After Yin’s Qi crystals had been a success, and I’d forbidden her from the lab to catch up on sleep, I’d sent a letter to the lord, telling him about my progress. I’d soon received a reply, marking today as the day of our visit. With such a short deadline, there had been a lot of things for to manage, as I’d had Yin recreate the crystal once again after she’d rested, to see how reliably she could do so. The results had been satisfactory, and despite her nervousness, the newest batch of Qi crystals were even better than the one she’d created before.
The ti besides that had been spent coming up with a general model for the drug-nade vr 3.0. One which I had dubbed spirit-bomb, replacing a lot of the components inside it to create a spirit stone triggered explosive that could be used by anyone. The only real problem was figuring out the formation arts, and talismans that would be needed to create this, which is what I intended to rely on the lord with.
Alongside the grenades, I’d also studied the gun I’d received from Yin’s grandfather’s things. The idea for both of them had been simple, the only issues being creating springs, and other such things with precision which would likely require a cultivator blacksmith to create.
The spirit animals were also another problem, with so many of them coming to sleep or rest in the garden. All of them had taken on the habit to bring sothing in return, from little nuts, to spirit stones, Qi filled rocks, and sotis dead insects and rats, as the fox far too often liked to do. The spirit beast seed to be intentionally aggravating Labby, who’d taken to zapping the little critter with lighting whenever she saw it.
With so much to do, and so little ti, I had not had the ti to sleep whatsoever. I vaguely tried to recall the last ti I had slept at all, and failed to think of an answer. Not even once since I had made the spirit anchor at least. Anyti I felt tired, which, even that had beco a rare occurence, ditating for five minutes or so seed to be enough to top up my stamina and recharge again.
I’d also noticed a general increase in my strength and the amount of Chi in my core since the spirit anchor had been ford, but I couldn’t really
Yet, despite all the work I had, and everything I needed to do, my biggest problem was sohow a tiny little spirit plant.
“Stop!” Twilight said, freezing a small rabbit in place as it was digging through the ground. The little plant spirit giggled, the sound like chiming bells, as she watched the bunny run off in confusion.
Twilight had taken to abusing her powers for her entertainnt. She’d stop and sotis move animals, just to see them freeze up and beco confused. It was like a child being given a superpower, and allowed to run wild with it. Even worse, her ability worked on cultivators, and she’d at tis tried to interrupt Zhang and the others with it too. Thankfully it didn’t seem to work on mortals, or things would’ve been a ss.
I sighed, about to tell off Twilight when a stream of water splashed her, drenching her completely. Twilight shouted, as Sheldon continued to spray her with water.
“Sto—” she tried, but the water threw her off again.
I smiled, feeling glad that I’d asked Sheldon to look after the plant spirit. Sheldon was strong enough that Twilight struggled to interrupt him, and he was adept enough to not allow her the chance too often.
I left Twilight to Sheldon for the mont, as I continued to circle my garden, trying my best to think. The autumn winds were growing colder, as the trees had begun shedding their leaves. It made my spirit anchor strike out even more, full with its lush greenery amidst the autumn landscape.
The cold was also a remind that winter was just around the corner, ready to whisper in our ears. Within a week or two, the temperatures would begin to drop rapidly, and I wanted to get a certain few things in order before that ti ca.
As I walked around my ho, taking the cool breeze in, and the sll of all the spirit herbs, I sensed a familiar presence walking towards .
I turned towards Yin, who walked out of the back entrance of my lab, looking at with a surprised expression.
“Is sothing wrong?” I asked, raising an eyebrow.
“No… umm. I was going to find you actually, and then I saw you here and got surprised,” Yin looked down at the ground for a brief mont, as if to shy away from my sight.
I waited for the girl to speak up on her own, and after a few minutes of gathering her thoughts she looked back up at again.
“I’ve managed to make another batch of Qi crystals, and I just wanted you to look at them.”
I felt a bit surprised. She could’ve just as easily sent to call soone, as she typically did in regards to the Qi crystals. Deciding to leave the topic be, I nodded, walking through Yin to my lab from its back door.
Walking in, I noted the tray full of green crystals, Qi flowing out of them and filling the room. Picking one up, I looked at it, before eating the Qi crystals. The Qi flowed into my dantian, before being cycled around, as I felt the tingling rush from it in my throat.
“Looks good. Was that all you needed?”
Yin looked at , before glancing back. “Yes,” she replied in a quiet murmur.
I looked at the girl for a brief mont, before nodding, as I began to make my way out. Walking up the door, I looked back, and decided I was far too impatient to try and wait her out.
“You know, If you have sothing to say, you should look the person you’re talking to in the eye and say it. It’s rude not to,” I said, slight annoyance mixed in my voice.
“Oh- I- Apologies. I just…” Yin trailed off, looking at as she waved her hands around in a fluster.
“It’s fine. But I was hoping with how frequently we’re working together, we’d have grown more comfortable with talking to each other. I… did share sothing very close to about my past with you, and so did you. Maybe I was wrong but I felt like I had a connection with you.”
Yin looked up at , her eyes wide in surprise. “M- too!” she said, her voice coming out louder than I’d expected. “ too… I just. It’s such a presumptuous request, and you’re… you seem at the center of so many things. I just… how could soone like …”
“Hey. I feel offended that you think I’d care about sothing like that. If you have sothing to say, feel free to say it.”
Yin looked at , glancing down once more, before she caught herself. Clenching her fist, she nodded. “I want to go with you. T-to the Lord’s place.”
A mont of silence descended, before I chuckled. “That’s it? Holy crap, I thought it was sothing huge.”
“You don’t mind?”
“Mind? I’ve already asked the Lord to let you co with . You, Zhang, Yan Yun, Labby. All of us. I’d asked Granny and Su Lin too but they said no. I think I just forgot to tell you, for which I’m sorry. There’s been a lot on my mind recently.”
“Ah…” Yin exclaid, staring at . A slightly blush rose on her cheeks, as she bowed. “Thank you.”
“Don’t ntion it. But I’ll suggest getting ready, we should be heading out pretty soon,” I told Yin who nodded, ready to go back.
As I was talking, I’d failed to notice a tiny little spirit plant peeking though who decided now was the ti to jump in.
“Stop!”
Yin stumbled, freezing in place. “Ahh… Twilight! Please don’t do that… my body froze and I almost fell…”
Twilight giggled, and I decided it was ti for disciplining. Walking quickly, I grabbed the little spirit who tried to run away from . Raising Twilight, I raised her to my eye level, her read beady eyes glistening in the light.
“What did I tell you Twilight?” I told the little spirit.
“Chi…” she let out a quiet whine, lowering her flowery head.
“What do we say when we do sothing wrong?” I asked Twilight.
“Sorry,” Twilight said, and I nodded.
“I-it’s okay. She was just playing,” Yin tried.
“No, she needs to be taught. I let Labby run around and she got hurt because of that. I’m not repeating the sa mistakes with Twilight,” I said, before I put Twilight on the ground.
“Now behave, or I won’t give you any blood or spirit herbs.”
Tiny tears gathered in Twilight’s eyes, but I knew fake crying when I knew it. Steeling my resolve, I just stared at her, and slowly she nodded.
I saw Yin looked at for a mont, before she dipped her head and decided to walk out. I sighed, feeling like a an tyrant, but I knew I had to keep my spirits in check. Even if it ant scolding them or punishing them sotis.
Slowly, I turned around, ready to turn back around when I realised sothing.
“Twilight. Has your words been effective on Yin all this ti?” I asked.
“Chii!” she replied, nodding.
“Huh,” I murmured, looking at the door from where Yin had left from. “Strange.”
I put the thought out of my mind. There was a lot to be done.
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