Chapter 60: Chapter 60: Method

Teacher Ai Li and the others didn’t understand how Lu Xiao could be so devoted to a single person. In turn, Lu Xiao couldn’t quite understand how they could like so many people at once.

She felt her energy was both abundant and finite. Abundant, because there was so much more to life than just males, so many vibrant things waiting for her to do. Finite, because she couldn’t waste her entire life managing relationships.

The more people in a home, the more conflicts there would be to resolve.

The mere thought gave her a headache.

That morning, on the first day their clinic was open, Teacher Ai Li and the others also threw themselves into their work while Lu Xiao attended to her patients.

What surprised Lu Xiao, however, was that when she finished her work for the morning and returned to the office for lunch, the other three, led by Teacher Ai Li, were all deathly pale.

They looked as if they had endured some form of torture.

The sight startled Lu Xiao, who had just entered the office and hadn’t yet returned to her seat.

“Teacher Ai Li, Teacher Sherry, what’s wrong with everyone?”

Teacher Ai Li sipped her warm water, her gaze falling on Lu Xiao, who was still energetic and full of life even after treating two S-Class males in a row. “We’d like to ask you the same thing. Lu Xiao, how did you manage to treat two S-Class males and still be in such good condition?”

’Were they really just too delicate?’

Lu Xiao froze for a moment, then suddenly realized their condition was an aftereffect of treating S-Class males.

’I never thought it would be this severe.’

Unsure how to explain, Lu Xiao walked over to Teacher Ai Li, placing a hand on her forehead. “Relax.”

Teacher Ai Li was about to ask what she was doing when a cool sensation spread through her Spirit Sea, and her exhaustion immediately began to fade.

This was the first time Lu Xiao had entered a female’s Spirit Sea. Compared to a male’s, a female’s Spirit Sea was much smaller. There was no Dark Matter, but it was hazy and gray, as if shrouded in a layer of mist. A few clumps of spirit silk were tangled together, but Lu Xiao quickly smoothed them out.

Five minutes later, Lu Xiao withdrew from Teacher Ai Li’s Spirit Sea.

Teacher Ai Li, who had been pale and exhausted just moments before, opened her eyes, which were now wide with disbelief and shock.

“Dear, you’re incredible! Your Spiritual Soothing is very unique, completely different from ours. You actually smoothed out my spirit silk directly!”

Teacher Ai Li looked as though she had discovered a new world, her eyes sparkling with adoration as she gazed at Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao raised an eyebrow. She knew her purification power was different from a female’s Spiritual Soothing, but from the way Teacher Ai Li was talking… ’Does that mean they don’t smooth out the spirit silk when they perform Spiritual Soothing on S-Class males?’

“Then how do you do it, Teacher Ai Li?”

“We all just inject our own spiritual power to suppress the agitated, fluctuating spirit silk. But the contaminants in the Male Beastman’s Spirit Sea seep into our own Spirit Seas as well, which causes us pain.”

Lu Xiao thought about the misty haze she had just seen in Teacher Ai Li’s Spirit Sea. ’That must have been caused by the Dark Matter contamination.’

“That Dark Matter—ahem, I mean, those contaminants—where do they come from?” She had treated a fair number of S-Class Male Beastmen by now. Most of their Spirit Seas contained Dark Matter, with only a rare few having very little or none at all.

The only difference was that the Spirit Seas of ordinary people were much cleaner than those of the S-Class males serving in the military.

“Any Male Beastman who has been on the battlefield and come into contact with the Insect Race gets infected. Once these contaminants enter the Spirit Sea, they’re incredibly difficult to remove. It’s like they’re adhesive; they cling to the spirit silk and multiply by feeding on the Beastmen’s negative emotions.”

After listening to Teacher Ai Li’s explanation, Lu Xiao finally understood what Dark Matter was.

“But, Lu Xiao, what made you think to smooth out the tangled spirit silk?”

Lu Xiao’s heart skipped a beat. She raised a hand to cover her mouth and gave a light cough. “Isn’t that how it’s done? I thought that’s what everyone did.”

Teacher Ai Li paused at her words, then her expression softened with understanding as she looked at Lu Xiao. The young female before her was still so young; it was perfectly normal for her to be inexperienced with Spiritual Soothing.

But for her to have discovered this method despite her inexperience… that was what made her truly remarkable.

There were no textbooks on Spiritual Soothing; it was something they seemed to know instinctively. For the longest time, their approach had always been to suppress the negative emotions within an S-Class male’s Spirit Sea. They had never once thought of actually smoothing out the tangled spirit silk.

No, that wasn’t right. It wasn’t that they had *never* thought of it, but that smoothing it out was far more complex than simply suppressing it.

Compared to a tedious and complex process, the simple, brute-force method of suppression was naturally more suitable.

After all, every minute longer they spent inside an S-Class male’s Spirit Sea meant another minute of being invaded by those contaminants, and another minute of pain.

Treating a single S-Class male required two days of rest to expel all the contaminants they absorbed.

But the contaminants wouldn’t remain permanently in a female’s Spirit Sea.

’So,’ Lu Xiao couldn’t help but wonder, ’does this mean that, to some extent, a female’s Spiritual Soothing also possesses a degree of purification power?’

’The only question is whether this purification power is directed inward or outward.’

Having fully recovered thanks to Lu Xiao’s Spiritual Soothing, the healthy, rosy color had returned to Teacher Ai Li’s face.

This made Teacher Sherry, who was watching from the side, exclaim anxiously, “Dear, can you two talk later? Lu Xiaoxiao, hurry and help us too!”

Lu Xiao didn’t refuse and proceeded to perform Spiritual Soothing on each of the three teachers.

Performing Spiritual Soothing on females wasn’t difficult; she was done with all of them in a little over ten minutes.

“Dear, your Spiritual Soothing feels absolutely amazing! If I were a male, I’d definitely whisk you away home with me!”

A recovered Teacher Sherry hugged Lu Xiao excitedly.

Lu Xiao smiled. “I’m just happy that everyone is okay.”

“This is great! With Lu Xiao around, I won’t be afraid of treating S-Class males anymore,” Teacher Sherry said, overjoyed.

But Teacher Ai Li asked, “Did you all feel what was happening during Lu Xiao’s Spiritual Soothing?”

Teacher Sherry blinked, then her eyes widened as she looked at Lu Xiao. “Xiao Xiao’s Spiritual Soothing is different from ours! She smoothed out my spirit silk completely. My Spirit Sea feels so comfortable and clear now, like my whole body is basking in sunlight. I’m in such a good mood!”

The other two teachers nodded in agreement.

Seeing that they all understood, Teacher Ai Li said, “So, let’s try this method next time. If we smooth out the tangled spirit silk within an S-Class male’s Spirit Sea, wouldn’t their negative emotions decrease? And if the contaminants lack their food source, wouldn’t they also diminish?”

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