"Maybe I'm not simply cultivating for the first time, but rather regaining the previous strength that I lost due to the qi deviation," Shi Tian replied innocently.
"Hm, that's also true," Shi Bingyao thought for a moment and nodded. Shi Tian had already experienced cultivation once, so now that he was cultivating again from the start, his speed should be faster.
"Here, let your aunt see your meridians," Shi Bingyao said, taking his hand and transmitting a bit of her spiritual qi into his body to check his meridians.
"Good! Your meridians are completely fine now. It looks like the Meridian Mending Pill worked perfectly," Shi Bingyao nodded in surprise. Then her face frowned a little. "What happened to your spiritual roots? They're not the same as before."
"What happened?" Xiangyue also arrived in the hall. When she saw the troubled expression on Bingyao's face, she asked worriedly, fearing something was wrong with his meridians again.
"It's his spiritual roots; they've changed. Didn't he have the Extreme Flame Spiritual Root in the past? It's changed."
"Hm! Let me see," Xiangyue's face frowned as she took his hand from Bingyao and sent a bit of her spiritual qi into his body. Shi Tian could feel that his mother's spiritual qi was stronger than his aunt's.
"Yes, his spiritual roots have changed. There's no sign of damage, which means his spiritual roots have mutated," Xiangyue pondered for a moment and said with a pleasantly surprised expression.
The mutation of spiritual roots was rare in this world. Some mystical natural treasures could mutate spiritual roots.
The mutation was always seen as a positive sign because whenever a spiritual root mutated, it would, in most cases, raise the quality of the spiritual root.
"But something is strange. I can't tell the element of his new, mutated spiritual roots," Hua Xiangyue murmured.
"Tian'er, do you know your element?" Xiangyue asked Shi Tian. He should know his element better than anyone.
"I think it's related to fire, but I don't know the specifics," Shi Tian pondered for a moment and said. He didn't know why his mother and aunt couldn't see his element; maybe they had never heard of the Chaos element. He decided not to reveal the Chaos element to them for now.
"Hm! Shi Tian, your cultivation has reached the second level of the Body Forging Realm," Mingyue was also stunned after seeing his cultivation level.
"Big Sister, don't you notice one more thing about him?" Bingyao said mysteriously with a light smile. Xiangyue curiously looked at Bingyao, then glanced at Shi Tian. She didn't find anything strange other than that he looked a little more handsome than before.
Wait a second! Hua Xiangyue's eyebrows suddenly rose as she looked at his face. If they had seen him for the first time, they would not have noticed the difference and would have simply felt that Shi Tian was a naturally beautiful and handsome man.
But they had lived with him and known him for years. They had seen him just a few hours ago, and at that time, he looked normal. How could they not notice the difference?
"You noticed!"
"Yes, his charm is outstandingly strong, and it's his natural charm that suddenly increased. Even if one cultivated a charm technique, it couldn't become this strong. But he clearly didn't practice any charm technique, nor does he have a charm aura. Furthermore, charm techniques could only work on those whose strength is lower than yours," Xiangyue murmured.
But Shi Tian's charm was showing its effect on women at the Spirit Lord and Spirit King stages, while his cultivation was only at the Body Forging Stage. Although Xiangyue wanted to explore this secret, she decided not to.
"Well, let's forget about this! I am glad that Tian'er can practice again. Our genius boy has returned," Xiangyue said with a smile. Bingyao also nodded with a smile.
"Come, Mother made many tasty dishes for you this time." Xiangyue led Shi Tian to the dining table. "Xiu Ying, Duan Mei, go and help Xiaoli bring the food."
"Yes, Master!" Both girls nodded, then went to the kitchen to bring the food. This time, Xiangyue and Shen Xiaoli were responsible for cooking, Bingyao was responsible for bringing something good to drink (usually fruit wine), while Xiu Ying and Duan Mei were responsible for setting up the dining table and helping in the kitchen if needed.
Xiangyue made him sit in the middle while she sat on his right and his aunt sat on his left.
Soon, the three girls brought the food out from the kitchen. As soon as the food appeared, he could smell the sweet aroma. Just from the aroma, one could tell that the food must be tasty.
When Shen Xiaoli's gaze landed on Shi Tian, she was also stunned like everyone else. But she had a cold and frosty personality, so her heart wasn't easy to melt. She thought Shi Tian looked more handsome because he had recovered from his illness and had started cultivating again.
But his cultivation speed truly shocked her.
After everyone took a seat at the table, they started eating.
"Tian'er, here, try this. This was your favorite dish before," Xiangyue said as she placed a dish on his plate.
Shi Tian looked at the dish, which was a non-vegetarian one. He picked up a slice of meat with a fork, placed it in his mouth, and started chewing it.
"Delicious!" Shi Tian couldn't help but exclaim. The dish was delicious; Shi Tian had never eaten such tasty food on Earth. He felt that only the food from five-star hotels could compare to this, but Shi Tian didn't have the money to afford such opulent food.
"Haha, eat more if you like. Try this one," Xiangyue said while serving him another dish. Shi Tian tasted it and exclaimed again; this dish was no less tasty than the previous one.
"Shi Tian, do you want to drink some wine?" At this time, Bingyao took a wine jar from her storage ring. A strong aroma of wine appeared as soon as she opened the cap. He couldn't help but stare at the wine jar with anticipation.
On Earth, Shi Tian drank things like whiskey, rum, and other alcohol, but he didn't have much of a chance to drink wine due to its high cost.
"Hehe, don't drool over this wine. You can't drink it. This wine is very strong, made from hundreds of spiritual herbs. Only cultivators at the Spirit Master realm and above can drink this," Bingyao said, seeing his drooling expression.