"The struggle for the title of Holy Daughter within the Black Moon Church, you know about this, right?"
"Of course, whichever of the four prospective Holy Daughters completes the trials first will become the Holy Daughter, I heard about this a long time ago."
"Do you know what they mean by 'trials'?"
"That seems to be a secret of the Church Court, how could I possibly know."
"Good, because I do."
Mu Qingtong reclined lazily, speaking leisurely, "The Black Moon Church has an S-class Legacy Spiritual Clothes, named the 'Moon God Domain,' which is the core Spiritual Clothes every Holy Daughter must master."
Holy shit! S-class? Xia Feng was stunned.
The levels of Spiritual Clothes are N, D, C, B, A, S... In the entire Empire, there are only a few S-class Spiritual Clothes, they are definitely equivalent to orange legendary equipment in games.
"So, what you're saying is, the trial is the Moon God Domain, and whoever masters the basics of the Moon God Domain first becomes the Holy Daughter?"
"Exactly."
"And what does this have to do with me?"
"There are two paths to cultivating the Moon God Domain, namely 'Lonely Moon' and 'Dual Moon.'
Lonely Moon, the fewer emotional bonds one has before the age of eighteen, the easier it is to cultivate, but since it is a solitary cultivation method, the resulting domain is slightly weaker.
Dual Moon, those bonded by love can learn it and cultivate together with their partner, regardless of gender. Because two people can create a broader particle structure, the domain produced is stronger. Naturally, the difficulty of learning it is also twice that of Lonely Moon."
"..."
Xia Feng held his head, raising his hand, "Wait, let me sort this out."
Dual Moon, lovers cultivating the Moon God Domain together, in short, Dual Cultivation.
The key is Lonely Moon, the fewer emotional bonds one has before the age of eighteen, the easier it is to cultivate. And Cha Naixue, with her parents deceased and her brother lost in a car accident, the only emotional bond she has left is... me?
"6, I get it, so there are such outrageous cultivation conditions?" Xia Feng held his forehead speechlessly, looking up, "So, Yan Xujia's goal is to reduce Cha Naixue's emotional bonds?"
"Half right."
"Ah?"
Xia Feng questioned, "Is there another reason?"
Mu Qingtong smiled slightly: "Yan Xujia had once offered his Knight's Heart to Cha Naixue, but she refused him."
"What do you mean?"
"A Guardian Knight offering his heart means he wants to become the love partner of his master, but sadly, Cha Naixue brutally rejected him, nearly dismissing Yan Xujia from his position, if not for his mother's pleas..."
"Alright, alright, I get it, this is a disaster with no apparent cause," Xia Feng leaned back in his chair and sighed, "This is really messed up, looks like I need to be cautious around Yan Xujia now."
"Well, since I've told you so many secrets, now it's your turn," Mu Qingtong said softly.
"?"
Xia Feng looked up in disbelief, "You're telling me this isn't free information?"
The lady in the black dress sat upright and smiled: "When did I ever say the word 'free'?"
Fine fine fine, so not saying it's free means it's paid, huh? You're really something.
Xia Feng couldn't be bothered to argue with her, thought for a moment, and mysteriously smiled: "Alright, I might not trade secrets with you, but I can give you a rare Spiritual Clothes."
Spiritual Clothes? Mu Qingtong's brows furrowed slightly, and she shook her head, "I don't need Spiritual Clothes, I only want to know your secret—"
However, before she finished speaking, a golden glistening piece of Spirit Paper suddenly appeared before her eyes, and the dense Spiritual Particle nodes surged into her pale golden pupils like children finding their mother.
"Heh~ You don't want it? You have to take it anyway!" Xia Feng's low chuckle sounded by her ear, and she quickly turned her face away.
[You have a basic understanding of the C-class Spiritual Clothes 'Three-tails' Spiritual Particle Structure—5%]
[You have a foundational concept of the B-class Spiritual Clothes 'Six-tails' Spiritual Particle Structure—1%]
Knowledge was thrust into her brain in a despicable and brutish way.
"You—take it away!"
Seeing that Mu Qingtong had closed her eyes, Xia Feng reluctantly withdrew his hand, "Alright, alright, I won't pressure you anymore."
Sensing the departure of the Spirit Paper, Mu Qingtong turned her head back and glared at Xia Feng, only to see a piece of golden, dazzling Spirit Paper covering his eyes, his strange lips curling into a smirk, "Miss Mu, can you see clearly~?"
[You have completely memorized the Spiritual Particle Structure Diagram of the "Six-tailed" Spiritual Clothes.]
Mu Qingtong: "..."
Sure enough, even without the aid of the Six-tailed Flame for learning, the Destructive Witch could easily decipher the Six-tailed! Throughout the entire history of Spirit Masters, there was no telling if there had ever been such a perverted genius as her... at least not in the history of the Six-tailed Society, no one was able to understand the Six-tailed structure diagram without relying on the Six-tailed Flame.
Seeing this, Xia Feng, neither hurried nor slow, put down the Spirit Paper and looked at the woman in the black dress with a smile, "Replacing a secret with this rare Spiritual Clothes, that's fair, isn't it?"
"Not fair," Mu Qingtong shook her head.
Xia Feng was taken aback.
Mu Qingtong pursed her lips, her eyebrows slightly furrowing, "What you showed me was the legacy Spiritual Clothes of your Six-tailed Society, right?"
Her face full of confusion, "You let me see the One-tail before, and now even the Six-tailed, a kind of rare Spiritual Clothes with growth potential? That's much more valuable than a secret, it's not fair to you."
"You're right, but what of it?" Xia Feng said with a smirk, "It's as if you could remember anything. Didn't you say you're not some unparalleled genius? You can't understand it, let alone remember."
"..."
Mu Qingtong was momentarily choked up, lips pursed in silence, her feelings complex.
Don't look at the fact that the Black Moon Church had an S-level Spiritual Clothes, but in actuality, across the entire Zone 51, there were only a few powers that possessed B-level Spiritual Clothes. Each B-level Spiritual Clothes were the heirlooms of mid to large-sized powers; which fool would take them out to show to outsiders for no reason?!
But today, she had witnessed this fool.
However, for Xia Feng, this was normal—after all, like her, he was yearning for another unparalleled genius to emerge—then to compete, vie with each other, and crush the opposition!
This was a duel between proud individuals.
The competition was about who had more talent, not who had more resources.
That's why Xia Feng was willing to selflessly take out the rare Spiritual Clothes. This prideful mindset was something only she could understand. Mu Qingtong looked earnestly at the black-haired young man before her:
"Alright, I accept this transaction."
"But the Six-tailed is indeed too valuable. To be fair, you can take away something of equal value from me."
Xia Feng hadn't expected Mu Qingtong to be so particular.
"Then I want the Infinite Stone."
He was too lazy to hide his real purpose and spoke bluntly.
"What do you want with that forbidden item?" Mu Qingtong sat up straighter, asking with curiosity.
"That's none of your business, just tell me whether you'll give it or not?"
Mu Qingtong's slender fingers tapped the desk lightly as she closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then she took out a piece of Spirit Paper from her bosom and placed it on the table.
"This is a pair of Spiritual Clothes I stumbled upon by accident. I call it the 'Bronze Mask.' Though it's only N-level, it has extremely high structural extensibility, estimating it can be expanded up to C-level at most. And then add two grams of Infinite Stone, how about that?"
"..."
Truth be told, Xia Feng had little need for the Bronze Mask, but after thinking for a while, he felt it wasn't too bad; at least in the future, he could use these self-created Spiritual Clothes in front of Mu Qingtong.
"What's the matter, not satisfied?" Mu Qingtong asked, puzzled.
"Satisfied, how could I not be satisfied? I'm very satisfied!" Xia Feng grinned, tucking the Spirit Paper into his chest,
"Where are the two grams of Infinite Stone?"
"I wouldn't carry such forbidden items with me," Mu Qingtong said indifferently, "Meet me tomorrow night at seven o'clock on the rooftop of Building 3 for the trade, and remember not to be followed."
Xia Feng nodded and stood up, not lingering long, "That's settled then, I have other matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving now."
But he had barely reached halfway when he noticed a flyer scattered on the ground, inscribed with 'Empire's Spirit Song Contest' in elegant crimson letters.
The Spirit Song Contest?