Chapter 10: Lie Down!

“Plop…”

In the room, the sound of Su Yun arranging items echoed softly.

“Alright, stop fiddling for now, go read a book and practice meditation to consolidate yourself,” Mo Qingqing said.

“Ah! Yes…” Su Yun jumped in fright like a startled kitten.

Still, she was more than happy to take a break.

Mo Qingqing glanced over a few more times before returning to the bedroom.

She didn’t lock the door.

Because there was no need.

“Let’s start with… the ones about men… I’ll read them if I get the chance.” Mo Qingqing frowned slightly and put away all the books related to men.

“Next up…”

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“So this is meditation? It can effectively increase both mental power and magic,” Su Yun muttered softly to herself.

“It feels… so slow… To advance to a high-level mage, I need to refine mental power and magic and merge them into… a magic core?”

Su Yun gently raised her little head.

A bold idea suddenly sprang up in her mind.

What if she could condense Qi and Blood (vitality), spirit, and magic separately?

One in the Upper Dantian, one in the Middle Dantian, and one in the Lower Dantian.

Could she imitate the Taoist cultivation method from her previous life?

As a Traveler between worlds,

Su Yun possessed the knowledge of two worlds.

She couldn’t help but be influenced by it.

Others might find it hard to condense a life core.

But she could!

She could repair her body’s injuries in an instant.

So her vitality surely wouldn’t be a problem.

When the three cores merge into one,

perhaps she really could cultivate as an immortal in this world…

In her view, magic power was still spiritual energy.

At their core, they were the same thing.

If, by chance, she really could achieve immortality…

A spark of excitement flashed in Su Yun’s eyes.

A magic immortal is still an immortal!

At that thought, she immediately sat cross-legged and began meditating.

Just as the book said,

she first needed to create her own Mental Palace.

Then, she would sit inside the palace and command Spirit Soldiers to plunder the world’s magic.

“A palace, huh?” Su Yun’s gaze flickered.

She was timid in the real world,

but here in the mental world, she had to build a heavenly court at least.

It was just… a time-consuming process.

Although the book clearly stated the size of the palace depended on one’s mental power,

Su Yun still wanted this place—the only place she could truly control—to be spacious and luxurious.

“Let’s start with the Southern Heavenly Gate,” Su Yun thought cheerfully.

One step at a time.

Although she had never seen the Southern Heavenly Gate, as long as it was tall enough, big enough, and luxurious enough, it should be fine, right?

Su Yun slowly calmed her mind, soothed her mood, and began meditating to construct it.

First, imagine a drop of water.

It falls from high above, then lands in a pool.

Gradually, she perfected this process.

Including the tiny bubbles in the droplet.

The ripples that spread…

Until she sank into a deeper level of her mental world.

Then, construction could begin.

Su Yun built slowly and meticulously.

One pillar had a coiling Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, and another was home to a resting Phoenix.

And then… nothing.

“Ugh…” Su Yun held onto the bookshelf, feeling a bit dizzy.

She felt as if she was about to vanish entirely.

Whether it was the lifelike Phoenix or the majestic Golden Dragon,

either one was extremely difficult to create.

Making both at once nearly cost her her life.

After recovering for a while,

Su Yun looked out the window.

By now, the sky was full of stars.

Suddenly, cold sweat broke out all over her body, her limbs going limp.

A boundless terror instantly struck her, making her almost forget to breathe.

Just then, the thing she feared most happened anyway.

“Come here.”

“Gulp… Yes…” Su Yun swallowed hard and trudged toward the bedroom.

I’m done for. Absolutely done for!

She’d been meditating for most of the day!

If, during that time, Mo Qingqing had called for her and she hadn’t responded…

And she hadn’t made lunch or dinner either.

But the expected scolding or beating didn’t come.

Mo Qingqing still wore that same cold, indifferent expression.

Just like her master, always so expressionless.

Except, the illustration in the book hanging from her lowered hand left Su Yun stunned.

She thought she was seeing things.

After all, how could a witch be reading something like that…

“Snap.” Mo Qingqing snapped her fingers.

The bedroom door immediately shut and locked itself.

Su Yun’s two fluffy ears immediately pressed flat against her head.

Something’s wrong!

Something is about to happen.

Oh no.

She’s definitely angry.

Is she going to beat me to a pulp?

Could I even survive that?

Her petite body started trembling uncontrollably.

Scenes of her being cruelly tortured flashed rapidly before her eyes.

“Hmm… Looks like you’ve successfully built your palace. Come, let me take a look,” Mo Qingqing said after checking Su Yun’s condition.

“Don’t kill m—huh? Yes…” Su Yun froze, then hurried over.

Mo Qingqing placed her hand on Su Yun’s fluffy head.

Her soul entered directly into Su Yun’s mental world.

Su Yun felt like everything about her was exposed, her weaknesses laid completely bare before Mo Qingqing.

If Mo Qingqing wanted, she could be annihilated in an instant.

After a while, Mo Qingqing withdrew.

A trace of confusion flashed in her eyes.

“What are those two?”

She had never seen such Spirit Beasts before.

In her memory,

Spirit Beasts were supposed to be wild and frenzied.

Where did this sense of spiritual dignity come from?

“Five-Clawed Golden Dragon and Phoenix,” Su Yun replied blankly.

Wasn’t it obvious?

Or did she do something wrong?

“Where did you see those two creatures?” Mo Qingqing asked.

“In novels… and pictures too… but from very distant countries,” Su Yun replied.

She realized that perhaps there were no Spirit Beasts in this world.

“In a very distant land?” Mo Qingqing gazed thoughtfully at Su Yun.

She had assumed Su Yun was just an ignorant commoner.

Now, it seemed Su Yun might actually be a Traveler?

On this whole continent, there was only one nation.

Surrounded by endless ocean.

Filled with countless terrifying Spirit Beasts.

Only the Sovereigns could enter safely.

Occasionally, Travelers from other continents might make it here by chance.

But… those so-called other nations

were also under the rule of the Seven Elemental Gods (Sovereigns).

Each element represented a nation, a continent.

Some differences were to be expected.

Mo Qingqing didn’t think much more of it.

“Take off your clothes.”

“…Yes…” Su Yun lowered her head and slowly took off her maid uniform.

The scene from just before had left her with a huge psychological shadow.

But Mo Qingqing’s words were not to be disobeyed.

“Looking again now… truly perfect…” Mo Qingqing’s beautiful eyes sparkled with strange light.

She wasn’t just admiring her own handiwork,

but also truly approving of Su Yun’s body.

Mo Qingqing glanced at the book in her hand once more, then casually tossed it aside.

“Lie down.”

“Huh?”