The spiritual power penetrated into the skin under the fingertips. Fang Chaozhou couldn't help but frown because of the sudden spiritual power. Different from the spiritual power that Xue Danrong probed into the cold pond, Zhongli Yueshui's spiritual power was too strong and overbearing. In a moment, a little cold sweat seeped out of his forehead.

Spiritual power that did not belong to him was wandering in his body, and his own spiritual power was frightened by the sudden powerful visitor from the outside world and retracted into his sea of ​​consciousness, allowing the other party to occupy this body.

Fang Chaozhou felt that his wrist was held as if burned by fire, and the pain was not limited to that place. He has always been afraid of pain, and at this moment he did not care that the other party was his master. He wanted to struggle, but just as he moved, Zhongli Yueshui called his name.

"Fang Chaozhou."

The three words entered his ears.

Fang Chaozhou looked at the man in front of him with cold sweat, his lips trembling slightly. Even though he was in pain, he had no strength to struggle. In front of a cultivator at the Mahayana realm, he was as weak as an ant. He felt dizzy when he saw the other person or heard his voice.

The white tiger was awakened by the movement on its body. It first looked up and saw Zhongli Yueshui, and called him "Lord Zhongli" in a flattering manner. It then looked at Fang Chaozhou, who was pale and sweating.

Its mandarin duck eyes rolled around, and relying on the softness of a cat, it raised half of its body, lowered its tiger head, and licked away all the cold sweat on Fang Chaozhou's forehead with its tongue.

Fang Chaozhou: ...

It hurts even more.

This stinky cat's tongue is full of barbs!

Zhongli Yueshui's eyes darkened because of Baihu's actions, "Tubai, don't touch him."

The white tiger made a cat sound, meowed, and then lay back down obediently, continuing to serve as a tiger meat cushion, allowing Fang Chaozhou to rest his head on it.

However, because of Fang Chaozhou's action, the skin on his forehead turned visibly red, and his eyes became misty when he saw Zhongli Yueshui, making him look even weaker and more pitiful.

After a while, Zhongli Yueshui finally withdrew his hand. He stood up and looked at Fang Chaozhou who was still lying there in a daze. "Your aptitude is too poor. It's almost a daydream to think that you can break through to the Nascent Soul stage in half a year."

In fact, this is not fair. Fang Chaozhou's qualifications are not bad among the numerous cultivators. It can even be said to be excellent, otherwise he would not have been accepted into the Tianshui Sect. But in the eyes of an absolutely strong man like Zhongli Yueshui, he is worthless.

“But it’s not impossible. There is a way - marrow cleansing.” Zhongli Yueshui said coldly.

Marrow cleansing is a process of using countless rare elixirs to reshape one's qualifications, but it is extremely risky. Some people can become geniuses through marrow cleansing, while others may become disabled after marrow cleansing.

Of course, there is a way to increase the success rate of marrow washing, which is to have a strong person watch over the whole process of marrow washing. If there is any mistake, the situation can be reversed in time.

Fang Chaozhou was stunned when he heard what Zhongli Yueshui said. He turned his face away, not looking at the other person's face, and then he spoke with difficulty: "Master, I..."

Zhongli Yueshui interrupted Fang Chaozhou before he finished listening to his words. "You just need to tell me whether you want to have your marrow cleansed. Don't worry about anything else."

"No...I don't want to!" Fang Chaozhou was afraid that Zhongli Yueshui didn't hear clearly, so he tried hard to say it again, "I don't want to!"

The words are clearly pronounced and there is no way anyone could misunderstand them.

Zhongli Yueshui: ...

For the first time, a look of surprise appeared in those light grey eyes. He didn't expect anyone would refuse this. For any cultivator, if there is a strong person in the Mahayana realm who is willing to help him cleanse his marrow, he will be ecstatic.

Fang Chaozhou, who rejected Zhongli Yueshui, was thinking clearly at this time. Although he had never experienced marrow cleansing, he had read the original novel. A supporting male character in the original novel chose marrow cleansing because he could not get the love of Xue Danrong.

The pain during that period was described in words, making Fang Chaozhou feel as if he were there himself, and the watermelon in his hand no longer tasted good.

In the end, the male supporting character failed in his marrow cleansing and became a complete cripple. He could no longer cultivate immortality and was even worse than an ordinary mortal. In the end, he withdrew from the stock market.

Fang Chaozhou wanted to withdraw from the stock market, but this method of exit was too tragic.

Mainly, he is really afraid of pain.

"You don't want to?" Zhongli Yueshui frowned.

Fang Chaozhou bit his tongue hard, regaining consciousness for a moment, "Replying to Master, I... Fang Chaozhou is naturally stupid, I dare not have any wild thoughts, and if I trouble Master, I will be even more anxious. I am practicing in Huali Mountain and listening to Master's teachings, which is already a big trouble for Master."

Baihu's voice sounded out at an inopportune moment, "Meow, let's practice dual cultivation. There are many benefits to dual cultivation..."

Before he could finish his words, he was put under a silencing spell.

After Zhongli Yueshui finished casting the spell, his eyes turned completely cold. "If that's the case, why didn't you come to class these days?"

Fang Chaozhou hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth, "No... I didn't get up. Tu Bai said that if you are late, you don't have to go to class, so... I practiced on my own."

Zhongli Yueshui was silent for a moment, "I will have someone call you tomorrow. If you don't come, I won't keep an idle person like you here. Go back to where you came from."

He said, and walked away, but he only took a few steps and then stopped, "Tu Bai."

The voice is extremely cold.

The white tiger hesitated for a moment, but still stood up and followed Zhongli Yueshui. However, although it followed, it turned back every few steps to look at Fang Chaozhou. Finally, the tiger's head was hit hard by a spell, so it tucked its tail between its legs and dared not look back.

Fang Chaozhou, who was left behind, saw the man and the tiger leave, and lay down like a big character. He suddenly became worried about his future. He had asked Tubai what he dreamed about, but Tubai was smart again. It refused to say a word no matter how he asked. He even gave it a good beating, making it snore loudly.

The white tiger was furry and gentle. Fang Chaozhou was so tired that his hands were sore and he felt sleepy. He couldn't help but take a nap with the white tiger as his pillow. Unexpectedly, Zhongli Yueshui saw it.

Didn’t Tu Bai say that Zhongli Yueshui would not be back until tomorrow? Why are you back so soon?

Also, Zhongli Yueshui’s dream is actually connected to Tubai’s. It shouldn’t be a strange dream, right?

At most, I'd dream about him stroking his fur or something like that.

But Zhongli Yueshui said that someone would wake him up. Who was that person?

Before dawn the next day, Fang Chaozhou saw the person who wanted to wake him up. No, to be exact, it was a cat, and it was Tu Bai.

But Tubai seemed to be under a spell. As soon as it saw Fang Chaozhou wake up, it started meowing and no human voice was made.

Fang Chaozhou was stunned. "Master cast a spell on you? You can't speak?"

Tu Bai nodded, and used his furry little paws to pull at Fang Chaozhou's sleeve. He pulled for a long time without success, and he was so angry that his beard became crooked.

Seeing it like this, Fang Chaozhou suddenly understood, "Not only can you not speak human language now, but you can't even change into the appearance of a white tiger?"

He guessed right, now Tubai has really become a cat.

Fang Chaozhou was overjoyed and had the motivation to pet the cat again. Before he stood up, he held Tu Bai in his arms and stroked her well, until Tu Bai's eyelids almost drooped and she wished she could get off Fang Chaozhou.

If Fang Chaozhou had not retained his common sense and remembered Zhongli Yueshui's words, he would have almost been unable to get out of bed.

Before Fang Chaozhou went to Zhongli Yueshui, he would habitually take a bath and change clothes first. When Tubai was able to transform into a white tiger a few days ago, he deliberately avoided him. Although Tubai could not transform now, he still kept some caution and set up a barrier outside the purification room before taking off his clothes and entering the water.

The clean room is always equipped with warm water, which is very convenient.

Although Fang Chaozhou knew that the purification technique could cleanse the body, as a modern man, he still preferred to take a bath with water every day. It turned out that the conditions were not available in Zhichunzhou, so here, taking a bath became his favorite thing. After all, there were no books to tell stories and no snacks.

After soaking for a quarter of an hour, Fang Chaozhou got out of the water. Just as he turned around to put on his clothes, he was met with a pair of round mandarin duck eyes.

He forgot that even if Tu Bai was cast under a spell by Zhongli Yueshui, his cultivation was higher than his and it was easy for him to break his barrier.

Tu Bai was squatting not far away, and I don’t know how long he had been watching. When it saw Fang Chaozhou looking at it, it meowed twice and walked over with cat steps. When it reached the edge of the pool, it scratched the water with its claws, creating ripples, and then lowered its cat head.

But before he could stick out his tongue, Fang Chaozhou grabbed his neck.

"You can't drink it." He saw that Tu Bai was about to drink his bath water, and quickly stopped him.

Tu Bai, whose neck was pinched, did not give up and tried desperately to stick his head out. Seeing this, Fang Chaozhou simply picked up Tu Bai and walked out of the bathtub.

Holding the cat in one hand and grabbing the clothes hanging on the screen with the other, Fang Chaozhou had a hard time getting dressed. Finally, he had to carry Tubai to the door, put him down, then quickly close the door and get dressed.

Before he could fasten the belt around his waist, Tu Bai jumped in from the window again.

Because of Tu Bai's disturbance, it was already past the hour of Mao when Fang Chaozhou rushed to Zhongli Yueshui's courtyard. When he arrived at the other person's door, he greeted the people in the room awkwardly, "Disciple greets Master, I hope Master is doing well."

Zhongli Yueshui's voice came after a while, "You are late."

Every time he talked to Zhongli Yueshui, it was a very difficult thing for Chaozhou. The hands on his legs quietly twisted his flesh, and he could only reluctantly reply, "I'm sorry, Master."

"Since you are late, I will punish you. Do you have any objection?" Zhongli Yueshui said calmly.

I dare not say it even if I have.

"No." That's all Fang Chaozhou could say.

At this time, Tubai, who was lying at Fang Chaozhou's feet, meowed a long time, barking towards the house. Fang Chaozhou couldn't understand what it was saying, but soon, Tubai entered the house. After a while, Zhongli Yueshui's voice sounded again, "Come in."

Fang Chaozhou was stunned when he heard this.

He had never entered Zhongli Yueshui's room. In his opinion, it was like a forbidden area and anyone who entered would die.

"Master, did you let me in?" Fang Chaozhou was afraid that he had heard it wrongly.

Zhongli Yueshui said "hmm". He seemed to notice that Fang Chaozhou didn't move, so his tone became colder. "Do you want me to come out and invite you in?"

Fang Chaozhou pinched his legs until the flesh almost turned blue. Only in this way could he stay awake. In fact, he really didn't like facing Zhongli Yueshui, because just hearing the other person's voice made him dizzy enough. Wouldn't he be even more dizzy when he went in and saw Zhongli Yueshui in person?

I guess it will be the same as yesterday.

Headache.

Zhongli Yueshui also wants to punish him, how? You won't use magic to hit him, right?

But no matter how much of a headache he had or how much he didn't want to go in, Fang Chaozhou couldn't hide.

He took two steps forward with a fearless attitude and placed his hand on the door. However, when his palm touched the cold door, he paused again.

I really don't want to go in.

"Meow." Tu Bai's voice came from the room, as if urging.

Fang Chaozhou gritted his teeth, exerted a little force with his hands, and pushed the door open.