Ling Xiaoyou’s little head froze for a moment, and her thoughts couldn’t help but drift toward a more embarrassed direction.
“It’s not what you’re thinking.”
Seeing the strange look on Ling Xiaoyou’s face, Hong Lingyan immediately understood she’d misunderstood, coughed lightly, and explained:
“Of course, what I said does have some ambiguity. To be more precise, it means you’ve gained the ability to transform into water and control water.”
“And as for my meaning of ‘more water,’ it’s that in situations like crying, there’ll be a lot more water than before.”
“Really?!”
Hearing this, Ling Xiaoyou directly ignored the second half, shook off the yellow thoughts in her mind, and looked at Hong Lingyan with excitement written all over her face.
This was the power to manipulate and transform water!
If this were a certain Straw Hat King’s anime, she could be the big boss of a movie special!
“Yes.”
Hong Lingyan nodded.
“After absorbing the Nether Spring Ghost Crystal and pairing it with my specially prepared ‘Medicine Bath,’ Xiaoyou, you gained the ‘Water’ ability.”
At these words, Ling Xiaoyou couldn’t wait any longer.
She closed her eyes, following a certain subconscious response within, and tried to use this power.
Immediately, she felt her body become softer, as if she were touching something.
When she opened her eyes again, she found her viewpoint was very low—extremely low!
So low that even while looking straight ahead, all she could see was Hong Lingyan’s feet in high heels.
Not only that, her field of vision seemed to expand to 360°, allowing her to see clearly in all directions—up, down, left, right, front, back.
That’s right! She had become a puddle of crystalline water, spread across the floor.
The sensation from before was actually her body touching the ground.
Ling Xiaoyou tried to raise her little hand, and found that part of her viewpoint rose up sharply. From the other perspectives, she saw a mass of water suddenly standing upright.
She had to admit, the feeling of having ‘eyes’ on her ‘hand’ was very strange.
Though it was novel, staring for too long made her dizzy.
After all, the ‘raised hand’ was looking at the puddle of water, and the puddle of water was looking back at the ‘raised hand.’
It was hard to describe, but Ling Xiaoyou was already dizzy.
With a thought, she canceled the transformation into water.
In an instant, the puddle of clear water on the ground rapidly reformed into Ling Xiaoyou’s delicate, cute figure.
“Ugh, my head is spinning.”
Ling Xiaoyou shook her head, massaging her temples with small hands, still not recovered from the multi-angle vision.
“Feeling dizzy is normal when first using the water transformation ability.”
Hong Lingyan placed her hand atop Ling Xiaoyou’s head, and a healing green light glowed. In no time, Ling Xiaoyou’s dizziness eased.
“Thank you, Sister Ling. I feel much better now.”
Ling Xiaoyou perked up again, and Hong Lingyan withdrew her hand.
“This ability will require more practice if you want to overcome the dizziness.”
Hong Lingyan nodded, reminding her.
“I understand, Sister Ling.”
Ling Xiaoyou nodded as well.
“But Sister Ling, does my water transformation only allow me to become a puddle? I feel like there are other forms.”
“There are.”
Hong Lingyan snapped her fingers, and a light screen appeared in her right palm.
On the screen, a drop of water fell into a river, flowed into the sea, evaporated into vapor, formed a cloud, and then rained down.
“Water can take many forms. You can transform into a cloud, water vapor, even into snow and ice!”
Hong Lingyan paused the image on a snowy scene, then closed her fist, causing the image to disappear.
She smiled at Ling Xiaoyou.
“Of course, you’ll need to master the ability to do these things. For now, focus on overcoming the dizziness.”
“Mm-mm!”
Ling Xiaoyou’s eyes sparkled with stars, clearly excited by Hong Lingyan’s description.
“As for controlling water, just relying on your innate ability isn’t very effective. I’ll pass some spells to you.”
As she spoke, Hong Lingyan tapped Ling Xiaoyou’s forehead, and several streams of information entered Ling Xiaoyou’s mind.
Ling Xiaoyou closed her eyes, calming herself to accept the knowledge.
Hong Lingyan sent over three spells.
The first was called .
As the name implied, it was to assist Ling Xiaoyou in manipulating water, making control easier and smoother.
Moreover, if Ling Xiaoyou’s natural ability required 1 unit of spiritual energy to control water, then using this spell would reduce it to 0.7.
As her proficiency increased, the energy cost would decrease further.
The remaining two were support and attack spells, called and .
could alter the environment, allowing Ling Xiaoyou to manipulate water-type spells faster, reduce spiritual energy consumption, and increase power.
sounded impressive, and indeed, it was.
It could create a whirlpool under an enemy, trapping them, while terrifying waves crashed down from the sky.
Finally, the waves and whirlpool would converge, engulfing the enemy.
Ling Xiaoyou needed only to make a cool fist gesture to finish off those battered by the waves!
“Oooh! These spells all seem so powerful!”
Ling Xiaoyou was thrilled—she loved all three spells!
“Amazing, right? I selected them especially for you! With these, you’ll be formidable even up to the Spirit Pivot Stage!”
Hong Lingyan puffed up with pride, arms folded, looking at Ling Xiaoyou.
“But there’s even stronger magic waiting. I’ve prepared Soul Gathering Stage arts for you too!”
“Yay, I can’t wait, Sister Ling, bring them on!”
Ling Xiaoyou gazed at Hong Lingyan in anticipation.
Hong Lingyan didn’t hesitate. She tapped Ling Xiaoyou’s forehead again.
“This one is bigger. Brace yourself, Xiaoyou.”
“Eh?”
Ling Xiaoyou was stunned, only able to make a sound of confusion before an endless torrent of knowledge surged into her mind, making her little head ache.
It’s… overflowing!
She barely had time to form a thought before her mind was filled to the brim, her head turning to gooey, melting cheese!
Do you understand?
‘Knowledge’ and ‘cheese’ are a pun, making people want to laugh.
In the end, a nonsensical cold joke popped into Ling Xiaoyou’s head, and she passed out.
Ling Xiaoyou, down for the count!
The skill names are missing. Possibly because they were in some weird brackets in the raw.