Faced with the gun, Shui Miao dared not resist and could only obediently walk back to his room.
“Uncle Lin, what exactly do you mean by this?” Shui Miao focused all his spiritual energy, his nerves tense, while secretly resolving to study spiritual energy usage thoroughly later to avoid being helpless during emergencies again.
The severe situation made Shui Miao painfully aware of his own weakness.
He must learn earth-style ninjutsu, illusion techniques, and mind-control spells.
Even more, he needed to master various applications of spiritual arts.
At this moment, Shui Miao thought of Wu Ai, but unfortunately, Wu Ai had already returned to Fengdu, the capital of the underworld.
“Put your guns down, all of you!” Grandpa Lin frowned at the guards, loudly scolding, “Fools! Shui Miao is my honored guest. Before I finish speaking, you dare to point guns at him? Do you want to die? Get out! All of you, get out!”
Hypocrite! Despicable!
Shui Miao inwardly cursed, thinking how the old man treated him like a fool, performing this farce right in front of him—it was truly infuriating.
The guards exited, and Grandpa Lin quickly approached with an apologetic smile: “Shui Miao, please don’t blame me. I came all this way to see you, yet you were in such a hurry. I panicked and gave the wrong orders, so my men acted improperly. I’m really sorry. This bad habit of mine—acting impulsively—it’s hard to change. Please, sit down, and let’s talk properly?”
Grandpa Lin’s smile didn’t reach his eyes, making it difficult to discern his true thoughts.
Shui Miao had experienced enough, silently vowing never to help anyone who dared to point a gun at him again.
He paused, then shook his head while looking at Grandpa Lin: “I really can’t think of anything worth discussing. It seems like you don’t believe a word I say.”
“Believe? Of course I do! As long as it’s the truth, I will certainly believe it.”
Grandpa Lin approached Shui Miao, trying to persuade him to sit down.
But Shui Miao, being young and unable to hide his emotions, immediately brushed aside Grandpa Lin’s hand and walked directly to the window, gazing outside: “If you have something to say, please say it quickly. I dislike beating around the bush. And please, stop trying to fool me with tricks. I’m not an idiot, nor a three-year-old child who would lose all sense of direction because of a few sweet words. Please just state your purpose clearly.”
The tone Shui Miao used was clear enough even for a fool to understand.
Grandpa Lin was slightly taken aback, but he quickly smiled again: “I know you resent me for not allowing Qing’er to be with you, but…”
“Please get to the point,” Shui Miao interrupted.
Grandpa Lin frowned slightly, “Shui Miao, actually, there’s no need for you to be angry. That was just a misunderstanding. Can’t my apology be enough?”
“Fine! Since you’re unwilling to speak, let me do it for you then,” Shui Miao turned around, staring directly into Grandpa Lin’s eyes while fully activating his spiritual energy to sense the man’s thoughts: “You heard rumors that I’ve attained spiritual enlightenment, but you didn’t quite believe it. So you came here under the pretense of helping me with my illness to verify it yourself. However, you couldn’t bring yourself to ask directly, so you resorted to tricks and flattery to get close to me. You didn’t expect that I actually despise you. As things escalated, you tried desperately to salvage the situation, but the more you tried, the more I disliked you.”
“Why do you dislike me?” Grandpa Lin asked, puzzled.
“Good question!” Shui Miao nodded, “But the answer is simple. I appreciate sincere, loving, and kind-hearted people, while you are nothing but a selfish man.”
…
Hearing this, Grandpa Lin was stunned.
After a silence of about ten seconds, he suddenly smiled faintly: “Haha, I’m not here today to discuss life or morality with you. I just want to know if you truly have the abilities to ensure my daughter’s happiness.”
“You want to see real skills? Fine!”
Under Shui Miao’s spiritual perception, he noticed Lin Qing’er and Da Shuang leaving the infirmary and walking down the corridor towards him, while the group of assassins was also heading toward the infirmary. The situation was urgent, so Shui Miao immediately activated his fire-based spiritual energy. Red fire energy separated from his dantian and appeared in his hand, manifesting as a red mist rather than actual flames.
How could he transform this mist into real fire that he could control at will?
Looking at the red mist, Shui Miao wished he had a master to guide him.
“What is this?” Grandpa Lin, curious, reached out a finger to touch the red mist emanating from Shui Miao’s hand.
Seeing Grandpa Lin interfering, Shui Miao felt annoyed and thought spitefully… Burn him!
“Whoosh!”
The moment Grandpa Lin’s hand touched the fire energy, it transformed into roaring flames that engulfed his entire body!
“Ahh!”
Startled by the sudden fire, Grandpa Lin screamed and rolled on the floor in panic.
Suddenly, the door opened, and two guards peeked inside.
Seeing this, Shui Miao felt anxious and wished the fire could scare those guards away!
Amazingly, the flames responded to Shui Miao’s thoughts. They instantly left Grandpa Lin’s body and engulfed the more than ten guards outside, instantly turning them into human torches!
“Great!”
Shui Miao felt thrilled, never expecting the flames to be controllable like this!
However, as his anger faded and excitement took over, the flames automatically extinguished, and the fire energy gathered back into a red mist.
“I get it now!”
Shui Miao suddenly realized—the key to controlling spiritual energy lay in one’s mindset and thoughts!
Only with anger could the energy become offensive. The angrier he was, the more powerful the attack.
With a calm mind, the spiritual energy also became peaceful. The same fire, under a peaceful mindset, would not harm others.
Looking up, Shui Miao saw that Grandpa Lin and the guards were all scorched and disheveled—clothes wrinkled, eyebrows burned off, hair singed and stuck together. They sat on the ground, groaning in pain but too afraid to touch their burns.
Comparatively, Grandpa Lin’s injuries were minor.
Forgetting the pain, Grandpa Lin stared at Shui Miao like a wooden chicken, his eyes seemingly saying, “Oh my god! Am I dreaming? So immortals really exist in this world!”
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“Boss! That girl ahead looks like Lin Qing’er!”
“Yeah, that’s her!”
A group of assassins had reached the corridor. Two of the subordinates spotted Lin Qing’er and Da Shuang exiting the infirmary, heading north.
“Capture her alive!”
The boss waved his hand, and several subordinates immediately chased after Lin Qing’er.
Hearing the footsteps, Da Shuang turned around—
“Ahh!”
“It’s them! Run, Lin Sister!”
“Haha! You won’t escape this time!”
The assassins were fast, already behind Lin Qing’er and Da Shuang, who couldn’t run away anymore.
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
But suddenly, numerous fireballs flew from the corridor, hitting the assassins. The fire engulfed them instantly, causing the group to scream in pain and scatter in panic.
Seeing this, Lin Qing’er and Da Shuang were shocked and immediately turned to run.
Inside the office, Shui Miao willed the fire to return, and all the flames transformed back into fire energy flying into his hand.
This sight left Grandpa Lin speechless.
Shui Miao did not stop there. Applying the principle of mutual克制among the five elements, he immediately activated water-based spiritual energy to surround Grandpa Lin. In an instant, Grandpa Lin was enclosed within a large water bubble. Under Shui Miao’s willpower, the burn injuries on his body rapidly healed, fully restored in moments. Then, Shui Miao withdrew the water energy.
Grandpa Lin stared at his own body in disbelief, then touched his face, suddenly grabbing Shui Miao’s hand with excitement, unable to speak coherently!
To regain Shui Miao’s favor, Grandpa Lin slapped himself repeatedly while saying, “I was wrong! I was selfish! I deserved it!”
Shui Miao had expected this all along!
Once they witnessed spiritual energy, they inevitably became obedient grandsons.
Shui Miao shook his head, gently pulled Grandpa Lin’s hand down, said nothing, and turned to leave.
But Grandpa Lin suddenly knelt and hugged Shui Miao’s leg, begging: “Master, please accept me as your disciple! I’ll obey you forever! I was wrong! I truly was wrong!!”
“Uncle Lin, your actions only make me despise you more. If you truly admit your mistake, tell me—what exactly did you do wrong?” Shui Miao hurriedly helped Grandpa Lin up.
Grandpa Lin blinked, murmuring: “Selfishness, lack of kindness?”
“Think again. What you need now is to calm your mind and truly understand yourself. It’s not just because you witnessed spiritual energy that you’re desperately trying to become my disciple,” Shui Miao paused, then sighed meaningfully: “A person who can always maintain a clear mind will not make mistakes. If you can now clearly recognize your own issues, it’s never too late for redemption in the next life!”
After saying this, Shui Miao turned and walked away.
This time, Grandpa Lin followed to the door but didn’t try to stop him anymore.
“Close your eyes. I’ll heal your burns, but I hope today’s events serve as a warning to you all.”
Standing in the middle of the corridor, Shui Miao activated water-based spiritual energy, healing the burns of the more than ten guards. Then, he used metal-based spiritual energy to transform all the guards’ guns into a ball of scrap metal…
“Clang!”
The metal ball fell to the corridor floor. The guards opened their eyes in shock, discovering that their severe burns had completely healed!
Having just begun to grasp the mysteries of spiritual energy, Shui Miao felt exhilarated!
But then he suddenly wondered—if he could combine and use all seven types of spiritual energy (Yin and Yang plus the five elements) together, what kind of effect would that create?
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