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Chapter 188: Chapter 189 Gathering Spirit Realm

Condensing Qi and Spirit.

Zhu Minglang gradually calmed down, feeling the torrential rush of Spiritual Energy pouring into him like rivers flowing into the sea.

The Spirit Realm was nothing more than a little world gathering spirit that nourished dragon companions, Dragon Shepherds, with their unique cultivation base, gathered the worlds Spiritual Rhyme bit by bit, allowing those dragons in need of the spirit of heaven and earth to receive perfect nourishment.

At this moment, the outside world itself had formed such a gigantic vortex of Spiritual Energy, stirring together all the Spirit Origin hidden within the Dragon Country of the Clouds.

What Zhu Minglang needed to do was very simple: he just had to absorb these natural Spirit Origins from the Cloud Sea Spiritual Well into his bodyhis dragon companions, connected to his soul, would naturally receive the baptism of the Spirit Sea!

Abundant in Spirit Origin, his cultivation base soared.

Demon Spirits, Demon Spirits, and Holy Spiritswhat they needed the most was cultivation base. Cultivating here for a day was even equivalent to several years in the so-called Spirit Caves.

This was why the area around the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye was teeming with a large number of creatures.

In the Dragon Country of the Clouds, there were not only dragons but also many demons that had not transformed into dragons, among which were some creatures that aspired to become holy.

Ten Thousand Year Saint Spirit

How many lives in the world had truly lived for ten thousand years?

Wasnt the birth of a Ten Thousand Year Saint Spirit derived from these Spiritual Springs and Immortal Cloud Wells that could make ones cultivation base increase hundredfold, thousandfold?

As Zhu Minglang immersed himself in cultivating peacefully, the area around the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye resounded with the roars of various powerful mythical beasts and Dragon Spirits. Several times, Zhu Minglang was somewhat worried that Nan Lingsha wouldnt be able to copeoh, it was Nan Yuso.

However, each time he opened his eyes,

Zhu Minglang found no threats around him.

Those powerful creatures had all been driven away from this Cloud Platform Spirit Eye, and the Chilodon Dragon with Ancestrial Dragon Bloodline was much stronger than Zhu Minglang had imagined.

Noticing that there was no significant trouble, Zhu Minglang completely let go of his concerns.

As he led the Spiritual Energy, Zhu Minglang could feel it like tendrils of smoke, casually drifting near the Spiritual Well. His aim was to focus wholeheartedly on drawing these strands of Spiritual Silk into his Spirit Realm.

After half a day of tranquil and concentrated channeling, Zhu Minglang noticed that his mental strength was depleting very fast, and he gradually started to feel somewhat lightheaded. Moreover, in the Cloud Sea, the Spiritual Energy was pouring in like tidal river watersrelentlessly flowing in, yet he could only absorb less than one-tenth of it.

Zhu Minglang couldnt help but wonder,

Weak waters three thousand, of which I take only one ladle?

I want it all!

It seemed his spiritual journey was still lacking. Mr. Jinli had said that a Dragon Shepherd was like a moving Spiritual Spring. Some people with exceptional talent in gathering spirit and nurturing dragons didnt even need to tame, dragons would willingly join them.

It was like birds seeking an excellent nest.

Zhu Minglang had previously focused on practicing Soul Collecting Pearl Brewing, an important means for Dragon Shepherds to generate wealth, and knew relatively little about gathering spirit to nurture dragons.

The realm Zhu Minglang provided now allowed dragon companions to grow at twenty times their normal rate.

Yet cultivating for a day by this Spirit Eye was equivalent to several years.

Zhu Minglang wondered whether he could also reshape his Spirit Realm to implement this method of absorbing energy from the Spirit Eye onto himself?

Its better to teach fishing than to give a fish.

Zhu Minglang was certainly not a person of short-sightedness, he activated his Spiritual Sense, and while resting and recuperating, he sought to understand the composition of the entire Cloud Sea Spirit Eye.

How did it form?

Why can the Spiritual Energy of the Dragon Country in the clouds be gathered into this tiny vortex?

If my own Spirit Realm could also form such a vortex, wouldnt it be gathering energy every moment, increasing the cultivation speed of my dragon pets by dozens or even hundreds of times?

This Cloud Platform Spirit Eye, its way of gathering energy is surprisingly similar to the method of Sword Qi expansion!

Zhu Minglangs heart leaped with joy as he discerned a pattern within the flow of the Spiritual Energy silk.

When swinging a sword, if one wants to generate sufficiently powerful Sword Qi, its necessary first to use the strength of the sword body to draw in the surrounding air currents, then swing the sword following the trajectory of those currents.

This swing by itself might not be very powerful, but because the air current drives another air current, and the air current accelerates the sword speed, the eventual Sword Qi grows exponentially in power!

Its the same with the powerful spirit gathering of the Cloud Platform Spirit Eye.

Between heaven and earth, there are inherently some unstable Spirit Origins, aimlessly drifting like dust.

Rather than concentrating hard and expending a large amount of Spiritual Power to painstakingly attract those stable Spirit Origins towards oneself, its better to create a field with a specific trajectory, giving those inherently drifting unstable Spirit Origins a direction to flow.

This direction isnt straight toward oneself, but like a vortex, making them first swirl around oneself.

As the majority of these unstable Spirit Origins move in this manner, other unstable Spirit Origins will also be drawn into this circling trajectory.

Consequently, more and more Spirit Origins form a Spirit Origin storm.

The storm grows powerful enough to shake those stable Spirit Origins, and as more stable Spirit Origins join, the field becomes larger and largerdozens of kilometers, hundreds of kilometers, even hundreds of kilometers of Spirit Origins gather to eventually form a Spiritual Energy spring!

Even the eagles and vultures, masters of flight, take to the wind, utilizing the earths heat and the rising currents to save energy and maintain long-duration flights.

Gathering energy is also about leveraging and going with the moment.

Otherwise, how could a tiny Cloud Well gather the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye, coveted by countless Dragon Spirits and Demon Spirits?

Once Zhu Minglang clearly understood this principle, he naturally no longer needed to painstakingly attract the Spirit Origins one by one like he did at the start.

All he needed to do was to start with those unstable Spirit Origins, and soon an entire spring-like flow of Spiritual Sources would be circling around him, finally entering his Spirit Realm in a vortex.

People follow the crowd.

So does Spiritual Energy.

Having discovered this pattern, Zhu Minglang not only greatly saved his mental energy but also concentrated all the Spiritual Energy within his body. In an instant, the Dragon Babies in the Spirit Realm became spirited, inhaling and exhaling deeply, like drought-stricken crops soaking up the rain!

This half-day equates to half a year, and thats still in the early stages when I was not proficient. Zhu Minglang was overjoyed.

Zhu Minglangs elation was not just because the cultivation of his Dragon Beasts was soaring his Dragon Trainers cultivation was also advancing, feeling as though hed reached another realm in just half a day!

Each time one ascended to a new realm, they would acquire a new Art of Dragon Shepherd.

Zhu Minglang was now very skilled in Soul Collecting Pearl Brewing.

As Zhu Minglang was contemplating which Art of Dragon Shepherd he would obtain next, he discovered that his Spirit Realm was expanding.

The Spirit Realm is like a miniature universe.

All along, Zhu Minglangs miniature universe had been somewhat shabby, after all, he also started halfway into the journey

But at this moment, the Spirit Realm had expanded who knows how many times over, and the abundant Spiritual Energy that had been drawn in was swirling within this miniature universe not only would it not disperse, but it even began to spontaneously produce Spirit Origins!

Chapter 187: Chapter 188: One Body with Twin Souls

Suddenly, Zhu Minglang recalled a small detail.

Not long ago, when he called her by name, she seemed rather unhappy.

Although he usually addressed her as Miss Ling Sha, this time he directly called her Nan Lingsha, and she was clearly dissatisfied and made no attempt to hide it.

Nan Lingsha, isnt that her name? Zhu Minglang began to ponder.

Then what is her true name?

The artist is Nan Lingsha.

Then the Dragon Shepherd is

Miss Xinghua, we should go. If the Holy Candle Dragon catches up, we might be in trouble, Zhu Minglang walked over, glanced at the painting Nan Lingsha had made on the ice cloud, and then spoke as if to maintain calm.

Nan Lingsha turned around, her beautiful eyes rippling with emotion.

She stared at Zhu Minglang, and the aura about her clearly changed, no longer as tranquil and amiable as before, as if she became more guarded.

Zhu Minglang maintained the composed smile on his face, as if he were discussing a very ordinary matter.

But his heart was beating faster.

He felt that the person in front of him was different from the person before.

The artist little sister, and the Dragon Shepherd little sister, were two different people.

They didnt even seem to be aware of each others existence.

The Art of Mortals and Gods and the Art of Dragon Shepherd cannot coexist within one person.

He himself was a clear example of this.

Therefore, the only explanation for Nan Lingsha was that she had dual souls!

Different personalities.

Different memories.

Different abilities.

The artist is one person.

The Dragon Shepherd is another.

This is also why she gave him that feeling, like the rains of June.

Zhu Minglang had previously guessed this, but unfortunately, he had never seen Nan Lingsha summon dragons, as there were some God and Mortal beings with dragons that had human-like traits following them.

But this time, Nan Lingsha summoned two dragons.

And she had taken them both back into the Spirit Realm.

She was a legitimate Dragon Shepherd, not just followed by a willing Dragon Beast.

The God and Mortal cultivate from refining the soul.

The Dragon Shepherd, merges soul with dragon.

This is why you cannot have both. Zhu Minglang knew from personal experience, he understood that opening his soul to the dragon meant cutting off his Mortal God Soul Cultivation.

So unless a persons body was inhabited by two souls,

She could possess both the Art of Dragon Shepherd and the Power of God and Mortality!

If the artist is Nan Lingsha,

Then the Dragon Shepherd must be Li Xinghua!

The girl who was saved by the young Li Yunzi and then hidden away.

Nan Lingsha even lied by claiming Li Xinghua was a Prophet.

In fact, she had always been right by his side.

What is it? Zhu Minglang noticed the look in Nan Lingshas eyes, which carried a hint of interrogation and doubt.

Did he hit the mark?

Otherwise, why would the focused artist Nan Lingsha have such an expression?

Calling her by the wrong name intentionally, he had made the artist Nan Lingsha think he knew their secret of having dual souls.

After all, the artist Nan Lingsha had no idea what he and the Dragon Shepherd little sister had discussed, what they had talked about.

Although they shared the same body, their memories, consciousness, and abilities were not shared!

Thats why when the artist appeared, the Error Beast Dragon and the Chilodon were forcibly returned to the Spirit Realm.

What are you probing at? Nan Lingsha asked.

What probing? You tell me yourself, calling you Miss Xinghua is also fine, Zhu Minglang pretended not to know.

Zhu Minglang couldnt possibly admit that he was probing.

Feigning cleverness, Nan Lingsha said coldly and indifferently.

Oh, oh, Miss Lingsha, I thought Zhu Minglang feigned ignorance, continuing to act as though another her had already revealed their secret.

If you want to know, I can tell you, Nan Lingsha said as she put away her paintbrush.

I mean no harm, Zhu Minglang said.

We met for the first time by the bridge. You mistook me for Li Yunzi, but it was not by chance because I was memorizing your appearance, planning to let you die in a dream painting, Nan Lingsha declared.

Zhu Minglangs mouth fell open.

Such a vicious woman!

The second time we met was in the bamboo forest, Nan Lingsha continued.

It was in the Book Pavilion, you said it yourself that you wanted to kill me, Zhu Minglang corrected her.

What do you think? Nan Lingsha counter-asked.

Surprise slowly spread across Zhu Minglangs face.

The one in the Book Pavilion was another person!

Suddenly, Zhu Minglang remembered something Li Yunzi said to him in Rong Valley City.

Beware of the person you meet by the bridge.

She was warning him to be careful of the painter Nan Lingsha.

Because she really would kill him!

They were sisters secretly watching out for each other, and in Nan Lingshas eyes, he was the refugee who had insulted Li Yunzi at that time!

Zhu Minglang shuddered.

So, there is indeed another person residing within you? Zhu Minglang asked.

Do you really think it was Li Yunzi you were with in the dungeon? Nan Lingsha suddenly questioned.

Her words struck Zhu Minglang like lightning, blowing his mind in an instant!

Zhu Minglang stepped back, looking at Nan Lingsha.

Then who was that? Zhu Minglang felt a cold sweat forming at the back of his neck.

Not Li Yunzi??

Just the person you called a moment ago, Nan Lingsha said.

Li Xinghua??

Impossible!

He and Li Yunzi

The Valkyrie who was powerless in the dungeons.

Single body, dual souls, single body, dual souls!

If Nan Lingsha is a single body with dual souls, then as the Twin Flower Sisters, Li Yunzi

Li Yunzi, Li Xinghua, Nan Lingsha, Nan Yu Suo, four sisters are you quadruplet sisters?? Zhu Minglang suddenly remembered the memorial night in the ancestral hall, Li Ying had mentioned his two younger daughters who died young.

He subconsciously thought that Li Yunzi and Nan Lingsha were a few years older than the other two, but even among quadruplets, there is an order, there are elder and younger sisters!

Li Ying was mourning his wife that time but did not mourn these two daughters who passed away young. Could this mean that these two were actually still alive?

They lived on in another way, within the bodies of their two older sisters!

This is what you wanted to know. You might as well stay confused, Nan Lingsha said. After uttering those words, she continued walking ahead.

Miss Lingsha. Zhu Minglang grabbed her wrist.

A hint of embarrassed anger flashed in Nan Lingshas eyes.

Zhu Minglang released his hand and said, How do you know who was in the dungeon if you dont remember what happens to each others bodies?

Xinghua is a Prophet, she has no other self-preservation abilities. Do you think it would be possible for Li Yunzi to be trapped? Nan Lingsha said.

So, you mean to say that Li Ying used this fact to trap Yunzi in the dungeon? Zhu Minglang said.

It wasnt Li Yunzi who was in the dungeon

They all have single bodies with dual souls.

The one he was intimate with was merely another person.

But when she woke up, who was it, Li Yunzi or Li Xinghua?

And afterward, who was the one I interacted with?

No, thats not right.

Zhu Minglang still felt something was off.

The Li Yunzi he had interacted with was the same person from start to finish.

I believe it was Yunzi. I trust my own judgment, Zhu Minglang finally shook his head, denying what Nan Lingsha had said.

Shell be arriving at the Imperial City soon. You can ask her yourself, said Nan Lingsha.

So youre quadruplets? Li Yunzi, Li Xinghua, Nan Lingsha, Nan Yuso? You are Nan Lingsha, and Nan Yuso is another soul within you, Zhu Minglang stated.

Nan Lingsha did not answer.

That counted as an acknowledgment.

Zhu Minglang looked around, surrounded by mist.

In the beginning, Zhu Minglang thought that Li Yunzi had dual souls with just two different personalities.

However, after seeing the two sisters appear at the same time, Zhu Minglang dismissed that idea.

But just as he was getting used to the idea of the sisters being twins, it turned out to be true that they had dual souls!

Not even a storyteller would dare to make up such wild tales!

Yet reality was right in front of him.

How could Zhu Minglangs heart not waver?

It was okay with the painter niece and dragon shepherd nieceas they had a clear relationship with him and werent involved in deeper issues.

But what about Li Yunzi

If it really was as Nan Lingsha had said, and the person in the dungeon was someone else.

How is the relationship I just established with Li Yunzi supposed to continue?

My heads spinning!

Zhu Minglang was a man with principles, after all.

Although Nan Lingsha looked exactly like Li Yunzi, he had not stepped out of line, always interacted with her politely, and maintained a gentlemanly relationship.

But now, within Li Yunzis body, there were two souls.

According to Nan Lingshas words.

The one with me in the dungeon was her sister Li Xinghua.

But afterward, the one I interacted with was her sister Li Yunzi.

Its all too confusing.

Zhu Minglang shook his head, tossing the jumbled thoughts out of his mind.

This is my own fault.

Why did I have to unravel the mystery of Nan Lingshas dual personalities?

Just treat her as one person, whose mood changes inexplicably, isnt that okay? Mr. Jinli doesnt mind his seven-step memory loss either.

Now look at the mess Ive made, dragging my wife into it, complicating matters even more, and challenging my moral compass.

Indeed, it would be better to remain oblivious.

Amnesia.

I wish I could have amnesia too.

Pretend I didnt hear anything just now.

Li Yunzi will soon arrive at the Imperial City, how am I supposed to face her?

I cant just meet her and ask, Do you remember what happened in the dungeon?

Nan Lingsha, oh Nan Lingsha.

Are you the devil?

We could have just discussed your issues, why did you have to involve my wife!

The Dragon Country of Clouds is truly a holy land of the Supreme Court.

After staying here for a week, my dragon pets all seem to have been nourished by the spiritual rhyme of this place.

Particularly Little White.

After consuming the Saint Fruit of the Cloud Platform Mother Tree, Zhu Minglang even felt that it would advance to the next level soon!

This was much earlier than expected.

Zhu Minglang, that is the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye, which can explosively increase the growth rate of your Spirit Realm, making three days equivalent to several years. With this spirit eye, before leaving the Dragon Country of the Clouds, Little White can reach the Complete Period! Mr. Jinli called out excitedly.

Zhu Minglang lifted his head and saw a sea of clouds in front of him.

The sea of clouds undulated, and at a distance, there was a cloud eye, where countless rainbow glows could be seen nearby, like water currents being slowly sucked into the vortex, pouring into the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye.

One could see a large group of dragon beasts, encircling the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye, all vying for the right to occupy that place, many of them reaching Monarch Level!

With so many dragons wanting to fight over that territory, securing a spot there wont be easy, Zhu Minglang said.

Indeed, cultivating there would be excellent.

Even for the God and Mortal beings, staying there for a few days could lead to a qualitative leap in strength.

You guard for one day, Ill guard for the next, Nan Lingsha obviously took a great interest in the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye as well.

Thats fine. Otherwise, constant fighting will make it difficult to cultivate with focus, Zhu Minglang nodded in agreement.

This Cloud Sea Spirit Eye was also a unique phenomenon in the Dragon Country of the Clouds, much like a rainbow after the rain, formed under certain specific conditions.

The opportunity was indeed rare, one entered the Dragon Country of the Clouds for the purpose of finding such natural spirit eyes to leapfrog in strength once again.

Nan Lingshas suggestion was very good.

They both needed the condensed spiritual energy of such spirit eyes for cultivation.

But in the Dragon Country of the Clouds, there were many more powerful beings, all equally eager to plunge into it to absorb the treasures granted by nature.

If a large group of creatures entered the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye at once, the spiritual energy would be dispersed to each creature, greatly reducing the effect.

Since its about concentration, naturally having one person alone would yield the greatest benefit, but the process of absorption requires complete focus, making it difficult to concentrate on fighting.

Zhu Minglang and Nan Lingsha could take turns guarding for each other, which meant they both would absorb all the spiritual energy!

Ill guard first, youre restless. Its a good time to adjust yourself within the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye, Nan Lingsha said.

Restless?

Where was he restless?

Was his steadfast heart really shaken just by those few words of Nan Lingsha about Li Yunzi!

Nan Lingsha was clearly underestimating him.

Was it just because she possessed a dual spirit and four souls?

There were moments when Zhu Minglang always thought Nan Lingsha was possessed by a ghost, wrapped around by the soul of her deceased sister.

Since they were both alive, what was there to be restless about?

Even Fang Niannian had guessed that Sister Lingsha had two souls. .

How could he not be prepared for that!

However, there was no point in arguing over who went first, so he let Nan Lingsha guard for him.

Miss Lingsha, I am grateful, Zhu Minglang said, still very polite.

Who told you I am Nan Lingsha? She laughed, her smile carrying a hint of allure and teasing.

Zhu Minglang had already settled down cross-legged, ready to absorb the rare spiritual rhyme of the world, but that laugh from Nan Lingsha distracted him, making him somewhat dazed again.

Nan Lingsha extended her palm and opened her Spirit Realm.

The Chi Dragon flew out, its body sleek and jade-like, graceful and beautiful. Among the cluster of dragons gathered near the Cloud Sea Spirit Eye, it was like a distinguished empress.

Its aura dispersed, the Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, suppressing those Azure Dragons, Ancient Dragons, and Giant Dragons mixed with other strange bloodlines, as if it held a higher authority over them.

Standing atop the Chi Dragon, Nan Lingshas sleeves fluttered, with rainbow glows shining on her graceful and beautiful figure, further beautifying her like a fairy descending from a painting into the mortal world.

Zhu Minglang closed his eyes.

Her coy laugh kept appearing in his mind.

At this moment, he indeed felt restless.

It wasnt Nan Lingsha.

It was Nan Yuso.

Although they didnt know what had happened to each other, they seemed to have a special way of communicating, probably just needed to leave a note as a reminder.

And the originally capricious and fickle Nan Yuso seemed to finally not need to hide anymore.

That alluring laugh was meaningful.