In the Fireworks Collection, a new technique was finally unlocked.

Chen Xu looked carefully and couldn't help feeling invigorated.

[Spirit Control: A union of spirit and intent, the growth of nature and spirit, if one sees heaven and earth, first they must grasp the Spirit Control.]

To put it simply, the Basic Level of Spirit Manipulation Technique is a method to further understand the atmospheric mechanism of heaven and earth, deepen the practice of divine thoughts, and establish contact with certain Spiritual Objects, and to control them.

To unlock the Level 1 Spirit Manipulation Technique, it requires a Fireworks Value of [980] points.

This is much more expensive than unlocking any previous technique!

Fortunately, Chen Xu gained a considerable amount of Fireworks Value during his journey to Pufeng Mountain and, by drinking Spirit Wine with Master Wu and County Magistrate Feng today, he also accumulated nearly two thousand likes.

Now, his balance is still adequate, not unable to come up with those [980] points of Fireworks Value.

He calmed his heart and spirit, immediately consumed the Fireworks Value, and unlocked the Spirit Control!

In the Fire and Smoke Kitchen, Chen Xu sat cross-legged in the empty Firewood House, inducing the various mystical Dao meanings generated when unlocking the Spirit Manipulation Technique.

He first realized that his divine thoughts should have a shape.

Of course, the so-called "shape" is just a common understanding.

In fact, divine thoughts transcend the constraints of the Mortal Body and should be boundless and ever-changing—

In this respect, the divine thoughts of living beings seem to have a curious similarity with the Life-Reflected Fiend.

But through careful understanding, Chen Xu gradually understood that these two must never be mixed.

Though they both seem formless, their essences are entirely different concepts.

The Life-Reflected Fiend is an external entity, a formless fiend that can absorb all kinds of Evil Qi.

While divine thoughts are an extension of the thoughts of living beings, fundamentally, any emotional living being should possess divine thoughts.

However, the vast majority of living beings, including humans, do not understand or utilize divine thoughts.

Before the Spirit Manipulation Technique appeared, Chen Xu was the same.

In his use of divine thoughts, he was crude, relying purely on instinct without any technique.

Now, having been shown the secret, he began to gradually attempt to transform the formless divine thoughts into form, to facilitate his own understanding and use—

This is the first step in the cultivation of the Spirit Manipulation Technique.

In the future, when he reaches a higher level of cultivation, he will transform the form back to formless, which will be the advanced stage of Spirit Manipulation cultivation.

As for how to cultivate at an even higher stage, Chen Xu does not know now.

He merely embraced unity, stabilized his heart and spirit.

In the void, infinite mystical techniques unfolded in his mind and spirit, and he devotedly observed, incrementally comprehending, gradually achieving enlightenment.

Thus, twelve hours passed, and Chen Xu awoke from reality.

He only felt that he was still completely immersed in the wonders of cultivation, a myriad of insights flowed through his heart, yet there were many more doubts lingering in his chest.

Without hesitation, Chen Xu once again consumed 100 Fireworks Value and re-entered the Fire and Smoke Kitchen.

Time and again, Chen Xu entered the Fire and Smoke Kitchen three times in succession.

In thirty-six consecutive hours of cultivation, focused solely on either training his divine thoughts or using the Spirit Manipulation Technique to try to grasp the Life-Reflected Fiend.

By the time the third cultivation session was about to end, Chen Xu had initially grasped two uses of his divine thoughts.

First, just like before, it was scattered and formless, but whether sensing his own atmospheric mechanism or the atmospheric mechanism of heaven and earth around him, Chen Xu had at least doubled his perception!

Second, Chen Xu had learned to gather and condense part of his divine thoughts into a thin thread as long as three feet.

Through binding and manipulating the thread, Chen Xu finally initially controlled that magical Life-Reflected Fiend.

Intense joy welled up in him, and after the third cultivation ended, he returned to reality and immediately called out the Life-Reflected Fiend.

Beside the bed, Little Mouse Ah Shi still lay quietly asleep, breathing so lightly it was almost as if it wasn't there.

Chen Xu gently stroked the little fellow's furry body, did not lift the small cloth covering it, only moved his heart at will, using divine thoughts to control that "Water Belt"-like Life-Reflected Fiend, making it gently adhere to the front of the little mouse.

Then, a magical scene unfolded.

Though invisible to the naked eye, his divine thoughts could sense that a strange, turbulent energy in the little mouse's body suddenly seemed to meet its nemesis.

That energy instantly stagnated.

Soon after, those threads of Evil Qi started struggling, and were absorbed and taken by the "Water Belt"!

The little mouse suddenly shifted its body, and beneath the cloth, its outline curled up as if forming a circle, then suddenly relaxed and stretched.

Chen Xu rejoiced and called out, "Ah Shi."

But the little mouse did not respond. Its small body only stretched momentarily under the cloth, and then curled up again and trembled slightly.

Oh no, suddenly there was an even larger surge of strange Evil Qi from the little mouse's belly!

Chen Xu recalled Ah Shi mentioning earlier that Master Jiu had turned into She Junsha and had been swallowed by it.

It must be that the Evil Qi in Ah Shi's body was completely absorbed by the Life-Reflected Fiend, causing a noticeable "lack," and more Evil Qi then surged out from its belly.

Chen Xu quickly controlled the Life-Reflected Fiend to move away briefly, then, while the mouse's internal Evil Qi was unprepared, gently placed the Life-Reflected Fiend above its body again.

The strange "Water Belt" once more gradually absorbed the Evil Qi, but this time Chen Xu deliberately controlled the absorption rate.

He carefully and gently "stole" the Evil Qi from the little mouse's body.

Until almost all of the Evil Qi was absorbed, leaving only a very faint trace.

Suddenly, he heard a soft "chirp."

Chen Xu quickly moved the Life-Reflected Fiend away.

Only to see the little Mouse Demon beside the pillow suddenly arch its body, groggily sit up.

Tilting its head, it opened its grape-like, shiny black eyes.

"Scholar... Scholar?" It clearly had no idea where it was, merely blinking as it spoke, "Did I... did I return to Jichuan County again?"

Chen Xu felt as though something was swelling in his heart, and he smiled: "No, but I brought you with me. I now have a scholar's title, and my Literary Qi can temporarily protect you, preventing you from being pursued by the Demon Puppet."

Little mouse shook its head as if trying to shake off the clouds in its mind, its tone drowsy:

"You... you passed as a scholar, that's really great, really great... But the scholar's Literary Qi is still not enough. Maybe you should send me back to Jichuan.

Master Jiu said that before you pass and open the Sea of Literature, we shouldn't stay by your side too long. It'll... it'll put you in danger."

Chen Xu couldn't help but reach out to gently stroke its tiny head, softly saying: "You're underestimating me; I'm just a scholar, yet I've already opened the Sea of Literature."

"Oh, is that so? Can you open the Sea of Literature ahead of time?" The little mouse blinked, still a bit dazed.

Feeling the warmth on its head, it instinctively burrowed its little head into Chen Xu's palm.

Then it suddenly reacted to what it had just done, and quickly jumped forward.

With a swoosh, the little fellow deftly sprang out of Chen Xu's palm.

It stood at the bedhead on its hind legs, its body wobbling, saying: "Oh, so hungry, oh, I'm going to faint again. Squeak..."

Before the sound faded, it suddenly fell onto the pillow.

Oh, it fainted again.

Chen Xu suddenly felt regret, thinking he shouldn't have wasted time talking and should have fed the little mouse something right when it woke up!

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