Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor
Chapter 295 Innate Spiritual Body

Chapter 295: Chapter 295 Innate Spiritual Body

Shi Feng gently reached out to wipe his little sister’s teary, dirt-streaked face, which was like that of a small flowered cat. As he cleaned the tears from her face, a sense of warmth unfamiliar for a long time enveloped them both. At that moment, the young girl tightly hugged the man before her, feeling an extraordinary sense of safety. The grievances and bitterness of the recent days seemed to soften and dissipate into nothingness.

Shi Ling looked up slowly, her eyes squinted into slits, resembling a content kitten as Shi Feng caressed her. The corners of her mouth spread into a smile as she called out softly and sweetly, "Brother!" That simple word, that plain address, contained all her longing for night and day.

"From now on, Ling’er will stay by brother’s side, and brother will teach you Martial Arts," said Shi Feng softly to Shi Ling.

"Ling’er wants to stay by brother’s side, but Ling’er doesn’t want to learn Martial Arts anymore. They all say Ling’er is a Martial Arts failure and can’t even break through the One-star Martial Disciple Realm!" Shi Ling pouted, her heart filling with sadness as she remembered the cold mockery and the scornful faces that ridiculed her.

"Hmph!" Upon hearing her words and feeling her sense of injustice, Shi Feng snorted coldly, then reassured Shi Ling, "Our Shi Ling is of noble status; such garbage Martial Arts are unworthy of you! Our Shi Ling is an Innate Spiritual Body, with a Martial Arts Talent far surpassing these worthless fools by countless times. How could these short-sighted ignorant fools understand!"

Shi Feng had already examined Shi Ling’s condition a moment ago. When she wasn’t cultivating, he hadn’t realized it. Now he understood that this girl was an Innate Spiritual Body. The reason she hadn’t yet entered the Martial Arts Disciple Realm was that the Innate Spiritual Body needed an enormous amount of energy to begin cultivating. Once an Innate Spiritual Body entered Martial Arts, they would soar high into the sky!

Such a rare and exceptional Innate Spiritual Body, with heaven-defying talent, how could those fools from the Floating Void Sect understand.

At the top of the Floating Void Sect mountain, hundreds of Martial Artists still watched the Mysterious Light Mirror with solemn expressions. These disciples had not heard of an Innate Spiritual Body, but Wei Fang and Du Qi showed shocked faces. The disciples might not have heard of it, but both of them were familiar with the legend of the Spirit Martial Emperor.

Legend had it that, ten thousand years ago, an unparalleled powerhouse appeared on the Tianheng Continent. The first person under heaven at that time, the legendary Spirit Martial Emperor, was an Innate Spiritual Body. Since the Spirit Martial Emperor, the Heavenly Mist Empire had never heard of another Innate Spiritual Body—yet now, the once lowly servant of the Floating Void Sect revealed to be the legendary Innate Spiritual Body.

"Rumor has it that the Spirit Martial Emperor, in his youth, was also called a Martial Arts failure, and yet later he ascended to unparalleled heights!" Watching the Mysterious Light Mirror, Du Qi said with a sigh, looking at the ragged little girl.

Beside him, although Wei Fang said nothing, her old face burned as though slapped by Shi Feng’s scornful words about short-sighted frogs at the bottom of a well.

Shi Ling was the girl Wei Fang had taken a fancy to in the Yunlai Empire. She felt the girl was brimming with Spiritual Energy and had exceptional cultivation talent, so Wei Fang brought Shi Ling back to the Floating Void Sect.

Of course, Wei Fang then looked down upon everything, thinking that in a small country like the Yunlai Empire, her word was law, naturally not caring whether others agreed or not, whether the girl agreed or not. Wei Fang even thought that the girl following her to the Floating Void Sect was like a wild chicken turning into a phoenix—an opportunity for the girl.

However, after she ascended to the Floating Void Sect, Wei Fang had originally intended to personally take in Shi Ling as her disciple, but she found Shi Ling unbearably lacking. The former prodigy was nothing but cultivation trash. Three months had passed and she hadn’t even entered the Martial Disciple Realm. Therefore, Wei Fang naturally wouldn’t waste her effort on someone she considered cultivation trash. Since she was trash, she let Shi Ling become a servant, without considering whether the little girl was willing or not.

Little did she expect that this useless lump of clay was actually an unpolished piece of gold, indeed an Innate Spiritual Body from legends, and she even had a brother with equally heaven-defying talent, stirring up unrest in the entire Yunlai Empire with his bold declaration to blood-cleanse the Floating Void Sect.

If only she had taken the girl with her at the time, visited her family, and cultivated a good relationship, perhaps the Floating Void Sect would have gained a powerful ally in the future. The murderous Mad Demon might have spared the sect’s members, allowing for a peaceful coexistence. Perhaps talents like Deputy Sect Master Lin Yuexin, Lingg Hao, and Lingg Sa might not have died.

Moreover, with the Innate Spiritual Body, if only she hadn’t been so shortsighted, observing the girl for a little longer and letting her cultivate properly within the Floating Void Sect, maybe she would have discovered the girl’s extraordinary qualities. If she had treated her well, perhaps today’s crisis facing the Floating Void Sect would also have been averted.

If the Floating Void Sect had nurtured an Innate Spiritual Body, the future influence of the sect would have been unimaginable.

And if that Innate Spiritual Body had been cultivated by her, as her mentor her status too would have been unimaginable.

But, there are not so many "perhaps" and "if" in this world.

Gradually, Wei Fang’s face became fierce, and she said to Du Qi with malice, "If we let these siblings continue to grow, the consequences will be unimaginable. Our Floating Void Sect will definitely face two unimaginable powerful enemies in the future. Today, they must not be allowed to continue living."

After hearing Wei Fang’s words, Du Qi took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled before speaking slowly to Wei Fang, "If it really comes down to it, use ’that’ power."

"Yes. If it really comes down to it, for the future of our Floating Void Sect, it’s the only way." As Wei Fang spoke, her gaze swept across the five hundred Floating Void Sect disciples on the plaza and then she let out a long sigh.

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Within the courtyard, Shi Feng lifted Shi Ling’s small body and let her sit on his right shoulder. On this Tianheng Continent, probably only this little girl was fortunate enough to sit on the shoulder of Emperor Nine Nether.

After that, Shi Feng slowly turned around, his gaze sweeping across the courtyard’s servants. As these people caught Shi Feng’s gaze, remembering the painful, wretched screams of the plump woman just now, they trembled and "Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!" fell to their knees unanimously before Shi Feng.

"No! Don’t kill us, we are just the servants, the slaves of the Floating Void Sect! Little sister Shi Ling, I have always looked out for you." A middle-aged man said to Shi Feng, tremblingly.

"Brother, this is Uncle Li. Last time when I didn’t have enough to eat, Uncle Li shared his steamed bun with me," Shi Ling pointed out the middle-aged servant to Shi Feng.