Ning Chengfeng quickly ran back home, his eyes staring blankly. “It was Niu Xiaoqiang who blew up the kitchen. He attached a talisman to the bottom of the pot, saying he just wanted to hear it make a sound…”
If he hadn’t seen the Niu family taking a vine to whip Niu Xiaoqiang until he cried loudly, Ning Chengfeng would not have believed it.
Niu Xiaoqiang was seven years old and a First Stage cultivator, meaning he had just entered the Qi Condensation Realm. He had only recently started, so he could activate talismans.
But precisely because he had already entered, he should have known the effect of an explosive talisman.
Yet he used it in his own home. That was unbelievable.
Ning Chengfeng glanced at Aunt and exchanged a look with her.
This is really happening.
If the earlier secret money incident could be explained away, this one could not.
The secret money event had already occurred, but Ning Zhishui had known about the Niu family incident before it even happened.
It could not have been a guess. Even if it was, there was no way the time, place, and people would all be correct.
Ren Fei and Ning Chengfeng both looked stunned from the shock.
Ning Zhishui, however, wore an expression of confirmation.
It was indeed today.
Still, the Niu family was quite unlucky. Soon, they would probably die during a trip using a flying boat.
Encounters with flying beasts during travel were rare, but they somehow suffered this fate. It was likely their karmic retribution.
She knew this but would not warn them.
Ren Fei opened her mouth. “Zhishui, Aunt feels like something is off about you today. Did something happen? Why not tell me?”
The second Brother nodded repeatedly. “Yes, something is not right.”
Ning Zhishui paused for a few seconds.
She had been discovered. That was normal. A person who had lived for hundreds of years could no longer convincingly act like a playful young girl.
Should she confess?
Probably not. It was too absurd. Even she herself would not have believed it if told by someone else.
If she revealed it, her family might see her as a monster, making it even harder to warn them of anything.
She decided to wait.
Only after establishing authority and influence in the family would such an absurd revelation be more acceptable.
Today was just the first day back. It was clearly not the right time.
“I probably haven’t fully woken up yet. Still a bit sleepy,” Ning Zhishui said, putting down the beads. “Aunt, I’m going to rest a little.”
She stood and returned to her room.
“What should we do?” Ning Chengfeng asked quietly.
“Don’t rush. Let’s observe and see how often such precognitive events happen,” Ren Fei said, shaking her head. “I’ll head back to my room. You should go practice.”
She needed to discuss matters with Senior and understand the situation fully.
Little did she know, Danxing was also confused.
At first, he had not understood the whispers between Ren Fei and Ning Chengfeng. Being inside the bracelet, he could not hear Ning Zhishui’s inner thoughts.
After hearing more of their conversation, he realized something was strange.
But regarding the matter of the great power Senior, he did not dare reveal anything. After all, he still needed her assistance to find a body.
Ren Fei naturally could not get any information from him.
After returning to her room, Ning Zhishui began to cultivate.
Her current body was ordinary, with five spiritual roots. Among the Ning family and the entire cultivation world, it was considered bottom-tier.
Because of this, she could not enter prestigious sects. Even if she did, she would remain an outer disciple, far from the core resources.
The Ning family did not plan to send her to a sect. They felt that with her talent, it was better to stay home where her parents and brothers could watch over her.
Yet Ning Zhishui knew her body had five spiritual roots, and they were perfectly balanced—the rare Heavenly Movement Five Spiritual Roots.
Most five-rooted cultivators had imbalanced elements. Some elements were stronger, some weaker. Her five roots were identical.
The five elements generate and restrain each other, and the Heavenly Movement Five Spiritual Roots applied this principle to the extreme.
She could excel at any discipline. Any skill she wanted to learn, she would learn faster than others.
Most importantly, her spiritual energy recovery was nearly five times faster than others.
Others needed pills to replenish energy after exhaustion, taking an entire night if relying on natural recovery.
She needed only half an hour.
Even better, she was not picky about cultivation methods.
No matter which system a skill belonged to, it suited her perfectly.
Ordinary five-rooted cultivators were slow because their mixed roots made energy conversion difficult.
But Heavenly Movement Five Spiritual Roots were highly favored, with cultivation speed even surpassing single-rooted practitioners.
Five elements generate all things, all things transform into five elements. Through continuous transformation, life and energy flow endlessly.
Ordinary tools could detect root attributes but not proportions. Determining Heavenly Movement Five Spiritual Roots required special, rare, and expensive tools, not present in every sect.
Thus, Heavenly Movement Five Spiritual Roots were rare and often overlooked for cultivation, blending into obscurity over time.
In her previous life, Ning Zhishui did not discover her true roots until her twenties, missing the optimal cultivation period of ages ten to twenty.
Now, it was different.
The first thing Ning Zhishui did was practice a new cultivation method the Heavenly Movement Technique.
It was perfectly suited for her roots, unmatched by any other technique.
It worked fastest at lower stages, slowing slightly at higher levels, but built an extremely solid foundation.
At the same cultivation level, its power surpassed other practitioners.
Cultivation stages were divided into ten levels. From weak to strong: First Stage Qi Condensation, Second Stage, Bone Refining, Metal Shaping, Thousand Cauldrons, Spirit Refining, Thought Transformation, Void Treading, Primordial Chaos, and finally Chaos Stage.
Only after the tenth stage could one ascend to become an immortal.
Her body was currently at the peak of Qi Condensation. Ning Zhishui estimated that after running the Heavenly Movement Technique once, she could likely break through.
Her previous cultivation method was basic and gentle, essentially laying a foundation, which did not conflict with the new technique. She could directly cultivate using spiritual energy.
As Ning Zhishui immersed herself fully in cultivation, the family door was pushed open.