From that day on, Christina had classes throughout the entire day, and Zhou Bai’s idle laziness value also increased a bit.
Later that same night, Zhou Bai felt he hadn’t experienced any abnormalities after his breakthrough, and Christina was unwilling to put it off any longer, so it was finally time to use the Artifact to help Christina with her own breakthrough.
Zhou Bai, "Your Primordial Spirit value is only 870, huh? Is that going to be a problem?"
Christina, "With my theoretical level, a Daoization rate of 9.9% is enough. A slightly lower Primordial Spirit value won’t impede my breakthrough."
Zhou Bai knew that breakthroughs in Daoization did not depend on the Primordial Spirit value. However, most people would raise their Primordial Spirit value to the limit, seeking the best state for their breakthrough with the Artifact.
Seeing Christina’s full confidence, Zhou Bai said, "Alright, then. If there’s any problem, I can seal the Artifact at any time."
Zhou Bai, "The only thing I’m worried about is whether you count as human, since the Artifact is meant to be practiced by humans, right?"
Christina, "Chill out, chill out, my memory tells me it’s not a problem. Although I can’t remember how I used to practice it, I remember that there shouldn’t be an issue once I start. I’m positive I’ve practiced with the Artifact before."
Then they saw Christina lying in front of the Great Strength Giant Troll Statue containing the Artifact 01, quickly entering a state of visualization.
The white cat looked motionless and serene; if not for the slight rise and fall of her body, one might wonder if she were dead.
About half an hour later, Christina slowly opened her eyes and looked at her body: "Just as natural as water flowing into a channel. I knew I must have practiced this before—it feels so familiar. And it’s so easy, much easier than the cultivation offered by Dao School. Why did the school abandon this version of cultivation?"
At that moment, Christina felt a qualitative transformation in her strength. Whether it was the Sword Qi cultivated from the sword diagrams or her Primordial Spirit value, all her abilities had increased significantly, making her feel very comfortable.
Next, she just needed to exchange for the next level’s Demon God diagrams and resources with the school, and then continue her practice.
Especially now that she had a shortcut with the Artifact, Christina felt even more confident in her training speed.
On the other hand, once Zhou Bai was sure Christina was alright, he picked up a bewildered-looking Elsa.
He dragged Elsa to embrace the Great Strength Giant Troll Statue, and Christina said, "Just hugging it won’t work. This silly dog doesn’t even have any Primordial Spirit power, so how can she visualize?"
"Hmph, I’ve already thought about this." Zhou Bai said, "Visualization doesn’t necessarily require Primordial Spirit power; using Primordial Spirit power just makes it easier for us to visualize."
With that, they saw Zhou Bai take out a bowl of meat juice and sprinkle it evenly on the Great Strength Giant Troll Statue.
"Lick it, Elsa."
Elsa’s eyes sparkled as she looked at the meat juice on the statue; she opened her mouth and began to lick ferociously, while Zhou Bai continuously poured the meat juice, allowing Elsa to evenly lick every corner of the statue.
Christina looked on in disgust: "That’s revolting. Good thing I’ve already broken through the first realm and don’t need the Artifact 01 anymore."
Meanwhile, Elsa quickly licked the statue from head to toe, then did so a second time and a third.
Her motions gradually slowed, and her eyes slowly closed, but her licking did not stop.
Zhou Bai had stopped pouring the meat juice, and he stood with Christina, watching Elsa, who was now with her eyes closed, snoring, and fervently licking the bare statue, all of them displaying expressions of surprise.
Zhou Bai said hesitantly, "Does this count as a successful visualization?"
"Who knows." Christina, "But now that she’s almost licked the statue bald and is still licking with her eyes closed, she should be visualizing, I guess."
A man and a cat watched for over forty minutes, just as the shadow of the Great Strength Giant Troll Statue struggled more and more, seemingly about to cause a distortion.
Just as Zhou Bai was about to seal the statue again, Elsa finally stopped, opened her eyes, looking bewildered. It was unclear if her practice had been successful.
But at the very least, she seemed to be alright.
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So Zhou Bai continued with the day’s tasks, started breathing in spiritual energy to raise his Primordial Spirit value, while Christina, having had a full day of classes, lay down on the bed to sleep.
...
Christina, who was sound asleep, felt something rubbing against her, pushed it with her paws, and realized it seemed to be a human face. She muttered, "Move aside, Zhou Bai, don’t disturb my sleep."
Feeling the rubbing continue, Christina twisted her body and said, "Stop it, don’t hug the cat in the middle of the night, I want to sleep."
Suddenly, she felt that something was amiss. Zhou Bai wouldn’t rub his face against hers.
Upon opening her eyes, she saw a human head in front of her, but below it was the body of a dog.
Or to be more precise, a Shiba Inu with a human head was staring at her.
"Ahhhh!!!"
The frightened Christina’s cat fur fell off like snowflakes, and she rolled backward over a dozen times before stopping, staring in shock at the human-headed dog before her.
"Elsa... Elsa?" Christina looked at the head, which was clearly the adorable little girl Elsa, yet it was bizarrely attached to a dog’s body.
Christina turned to look where Zhou Bai was and saw him standing on the side, staring intently at Elsa.
"Zhou Bai! What’s going on here? Why has Elsa turned into this?"
Zhou Bai said, "You ask me, who do I ask? It must be because she practiced the techniques from Dao School."
He turned to Elsa and said, "Elsa, you... how are you feeling?"
Elsa rotated her head, her mouth a bit stiff, and said slowly, "So... so strange... I’m so hungry."
Zhou Bai shook his head and sighed, "She must not have mastered it completely. Practice some more, and it should be fine."
...
Two days later, Christina, with twitching eyelids, watched Elsa run back and forth in front of her — a Shiba Inu with a pair of delicate, straight, fair legs of a beautiful girl, barking at her incessantly.
"Zhou Bai, something’s not right, hasn’t she mutated?"
Zhou Bai flipped through Dr. Zhuang’s notes, grinding his teeth, "At least she looks a bit more human than she did before, right?"
Christina exclaimed, "More human my ass! Going out like this, she’ll be chopped to pieces in minutes!"
"One moment a human-headed dog! The next a dog-headed human! Can’t she just transform completely for once?"
...
Three days later, Christina looked on bewildered as Elsa ran around, calling out the names Zhou Bai and Christina.
At that moment, Elsa had taken on a human form, but she was all fuzzy, covered with Shiba Inu fur, and had a pair of dog ears standing on top of her head. She also bore a large tail that kept wagging behind her, looking like some kind of canine spirit.
However, her face was completely fur-free and looked exactly like her original human self.
’This girl,’ Christina thought to herself, ’has quite the advantage in this form.’ She gestured to her own body and wondered, ’Why haven’t I transformed after practicing the Dao School techniques?’
Zhou Bai said, "Elsa, stop jumping around, you’re making me dizzy."
"Woof," Elsa called out unclearly, "Zhou Bai! Pat pat! Pat pat!" While saying this, she tapped her own head with her hand.
Zhou Bai, helpless, patted her head, "Elsa, you have to get rid of your old dog habits, remember you’re a person?"
...
Elsa was on the eighth day of visualizing the Dao School techniques.
Zhou Bai and Christina stood by the bedside, looking at Elsa on the bed.
Zhou Bai said, "This should be the limit, right?"
Christina said, "It should be."
Zhou Bai remarked, "She looks alright now."