Spirit-Conversion Art

After their battle ended, the two lay nestled together.

"Long Xiao, why do you feel unbeatable to me when your cultivation is a star lower than mine?" Medusa asked softly, her head resting against his chest.

At the question, Long Xiao looked embarrassed and covered his face, utterly helpless.

"What do you mean, unbeatable? My back is still aching."

"I'm being serious!"

Medusa kicked him in the leg.

"All right, all right, I'll tell you."

"Ahem, well, it's because I have a special cultivation method," Long Xiao explained with a dry laugh.

"Actually, spiritual energy is the purest energy in heaven and earth. The Dou Qi you cultivate can only be considered inferior. I cultivate spiritual energy, and its potency is different, so fighting above my level is easy."

"Spiritual energy? Why haven't I heard of it?" Medusa frowned, puzzled.

Long Xiao rolled his eyes inwardly. There are plenty of things you haven't heard of. This Dou Continent is so barren that even its laws of heaven and earth are incomplete. Drawing on the power of heaven and earth to fight the Snake God nearly got me killed.*

"Maybe I'm just particularly blessed by heaven..."

He dared not say it outright, so he could only gloss over it.

Then Long Xiao rubbed his chin and remarked, seemingly offhandedly, "Still, I seem to have a cultivation method that can convert Dou Qi into spiritual energy for cultivation..."

At this, Medusa abruptly rolled over and sat astride Long Xiao. "Is that true?"

"Of course it is, but..." Long Xiao looked troubled.

"But what?"

"But I need Her Majesty the Queen to kiss and hug me, then call me 'husband,' before I can remember that cultivation method." Long Xiao spoke as though it were only natural, smiling innocently.

"You really are shameless."

Medusa huffed in annoyance.

Yet warmth welled up in her heart. Long Xiao had said that deliberately, which meant he was willing to teach her something so important.

Medusa's body involuntarily leaned a little closer to Long Xiao.

Then she hugged him and planted a gentle kiss on his cheek before immediately turning her head away. Mustering tremendous resolve, she said, "Husband..."

Long Xiao closed his eyes in satisfaction, then raised a finger toward the spot between Medusa's brows. Just like that, a cultivation method appeared in her mind.

"Spirit-Conversion Art..."

Medusa studied the cultivation method carefully, astonishment filling her heart.

She had never expected it to be so miraculous, actually capable of converting Dou Qi into spiritual energy.

While Medusa was lost in thought, Long Xiao slipped a Storage Ring onto her ring finger.

"There are plenty of resources in the Storage Ring-cultivation methods, medicinal herbs, pills, everything you could need. If you don't recognize something, read its description."

Seeing the dazzling assortment inside, Medusa could not help marveling. What is this feeling?

Is this what it feels like to be kept?

Her gaze grew increasingly tender as she looked at Long Xiao. She realized she loved this younger man to death.

She found that he really was rather handsome. Why could she never get enough of looking at him?

She wrapped both arms tightly around Long Xiao and buried her head in his chest.

Long Xiao stared at the ceiling and sighed inwardly. Now this is plain, unadorned love. It doesn't need expensive material things to sustain it.

I'm acting so dirt-poor, yet Medusa still doesn't look down on me. Look at the women across the myriad worlds who propose to me-they're practically all after my wealth. Shasha is truly down-to-earth.

As Long Xiao glanced helplessly around, he spotted an old sheet of yellow paper on Medusa's dressing table, bearing a very strange pattern.

Hmm? I think I've seen that pattern before.

He quickly picked up the yellow paper and examined it closely.

Long Xiao slowly closed his eyes, and his soul entered the Storage Ring's space. "Encyclopedia! What is this pattern?"

(The Encyclopedia: a book recording information about the myriad worlds. Its quality had reached that of a sacred artifact, and it possessed an artifact spirit, so Long Xiao had named it the Encyclopedia.)

"Master, this is the pattern of the Heaven-Sealing Earth-Quelling Grand Array."

A girl's soft, sweet voice sounded in Long Xiao's mind. The speaker was the Encyclopedia's artifact spirit.

The Heaven-Sealing Earth-Quelling Grand Array?

Isn't that an ancient grand array?

Something of this caliber couldn't possibly appear in a place like the Dou Continent, could it?*

But why does Medusa have it?

Long Xiao hurriedly woke Medusa, who had fallen asleep in his arms, then pointed at the pattern on the yellow paper. "Shasha, where did you get this sheet of paper?"

Medusa opened her eyes groggily and saw the yellow paper. "I got this in the Chu Yun Empire years ago. Back then, I fought an old fellow named Bi Xieyan. I won, and I took this from him. I studied it for a long time, but I never figured out what it was."

Long Xiao nodded at her words. It seemed he would have to visit the Chu Yun Empire and have a friendly exchange with this man named Bi Xieyan.

After all, he was very curious about why the diagram of such a terrifying array had appeared on the Dou* Continent.

This was an array that even Divine Emperor experts regarded with extreme dread.

There might well be some secret hidden behind it.

"Is something wrong with this paper? Or do you recognize the pattern?" Medusa asked, lifting her eyes.

"No." Long Xiao shook his head.

She would not understand even if he explained more, anyway. It was better not to reveal anything about other worlds for now. Some experts in certain planes disliked people from other worlds and might even capture them for research.

Buzz, buzz!

Long Xiao's soul suddenly trembled, and he frowned. Someone must have been summoning him.

"Don't tell me it's that silly kid?"

Long Xiao quickly climbed out of bed and told Medusa, "Shasha, get some rest. I need to go out for a bit."

"Mm."

She knew Long Xiao had something to do, so she did not try to keep him. With him away, she could take the opportunity to cultivate the Spirit-Conversion Art.

After leaving the Snake-People Tribe, Long Xiao flew in the direction of the soul fluctuations. He soon reached a city called Stone Desert City.

However, the entire city was engulfed in a sandstorm. Yellow sand swirled everywhere, obscuring the surroundings.

He quickly pinpointed the location.

"Brother! You're actually still alive?"

A startled cry rang out from afar.