Reincarnated as a Tabby Cat: Daily Life with the School Beauty Empress

Chapter 47 Light-type Skills

Su Qianxue's gaze lingered on the fourth one.

The staff is formed by two intertwined spirals, one gold and one silver, spiraling upwards. The staff head is a crescent-shaped crown of light, with an empty gemstone base embedded in the crescent's notch, awaiting the inlay of a spirit stone or spirit core. The overall design is not complicated, but the lines are clean and sharp, giving it a crisp and aggressive feel.

"This one." Su Qianxue pointed to the fourth option.

Murong Qingfeng glanced at her, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Good eye. This design is called the 'Moon Crown Staff,' offering both offense and defense. The empty slot at the staff head can be used to embed various enhancement spirit cores later, making it the most expandable."

After choosing the style, Murong Qingfeng started taking things out of the spatial ring on his left hand.

Pieces of materials were laid out on the training ground: golden spirit gold ore, fist-sized, its surface gleaming like liquid sunlight; crimson fire crystal marrow, contained in a specially made high-temperature resistant container, the temperature so high that the surrounding air seemed to distort; a dark silver metallic powder; three spirit beast bone cores of different colors; and several thin, cicada-wing-like inscribed plates—

All sorts of things were scattered all over the ground.

"The main materials for fire-type swords are crimson refined iron and fire scale armor, combined with fire-type spirit cores as conductors. The main materials for light-type staffs are holy gold ore and moon silver marrow, with light-type spirit core fragments as conductors."

She glanced at the two of them.

"The refining process will take about six hours. You are free to do as you please during this time, but don't wander off. I will notify you to pick it up when it's finished."

After saying that, she put away all the materials and strode towards a heavy iron door next to the training ground, the weapon-refining room.

The instant the door closed, a wave of scorching heat rushed out from the crack in the door, and was then blocked.

The training ground fell silent.

Murong Hui stretched: "Six hours...finally, half a day off. Qianxue, what are you going to do?"

Su Qianxue turned and walked towards the training room: "I'm going to practice. I've only just entered the Light element, and I don't know enough skills. So far, I've only learned Light Healing and Light Blade, both of which are beginner level. I have a combat mission tomorrow, and I can't do without decent attack methods."

"You really are—" Murong Hui shook her head from behind, "It's rare to get half a day off, most people would have already gone out shopping."

"You can go shopping," Su Qianxue said without turning her head.

"What's the point of me shopping alone if you don't come?"

Murong Hui muttered something, then chased after Su Qianxue and entered the cultivation area together.

Yi Chen squatted on Su Qianxue's shoulder and glanced back at the closed iron door of the weapon-refining room.

A faint hammering sound could be heard coming from behind the door, a steady rhythm, each strike carrying fluctuations of spiritual energy.

[Forging two weapons in six hours—Teacher Qingfeng's weapon-forging skills are top-notch. This woman can lead troops, teach, and forge weapons; she's a jack-of-all-trades.]

[But more importantly, Lord Cat is now an Emperor-level being. Rank 7. With his sorcery at his fingertips, he's invincible.]

He licked his golden claws.

[I just need one more chance to try out this new skill.]

Su Qianxue didn't waste a single minute of the six hours she spent in the cultivation room.

She had mastered the first three levels of the Light-based basic cultivation technique, "The Bright Dawn Heart Sutra," and was becoming increasingly proficient in using the two basic skills, Healing Light and Blade of Light. However, basic skills are still basic skills; their output was too low, and they weren't enough against tough opponents.

She turned to the fourth layer of the Heart Sutra, "Shield of Light".

Defensive skill. Can conjure a light-attribute spiritual energy shield in front of the user; its hardness and area increase with cultivation level.

In its initial state, it can withstand a full-force attack from a fifth-tier martial artist; after later enhancements—there is no upper limit.

There is also the fifth level skill, "Judgment of Light," an intermediate attack skill that is essentially an upgraded version of Blade of Light.

He condensed the spiritual energy of light into a high-density beam of light and shot it out. It had extremely strong straight-line penetrating power and was used for single-point explosion.

She didn't try to learn too much; she focused on mastering those two skills for those six hours.

The Shield of Light began to take shape in the third hour.

After six hours, the Judgment of Light could barely condense a beam of light, but its stability was insufficient, and the direction in which it was fired would deviate.

I need to keep practicing. But getting this far today has already exceeded my expectations.

Yi Chen squatted in the corner of the training room for six hours, not idle at all.

He repeatedly tested his various stats after reaching level 7. The power of the Foshan Shadowless Claw had increased significantly; the spatial cracks torn by the claw marks had increased from seven to twelve, and the dissipation time had tripled. The upper limit of the Gravity Space after reaching max level had stabilized at one hundred and twenty times.

As for his new skill, sorcery, he tested it on several training targets in the training room.

Training targets are inanimate and cannot be transformed into sheep.

We need to find someone who can work.

He kept this in mind, planning to bring it up again during a real combat mission.

At six o'clock in the evening, Murong Qingfeng's message arrived.

The two came out of the cultivation room and walked to the door of the weapon refining room.

The moment the iron gate opened, a wave of heat, mixed with the metallic scent and lingering spiritual energy, rushed out. Murong Qingfeng stood in front of the refining furnace, his training uniform sleeves rolled up to his elbows, a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.

On the worktable in front of her were two weapons.

A longsword. Entirely crimson, with dark red fire-elemental runes flowing along its blade; even before it was sharpened, it exuded a scorching aura. The hilt was wrapped in non-slip spirit beast hide, and a fiery red spirit core fragment was embedded at the end, making the entire sword resemble a solidified flame.

A staff. A double-helix staff, intertwined with gold and silver, with a crescent-shaped staff head. It is consistent with the previous phantom image, but the real thing is even more beautiful. The gold and silver patterns on the staff flow under the spiritual light, and a pale golden spirit core fragment is already embedded in the crescent-shaped staff head, emitting a soft fluctuation of light-type spiritual energy.

"Crimson Flame Sword, a sixth-tier spiritual weapon." Murong Qingfeng picked up the longsword and handed it to Murong Hui. "It's perfectly compatible with your fire-based techniques and Phoenix Burning Heaven Technique. Once you break through to the seventh tier, this sword can be further enhanced; you won't need to replace it."

Murong Hui took the sword, flicked her wrist, and a crimson sword light drew an arc in the weapon-forging room. The heat was oppressive.

"What a fine sword!" Her eyes lit up.

Murong Qingfeng picked up the staff and handed it to Su Qianxue.

"The Moon Crown Staff is also a sixth-tier spirit weapon. The spirit core fragment on the staff head was taken from my personal collection; it's of very high purity and belongs to the Light element. You can use it for now, and replace it with a better spirit core later. The slot on the staff head has a snap-lock design."

Su Qianxue accepted the staff with both hands.

The moment she touched it, a warm, luminous spiritual energy surged from the staff into her meridians, merging seamlessly with the luminous spiritual energy within her body, without the slightest resistance.

She held the staff, her arm slightly raised.

The crescent-shaped crown at the top of the staff glowed with a pale golden light, and a ball of light the size of a fist condensed and took shape within the arc of the crescent.

It is at least twice as fast as condensing a blade of light with bare hands.

Moreover, it's more stable.

"Thank you, teacher." Su Qianxue gripped the magic staff tightly.

Murong Qingfeng wiped the sweat from his forehead, picked up a stack of documents from beside the worktable, and handed over two copies.

"This is the current list of A-level and S-level missions released by the academy. You can take a look and choose one to carry out tomorrow."

Su Qianxue took it; there were many tasks. She turned to the first page.

Rank A Mission:

First: An unusual energy fluctuation has been detected at a spirit mine on the outskirts of Imperial City, suspected to be an invasion by a high-level alien beast. An on-site investigation is required to eliminate the threat. Reward: 500 academic credits + 5000 spirit stones.

Second task: Escort a batch of rare medicinal herbs from the Imperial City to a pharmacy in the neighboring city of Cangyun. You may encounter bandits along the way. Reward: 400 credits + three rare medicinal herbs.

Third: A new low-level secret realm entrance has been discovered in the northern mountains of Imperial City. An advance team is needed to explore and map it. Reward: 600 credits + all resources collected within the secret realm belong to the individual.

The rest are largely the same.

There are also many S-rank missions, all of which are very difficult.

such as:

First: A series of disappearances have recently occurred in Cangyun City, with seventeen martial artists and civilians missing. The cases are suspected to be related to dark-elemental beasts or evil cultivation organizations. An investigation is needed to uncover the truth and rescue those trapped. Reward: 2000 academic credits + 100 merit points from the Imperial Capital military.

Second: In an abandoned fortress on the southern border of the Dragon Empire, scouts have reported discovering energy reactions resembling those of an ancient ruin. A specialist is needed to confirm and conduct preliminary exploration. Reward: 3000 academic credits + 200 merit points from the Imperial Capital military.