is golden.

Su Jin sensed Jin Tong no longer wished to engage and quickly asked: “I feel the faster my Spirit Refining technique breaks through, the greater the changes in Xiao Wutian. So Xiao Wutian’s growth is tied to my spiritual sense, right?”

The Jin Tong tree answered: “It’s tied to your soul. The stronger your soul, the greater your total spiritual energy, the faster it grows.”

Su Jin realized: “So that’s how it works. But Xiao Wutian is a blessing from the Primordial Sacred Witches to bloodline descendants—why is its growth tied to our souls and spiritual energy, not our bloodline at all?”

Jin Tong’s reply now carried a hint of resentment: “Bloodline represents your Witch Power; soul represents your Soul Power. The design of Xiao Wutian was meant by the Ancestors to ensure you develop both equally, in balance.”

If you can’t even see this, who should be the main soul? It should be me.”

Su Jin sensed Jin Tong’s faint resentment, but she didn’t understand it.

Wasn’t she always the main soul?

“Then how about you be the main soul?”

“Why are you still here? If you don’t get up and wash and eat, you’ll be late for school.”

Su Jin screamed and rushed out in a panic.

Only after Su Jin left did the Jin Tong tree sigh softly. “Fine, I’ll be the main soul—but I still can’t leave. What’s the point?”

And why think about it anyway?

Better to just sleep.

Su Jin slipped into her seat the very last second before Liu Shi entered the First Classroom.

Oh my goodness, that was life-or-death speed—her legs felt like they’d fallen off.

After entering, Liu Shi glanced at her with a smile and lightly pointed a finger in her direction.

Su Jin quickly smiled apologetically.

Liu Shi didn’t look at her again but walked up to the podium.

“Our Su Clan’s school, like the Dao Academy next door, holds classes for nine months a year, with three months of winter break. Every three months, there’s a minor exam. Minor exam scores don’t count toward the final exam, but they affect your resource allocation.”

Now that three months have passed, your minor exam is coming soon.

You know that our entire first-year cohort has only about 160 students.

The top thirty in the minor exam will receive a brand-new medicinal bath pack each month, for three months, until the next minor exam results are out. Students ranked 31st to 100th will receive a lower-tier new medicinal bath pack, also for three months. The remaining sixty or so students will keep their current bath packs unchanged.”

Liu Shi wants to emphasize: the new medicinal bath packs and lower-tier new packs issued by the clan each year are different.

The specific effects of the medicinal bath packs are tied to the overall performance of the entire grade.

The better the overall performance of the grade, the more outstanding students there are, the stronger the effects of the new medicinal bath packs you receive.

So far this year, twenty-seven students in first year have broken through to Qi Refining third level or equivalent. Five of them are from the Martial Class; though they cultivate Martial Dao methods, a breakthrough is still a breakthrough.”

Thus, your cohort’s total performance far exceeds that of any previous first-year class.

This total performance far surpasses even the headmaster’s original estimates.

Therefore, the headmaster has already applied to the clan for special resources in advance.

This year’s new medicinal bath packs will be exceptionally potent—highly worth looking forward to.

Of course, whether you secure them ultimately depends on yourselves.

In three days, the clan school will conduct a cultivation level test, followed by a written exam on cultivation basics.

The combined scores from both exams will be your minor exam total.

That’s all I have to say. Class begins now.

Any questions? Ask them after class.”

Su Jin heard that twenty-seven students in the entire grade had already broken through to Qi Refining third level—or its equivalent.

Were Su Wuji and Yang Guan among those twenty-seven?

The Beast Blood Vein Purification Pool was this powerful? It had helped so many break through to Qi Refining third level—or its equivalent?

Though her mind was filled with questions, she forced herself to calm down and listened carefully to the cultivation basics lecture.