380 Inheritance (2/2)
”I got the message, it seems like the trade went well.”
Krune nodded.
”Yes, but we can talk about it later. There is something else we need to talk to you.”
Krune looked at Feifei, and she explained everything to Cinty.
Cinty, of course, was also surprised by that development.
She couldn't help but look at Krune.
”Why everything about you is always this damn confusing?”
Krune's mouth twitched.
”It is not like I'm trying to make things complicated, you know? They simply... happen!”
Cinty ignored him and then took a look at Feifei's baby. Cinty didn't notice anything wrong before because she was only checking the baby's growth. But this time, she paid attention to the Spiritual Energy entering its body.
”Impressive! Tell me how many spirit stones you used already.”
Feifei pondered a bit and then said.
”The first two months, I was able to feed the baby without any Spirit Stones. But from five weeks ago, I had to use Spirit Stones to be able to keep up with him. So far, I guess I used around 400 Rank 5 Spirit Stones.”
Cinty nodded.
”It seems like not be using much at the moment. But if I'm not wrong, the rate is still increasing, right?”
Feifei nodded.
”So much Spiritual Energy... It is as if...”
Krune just had to hear until that part to understand where Cinty was coming from.
”As if the baby is advancing in cultivation!”
Feifei then thought about something and immediately opened her communicator. She quickly entered a specific contact ID and called it over.
”Tiane, can you come to Cinty's house? If possible, bring Ruik as well.”
Tiane and Ruik quickly arrived there. Feifei then went straight to the point.
”Is your Egg absorbing more and more Spiritual Energy as it grows?”
Tiane didn't know what was happening, but it seemed important, so she told the truth.
”Yes. But I can still provide enough of it without using Spirit Stones.”
Krune, Cinty, and Feifei nodded.
”As we thought. They seem to be cultivating, although not consciously.”
Feifei then sent a Divine Sense message to Tiane and Ruik explaining everything that they had been thinking.
The crow and snake, obviously, were shocked when they heard about it.
However, it was then that Krune thought about something.
”Right! How could we have forgotten?! If they are really cultivating, then they must have a dantian or a core!”
Hearing that, Ruik immediately sent his Spiritual Energy and Divine Sense into Tiane's body. At the same time, Krune and Cinty did the same with Feifei. Sure enough, both sides found what they were looking for.
Ruik couldn't help but exclaim.
”Already in the 3rd Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm.”
Krune and added his piece.
”4th Stage here.”
They hadn't noticed it before because Feifei and Tiane's cultivations were obscuring the Egg and Baby's ones.
Still, Feifei couldn't help but comment.
”Isn't it way too low for the amount of Spiritual Energy absorbed until now?”
Cinty immediately shook her head.
”You must remember that they are doing it unconsciously, so there is no doubt that the majority of the energy is being wasted. It's simple as that. As for why they can already absorb Spiritual Energy... Could it be the Elemental Meridians?”
Feifei and Tiane nodded.
”We also thought about this possibility.”
But that's where the problem resided.
”The Myriad Energies Technique is, after all, a technique. Can it really be passed down like bloodlines?”
Krune pondered a bit and reached a conclusion.
”Most likely. As for a reason, it is very simple. Do you remember that when we were creating the Pseudo Energy Meridians, we could destroy them and create new ones?”
Everyone in the room nodded. It was really possible to make it with the Pseudo Energy Meridians.
Krune then continued.
”At that point, the Myriad Energies Technique could really be considered only that, a technique. But after we created the real Energy Meridians, it became impossible to get rid of them. Think a little, whether you are cultivating or not, they are always there, they are part of your body! Let alone after they evolved into the Elemental Meridians.”
Suddenly, Krune's eyes lit up.
”Right!”
First, Krune took a sword out of his spatial ring. He had been forging in the last three months, so he had quite a few pieces of equipment. After that, he summoned one of his Elemental Meridians and... attacked it!
Everyone was taken aback by that scene! Why would Krune attack his own Elemental Meridian?
”Arrrgh!”
Feifei immediately got worried.
”Are you okay?!”
Krune nodded with a pale face.
”I'm fine.”
He then looked at everyone and said.
”I had to use a sword without any energy. Otherwise, my Elemental Meridians would definitely absorb it. If these guys can even absorb Tribulation lightning, I doubt that any Energy attack could cause anything to them.”
Krune continued.
”Anyway, it proved my theory. That fact that I felt pain!”
Ruik was the first one to catch the clue.
”I see... If the Elemental Meridians were really just something you got because of a Technique, then there shouldn't be possible for you to feel pain.”
Feifei couldn't help but comment, though.
”But there are lots of techniques that cause pain to the user.”
Cinty's eyes lit up, and she also understood where Krune and Ruik were coming from.
”You are wrong, Feifei. The pain inflicted by those techniques were usually due to the misuse or because of a backlash. It is not like the techniques themselves are inflicting the pain. But the Elemental Meridians are different. What Krune felt was not the pain of a backlash of a misuse. What he felt was a nerve-like pain, the same type when you receive an injury.”
Ruik decided to do the same thing as Krune. He summoned one of his Elemental Meridians and used Krune's sword to slash at it. Of course, just like Krune, he controlled his force.
”Ouch!”
Ruik confirmed that Krune was correct.
”Indeed, this is the same pain when I injured my normal meridians in the past. Before meeting Krune, I was already a Foundation Establishment Demon Beast. I also had a small territory with a Spirit Vein. Because of that, I had to fight a few times to protect it. In one of those battles, two of my body meridians got injured, so I know the pain very well. Fortunately, it wasn't anything serious, so they healed themselves with time.”
Krune nodded.
”I guess we can proceed with this logic. The Elemental Meridians are not just a technique, but real Meridians that are part of each of our bodies. They are something that can be inherited... just like bloodlines!”