"What are you? How dare you speak to me like that?"
Ling Chen's eyes turned cold.
After all, he was still the young master of the Ling Family, yet these mere guards dared to disregard rank and seniority?
After being scolded by Ling Chen, the two guards were stunned for a moment before bursting out laughing: "Hey, are you still trying to act like a young master? If it were based on your stunning performance in the Physical Body Realm before, we would have been scared! But now, you're just a trampled mess everyone can bully! It seems we need to teach you how to tuck your tail and behave."
As they spoke, the two guards closed in on him.
At this moment, an authoritative voice came from within the mansion: "Let him in."
"Yes, Family Head!"
The guards stiffened in their movements and hurriedly replied respectfully.
Entering the mansion as if he was familiar with it, Ling Chen looked at Ling Tianfeng who was sitting in the main seat, slightly bowed, and said, "I've seen the Family Head."
"Hmm."
Ling Tianfeng nodded, his eyelids not even lifted, his tone extremely indifferent: "What is it?"
Since the day Ling Chen failed his awakening, he had given up all hope for him. However, considering Ling Chen's father, he hadn't driven Ling Chen out directly.
That missing Ling Tianxing was their only reliance in the Ling Family!
If he really drove Ling Chen out, perhaps, the prominent Su and Lin families wouldn't mind making a move against them.
Looking at the extremely indifferent Ling Tianfeng, he was utterly disappointed; it seems such words could be spoken by such a person.
"Family Head, I just wanted to tell you something," Ling Chen said indifferently.
"Speak."
Ling Tianfeng responded coldly.
"I can cultivate now."
Ling Chen spoke.
Hearing this, Ling Tianfeng, who had his eyes tightly closed, finally opened them, his gaze sweeping towards Ling Chen, and soon laughed sarcastically: "Chen Er, you've learned to lie now?"
He called him Chen Er, which made Ling Chen's heart tremble. That was how he used to call him. But now, things were different.
Ling Chen didn't speak, his right hand gently lifted, Spiritual Power circulating, a black light instantly enveloped his palm, then disappeared.
After doing all this, he turned around and walked towards the outside of the mansion.
If the Family Head hadn't called out that "Chen Er," he wouldn't have bothered to explain. But he did, and that softened Ling Chen's heart, prompting him to display his Spiritual Power.
"Spiritual Power?"
Ling Tianfeng's eyes sharpened, exclaiming in shock.
He wasn't mistaken, Ling Chen definitely cultivated Spiritual Power. Yet, he couldn't sense any aura of a cultivator at the Mystic Gate Realm on Ling Chen.
"Wait!"
Ling Tianfeng quickly spoke, his figure moving swiftly to appear in front of Ling Chen.
Ling Chen paused, his voice cold: "What is it?"
"Can you really cultivate now?"
Ling Tianfeng was somewhat excited.
"Yes."
Ling Chen nodded: "I told you just now."
"How is that possible? Then why can't I sense the aura of the nebula in your body? And, didn't you fail your awakening?"
Ling Tianfeng asked.
This was incredibly puzzling; Ling Chen clearly failed his awakening, and he had personally inspected his Mystic Gate on that day, completely certain.
Yet, two days later, Ling Chen was telling him that he could cultivate, and even revealed the Spiritual Power that belonged to a cultivator.
However, what was bizarre was that he couldn't feel Ling Chen's aura of Spiritual Power, not to mention his cultivation level.
The Family Head quickly asked.
"No."
Ling Chen shook his head.
He, of course, possessed a special physique — a Night Moon Saint Body that surpassed a Spiritual Body! However, his heart was already dead to the person before him.
"Don't you lack a Spiritual Technique? How could you possibly cultivate Spiritual Power?"
The Family Head asked again.
Ling Chen indifferently replied, "It's not only the family that possesses Spiritual Techniques; my father also left one for me."
Hearing this, the Family Head nodded.
Given Ling Tianxing's capabilities, it was quite normal for him to have left a Spiritual Technique behind. That person was a super powerhouse surpassing the Spirit Sea Realm!
After querying him further, nothing useful came out.
"What is your talent then? Uh, what's the furthest you can sense nature's spiritual energy?"
Ling Tianfeng asked.
"Five zhang."
Ling Chen responded.
Cultivation talent is usually detected during the awakening, signified by the color of light bursting from the body. But to test it afterward, a special Talent Stone is required. The Ling Family didn't have it because there was no need.
After all, one's talent is known at the time of awakening, so what use is a Talent Stone?
Of course, there are some other auxiliary means, which would require the tested individual's effort. A one-star talent can sense Spiritual Energy within approximately one zhang. With each additional star, the range increases by about one zhang.
"Five-star talent?"
Ling Tianfeng sighed. A five-star talent was not impressive within the Ling Family! Such talent couldn't help the Ling Family rise to prominence again.
"Just go. Continue to cultivate diligently in the future. Although your innate talent is mediocre, as long as you work hard, you can still become a powerhouse in the Spirit Sea Realm."
Ling Tianfeng waved his hand.
Originally, he had pinned his hopes for the Ling Family on Ling Chen, but unfortunately, the latter had failed his awakening. Although he had somehow succeeded now, his poor talent wasn't of much help to the Ling Family.
Seeing Ling Tianfeng's disappointed face, Ling Chen took steps forward and left the Family Head Mansion. As for the mentioned five zhang, it was just a casual remark; in reality, his actual range was far beyond ten zhang. The distance was so vast, even he couldn't judge it precisely.
After leaving the Family Head Mansion, Ling Chen didn't immediately return to his residence but headed toward a place in the family compound called the Spirit Hall.
The so-called Spirit Hall was a hall stored with Spiritual Techniques and Spirit Arts.
To improve cultivation, one relied on Spiritual Techniques. However, Ling Chen's physique was a bit unique. Meanwhile, Spirit Arts were magic skills that leveraged the power of Spiritual Power.
Like the previous day, his battle with Ling Feng was solely reliant on the power of Spiritual Power. If he had cultivated any Spirit Arts, the power could possibly increase manyfold.
Of course, there are levels of Spirit Arts. The higher the level of Spirit Art, the more powerful it is. Typically, they are classified into ordinary, Mystic rank, and Heaven rank, among others.
Ordinary Spirit Arts are usually just called Spirit Arts, Mystic rank ones are called Mystic Spirit Arts, and Heaven rank ones are called Heavenly Spirit Techniques.
Each level is further divided into lower, middle, and upper tiers.
So, the specific level of a Spirit Art is referred to as something like a middle-tier Heavenly Spirit Technique.
Similarly, the tier system for Spiritual Techniques mirrors that of Spirit Arts, for example, a lower-tier Heavenly Spirit Technique.
The role of a Spiritual Technique is to elevate the Cultivation Speed. The higher the level of the Spiritual Technique, the more efficiently it converts Spiritual Energy.
Thus, both Spiritual Techniques and Spirit Arts are crucially important.
However, Ling Chen's visit to the Spirit Hall wasn't for Spiritual Techniques or Spirit Arts, but for the various books within, as he needed to quickly understand the unique aspects of his Night Moon Saint Body.
Only by fully understanding the Night Moon Saint Body could he maximize its potential.
The Spirit Hall had an inner and an outer hall.
In the inner hall were the Spiritual Techniques and Spirit Arts, while the outer hall contained various books, recording the history of the Great Xia Dynasty, Spiritual Objects, and various things.
Ling Chen stepped into the outer hall and started searching among the rows of bookshelves; he was looking for ancient books related to special constitutions.
However, after flipping through dozens of books, he found nothing about the Night Moon Saint Body. But, he did learn a lot about special constitutions.
Generally, special constitutions refer to Spiritual Bodies, such as the Fire Spirit Body.
However, apart from Spiritual Bodies, there are those called Battle Bodies, such as the Power Battle Body and Agility Battle Body, etc.
Of course, compared to Spiritual Bodies, Battle Bodies are slightly weaker.
Also, Spiritual Bodies are divided into two tiers: ordinary Spiritual Bodies and Super Spiritual Bodies.
For example, the Fire Spirit Body falls under ordinary Spiritual Bodies, while the Ice Spirit Body falls under Super Spiritual Bodies.
There was even a book that mentioned existences surpassing Spiritual Bodies.
Presumably, his Night Moon Saint Body belonged to this level.
But the family's collection of books was too small, not touching upon the level of Sacred Bodies.