Chapter 24 Chapter 24 He must be so happy that he doesn’t know what to do…
As soon as he entered the Ye Mansion, he kicked the second son into bed without curing the eldest son.
If I kick him to death, I won't be able to keep the Jade Ganoderma Lucidum anymore. I'll have to use some extreme measures...
Jiang Zhaoxue raised his hand to support his forehead when he thought about it.
Beating a mortal to death and then breaking into a house to rob, even a demonic cultivator in the Ninth Netherworld Realm wouldn't do such a dastardly thing, right?!
We still have to save him.
Hurry up and get the Jade Ganoderma. The day after tomorrow will be the period of fire poison again. She still needs to hurry before it happens again.
Jiang Zhaoxue pondered in his mind, secretly rummaged through his Qiankun bag, found some medicine, and then led Pei Zichen to find Ye Tianjiao.
But perhaps the Ye family had been frightened by Pei Zichen. When the two reached the door, the servants stopped them. Jiang Zhaoxue hurriedly smiled and apologized, "Sorry, my little disciple got a little excited just now. I have some excellent medicine here, and I have some medical skills. Let me go in and see the Second Young Master..."
Jiang Zhaoxue, quite sensible, took out some silver from his sleeve and tried to bribe the servants who were blocking the way: "Please do me a favor..."
"Master Jiang!" Chen Zhao's voice rang out in time.
Jiang Zhaoxue quickly hid the money in his sleeve, raised his head, smiled and said, "Mr. Chen."
"Master Jiang," Chen Zhao walked down the steps and bowed to Jiang Zhaoxue. After a fearful glance at Pei Zichen, he said anxiously, "Well... the second young master has broken ribs and is now unconscious. The doctors in the mansion have already given him medicine. We'll have to wait until tomorrow to see you again. Please rest in the mansion. If the second young master doesn't wake up tomorrow, I'll take you to see the eldest young master."
"Sorry, sorry." Jiang Zhaoxue heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that it was just a broken rib. She then hurriedly said, "Do you want me to go take a look and apologize to the Second Young Master?"
"It's just a common injury, so I won't bother you, Master." Chen Zhao was quite generous. "We have magical medicines in the mansion, so don't worry, Master."
"But……"
"Master, do you want to discuss the Jade Ganoderma with the Second Young Master?"
Seeing that Jiang Zhaoxue refused to leave, Chen Zhao asked directly. Jiang Zhaoxue paused, a little embarrassed, but still said, "Indeed."
"Don't worry about this matter," Chen Zhao comforted Jiang Zhaoxue, "The Second Young Master has already said that he will take you to meet the Eldest Young Master tomorrow. As long as you are sure that you are confident, he will give you half first. After the matter is completed, he will give the other half to the Immortal Master."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhaoxue immediately felt relieved.
Half of the jade Ganoderma lucidum is enough for Pei Zichen's spiritual roots to grow again. Once the other one is taken, Pei Zichen's bones and muscles can be completely reshaped.
Having said this, seeing that Ye Tianjiao really didn't want to see her, she no longer forced him and bowed, saying, "Then thank the Second Young Master for me."
"It's okay, Immortal Master, just have a good rest. Zi'er," Chen Zhao called the maid next to him, "Clean up the guest room and take the two Immortal Masters to rest."
Upon hearing this, the maid stepped forward and led the way for Jiang Zhaoxue and Pei Zichen. After they left, Chen Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to the room. He saw Ye Tianjiao lying on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, muttering, "Fairy... Fairy..."
Chen Zhao looked at her, feeling a little irritated. He lowered his voice and said, "Go find Taoist Master Ye and ask him to come quickly and quietly perform a ritual for the Second Young Master. Tell him..." Chen Zhao seemed to feel embarrassed, closed his eyes, and turned his head away. "The Second Young Master lost his soul when he saw the woman's beauty. He needs to be summoned back."
These words shocked everyone, and they couldn't help but look at Ye Tianjiao lying on the bed.
Unexpectedly, the second young master looked fierce and domineering and didn't like women, but when he saw a beautiful woman, he lost his soul.
After Chen Zhao was heartbroken that his second young master's soul had been lost, he couldn't help but sigh that he was right. Jiang Zhaoxue must be a powerful person. His second young master's soul could be knocked away just by looking at his face from close range.
Jiang Zhaoxue and the others were unaware of all this, and they followed the maid's instructions and returned to the guest room.
The Ye family was wealthy and powerful, and they gave guests like them a small courtyard of their own.
After Jiang Zhaoxue entered the house, she breathed a sigh of relief, sat down, poured herself a cup of tea, and said thankfully, "Luckily, Ye Er is in good health and only broke two ribs. Otherwise, I really don't know what I would do. Now it's all right. Let's take half of the Jade Ganoderma Lucidum. Once I cure Boss Ye, your spiritual roots will grow back! Then I'll teach you how to reshape your tendons and veins. You will definitely be stronger than before!"
Pei Zichen listened, stood there, and remained silent.
Seeing that he was silent, Jiang Zhaoxue looked up in confusion: "What are you doing? Why aren't you talking?"
"Master's Wife..." Pei Zichen hesitated and started to speak. Jiang Zhaoxue blinked and saw Pei Zichen pursed his lips. It took a long time for him to say, "Do you really have to reshape the golden elixir for me?"
Jiang Zhaoxue was stunned for a moment, then looked at Pei Zichen and raised his eyes. He said seriously, "I don't have a golden elixir, but I also have a sword. Master's wife also has a talisman. We just need to find a way to leave. Why do you have to reshape the golden elixir for me?"
"You..." Jiang Zhaoxue didn't react for a moment, "You don't want to reshape the golden elixir?"
"I hope my master's wife returns safely." Pei Zichen said calmly.
Jiang Zhaoxue thought about it and realized that there was something strange about these words.
He didn't want to reshape the golden elixir, he just wanted her to go back.
She tapped her fingers on the table, thought for a moment, and said, "But the day after tomorrow, my fire poison will soon take effect. We can't go back in such a short time. And if you don't have spiritual power, what should I do?"
Hearing this, Pei Zichen was stunned. Jiang Zhaoxue reminded him, "Don't think I'm working for you. I'm doing this for myself. Hurry and get the Jade Ganoderma tomorrow and guide its energy into my body within a day. Otherwise—" Jiang Zhaoxue laughed mockingly, "Just watch your master's wife die in pain."
Pei Zichen reacted after hearing this and said hurriedly: "My disciple is stupid."
"Go and have a rest." Jiang Zhaoxue lowered his head and drank tea.
Pei Zichen left in response. After he left, Anan's voice rang out, "He's in a very bad state."
Jiang Zhaoxue remained silent. Anan analyzed, "Listen, he doesn't want to repair his golden elixir, he only wants to send you back. What about himself? He has no plans at all. Does he still want to live? With his state of mind, even if you help him rebuild his spiritual roots and form an elixir, he'll still be struck to death by the thunderbolt."
"It's my problem."
Jiang Zhaoxue thought seriously, and Anan was stunned: "You can reflect on this? Are you too good at reflection?!"
"I'm not charming enough," Jiang Zhaoxue recalled these days. "He's been with me for almost a month, and he's not happy?! Are the jokes I told recently not funny?"
This idea made Anan a little overwhelmed, and she couldn't help but start to recall what Jiang Zhaoxue had done recently.
She commanded Pei Zichen to carry her on his back, hunt, cook, and wash clothes on the mountain...
At the foot of the mountain, she directed Pei Zichen to clean, cook, buy groceries, and do laundry...
"No," Anan couldn't help but say, "How can there be any joy in cooking, buying groceries, and washing clothes every day? No matter how happy a normal person is, they would still become depressed if they lived this kind of life, right?!"
"But I'm here." Jiang Zhaoxue asked curiously, "Isn't he happy with me? He doesn't even have time to think about sad things."
"There's no time to think about happy things!"
Jiang Zhaoxue was stunned when Anan said this. Then, feeling a little guilty, she mumbled, "Isn't it enough that I infect him with my happiness every day..."
"What do you think?"
Anan threw the question to her. Jiang Zhaoxue thought about it and sighed, "Then I don't know how to coax him."
"Think about it." Anan sighed, "We can't drain the pond to catch all the fish. You still have to raise him until he can at least nourish the Tianji Lingyu. There's a long time to go. He's in this state now. Even if you drag him by yourself and force him to stay by your side, he will only reach the Golden Core stage at most."
The cultivation of Taoism emphasizes the state of mind. To transcend the cycle of mortal reincarnation, one must possess a heart that transcends the ordinary. The so-called heart of Tao is the path of perseverance and persistence. How could he, in his current state of being half-dead and half-alive, have such a heart of Tao?
Jiang Zhaoxue knew that what Anan said made sense, so she thought about it and didn't say anything.
Anan thought about it and asked curiously, "But seriously, have you thought about how to get back?"
"I have a guess."
Jiang Zhaoxue didn't hide it from Anan, and said thoughtfully: "Actually, when I was in the snowy mountains before, as soon as I took the tracing mirror, I felt the surge of spiritual power."
"What do you mean?" Anan asked doubtfully, "Spiritual power? Can you use spiritual power?"
"I can hold it, and I even feel that the Time-Seeking Mirror is looking for it. As long as I respond, I can find Shen Yuqing." Jiang Zhaoxue recalled the feeling at that time and analyzed, "So I guess, if I want to go back, I just need to use spiritual power to contact Shen Yuqing. By then, the Time-Seeking Mirror will open normally, and it will not be difficult for me to go back. I even feel a power surging in this tracing lens. Maybe when I use spiritual power, it will open again, and then time and space will change again. But I'm not sure where it will change to, and whether the power of this fragment can take Pei Zichen and me away at the same time."
"So you don't dare to use your spiritual power now, because you're afraid of being separated from him and leaving him behind in the turbulence of time and space?"
"Not only that," Jiang Zhaoxue tapped the table. "Look, in the book, Pei Zichen held the Tracing Light Mirror and activated it. Now I'm holding the Tracing Light Mirror and activating it. Logically, the Tracing Light Mirror must be activated together with the Time Mirror. Why can anyone like me activate it at will and go back to the past? Is it so careless?"
"So why?" Anan was also confused by what Jiang Zhaoxue said.
Jiang Zhaoxue pondered and speculated, "No matter why, it's certain that the Tracing Light Mirror didn't open by chance. It must have a purpose for us to return. There must be something in this time and space that we need to explore. Look, in the book, Pei Zichen doesn't have me, but he has a grudge, and he has to move forward to survive. Now he has no grudge, but his Jade Ganoderma has been dug up. Is this a coincidence?"
"This is more like guidance—" Anan guessed, and then understood, "So you think you were guided to come to the Ye family."
"good."
Jiang Zhaoxue took a sip of water and said seriously, "As for what we're here for, maybe we'll understand when we meet Young Master Ye tomorrow."
"Hmm... makes sense," Anan nodded, then said, "What about Pei Zichen?"
"Huh?" Jiang Zhaoxue didn't understand. "What does this have to do with Pei Zichen?"
"He looks like he's dying. There's no point in us acting unilaterally, right?"
Jiang Zhaoxue didn't say anything. After thinking for a while, he sighed and said, "Then... let's find some meaning for him."
Jiang Zhaoxue pondered over it all night, and when she woke up the next day, Chen Zhao was already waiting at the door, leading Jiang Zhaoxue and Pei Zichen to Ye Wenzhi's courtyard.
While walking on the road, Chen Zhao briefly told Jiang Zhaoxue about his illness.
"Three years ago, the eldest young master passed the imperial examination and was about to leave Taizhou City to serve as an official in Beijing. However, on the day of his departure, he began to sleep all day long.
I originally wanted to take him back to the capital to seek medical treatment, but I didn't expect that as soon as he left Taizhou City, the young master would vomit blood."
Chen Zhao's expression was heavy as he spoke slowly, "I was once beneficent to the ancestors of the Ye family and served the Ye clan. I have been serving the two young masters since I was little. When I heard that the eldest young master was born, I rushed here. Immortal Master, you should be able to see that resentment is rampant here. When I arrived, there were already signs of this, but it wasn't serious. I initially thought that the eldest young master had done something evil, and the victims were resentful. But then I felt something was wrong. Even if the young master had done something evil, it's impossible for him to be plagued by such resentment in just half a month."
"Indeed." Jiang Zhaoxue nodded and looked up at the blood-soaked courtyard. This resentment definitely did not form overnight.
Chen Zhao sighed, "I'm powerless and can only use my spiritual energy to prolong the young master's life. It just so happened that the Tianji Academy came to Taizhou City to investigate the unjust death of a woman in Taizhou City at night. I asked the Tianji Academy to investigate, but they didn't believe the young master was innocent. After confirming that the woman's incident in the city had nothing to do with the young master, they left first. Since then, the young master's health has deteriorated. The family has sought help from cultivators and pharmacists, but nothing has worked. He can only rely on spiritual energy to prolong his life. I was about to enter the Nascent Soul stage..."
Chen Zhao said this with a wry smile, lowered his eyes to look at his hands, and said with a bit of silence: "I'm almost back to Qi Refining."
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Chen." Jiang Zhaoxue nodded in respect.
Chen Zhao realized what he was saying and quickly put his hand away. He smiled and said, "Look at me, how could I say such depressing words to a guest? Come, please come in, Immortal Master."
As they spoke, the three of them stepped into Ye Wenzhi's courtyard. When Jiang Zhaoxue entered the courtyard, she saw Ye Tianjiao already standing at the door waiting.
Hearing the footsteps, Ye Tianjiao subconsciously turned around. The moment he saw Jiang Zhaoxue, his eyes narrowed and he hurriedly turned back, pretending to be calm.
Pei Zichen glanced at Ye Tianjiao and looked away.
Jiang Zhaoxue pretended not to know what Ye Tianjiao was thinking and stepped forward with a smile: "Second Young Master Ye."
"Um."
Ye Tianjiao stared at the flower bed behind Jiang Zhaoxue and nodded solemnly, "Here I come."
As he said that, he turned stiffly and said, "Come in."
Jiang Zhaoxue obediently followed Ye Tianjiao into the house. As soon as she entered, the smell of blood and medicine hit her in the face. Jiang Zhaoxue turned around the screen and saw a young man lying on the bed.
This young man has some similarities with Ye Tianjiao in terms of features, but his temperament is completely different and he is obviously much gentler.
"This is my brother."
Ye Tianjiao turned his head and said with red eyes: "Look."
Jiang Zhaoxue remained silent. She studied the young man on the bed. Chen Zhao beside her said, "I've tried everything, but it's useless for the young master. Over the years, I've hired many fortune tellers to read the young master's fortunes, but they all said he wouldn't live past the age of twenty-four, and they had no power to change his fate."
"And this year, he's just twenty-four."
Jiang Zhaoxue spoke calmly, and Chen Zhao was stunned. He had never told Jiang Zhaoxue about his age, but considering Jiang Zhaoxue's ability, he was not surprised. He nodded and said, "That's right. The other day I heard about the child from the Li family, and I had a lucky break in my heart. I wanted to let the young lady see if my son's fate was really over as they said."
Jiang Zhaoxue didn't say anything. She looked at the young man in front of her, who was obviously surrounded by a layer of Buddha's light, with a stern expression.
She thought for a moment and asked, "How many fortune tellers have you asked to look at his fortune?"
The word "fortune teller" was unfamiliar to Chen Zhao, but he quickly realized that Jiang Zhaoxue was talking about fortune tellers. He thought for a moment and said, "At least thirty people, from the great cultivators of Tianji Academy to the legendary three-eyed genius Jindan. I've invited them all."
"They say he won't live past twenty-four?"
"yes."
Jiang Zhaoxue fell silent. Pei Zichen sensed something was wrong and whispered, "Master's Wife?"
"Give me your birth date."
Jiang Zhaoxue didn't dare to say anything, and asked Chen Zhao for his birth date. Chen Zhao paused, as the birth date was too important. He couldn't help but look at Ye Tianjiao. Ye Tianjiao understood what he meant, turned his head, and said in a firm voice, "Give it to me."
Upon hearing this, Chen Zhao reported his birth date to Jiang Zhaoxue. Jiang Zhaoxue took the birth date and counted on his fingers, frowned, and returned to the desk to start a new algorithm.
Seeing her repeatedly calculating, Chen Zhao couldn't help but be a little surprised, and Ye Tianjiao also felt strange. After waiting for a long time, Jiang Zhaoxue calculated all the possibilities, and looking at the same result on the paper, she frowned and looked up.
Seeing her expression, Ye Tianjiao's heart raced, and he couldn't help but ask, "You...what's with that expression? Even if my brother couldn't be saved, you wouldn't be like this, right? I'm ready."
Ye Tianjiao was obviously a little scared when he spoke, but he still tried hard: "You decide the outcome, I can bear it. Twenty-four is twenty-four, I..."
"It's one hundred and four."
Jiang Zhaoxue spoke, and Ye Tianjiao was stunned. Chen Zhao looked surprised and couldn't help but ask, "What did you say?"
"He wasn't destined to die at the age of twenty-four," Jiang Zhaoxue pondered and said solemnly, "He was a good man for seven generations, with seven generations of merit. In this life, he was destined to become a wealthy and powerful prime minister. He passed the imperial examination at twenty-one, entered the cabinet at thirty, served three dynasties, and retired at eighty. He died a good death at the age of one hundred and four, with a loving couple and many children and grandchildren."
Hearing this, Chen Zhao and Ye Tianjiao were stunned, and then Ye Tianjiao stuttered: "But...but..."
"But they all say he'll die at the age of twenty-four."
Jiang Zhaoxue also felt something was wrong. She thought of Li Niannian and even... Pei Zichen.
Li Niannian thought that the fortune tellers had deceived them and that Ye Wenzhen was not skilled enough, but what about Ye Wenzhi?
At least thirty people had read his fortune, including some Mahayana cultivators. It was impossible for all thirty of them to be lying to him and misread his fortune. Furthermore, this was a fortune that had been read by a person who had lived for seven generations, so even without counting, it was clear at a glance. How could there be so many errors?
Jiang Zhaoxue was shocked and confused, but she couldn't figure out why.
Why are her results different from those others?
Was she wrong, or were those people wrong?
She suddenly felt a little panicked and began to have some doubts about her results.
However, after a brief moment of shock, Ye Tianjiao quickly reacted and said happily, "So they calculated wrong?! My brother can live to 104, he won't die at the age of 24?"
No one dared to speak, including Chen Zhao.
He knew very well that the result calculated by thirty people had very little chance of being wrong. Even though he believed that Jiang Zhaoxue had some ability, he did not dare to believe that she could be more capable than the Mahayana-level national teacher of Tianji Academy.
He originally just wanted Jiang Zhaoxue to change her fate, but Jiang Zhaoxue said...
Isn't that fate?
Jiang Zhaoxue and Chen Zhao looked at each other. Pei Zichen also realized that something was wrong and frowned. Only Ye Tianjiao was still happy. "My brother is saved, my brother is saved. Hey!"
He turned around and looked at Jiang Zhaoxue, wondering, "Since he has a good life with seven generations of good deeds, why is he like this now?"
Jiang Zhaoxue listened and looked up at the resentment around him.
According to common sense, the resentment around a good person for seven generations would dissipate, and it is impossible for there to be so much resentment surrounding him.
But if he had not been a good man for seven generations, the resentment here would have swallowed him up long ago, so how could he be alive?
But now she couldn't do that. After thinking about it, she could only say, "The only way now is for me to exorcise the resentment for the young master first."
"Can you do it?" Chen Zhao was a little surprised. To get rid of such resentment, one must be at least in the Nascent Soul stage, which is not something an ordinary person can do.
Jiang Zhaoxue nodded and said thoughtfully, "I can give it a try."
As a person who has been a good person for seven generations, heaven will definitely help her. With a little spiritual power, she is confident that she can drive away such resentment, plus the talisman given by her brother.
"But the reason why the young master is bedridden is unclear. I can't guarantee that everything will be fine after the resentment is exorcised."
"It doesn't matter." Ye Tianjiao listened and said happily, "As long as it can save my brother, there's no harm in giving it a try."
"Okay," Jiang Zhaoxue thought, looking up at Ye Tianjiao, "Then I need Second Young Master Ye's help."
"What's the matter?"
"You've drawn Qi into your body before," Jiang Zhaoxue asked directly after scanning Ye Tianjiao's body. "You've studied Taoism, right?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Tianjiao’s whole body stiffened.
Jiang Zhaoxue noticed that he was resistant to learning the Dao, but he was too lazy to ask more questions. He only asked, "Can I use spiritual power?"
"able……"
Ye Tianjiao's voice trembled. Seeing this, Chen Zhao couldn't help but want to say something. Jiang Zhaoxue said, "Give me half of the Jade Ganoderma today. Tomorrow night, I will set up a formation to expel the resentment. But I want to use the spiritual power of the Second Young Master Ye. Please teach him well tonight, Mr. Chen."
Hearing this, Chen Zhao hurriedly said: "Use my..."
"Are your tendons and veins as broad as his?" Jiang Zhaoxue asked directly, pointing a finger at Ye Tianjiao with her pen. "He has a Heavenly Grade Gold Spiritual Root. His spiritual root strength and tendon width surpass those of ordinary people. I need a lot of spiritual energy to set up the formation, so I need to use his body to store spiritual energy. Mr. Chen, please don't overestimate your abilities, right?"
Chen Zhao felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. Seeing that they still had concerns, Jiang Zhaoxue couldn't help but ask, "Why doesn't he continue studying? He has such a great talent."
"this……"
"Don't say it!" Ye Tianjiao immediately interrupted Chen Zhao, and Chen Zhao didn't dare to speak.
Jiang Zhaoxue thought about it and stood up: "I am going to retreat tonight. I will send the Jade Ganoderma over later. You guys can bring it over and I will personally teach Second Young Master how to gather Qi."
Hearing this, Chen Zhao's eyes lit up, and Ye Tianjiao looked frightened.
Jiang Zhaoxue ignored him and took Pei Zichen back.
When they got to the house, the Jade Ganoderma had already been brought up. Jiang Zhaoxue opened the box and found half of the Jade Ganoderma inside. After checking that it was fine, she turned around and asked Pei Zichen with the Jade Ganoderma, "How do you plan to eat it? Do you want me to cook it for you?"
"Disciple can use it directly."
Pei Zichen stretched out his hands and took the jade Ganoderma.
Jiang Zhaoxue looked at his respectful actions and suddenly missed the time when he didn't know her identity. She couldn't help but ask, "Why are you so timid after knowing that I'm your master's wife?"
Pei Zichen froze at this. Jiang Zhaoxue thought about it and couldn't help but say, "No wonder I couldn't remember your name before. You really don't have a sense of existence like this."
Pei Zichen's eyelashes trembled when he heard this. Just as he was about to respond, Jiang Zhaoxue noticed that he looked unhappy and quickly said, "But I like it this way."
Pei Zichen froze in place again, his previous words stuck in his throat, and he was at a loss as to what to say.
Jiang Zhaoxue became even more aggressive and added, "It would be better if you could be more lively. After all, you are still young and don't have to suppress your temper like this. In the past, no one indulged you, but now it's different. You have left the Spirit Sword Immortal Pavilion, and Master's wife loves you! Look at that Ye Ersha, no matter how unruly and excessive you are, can you be more excessive than him? Don't be so sensible-"
Jiang Zhaoxue put his hand on his chest and said seriously, "Master's wife will be distressed."
Pei Zichen listened, and finally a smile appeared in his eyes.
Seeing that he could still be coaxed into laughing, Jiang Zhaoxue felt relieved. She handed him the Jade Ganoderma Lucidum and patted his shoulder, saying, "Eat it quickly and draw the Qi into your body. Whether Master's Wife has a good time tonight depends on you!"
As soon as these words came out, Anan said "Wow" in her mind.
Jiang Zhaoxue immediately realized that something was wrong and was about to explain when Pei Zichen said seriously, "Disciple will definitely do his best."
Jiang Zhaoxue: "..."
It feels even worse.
She coughed lightly, and without saying much, she turned around and said, "Okay, I'm leaving now. Call me when you succeed."
With that, she walked out the door and closed it.
After they left the house, Jiang Zhaoxue couldn't help but scold Anan: "What are you saying?"
Anan wagged his tail and said arrogantly, "Wow~" "Don't tease Pei Zichen anymore!" Jiang Zhaoxue said seriously, "Have some morals!"
"You're mistaken," Anan snorted, "I'm teasing you!"
"If you continue to act so arrogantly, I'll enter your sea of consciousness and strip you of all your hair!"
"But seriously," Anan said seriously, "can he draw Qi into his body in one day? Aren't you trusting him a little too much?"
"He's the male lead! And he was already very outstanding before. Is it difficult for a college entrance examination repeater to get into elementary school now?" Jiang Zhaoxue spread his hands and said, "Get it straight, he has always been an excellent student!"
"Okay, okay, top student." Anan gave in, then said, "Don't worry about the top student, just look at this poor student in front of you."
Jiang Zhaoxue listened and looked up, and saw Ye Tianjiao standing not far away. He was hesitant and uneasy.
Jiang Zhaoxue glanced up and down and knew why he came: "Are you here to learn Qigong?"
Ye Tianjiao listened and said with some fear: "Ah."
"come over."
Jiang Zhaoxue called him to the yard, looked at Pei Zichen's room, thought for a moment, then walked forward and put up a mute note.
Pei Zichen drew the energy into his body. She didn't dare to leave, and was afraid of disturbing Pei Zichen, so she could only waste a talisman.
She felt bad for the talisman and returned to the yard. She looked around, swept the dust off the steps, and sat down calmly. She patted her side and called Ye Tianjiao, "Sit down."
After hearing what Ye Tianjiao said, he sat down nervously, keeping his head down and not daring to look at her.
Jiang Zhaoxue pondered, then looked him up and down, not quite understanding, and asked, "Are you scared?"
Almost as soon as Jiang Zhaoxue opened her mouth, Ye Tianjiao moved aside. This was completely different from his arrogant attitude from the past two days. Jiang Zhaoxue raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you afraid of me, or are you afraid of Xiudao?"
Ye Tianjiao didn't answer, but just lowered his head and said: "Hurry up and teach you! So much nonsense."
"Even if I teach you, I have to figure out what's wrong with you," Jiang Zhaoxue said impatiently, frowning. "You're so talented, so building your foundation should be as easy as drinking water. But at your age, you haven't done it yet. Do you have some hidden illness?"
"No...no." Ye Tianjiao hesitated, "Just teach me."
"Do you still want to save your brother?" Jiang Zhaoxue asked seriously, "Tell me clearly, what are you afraid of?"
"I..." Ye Tianjiao finally relaxed after hearing Ye Wenzhi. He looked around, as if mustering up his courage, and finally said, "I... I'm afraid of ghosts."
Jiang Zhaoxue was stunned by these words. Ye Tianjiao didn't care about saving face anymore when he spoke, and he spoke in a clattering voice, "My family is rich and powerful, why should I practice Taoism properly? Those ghosts and monsters have strange shapes and are scary to look at. When I was a child, an old Taoist priest wanted to take me in as his disciple. I was only five years old at that time. He taught me to draw the energy into my body. As soon as I poured the spiritual power into my body, I saw a woman hanging upside down on a beam with her tongue hanging out."
Thinking of that scene, Ye Tianjiao closed his eyes instantly and said nervously: "What the hell am I supposed to learn!"
"How pitiful," Anan couldn't help but say, "The first experience of learning Taoism was so miserable, no wonder I don't want to learn anymore."
"That's right." Jiang Zhaoxue couldn't help but say, "If I were him, I'd live a life of luxury. Why would I learn Taoism?"
Both the man and the bird understood very well.
"But the situation is special now," Jiang Zhaoxue nodded without refuting him. She only said, "For your brother's sake, just bear with it."
"That's all we can do."
Ye Tianjiao turned his head away in pain.
Jiang Zhaoxue took out a piece of shortbread from his sleeve and said cruelly, "Come, close your eyes first, feel the world, listen to the sound of the wind, the birds, the rustling of leaves, let the world and you be in harmony, and draw the energy to your fingertips..."
Jiang Zhaoxue's words were not as profound as those of other Taoists. They were all plain and simple, and Ye Tianjiao found it easy to understand. Following her guidance, he unknowingly felt his body filled with spiritual power.
While Jiang Zhaoxue was teaching Ye Tianjiao how to circulate spiritual power, Pei Zichen was also drawing in energy in the room.
After taking the Jade Ganoderma Lucidum, he clearly felt that his broken spiritual roots seemed to be growing again.
At first it was just a little bit, he understood that this was the effect of the Jade Ganoderma, a little bit of spiritual root, which allowed him to gather spiritual power and use the spiritual power to assist the growth of the spiritual root.
By repeating the cycle, you can gain more and more spiritual power.
However, the tendons and veins reconnected by the Rebirth Spider were not as good as the original ones, and the spiritual roots were too small. Compared with his previous complete Heavenly Grade Ice Spiritual Roots, the spiritual power introduced was almost nothing. It was painful when the spiritual power wandered, and it was also very painful when the spiritual roots grew.
But when he thought of Jiang Zhaoxue's fire poison tomorrow, he couldn't stop.
Jiang Zhaoxue needed a lot of spiritual power, but his current spiritual roots were simply unable to supply it.
He could only force himself to grow his spiritual roots as much as possible, and expand his tendons and veins layer by layer as they moved.
He was in so much pain that he could hardly continue, yet he was extremely lucid.
This pain seemed to conflict with the feeling of emptiness that almost swallowed him, especially when he realized that he could do something for Jiang Zhaoxue, he felt a wonderful sense of satisfaction filling himself.
At that moment, the pain seemed to turn into a kind of comfort, and I found a kind of peace in the pain.
But the pain was pain, and it made him feel a little desperate.
After struggling for an unknown amount of time, he finally ran out of strength and felt that his spiritual roots had become a part of him.
He breathed softly, opened his eyes, and felt the silence around him.
He didn't know what this came from, was it an illusion?
Or...death?
He didn't know. He just felt that the room was unusually quiet, with the sound of water and birds. Where was the master's wife? The master's wife was gone too.
In an instant, he suddenly fell into an extreme panic. The world was empty, as if he was the only one left.
He hurriedly got out of bed. He even felt dizzy from sitting for so long and exerting so much effort. He immediately supported himself and rushed out the door. The moment he opened the door, the sounds of heaven and earth poured in, and then he heard Ye Tianjiao screaming: "No! Ahhhh!"
At the same time, he held Jiang Zhaoxue's arm tightly, closed his eyes, and shook his head frantically: "I don't want to look, I don't dare! Fairy Sister, I don't dare to look!"
"Don't be afraid," Jiang Zhaoxue patted his hands patiently, soothing him like a child. "Open your eyes. The fairy sister is by your side. Little prince, take a quick look. It's just a hanged ghost. What are you afraid of?"
“I don’t want it!!”
Ye Tianjiao was almost crying.
Jiang Zhaoxue resisted the urge to beat him up. Just as she was about to comfort him, she heard a confused voice behind her asking, "Master's Wife?"
Jiang Zhaoxue turned around instantly after hearing this and realized that Pei Zichen had come out.
She slapped Ye Tianjiao away, quickly stood up, and looked Pei Zichen up and down: "How is it? What happened?"
Pei Zichen didn't say anything. He just stared blankly at Ye Tianjiao who was lying on the ground with his head in his hands and not daring to open his eyes.
Jiang Zhaoxue followed his gaze and saw that Pei Zichen's face was pale, as if it would break at the slightest touch. After thinking for a moment, she looked at the spiritual power in Pei Zichen's body and slowly reacted.
Pei Zichen was a favored child of heaven in the past. He was born with natural spiritual roots and his practice went smoothly. How could he have ever experienced the pain of having incomplete spiritual roots?
He had just drawn the Qi into his body today, and even though Ye Tianjiao had his eyes closed and cried out in fear,...
The foundation has been established.
Jiang Zhaoxue knew Pei Zichen was upset, so she coughed lightly and said to Ye Tianjiao, who was screaming on the ground, "Ye Er, hurry up and go back to find Chen Zhao to sleep with you."
"No, Fairy Sister, please don't let me go..."
Ye Tianjiao frantically groped for Jiang Zhaoxue like a blind man, "You send me away, I don't dare to leave."
As he spoke, he actually touched Jiang Zhaoxue's feet. Jiang Zhaoxue quickly kicked him a few times, knocking him over, and said cruelly: "Crawl out and call Chen Zhao."
After saying that, she carefully pulled Pei Zichen over and said, "Zichen? Let's go in and let Master-wife take a look at you."
Pei Zichen didn't say anything. He seemed to have completely lost his mind and didn't even stop Jiang Zhaoxue from pulling him.
He didn't know what was wrong with him, he just felt empty inside.
Ye Tianjiao's wailing voice came from outside: "Chen Zhao! Chen Zhao, save me! Help!"
He couldn't listen and just stared at Jiang Zhaoxue.
He didn't know what he was thinking, it seemed...it didn't make any sense.
Ye Tianjiao can build his foundation in one day, but he... he seems to be unable to do anything.
Jiang Zhaoxue was frightened by him when she saw that he was distracted. She quickly asked, "Zichen? What's wrong with you?"
When Pei Zichen heard Jiang Zhaoxue calling him, he suddenly reacted.
He hurriedly gathered his thoughts, quickly stood up, and said respectfully, "I was momentarily distracted. I hope Master's Wife will forgive me."
"Oh," Jiang Zhaoxue observed him and nodded quickly, "Forgive me, I forgive you."
As she spoke, she pursed her lips and pondered, "Are you...are you sad?"
"Thank you for your concern, Master Madam. I'm fine." Pei Zichen said, turning his head and hurriedly saying, "It's past midnight, Master Madam's fire poison is approaching. I'd better help Master Madam transfer spiritual power to prepare to suppress the fire poison."
Jiang Zhaoxue listened and watched him tidy up the futon, not knowing how to comfort him for a moment.
After Pei Zichen had arranged his cushion, he seemed to have calmed down as well. He turned around and invited Jiang Zhaoxue to take a seat. He then sat upright across from her and said seriously, "Master's Wife, I'm a dull disciple. Today, I only managed to reach the fifth level of Qi Refining. I'm afraid my spiritual power isn't enough to suppress Master's. So, I've specially expanded my tendons and spiritual roots. Later, I'd like to try to channel the spiritual power in Master's tendons into my body, transform it into water spiritual energy through my spiritual roots, and then return it to Master's body. Is that possible?"
Jiang Zhaoxue felt a little embarrassed when he heard this.
He was still young and was studying in a large class, so he probably hadn't learned the dual cultivation level.
The transmission of spiritual energy between cultivators was already considered private, so in the past, she had only sought out Shen Yuqing for fire poison. And this way, the spiritual energy flowing between the two of them was even closer, and if their souls merged, ahaha.
"This is truly a soul mate in the physical sense!" Anan couldn't help but sigh.
In fact, Jiang Zhaoxue didn't care. Although she had been here for two hundred years, Jiang Zhaoxue didn't quite agree with the meaning of these rules. She was just afraid that Pei Zichen would feel embarrassed when he thought about them in the future.
He is such a polite person, if he thinks about it...
"You won't commit suicide, will you?"
Jiang Zhaoxue was suspicious.
Anan quickly said, "That's impossible. How could he commit suicide over something like this? He would just come to you every day to apologize and beg you to kill him."
"But I won't kill him."
"Isn't that the end of it?"
The logic closed the loop, and Jiang Zhaoxue no longer felt any burden. He said decisively, "That's feasible."
Pei Zichen relaxed upon hearing this and lowered his head and said, "Master's wife, please extend your hand."
Jiang Zhaoxue followed his words and spread her hands down and placed them in front of him.
Pei Zichen whispered "I'm sorry" and held her hand in his.
He was still a young man, and his palms were not very broad, but they were large enough to hold her completely. His ten slender fingers, with distinct joints and thick calluses, rubbed lightly against Jiang Zhaoxue's skin, bringing a strange tingling sensation.
Jiang Zhaoxue glanced at his hand and couldn't help but say, "It looks pretty good."
Pei Zichen closed his eyes in concentration, and Jiang Zhaoxue felt that he began to try to draw her spiritual power over to him.
As the spiritual energy began to flow, a familiar feeling of lightness finally came over Jiang Zhaoxue. He suddenly remembered, "Speaking of which, Dao couples can share feelings and emotions through their spirits when exchanging spiritual energy. So, can I share my emotions with him?"
After hearing this question, Anan thought for a while and said, "It seems possible. Although you and him are not Taoist partners, the Soul Locking Formation is actually to make your souls form a bond. Now you can give your emotions to the spiritual power and let it flow over... It should be possible!"
Jiang Zhaoxue was overjoyed when he thought about it.
Is he unhappy?
It doesn’t matter, she is happy!
How to cultivate Pei Zichen's optimistic attitude and cheerful personality, and make him full of vitality towards the world?
At that moment, Jiang Zhaoxue had an idea in mind.
She closed her eyes, and at the moment the spiritual power flowed past, she tried to mobilize her soul, recalling all the happy things in her life, injecting these emotions into the spiritual power, and letting it flow along.
The moment those happy and joyful emotions flowed into Pei Zichen's body, Pei Zichen suddenly stiffened.
He passively felt the gentle joy seeping into his body, his spiritual energy flowing through his body, a warm feeling spreading all over him, as if his soul was being gently caressed and embraced by someone's hands...
A strange desire surged in his mind, and he unconsciously tensed his muscles, but he dared not speak. He only tried his best to stabilize his breath that might be exposed, so that he would not be noticed by Jiang Zhaoxue.
But Jiang Zhaoxue had been observing him, so how could she not notice?
As soon as Jiang Zhaoxue saw Pei Zichen's change, she was instantly overjoyed.
"It worked!" she said happily. "Look, he must have sensed my emotions and was so happy that he didn't know what to do!"
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【Small Theater】
Pei Zichen: "Look, I'm going to be a little clever. I'll use Master's Wife's spiritual power to purify it and then give it to her.
Jiang Zhaoxue: "What does the Taoist couple do? Does he want to do it?"
Jiang Zhaoxue: "Look, I'm going to be a little clever and use my spiritual power to transmit my emotions to him."
Pei Zichen: "I didn't feel much emotion, but...whatever my Taoist partner wanted to do, I really wanted to do it."
Summary: "When I knew nothing about many things, I ended up doing a lot of things that I should and shouldn't have done."
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