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Chapter 229 - Spiritual Pressure Training
🕑 Added 2025-01-29 07:00:08 +0000 UTCAfter the celebration feast, the ladies surrounded Nala to ask her the secret to getting pregnant. Their eyes gleamed with curiosity and determination as they leaned closer, their voices overlapping in eager inquiry.
They interrogated her about the details of her intimate activities with Leyvi, thinking that if they replicated the steps, they might also conceive.
Reddie stepped in to protect her best friend from the eager ladies by blocking them from getting too close. Nala's baby will be her baby too. She will protect the baby at all costs.
Nala's pregnancy ignited a fire within them. They resolved to work harder to ensure they could receive all of Leyvi's seed!
While the ladies interrogated Nala, Anda approached Ava Clover.
"Sister Ava, we have an open slot for the Mystic Realm. Do you want to join us?" she asked.
"Eh? Is that alright?" Ava was surprised by the sudden invitation. Although she was considered a part of the Leyan Family, it was just through the contract. She and Leyvi had never consummated their marriage.
However, she had to admit that the Leyan Family was a very nice family. Although it was full of a bunch of horny ladies, they had never tried any underhanded method to make her sleep with Leyvi in the seven years she lived here.
Strangely enough, since living with the Leyan Family, she rarely felt the violent outbursts she usually experienced in the Clover Family. The strong urge to beat people up was becoming more controllable. She now had a high degree of control over her emotions.
Ava wasn't sure what caused this. She speculated that it was mostly due to the lack of tension in the household and having a proper channel to unleash her chaotic emotions, which was through beating up criminals during interrogations.
Ava looked into Anda's eyes to see whether she was serious.
Is it fine to give the slot to me? I might keep all the treasures I find to myself, you know, she thought.
"If you find anything, you can keep it to yourself. I only want you to stick with us and help the family. There will be many outsiders during this trip, so we have to protect each other," Anda continued.
Ava's delicate body shuddered. Did she read my mind? It must be that panda eye.
She was reminded again of all the times she was at a disadvantage while communicating with Anda. Her 200 years of experience were useless. Every conversation with Anda seemed to leave her feeling like a novice.
Although she hated to admit it, Anda truly had the makings of a big madam that many families' main wives aspired to be. No, she didn't just have the makings; she already was one. Her every action carried a grace that seemed to unite the household effortlessly.
She felt like the embodiment of harmony.
Most main wives tried to be dignified big madams, but they would always fail to gain respect from the other ladies and end up scheming and plotting against each other. Anda, however, seemed to naturally command admiration without any effort.
Anda chuckled inwardly. It wasn't that hard to figure out what Ava was thinking. She was terrible at hiding her emotions. They showed on her face every time.
Ava composed herself again and answered, "Big Madam, if you don't mind, I would like to join. I have something I want to find."
"Oh? What is it?" Anda asked curiously.
"I want to find a way to continue my body cultivation method. As of now, I don't know how to progress further since I have reached the limit of my body cultivation manual," Ava replied. There was a subtle hint of frustration in her voice as she admitted her predicament.
"I see. Sigh... Why are you only telling us about this now? It's been seven years. You should have told us much sooner. If you'd told us sooner, this issue would already have been on the family's agenda, and we might have done something about it. Later, give your body cultivation manual to Layla. We can try to find the continuation or derive it ourselves."
"I heard that the body cultivation method requires enormous resources, right? Don't worry about it; we have many capable ladies here. Anything is possible."
To be honest, Ava was somewhat touched by Anda's words. Back in the Clover Family, many were dissatisfied with her for using the family's resources to cultivate her body.
To them, it was just a massive waste of resources because her strength would only be equivalent to the late stage of the Core Formation realm at most.
But to her, it was a grand mission to prove that even without a spirit root, a mortal human like her could cultivate her body to be as strong as the Protectors of the continent.
To her knowledge, the strongest pure body cultivator in the history of the Cloud Continent so far could only fight toe-to-toe with a peak Nascent Soul realm cultivator.
So, her dream of being on the same level as a Protector was truly a thousand mountains to climb. Though, it didn't seem to be going well for her at the moment. There weren't any clues for her to advance further.
That was why she decided to accept the opportunity presented to her to search for any signs of a clue.
"Thank you... Um... I truly appreciate the help," Ava thanked her awkwardly, her cheeks tinged with a faint blush. She wasn't used to expressing gratitude openly.
"But I still won't change my mind about that sex fiend, okay? He still needs to beat me with just his pure body strength if he wants to lay his hands on my body," Ava suddenly reminded Anda.
Anda smiled mischievously. "Oh, right, I almost forgot about that condition of yours already. Sister Ava, I suggest that you get mentally prepared because he will beat you very soon."
"Hmph, I don't believe it," Ava dismissed the claim as she walked away.
The next day, Leyvi summoned everyone who would be going to the Mystic Realm, including the spirit beasts, to an empty area farther within the Leyan Family estate.
Stripey, Mr. Bison, Scarlet, and Slashy had all evolved into high-level demonic beasts. They would be a valuable force for their group. However, Scarlet's three daughters weren't included because they were weak and had zero experience in battle, unlike their mother.
Leyvi planned to train everyone to fight under the influence of constant spiritual pressure and to counter it with their own spiritual pressure during the remaining less than two weeks before their departure.
Leyvi believed that in the Mystic Realm, most cultivators would likely know how to use spiritual pressure. His group might be at a disadvantage if they weren't experienced in dealing with it.
From the experiments Anda had conducted with Lilian, it was clear that although spiritual pressure was a powerful tool in battle, it still had its weaknesses.
Firstly, spiritual pressure became less and less powerful the farther it extended from its source. In a battle between two similar-level spiritual pressures, the one defending had far more advantage than the one attacking because it took less effort to form spiritual pressure around one's own body, offsetting the attacker's spiritual pressure.
Secondly, it was difficult to pinpoint one's spiritual pressure onto a fast-moving target. This could even leave the user vulnerable to attacks by being overly fixated.
Thirdly, overusing it could cause the user to reach a state of mental fatigue more quickly, which was something one would definitely want to avoid during a battle. It was basically a death sentence.
In conclusion, spiritual pressure was a powerful tool in battle, but only if the user knew how to wield it wisely. Its strengths were undeniable, but so were its limitations.
Of course, this was only true for cases involving similar levels of spiritual pressure. If the difference was too big, one could easily crush the enemy, immobilizing or killing them.
When Anda shared her findings with him, Leyvi knew he needed to conduct this training session. He couldn't risk leading an unprepared group into the Mystic Realm.
"Alright. I want you to endure and get familiar with the feeling of being under a large force first, so you won't be caught off guard when it happens later," Leyvi said while scanning the ladies and the spirit beasts.
"Wait a minute." Ava stepped forward.
Leyvi turned his head toward her.
"Although I can't use spiritual pressure, I know how it works. You have to concentrate your spiritual sense into a smaller area to exert strong pressure. If you try it simultaneously on all of us, you'll need to cover a wider area, which will weaken the spiritual pressure. I don't think that would be good for training." Ava pointed out.
"How about you practice your spiritual pressure on me first? You just advanced to the Core Formation realm, so you might not be too familiar with it yet," Ava volunteered.
Leyvi was stunned. He knew Ava had good intentions, but his spiritual pressure could even cause his core to collapse. He hadn't tested the extent of his power yet, so he wasn't sure if using it on all of them simultaneously would be safe. Yet here she was, volunteering to be the test subject.
However, considering that Ava was a body cultivator, she might be able to handle it.
"Are you sure about this? You might get injured, you know?" Leyvi expressed his concern.
Ava chuckled as if she had just heard a joke. Even a late-stage Nascent Soul realm cultivator like her brother couldn't bring her to her knees with his spiritual pressure. What could someone who had just advanced to the Core Formation realm possibly do?
"No problem. Bring it on," Ava replied confidently.
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Amelgar
and there Ava goes again... unaware that she's about to eat those words...
