(Yang Ruiya's POV)
After gaining enough control over my spiritual energy, A bright smile appeared on my face for a moment before I nearly lost control due to less concentration and again concentrated.
'...this is hard!! I don't want to do this!! But...I don't want to embarrass myself in front of Senior Sister again....urghh it is hard!!' I grumbled internally while trying hard to maintain my control.
Elder Lin shook his head seeing the troubled expression on my face that I observed for a moment.
Does he have any problem now?
I guess that's why Master said that I should be careful in his presence. He is way too serious and also, he wanted everything to be perfect.
"Now, you could start changing the element." Elder Lin instructed seeing that I gained enough control over her energy.
I nodded and turned my eyes towards the energy and concentrated hard while imagining about fire, to change the element of the compressed spiritual energy.
In a minute, the compressed spiritual energy in my hand started to show the changes as the small fire started to appear in it but again disappeared.
Elder Lin had his eyes wide open seeing the compressed spiritual energy showing changes in it, but I wasn't able to see that as my focus is all on the energy right now.
'Ho... so she already got the right method to do it...I guess that's my Ruiya for you...' Xia Dongyi thought proudly.
I looked at the compressed spiritual energy without losing concentration and focused on imagining it changing into the fire.
After around 5 or 10 minutes, through which, the focus that I maintained on the compressed spiritual energy which showed more and more signs of changing into fire completely became fire, making me open my eyes in surprise.
And that surprise was all it took for me to lose my concentration and the fire which I made got out of control.
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(Xia Dongyi's POV)
I focused all of my attention on Yang Ruiya to look after her if something goes wrong, 'I need to be careful, controlling spiritual energy this compressed...even I have faced many problems in getting my energy under my control...' and thought seriously.
In around 5 or 10 minutes, Yang Ruiya was able to change the element of the fire completely making a bright smile blossom on her face, making me want to hug her.
But, that smile was all it took for her to lose control over that fire that she made making me surprised as the fire started to waver in an unstable manner.
I felt my blood boiling in me, the time all around the world seems to slow down feeling the danger coming to Yang Ruiya, adrenaline gushed up in.
I quickly jumped at Yang Ruiya, which made her send the fire away in a surprised manner and I quickly covered her body with mine to protect her from any kind of impact.
I don't know how much time it took for all of this to happen but what I know is that I wasn't in the mood to know.
Is she safe?!
That thought hovered in my mind but I don't dare to raise my body to look at Yang Ruiya fearing the explosion.
My heart sank as thoughts of the worst-case continued to hover in my mind making me forget the most important detail that there is another person in the room too.
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(Elder Lin's POV)
I don't even know what to say.
I know that I shouldn't be getting jealous but seeing Junior Yang doing the thing which took me around a week to a month in her first try will naturally make anyone jealous.
'If normal disciples, even in the alchemist hall saw her gaining control over her compressed spiritual energy this early...I guess they would start puking blood...' I thought while feeling interested in how other disciples would have felt seeing Junior Yang gaining control over her energy this quickly.
'Haa... I couldn't have expected that she can gain control and change the element...even if just the start, I was completely expecting for a problem to occur...but nothing happened, she seems to be able to handle it.... 'sigh...' young generation is going to take over the old generation for sure but never thought I will experience it myself...' I thought while amazed at Yang Ruiya's talent and her comprehension ability.
But, I guess even talent will have problems in concentrating completely as she also lost focus.
But what surprised me most is how Junior Xia reacted, she didn't even hesitate for a moment and immediately went to save her, without considering her life for a moment.
I raised an eyebrow seeing their condition and quickly controlled the fire that Junior Yang threw to the side, and made it come in front of me becoming completely calm.
'She created good fire, if she could control it, then it could become perfect, but I guess it took her only her first time to create this perfect fire..' I considered.
I guess it was right to stay on alert too.
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(Xia Dongyi's POV)
I lifted my head as I hadn't felt a single explosion or something making me curious but I stayed completely on alert.
I saw that the direction where Yang Ruiya threw the fire is completely fine.
I felt something amiss and turn my head looking at where Elder Lin was sitting and saw the fire floating in front of him making me realize something that I forget.
'How could I forget that who Elder Lin is...he is a Nascent Core Realm expert, how could he let any mishap happen, I should have to think more calmly...' I thought realizing my mistake about not thinking of the situation more clearly.
'Haa...even if someone is there, I am going to do the same again if something like that happens..' I thought knowing that I would do the same if something like this happen again without any thoughts even if I knew that there is someone there to save them.
I also know that this is due to the Cultivation technique more but I also cared for them and I am ready to do anything, but at the same time, I felt that the whole reason is not related to just the cultivation technique or the feelings but I can't comprehend it truly.
Haa...
A mental sigh escaped as I felt more and more mysteries surrounding me.
I then stood up and gave my hand to Yang Ruiya who took it meekly and stood up with an embarrassed blush on her face.
"Are you alright, Ruiya?!" I asked worriedly while putting my hands on Yang Ruiya's shoulders.
Yang Ruiya nodded and looked at my eyes before hugging me.
" I am alright Senior Sister! But what about you?! Are you alright?!" Yang Ruiya asked while roaming her hand over my body to find any injury.
A smile appeared on my face and I put my hand on Yang Ruiya's head and started petting it.
"I am alright, so don't worry," I said softly and used my other hand to pat Yang Ruiya's back to calm her down.
'Ruiya should be scared from what happened...' I thought calmly.
We stayed like this for some time, again forgetting that we are not alone and then, a voice of throat-clearing disrupted us.
*Sound of throat Clearing*
Hearing the sound of throat clearing, both I and Yang Ruiya separated from each other in surprise and looked at Elder Lin while blushing furiously.
"We are sorry for our act!!" Both I and Yang Ruiya bowed their head towards Elder Lin apologetically.
'How could we forget where we are....and Elder Lin is here with us?!' I thought.
Elder Lin shook his head indicating them not to worry.
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(Elder Lin's POV)
Haa...
What a love they both have, but they seem to be forgetting that they are not alone here.
My lips twitched seeing them ignoring me for some time and released the sound of throat-clearing making them come to reality.
They both bowed and seeing that, I nodded and indicated them not to worry.