The Spirit Within the Book

He expressed his regret about the game Ma Feifei played, as he didn't get a single Spirit Crystal; moreover, he has now been blacklisted by the female dragon Yun Qingyang!

This girl is now convinced that Ma Feifei is playing psychological warfare with her, using her kind heart as bait, and relying on her trust in Ma Feifei as leverage, which led her to ultimately bet on Great Qin.

So Yun Qingyang was very sad and angry. She blacklisted Ma Feifei and said that if she was ever fooled by Ma Feifei again, she would change her name to Stupid Qingyang!

In response, Ma Feifei thought to himself, "Your name is probably going to be changed."

Stupid Qingyang?

Wouldn't it be better to just call her the Stupid Mother Dragon?

Even though he didn't get the gambling money, Ma Feifei didn't mind. He generously said that the money should be used as a name change fee for Yun Qingyang!

After being about to receive a severe beating, Ma Feifei ran to private room number one and continued teaching.

Strangely enough, while things were in turmoil outside, the Green Grassland remained peaceful and undisturbed.

The three thousand students did not Slack Off because Ma Feifei was not there; they knelt diligently beside the desk, holding the Analects and reading it aloud.

Ma Feifei was naturally happy to be in a relaxed state, and sat on the high platform to begin studying the strange phenomenon of the burning of "The Art of War".

This is the first time since Ma Feifei acquired the Divine Bookstore System that the books in the Bookstore have been burned.

Moreover, the burning was rather strange; it actually lifted the person directly to the level of Half Saint, which was a bit exaggerated.

Ma Feifei entered the system and raised his question.

The system also provided the answer.

"Luan Feng has fully comprehended all the contents of 'The Art of War' and has obtained the Book Spirit."

"Book Spirit? What is that?" This was the first time Ma Feifei had ever heard of such a thing.

"The so-called 'Book Spirit' is the life given to these books by the system; only books with Book Spirit have more and stronger effects and benefits. Once the books provided by the system lose their Book Spirit, they become ordinary books, and readers cannot obtain any benefits."

Looking at the answer provided by the system, Ma Feifei suddenly understood!

Ma Feifei finally understood why the books in his Bookstore had so many miraculous effects; it turned out that the system had given these books life, and also endowed them with 'spirit'.

Just like high-level spiritual artifacts, only spiritual artifacts with sentience can be called high-level spiritual artifacts; spiritual artifacts without sentience can never enter the ranks of high-level spiritual artifacts.

The same applies to books. In Ma Feifei's original world, these books were all famous works, but they were only known for their content. Books were essentially just a stack of paper and had no effects whatsoever. Now, after the system has given these books life, these ordinary books have begun to become extraordinary, producing all sorts of effects in combination with their content.

This is what is known as the 'Book Spirit'.

To gain the approval of the Book Spirit, one must thoroughly comprehend the essence of the book, such as the Luan Feng and the Art of War.

Luan Feng spent a month quietly reading and studying the military strategies described in "The Art of War" without triggering the Book World. In the end, she gained the approval of the Book Spirit, which led to Luan Feng's breakthrough to the Half Saint realm.

Instead, the Book of the Art of War that had been taken from the Book Spirit had become an ordinary book, no longer serving any purpose, and was naturally burned by the system.

"Holy crap! If that's the case, what if everyone eventually comprehends the Book Spirit? Won't the Bookstore go out of business?" Ma Feifei suddenly realized this and panicked a little.

However, he quickly relaxed. Putting aside how difficult it was to comprehend this Book Spirit, what did it matter if someone else did comprehend it in the future? The system had far too many books; Ma Feifei couldn't even buy them all. Losing a few books was completely insignificant to him.

"If the Book Spirit of a Yellow Quality book is this powerful, how much of a surprise can the Book Spirit of an even higher-quality book bring?" Ma Feifei pondered, lost in thought.

Night fell.

The news of Luan Feng's ascension to sainthood through the book began to spread throughout Dubian Town, and everyone was discussing it throughout the day.

Inside an unnamed tavern.

Chang Kong and Zhang Yunji sat facing each other, drinking wine while listening to the surrounding cultivators discuss the matter of the Luan Feng achieving sainthood.

"Let me tell you, I was there when that woman in red Transcendent to Saint today. Her aura was simply unmatched; the whole world seemed to change color!" Three men sat at the next table, dressed in black, gray, and blue respectively. The one speaking was the man in blue.

"Didn't you say he didn't become a saint?" the man in black asked, puzzled.

"Is there a difference? The domain has already appeared, isn't it a natural progression from Half Saint to Spirit Saint?" the man in blue said.

The term "Half Saint" actually refers to those whose cultivation has reached a stage where they can break through, but because they haven't comprehended the true meaning, they are unable to Transcendent to Saint and become saints. It is a respectful title given to them.

To put it bluntly, the Peak of the Ninth Stage of Spirit Emperor is slightly stronger, while the Spirit Saint First Stage is slightly weaker, leaving them in a limbo.

But this is a difficult situation; some people can be stuck in this situation their whole lives.

The reason why some people can be stuck for a lifetime is because they cannot comprehend the domain. If they could comprehend the domain, they would definitely be able to Transcendent to Saint and become saints. This is why people always say that any cultivator who comprehends the domain will definitely become Spirit Saint.

"That's true, but I think I heard that woman isn't very old." At this moment, the man in gray interjected.

"Who can say for sure? Maybe they're already a hundred years old?" the man in blue said, shaking his head.

In this world, as long as one's cultivation level is high enough, it's quite easy to slow down the aging process.

Those young people who look to be in their twenties or thirties might actually be ancient monsters who have lived for hundreds of years.

"But even at a hundred years old, it's still quite impressive. There don't seem to be many people in the entire Azure Dragon Continent who have reached the Spirit Saint realm at a hundred years old, do they?" the man in black sighed.

"I seem to remember that only Goddess Yin Yue from the Fairy Ranking achieved Transcendent to Saint within the age of one hundred?" the gray-robed man said.

"That's right, but have you noticed something? It seems that in recent years, those Transcendent to Saints have all been women," the man in blue suddenly said.

The man in blue's words not only silenced the men in black and gray, but also startled Chang Kong and Zhang Yunji, who had been listening to them, their hands holding bowls frozen in mid-air.

"Sigh..." Chang Kong put down the bowl and sighed softly.

Others might not know who the woman in red was, but how could Chang Kong not know? The God of War of Great Yan Luan Feng, in her early thirties, had reached the Ninth Stage Spirit Venerable realm.

I thought this was already incredibly impressive, and if he continued to grow, he might be able to break through to the Spirit Saint realm before the age of fifty, breaking the record for the fastest sainthood set by Goddess Yin Yue.

Now look what's happened; they've already achieved it in their early thirties.

Then look at yourself, you're over a hundred years old...