Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 1928 - 1930: Demonstrating Techniques
Compared to the lively night before, the next day, which was the actual event, there wasn’t anything particularly noteworthy.
Early in the morning, after everyone got up, they first attended to their individual morning lessons and breakfast, then gathered in small groups throughout the manor to discuss Dao. Among them, Yang, the head from the Chicheng Mountain Cave, was quite active, sharing some unique insights from Chicheng.
Near noon, it began to rain lightly, and Qing Xiaozi, eager to join the fun, asked the four newly advanced Qi-Refining practitioners to demonstrate their water-controlling abilities.
This seemed a bit disrespectful. Although the four Qi-Refining practitioners were newly advanced, they could still be considered great cultivators in the past. Asking them to perform publicly was like treating them as actors, wasn’t it?
Yu Qingzhu and Gazi vaguely sensed this, but Qing Xiaozi was an elder of the Daoist sects and loved to joke around, so it was hard to take it seriously.
While they hesitated, Sofia didn’t care about such things. She raised her hand, and the fine rain threads around her drifted toward her hand, rolling continuously in the air. Before long, a small dragon made of water vapor formed.
The small dragon was white, about a meter long and as thick as a child’s arm. Its shape was somewhat vague, not lifelike, but twisting and curling in the air, it could at least be described as a flexible ribbon.
Sofia learned this specifically from Feng Jun. She said she only knew how to use talismans in Amstan, which marred Luohua’s image. Now that she was in the Qi Refinement Realm, she needed at least one technique to showcase her "might in a foreign land"!
Indeed, "might in a foreign land" were her exact words, indicating her heart was already with Huaxia.
Feng Jun found her request quite reasonable. When Luohua’s disciples advanced in rank, he would give them gifts, and Sofia was no exception.
First, he would give a storage bag, as all disciples who advanced would receive one. The experience with storage talismans was poor, and their usage was limited.
Before this, Sofia didn’t even have a storage talisman and had complained to Feng Jun more than once, accusing him of discrimination. Feng Jun ignored her until she reached the Qi Refinement stage and then gave her a storage bag. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
The storage bag was certainly better than the storage talisman, mainly because it had a usage threshold—you couldn’t use it unless you were in the Qi Refinement Realm!
So even if Sofia encountered an accident and someone else took her storage bag, they wouldn’t be able to use it.
Are there foreign Qi Refinement practitioners? It’s almost impossible... Well, to be modest, maybe there are such people abroad, but they’re definitely not many. So would anyone happen to get a storage bag and know how to open it properly?
Feng Jun thought the possibility was nearly zero.
Moreover, storage bags could be used frequently, and Feng Jun could engrave Luohua’s emblem on them. If anything happened, he could retrieve it quickly, whereas doing this with a storage talisman would be too costly.
When Feng Jun handed the storage bag to Sofia, she was overjoyed. After trying it several times, she hugged Feng Jun and exclaimed, "Boss, I want to have your baby..."
In any case, she was exceptionally thrilled. As a former member of the "nation on wheels," she often drove and was used to carrying large bags of supplies with her, and now she had an enormous space at her disposal.
She had long anticipated this day. In fact, she once doubted she would ever obtain such a thing, but now she had it, and it was much larger than the storage talisman.
Besides this, she had the right to choose two magic artifacts, with a flying artifact being standard equipment.
Feng Jun prepared a broom for her, specially customized. In the history of the Kunhao Plane, there was no one who flew on a broomstick. Riding that was less preferable than riding a wine gourd—it at least showed you liked to drink.
Unfortunately, Sofia refused to use the broom, saying she didn’t want to become a witch and instead hoped for a wing-shaped flying artifact so she could appear in the image of an angel.
Feng Jun did have a wing-shaped flying apparatus, but it was for the Out-of-Dust stage.
Indeed, even though Out-of-Dust cultivators could fly, they could also have flying magical treasures—this one was crafted from the wings of a Batwing Dragon, very fast, and convenient for escaping or traveling.
Feng Jun explained, this item would be useless to you, so he gave her a handkerchief with a phoenix design instead.
Sofia liked the handkerchief because Phoenix was also popular in the West.
For the other artifact, Sofia chose a short whip, longer than a steel whip but not quite a long whip, essentially like a riding whip, functioning both to whip and bind people.
Feng Jun was curious about Sofia’s choice: Are you planning to speed toward the Queen’s throne, never to look back?
Sofia explained: She greatly admired "The Scourge of God" Attila and felt having a fearsome image suited her "apostate" identity.
She even speculated that Attila might have been a Xiongnu driven away by Huaxia, though this view was somewhat controversial among historians. Clearly, she didn’t intend to impress historians.
She even regretfully mentioned it was a pity Feng Jun didn’t have a scythe artifact; otherwise, she’d prefer to use a scythe representing the Grim Reaper.
Scythe? Feng Jun quietly noted it down—For people who yearn for the light, I should meet their needs as much as possible.
After choosing a storage bag and two magical artifacts, Feng Jun should provide two techniques.
However, Sofia’s choices in the past two times had greatly exceeded his expectations, and he felt a bit overwhelmed.
So he directly tossed over a "Water Dragon Technique"—this technique suits you well, Amstan also has the Rain Prayer Array.
The Water Dragon Technique for Qi Refinement Realm... how to say it? It definitely has power, but the enhancement to Sofia is limited.
Zhang Caixin also knows the Water Dragon Technique, and hers really has massive destructive power, and she can wield it effortlessly—she has an Innate Pure Water constitution.
However, after Sofia got this technique, she was truly overjoyed because, for her, this was the first spell in her life she could actually cultivate—previously, whether it was "I announce" or the Thunderclap Talisman, they were all external items!
Therefore, she cultivated diligently. From her sending out invitations to hosting the celebration, it was only about a month. She had actually mastered the Water Dragon Technique to this extent.
She did not persist for long, the water dragon took only three to five seconds to form, and then she flicked it out. With a muffled sound, a piece of mountain rock the size of a door panel was shattered into four or five pieces by this water dragon and collapsed to the ground slowly.
Moreover, it was currently raining, otherwise, dust would surely have splattered everywhere.
Once Sofia succeeded with her strike, she slowly withdrew her stance and then glanced at Qing Xiaozi, "I’m just a beginner, not particularly familiar with it, please forgive me... If Senior Sister Caixin is willing to make a move, the power would be more than a hundred times greater than mine."
This statement was somewhat exaggerated, but for Mai Nation people, isn’t it normal for their speech to be exaggerated?
However, Zhang Caixin couldn’t just take it, so she smiled slightly, "Junior Sister Sofia, you’re flattering me. I just have an enhancement in the Five Elements aspect, slightly higher cultivation level than you. The power of your casual strike is already quite impressive."
Qing Xiaozi was surprised to hear this and asked, "A casual strike?"
"It’s literally a casual strike," Zhang Caixin nodded, seriously explaining, "Sofia can definitely condense a water dragon of more than one meter. I wouldn’t be surprised if she condenses two to three meters, but it’s good to be moderate."
She gave a genuine expert opinion and spoke the truth; Sofia clearly reserved some strength.
At this moment, Gu Jiahui chuckled softly, "A good rain knows its time, and in spring, everything grows... just right for the growth of all things."
Then she casually tapped a bamboo next to her, her figure flashed, and she tapped another seven or eight bamboos in succession before returning.
A couple of minutes later, more than a dozen bamboos shook their branches and leaves, and immediately began to grow wildly, as if they had eaten golden fertilizer.
Before long, these bamboos grew four to five meters taller than ordinary bamboos. Their diameter at breast height also significantly increased, from as thick as a calf to as thick as a thigh, truly vibrant and full of life.
She has a wood-based constitution; inducing plant growth is second nature to her. Especially in this continuous rainy weather, this is essentially her home court.
Originally, she didn’t really want to show off, but since Sofia made a fuss, she joined in too: I may not know water control techniques, but I’m not worse than Sofia.
As the two of them showed off, Gazi and Yu Qingzhu hesitated a bit—are you saying only you two are capable, and we are useless?
Yu Qingzhu held her ground better, thinking to herself, go ahead and mess around, I’m not doing public demonstrations anyway—I’m here to cultivate, not to perform for people to watch.
But Gazi couldn’t help it, "Elder Qing Xiaozi, could you critique a bit first?"
"Remarkably extraordinary!" Qing Xiaozi clapped his hands and then laughed out loud, "I knew it, my request was somewhat presumptuous... but Luohua is after all Luohua, the methods truly broaden one’s horizons!"
He laughed joyously; life is to be lived with unrestrained joy, but Zhang Caixin was a bit unhappy; wanting to live unrestrained is fine, but... did you ask my opinion?
So she smiled, "Does Elder Qing Xiaozi have any interest in personally experiencing the sensation of wielding a water dragon?"
"Did I... do something wrong?" Qing Xiaozi was first astonished, naturally hearing the ill-intentioned tone.
Then, he realized the crux of the matter and couldn’t help but laugh again, "Fellow Daoist Caixin, you’re overthinking. I genuinely intended to play along, demonstrating celestial arts in the rain perfectly embodies Luohua’s grandeur... Don’t believe me? Look back; aren’t they all stunned with amazement?"
Zhang Caixin turned her head to look as prompted, and sure enough, many fellow Daoists were gazing in awe, and the crowd further away was even more stunned, with many wide-eyed, covering their mouths in astonishment.
In fact, the Huaxia citizens fared a bit better; some of Sofia’s relatives were utterly dumbfounded, "Oh my God, is this the protective ability Sophie learned from Huaxia?"
