CHAPTER 375: CHAPTER 20: SPIRITUAL JOURNEY

All Yue Jinghua’s resentment vanished upon seeing Granny Madan’s beef soup.

In Yue Jinghua’s eyes, the couple at the farm was a magical combination. Granny Madan was kind and benevolent, treating Yue Jinghua at dinner as if she was feeding a Tigris black pig.

Old Kuru was glaring and puffing next to them, glancing at Yue Jinghua from time to time with his eagle-like sharp eyes.

It must be said, the Snowflake beef from the High Mountain Breeding Farm had a magical effect on restoring physical strength. Paired with Mazaro Mountain’s specialty hot peppers, after consuming several bowls of beef, she felt a surge of bovine vigor infiltrating her muscles, and the fatigue of the day quickly faded away.

At night in Mazaro Mountain, the temperature had already dropped below freezing. Standing on the open muddy ground of Mazaro Mountain Ranch, about 2500 meters above sea level, and looking up at the sky, Yue Jinghua felt an illusion that she could breathe in the entire sky full of stars with a deep breath.

"Child, you’ve worked hard today, go to bed early," Granny Madan said as she handed Yue Jinghua a thick quilt.

There were not many houses in the High Mountain Breeding Farm, and tonight Yue Jinghua was to sleep in the small cabin where Ah Zad stayed. Kind-hearted Granny Madan, worried about Yue Jinghua catching a cold, had found a thick quilt for her.

Yue Jinghua intended to refuse, as she was not used to sleeping much. Especially standing on Mazaro Mountain, she felt the Dark Power inside her body particularly active.

Perhaps because of the high terrain close to the starry sky, she saw a rare opportunity—over the next few nights, she decided to cultivate diligently, hoping perhaps to breakthrough to the Third Level of the Nine Revolutions Star Creation Technique.

But seeing the smiling face of Granny Madan, she subconsciously took the quilt.

Staying here, accompanying this couple, gave her the feeling of being loved by grandparents. In her previous life, Yue Xiaoqi was an orphan, having no relatives or friends.

In this life, Yue Jinghua’s family was broken, living a life of displacement. Although Lie Rou tried every way to create a home environment for the children, things went contrary to their wishes, and they ended up displaced to Fengdan County.

Now, as Fengdan County was gradually stabilizing, Yue Jinghua could finally enjoy a few days of calm living.

In a secluded place like the High Mountain Breeding Farm, with the sky high and the earth vast, even the hard heart of Yue Jinghua began to soften.

"Thank you, Grandma. Grandma, how many years have you and Grandpa Kulu lived here? Don’t you have any children?" Granny Madan had just finished making the bed for Yue Jinghua, patting the quilt that had been sun-dried during the day, filling the room with the scent of dry cotton.

"We don’t have children. I was ill when I was younger and unable to conceive. Grandpa Kulu’s family was against our union. To spare me from embarrassment, he insisted on resigning from his military post and brought me here to live in seclusion. We’ve been here for over thirty years," said Granny Madan, her face bathed in the warm red glow of the oil lamp, calmly revealing to Yue Jinghua.

When mentioning Old Kuru, Granny Madan’s expression carried a hint of pride and pride, a man of steel with a tender heart.

"These next few days will be hard on you. That old fellow Kuru, although loud, has a really good heart. He thinks young people should endure hardships. I have prepared Moxa Leaf Soup for you to help with the blood stasis. After washing up with it, you’ll be able to work the fields tomorrow," said the attentive Granny Madan, noticing that Yue Jinghua’s feet had developed blisters.

After sending Granny Madan away, Yue Jinghua closed the door and couldn’t wait to start cultivating using the Nine Revolutions Creation Technique.

As expected, once Yue Jinghua began using the Creation Technique, she noticed the Dark Power inside her body beginning to stir.

After completing one small cycle, the Dark Power in her body came surging like a flood bursting forth.

At the same time, her spiritual power was like an octopus roaming through the sea, desperately stretching its tentacles.

The scenario inside the breeding farm unfolded in her mind like a movie.

After becoming a Summoner, Yue Jinghua had learned "Divine Stab" from Qing Pu, and "Devil’s Eye" from Luolin, which significantly advanced her mental abilities.

The range of her spiritual power extension had expanded from the initial few hundred meters up to one, and even two miles.

But tonight, whether it was due to being on Mazaro Mountain or a sudden epiphany, her spiritual power was particularly active.

From Granny Madan and Old Kuru’s room, came Kuru’s coughing and Granny Madan tossing about.

In the cowshed, the Snowflake Cattle were chewing on the dry hay, and even the chirping of the night insects in the grass outside the house were crystal clear.

"!" Just as Yue Jinghua was exploring with her spiritual power, the Jade Dark Star and Earth Dark Star in the Sea of Consciousness suddenly lit up brightly.

What is this?

Yue Jinghua felt that on the outskirts of the farm, there was a glaring light, shining in conjunction with the two Dark Stars.

Looking at the direction, it seemed to be at the mountain top.

"Why don’t I send the Second Primordial Spirit to have a look?" Since nurturing the Second Primordial Spirit, Yue Jinghua had scarcely utilized it.

Yue Jinghua entered meditation in the Sea of Consciousness, and in no more than a moment, the Second Primordial Spirit drifted out of her body like a wisp of smoke.

At night, it was the time for Mazaro’s reptiles to be active.

A moss-colored four-legged plateau lizard, dragging its long tail, crawled out of its cave, eyeing a four-winged ant mosquito that stopped on the tip of a leaf not far away.

Just as it was about to flick its tongue out and engulf the ant mosquito, a swift gust of wind blew over it.

The four-legged plateau lizard was so frightened that it recoiled back into its cave.

After a while, the gust of wind disappeared, and the dusty four-legged lizard then crawled out of the cave.

That gust of wind was none other than Yue Jinghua in her Second Primordial Spirit form, rushing towards the high mountain at an astonishing speed.

Her invisible black hair fluttered in the chilly plateau night air.

In her Second Primordial Spirit form, Yue Jinghua felt as if she had grown wings. With just a few leaps, she crossed from the farm over the mountainside, heading straight towards the mountain top.

While in Five Saints Town, she had heard stories about Mazaro Mountain, and about the origin of its summit.

In the Xuan Beast Ridge, there are many peaks about the same altitude as Mazaro Mountain, but there has never been one that possessed such intense Star Power.

Yue Jinghua’s Nine Revolutions Creation Technique was different from the Dark Skill practiced by the continent’s Dark Practitioners; Star Power was a prime method to enhance Dark Skill.

She believed there must be something mysterious ahead, drawing her in.

Just ahead, Yue Jinghua noticed, the bright light that seemed to compete with the Jade Dark Star and Earth Dark Star was indeed coming from the direction of the mountain top.

That night at dinner, Yue Jinghua had also asked Granny Madan about any meteor on the mountain top, but Granny Madan only mentioned that there was nothing special there, just that the water and grass were particularly lush.

"This is it," Yue Jinghua steadied herself at the mountain summit and when she saw the sight in front of her, she couldn’t help but gasp.