Facing Bibi Dong's joke, Wu Ling only smiled without answering, but he still needed to respond to her question.
"One week? Then I will make the trip, Master."
"Good. Elder Ghost will go with you when the time comes."
After the two most important matters were settled, Bibi Dong put down her chopsticks.
As Wu Ling's teacher, she followed her usual practice and asked him several questions about cultivation. After receiving almost flawless answers, Bibi Dong nodded with relief.
"Not bad. It seems, Ling'er, that you have not neglected your accumulation of knowledge just because your Spirit Power rose.
"We will stop here for today. Although the Martial Soul awakening matter has passed smoothly, I still need to issue orders one by one regarding resource allocation and schedule adjustments. Come see me before you leave."
After saying that, Bibi Dong left. The Chrysanthemum Sage left with her. The afternoon was Ghost's time to train Wu Ling.
It was not good to exercise intensely right after eating, so Wu Ling first had the servants clear away the dishes. Then he drank tea and chatted idly with Ghost for a while.
Before transmigrating, Wu Ling had needed a short nap every noon. After arriving in this world, even that midday rest had been turned into cultivation time.
In his words, "A nap makes people feel refreshed, and cultivation also makes people feel refreshed. Therefore, cultivation equals a nap. The equation holds."
If nighttime sleep had not been necessary, Wu Ling might have stopped sleeping entirely.
After chatting for nearly half an hour, Wu Ling finally stood and prepared to begin his noon cultivation.
After separating his three clones, Wu Ling was about to let them continue their usual plan when Rose suddenly stopped Wu Ling, Ember, and Azure.
"Original, bring those two with you to my room. I have something for you."
Wu Ling raised an eyebrow slightly. Something was clearly going on. He suddenly remembered the pile of Soul Beast corpses. Although spiders, scorpions, and other arthropod Soul Beasts had made up the majority, there had also been many other Soul Beast corpses.
Expectation gradually rose in Wu Ling's heart. One person and two clones followed Rose into her room.
Rose shut the door, then placed her hand between the two door panels. A strange circular array suddenly appeared on the door.
As the array on the door activated, it was as if a switch had been flipped. One or two arrays lit up on every wall.
"What is this?" Wu Ling looked at the brilliant scene in surprise.
Rose proudly puffed out her chest, which was flat enough to make the gesture more comic than imposing. "This is anti-scrying, anti-eavesdropping, and anti-sensing Magecraft. No, it should be called Soulcraft now."
"Using Spirit Power to cast Magecraft? Rose, you succeeded!" Wu Ling was genuinely stunned. He had asked Rose to work as quickly as possible, but he had not expected her to produce results this fast. It had been only a little over a month, and she had managed this while also developing elixirs for Bibi Dong.
But Rose had no intention of letting the excited Wu Ling continue. "I did not succeed. This is only imitation by following the shape.
"Originally, after I possessed Medea's shadow, I could use Spirit Power to cast Magecraft, but only some immediate offensive Magecraft. The persistent Magecraft used to alter a Workshop could not be fixed in place. Once those spells left the body's anchoring, they gradually dispersed back into Spirit Power.
"But, but! I, whose wisdom is already enough to rival Leonardo da Vinci, used the principle of spirit tools, which carve core arrays into rare metals and gemstones to complete tools. By using Soul Beast blood as a medium, I managed to store Spirit Power inside an ordinary wooden house!"
Listening to Rose's explanation, Wu Ling grew self-satisfied instead. "Using Soul Beast blood to hold Spirit Power and cast Soulcraft. Rose, you are amazing! But Rose was ultimately split from a part of my soul. In other words, the most amazing one is still me, Wu Ling!"
This achievement, which could shock the continent in Wu Ling's eyes, seemed rather insignificant to Rose.
"Of course, this is only a shortcut. In my mind, it is just a transitional step. Sooner or later, I will develop a technology that can store Spirit Power without relying on blood.
"And that is not why I called you here. The real purpose comes next."
After saying that, Rose walked deeper into the room. Wu Ling followed with Azure and Ember.
When they reached the deepest part of the room, Rose stood at the same place where Wu Ling had found her earlier. While rummaging through things, she began speaking to him.
"To be honest, our teacher Bibi Dong is mentally rather messy. Because of Severin Cross, she clearly hates Spirit Hall, to the point that she wants to destroy it outright. Yet after becoming Pope, she has also become unusually attentive to Spirit Hall's development.
"Of course, I cannot rule out that she is doing this for herself. To make the most of her twin Martial Souls, to become a god as quickly as possible, and then destroy Spirit Hall after becoming a god.
"But no matter which is true, I used that psychology. When she provided Soul Beasts for my research, I requested a few extra Soul Beasts under the excuse of experimentation."
After saying that, Rose took out three bottles of liquid. The three bottles were red, pale blue, and black, corresponding to Ember, Azure, and Wu Ling.
"Wait. I understand Ember's and Azure's, but why is mine black?"
"That color? Because I am not sure what kind of Martial Soul the Unregistered Spirit Origin counts as, so I gave you a bit of everything. When mixed together, it turned black.
"Here. Drink it now."
Rose casually tossed the three potions to them, then turned around and started rummaging again.
Wu Ling caught the potion, opened the stopper, and sniffed it first.
"Hm. It actually smells pretty good. Grape flavor? Next time, please make mine strawberry or yellow peach. Thank you."
Then Wu Ling, Ember, and Azure drank their potions in one gulp.
"Because this is my first attempt, and because the dosage is insufficient, one bottle of potion can only last four or five days. Then, with this..."
Rose tossed Wu Ling a thin booklet only a few pages long.
"This is the cultivation method you wanted. The lowest-grade version. I also researched it during my rest time. It should increase refining speed by about ten percent.
"You already drank the potion that improves cultivation efficiency. If you use this method to cultivate as well, I calculated that a few days should be enough to match half a month of ordinary cultivation.
"How is it? Satisfied? Splitting me off was the right choice, was it not?"
Listening to Rose's predicted results, Wu Ling laughed in excitement.
"Satisfied. Extremely satisfied. You produced this much in only one month. If you were not my clone, I would be tempted to marry you!"