“Who says only someone at the innate realm can open up the sea of consciousness? Do you even understand cultivation? Don’t you know that the earlier you open the sea of consciousness, the better it is?” The girl looked at Li Feng like he was an idiot.
“The earlier the sea of consciousness is opened, the better?” A flash of surprise appeared in Li Feng’s eyes. This was the first time he had heard such a thing, so his first reaction was that she was talking nonsense.
“Of course. Divine sense and cultivation support each other. The larger the sea of consciousness, the higher the talent for cultivation,” the girl replied.
Li Feng shook his head. He did not really understand what the girl was saying. In this area, just like she said, he was no different from an idiot.
“Let’s put that aside for now. First tell me, who are you, and who was your previous master?” Li Feng said in a deep voice.
“My previous master was called Yan Qingcheng,” the girl said proudly.
“Yan Qingcheng?” Li Feng thought for a moment. He had never heard this name before. Yan Qingcheng. Could she be from the Yan family? But there did not seem to be any Yan family in China.
“Do you think my previous master is very famous?” the girl asked.
“Never heard of her,” Li Feng shook his head.
“What? You are so ignorant. How is it possible that you have never heard of my previous master? Don’t you know how renowned she was?” The girl glared at Li Feng angrily. She was quite unhappy that Li Feng had not heard of Yan Qingcheng.
“What about you? Who are you?” Li Feng ignored the girl’s anger. Right now, what he needed most was to understand the girl’s origins.
“I am Hong’er, the sword spirit of my master,” the girl named Hong’er answered.
“Sword spirit? You are actually the spirit of a sword. But if you are a sword spirit, how did you end up in Li Xinyu’s sea of consciousness? I clearly remember that Li Xinyu did not carry any sword,” Li Feng said while watching Hong’er cautiously.
“Idiot, idiot, idiot.” Hong’er called him idiot three times in a row before continuing, “Who says my master has no sword? Isn’t the bracelet on her wrist one?”
“The bracelet on Li Xinyu’s wrist is a sword? How is that possible?” Li Feng’s expression changed. He looked shocked. Although he did not know when Li Xinyu had started wearing that bracelet, what Hong’er said was true. There really was a bracelet on Li Xinyu’s wrist.
“Could it be that you are the artifact spirit of a spiritual weapon?” Li Feng asked in shock.
“Spiritual weapon? That kind of trash? How could I possibly be the spirit of that kind of garbage? How could trash like that even have an artifact spirit?” Hong’er looked full of disdain and contempt.
A spiritual weapon is trash?
Li Feng looked horrified. Nowadays, even one spiritual weapon was worth a fortune. People could bankrupt themselves and still not get one. Yet in Hong’er’s mouth, it was called garbage.
Through talking with this girl called Hong’er, Li Feng had roughly figured out what was going on. Hong’er was a sword spirit, and that sword was currently in the form of a bracelet. At some point it had come into Li Xinyu’s possession, so Hong’er had taken it upon herself to recognise Li Xinyu as her master and even opened up a sea of consciousness for her. But Li Xinyu knew nothing about cultivation and had no idea how to control the divine sense in her sea of consciousness. Over time, this caused a violent disturbance in her sea of consciousness, which was the root cause of Li Xinyu’s illness.
Meanwhile, Li Zhengxiang and the others did not know what was wrong with Li Xinyu. They thought she had a mental illness and gave her a lot of medicine. Those drugs not only failed to suppress the disturbance in her sea of consciousness, they actually made it worse.
Li Feng took a deep breath, organised his thoughts, and looked at Hong’er with cold eyes. “So, in other words, you are the main culprit who caused Li Xinyu to end up like this.”
“Hmph, how can you blame me? I did the same thing for my previous master when she was very young. If I had not opened her sea of consciousness back then, how could she have become a peerless powerhouse?” Hong’er snorted coldly.
“Peerless powerhouse? How strong exactly? Innate realm? Earth martial realm? Heaven martial realm?” Li Feng asked. He was very curious about both Hong’er and Yan Qingcheng. He was certain that what Hong’er had said earlier was true.
“Innate realm? Earth martial realm? Heaven martial realm? Are these what you call peerless powerhouses? My god, where on earth have I ended up? This place is so backward,” Hong’er said with an expression of complete disbelief.
“Is that not the case? Nowadays, someone at the innate realm is already considered a top expert who can establish their own sect. The earth martial realm and heaven martial realm are things of legend. Hong’er, which era was your previous master Yan Qingcheng from?” Li Feng asked.
“The earth martial realm and heaven martial realm are legends? My god, this is too tragic. I actually ended up in such a backward place. No wonder the spiritual energy outside is so thin. No wonder the people out there are so weak. My god, my god, how am I, the great Hong’er, supposed to face anyone now?” Hong’er’s expression was extremely dramatic and very cute.
Li Feng looked at Hong’er speechlessly. Was this really a sword spirit? Why did she seem so human?
“No wonder for all these years, none of you noticed anything wrong with my master. If you had not shown up by chance today, would not my master have died from her divine sense going out of control?” Hong’er felt deep regret. How did she end up choosing such a master? But if the master did not have a special physique, she would never have chosen her.
Li Feng also felt secretly relieved. Who would have thought Li Xinyu carried such a huge opportunity? He looked at Hong’er and asked, “You still have not answered me. Which era was Yan Qingcheng from? The recent ancient era or the middle ancient era?”
“What recent ancient era or middle ancient era? I do not understand what you mean. But since the innate realm is called a peerless powerhouse in your place, even if I told you about my previous master Yan Qingcheng, with your ignorance, you would not possibly know about the great achievements of Yan Qingcheng and me, Hong’er,” Hong’er said.
Seeing Hong’er’s arrogant and serious expression, Li Feng found her extremely cute. He could not help but laugh.
“What are you laughing at?” Hong’er looked at Li Feng very unhappily.
“Alright, back to the point. Now tell me how to fix Li Xinyu’s problem,” Li Feng said. Although he still had many questions for Hong’er, he knew this was not the time. If Li Zhengxiang and Yuan Muyun got impatient and touched his body or Li Xinyu’s body, it would be a big problem.
But right now, the one thing he could confirm was that Hong’er did not intend to harm Li Xinyu. It was just that this was the era of the end of dharma. Innate experts were already considered top powerhouses. Only innate experts could open the sea of consciousness, and most innate experts had very weak divine sense. They could not possibly detect Li Xinyu’s abnormality. That was why everyone had always thought Li Xinyu had a mental illness.
If he did not have divine sense at the innate realm and had not accidentally discovered Li Xinyu’s situation today, she probably would have died without ever knowing she had such a powerful inheritance.
At the same time, Li Feng felt very curious about Yan Qingcheng, the person Hong’er mentioned. From Hong’er’s disdainful tone, he could be sure that Yan Qingcheng’s strength was far beyond the heaven martial realm. The Li family ancestor was only at the heaven martial realm, which was the strongest in the recent ancient era. So Li Feng was certain that Yan Qingcheng was at least from the middle ancient era. Otherwise, in the recent ancient era, it was impossible for anyone stronger than the heaven martial realm to appear. But since Hong’er would not say more, he had no way to find out.
“Fix it? Very simple. Just let my master cultivate,” Hong’er said.
“That sounds easy, but look at Li Xinyu’s condition. How is she supposed to cultivate?” Li Feng said unhappily. “Also, since you want Li Xinyu to inherit Yan Qingcheng’s legacy, why did not you teach Li Xinyu how to cultivate? Yan Qingcheng was so powerful in your words. Surely she had at least basic cultivation techniques?”
“How could I not have any?” Hong’er said angrily yet helplessly. “After I opened the sea of consciousness for my master, I taught her how to cultivate. But my master simply could not cultivate at all. And when I appeared in her mind, she thought I was a ghost.” At this point, Hong’er felt very helpless. She, a grand sword spirit, was actually thought to be a ghost.
Li Feng laughed despite himself. Indeed, for a three-year-old Li Xinyu, the sudden appearance of a person in her mind, even if that person was a sword spirit, would only make her think it was a ghost. What else could she think?
If not for his experiences in two lifetimes, he would not be so calm when facing Hong’er now.
“Then what do we do?” Li Feng asked in a deep voice. “Is there anything I can help with?”
“Yes. I need you to guide my master’s cultivation. Only then can we solve her problem,” Hong’er replied.
“Guide her cultivation? How? I do not have Yan Qingcheng’s cultivation technique,” Li Feng said in a deep voice.
“Don’t you have any cultivation technique?” Hong’er glanced at Li Feng. “You just need to teach my master a basic cultivation method. Once the disturbance in her sea of consciousness is calmed, I will have ways to let her cultivate my previous master’s technique later.”
“Calming the disturbance in the sea of consciousness requires a divine sense cultivation technique, right?” Li Feng asked.
“Correct. The most basic divine sense cultivation technique will be enough,” Hong’er nodded and said. She knew that without someone to guide Li Xinyu in cultivation, Li Xinyu would never cultivate in the future, and calming the disturbance in her sea of consciousness would be impossible.
“Divine sense cultivation technique?” Li Feng gave a bitter smile.
“What’s wrong? Are not you my master’s big brother? Are you unwilling to guide her in cultivation? Are you even her big brother?” Hong’er was very unhappy when she saw Li Feng hesitating and speaking vaguely.
“It is not that I do not want to help Li Xinyu cultivate. It is just that I do not have any divine sense cultivation technique myself. How am I supposed to guide her?” Li Feng said with a bitter smile.
“Your divine sense is at least at the innate realm. You are telling me you do not have a divine sense cultivation technique? Who are you trying to fool?” Hong’er looked completely unconvinced.
“Why would I lie to you? I obtained my divine sense by accident. In our world, only those who reach the Innate Realm can open their Sea of Consciousness, and those who reach the Innate Realm are generally already in their fifties or sixties. Opening the Sea of Consciousness—many people think this is a special function of the Innate Realm, but probably not many people know that divine sense can be cultivated. There are probably very few people in this world who cultivate divine sense, so there are simply no cultivation methods for divine sense.” As Li Feng spoke, a sly glint flashed deep in his eyes.
