Chapter 29: Natural Affinity

A strange sensation kept spreading through his body. Shi Quan felt his body in a state of unprecedented relaxation. Gradually, the Blue Silver Grass martial soul in his hand began to emit bursts of pale blue light. The plants in the surroundings seemed to be influenced by the aura of the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, and unexpectedly, they also began to emit a pale blue light.

At the very beginning, only the plants around Shi Quan showed changes, but as time passed, this range began to grow larger and larger. Even more strangely, the Blue Silver Grass in Shi Quan's hand did not absorb Shi Quan's Internal Energy, but suddenly began to grow wildly, continuously spreading out in all directions.

Countless pale blue rays of light flowed and gathered from between the grass, rapidly merging into the Blue Silver Grass. The Blue Silver Grass martial soul extended wildly for a hundred meters before it stopped.

When Shi Quan woke up, the sky that had been bright was now hung with a high, bright moon.

Everything around had long since returned to its original state, and the Blue Silver Grass in his hand had also returned to its previous size. However, Shi Quan could clearly feel that the perception between the Blue Silver Grass in his hand and the surrounding Blue Silver Grass had become much clearer.

Some powerful plant-type Spirit Masters who cultivate to a profound level will possess a special ability called Environment Control.

They can use their own martial soul aura to control organisms of the same attribute.

That is to say, as long as he masters Environment Control, Shi Quan's Blue Silver Grass martial soul could directly control the surrounding Blue Silver Grass.

In the original work, Tang San was able to easily achieve the effect of Environment Control because his Blue Silver Grass possessed the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.

Although he had not yet reached the level of Environment Control, judging by the connection between his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and the surrounding Blue Silver Grass, it was only a matter of time.

Through this cultivation session, Shi Quan also understood the ability brought by that special Spirit Inheritance from the Dream Butterfly.

Natural Affinity.

It is similar to a talent. This talent increased Shi Quan's ability to perceive all things between heaven and earth. During cultivation, he could communicate and resonate with all things, and in an imperceptible way, transform into one another, reaching a realm of unity between heaven and man.

Although there was no significant improvement in combat power, the improvement for cultivation was astonishing. With the help of Natural Affinity, Shi Quan's comprehension and perception abilities were significantly improved, and his cultivation speed was also much faster than before.

He had originally thought that the two Soul Rings and the talent ability were already the biggest bombs, but he had not expected that this Natural Affinity was the true trump card.

"Ameng, how long have I been cultivating?" Shi Quan asked aloud.

"About five hours, I suppose."

Shi Quan then asked: "Did anyone else come by while I was cultivating?"

"Rest assured, I was observing the surroundings the whole time you were cultivating; there was no one." Xiaomeng's voice paused for a moment, then she asked curiously: "A-Quan, that state you were in while cultivating was so special; it seems to be very compatible with my inherited talent."

"Are you talking about Spirit Enlightenment?" Shi Quan nodded and pondered: "The Spirit Enlightenment State can concentrate all of my attention onto a single point. However, in this state, it makes me ignore everything around me. It would be very dangerous if used while outside, so I rarely use it."

Xiaomeng said happily: "From now on, with me here, you don't have to worry. When you cultivate, I can scout the situation around us, and if there is a problem, I will warn you at the first opportunity."

"Good." When Shi Quan used Spirit Enlightenment just now, it was also because he considered that Xiaomeng's presence could help him sound the alarm, which was why he dared to use it with peace of mind.

"It's time to go back and try the Enter Dream ability." Looking at the bright moon in the sky, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Shi Quan's mouth as he stood up and headed back.

While on his way, he asked: "Ameng, are there any special restrictions on the Enter Dream talent ability?"

Xiaomeng explained: "Enter Dream has restrictions regarding strength; it cannot exceed your strength by too much, otherwise there is a risk of being discovered. Once discovered, you will suffer the backlash of Dream Power, and your Soul Soul will be damaged. With my current strength, I can only enter the dreams of those who are dreaming. If my strength improves a bit more, I will be able to directly enter the consciousness of someone who is sleeping and guide them to have corresponding dreams."

"It can even do that?" Shi Quan's eyes lit up.

He walked quickly back to the Dormitory.

He quickly washed up and tidied everything up.

"Xiaomeng, are there any dreams nearby that I can enter?" Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Shi Quan asked curiously.

"There are many." As she spoke, cyan and white light spots spilled down from the top of Shi Quan's head. A miniature version of Xiaomeng flew out from Shi Quan's forehead. After circling above Shi Quan's head, she landed between Shi Quan's eyebrows. One could see the antennae on top of Xiaomeng's head surrounded by bursts of cyan light, gently touching Shi Quan's forehead.

The next second, Shi Quan only felt his whole body lighten, as if his Soul Soul had left his body. The next second, he unexpectedly appeared on Xiaomeng's back, and the world before his eyes changed accordingly. Everything in the room turned into cyan-blue light, as if it were an illusory space. He could even see his own figure, while outside the room floated many light orbs of various colors.

"A-Quan, these light orbs are dreams; you can enter any of these dreams." The Xiaomeng butterfly wings beneath him fluttered slightly, carrying a cyan-white line of light, and she directly carried Shi Quan to a white light orb, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Shi Quan was still curiously looking around; everything now was so illusory and yet so mysterious. Hearing what Xiaomeng said, he then replied: "Okay."

Xiaomeng's wings vibrated, and her body emitted a layer of warm white light, carrying Shi Quan as they submerged into this light orb.

With a flash of white light, Shi Quan felt as if he had returned to the real world. Looking at the familiar Notting Academy Playground around him, Shi Quan had not yet recovered his senses when the Notting Academy scene changed rapidly and they arrived in Maerde's office.

"Ameng, what is going on here?"

Xiaomeng explained: "Most people's dreams are composed of a large amount of fragmented content and will not have a fixed developmental path, so the environment of the dream will also frequently undergo rapid changes. Unless there is a very strong obsession deep in the heart, the content within the dream will not be more logical."

"Dean Su, this is the course schedule for this year, please take a look."

The voice came from within the dream.

The person speaking in the scene was a young teacher from the academy.

"Dean Su?" Just as Shi Quan was puzzled, he looked toward the position that originally belonged to Maerde, and sitting there at this moment was none other than Director Su of the academy.

Shi Quan couldn't help but smile, then realized that this was probably Director Su's dream. He actually dreamed of becoming the Dean of Notting Academy; it seems he had long wanted to be the Dean of the academy deep in his heart.

"Dreams often reveal some thoughts and secrets deep in a person's heart. If used well, it is a good ability to dig out other people's secrets."

Shi Quan looked at Xiaomeng beneath him and asked: "Ameng, you just said you could guide dreams?"

Xiaomeng nodded, "That's right, with my current strength, as long as I enter a dream, I can guide it. However, I can only guide it simply. If the guidance is too severe, it will cause the owner of the dream to develop resistance and discover our existence."

Shi Quan asked with pleasant surprise: "Does that mean if my strength is stronger, you could even control dreams?"

Xiaomeng proudly raised her head and said: "That's right."

"That is truly strong."

With this ability, as long as one hypnotizes a person, one could easily dig out the deepest secrets in an enemy's heart, comparable to soul-searching.

If it were used even more appropriately, could one even achieve killing in a dream, brainwashing in a dream, or making someone sleep in a dream forever? Just thinking about these abilities is terrifying.

After visiting two other people's dreams with Xiaomeng, Shi Quan's consciousness finally returned to his own body.

Originally, he wanted to see the dreams of Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang, but unfortunately, none of the three were dreaming.

The Enter Dream ability is also very strong, but the dangerous point is that when entering a dream, the main body will be like falling into a deep sleep, with no ability to protect itself, so this Enter Dream ability must be used in a safe place.

"I wonder where the teacher has gone."

It has been more than half a month since Maerde left the academy. Judging from the Prestige Treasure Chest, his theories should already be known by quite a few people. It looks like the plan was a success, but I just don't know if he obtained Xue Qinghe as a backer?

It's useless to think too much now; once Maerde returns, everything will be clear.

In the days that followed, Shi Quan continued to cultivate when he should cultivate and eat when he should eat.

At night, he would check to see if Tang San, Xiao Wu, or Yu Xiaogang were dreaming.

The first opportunity Shi Quan found was with Xiao Wu. What made Shi Quan want to laugh the most was that in Xiao Wu's dream, she was actually dreaming of himself. The content of the dream was naturally Xiao Wu beating him up, making him kneel and beg for mercy, and calling her Sister Xiao Wu the whole time.

As a result, Xiaomeng couldn't stand it and forcibly guided the content of the dream in the opposite direction. Instead, Xiao Wu was beaten up severely by Shi Quan in the dream, crying for her father and mother, until she was startled awake in the end. In the Dormitory on the top floor, Shi Quan could almost hear Xiao Wu's furious and thunderous voice.

Shi Quan also entered the dreamscape of Yu Xiaogang, and in his dream, Shi Quan saw many people, including Tang Hao, Flender, Liu Erlong, and he even saw a young Bibi Dong.

Besides these people, Shi Quan also learned quite a bit from his dream about the Spirit Theory and Spirit Master data he had been researching, which could be considered a small harvest.

As for Tang San, for a full half-month, Shi Quan simply never encountered a time when he was dreaming, so he had no way to go into his dreams to take a look.

……

"Xiao Quan, someone is here."

Hearing Xiaomeng's reminder, Shi Quan immediately woke up from his cultivation, his Mental Power transforming into Spirit Sense as it spread toward the door.

"Teacher is back!" When he clearly identified the figure outside the door, Shi Quan's eyes visibly lit up.

This round trip took Maerde a full month.

Knock, knock, knock!

Listening to the knocking coming from outside the door, Shi Quan quickly got up to open it.

"Xiao Quan."

Maerde's familiar voice came through, his attire covered in the dust of travel, but judging by his excited tone, this trip must have gone very smoothly.

(End of chapter)