Cultivation begins with the Druid panel

Lu Lin felt his consciousness drift to the sky, with the constant dripping sound of water in his ears.

He followed the sound of water and finally reached the end.

A towering ancient tree stands before me, its dense leaves covered with dewdrops. The dewdrops slowly slide down and fall into a small puddle at the foot of the tree, creating the dripping sound.

Lu Lin shifted his gaze from the small puddle, moving upwards, past the tree trunks and canopies, finally looking up at the sky above the towering tree.

An endless Milky Way stretches out, its starlight twinkling in alternating patterns, a breathtaking sight.

"Is this a mature spirit wood?" Lu Lin's eyes flashed, and he had a guess in his mind. He looked down again and saw that the ground, which was originally white, was now stained with light purple, which gave people a sense of eeriness.

Ok?

The spirit wood reaching the highest heavens and the deepest hells is a realistic depiction.

Shouldn't this kind of description be considered abstract?

"But does the Nine Netherworld really exist in this world?" Lu Lin wondered, looking at the world belonging to the 'Netherworld' beneath the tree roots.

Unfortunately, there were no ghosts in the 'Netherworld,' only endless mountains of corpses and seas of blood. No one knew where so many people had died; there were more than the stars in the heavens.

As for the so-called "Nine Heavens," it was nothing more than a cluster of stars, which Lu Lin found nothing miraculous about.

"Tsk..." Lu Lin felt that he was too low-level and wouldn't be able to see anything if he stayed here, so he simply turned around and left.

But the panel refreshed in reality.

[You have gained 10 experience points for communicating with the divine and entering the realm of the spirits by observing the heavens and the netherworld through the spirit wood.]

……

Time passed second by second, and Lu Lin's consciousness gradually returned to his body. He felt that his meridians were flowing smoothly and that he had inexhaustible energy.

[You have planted an innate Dao seed within your body, and through this, opened your Qi Sea, becoming a first-level Qi Refining Immortal Master. Your Natural Heart experience points +50, and your Divine Enlightenment experience points +50.]

Lu Lin slowly opened his eyes, nodded in satisfaction after seeing the panel in front of him, but as the panel disappeared, what appeared in front of him next was Shi Jiayi with a sudden appearance.

"?!"

Lu Lin was startled.

Seeing that Lu Lin was in good spirits, Shi Jia gradually moved away and explained to Lu Lin:

"Master saw that your enlightenment took too long and was afraid that you might have gone astray during your cultivation, so he sent me here to protect you."

"I see, thank you, Eleventh Senior Sister." Lu Lin quickly cupped her hands in gratitude, and at the same time, she noticed that it was already night.

"Give me your hand." Shi Jia didn't care how Lu Lin addressed her.

Lu Lin did as instructed, handing his hand to Shi Jiayi, and then he felt a cool sensation flowing through his body.

Shi Jia nodded slightly: "It's a perfect first level of Qi refining, without any flaws. Alright, it's getting late, go back and rest and get some sleep. Master might have some new arrangements for tomorrow."

Lu Lin nodded, but couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked, "But Senior Sister, don't I need to cultivate any techniques?"

Now that he has reached the Qi Refining stage, he can't still rely on a Qi Cultivation Manual to cultivate, can he?

Upon hearing Lu Lin's question, Shi Jia immediately realized what was going on and took out a booklet from her sleeve: "The cultivation method will be arranged by your master, so you don't need to rush. This booklet is about the Wind Control Technique. Study it carefully when you get back. You have the foundation of the Wind Summoning Spell, so you should be able to get started easily."

If Lu Lin isn't given the Wind Control Technique, it will be a problem how he gets down the mountain. He can't always have his senior brothers and sisters carry him around, can he?

Lu Lin quickly took the Wind Control Technique into her hand: "Oh, okay, I understand, Senior Sister."

Shi Jia continued, "You haven't eaten all day, aren't you hungry?"

Lu Lin was taken aback and looked at the sky. It was so late; they should have already eaten dinner, right?

"Is there any more food?" Lu Lin asked.

"No, but I can make it for you." As soon as Shijia finished speaking, she walked towards the edge of the bamboo forest: "If you want to eat, come with me."

At first, Lu Lin didn't feel anything, but after hearing the word "eat," his stomach started growling. He hadn't eaten all day, and although he was being supported by the growth and absorption of nutrients, he was already starving.

"Thank you for cooking for me, Senior Sister." Lu Lin chuckled as he followed behind Shi Jiayi.

The hour of midnight has passed.

Shen Luo had already gone to sleep, and the other senior brothers and sisters had also returned to their residences. Even their master had rested. In the entire woodshed, only Lu Lin and Shi Jia were both up to something.

This was Lu Lin's first time visiting the woodshed.

The air in the woodshed was filled with a faint woody fragrance. When Lu Lin came to the firewood, he was surprised to find that it was all spirit wood.

No wonder Shen Luo couldn't control the heat at the beginning.

While Lu Lin was observing the firewood, Shi Jiayi had already started a fire and begun boiling water to cook.

Seeing this, Lu Lin sat on a small stool like a well-behaved child, waiting for the meal to be served.

The spirit rice, spirit wheat, and some unknown spirit beast meat in the woodshed were all taken out by Shi Jia one by one.

Under the cover of night, Lu Lin watched Shi Jia's retreating figure as she worked, and a warm feeling welled up inside him: "Although Fourth Senior Sister beat me up really hard that day, it seems she's all bark and no bite."

Half an hour later.

Three dishes, a bowl of rice porridge, and a few steamed buns were served on the wooden table by Shi Jiayi.

Lu Lin smelled it; it wasn't particularly fragrant, but it looked quite good.

Shi Jia took out chopsticks and handed them to Lu Lin, saying, "Try it."

Lu Lin nodded and immediately picked up a piece of meat to eat.

"..."

"?"

Is this meat?

Lu Lin chewed carefully, but the food in his mouth not only lacked the aroma of meat, but also had a faint bitter taste, just like eating a bitter melon.

Lu Lin refused to believe it and tried all the dishes. They were extremely unpalatable, almost as bad as the meal Shen Luo made on the first day.

"Senior sister, you..." Lu Lin looked at Shi Jiayi, wanting to ask if Shi Jiayi was deliberately retaliating against him.

But when she looked up, she saw Shi Jiayi's hopeful eyes.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Shi Jia asked.

Lu Lin opened his mouth, but genuinely didn't know how to answer.

When Shijia saw that Lu Lin didn't answer, she took out her chopsticks, tried a bite, and then spat it out.

"Fine, let's just dump it."

Lu Lin said, "No need. Anyway, it's better than the first time Shen Luo made it. I'm really hungry, so I'll just eat it."

Lu Lin discovered that Shi Jia's terrible cooking wasn't intentional; she must have some talent for it.

However, he was really hungry now. From being asked if he wanted to eat earlier to now seeing the food in front of him, Lu Lin's appetite had been whetted.

Forget about whether it tastes good or bad, just eat your fill first.

Upon hearing Lu Lin's words, Shi Jia stopped insisting on throwing away the food.

At the same time, she fell into self-doubt: "I've tried so hard all these years, why is my cooking still so terrible?"

Actually, her decision to take Lu Lin out to dinner today was just a spur-of-the-moment thing. She mainly wanted Lu Lin to help her check if the food she cooked was really good.

After all, normally, neither the three senior brothers and sisters nor their master would want to eat the food they made.