Chapter 133: The Training Begins!
Ji You had indeed been in seclusion for a long time, primarily continuing to refine his Physical Body through the method of subtle illumination.
Because on his way back, he discovered that when he took the final direct hit from “Si Wu Xie,”
The urgency he felt during the tenth refinement seemed to have been broken through.
And his first attempt upon returning to the courtyard indeed confirmed this.
However, the subsequent refinements were actually much more difficult than before; after several days and nights, he had only managed to complete one.
Subtly, he seemed to sense a boundary.
The Physical Body of all beings should inherently possess such a boundary, limiting their strength.
The reason the previous subtle illuminations were so smooth might be because he had not yet reached the critical point, and by the tenth time, he had truly approached this boundary.
When he forcefully chopped through the Sword Forest with the Seven Chong Mountain, he also broke through this Bottleneck by observing that Sword Intent.
But from then on, each subsequent subtle illumination was a struggle, pushing against this boundary, making it incredibly arduous.
Ji You stretched his waist by Bi Shui Lake, then stood still, facing the green willows along the lake shore. Golden light flickered in his eyes, and although he held no spirit sword, Sword Qi surged around him, causing willow leaves to flutter.
“What did the people from Lingjian Mountain say about him, according to the letter from the Tianshu Academy’s external envoy in Liang Province?”
“They said he has a Clear Sword Heart Physique, innately close to the Dao of the Sword—.”
“But didn’t Cao Jinsong say before that he was innately close to Spiritual Qi?”
“Could he be close to everything?”
“Close to everything? What kind of Physique is this—
The three Masters-in-charge of the Master's Courtyard stood side by side on the mountain path at this moment, feeling the sharp and clear Sword Intent, their hearts a mix of emotions.
Especially Master-in-charge Qin Lang, who was on good terms with the Chu Worldly Family, seeing the Sword Intent by the lake, couldn’t help but think of Chu River.
The Second Young Master of the Chu Worldly Family had left the academy for several months to receive teachings from Elders at home, all for the purpose of defeating Ji You with his sword, entering the Inner Courtyard, and then becoming a personal Disciple of the Hall Lord.
After this, the Chu Worldly Family, which had no Dao lineage, would be bound to the two great Immortal Sects, and their status would be far above that of the Kyushu Worldly Sect, making it not an exaggeration to call them the eighth great Immortal Sect.
But Ji You’s sword is not that easy to face—.
Moreover, their current attitude towards Ji You is quite conflicted.
They sent him to the Qiling Relic to face life and death because he was a private cultivator from the countryside with no Worldly Family background, and yet he possessed exceptional talent, blocking the path of Young Master Chu.
To them, a private cultivator from the countryside, no matter how talented, was far less noble than Chu River.
But now, with his sword, he had cut through Lingjian Mountain’s Sword Forest, preserving the last shred of Tianshu Academy’s dignity.
And the founding principle of the Master's Courtyard is to uphold the Tianshu Academy’s Sect prestige, a phrase they constantly have on their lips.
Who knew that it would be Ji You who ultimately achieved this goal.
“From now on, regarding the selection of Inner Courtyard Disciples, our Master's Courtyard should interfere less.”
“That’s how it should be.”
“But I still want to know what his Physique truly is. Is it really stronger than the Chu Worldly Family’s Seven Apertures Exquisite Physique?”
“Brother Qin, why do you care about these things?”
“You don’t know this? Brother Qin still has an unmarried daughter at home.”
“?”
At this moment, Ji You slowly retracted the Sword Qi around him, then gently exhaled, and walked towards the Wudao Field. He sat cross-legged and saw the heavenly light descend.
Since returning from Lingjian Mountain, he had been refining his Physical Body and had not been to Void Mountain.
So he decided to come out of seclusion and wholeheartedly cultivate the Dao on the mountain today, doing nothing else!
Thus, with a whoosh, Ji You’s Divine Thought passed through the ethereal void, appearing before a black mountain, with the ancient Heavenly Dao above him, and silence all around.
At this moment, the cold Fairy with long legs and a slender waist was sitting on the mountain, comprehending the Dao. Seeing him arrive, she slightly narrowed her beautiful eyes.
In fact, since Ji You left, the little Master Jian had thought about many things, and her mood was quite complex.
A strange man she had only met three times not only bit her feet but also hugged her. After calming down, she felt a bit like poking Ji You a few times with a sword.
Women are just like that, their moods are unpredictable.
When they are together, everything feels exciting, but when they calm down, they feel so delicate, so unlike themselves.
“Have you had dinner?”
“I’m entering a meditative state; don’t bother me.”
Ji You was slightly startled, thinking to himself, why is this girl so conflicted and resentful again? So he quietly walked over.
Yan Shuyi didn’t want to speak, then closed her eyes, pretending to enter a meditative state. Her arm quietly lifted, leaving enough space for an arm to encircle her slender waist, and pink Qi began to waft from her head.
“I’m in a meditative state; I won’t know if I’m hugged.”
Ji You looked at her action of covering her ears while stealing a bell, and after much thought, decided to pretend not to see it, looking straight ahead like a true gentleman.
He wanted to bring out Yan Shuyi’s childlike Emperor personality, to make her act spoiled in his arms, to make her call him ‘Gege’ (older brother).
But he didn’t want this girl to train him.
If he was too obedient in daily life, he felt he might find it difficult to attain an Emperor’s position later.
However, not long after, Yan Shuyi’s face, with her arm raised in pretense, grew increasingly cold.
Ji You’s ability to assess the situation was quite good. He couldn’t help but instinctively reach out from behind and embrace her slender willow waist, gently pulling her into his arms.
Although the little Master Jian, who was being held, still kept her eyes closed, pretending to be in a meditative state, she was clearly much more docile at this moment.
Being held while comprehending the Dao; it made her so comfortable. Ji You couldn’t defeat her now, so he could only be fierce in his heart.
What he didn’t know was that Yan Shuyi had never been hugged before, simply because she was the little Master Jian of Lingjian Mountain.
That spirit mirror had given her an aloof and independent identity, making people only dare to observe from afar, to the extent that even with her parents, there was a sense of distance.
Things she hadn’t tried, she couldn’t say whether she liked or disliked. Yan Shuyi used to always feel that a Master Jian as dignified as herself, with tens of thousands of Disciples under her command, didn’t look like those ordinary girls who were accustomed to being hugged, and it would also harm her pride.
So when Ji You first touched her waist, she felt offended.
But later, she truly enjoyed it. The little Master Jian of Lingjian Mountain felt a bit smug at this moment, her fair jade feet, propped on the edge of the black stone cliff, involuntarily moved with excitement.
Her so-called meditative state appeared obviously fake at this moment.
“Your feet are still moving, are you pretending to be in a meditative state—?”
Ji You suddenly spoke, and he clearly felt the little Master Jian in his arms stiffen for a moment, her feet instantly becoming still.
At this point, Ji You lifted her arm from behind and muttered to himself, “I heard that people in a meditative state are completely stiff. If someone lifts their arm at this time, they won’t actively put it down.”
The little Master Jian held her arm up and didn’t put it down, her breathing slow, her slender and curled eyelashes trembling slightly. Ji You looked at her and thought to himself, this girl isn’t always smart; when she’s silly, she’s easily fooled.
How could someone in a meditative state, upon being disturbed by the outside world, suddenly awaken, yet still obediently hold their arm up when it’s lifted?
Hmm…
The training begins!
Ji You gently lowered her arm, then leaned close to her ear and murmured, “I also heard that people in a meditative state will call themselves whatever you tell them to. If they don’t, it’s fake.”
Yan Shuyi: “?”
After setting the stage, Ji You gently said, “Shuyi, call me Gege.”
As his words fell, the little Master Jian suddenly opened her beautiful eyes, revealing a pair of chilling, penetrating pupils,
Then she turned her head from his embrace, and Sword Intent surged.
At the same time, the pink Qi floating around her body gradually faded, finally turning icy white.
In a short while, Ji You’s Divine Thought was kicked out, falling back into the Wudao Field, and he himself fell into silence.
A hot-blooded young man, it seems he can’t cultivate this Dao at all—.
Ji You had planned to let his Divine Thought soar again, but before he could close his eyes, a pair of shapely breasts immediately came into view.
Cao Jinsong had been on the Baiyu Platform earlier, and seeing that he was about to comprehend the Dao, he had been waiting by his side. Now, seeing him return to his senses, he couldn’t help but ask, “How were the results of your seclusion?”
Ji You relaxed his back: “Very good, I feel much stronger than before I left.”
“That’s excellent! Then we just have to wait for the autumn competition, defeat Chu River, and enter the Inner Courtyard!”
“Instructor, I haven’t inquired during these days of seclusion. Do you know how You Buyu, who returned with me, is doing now?”
Ji You and You Buyu had a personal grudge, so this inquiry wasn’t out of concern for him, but rather because some matters were quite important to him.
Because on that late night leaving Lingjian Mountain, as the carriage traveled from Liang Province to Liang Province with the Tianshu Academy Disciples, he was meditating with his eyes closed when he suddenly heard a dull thud from behind.
Then the carriage stopped, everyone got out, and they saw You Buyu, who was riding alone due to his injuries, fall onto the road, crying out in pain and continuously pounding his lower abdomen.
Before everyone could react, he fell into a coma, his face visibly turning sallow.
In fact, when he left Lingjian Mountain, this personal Disciple of Zizai Hall had almost recovered.
Although his face was still pale, the Qi within his body had calmed, and the many severe wounds on his body had stopped bleeding.
He himself felt good, even harshly refusing the message that Tianshu Academy would send someone to greet him, saying that losing in the Dao inquiry had already caused him to lose face, and if he couldn't even return to the academy on his own, he would truly be laughed at for life.
But no one expected You Buyu’s injuries to suddenly worsen, and he hadn’t woken up since then.
Subsequently, several Elders from Zizai Hall personally came to pick him up, and everyone else returned to the academy with them. Ji You had not seen him since.
At this moment, Cao Jinsong couldn’t help but put his hands behind his back and said, “His condition is not good. He had already fallen in cultivation realm upon returning to the mountain, and the Spiritual Qi in his body is constantly scattering, out of control.”
The various cultivation methods commonly used by Tianshu Academy, if forcibly broken, would indeed cause a backlash, but such severe cases are rare.
Ji You pondered for a long time before saying, “Hall Lord You is at the Perfection of the Upper Five Realms, and the Headmaster is even in the Linxian Realm. Is there no solution?”
“If there was a way, it wouldn’t have dragged on until now. I don’t know the specific situation, but it seems difficult to resolve. I heard the day before yesterday that Hall Lord You has already sent someone to the Dan Sect to invite a Pill Master to assist here.”
Ji You nodded after hearing this: “Then, Instructor Cao, how much monthly salary did you receive this month?”
Hearing this, Cao Jinsong’s smile gradually froze.
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