Chapter 104
Unable to find answers to her questions, Michelle could just give up and return to the Archduchy with Ivona, Kieran, and Anastasia after giving them the artifacts she chose for them. Before she left, David told her that if she or her friends waited, they could come over anytime to pick up more artifacts.
After returning to the Archduchy, Kieran went to cultivate for a few days, and Ivona was sent to spar with the knights by Michelle so she could find out which weapon she was best with. Of course, Ivona wasn’t allowed to use her spirit energy while sparring. Meanwhile, Anastasia was dragged to the private training grounds Michelle and the Archduke used, so Michelle could teach her to use and cultivate soul energy.
At first, Michelle explained a few things to Ivona before having her sit on the ground and close her eyes. Then, she walked behind her and placed her hands on her head. Slowly, she sent a thin and weak thread of her soul energy into her body and guided it around for Anastasia to feel it. Finally, she found the place where Anastasia’s soul energy was stored. It was in the place where Spirit Masters would have their dantians filled with spirit energy.
"Do you feel where my soul energy settled?" Michelle asked as she looked at Anastasia.
When Anastasia nodded, Michelle smiled and retracted her soul energy, letting her hands fall beside her. "Can you still feel it?" she asked.
"No..." Anastasia shook her head. "Does that mean I’m hopeless? I can’t cultivate?" she asked.
But Michelle shook her head as she spoke: "This is normal for Soul Masters who are learning to cultivate. Just try to remember the feeling when you felt your soul energy and try to find it."
Closing her eyes, Anastasia put her full focus into searching for the soul energy in her body, but even after half an hour, she couldn’t find anything. She opened her eyes with a frown and looked at Michelle. "I couldn’t find anything..." she said with a sigh and stared down at her hands.
Michelle stared at her silently for a long while before finally speaking. "Where did you search for it?" she asked, but her question only confused Anastasia even more. When she was searching for the feeling of being able to sense her soul energy, she didn’t know where to focus. She just tried to make her mind and body more sensitive to soul energy.