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Sorting out his thoughts, Shi Quan gradually came back to his senses and began to examine the changes in himself.
To his surprise, this time the Martial Soul Awakening Liquid did not increase his Innate spirit power, which remained at Rank four.
However, he could clearly feel that his perception ability had greatly increased; the World in his eyes became clearer, and the sounds outside the house became more distinct.
He was not sure if this was a change brought about by the Awakening of his third Martial Spirit or by the Martial Soul Awakening Liquid.
It was also because of the change in his perception that he noticed his body had become tougher due to the effect of the Martial Soul Awakening Liquid, and his overall physique and temperament had undergone some subtle changes; his tender face inexplicably gained a few hints of mature and steady charm, and his eyes became more lively.
In the original work, after Tang San's second Martial Spirit Awakening to Blue Silver Emperor, his appearance changed. Shi Quan speculated that his current changes might also be due to Martial Spirit Awakening.
Fortunately, his changes were not very significant, and ordinary people would not notice anything, otherwise, he really wouldn't know how to explain it.
"What should my third Martial Spirit be called?" Playing with the empty bottle in his hand, Shi Quan summoned his third Martial Spirit.
A phantom figure appeared in front of Shi Quan. His third Martial Spirit should be between a Beast Spirit and a Body Martial Spirit, manifesting in an attached form.
Because it was formed from his own Soul, consciousness, and obsession, Shi Quan could clearly feel the difference between his third Martial Spirit and his first two Martial Spirits, which was control. With just a thought, his third Martial Spirit could condense and appear according to his will, and even perform a series of actions, something his first two Martial Spirits could not do.
"Intent? Spirit Sense? Soul? Soul? Obsession?"
Words related to his third Martial Spirit surfaced in his mind. After some thought, Shi Quan murmured to himself, "Let's just call it Spirit."
First Martial Spirit, Blue Silver Grass.
Second Martial Spirit, Earth.
Third Martial Spirit, Spirit.
With the Martial Spirit issue resolved, Shi Quan's gaze returned to the empty bottle in his hand, skillfully placing it into the System space.
Although it was just an empty bottle, its material was very special. Shi Quan could not casually discard such a cross-era item. If something went wrong later, he would be the one with the headache. Keeping it now might prove useful in the future.
After receiving the reward, Shi Quan began to study the System space. After a series of tests and inquiries, Shi Quan also understood the limitations of the System space.
The storage space provided by the System only stored items produced by the System itself, meaning things from the Douluo Continent could not be put inside.
However, Shi Quan quickly found a bug.
He tried putting some small items into the empty bottle that had previously held the Martial Soul Awakening Liquid, and then putting the empty bottle back into the System space. To his surprise, the items placed inside the empty bottle were also stored in the System space.
This meant that the setting of not being able to store items from outside the System actually had a certain loophole. This discovery immediately piqued Shi Quan's interest. Was it possible that the System had other loopholes that could help him obtain more treasure box rewards?
Thus, another hour of testing and inquiry followed.
With a helpless sigh, Shi Quan ended his tests. He didn't need to guess; besides the small loophole in storage, he hadn't discovered anything else.
An hour of inquiry gave Shi Quan a more comprehensive understanding of the System.
The treasure boxes triggered by the System would randomly give out rewards. Once triggered, the treasure boxes could be opened directly without any specific requirements.
The only thing that gave Shi Quan a headache now was how to trigger the treasure boxes.
Knock knock knock!
"Shi Quan, are you Cultivating?"
The sound of knocking and Li Meili's cautious voice came from outside the room.
Shi Quan's hand, which was writing, paused. The paper contained several directions on how to trigger the treasure boxes, and the content was extremely concise, revealing nothing specific.
"What's wrong, Mom?" Shi Quan replied, glancing at the note on the desk again, then crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the nearby trash can before getting up and walking towards the door.
"How are you finding the Cultivation method? Didn't Grandmaster Su Yuntao say that Cultivation shouldn't be rushed, but done steadily? I'm afraid you're too eager."
Seeing Shi Quan open the door, Li Meili's beautiful eyes immediately scrutinized him up and down. It was fine when she didn't see him, but once she did, Li Meili's expression changed, and her eyes showed a hint of panic. She immediately stepped forward, grabbed Shi Quan's arm, and asked with a trembling voice, "Shi Quan, did something go wrong with your Cultivation?"
Although Shi Quan's changes were not significant, Li Meili keenly noticed them in just a glance.
Shi Quan was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized, and his heart warmed. The changes in him were difficult for ordinary people to detect, even Spirit Master might not notice, but Li Meili saw his changes at a glance. This showed how much she cared about him in her heart, allowing her to so keenly detect his abnormality?
Shi Quan put on his most confident look, patted his chest, and said, "Mom, what are you thinking? Do I look like someone whose Cultivation went wrong? This is called successful Cultivation!"
Li Meili smiled at Shi Quan's grown-up demeanor. Worry had clouded her judgment, but upon calming down and looking closely, Li Meili also noticed that Shi Quan seemed more composed. She wondered if it was her imagination, but she felt that Shi Quan's originally obedient and tender face now had a hint of his father's charm, which made her feel a little more at ease.
"It's good that your Cultivation is going smoothly, but you must still pay attention to what Grandmaster Su Yuntao said, understand?" Li Meili instinctively reminded Shi Quan.
Shi Quan said without batting an eyelid, "Don't worry, Mom, you know about me."
Only he knew that these were not changes brought by Cultivation; he hadn't even looked at the Cultivation manual yet.
"Oh, you." Li Meili chuckled, shaking her head and poking Shi Quan's head. "Alright, your grandparents are here to see you. They've been mentioning you. It's almost dinner time, come out and spend some time with them."
"Okay~" Shi Quan nodded in agreement.
Shi Quan's grandparents were also from Shi Family Village. After his father and mother got married, they moved out from his grandparents' place. The two homes were not far, and the two elders came to see him almost every day. Upon hearing that Shi Quan had undergone Martial Spirit Awakening and possessed spirit power, they immediately rushed over.
"Grandpa, Grandma." Shi Quan affectionately greeted the two figures in the courtyard.
The elderly man on the left was not tall, with streaks of white hair at his temples. Although his face showed signs of wear from the elements, his eyes were very bright. When the old man saw Shi Quan, his eyes visibly brightened even more.
He was Shi Quan's grandfather, Shi Zhi. Beside him was Shi Quan's grandmother, Shi Ying. The grandmother looked a bit younger than Shi Quan's grandfather, with naturally curly hair and kindly, smiling eyes.
Shi Quan's grandparents were actually not very old, only in their fifties.
The two of them didn't notice anything unusual about Shi Quan; they just thought he had become handsomer.
However, Shi Jian, who was on the side, also noticed Shi Quan's changes, just like Li Meili. Perhaps fearing that the two elders would worry, he didn't ask directly, but found a moment to quietly ask Shi Quan about the specific situation.
Under Shi Quan's explanation, Shi Jian finally felt relieved.
Dinner was exceptionally lavish compared to usual, and the family happily took their seats.
Shi Quan looked at his bowl, full of food. Even Shi Jian, who rarely drank alcohol on weekdays, uncharacteristically shared a few drinks with Shi Zhi. The whole family was exceptionally happy, and the impact Shi Quan had felt in his heart from the Spirit Martial Spirit Awakening was greatly alleviated by this warm scene.
This dinner continued until late into the night.
After his parents sent his grandparents home, Shi Quan returned to his room. Normally, by this time, Shi Quan would already be in bed, ready to sleep.
However, Shi Quan had no intention of sleeping now. His gaze and attention were fixed on the small booklet on his desk.
That was the basic Cultivation manual given to him by Su Yuntao.
Due to various delays, he finally had time to study Cultivation matters.
Picking up the Cultivation manual, Shi Quan quickly began to read it carefully. The manual was not thick, and the content was not extensive. In less than a quarter of an hour, Shi Quan had read through the entire manual.
"This is too simple…"
After reading the manual, Shi Quan couldn't help but secretly complain. The Cultivation method in the manual couldn't be described as simple; it was downright crude.
To sum it up in a simple sentence: use the Innate spirit power within the body to attract the surrounding energy into the body.
There was no circulation route, no operating method; it was simply sensing spirit power and then using it to attract and draw energy into the body.
According to the manual, the higher the Innate spirit power, the stronger the attraction and absorption of energy. The lower it was, the slower it would be. Without Innate spirit power, one naturally couldn't absorb energy. This was the advantage of Innate spirit power.
To increase Cultivation speed, unless there was a Breakthrough in Rank, the Cultivation speed would always remain at the initial Innate spirit power absorption speed.
And the higher the Innate spirit power, the more significant the improvement after Breakthrough to Spirit Master Rank. For example, if Innate Rank one spirit power started with a Cultivation speed of one, and full spirit power Cultivation speed was ten, then after Breakthrough from Spirit Scholar to Spirit Master, the Innate Rank one spirit power Cultivation speed might change from one to two, while the Innate full spirit power Cultivation speed would change from ten to twenty or even higher.
This was the so-called gap in talent.
"This should only be the most basic Cultivation method. Both Spirit Hall and the Upper Three Sects must have more complete Cultivation methods."
Even if Shi Quan knew nothing about Cultivation, he could clearly feel that this basic Cultivation method was too crude.
With just one attempt, Shi Quan, following the basic Cultivation method in the booklet, sensed the surrounding energy and successfully integrated it into his body.
To Shi Quan's surprise, not only did he sense the surrounding energy, but with his eyes tightly closed, he could see glowing energy particles faintly shimmering around his body.
In the original work, he had only heard of internal vision, which allowed one to observe the flow and circulation of spirit power within the body. He had never heard of such external vision, seeing energy, in the original work.
The only special thing was his three Martial Spirits. Shi Quan speculated that this special situation was highly likely due to his third Martial Spirit, Spirit.
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The morning sun rose.
Knock knock knock.
"Shi Quan, are you still not up?"
Li Meili's soft call came from outside the room again.
Hearing the commotion outside, Shi Quan, who had Cultivated all night, finally woke up. Looking at the sunlight filtering through the window crack, Shi Quan realized that he had actually Cultivated for an entire night.
"I'm up." Shi Quan responded. A night of Cultivation did not make Shi Quan feel tired at all, but sitting cross-legged all night inevitably caused some discomfort. He quickly stretched his stiff limbs and got up, walking towards the door.
"What's wrong, Mom?"
"Did you Cultivate again after coming back last night? And very late?"
"It's fine, it's fine." Shi Quan chuckled. He could see the worry in Li Meili's brows.
Li Meili said this because normally Shi Quan would have been up by now. Situations like today, where the sun was high and there was still no movement, were very rare.
"Cultivation is good, of course, but you also need to pay attention to rest. Grandmaster Su Yuntao also said not to rush things, have you forgotten?"
"I haven't forgotten, I know I was wrong, I won't do it next time, don't worry, Mom." Shi Quan knew Li Meili was just worried about him, so he quickly put on a look of knowing his mistake, grabbing Li Meili's arm with both hands and acting spoiled.
Li Meili was both worried and loving towards her son. Seeing Shi Quan act spoiled like this, she could only smile helplessly and shake her head, then started talking about serious matters, "Alright, your dad wants you to go to the clay sculpting room. Stop pretending here."
"Clay sculpting room?" Shi Quan looked confused. "Shouldn't Dad be making clay sculptures at this time?"
"You'll know when you go." Li Meili waved her hand, acting as if she didn't know either.
The clay sculpting room was not a special place; it was just a small room behind their courtyard, specifically for Shi Jian to make clay sculptures.
To say it was special, it wasn't. Shi Quan used to go there often. The reason he looked confused was that when Shi Jian was making clay sculptures, no one was allowed in the clay sculpting room. According to Shi Jian, he could only create those lifelike clay sculptures when he was alone in the room and had calmed his mind, and he didn't want anyone to disturb him.
From childhood to now, even Shi Quan had never seen the entire process of Shi Jian making clay sculptures.
In the village, Shi Jian's clay sculptures had always been exceptional, and many people wanted to become his apprentices to learn the secrets of making clay sculptures, but all were refused. When he was little, Shi Quan also asked Shi Jian, and Shi Jian's answer at the time was that it wasn't time yet, at least not until he was six years old.
He had originally forgotten about it, but now Shi Jian suddenly asked him to come to him while he was making clay sculptures. Was he preparing to teach him the secrets of making clay sculptures? Thinking of this, Shi Quan's heart grew a little curious. What exactly was Shi Jian's secret?