Chapter 89: Practicing Hardships Together

"Master?" Xu Chuchu was a little confused when suddenly asked this question. "Maybe, I don't have any other relatives besides Master."

But in fact, even her master was buried with her own eyes.

How could a person who had already passed away appear in the Great Xia Dynasty, which was separated by a different time and space?

But if it weren't for her master, where would she have other relatives?

Xiao Yu sensed the hidden meaning in her words, and didn't stupidly ask where her parents were. He just comforted her gently, "It's okay. No matter who they are, I will find a way to help you find them."

Although it was an irrelevant promise, it made Xu Chuchu feel better.

But she still smiled and said, "I am the master. How can a master ask his apprentice for help? Okay, put on your clothes quickly."

Xiao Yu was feeling good about himself, but when he looked down, he realized that his shirt was loose and his belt was untied. He didn't look like a gentle man at all, but more like a gangster, so he quickly tidied his clothes.

After returning, Xiao Yu began to practice the collection and release of spiritual power on his own.

It was indeed very difficult at the beginning, but after many experiments, he found that the release and control of spiritual power was similar to the release and control of martial arts moves. He had practiced martial arts for many years, so it became much easier to get started after mastering the rules.

Then I discovered that practicing does not consume your mind, but instead allows all aspects of your body to relax.

Even after practicing all night without sleep, he still woke up refreshed and full of energy the next day.

With a good physique, high talent and hard work, in less than ten days, he was able to control his spiritual power freely.

When Xu Chuchu first started, although he was very talented and hardworking, it still took him more than a month to achieve this effect.

Seeing that Xiao Yu was progressing faster than himself, who was once regarded as a genius, Xu Chuchu suddenly felt overwhelmed.

At this rate, this disciple will soon surpass her master. Where will her master's authority be then?

She had no choice but to start practicing all night long. Even when she was walking on the road during the day, she would practice with her eyes closed.

Don’t ask her why she didn’t use cultivation instead of sleeping before. Doesn’t cultivation use the brain? Doesn’t it cause worries? Isn’t it sweet when sleeping?

The internal circulation was successfully formed, but it made Xiao Yu suffer.

He had hoped to talk more with Xu Chuchu while traveling during the day, but she kept her eyes closed to practice, not even giving him a chance to talk. He was feeling suffocated by the dull day-to-day journey.

After finding a place to stay, the two stayed for two more days, and Xu Chuchu began to teach Xiao Yu how to channel spiritual power out of his body.

"Like this, try to control the spiritual power into your palm." The two sat face to face. Xu Chuchu stretched out her hands flat, placed Xiao Yu's hand on her palm, and then used her own spiritual power to guide him.

"Okay." Xiao Yu didn't expect that there would be such a good thing in cultivation. He couldn't help but feel happy and secretly sighed that he had made a wise decision.

To him, Xu Chuchu's spiritual power was like a seductive little goblin, probing back and forth in his palm, occasionally probing a little deeper, and occasionally withdrawing, as if saying to his spiritual power: "Come on, come out and play."

After several rounds back and forth, Xiao Yu was still trying seriously, and Xu Chuchu was surprised to find that her act of guiding Xiao Yu to practice was also beneficial to her own cultivation.

Xiao Yu's pure yang power was like a flame without temperature. After being guided into her body, it burned away all the impurities in her spiritual power. The two spiritual powers swirled and intertwined, constantly stimulating Xu Chuchu's spiritual power to expand and explode.

Xu Chuchu immediately grabbed Xiao Yu's other hand and guided his spiritual power to circulate in his body. He immediately felt that his cultivation had risen to a higher level, approaching the fourth level.

Xiao Yu also realized this: "Will my physique help you in your cultivation?"

"Hmm!" Xu Chuchu was very surprised. "Wow, if I had known this effect, I would have dragged you to practice with me a long time ago."

"Then it's not too late to start now!" Xiao Yu excitedly grabbed her hand. "As long as we keep holding hands, our cultivation will improve!"

Oh, he is so smart!

"Well, that's true." Xu Chuchu was startled by the glint in Xiao Yu's eyes. "But it's still a bit too ostentatious. It would be bad if people misunderstood it."

"Practice is important. If we are upright, we have nothing to fear." Xiao Yu remained calm.

Xu Chuchu felt the endless flow of pure Yang spiritual energy from Xiao Yu, and really thought about it seriously, and finally agreed: "Okay, we can pull together when we travel during the day."

After Xiao Yu was able to draw out spiritual power, Xu Chuchu taught him the most basic technique to fight demons.

This move is the first move that almost all fortune tellers will learn, and it can be used to drive away the lowest level ghosts and monsters.

As long as you master this trick, you can basically take orders from everywhere to help people exorcise ghosts and perform rituals to make money.

However, Xu Chuchu did not learn in this way back then. She was still young, and her master taught her in a very systematic way, including Taoism, divination, physiognomy, palmistry, and even corpse-driving. He then focused on what she was best at.

In the end, what Xu Chuchu learned best were naturally Taoism and divination, but because divination was too complicated and profound, it would take at least ten or eight years to master it, so she decided not to teach Xiao Yu.

It would be great if he could master Taoism at his age.

The two continued to head north, gradually moving away from the scope of Tailing County. They might not be able to find an inn or a house to stay at night, so they had to sleep in the wild.

During the day they would walk hand in hand in the wilderness, and at night one of them would practice martial arts while the other would close his eyes and rest, occasionally telling fortunes to predict the weather for the next day.

After a long time, Xiao Yu finally understood why Xu Chuchu said that cultivation was a difficult thing.

Because they wanted to absorb the natural spiritual energy, they did not hire a carriage and walked no matter how long the distance was.

Because they were far away from towns, they often had to sleep in the open and eat bland steamed buns and water.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Sleeping outdoors late at night in the heavy dew makes even your bones cold. It is even more embarrassing when it is windy and rainy.

When passing through the deep mountains, there are occasionally monsters active. Although they are afraid of their identities as fortune tellers and dare not attack rashly, they still need to take turns to keep watch.

This kind of practice is really hard. It is different from the pain of practicing moves over and over again in the training ground when Xiao Yu was practicing martial arts. It is a kind of exhaustion with no end and no hope.

But Xiao Yu felt extremely relaxed, comfortable, and satisfied.

He even had the idea of ​​living in the mountains with Xu Chuchu for the rest of his life.

Unfortunately, Xu Chuchu seemed to have no such idea at all.

"I'm so tired..." She wailed, almost putting all her strength into the hand she was holding with Xiao Yu. "This mountain road is too difficult to walk on. I should have taken the official road earlier! I want to eat meatballs and take a hot bath!"

As the saying goes, the autumn rain is continuous. It has been raining from time to time in the mountains these days. Xu Chuchu has worn several sets of clothes that are dirty and has no way to change them. She is feeling so uncomfortable now.

She could also accept penance, but could not accept not bathing.

"Okay, okay. I'll buy you some meatballs once we get to the city," Xiao Yu said softly. "You're tired from walking. Do you want me to carry you?"

After a pause, he added, "Master."