Where Did the Spiritual Energy in the Sanctum Go

"Don't worry," said Minister Zhuo.

Colin Gu waved at her and nodded.

Evan Xiao glanced at her once, then walked away without another look.

Grace watched them leave, then returned to Jun Lionhead.

"Master." Grace called out with a bright smile.

"How did you know I lived here? I've been in seclusion for years, and no one has ever found me," Jun Lionhead said.

"I heard it from a friend. But he doesn't want me to tell you who he is."

That friend is... Grace.

Jun Lionhead smiled, "Fine, if you won't say, I won't ask. But I have a feeling I'll find out sooner or later."

Grace grinned, "Thank you, Master."

"You can stay in the second room from the right for now," Jun Lionhead said, pointing. "It's pretty basic, but make do for now."

"Okay, Master! Thank you, Master!"

Jun Lionhead produced a thick stack of books from who-knows-where and handed them to her. "Memorize all of these. If you don't understand something, ask me."

Here we go again...

His way of teaching disciples is always so rough.

Luckily, those painful days of memorizing books are behind me...

Grace carried the books into her room, tidied up a bit, then entered her Sanctum to cultivate.

Right now, the whole Sanctum should be overflowing with spiritual energy, right?

Just thinking about it makes me feel totally refreshed and energized!

But to her surprise, when she entered... there was no spiritual energy at all.

The Sanctum had always been far richer in spiritual energy than the outside world.

In the past, Grace found that the spiritual energy inside was limited—the more she used, the less there was.

Afraid of using it all up and being unable to refine pills, even when she needed spiritual energy most, Grace rarely tapped into the Sanctum's reserves.

All these years, the spiritual energy inside had always stayed at a pretty abundant level.

Plus, with the Illusory Array already activated and a Celestial Spirit Jade just converted into energy, the place should be overflowing!

But now, stepping inside, Grace found... the spiritual energy was almost completely drained!

Even the once-lush herbs were starting to wilt!

These herbs weren't just rare—they'd been growing for ten or twenty years!

"What the heck! What's going on?" Grace dashed into the tower, only to find the Celestial Spirit Jade had lost all its luster, turning into a dull gray stone!

"What's going on? Seriously, what is this? Did I activate the Illusory Array and accidentally drain all the spiritual energy away?"

It must be that Illusory Array acting up!

Grace rushed to the four openings, trying to pull out all the Celestial Spirit Jades and shut down this troublesome array.

But after the holes closed, there was no trace left at all. She fiddled with the Illusory Array for ages, but couldn't shut it down.

After thinking for a while, Grace took out another Celestial Spirit Jade and placed it into the hole in the wall.

Gradually, spiritual energy began to appear!

After about half an hour, the whole Celestial Spirit Jade had turned to stone, and the alchemy room was filled with spiritual energy...

"Looks like the Illusory Array's working fine!" Grace muttered. "So where did all the spiritual energy go?"

Just as she was mumbling to herself, Grace suddenly sensed all the spiritual energy flowing out of the tower.

"Huh? What's happening?" Grace followed the direction the energy was flowing.

Normally, spiritual energy just floats freely in the air.

This kind of abnormal flow only happens when something is absorbing it.