The improved female villains regained their memories.

To control spiritual energy means to first become an immortal. Shi Guijia was talking to her daughter while thinking about where to get the Transcendent Pill. Suddenly she felt a chill. She looked down and saw that the cold air was surrounding Yang Luoyi.

"Mother, is this spiritual energy?"

"..."

Could it be that this child is actually a genius?

She didn't dare to delay, so she grabbed Yang Luoyi's hand and walked out of the house.

Don't let the small size of the town fool you; it has everything you need for business, from alchemy and talisman making to the most common crafting of artifacts. Immortals' services are not uncommon here, as everyone can generally sense the spiritual energy. Even if your spiritual sea is small, you can use spirit stones instead.

Each business is managed by someone, including the one that tests spiritual aptitude.

"Linghai is of the highest level. He has high spiritual aptitude, moderate affinity, a high correlation between muscle and spiritual particle density, and low spiritual energy control. We recommend focusing on body cultivation here."

The person who tested her spiritual aptitude gave her a detailed report. Shi Guijia took the report, read it carefully, and frowned.

"Can't we go through the weapon crafting process?"

"I'm just giving advice based on her physical condition. To be honest, with such a large spiritual sea and weak spiritual energy control, it's difficult to achieve precision. Refining artifacts... is probably not suitable for her."

"Then you can't go down the path of body cultivation. Even alchemy, talismans, or killing techniques are still better than body cultivation, right?"

“Those paths aren’t necessarily bad, but they definitely won’t be as effective as body cultivation. After all, her affinity is only average, so she’ll inevitably be a little slower in absorbing spiritual energy. However, her body can accept spiritual particles very well, so I still recommend body cultivation.”

"...Understood, thank you."

After paying for the examination, Shi Guijia walked up to Yang Luoyi, who was looking down, and said, "You heard it too, weapon crafting isn't really suitable for you."

"..."

The little thing remained silent. Shi Guijia scratched her face, wondering if she should say something comforting. But then she thought that it was nothing, just a result. So what she said was not so comforting: "Weapon refining isn't good either. It's tiring, troublesome, and requires a lot of brainpower. Body cultivation isn't so troublesome. I'll buy you some pills and medicinal liquids later so you can slowly experience it."

"..."

"What's wrong? If you don't say anything, I won't know what you're thinking."

"I don't want to, body cultivator..."

That's to be expected. As the saying goes, children of this age, especially girls, are at the age when they love beauty. Whether it's a killing move or a talisman, it all sounds pretty. As for physical cultivation, which relies on fists mixed with spiritual energy to fight head-on, boys would probably prefer it.

"If you don't want to cultivate your body, you can go another way. Choose one: killing techniques, talismans, or alchemy. But let me tell you first, these won't allow you to fully utilize your talents."

"...I want to learn weapon crafting."

"I've already told you, this isn't suitable for you."

"But I want to learn..."

"...You bastard."

The superior spiritual sea paired with inefficient spiritual energy manipulation—Shi Guijia knew all too well what that meant.

Because the spiritual energy stored in the spiritual sea is usually large, once it is used, it will cause the spiritual energy to flow erratically if it is not controlled. If this situation is used to cultivate killing moves, it may be possible to develop a unique area-of-effect killing move. However, if it is used to refine weapons, it will be a disaster.

Carving spiritual energy circuits requires an extremely strong ability to control spiritual energy. Even if the spiritual sea is small, it doesn't matter. The most important thing is to be meticulous. Any mistake could damage the magical artifact, rendering all the previous work useless and all the effort wasted. However, if you have an extremely strong ability to control spiritual energy, all of this can be avoided.

"Weapon crafting is not suitable for you, why can't you listen to advice?"

"..."

Yang Luoyi stopped talking and just lowered her head.

Shi Guijia realized that she had spoken a bit too harshly, but she didn't explain further. She just clicked her tongue, put her hands in her pockets, and walked ahead.

On the way back, neither the mother nor the daughter spoke.

Perhaps sensing the oppressive atmosphere, Shi Guijia took the initiative to start a conversation: "What do you want to eat for lunch?"

Yang Luo remained silent.

"Don't you want anything to eat? If you don't say anything, I can just buy whatever you want."

Yang Luoyi remained silent.

"...How about candied hawthorns? I saw they sell them over there."

Yang Luoyi remained silent.

Shi Guijia grew increasingly impatient, and pulled both hands out of her pockets, waving them up and down in a huff.

"Kids are such a hassle."

She didn't understand why the little one insisted on learning weapon crafting. If he was really interested, wouldn't it be fine to just treat it as entertainment?

If you don't have the talent, why bother trying to master this?

Looking at the little creature's silent demeanor, she felt a nameless anger well up inside her, as if it had stirred up distant memories, so she stopped in her tracks.

"?"

Yang Luo looked up at her, puzzled.

"...Do you really enjoy weapon crafting?"

"Yes, Mother, I want to..."

"Then I'll tell you, give up."

"Hey?"

"God is fair. He will endow everyone with different talents. Kings have the talents of kings, generals have the talents of generals, and soldiers have the talents of soldiers. So-called geniuses are just gifts from God. This is fate."

"……Mother."

“Fate is unchangeable, and going against it will only bring suffering. Just like you, since you don’t have the talent to forge weapons, don’t try. Otherwise you’ll just end up getting hurt and wasting so much useless time.”

Everything is predestined.

Just like her and Yang Pingsheng.

All encounters are deceptions of fate; the more you desire something, the further away it becomes.

In the end, it only adds to the sorrow.

"..."

The little thing stopped talking again, and this time, it didn't even keep up with the pace.

Shi Guijia took a few steps and realized that no one was following her, so she turned around and looked at her.

"...What are you doing?"

"..."

"Throwing a tantrum won't help; I'm just telling the truth." These are all truths she has learned from her own experiences.

"..."

"I already told you that weapon crafting isn't suitable for you. That person made it very clear. Otherwise, should I show you the report?"

"..."

"Tsk."

She wanted to drink again.

But she couldn't. Her volatile temper kept flaring up, and in the end, she could only admit defeat, saying, "I give up. Do whatever you want."

After saying that, she ignored Yang Luoyi and turned to leave.

Yang Luo lowered her head and silently followed.

This time, however, neither of them spoke, and their relationship seemed to have returned to what it was not long ago.

----

Yang Luoyi really wanted to refine weapons.

In the afternoon, she told Shi Guijia that she wanted to go out and play, and then she went to the back mountain by herself.

Even though she had just come into contact with spiritual energy and her relationship with her mother was starting to improve, she still managed to mess everything up because of this.

Yang Luoyi didn't like this, but she still wanted to refine weapons.

The excitement of being in contact with spiritual energy again made her forget the unpleasantness of the morning. She imitated her mother, constantly using the cold icy spiritual energy to melt various items, mixing stones, bamboo, flowers, leaves and so on, and finally producing a strange lump. She called this her masterpiece, after all, it was her first work.

Perhaps because she was inexperienced, or perhaps because the test report was correct, she was not careful and the icy cold air went out of control, almost causing her to suffer a backlash.

But the next moment, a wise man saved her.

"Child, the art of weapon forging should not be attempted lightly without proper instruction. Furthermore, didn't anyone tell you children shouldn't run around? Especially in this place, where there are many demonic beasts. Where are your parents?"

The expert smiled and waved his hand, instantly obliterating her icy spiritual energy.

She looked up, still shaken, and saw a gentle smiling face. It was a black-haired man wearing a strange hooded outfit with the hood pulled back on his head. He had sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a high nose, and an unusually thin face, looking like a traveler from afar.

Yang Luo was extremely nervous. She remembered her aunt's words: don't approach strange men casually. However, since this man had saved her, she still politely said thank you and then quickly backed away.

"Child, don't be nervous," the man said with a smile. "I'm a traveler who just happened to be passing through this area. My name is Jiuwu. Where do you live? I'll take you home."

Yang Luo shook her head and said softly, "I can go back by myself."

The man nodded, bent down to pick up the artwork she had dropped in her panic, and crumpled it.

The next second, the mixed substance transformed into a dazzling, seven-colored dagger.

Such masterful skill left Yang Luo speechless. The man smiled slightly, handed the dagger to Yang Luo, and said softly:

"It's for you."

Chapter 328 Genius

"Compared to other paths, the path of weapon crafting is not actually that mysterious; it only requires creativity and patience."

Under Jiuwu's miraculous operation, Yang Luo listened with exceptional attention, and for some reason, the two of them ended up in a mode where one explained and the other listened.

"The so-called creativity actually lies in the construction of magical artifacts. Ordinary weapons, such as swords, spears, halberds, etc., are all reflected in the minds of ordinary people. But magical artifacts are different. When immortals fight, they no longer win by strength like mortals. They fight each other with magic and can only win by surprise."

"Take this dagger for example. It looks like an ordinary dagger, but try pointing the tip at a big tree and channeling your spiritual energy into it."

Yang Luo nodded and channeled spiritual energy into the body as Jiu Wu had instructed.

The next second, the dagger suddenly extended and pierced through the tree trunk.

Yang Luo stared wide-eyed.