This day, Qiu Yuanxi happened to have nothing to do, so she entered the small world's training ground to watch the younger generation of the Ling family cultivate.
It was also the second day of the ancient spirit academy's holiday, but Ling Luochen and the others had not stopped for a moment, continuing their cultivation.
"Sister Qiu!" Ling Luzhi, with sharp eyes, spotted Qiu Yuanxi watching them from the rooftop and called out in surprise.
Seeing that she had been discovered, Qiu Yuanxi didn't hide. She leaped down and landed in front of Ling Luzhi, pinching her round cheeks and saying, "Little Zhi'er, you have such sharp eyes."
Ling Luzhi giggled sweetly twice, causing everyone to burst into laughter.
This training ground was not exclusive to anyone, so both direct disciples and collateral disciples practiced here uniformly. They had been interacting with Qiu Yuanxi for nearly a year, so they were no longer as reserved as when they first met.
Ling Luomeng even said to Qiu Yuanxi, "Sister Qiu, Ninth Sister has always been like this."
Just as Ling Luzhi thought Ling Luomeng was going to praise her, she heard her say, "If she can be lazy, she will be."
Hearing this, everyone burst into laughter again.
Hearing the laughter, Ling Luzhi declared that she was angry! The kind that couldn't be appeased.
Seeing Ling Luzhi's puffed-up cheeks, resembling a pufferfish, Qiu Yuanxi couldn't help but 'pfft' with laughter.
Hearing Qiu Yuanxi also laughing at her, Ling Luzhi put on a stern face and called out indignantly, "Sister Qiu!"
Seeing that she was genuinely upset, Qiu Yuanxi tried to maintain a serious demeanor and pretended to reprimand Ling Luomeng, "Little Mengmeng, don't talk about our Little Zhi'er like that anymore. Little Zhi'er will get angry."
"Yes," Ling Luomeng replied with equal seriousness.
Seeing that Qiu Yuanxi was on her side, Ling Luzhi was satisfied and proudly said, "I'm not being lazy. Go out and take a look, who among them can reach my cultivation level at my age? I have the right to be proud."
This was not untrue. Not long ago, Ling Luzhi had celebrated her tenth birthday and had achieved the cultivation of a first-tier Spirit Apprentice. Although she benefited from Ling Luoyi's advancement, her own efforts could not be denied; she was not inferior. However...
"Ninth Sister, I am only three months older than you, yet I am already a fourth-tier Spirit Apprentice," Ling Luomeng said leisurely.
Upon hearing this, Ling Luzhi pouted again to show her displeasure. When she saw Qiu Yuanxi, her eyes lit up, and she said, "Sister Qiu, you must be very, very powerful, and you must know many, many things. Can you tell us about them?"
Qiu Yuanxi was taken aback. She scanned them and saw that they were all looking at her with curiosity. Qiu Yuanxi said hesitantly, "I suppose I can tell you."
Hearing that there was a possibility, Ling Luzhi grabbed Qiu Yuanxi's clothes and said coquettishly, "Tell us, tell us, we won't tell anyone else."
"Sister Qiu, please tell us, we beg you."
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"Miss Qiu, please tell us. It will also let us know how small we are."
Hearing Ling Luochen's agreement, Qiu Yuanxi felt that he was right, so she said without any psychological burden, "Then you all sit down on the ground, and I will give you a lesson."
Everyone present sat down obediently. Their training clothes were already dirty, so a little more wouldn't matter.
Seeing that they were all seated, Qiu Yuanxi took out a stone pen, the style of which they had never seen before. However, having known her for so long, they were no longer surprised by it.
Qiu Yuanxi drew three circles in the air, arranged in three rows and one column, and then said, "I will first tell you about our cultivation levels. Who can tell me what you know?"
"Sister Qiu, I know!" Ling Luzhi was indeed the most proactive. "Our cultivation levels are first divided into the Innate Realm and the Acquired Realm. Each realm is further divided into one to nine stars, and then there are the Spirit Apprentice Realm, Spirit Master Realm, Spirit Scholar Realm, Spirit Teacher Realm, Great Spirit Teacher Realm, and Spirit King Realm. Each realm is divided into one to nine stages. Reaching the first stage of Spirit King allows one to ascend to the Upper Realm. However, it has been a long time since anyone on the Ancient Spirit Continent has reached this realm."
At the end of her sentence, Ling Luzhi suddenly became dejected.
Qiu Yuanxi chuckled and said, "Little Zhi'er is correct. Do you know what comes after the Spirit King Realm?"
"After?" Ling Luzhi shook her head and said, "I don't know."
Qiu Yuanxi didn't need to ask anyone else. She said, "Actually, our cultivation levels are divided into three major tiers: the Spirit Realm, the Immortal Realm, and the God Realm. Of course, these are just the names used by our human race."
As Qiu Yuanxi spoke, she wrote the corresponding characters in the three circles she had drawn and continued, "The Spirit Apprentice Realm to the Spirit King Realm that Little Zhi'er mentioned all belong to the Spirit Realm. Little Zhi'er, there's something else I need to tell you. The Innate Realm and Acquired Realm you mentioned are not considered cultivation realms by those in the upper realms; they can only be called quasi-cultivation realms. Only upon reaching the Spirit Apprentice Realm are you considered a true cultivator."
As Qiu Yuanxi spoke, she pointed upwards.
The people present had never heard of these two points mentioned by Qiu Yuanxi, so they listened even more attentively.
Qiu Yuanxi continued writing something behind the topmost circle, saying, "After the Spirit King Realm, there are the Spirit Emperor Realm, Spirit Sect Realm, Spirit Venerable Realm, Spirit Lord Realm, Spirit Saint Realm, and Spirit Emperor Realm. A total of twelve realms, which together form the Spirit Realm, also divided into one to nine stages."
After hearing this, the disciples present maintained calm expressions, but their hearts were turbulent as they tried to digest everything they had heard.
Qiu Yuanxi gave them time and did not continue speaking.
After a while, Ling Luzhi asked, "Then, Sister Qiu, what realms are in the Immortal Realm?"
Seeing that they had digested the information, Qiu Yuanxi continued to write behind the second circle, not forgetting to explain, "The Immortal Realm has a total of sixteen realms, namely the Qi Refining Realm, Void Returning Realm, Dao Harmonizing Realm, Loose Immortal Realm, Wandering Immortal Realm, Golden Immortal Realm, Profound Immortal Realm, Spirit Immortal Realm, Immortal King Realm, Immortal Emperor Realm, Immortal Sect Realm, Immortal Venerable Realm, Immortal Lord Realm, Immortal Saint Realm, Immortal Emperor Realm, and Demigod Realm. Similar to the Spirit Realm, the various realms in the Immortal Realm are also divided into one to nine stages."
After listening, seeing that Qiu Yuanxi had stopped, Ling Luoxian asked, "Miss Qiu, what about the God Realm?"
"I am also unclear about the God Realm," Qiu Yuanxi explained. "Because once one breaks through to the God Realm, divine envoys will escort you to the God Realm, and it is very difficult to return afterwards, so there are no records."
"Sister Qiu, have people really reached these realms you mentioned?"
"Of course. If no one had reached them, how could there be any records?"
"Then, Miss Qiu, can you tell us your current realm?"
"Me?" Qiu Yuanxi circled a word behind the first circle and said, "I am here."
When everyone saw clearly, they fell silent. This was because Qiu Yuanxi did not seem much older than them, yet she possessed the cultivation of a Spirit Sect Realm. Meanwhile, the strongest among them, the eldest young master, was only at the Spirit Scholar Realm.
Thinking of someone, Ling Luoxian asked, "Miss Qiu, what about my eldest sister? Do you know her cultivation?"
"I don't know her current cultivation, but when I first met her, she was in the Spirit Lord Realm."
This meant that Qiu Yuanxi's current realm was still inferior to Ling Luoyi's realm from a few years ago.
Qiu Yuanxi did not feel ashamed at all. If she was inferior, she was inferior; there was no need to feel inferior.
After listening, everyone quieted down again. They had been smug about their current progress, only to realize that they were still at the very bottom. The eldest young lady was certainly stronger now than when she first met Miss Qiu, and Miss Qiu was not someone they could catch up to at the moment, especially since both of them were also high-grade alchemists.
Thinking of this, Ling Luofu asked, "Miss Qiu, what are the ranks of alchemists like?"