Spiritual Power Model

Time flew by like an arrow; the sun and moon raced past like a shuttle.

Nine months had passed since their neighbor, Lin Qing, moved to Heaven Dou City. An Ping had also finished his first year of study. Moreover, after a period of unrelenting effort, he had finally completed the activation of his spiritual power.

Next, as long as he completed the construction of the Spiritual Power Model, he could begin trying to absorb Magic Power. Once he possessed Magic Power, he could start learning a few simple tricks. At that point, he would count as a Shaman Apprentice.

An Ping planned to use this holiday to attempt the construction of the Spiritual Power Model. If he succeeded, he could officially begin his Path of the Witch.

"Alright, remember this: if you want to become powerful Soul Masters, you must work hard during the holidays too. You can't slack off." With their homeroom teacher Lin Ximeng's words, the first school year officially came to an end. The next time they returned, they would be second-years.

After saying everything that needed to be said, Lin Ximeng packed up her things and left. Once she was gone, the classroom grew noisy. Some discussed where to go play during the holidays, while others arranged to cultivate together. There was no end to the chatter.

Whenever he had free time to rest, An Ping treated those Shaman Travelogues like novels. Having read so many of them, he had developed a longing for the outside world. Unfortunately, he was still young and weak, so he could only bury that faint yearning deep in his heart.

Shaking his head lightly, An Ping packed up his things and stood to leave. As he walked along the academy paths, his thoughts drifted, and he failed to notice a fat and a thin figure approaching him.

With a smack, someone patted him on the shoulder. An Ping turned around and saw Tang Wulin and Little Fatty Wan Yunchao smiling at him. "It's you two. What is it?"

"Can't we call you over if there's nothing wrong? So, what are your plans for the holidays? Want to come out and have some fun? Don't tell me you're going to cultivate again? Every time we ask you to play, you're either cultivating or studying." Little Fatty rattled off a long string of words in one breath.

After slowing for a couple of steps, the three walked side by side. "What else is there to do besides cultivating diligently? What about you two?"

"As for me, I'll be learning forging and cultivating. After all, my Martial Soul is only Blue Silver Grass, and my Innate Soul Power was only rank three. I'm only rank five now. I don't even know if I'll reach rank ten by graduation." Tang Wulin's tone grew somewhat dejected toward the end.

"Keep it up. You work so hard—you'll definitely make it." Wan Yunchao patted Tang Wulin's shoulder in consolation, then said sourly, "An Ping, I really don't know how you cultivate. Your Innate Soul Power was only one rank higher than mine. I'm only rank seven now, but you're already rank nine."

"Yeah, how do you cultivate?" Tang Wulin was a little envious as well.

An Ping couldn't exactly say that he had not actually focused on raising his Soul Power Level, and that its improvement had merely come as a side effect. He could only say, "How else? I just cultivate normally and work hard."

They soon reached the academy gates. Since they were headed in different directions, Little Fatty waved goodbye as he walked off the other way.

After walking a little farther, An Ping passed a supermarket and remembered that he had no idea how long this secluded training would last. He decided to stock up on more food, so he parted ways with Tang Wulin as well.

After returning home, An Ping did not immediately begin attempting to construct the Spiritual Power Model. Instead, he rested properly and replenished his energy.

Early the next morning, after breakfast, An Ping sat on his bed. He first reviewed the construction plan, which he had already read countless times, before clearing his mind and entering a meditative state.

The first step was to construct a spatial coordinate system with the Spiritual Power Core as the origin. This step was not difficult, and he completed it quickly.

The second step was to construct Spiritual Power Nodes at the corresponding coordinates. Even with the coordinate system from the first step as a reference, it was still extremely difficult. Of the several hundred Spiritual Power Nodes, he had only completed a dozen or so before mental fatigue forced him out of meditation.

As expected, it was evening again. After dinner, An Ping lay on his bed, realizing that constructing the Spiritual Power Model clearly could not be accomplished overnight, and began considering how to arrange his holiday schedule.

From that day onward, An Ping woke up each morning to exercise, then constructed several Spiritual Power Nodes in the morning after breakfast, several more after lunch, and washed up and went to bed after dinner. His routine was so regular that he was practically an office worker.

After more than a month of effort, he finally completed the construction of every node. At this point, if An Ping dispersed the spatial coordinate system he had used for positioning, he would find that the hundreds of completed nodes were scattered throughout his Consciousness Space like stars.

Only after resting well for two days did An Ping decide to complete the next step: linking all the nodes together in the proper order.

Sitting properly on his bed, he entered meditation and cautiously used a Spiritual Thread to connect the first node to another. This step went quite smoothly, and he continued onward to connect it to the next node.

One node after another was linked by An Ping. Only when the Spiritual Thread returned to the location of the first node, and he connected it to the Spiritual Power Core, was the construction of the Spiritual Power Model considered preliminarily complete.

The final step was to see whether he could establish a Spiritual Power Channel. Only if he could establish a Spiritual Power Channel would the Spiritual Power Model truly be successfully constructed.

Magic Power was also known as the Primordial Energy of Heaven and Earth. It was one of the world's most primordial forms of energy. Without a specific method, one could only sense its existence after reaching an extremely profound level of spiritual power.

The Spiritual Power Model used the specific fluctuations produced by circulating spiritual power within it to guide Magic Power into the model for circulation. These fluctuations were called Spiritual Power Channels, meaning channels between spiritual power and heaven and earth.

As the Primordial Energy of Heaven and Earth circulated within the Spiritual Power Model, it would gradually strengthen spiritual power and stabilize the Spiritual Power Model on one hand, while taming the guided Magic Power on the other. Tamed Magic Power could then be used to guide and leverage the Magic Power outside. Once one gained some understanding of the rules, one could even use Magic Power to leverage the rules themselves.

The instant the Spiritual Power Model connected with the Spiritual Power Core, An Ping seemed to hear a hum. A faint, invisible fluctuation flashed through his Consciousness Space and vanished.

He tried circulating his spiritual power through the Spiritual Power Model once, and a trace of strange energy began joining the cycle.

An Ping knew he had succeeded. This was Magic Power. As it circulated again and again, wisps of mist-like Magic Power began to appear in the space at the center of the Spiritual Power Model.

Time trickled by. Magic Power gradually filled the space at the center of the Spiritual Power Model, yet not a single trace spilled out. Only when he felt that he could absorb no more did An Ping stop meditating. If he stubbornly continued absorbing it, the Spiritual Power Model might collapse.

An Ping opened his eyes and looked at the calendar on the alarm clock by his bed. To his surprise, it was already the next day. Rubbing his stomach, which had begun protesting, he got out of bed, stretched his body, then went to the kitchen and made something simple to eat.