Is This Really a Proper Supplement?

"Judging by the damage to this child's soul, it was probably torn in half by force when she was two or three years old.

"The method was crude and utterly merciless. If not for the fact that this divine power was of decent quality and had forcibly held her soul together, it would likely have dissipated on the spot.

"She's a pitiful child."

An elderly voice suddenly sounded. Electrolux had appeared beside Jiang Ci'an at some point. Looking at Wang Dong'er in the distance, he sighed.

Jiang Ci'an looked at the gray figure visible only to him and asked,

"So when you devised the Concentration Meditation Method, Elder Yi, was that why you deliberately gave it some ability to heal damage to the soul?"

Electrolux shook his head.

"Not deliberately. I just added a few effects while modifying the meditation method. It wasn't difficult.

"Besides, it would be too cruel to stand by and do nothing when a child has done nothing wrong."

He paused, then turned his gaze to Jiang Ci'an, a hint of amusement in his voice.

"And don't you want to save this child, too?"

Jiang Ci'an blinked and shifted his gaze slightly.

"Do I?"

Electrolux only smiled.

Jiang Ci'an looked at the blue-and-pink figure diligently cultivating in the distance. After a moment of silence, he sighed softly and shook his head.

"All right, maybe a little. But it's only an idea. Never mind that I don't currently have the ability to resolve her soul problem—her identity alone is a huge issue."

Feeling compassion was only natural, but that didn't mean he should put himself in danger.

Wang Dong'er—or perhaps Xiao Qi, or Tang Wutong.

As a key piece in God King Tang's so-called ten-thousand-year grand plan, she wasn't someone he needed to avoid like the plague—not with the added room to maneuver provided by that domain, which could obscure the flow of energy.

But obscuring was all it did.

Unless he had a reliable way to handle Wang Dong'er's soul problem, his best choice for now was to maintain the status quo and avoid interfering too much.

He could simply borrow the Clear Sky Sect's influence for shelter and resources, accelerate his own growth, and become a god as soon as possible.

Anything more would be unwise.

Of course, this plan was based solely on his current strength.

If he became capable enough later and handled things properly, Wang Dong'er might even become one of the means he could use against God King Tang.

Fortune and disaster went hand in hand. For now, he just had to take it one step at a time.

Electrolux gave a slight nod and smiled. "As long as you know what you're doing, I won't interfere any further."

With that, his gray figure naturally faded away.

Jiang Ci'an watched Elder Yi depart, then stood beneath the corridor and pondered for a while before turning his gaze back to the two girls cultivating.

He had complete faith in Elder Yi's research abilities.

Over these past two months, besides the Concentration Meditation Method, which Elder Yi called a mere side project, he had also been working on several other projects.

These included analyzing the Divine Throne Knight System, figuring out how to use elemental magic on the Douluo Plane, and attempting to modify the entire Knight System and graft it completely onto the Body Tempering Method.

Jiang Ci'an hadn't been involved in these projects much.

Partly because he trusted Elder Yi's research abilities,

and partly because he still wasn't familiar enough with the Divine Throne Knight System. If he interfered rashly, he wouldn't be any help and might only cause trouble and slow things down.

Of course, that didn't mean he had nothing to do.

He had plenty to keep him busy, too.

On one hand, he was gradually learning about the Knight System, including how to form Spirit Apertures, the energy structure of Spirit Stoves, and even how knights wielded elemental power.

On the other hand, his research in the Virtual World had never stopped.

With Xiao Wu sacrificing herself again and again and Tang San blowing himself apart time after time, his projects on how Soul Rings and Soul Bones formed, as well as how they could be modified, were steadily advancing.

And finally, there was his daily cultivation, as regular as clockwork.

The Body Tempering Method, constantly activating Time Control, training his mental power, and accumulating Soul Power—his days were packed with cultivation from start to finish.

He could only say that his life was exceptionally full.

Time flowed on. The sun slid from overhead toward the western horizon, and the sunlight gradually weakened.

At the edge of the training grounds, Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er stopped cultivating almost simultaneously.

The Concentration Meditation Method worked by absorbing the free energy in sunlight or moonlight to gradually temper the mind and soul.

Naturally, the best time to cultivate during the day was when the sunlight was strongest. After a few specific time windows passed, its efficiency dropped, making the interval better suited for other activities.

"Haah~"

Wang Dong'er narrowed her blue-and-pink eyes and stretched both arms overhead. Her slender waist curved softly, like a cat whose fur had just been stroked smooth. Every part of her body seemed to be sending out a signal of comfort.

"That feels so good..."

She murmured under her breath, her eyes narrowing to slits. She looked utterly lazy, blissful beyond words.

She had to admit, ever since she'd learned the Concentration Meditation Method, she'd felt better with each passing day.

Meditating after her morning exercises eased her fatigue. It was as if she'd been washed clean from the inside out, leaving her feeling wonderfully refreshed.

She slept better and ate better. Even the bitter herbal medicines her big dad and second dad made her take didn't seem quite so hard to swallow anymore.

Now she was almost addicted to meditating. She just couldn't stop.

Wang Dong'er lowered her arms and turned to look at Xiao Xiao, ready to say something,

when she saw that Jiang Ci'an was standing beside Xiao Xiao. The two of them were huddled together, standing awfully close.

Xiao Xiao tilted her face up slightly as she spoke to him, while Jiang Ci'an lowered his head to listen. They were practically pressed together, shoulders touching, their shadows overlapping on the ground until it was impossible to tell whose was whose.

Wang Dong'er's movements paused slightly.

She'd known them long enough to learn about Xiao Xiao's background and Jiang Ci'an's, and she understood why there was no sense of distance between them.

But even so, seeing them like this still made her just as uncomfortable as ever.

It was like looking at a beautiful double portrait while she stood outside the frame, able only to watch, shut out...

Wang Dong'er pressed her lips together, her mind wandering despite herself. But the next moment, a cup was held out in front of her.

"Hmm?"

Wang Dong'er came back to herself. She lowered her eyes to the hand holding the cup, then looked up and met Jiang Ci'an's golden eyes.

"What?"

There was a hint of annoyance in her voice, but Jiang Ci'an didn't mind. He said casually,

"A supplement I just developed. It has some benefits for nourishing the mind. Want some?"

Wang Dong'er blinked. Her gaze flicked between the cup and Jiang Ci'an's face twice, but she didn't take it right away.

She tilted her head slightly and narrowed her blue-and-pink eyes suspiciously.

"Is this really a proper supplement? You didn't put anything weird in it, did you?"