Qi Lan looked at the trembling Hamar, and subconsciously she tried to read into what he was thinking but stopped herself. She put her hand on his shoulder, "We will...don't worry."
She let go and once again she summoned up many laws from her Spirit Stone Soul, creating a line in space. She turned back and looked towards everyone; Hamar, Yan, and Mo Huai.
Yan fell down and went into a sleep, conserving mental energy. Qi Lan flicked her wrist and used qi to carry her body into the air.
She then looked at Hamar's Sword Soul, as she noticed her heart started to beat quicker and quicker. Hamar noticed her staring and de-summoned the Sword Soul, it went back into his now-Nascent Soul.
"Interesting..."
Mo Huai looked at his Master and colleague, Qi Lan, then turned to his disciple. He leaned in quietly, "Show me that later,"
Qi Lan laughed, "you can have fun later, when we get back...you two are getting scolded first, personally."
Mo Huai shivered, "Sorry disciple, it looks like our punishment just got worse from what I said...these days you get punished for saying the truth."
Qi Lan smiled brightly and flicked her other hand, causing a phantom hand of qi to squish down onto Mo Huai. He looked up and sent his mental energy into the qi, transforming it into his own.
The phantom hand went from a light colourless hand into a thick heavy purple-ish smog. Qi Lan clicked her tongue, "Show off," she waved one hand and the line in front of her swiped across everyone.
As it did, the surrounding changed. Hamar watched as he vanished from the forest they were in and appeared within a building.
Qi Lan poked Yan with a finger on the forehead and injected mental energy into her. As her eyes fluttered open, she spoke, "Go into the third training ground and absorb the five elements formation for a few hours." She kissed Yan and the forehead and pushed her away.
Yan, flustered, looked around and saw Hamar and his master snickering and shook her head. She waved her hand and as she walked out said, "See you again later, Hamar, Master Mo!"
Then she closed the door and suddenly the atmosphere shifted. Qi Lan walked close to the master and disciple duo, "I'm your master," she poked Mo Huai, then she turned to Hamar and poked him too, "And your grandmaster, your master's master."
Mo Huai wanted to speak up and correct her that she WAS his master, but in this scenario he felt the best thing for him would be to shut up.
She sighed, "Shall we get onto what to do and what NOT to do..." Hamar's intuition felt like it shook as he realised this would be a long and painful lecture.
***
Yan walked out of the meeting room and walked into the hallways. She looked around randomly, "The Paradise Elements Pavilion?"
She knocked in the walls and whispered a code word, as soon as she did she felt a rumble. Behind her a wisp of green energy appeared, an artificial spirit.
These were beings made of laws with quasi-consciousnesses capable of basic thought. They were though of by ancient cultivators who longed for the days of Spirit Masters.
Now though, they were mostly used as housekeepers of sorts. Yan put her thanks behind her back and Spoke quietly, "Where's the five elements training room..ugh...number..." She touches her temple.
The wisp spirit floated around Yan's head and spoke in a flat voice, "It seems miss has issues, your mental energy is severely out of sync and is not your own, should I cleanse it?"
Yan jumped back and waved her hands, "No! That'll make me into a brainless puppet!"
The wisp pulsated for a moment, "Apologies miss, main spirit has been notified. I now know miss is in an abnormal state and requires other's mental energy to sustain thoughts, I do not suggest cultivating in any training room."
"I didn't ask for your suggestion, Master said I needed to."
"If the Master says to then I shall bring you there, do you remember which room she told you, miss?"
"Ugh..." She touched her temple again and winced. She spun her finger in a circle in the air, pushing it into her mind, "Ah! Third, the third room."
"Excellent choice, young miss. I will escort you now." The wisp made a gesture which Yan knew to be their attempt at a bow.
They walked through the pavilion until they emerged the underground and the walls turned to stone. Then she entered a specific stone room.
In the centre was a five pointed star on the floor, on each point, a certain orb. They all had different colours, and represented the five elements.
Of course there wasn't JUST five elements, that was merely one thought pattern. It was just a simple way to think about laws, sitting then into a small number of elements.
It would both limit and increase comprehension speed and would allow a formation master, who needs many laws, to understand them simply.
Yan bowed lightly to the wisp, "Thank you, that is all. You may go now."
Again, the wisp 'bowed' then it flew into the wall and vanished again. Yan stroked the wall before turned into around and cracking her knuckles, "Shall we get going this then?"
She walked to the centre of the formation and sat down. As she did, the star shaped engraving glowed. The five point orbs started to spin and letting out laws.
The five elements laws all moved themselves into the centre of the formation, meaning that Yan would need minimal mental energy to absorb the laws.
She began absorbing the laws and also lamented that after reviving, her level had dropped, "My Hardening level in now at max ten...I'll have to work hard to get back up. I guess for a while I'll have to stay out of trouble...so little laws"
She squeezed her fists as she thought about her death, "So quick, even with that hardening level...it was useless!"