Setelah Wang Xiuying pergi, Meixiu mulai memasak makan malam sementara Meifeng memeriksa beberapa dokumen untuk perusahaan baru mereka.\n\n"Tuan Muda, Anda akan memerlukan penyamaran untuk identitas baru Anda," kata Meifeng kepadanya, tidak menyadari bahwa mereka sudah memiliki rencana.\n\n"Ya, aku tahu. Aku akan memakai topeng saat bermain di panggung," katanya.\n\n"Topeng, ya? Itu bukan ide yang buruk." Meifeng setuju.\n\nBeberapa saat kemudian, setelah makan malam, Yuan pergi mandi. Sekarang dia bisa membersihkan dirinya sendiri, dia berencana melakukannya setiap hari.\n\nSaat tiba waktunya tidur, Meifeng dan Yuan beristirahat di kamar mereka sementara Meixiu kembali ke kamarnya sendiri.\n\n"Nona Meifeng, aku punya pertanyaan..." Yuan tiba-tiba bertanya padanya saat mereka berbaring di tempat tidur yang sama.\n\n"Apa itu?"\n\n"Apakah kamu tahu di mana aku bisa mendapatkan pedang?"\n\n"P-Pedang? Seperti pedang sungguhan? Mengapa kamu menginginkannya?"\n\n"Untuk membela diri, kurasa..."\n\n"Membela diri?" Meifeng menatapnya dengan alis terangkat.\n\nBela diri macam apa yang membutuhkan pedang?\n\n"Begini, dunia ini semakin berbahaya akhir-akhir ini dengan semakin banyak orang yang menjadi kultivator, memperoleh kekuatan tidak manusiawi yang hanya mungkin ada di dunia kultivasi, tapi dunia kita sangat kecil dibandingkan dengan dunia di Cultivation Online, dan aku khawatir tentang apa yang mungkin terjadi di masa depan, jadi aku ingin mempersiapkan diriku."\n\n"Kultivator mungkin kuat, tapi menurutku kita tidak perlu terlalu khawatir. Bukankah dunia akan tiba-tiba menjadi tempat tanpa hukum. Tapi karena Tuan Muda menginginkan pedang, aku akan mencoba melakukan sesuatu."\n\n"Terima kasih."\n\nMeifeng tertidur sesaat kemudian.\n\nNamun, Yuan tidak pergi tidur.\n\nDia malah diam-diam bangkit dari tempat tidur dan pergi ke ruang tamu, sebelum duduk di lantai.\n\n'Ini akan menjadi pertama kalinya aku berkultivasi dalam posisi ini...' Yuan berpikir dalam hati saat mulai menyerap energi spiritual di udara.\n\n'Keputusasaan... Apakah aku tidak cukup putus asa untuk mencapai Spirit Master?' Dia mengingat apa yang dikatakan pria tampan itu kepadanya dalam mimpinya.\n\nYuan kemudian mengingat adegan-adegan di mana ibu dan anak perempuannya dibunuh di siang bolong. Lalu dia mengingat pengkhianatan seorang teman. Lalu kekasih pemuda itu diambil paksa.\n\nSetelah mengingat situasi-situasi ini, Yuan secara tidak sadar mulai mengganti individu-individu ini dengan orang-orang yang dia kenal.\n\nDia membayangkan Meifeng dan Yu Rou terbunuh di depan matanya. Dia membayangkan dikhianati oleh Dokter Wang dan Wang Xiuying. Dia membayangkan Asosiasi Kultivator berhasil mengambil Meixiu darinya dengan paksa.\n\n"Kamu sangat lemah... Bagaimana kamu bisa melindungi siapa pun seperti itu?"\n\nSuara pria tampan itu tiba-tiba bergema di kepalanya.\n\nYuan mengertakkan giginya, dan di suatu tempat dalam kesadarannya, api tak terlihat yang diciptakan oleh keputusasaan muncul.\n\nEnergi spiritual di area itu mulai terbang menuju Yuan dengan kecepatan yang luar biasa cepat.\n\n"Benar. Jika kamu ingin melindungi mereka yang kamu sayangi, kamu harus kuat."\n\n"Dapatkan kekuatan untuk melindungi keluarga dan teman-temanmu..."\n\n"Dapatkan kekuatan untuk mengalahkan mereka yang ingin merebut darimu..."\n\n"Berputus asalah... putus asa untuk mendapatkan kekuatan..."\n\nSuara pria tampan itu terus bergema di dalam kepala Yuan saat dia berkultivasi secara tidak sadar, dan sebelum dia menyadarinya, dia memasuki keadaan seperti trance— dia memasuki enlightenment.\n\nMeixiu, yang baru saja hendak tertidur, merasakan perubahan mendadak di atmosfer.\n\nDia bangkit dari tempat tidur dan mengintip ke luar kamarnya, dan yang mengejutkannya, ada sesosok tubuh duduk di ruang tamu dengan rambut hitam panjangnya berkibar di belakangnya seperti jubah sebelum hembusan angin.\n\n'Yuan...?' Meixiu bergumam pada dirinya sendiri.\n\nMeskipun dia jelas-jelas sedang melihat Yuan, entah mengapa, rasanya seperti dia tidak sedang melihat Yuan pada saat yang sama, hampir seperti dia sedang melihat orang lain dan Yuan yang ada di sana hanyalah ilusi.\n\nSementara itu, kultivasi Yuan yang macet di puncak Spirit Warrior akhirnya mulai bergerak.\n\nDantiannya yang berisi semua energi spiritualnya mulai bergetar, dan perlahan mulai membesar.\n\nKemudian, simbol emas di dalam tubuhnya yang telah berubah menjadi urat menempel pada Dantian, mengubahnya menjadi emas.\n\nTubuh Yuan saat ini memancarkan cahaya keemasan redup, dan Meixiu ada di sana untuk menyaksikannya, merasa seolah-olah dia berada di hadapan makhluk ilahi.\n\nMeixiu tidak ingin mengganggunya, jadi dia kembali ke dalam kamarnya dan kembali ke tempat tidur, mencoba yang terbaik untuk tertidur.\n\nKeesokan paginya, Yuan berdiri dari lantai dengan perasaan mendalam di tubuhnya.\n\nDia bukan lagi Spirit Warrior, dan tubuhnya memancarkan perasaan seorang Spirit Master.\n\n'Jadi beginilah rasanya menjadi Spirit Master di dunia ini...'\n\nYuan menarik napas dalam-dalam, menghirup energi spiritual dalam jumlah besar.\n\n"Selamat pagi, Meixiu." Yuan tiba-tiba menyadari kehadirannya dan berkata padanya.\n\n"Apakah kamu berhasil menembus ke Spirit Master? Kamu terasa sedikit berbeda dibandingkan kemarin." Meixiu bertanya padanya.\n\n"Ya, aku berhasil menembus hambatanku." Dia mengangguk.\n\n"Bagaimana perasaanmu?"\n\n"Divine Sense-ku sekarang jauh lebih kuat, dan aku bisa menjaganya tetap aktif lebih lama. Aku belum mencoba menggunakan Flying Daggers, tapi seharusnya lebih mudah untuk mengendalikan tekniknya sekarang," katanya.\n\nDia kemudian mencoba menggunakan Flying Daggers, dan yang mengejutkannya, dia bisa mengendalikan 3 pisau dapur sekaligus dengan relatif mudah padahal sebelumnya dia hampir tidak bisa mengendalikan dua.\n\n"Wow... Perbedaan antara Spirit Warrior dan Spirit Master sangat besar bahkan padahal itu hanya satu level..." Yuan terkejut dengan hasilnya.\n\n"Selamat atas pencapaianmu mencapai Spirit Master."\n\nYuan mengangguk, "Ya, sekarang aku akhirnya bisa mengunjungi Asosiasi Kultivator."\n\n"Kamu benar-benar akan melakukannya?" Meixiu bertanya dengan suara khawatir.\n\nDia tersenyum dan berkata, "Bagaimana lagi aku bisa menghentikan mereka mengambilmu dariku?"\n\nMeixiu tersipu mendengar kata-katanya.\n\n"A-Aku akan menyiapkan sarapan..." katanya, sambil kabur dengan cepat.
Chapter 507 - Menembus Hambatannya
After Wang Xiuying left, Meixiu began cooking dinner while Meifeng looked over some documents for their newly created company.
"Young Master, you’ll need a disguise for your new alias," Meifeng said to him, unaware that they already have something planned.
"Yes, I know. I will be wearing a mask when I play on the stage," he said.
"A mask, huh? That’s not a bad idea." Meifeng agreed.
Sometime later, after dinner, Yuan went to take a shower. Now that he can clean himself, he plans on doing so every single day.
Once it was time for sleep, Meifeng and Yuan retired to their room while Meixiu returned to her own room.
"Miss Meifeng, I have a question..." Yuan suddenly asked her as they laid in the same bed.
"What is it?"
"Do you know where I can obtain a sword?"
"A-A sword? Like a real sword? Why do you want one?"
"Self-defense, I guess..."
"Self-defense?" Meifeng looked at him with raised eyebrows.
What kind of self-defense requires a sword?
"You see, the world is getting more dangerous lately with more and more people becoming cultivators, obtaining inhuman strength that’s only possible in the cultivation world, but our world is very small compared to the world in Cultivation Online, and I was worried about what might happen in the future, so I want to prepare myself."
"Cultivators may be strong, but I don’t think we have to be that worried. It’s not as though the world will suddenly become a lawless place. But since the Young Masters want a sword, I will try to do something about it."
"Thank you."
Meifeng fell asleep shortly afterward.
However, Yuan didn’t go to sleep.
Instead, he silently got out of the bed and went to the living room, before taking a seat on the floor.
’This will be my first time cultivating in this position...’ Yuan thought to himself as he started to absorb the spiritual energy in the air.
’Desperation... I am not desperate enough to reach Spirit Master?’ He recalled what the handsome man told him in his dreams.
Yuan then remembered the scenes where the mother and her daughter were murdered in broad daylight. Then he recalled the betrayal of a friend. Then of the young man’s lover being forcefully taken away.
After remembering these situations, Yuan subconsciously started replacing these individuals with people he knew.
He imagined Meifeng and Yu Rou getting killed before his eyes. He imagined being betrayed by Doctor Wang and Wang Xiuying. He imagined the Cultivators’ Association successfully taking Meixiu away from him by force.
"You’re so weak... How can you protect anyone like that?"
The handsome man’s voice suddenly resounded in his head.
Yuan gritted his teeth, and somewhere within his consciousness, an invisible flame created by desperation appeared.
The spiritual energy in the area began flying towards Yuan at an incredibly fast rate.
"That’s right. If you want to protect those you care about, you must be strong."
"Obtain the strength to protect your family and friends..."
"Obtain the power to defeat those who wish to covet from you..."
"Be desperate... desperate for power..."
The handsome man’s voice continued to resound inside Yuan’s head as he subconsciously cultivated, and before he was aware, he entered a trance-like state— he’d entered enlightenment.
Meixiu, who was just about to fall asleep, noticed the sudden change in the atmosphere.
She got out of the bed and looked peeked outside her room, and to her surprise, there was a figure sitting in the living room with his long black hair fluttering behind him like a cape before a gust of wind.
’Yuan...?’ Meixiu mumbled to herself.
Even though she was clearly looking at Yuan, for some reason, it felt like she wasn’t looking at Yuan at the same time, almost like she was looking at someone else and the Yuan there was merely an illusion.
Meanwhile, Yuan’s cultivation that had been stuck at peak Spirit Warrior finally began to move.
His Dantian that contained all of his spiritual energy began to tremble, and it slowly began expanding in size.
Then, the golden symbol within his body that had turned into veins attached itself to the Dantian, turning it golden.
Yuan’s body was currently emitting a faint golden glow, and Meixiu was there to witness it, feeling as though she was before a divine being.
Meixiu didn’t want to disturb him, so she went back inside her room and returned to the bed, trying her best to fall asleep.
The following morning, Yuan stood up from the floor with a profound feeling in his body.
He was no longer a Spirit Warrior, and his body emitted the feeling of a Spirit Master.
’So this is what it feels like to be a Spirit Master in this world...’
Yuan took a deep breath, sucking in a large amount of spiritual energy.
"Good morning, Meixiu." Yuan suddenly noticed her presence and said to her.
"Did you breakthrough to Spirit Master? You feel a little different compared to yesterday." Meixiu asked him.
"Yes, I have managed to breakthrough my bottleneck." He nodded.
"How do you feel?"
"My divine sense is much stronger now, and I can keep it active for a lot longer. I haven’t tried using Flying Daggers, but it should be easier to control the technique now," he said.
He then tried to use Flying Daggers, and to his surprise, he was able to control 3 kitchen knives at once with relative ease when he could barely control two before.
"Wow... The difference between Spirit Warrior and Spirit Master is so much even though it was only a single level..." Yuan was surprised by the results.
"Congratulations on reaching Spirit Master."
Yuan nodded, "Yes, now I can finally visit the Cultivators’ Association."
"You’re really going to do it?" Meixiu asked in a worried voice.
He smiled and said, "How else am I going to stop them from taking you away from me?"
Meixiu blushed at his words.
"I-I am going to prepare breakfast..." she said, making a quick escape.
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