Chapter 59

"Not yet necessary to switch classes," said Liu Shi. "Su Cheng has awakened the Ice Witch bloodline, but his spiritual root talent remains primarily Wood-element. His main Cultivation Technique for Qi refinement will still be the Green Wood Eternal Spring Technique. However, he will later supplement with some Ice-element Body Refinement Techniques."

"So I'll be dual-cultivating Wood and Ice," Su Cheng said happily.

Su Wujie excels in Qi-refinement Techniques, Su Jin excels in Spirit-refinement Techniques—I'm under a lot of pressure too! Now that I've awakened the Ice Witch bloodline, we're finally even.

"Should Su Jin also be tested to see if her Witch bloodline has awakened?" Liu Shi asked again.

Su Jin immediately shook her head. "My mother tests me every year. I was tested at the end of last year and didn't awaken. It's only been a few months—there's no way I secretly awakened. I won't be tested."

Liu Shi: "..."

"What about Su Wujie? Should he be tested for his Witch bloodline?"

"I don't have Witch bloodline. Really," Su Wujie said at once, shaking his head.

Alright, having been refused twice, Liu Shi finally suppressed her urge to uncover another child with an awakened Witch bloodline.

After all, Su Cheng's awakened Witch bloodline had already earned her plenty of good resources.

Liu Shi thought to herself: this year's class fortune is truly excellent.

Out of twenty-five students in the class, three turned out to be top-tier talents.

In past classes, she'd be lucky to get one.

"Have you encountered any difficulties in your cultivation? Liu Shi has time now—let me answer your questions."

"Yes," Su Jin and Su Wujie both nodded together.

They were all beginner students; though their families had taught them some cultivation basics before they started, the knowledge was fragmented, random, and unsystematic.

At the clan school, although the knowledge became systematic, many concepts were still beyond their immediate understanding—or only partially grasped.

So they still encountered various problems during cultivation.

Su Cheng quickly added: "I have some too."

Thus, Liu Shi was detained here for nearly an hour, finally re-explaining to Su Cheng how to cultivate and enter the Great Expansion Spirit Refinement Scripture.

This time, Su Cheng fully entered the Great Expansion Spirit Refinement Scripture.

After leaving the Third Classroom, Liu Shi went to the Second Classroom to answer students' questions.

The students in the Second Classroom asked few questions, because their understanding of Cultivation Techniques was one level behind Su Wujie's group.

After resolving all their doubts, Liu Shi asked: "Among you, is there anyone who feels their Cultivation Technique has problems? Anyone who clearly understands the Technique thoroughly but still finds progress painfully slow?"

If such a student exists, come find me.

I'll take you for a test to see if your physical constitution conflicts with your Cultivation Technique."

"Liu Shi, can our constitution conflict with a Cultivation Technique?" Yang Guan asked first.

He was genuinely curious.

Because Liu Shi asked this way, it clearly meant someone in her class had this issue.

"Yes," Liu Shi explained. "Because our Su Clan has long intermarried with surrounding Witch tribes, many of our descendants have awakened Witch bloodlines. When such children refine their bodies or Qi, if they choose a Cultivation Technique conflicting with their bloodline, problems arise—such as slow progress."

Yang Guan was stunned. "Does the Su Clan also have students who awaken Witch bloodlines?"

Su LinYuan pulled his hand, expressionless. "Not only do we, there are many. The Su Clan is the most active in intermarrying with surrounding Witch tribes. I have Witch bloodline myself—my mother is from the Wood Witch Tribe. She's pure-blooded; I'm very likely to awaken Wood Witch bloodline myself."

Su Jin was speechless as she pulled his hand. "Not only is there some, there is quite a lot. Because our Su family is the most active in intermarrying with the surrounding Wuzhu tribes. I also have Wuzhu bloodline; my mother was from the Wood Wuzhu tribe. My mother's bloodline is pure, so it is very possible for me to awaken the Wood Wuzhu blood in the future."

Su LinYuan's paternal grandmother was surnamed Yang, so Yang Guan was his cousin.

"If any of you suspect you might awaken a Witch bloodline—or fear a bloodline-Cultivation Technique conflict—come to the instructor to apply for a test."

"If any of you feel it is possible to awaken a Wuzhu bloodline, and that a conflict between bloodline and Cultivation Technique might occur in your body, you may apply to the instructors here for a test."

"One drop of blood onto the Bloodline Detection Disc is enough," Liu Shi added.

After Liu Shi said this, six out of twelve students raised their hands.

Including Su LinYuan and Su Yunhu.

Yang Guan and the other non-Su students stared in disbelief.

Liu Shi looked and thought: Oh my, six applications?

Our class is truly full of hidden dragons and tigers.

Whether or not these students have awakened Witch bloodlines, at least they all show great potential.

Yang Guan stared in shock at Su LinYuan beside him. "You're going for the test too?"

"Mm-hmm," Su LinYuan said. "Whether I detect an awakened Witch bloodline is secondary—mainly, I want the clan school instructors to know I'm a Witch descendant."

"Mm, mm. Whether or not a Wuzhu bloodline awakening is detected is secondary; the main point is to let the instructors in the clan school know that I am also a descendant of the Wuzhu." Su Jin said.

"Don't laugh at my crude idea. Listen—I bet all six of us who raised our hands are thinking the same thing. Think about all the preferential treatment the sect gives to students with Witch bloodlines."

"Do not mock my idea as crude. Let me tell you, the six children who raised their hands most likely share this same idea. Think of the various privileges the sect grants to disciples who possess Wuzhu bloodline."

Su LinYuan spoke with an air of profound mystery.

Liu Shi, thrilled, led the six bright students away.

Qi Yi watched Liu Shi leave with the six students, frowning deeply, clearly puzzled.

Yang Guan walked over and asked: "What are you wondering about?"

Qi Yi saw him, thought for a moment, then softly asked: "Liu Shi seems very pleased that six students from the Second Classroom applied for bloodline detection?"

"Mm-hmm," Yang Guan said. "Because in the sect, students with Witch bloodlines—or those who've awakened them—are quietly given various favors and advantages. Of course, not excessively. Unless their Witch bloodline is extremely strong, and after awakening, they ascend to Great Witch merely through bloodline."

"Do you know what a Great Witch is? A Great Witch is equivalent to our sect's Nascent Soul Grand Master."

"The Witches have their own realm divisions: First Stage, Preliminary Witch; Second Stage, Lesser Witch—or simply Witch; Third Stage, True Witch; Fourth Stage, Title True Witch; Fifth Stage, Great Witch Realm."

"Corresponding to our human cultivation realms: First Stage matches Qi Refinement, Second Stage Foundation Establishment, Third Stage Purple Mansion, Fourth Stage Jin Dan, Fifth Stage Nascent Soul."

"Now you understand why the sect favors them, right?"

"These people are all potential Nascent Soul cultivators."

"These people are all Nascent Soul candidates too, after all."

Qi Yi opened her little mouth wide in surprise.

"The Su clan has that many descendants of the Wu bloodline, then...?"

"Having Wu bloodline descendants doesn't necessarily mean they can become Great Wu. Great Wu aren't cabbages on a shelf—not just anyone can advance to that rank. Still, possessing the Wu bloodline at least shows they have great future potential and are very much worth cultivating."