How could Zhiwei not understand what Qing Jun meant?
The big girl immediately clenched her fist!
"Master, have some porridge."
Zhiwei’s voice, like her appearance, carried a faint chill.
Chen Ye was indeed a bit hungry, so he reached out to take it.
Unexpectedly, Zhiwei retreated half a step, avoiding his hand.
She pursed her lips, and her long eyelashes cast a small shadow under her eyelids.
After hesitating for a while,
she scooped up a spoonful of hot porridge, blew on it gently, and then somewhat awkwardly brought it to Chen Ye’s mouth:
"Master... have some porridge."
"!"
Qing Jun widened her eyes, forgetting to drink the porridge made by her master.
Chen Ye was even more stunned.
In terms of Zhiwei’s future, she is a Divine Maiden who is detached and pure, untouched by mundane affairs.
In terms of Zhiwei’s present, she is just a little girl with a perpetually serious face.
Chen Ye couldn’t have imagined that Zhiwei would feed him.
The black-haired ball seemed to want to prove something and glanced emotionlessly at Qing Jun.
Then she said, "Master... is also tired."
Her voice was light, but her clear eyes looked at him with determination.
Chen Ye nodded, opened his mouth, and let the big girl feed him.
Chen Ye couldn’t shake the feeling,
that the porridge Zhiwei blew on tasted sweeter and more fragrant.
A father being fed by his daughter, this is probably the taste.
He looked at the little girl in front of him, her head lowered, diligently blowing on the porridge for him.
The stray strands of hair on her forehead swayed gently with her movements, revealing her serious and focused dark eyes.
Chen Ye felt a whirl of emotions in his heart.
"Phew..."
Zhiwei quietly exhaled a sigh of relief, a flicker of cunning crossing her eyes as she deliberately softened her voice,
"Master, be good."
She continued to speak warmly as she fed him.
Seeing Chen Ye and her junior sister coughing uncontrollably from being choked,
the black-haired ball finally looked satisfied.
Hmph!
Who told him to treat me like a child!
...
Afterwards,
a bowl of meat porridge consumed, Qing Jun visibly looked much better.
Seeing her energy restored quite a bit, Chen Ye began checking her aptitude.
Chen Ye had always been perplexed about how Qing Jun stepped into the First Layer of Qi Cultivation.
Not long ago, Qing Jun couldn’t even introduce Qi into her body.
How suddenly, she could cultivate and even proficiently perform the Ice Condensation Needle.
Could it be...
Qing Jun and Zhiwei are the same, needing to awaken?
Chen Ye paused, then dismissed this thought.
Because in the original plot, this wasn’t shown.
Qing Jun grew stronger over time, without any need for awakening.
Perhaps, experiencing this incident sped up the awakening of her bloodline?
"Qing Jun, do you remember how I taught you to sense spiritual Qi before? Try again."
Chen Ye said warmly.
Qing Jun nodded understandingly, closed her eyes obediently, trying hard to sense it.
Her little face turned red, and fine beads of sweat emerged on her forehead.
She tried for a long time but still couldn’t absorb the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi as freely as Zhiwei.
Chen Ye could clearly sense that Qing Jun indeed had the fluctuation of First-Layer Spiritual Power in her body.
But strangely, no matter how hard Qing Jun tried, she could only absorb Spiritual Power at a tortoise’s speed.
This speed was even slower than the Five Spiritual Roots.
But unlike Zhiwei, Qing Jun could now already mobilize all attributes of Spiritual Power.
After all, it is said that the True Dragon Race has inherent and natural affinity with all Spiritual Power.
"Master... why is Qing Jun’s cultivation so slow!"
Qing Jun opened her eyes in frustration, her small mouth pouting high.
"It’s okay," Chen Ye comforted, aware of the situation.
Qing Jun’s situation was entirely different from Zhiwei’s.
Zhiwei has a special constitution, once awakened, she could demonstrate extraordinary cultivation talent.
However, Qing Jun, perhaps truly lived up to the claim of the True Dragon Bloodline—limitless potential but extremely slow growth.
She might have stepped into the First Layer of Qi Cultivation and even performed the Ice Condensation Needle due to a stimulus, exhausting the latent power in her bloodline.
Now that the power was gone, the bloodline dormant, naturally, she returned to a normal human state.
Or rather, returned to the normal growth trajectory of a True Dragon offspring.
"Qing Jun, everyone’s path of cultivation is different. Although you now sense spiritual Qi slowly, it doesn’t mean you lack talent."
Chen Ye pondered for a moment, then took out the book "Jinghong Technique" from the Storage Bag found at the Ghost Market.
"Since the usual Qi introduction method progresses slowly for you, let’s try a different approach."
"This is a body refinement technique, called the Jinghong Technique. Cultivating it, although you won’t be able to introduce Spiritual Qi like your senior sister, will strengthen your physique, granting you greater than average strength and speed. Once you reach a high level in this technique, perhaps other cultivation techniques will have unexpected effects."
In fact, Qing Jun’s advantage lies in her physical body.
This was evident early in her interactions with the ’original self’.
Back then, the original self used various methods to torment Qing Jun,
such as burying her in snow during the winter.
Ordinary mortal girls would not survive such torment,
but Qing Jun persisted despite everything.
Though her bloodline was not yet awakened and talents concealed, her vitality was beyond ordinary.
A perfect material for body cultivation!
In the original plot,
the reason this World-Ending Demoness was unbeatable was due to her dual cultivation in body and magic, leaving little weakness.
Her combat power was the best among her peers!
Even Lu Zhiwei was slightly inferior.
It was only with the help of players like Chen Ye that this World-Ending Demoness could be defeated.
"Body refining?" Qing Jun tilted her small head in confusion, "Like Uncle Li Dageng?"
In her impression, body refining meant developing bulging muscles, looking fierce.
The little girl took the somewhat old booklet, curious, and opened it.
The illustrations in the booklet were simple, showing some stretching and jumping movements, lines for executing the technique, and pithy incantations beside them.
Qing Jun’s little face fell: "Master, this... doesn’t look fun."
Chen Ye put on a stern face: "This is the foundation of cultivation, not for entertainment. If you are unwilling, I won’t force you. But don’t envy your senior sister’s progress in the future, her ability to wield magic."
Upon hearing this, Qing Jun stole a glance at her senior sister.
The senior sister’s face was expressionless, but a subtle water mist quietly formed around her.
Qing Jun looked at the seemingly dull booklet in her hands in frustration, pursing her lips, and finally muttered softly: "Well... Qing Jun will learn it then."
Chen Ye reassured:
"The Jinghong Technique won’t turn Qing Jun into a brawny person, rather it will help you grow taller. Imagine running faster than a rabbit, jumping higher than a bird, isn’t that interesting?"
The cultivation technique Chen Ye selected for his disciple would not result in bulky muscles.
Rather, it would make the cultivator more nimble.
If Qing Jun cultivated body refining, it should also help with the bloodline awakening.
"Mm!"
Upon hearing that she could run fast and jump high, Qing Jun’s eyes lit up, and her previous frustration at being unable to cultivate smoothly dissipated quite a bit.
For a child, this kind of simple and intuitive power is more attractive than the abstract spiritual Qi.
Seeing this, Chen Ye began explaining the entry essentials of the Jinghong Technique to Qing Jun, patiently demonstrating several basic movements.
This technique is different from Chen Ye’s Heavy Body Technique, being a orthodox body cultivation technique!
First Realm is Jingzhe, Second Realm is Glimpse, Third Realm is Gang Evil.
Corresponding respectively to the early, mid, and late stages of Qi Cultivation.
But unfortunately, in this cultivation realm, body cultivation is greatly constrained by the magic cultivation level, not considered an independent cultivation system.
Therefore, the role of a body cultivator is more similar to that of an Alchemist or Spirit Plant Master.
Possessing a skill that aids cultivation, but difficult to make it the fundamental path to the peak of cultivation.
Of course, Chen Ye naturally wouldn’t say these words, to avoid dampening Qing Jun’s enthusiasm.
The little girl was learning enthusiastically, quickly grasping the basics of the technique.
Chen Ye thought to himself:
"Well, it’s not as if letting this girl idle would help anyway, she was also a body and magic cultivator in the original story, it won’t hinder her future..."