Gazing at the expectation in Xu Yunxiao's eyes, Xu Tianyang nodded heavily, a craving for power surging in his heart.
"Next, Mother will teach you the meditation method."
Xu Yunxiao quickly left to arrange for the capture of that hundred-year Evil Eye Tyrant, while Mu Mengyu stayed behind to guide Xu Tianyang through his first meditation.
Xu Tianyang's still-childish face was full of seriousness as he listened carefully to Mu Mengyu's teachings in the room.
"A Spirit is an innate power we humans possess. Everyone can awaken their Spirit at the age of six. Some don't awaken at six but are stimulated to awaken later due to various circumstances."
"This is our Spirit. In the past few years, you've read many books about Spirit Masters, so I won't elaborate on the existence of a Spirit. Almost all the books you've read have introductions."
This basic knowledge essentially covered Spirit Master rank titles, spirit ring age limits and colors, the existence of Spirit Bones, and the classification of Spirit Masters, including what each type of Spirit Master specialized in.
Xu Tianyang had already learned these things from the imperial library's collection, and he had even dabbled in the knowledge of Soul Engineers. Therefore, Mu Mengyu did not repeat that uninformative knowledge, as it could all be found in books. What she was focusing on now was teaching the meditation method that aided Spirit Master cultivation.
"The meditation method, as the name suggests, involves emptying your mind and drawing the elemental energy of heaven and earth from the air to gather within yourself, transforming it into your own power. The imperial family has its own set of meditation methods, which are much more efficient than those outside. Now, you must experience it carefully."
With that, Mu Mengyu came behind Xu Tianyang, placed her palm on his back, and a gentle spirit power flowed from her palm, entering Xu Tianyang's body.
Xu Tianyang immediately suppressed the restlessness of the spirit power within his body, held his breath, and used his mind to guide a trace of spirit power within him, following Mu Mengyu's profound spirit power as it circulated and rotated within his body, stimulating the potential deep within his physical self.
After guiding Xu Tianyang's spirit power through three major cycles within his body, Mu Mengyu withdrew her own spirit power. At this moment, Xu Tianyang could already automatically circulate his spirit power for cultivation according to the meditation method he had just learned.
She did not interrupt Xu Tianyang's cultivation process.
Every Spirit Master's first cultivation is very important. The longer the duration of the first cultivation, the better the Spirit Master's cultivation talent. The longer one cultivates, the more elemental energy of heaven and earth that Spirit can accommodate. The most direct manifestation of this is the speed of Spirit Master rank advancement.
This could also be considered a test.
Of course, this method is not absolute, as the difference lies in innate spirit power. A person with only level one innate spirit power, even if they meditate for an hour, can never compare to the effect of someone with full innate spirit power meditating for ten minutes.
Seeing Xu Tianyang gradually enter a deep state, Mu Mengyu quietly exited the room. Outside the room, Xu Yunxiao stood silently not far away, gazing at the distant sky, seemingly having stood there for some time.
"Yang'er has entered deep meditation?!"
As Mu Mengyu approached, Xu Yunxiao glanced at the room, took his wife's slender, jade-like hand, and said softly.
"Yes, Yang'er's talent is the best I've ever seen. He entered deep meditation during his first cultivation," Mu Mengyu said softly, leaning quietly on her husband's shoulder.
The couple quietly enjoyed this rare moment of tranquility. After a long while, Xu Yunxiao's apologetic voice sounded above Mu Mengyu's head.
"Mengyu, do you blame me?"
"For putting so much pressure on Yang'er?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Mengyu's body trembled slightly, but she quickly regained her composure, gently shaking her head in Xu Yunxiao's embrace: "This is the responsibility he should bear."
"If he didn't have twin spirits, if he wasn't born with full innate spirit power, I would have arranged everything for him, and he would have lived a peaceful life as the future Emperor of the Sun Moon Empire."
"However, since Yang'er has awakened such talent, then he must shoulder this burden."
"For the imperial family, for the countless citizens of the Sun Moon Empire, and even more so for himself."
Xu Yunxiao's voice was somewhat low, his resolute eyes, at some point, had become bloodshot, revealing a hint of pain.
"I know. Yang'er will definitely be able to change the current situation of the Sun Moon Empire and prevent it from suffering the beast tide's invasion." Mu Mengyu felt the pain in her husband's heart, her face filled with confidence as she gazed into Xu Yunxiao's eyes.
Feeling his wife's care and confidence in his embrace, the gloom in Xu Yunxiao's heart dissipated significantly. His face regained its usual Spirit, and he laughed: "Hahahaha, yes, my son will definitely be able to do it."
"Husband, regarding the resources Yang'er needs for cultivation, do you think we need to make changes? After all, the more elixirs he takes, the more solid the shackles formed during future breakthroughs will be," Mu Mengyu quietly asked after seeing her husband regain his usual Spirit.
"Hmm, you're right. While cultivating with elixirs can speed up cultivation, it will ultimately be a burden, greatly increasing the resistance when breaking through to Titled Douluo in the future. With Yang'er's talent, he naturally cannot sacrifice his future for temporary speed."
Xu Yunxiao nodded in agreement. Such was the situation on the Sun Moon Continent. The Evil Emperor launched a beast tide every hundred years, and for the people of the continent, how to quickly gain stronger combat power within a limited time was everyone's pursuit.
And it was in this environment that elixir cultivation and the rapid development of spirit tools emerged.
However, this would lead to a vicious cycle. Without elixir cultivation, one could not form powerful strength in a short time. But once too many elixirs were consumed, it would create a bottleneck that was difficult to break through in the future. Faced with two poisoned cups, the Sun Moon Continent chose the former, for if there was no present, there would be no future to speak of.
Those who truly had no hope of breaking through would begin to research spirit tools to enhance their combat power. Therefore, while high-level combat power at the Titled Douluo rank was rare on the Sun Moon Continent, it possessed incredibly terrifying mid-to-low-end combat power.
"You keep an eye on Yang'er. Recently, the Moonflow Empire has become increasingly impatient. There have been frequent movements in Moonjade City. It seems that old fellow Kong Sili is getting anxious."
After discussing Xu Tianyang's general cultivation direction for a while, Xu Yunxiao's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said in a murderous, deep voice.
"Is it finally starting? Those fellows from the Fire Phoenix Soul Guidance Group have been nagging in my ears every day, saying that we absolutely cannot let the credit for being the first to attack be snatched by the other three great Soul Guidance Groups." Upon hearing this, Mu Mengyu's eyes instantly changed. At this moment, she was like a majestic female general, her ruby-like eyes revealing terrifying battle intent.
Mu Mengyu was not some mere vase princess. She herself was an eighty-sixth-rank Spirit Douluo expert, and she also commanded the Fire Phoenix Soul Guidance Group, one of the four great Soul Guidance Groups of the Sun Moon Empire, holding extremely high prestige in the military.
"Hahahaha, with such a great army, what can the Moonflow Empire and those fellows like Kong Sili use to resist my Sun Moon Empire's army? This war should end, and the Sun Moon Continent should usher in unification."
Gazing at his domineering wife beside him, Xu Yunxiao burst into laughter, his laughter filled with confidence in the Sun Moon Empire's army and the determination to unify the world.
There were two great Empires on the Sun Moon Continent, the Sun Moon Empire and the Moonflow Empire. The Moonflow Empire's inherited Spirit was the Moon, and the Sun Moon Empire's inherited Spirit, the Sun, were both top-tier Spirits in the Spirit Master's world.
The Sun Moon Continent did not have the Spirit Hall to balance power. For thousands of years, the two nations had been at loggerheads over the unification of the continent, with minor wars every five years and major wars every ten years.
It was also because of the military conflicts between the two nations that the Soul Guidance technology of the Sun Moon Continent flourished.
If not for the Evil Emperor frequently launching beast tides, which often caused a generational gap in top-tier Titled Douluo experts on the Sun Moon Continent, the development of spirit tools in the two great Empires would undoubtedly have been even more brilliant.
The two nations had always been relatively equal in strength, with victories and defeats on both sides, until the appearance of Xu Yunxiao.
Xu Yunxiao was hailed as the most talented person in the Sun Moon Empire in a thousand years. This was not only reflected in his cultivation but also in his exceptional talent in spirit tools.
Under Xu Yunxiao's leadership, the Sun Moon Empire's strength underwent tremendous changes in just thirty short years. To this day, it had pushed the Moonflow Empire to the brink of national destruction at any moment.
"With Yang'er's talent, he will surely lead the Sun Moon Empire to an unprecedented height and become a great emperor. Let me first help him clear this last obstacle!"
Turning to look at Xu Tianyang's room, Xu Yunxiao seemed to see the young child sitting cross-legged, diligently meditating, and his tiger-like eyes involuntarily revealed a gentle expression.
"Actually, Your Highness, in your concubine's heart, you are also a brilliant and ambitious emperor!" At this moment, Mu Mengyu's gentle voice echoed in Xu Yunxiao's ears, causing him to momentarily lose himself, and then, a dazzling brilliance erupted from his eyes.