Reaching for the Stars

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Turns out I would do absolutely nothing, because I didn't feel the need to go outside of the academy, I had all I wanted here for now, though I would suppose that would change by next rest day. I took great delight in watching Fluorite plant my common herbs in the empty herb fields. Tea had always been my favourite, so I looked forward to what the abundance of spiritual energy would do to its flavor.

I had been so proud of my bow, that was looking spectacular in the spatial world, held on proudly on a stand that Fluorite had conjured, apparently furnishings could be made if she wanted them to be. I wasn't sure if spiritual energy could only do things like this in the spatial world, or if the abundance of it made all of this possible, but I looked forward to the day when I was powerful enough to find out.

Of course, Fluorite was not as proud as me. "Mistress, why do you use paltry crystals when I am far superior?" This question could only cause me to look at her in complete confusion.

"What do you mean Fluorite? You are being used in this place, how can I possibly use you on a bow?" I couldn't understand her question at all, how could she be placed on my bow, when the crystal she came from was flooding this spatial world with spiritual energy.

"I can give you pieces of my crystal to put on there, with the abundance of spiritual energy soaking this place, including what I am giving it, it will not take me long to regenerate the pieces." I glance at the pretty black and purple bow, I loved the idea of having stronger crystals on it, but the elegance of the bow would be lost if some ugly color crystal went on there.

"Alright, but do you have any purple pieces you can give up?" She nods immediately, extending her hands with a flourish and showcasing four pieces of purple crystal, that looked so much more vibrant than the ones currently on there.

"I am a Fluorite crystal, I contain many colors in my crystal." She slashes her hand and those dull purple crystals fall off with a thud before she gently places the purple crystals that she chose to be placed on there. It looked much better, the crystal had a soft glow, and even the bow looked more vibrant, if that was even possible with black bow, but it definitely had a luster it didn't before. "Please try it, Mistress." She shifts around in the air, watching me eagerly, so I have no choice but to grab the bow now.

I go to grab an arrow as well, but she stops me. "No, no, mistress, that will not be necessary with my superior crystals now on the bow." I look at her with confusion and doubt, but drop the arrow back into the quiver and draw the string back, as soon as I begin drawing the string back, a purple flame bursts into life, slowly lengthening into a full on arrow, conjured by the crystals on the bow. "Do you like my flaming purple arrow? It is conjured by the spiritual energy in the crystals, it will shoot through all but the toughest materials." She was practically skipping with joy, this use of the crystals on the bow, made me realize how under-utilized Fluorite must feel simply stuck here tending herbs.

I let the arrow go, watching it soar through the air and pierce hole after hole through the trees in the forest across from the house, until I can no longer see the arrow, luckily with a wave of her hand, Fluorite triggers the trees to heal themselves of the wound I caused. "In the real world with the lacking spiritual energy the effect will seem much more damaging I promise." She sounded so worried that I would find this result displeasing, little did she know how astonished I was.

Though also extremely grieved at the four hundred gold coins I spent uselessly in that weapons shop, for things I no longer needed. After having my recent purchases adequately placed in the spatial world, I took the Qi Block pill I had been delaying, the pain was immense, even more so than when I first had taken it, even though my inner foundation was much less damaged. But I knew that it was because I contained more spiritual energy, so a larger amount of time and energy was needed to repair any damaged done to my inner foundation, which meant the higher I rose in cultivation rank the more pain I would face from the pill, it might become simpler at one point to simply allow the time needed for my inner foundation to repair itself, to pass rather than forcing it to heal itself by using pills.