Wang Ning eyes almost popped out from the shock. Ok she had been prepared, but who would imagine something called spirit would be looking like that.
Infront of her was a beautiful black bird and when he spread his wings it create a amazing sight, but what made her cough in suprise was that the bird talked.
So after coughing a little she answered.
"Umm Hey Tu. Nice to meet you." Her words was awkward and stumbled a little. It was incredible just watching this, 'spirit'.
"Master, let me open your cultivation."
'Cultivation??? Right I saw some books about it in the library earlier, so does that mean I can cultivate? To what end? ' Question up on question was stirring in her mind as she tried to make sense out of everything, but was rudely interrupted when a warm sensation stirred inside of her.
She could feel her entire body filled with warmth and a warm light surrounding her, until she could hear a sound. It started as just a whisper until she could hear more and more, until she understood; It was the sound of her body, was her hearing expanding? What about her sight?
Jiang Yingyue open her eyes and looked around her and discovered she could see even the smallest speck if dust flowing in the wind. It was incredible.
Though the book did surround it self around cultivation and beasts, it still suprised and delighted her to be one.
"Master, your cultivation has opened and you can now start to cultivate, though I recommend that you read about the different cultivation technics before you start." His tone was serious and she understood why.
The book spoke often about cultivation and if you didn't have the right physics, you shouldn't cultivate something that went against your own body, because it would not only destroy your body, but eventually you would become unable to cultivate at all.
Wang Ning decided she had to find out her body type first, but before she could ask, Tu guided her to a grey stone, where she would test out her physic. At first nothing happened, making her inpatient and nervous. Before she could think another word, the stone that was originally grey, shone a dark purple color.
Wang Ning removed her hand and looked at the black bird, waiting for an answer.
"Congratulations master, you have the 'Purple body type' and can choose between 2 different cultivations. " His words as serious and monotone as when he first presented himself.
He continued as if he didn't see the Incredibles face she had. "The Golden Cultivation and the Phenix Cultivation, I suggest the Phenix Cultivation because it's stronger and extremely rare." He looks very bored while his little face is looking up in the sky.
Wang Ning removed the look on her face and walked into the library, looking for a book on the Phenix Cultivation. After finding out a little of the library, she noticed that all books about medicine was on the first floor and pets on the second to the left while cultivation was on the second floor to the right. While skimming true several titles she finally found books about the Phenix cultivation. An entire shelf was dedicated to that type and contained around 20 books. She gathered them to a chair by a large gorgeous window and stared reading.
She found out that cultivation was basically a breathing exercise that was vastly different depending on the type of cultivation you chose. But what they all had in common was to breathe in spiritual qi from the air around you. The Phenix Cultivation was a very rare cultivation and very few knew how to use it because there where no cultivation technics available acording to Tu. Every cultivation had the same set up in forms of the stages that you had to go to become stronger. There where 12 stages and the every step you took, would be harder then the previous one. Every stage had a name, and to break true to the next stage you had to cultivate the qi.
The names where
Beyond Mortal
True Master
Inborn 600 years
Void Core
Nine Immortal Bones
Spirit Sovereign
True Monarch
Spirit Venerable
Profound Saint
Profound Demon
Ancient Saint
Ancient Demon Tribulation Immortal
Eternal Life Being
It would take thousands of year to cultivate to the last stage, but Tu explained that the qi inside the Heavenly Space had many times more as much qi then outside, so she was not so worried.
Wang Ning continued to read books for several hours, until Tu reminded her that someone was calling for her. She was a little bewildered on how she could get out from this space, until she remembered the novels she read and took a chance, thinking 'out'.
Sitting on a chair in her palace she heard her maid Susu, calling for her.
"Enter" Wang Ning tried behaving as the formal owner while holding a random book about medicine she summed before Susu came in.
With her head down, Susu explained carefully;
"Your highness, several maids are fighting and I don't know how to handle it." Her shaky voice did little to counseel how nervous she was.
Walking outside I understood that their fight was 'fixed' by the empress or her daughter, to make me show the formal owners behavior and continue on as they had planned. But to bad for them that I am not the same naive girl.
I could see they continue, even though they noticed me, witch was very annoying. I see my new maid Gu Yu standing there too, looking like she was very annoyed.
As I understood her character I knew she was either provoked or trying to break the fight up.
I had to be very careful when questioning these servents, because some maids could be easily bought off to make me fire perfectly loyal maids. Considering I knew how devious the empress and her daughter was, I had to use this situation to get rid of the empress spies.
"Are you all hooligans?" My voice was laced with boredom while all the maids stopped, bending their knees and bow at me. "Greeting first princess"
"Susu, tell me why they are fighting and why you haven't stopped them." Wang Ning sat down on a chair one of her maids brought out. She was looking over every maid, looking for clues.
They where all dressed in the same light blue uniform, but there where four who's uniform looked brighter and was without any wrinkles. That showed her that they where newer and was not as active as her other maids.
Wang Ning looked true her the formal owners memories and found out they all came to her around the same time. 'Oh how wonderfully bad designed by the empress.' She thought.
"Answering the first princess, These four servents started to fight with Gu Yu, because of her room. This servent gave Gu Yu her own room, because she is making the princess's clothes. "
Wang Ning wanted to laugh, she guessed correctly.
Looking over the four maids in question, she noticed that the maids where not nervous at all, witch she found normal, considering how the formal owner of this body never understood the deeper meaning of their behavior.
"What do you have to say for your self?" Her voice was dripping with counseled anger, making the maids fidgeting their hands.
"Answering the first princess, we just wanted to know why she could get her own room, that normally only the head-servent could have."
Even though they where a little nervous, they still behaved like it was normal behavior.
Wang Ning laughed, making them even more sure she wouldn't punish them.
"I don't see how a mere maid would find the courage to question something the head maid has decided. Since you decided on misbehaving, you can leave my palace"
Wang Ning spoke with laughter, continued behaving normally while looking over the other maids. They had been with her for many years and most had been given to her by the formal empress. She knew she could at least trust them, but true the memories of the formal owner, these four maids had been stuffed at her by the empress 2 months ago.
The four maids looked up in amazement, as they never thought the stupid princess would get rid of the maids given to her by the empress.
They where very nervous, because if they where kicked out because their behavior, the empress would have their head. 2 second later they all went down in their knee's begging.
"Please your highness, we will never do this again" Who would have thought that the silly princess would kick them out?
To make sure that the empress wouldn't suspect anything, Wang Ning spoke.
"Do you have any idea how annoying your interruption are? I've been trying to read, but you are making so much noice. Susu, take their identity token and trow them out. "
Everyone was very surprised by the princess firmness, but they tried to hide their smiles. These four maids have been making so much problems, and the princess let them because they been given by the empress whom she loved. But the experience maids understood what they where doing, but the princess never believed them.
After the four frightened maids where kicked out, Wang Ning thought it was about time to get some female cultivators in her palace, considering that her sister, Ling would send a man in to defile her next week.
She was a little worried, but to stay ahead of the mother and daughter, she had to plan ahead. The novel spoke of a shop that sold people that had cultivation, but she would have to be a little careful when leaving the Palace, so no words would be sent back to the empress. But she had time and needed to cultivate before leaving, because once she got to the first stage she could turn invisible, giving her the opportunity to make no room for the empress to find out and since what she cultivated was the Phenix Cultivation, stronger cultivators would not detect her at all.
Wang Ning laughed in her mind, looking forward to it.