Just as Su Jiu had expected, over the following year, she learned what a devil truly was.
Su Jiu's talent in the Arts was actually no worse than Chu Luohen's, and her hand seals were exceptionally precise, yet Chu Luohen always managed to find plenty of faults with her.
For instance:
"Su Jiu, casting spells doesn't require flashy flourishes that waste time. Get rid of those little movements you habitually make before casting!"
Or:
"Is that an Ice Spike or an Ice Cone? Do you only use spiritual energy when casting, without using your divine sense? Sharpen that ice spike with your divine sense before you attack!"
And again:
"Where are you aiming those ice spikes? Concentrate!"
Over that year, Su Jiu had actually practiced only two Arts: Ice Spike and Ice Arrow. Yet Chu Luohen had put her through an entire year of relentless drilling on those two most basic Arts.
She even began to wonder what she had learned in her previous life.
Su Jiu had always believed her foundations were solid-until she met Chu Luohen, who taught her a humbling lesson.
Now, Su Jiu's foundations truly were solid. After all, she had done almost nothing but control spiritual energy for an entire year.
Chu Luohen told her that truly mastering spiritual energy to a miraculous degree meant achieving spiritual energy transformation. It was not merely about forming ice spikes and ice arrows, but about shaping her spiritual energy into all manner of forms through her will alone.
As he said this, Su Jiu watched a mass of Ice Spiritual Qi shift into various shapes above his palm. After that, she began to take controlling spiritual energy seriously.
Everyone she had encountered in her previous life had relied on hand seals and the Arts. No one had ever