Going with the Flow

After seeing Ethereal Immortal's message, Wei Yunxi suddenly felt her spirits soar to the heavens. She had already transmigrated here—what was there left to fear? With the novels she had read as a foundation, the changes she had made, and now the Space Chat Group in her hands, she refused to believe she could not overturn her fate. She would do it!

Fleeting Smoke: "Thank you for your guidance, seniors. This junior knows what to do next."

After leaving those words behind, her consciousness withdrew from the space.

Wei Yunxi abruptly opened her eyes, sat up in bed, and stretched. Renewing her spirits, she sat cross-legged and entered cultivation. At this point, she was only a thin sheet of paper away from breaking through to the Qi Refining third layer.

Previously, the matter of going to the Haoran Sect to cultivate had left her restless, so she had never pierced through that final barrier. Now that she had made up her mind, she pushed forward in one breath and broke through to the Qi Refining third layer.

Breaking through felt wonderful. The fullness of Spiritual Qi filling her Meridians left her deeply satisfied. She guided the Spiritual Qi surging into her body through a great circulation, then gathered it all into her Dantian. At its bottom, several more specks of Spiritual Qi now glimmered.

Wei Yunxi opened her eyes and let out a comfortable moan. Then she took out the "Soul Refining Art" Ox-Head and Horse-Face had given her from the space. It was a black jade slip that looked mysterious at a glance.

Ox-Head and Horse-Face had privately reminded her before that she could only begin cultivating it after reaching the Qi Refining third layer. The divine soul was extremely important to cultivators, and as a beginner, without sufficient cultivation as a foundation, she could easily injure her own divine soul.

Wei Yunxi took a deep breath, slowly extended her divine sense, and carefully read the contents of the jade slip.

The Soul Refining Art was a cultivation technique belonging to ghost cultivators, intended to strengthen the divine soul. At its highest realm, one could use the divine soul to cultivate a physical body—the ultimate goal of ghost cultivators. This technique was equally useful to human cultivators, and it was precisely what Wei Yunxi needed now.

Moreover, according to the Soul Refining Art's classification of divine soul levels, the strength of her divine soul had already reached the late Qi Refining stage. This was another pleasant surprise for her.

She guessed that it was likely closely related to her transmigration. After all, she possessed an adult's soul; after merging with the body of a five-year-old child, the power of her divine soul would inevitably have increased.

Having confirmed this, she tried silently reciting the Soul Refining Art's cultivation chant and entered a meditative state.

Wei Yunxi did not notice that the moon was directly overhead. Specks of Lunar Yin Force drifted into the cultivation room where she sat, then seeped into her divine soul.

Haitang Courtyard

Du Ruolan had already learned that a Nascent Soul True Lord had come to the Wei Family, and that person had granted the family three additional slots. With this, Wei Yunxi's entry into the Haoran Sect for cultivation was as certain as ironclad fact. This was not something she wished to see.

Previously, because the slots had been limited, her own daughter possessed Dual Spiritual Roots and had been the first disciple to successfully complete Qi Introduction, so no one had opposed sending her into the sect to cultivate.

Later, although Wei Yunxi had also successfully completed Qi Introduction, she had only succeeded through opportunistic means. Moreover, her cultivation had not improved at all over the course of three months, so she had naturally been removed from the list.

But now there were three additional slots. Given Wei Lingyue's temperament, he would definitely send this daughter of his to the sect. It counted as an investment in his daughter, as well as a gesture of goodwill toward the Feng Family. But she did not want Feng Jiayun's daughter to go to the Haoran Sect.

After sorting out her thoughts, she sent Zhenzhu a Message Talisman.

Early the next morning, Wei Yunxi emerged from cultivation feeling refreshed and clear-headed. It felt even better than absorbing Spiritual Qi before. She knew this was the benefit of refining her soul.

After washing up, Wei Yunxi planned to head to the Cultivation Hall after eating her spirit meal. Whether or not she went to the Haoran Sect, improving her cultivation was the highest priority.

As usual, Chunyu arranged the spirit meal sent from the kitchen on the table and attended to her young mistress as she ate.

At that moment, Feng Xiu suddenly stopped Wei Yunxi's outstretched jade chopsticks.

"Young Miss, please wait a moment."

Wei Yunxi obediently withdrew her hand and turned to look at Feng Xiu.

Feng Xiu brushed the Storage Pouch at her waist, and a white jade pearl appeared in her hand. When she brought it close to the spirit meal on the table, it slowly turned dark green. Feng Xiu's face changed at once.

Wei Yunxi was no fool. One look told her that something was wrong with the spirit meal, and the smile on her face disappeared as well.

Feng Xiu immediately said, "Young Miss, someone tampered with this spirit meal. It has been drugged. I do not know exactly what medicine was used, but judging by the color of the Poison Detection Pearl, it is an exceedingly vicious drug."

Wei Yunxi could have guessed who had done it with her toes. Beside her, Chunyu had already fallen to her knees in fright. She had been the one to collect the spirit meal.

"Chunyu, go find my father right now. Tell him that I fainted after eating breakfast and have him come see me quickly."

Chunyu had already been frightened to tears. Hearing Wei Yunxi's words, she immediately staggered to her feet. Just as she was about to wipe away her tears, Wei Yunxi stopped her.

"Chunyu, go just like this. Do not wipe away your tears. Otherwise, how will we fool certain people?"

Chunyu came to her senses as well. She nodded, then ran out of Zhuohua Courtyard just like that, tears streaming down her face as she hurried to find Wei Lingyue.

Wei Lingyue was discussing who should receive the three additional slots with the Family Head when a servant came to report that something had happened to Wei Yunxi.

"What happened?"

"Chunyu reported that Miss Yunxi has fainted."

Upon hearing this, Wei Lingtao glanced at his elder brother and said, "Big Brother, go take a look first."

Wei Lingyue nodded. With a flash of his body, he left the Hall of Deliberation.

When Wei Lingyue arrived at the Main Courtyard of Zhuohua Courtyard, he saw Wei Yunxi sitting perfectly well in a chair, while Feng Xiu stood beside her with a cold expression.

Before Wei Lingyue could speak, Feng Xiu stepped forward and said, "Reporting to Eldest Master, someone drugged the young miss's spirit meal. Their intentions are unforgivable."

The displeasure on Wei Lingyue's face immediately turned cold upon hearing this.

"Feng Xiu, explain carefully."

Feng Xiu had no intention of covering for the Wei Family. After recounting the matter, she pointed at the poisoned meal and added, "Eldest Master, Feng Xiu's cultivation is shallow, and I was unable to determine exactly what drug was used. I ask Eldest Master to identify it."

Wei Lingyue's face had already darkened as though water could drip from it. He extended his divine sense and swept it over the bowl of porridge, then lifted the problematic bowl of spirit porridge and sniffed it. His expression immediately changed drastically, and he said to Feng Xiu, "Yunxi will not go to the Cultivation Hall today. Guard the young miss well. I will investigate the matter of the spirit meal thoroughly."

Without anyone prompting her, Chunyu knelt on the ground and said, "Reporting to Eldest Master, this servant collected the spirit meal from the main kitchen and received it directly from the cook. I did not hand it to anyone along the way. I only ran into Zhenzhu in the outer courtyard of Zhuohua Courtyard, where she stopped me and spoke to me for a few words."

Wei Lingyue's heart sank. He nodded and said, "Stay here for now."

With that, he flashed away from Zhuohua Courtyard.

As Wei Lingyue was leaving, he happened to see Zhenzhu peering furtively into Zhuohua Courtyard. With a flick of his hand, he seized Zhenzhu by the throat.

Dear ones, see you tomorrow~