Perhaps because she had drunk the spirit spring water in the space and undergone the cleansing of the marrow, her meridians were clean and tough, without a trace of blockage or impurity.
Without any resistance or drain, she easily moved a wisp of spirit energy to her wrist.
However, there was a bit too much spirit energy, and combined with her lack of practice, she failed to control the force, causing the brush in her hand to explode...
Her hand paused, and she silently cleared away the debris.
She channeled a thinner wisp of spirit energy. As it approached her wrist, she controlled its speed, letting it flow through her meridians at a steady, slow pace.
After a few failures and ruining three sheets of paper and two brushes, she successfully attached that wisp of spirit energy to her wrist and the brush.
After writing a few characters and feeling the effect, she realized her attempt was correct.
Using spirit energy to assist her wrist not only made her writing faster but also achieved a "brush following the mind" effect, reducing the chance of errors.
Initially, she was unskilled in using spirit energy and needed to adjust after writing just a few words.
Later, her control became more proficient. With a single thought, the spirit energy would flow quickly, obediently, and smoothly to where it needed to be.
Writing speed was no longer a limitation.
Essentially, as soon as her mind finished translating, her hand would finish writing simultaneously.
By the end, she could translate about ten pages in the time it took for an incense stick to burn.
Although she had lost some time while researching spirit energy control, Gu Ningyun still finished translating all the materials after nearly four hours.
As class was nearly over, Gu Ningyun organized the translated materials by category—pills, arrays, talismans, and tools—and stored them separately in the wooden plaque.
She planned to find time to check them back home and then submit the mission together with her companions once they finished their translations.
At that time, she could also exchange insights with them to progress together.
Just as she finished organizing the materials, Martial Aunt Yang also put away the jade slip in her hand.
“Starting tomorrow, you will begin the second stage of your studies.
“The second stage will last for one month. In the mornings, I will teach you the application of spirit energy, and in the afternoons, Martial Uncle Lu will continue to lead you in body refining.
“Just like the initial stage, there will be an assessment on the final day.”
...
After finishing dinner and returning to Cloud Residence, Gu Ningyun first checked the translated materials. Once she was certain there were no substandard translations, she put them back into the wooden plaque.
She sat cross-legged in the cultivation chamber. Compared to seven days ago, Gu Ningyun's dantian was now full of spirit energy, and it was compressed almost to its limit.
She felt that after another night of cultivation today, she could compress it to the limit and break through to Qi Refining level one.
But before that, she planned to look at that book in her space that she had been longing for: 《■■■■■》.
Now that she had finished learning ancient script, there would be no problem reading this book.
With a shift of Gu Ningyun's divine sense, the book on the meditation mat appeared in her hand.
《Record of Primordial Stars》, a divine-rank high-grade cultivation technique.
Upon seeing this, Gu Ningyun's heart instantly sank.
A cultivator can only practice one cultivation technique in their lifetime. She was already practicing the 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》. No matter how mysterious or powerful this ancient script technique was, it had nothing to do with her.
However, remembering that this was the only book in the space's wooden hut, Gu Ningyun still held a sliver of hope as she looked at the introduction.
《Record of Primordial Stars》, an exclusive technique for the Innate Star Body. Those whose constitutions do not match will only see blank pages.
Practicing this technique will first double the size of the dantian to accommodate star power.
Once practiced, the technique can circulate on its own within the body to absorb star power. The higher the cultivation, the faster the automatic circulation.
While practicing a primary cultivation technique, the 《Record of Primordial Stars》 will spontaneously follow the circulation and complement the primary technique, allowing for faster and more stable absorption of spirit energy and star power.
This technique comes with spells corresponding to star power, which are unlocked according to cultivation level.
Gu Ningyun's eyes lit up. This was good stuff!
This technique could actually be practiced alongside the 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 and even complement it!
But what was the Innate Star Body? According to the introduction, the fact that she could see the words on the pages meant she possessed the Innate Star Body.
But when she read the novel in her previous life, she hadn't noticed the original host having this constitution.
Gu Ningyun took out the 《Almanac of Heavenly Wonders》 and turned to the "Other Essentials" section, specifically the part on special constitutions.
Near the end, she found the description of the Innate Star Body.
There were only a few lines: “Can harness star power for one's own use. Appears once in ten thousand years; extremely rare.”
Below that were two lines of notes: “Because this constitution is so rare, there are no records of star power spells in the world.
“If a descendant possesses this constitution, they may study spells for constitutions such as the Solar Spirit Body or Lunar Radiance Body. Sunlight and moonlight are both part of star power, so related spells can be used.”
Since the 《Record of Primordial Stars》 came with its own spells, Gu Ningyun didn't need to worry about that.
Having understood this constitution, Gu Ningyun swept her divine sense over the book in her hand, her heart set on practicing it.
Guided by her divine sense, the 《Record of Primordial Stars》 transformed into a beam of spirit light and entered the space between her eyebrows.
Following the technique's instructions, Gu Ningyun closed her eyes and meditated.
Soon, she saw through her divine sense countless specks of starlight passing through the roof and showering down around her.
As the technique circulated, these specks of starlight entered her body, moved into her dantian, and settled into the gaps within her wind spirit energy.
The speed at which the star power entered her dantian was very gentle, gradually covering the entire dantian.
Once the entire dantian was completely covered, the star power began to rotate against the walls of the dantian.
The dantian also slowly expanded during the rotation.
Gu Ningyun had originally thought expanding her dantian would be very painful, but perhaps because star power was special, she didn't feel any discomfort.
Instead, there was a cool, refreshing sensation.
Once the dantian's capacity had doubled, the star power changed its trajectory and began to drive the wind spirit energy into a rotation.
Soon, the star power and wind spirit energy rotated into a sphere resembling a Bagua.
They fit together perfectly without any conflict.
However, the star power half was not as solid as the wind spirit energy half.
Gu Ningyun immediately decided to cultivate the star power to the same state as the wind spirit energy before compressing them both to the limit and breaking through to Qi Refining level one.
She circulated the technique, mobilizing the star power in her dantian to perform a Minor Orbit cycle through her Ren and Du Meridians. Countless specks of star power entered through her acupoints and flowed into her dantian after completing one cycle.
It was a continuous, unending cycle.
Perhaps because she had practiced the 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》 before, Gu Ningyun's meridians and acupoints were much wider and tougher than at the very beginning. In just one night, the star power in her dantian was half as solid as her wind spirit energy.
Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time. She would have to wait until after tomorrow night's cultivation to see how the two complemented each other when she circulated the 《Xiaoyao Wind Records》.
Gu Ningyun opened her eyes, and the time-keeping wind chimes rang in synchronization.
It was 6:00 AM. In another three hours, she would be able to learn the new course.
A flash of anticipation crossed Gu Ningyun's eyes.
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