Chapter 29
Sitting cross-legged on her bed, Michelle slowly pulled spirit energy into her dantian, her concentration at its peak as she carefully studied every drop of spirit energy that entered her body. At the moment, her goal wasn't to widen the pool of spirit energy inside her, but to understand the traits of each droplet, because while cultivating, she noticed some differences between the droplets. If she understood them, she might be able to cultivate faster.
Pulling the droplets of spirit energy into her dantian through her spirit veins one by one, Michelle realized that always after pulling in a droplet of spirit energy, her spirit veins would tremble a bit before pulling in another droplet, which slowed the process of absorbing spirit energy.
Michelle decided to observe the shivering of her spirit veins for a while, sending a bit of her consciousness into her body. She could see the net-like system of spirit veins all over her body. It was like a system of pipes, but they were empty. One droplet of spirit energy was nothing compared to the diameter of the "pipes" which clearly showed that Michelle had a potential to cultivate much faster. But for some reason unknown to her, she couldn't pull in more than one droplet in at once, as the "pipes" would tremble whenever she tried to pull in a droplet.
With a slight frown, Michelle stopped cultivation and got off her bed. She stretched her body and looked at the door. She had already closed herself in her room for two days, so she went to take a walk. She went into the garden and leaned against a small tree. From cultivating for two days straight, her whole body was stiff, and her mind filled with a whirlwind of thoughts.
As she was standing there, she closed her eyes for a moment before feeling someone approaching her. She opened her eyes and saw the Archduke walking towards her. "Father..." she raised an eyebrow. "You never come to the garden..." She knew that from the memories of the original Michelle. "Why are you here now?" she asked with a tilt of her head.
The Archduke stared at her for a moment silently before answering. "I was looking for you. Do you have a moment?" he said seriously as he stopped a few feet away from her, keeping a respective distance.
Seeing how serious the Archduke was, Michelle raised a brow and pushed herself off the tree. "What is it that you want to talk about?" she asked with a tilt of her head.
"These past two days, were you trying to cultivate?" the Archduke asked.
The question caused Michelle to widen her eyes. "How did you know, father?" she asked in confusion.