Chosen Mate of the Beastmen Empire by Lewis Reed

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Testing spiritual roots usually required an array. Every ten years, the Celestial sect would open its doors to new disciples, setting up a spiritual array at the sect to check if those seeking the immortal path had any affinity for it.

Those with spiritual roots–even the lowest–grade wasted roots–had a chance to stay and serve as menial workers in the immortal sect. Those with average aptitude typically became outer disciples. Only the exceptionally gifted caught the eyes of the immortal masters and elders, earning a spot in the inner sect.

Nyx, though, was a special case, personally taken in by Cyan–an exception to the usual process. Since they were only testing her alone, setting up an array felt a bit overkill and unnecessary.

Cyan verbally taught her a method to absorb spiritual energy using the spirit stone, then handed it to Nyx, saying, “Follow the technique I just taught you and refine the energy inside this stone.”

This low–grade spirit stone could sustain an ordinary mortal with a mortal spiritual root for about a day of cultivation. Someone with a higher–grade earth spiritual root or a heavenly spiritual root would naturally take less time to refine it~a top–tier genius might only need a quarter of an hour.

On the other hand, someone with a wasted spiritual root would struggle quite a bit to refine even a single low–grade spirit stone. It might take them a whole year and still not succeed.

The speed at which one refined spiritual energy was a clear indicator of a cultivator’s aptitude. Cyan felt confident that his little disciple was at least an earth spiritual root–surely no worse than her senior brothers and sisters.

Under her master’s eager and expectant gaze, Nyx felt a sense of duty well up inside her. She nodded seriously, stretched out her short legs to hug the spirit stone, and sucked hard.

The spiritual energy was drawn in with incredible force, swirling around the little bunny in a surging vortex. The spirit stone dimmed at a visible rate, as if she’d sucked it dry in one go.

But it didn’t stop there–the vortex grew larger and faster, pulling in spiritual energy from all directions as Nyx absorbed it like a mad beast.

Cyan’s jaw dropped. Having cultivated for nearly three thousand years and being part of the greatest sect under the heavens, Cyan had seen plenty in his time–geniuses of all kinds. Even he himself was a bona fide heavenly spiritual root, hailed as a prodigy since childhood.

But he’d never seen spiritual energy get sucked in like a violent storm. It was downright terrifying. With aptitude this insane, she should have already made a name for herself. Yet, she remained unknown and only just started cultivating.

A million questions swirled in Cyan’s mind, but he didn’t want to interrupt Nyx’s cultivation. He kept his hands steady, holding her gently.

From dawn till dusk, Nyx finally opened her eyes as her stomach let out a loud rumble. She embarrassedly curled into a bunny ball, saying, “Did I really cultivate for that long? How’d it get dark already?”

“Is my aptitude kinda average or something?” she wondered. From what she knew of cultivation novels, the faster you refined a spirit stone, the better. But she’d taken so long.

Even though Cyan had gone from shock to numbness and adjusted his mindset, her words still hit a nerve. In pression cracked as he blurted out, “No! It’s not!”

That was anything but average. He was starting to suspect Nyx was the Heavenly Law’s own daughter.

Nyx looked at her master in surprise, watching him–who now seemed possessed by the irritable Magnus–excitedly explain things to her. Only then did she realize she was a little genius.

Every cultivator had their own talent gaps, just like no two leaves in the world were the same. Though the cultivation world

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roughly divided aptitude into four tiers–wasted, mortal, earth, and heavenly–it was just a crude classification.

roots. Even among geniuses, there were

Nyx had been cultivating, he’d been fretting the whole time. “Are you

willing to stay at Herb Peak?” he asked tentatively, barely holding onto any hope.

the Celestial sect was pretty awkward. It wasn’t renowned for strength like Demon–Subduing Peak or Sword Peak, nor was it sought after like Pill

all, truly rare heavenly treasures couldn’t be grown. What Herb Peak disciples could cultivate were

ended up there because their talents weren’t outstanding enough. The elders of the other peaks all

as long as they were upright and kind- hearted. But now, he couldn’t help feeling a bit

faction, I can introduce you,” he said, reluctant but unwilling to force

could become the sect leader’s personal disciple, but the sect leader had just gone into

join another elder? Don’t you want me anymore?

melting from her cuteness. He was tempted to just trick her into staying,

fought down that selfish urge and, despite the ache in his heart, explained Herb Peak’s awkward situation to Nyx. “With your talent, there are better places for you. You don’t need to waste your time

hesitation and said, “But I like

her master was a warm, honest, and genuinely good person. It couldn’t get any

choice at first. He confirmed it several times before realizing the pie had truly fallen into his lap.

In an instant, he appeared at Demon–Subduing Peak, holding up the little bunny to Elder Atticus

her

even spare Pill Cauldron Peak. Magnus was sitting on a cushion with a dark expression,

speechless. Magnus said, “Get

in embarrassment, thinking her master wasn’t entirely perfect–he had a pretty terrifying side too.

Cyan finally calmed down a bit and remembered to ask something

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how come you never cultivated before?”

If she’d started cultivating at

matters eased her embarrassment a bit as she began to explain. “Actually, I only just found

listened intently, his expression shifting between anger and sympathy as Nyx told her tale. No wonder his little disciple didn’t want to be anyone’s spirit pet–she’d always thought she

so shallowly. They probably didn’t know your true identity or talent,” Cyan mused. “You’re far more impressive than anyone from Feather Sun Palace. If they’d known, they’d have nurtured you

a restriction on you, hiding your demon clan identity and masking your talent.”

a radiant pearl emerging into the

cultivation progress. He found that in just half a day, she’d already reached the peak of the Qi Refining stage, just a step away from Foundation Building. He couldn’t help but marvel

find your real family.” Since he’d already called himself her master, he was itching to make it official. He pulled Nyx

as witness, they were now truly master and disciple–no one

three times as part of the ritual. Cyan excitedly wiped a tear from his eye and pulled out a treasure bottle. “This Snow Dew Bottle has been with me the longest. From now

bottle was a deep green, faintly glowing, with vine patterns engraved on

you back even more energy. You won’t even need to meditate–it’ll directly turn into your own power,” Cyan explained

some kind of immersive farming game- nurturing plants to gain experience points. She was very interested but still pushed the bottle back with her paw. “This is too precious, Master.

main goal here–she’d come to face a trial. Having a master through fate was nice, but accepting such a valuable gift

formal with your master,” Cyan said, pretending to be stern. “I’m already at the peak of the Body Integration stage–this Snow Dew Bottle

Nyx

Herb Peak. He pointed out various

disciples, the eldest senior brother, second senior brother, and senior sister were out traveling, seeking their own opportunities. The remaining disciples were

“Oh-!”

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“A little bunny!”

she dropped into the lion’s den–her whole body seemed to glow with an irresistible allure. Everyone surrounded her, each itching to reach out and pet her. She curled into a ball,