Chapter 94 Disliked by Others: Patriarch You Heming Emerges from Seclusion
"You Yong, did you have enough of showing off your power at Wujian Peak today? Are you satisfied with bullying my grand-disciple?"
You Yong had just returned home when Lou Shuhe stepped in right behind him.
You Yong was in a bind, having offended both the younger and the older: "I was just joking with her."
Qi Zibo is really petty; he even complained to his master about this. He's such a grown man, doesn't he feel ashamed at all?
Lou Shuhe casually surveyed the furnishings in his room. With a light touch of her finger, a vase fell and shattered. "I just want to say that your little grand-disciple and Song Yin have a very good relationship, and even your disciple likes Song Yin very much. I'm not going to argue with you about what happened today; I'm just telling them and some friends in the Forbidden Area what you did."
After saying that, Lou Shuhe turned and left.
You Yong stood there for a while, then turned around to take a shower and change his clothes.
After tidying up and regaining his former grandeur as the Great Ascension Ancestor, he was about to upgrade Qingyang when he noticed four paper cranes resting on the table.
The messages were all from his juniors, and You Yong went over to open them one by one.
Disciple Shi Wenbing: No offense, Master, but what you did today was absolutely outrageous! I've practically watched Song Yin grow up; she's such a lovely and wonderful child, and you actually played a trick on her? Xi Ning doesn't like cultivating, but it's Song Yin's constant companionship and encouragement that has made her cultivate diligently every day without ever slacking off. Song Yin is well-behaved and polite; she always greets everyone with a sweet smile… In short, what you did was incredibly unfair. You should reflect on your actions.
You Yong: "How dare this rebellious disciple lecture his teacher and make him reflect on his actions?"
Grand Disciple Li Cong: Grandmaster, I have heard about what happened today. I have always believed that jokes should have limits; jokes without limits are simply rude and indecent. You are my elder, so I cannot say anything, but I hope you will refrain from making such inappropriate jokes in the future.
You Yong: "...I don't believe that every one of you is sending me messages to accuse me."
Second disciple Bian Yuanling: Grandmaster, you... sigh, in short, I don't agree with your approach.
You Yong: "No, Yuan Ling, you also dislike your grandmaster? Didn't you say you liked your grandmaster the most when you were little?"
Xia Xining, the grand-disciple: Grandmaster, I hate you! If Song Yin and I become estranged and stop playing with me, I will hate you forever and ever!
With three "forevers," one can imagine how angry Xia Xining must be.
Yu Yong's expression cracked: "Am I being hated by all the younger generation...?"
He went out, wanting to find a friend to judge the matter.
His friend saw him shake his head and sigh, "Sigh—"
His friend didn't speak to him and turned to leave.
Everyone he saw in the forbidden area looked at him with condemnation.
You Yong: What's going on? Is everyone ostracizing me?
You Yong had no idea that Song Yin had cried again, crying as pitifully as possible, and then recorded it with a recording stone and sent it to Lou Shuhe.
After Lou Shuhe saw it, she showed it to everyone in the forbidden area again.
One was a rugged-looking man, and the other was a beautiful, well-behaved, sensible, and lovable little girl.
The young girl was also a victim, and people sometimes subconsciously take the victim's side. You Yong unknowingly found himself being collectively disliked by his younger friends.
When You Yong returned home, he was completely devastated.
The big guy hid in his bedroom, wiping away tears of melancholy.
"well……"
Just kidding. Song Yin didn't suffer any losses. He actually paid for Qingyang's upgrade out of his own pocket, and was even disliked by his friend and junior at the same time.
His life is so miserable! He's really tragic!
Does anyone still remember that I was a Mahayana cultivator?
People's joys and sorrows are not shared.
Song Yin had long since stopped crying and was now lively and energetic. Since her master's wife was in seclusion, she had been practicing swordsmanship with Shen Yuzhu. Every day after finishing her sword practice, she would cultivate the Danque Peak's inherited mental cultivation method and then refine pills on her own.
Whenever the sect assigns a pill-refining task, Han Changyu and Yu Lin would voluntarily take on the task of refining all the grade three pills, which made Song Yin feel very gratified.
A month later, You Yong personally delivered the Qingyang Sword. This time, You Yong was not joking. After delivering the sword, he quickly left Song Yin.
It can be said that they avoid Song Yin like the plague.
Song Yin examined the Qingyang Sword and found that it was indeed more effective than before.
She decided to forgive Old Master You's joke that day.
"Take care, Elder You. Come again next time."
Upon hearing this, You Yong sped up and flew back to the forbidden area. These young people are truly terrifying; he needed to go into seclusion to consolidate his cultivation!
Without the little incident, Song Yin's life returned to normal.
To prevent anyone from using her name to deceive people like Du Ci did, Song Yin goes to the inner sect academy every now and then. With her current alchemy skills, she no longer needs to listen to others talk about alchemy; instead, she teaches others from time to time.
When Song Yin appeared at the school, Ruan Chaoxue was always the first to arrive.
At first, everyone was afraid of Song Yin's methods, fearing that angering her would result in being expelled from the inner sect, so very few people dared to listen to her talk about alchemy.
Some daring individuals, after attending a few sessions, made rapid progress in their alchemy skills.
Others, seeing this, became envious and started listening as well, and sure enough, their alchemy skills improved significantly.
The main reason is that Song Yin can pinpoint their problems incisively, and once those problems are corrected, their alchemy skills will naturally improve.
In just a few months, Song Yin's class became one of the most popular classes.
Just like today, the classroom is packed with people listening attentively.
At the same time, ask about the peak.
Shi Heming, who was in seclusion, was preparing to break through to the Golden Core stage in one fell swoop. As a large amount of spiritual energy surged into his body and flowed along his meridians, the Golden Core barrier that had troubled him for so long was shattered under repeated impacts.
The meridians widened, spiritual energy circulated, and the limbs and bones relaxed, while at the same time, tribulation clouds shrouded the Dao Asking Peak.
Upon seeing this, Shi Heming's master, Yuan Ci, called Shi Heming out from outside the cave.
As soon as Shi Heming left the cave, Elder Yuan grabbed his disciple without saying a word and flew towards the place of tribulation.
As Song Yin finished her lecture and came out of the school, she saw the gathering of tribulation clouds in the direction of Wen Dao Peak.
Who else on Dao Asking Peak has broken through to the next level? I wonder when Shi Heming will end his seclusion. She's already earned back all the spirit stones she borrowed; she'll repay him as soon as he emerges from seclusion.
Elder Yuan paced anxiously around the tribulation site, wondering if his little disciple could successfully pass the Golden Core Tribulation. He wished he could be as carefree as Song Yin, free from inner demons.
As the lightning bolts fell one after another, Elder Yuan was filled with anxiety, praying to heaven for a good outcome.
"Master, how is Junior Brother's tribulation going?" Shi Heming's eldest senior brother, Zhu Jingzhui, asked.
Elder Yuan said, "He's only halfway through the tribulation, and I think this lightning tribulation is quite fierce. If you ask me, he's still young, only in his early twenties. Why is he in such a hurry to break through to the Golden Core stage? He should take it slow. Not everyone can get the opportunity that Song Yin has."
Zhu Jing: "I believe that Junior Brother will be able to break through to the Golden Core stage smoothly. Let's just wait for the result."
Elder Yuan's gaze fell on his eldest disciple's hands. "That makes sense, but could you please stop your hands from shaking?"
Zhu Jing: "..."
The Golden Core Tribulation ended quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for the final self-examination.
The two watched anxiously from outside, wondering how the heart-to-heart talk went.
When Shi Heming came out, he was covered in dirt and stood silently in front of his master and senior brother.
Elder Yuan: "Did we pass?"
Shi Heming nodded, but remained silent.
"Hahaha, good! It's good that it's passed! The second Golden Core cultivator under 100 years old after Song Yin is my disciple, good, good, good!" Elder Yuan couldn't wait to announce it to all the elders of the sect.
Zhu Jing was quite observant, and he cautiously asked, "Are you troubled by inner demons?"
Elder Yuan immediately stopped smiling. "Yes, yes, yes, is there any inner demon?"
Shi Heming finally looked up at the two of them, his gaze deep and calm. Under their gaze, he slowly nodded.
this……
Elder Yuan immediately comforted him: "It's alright to have inner demons. Your senior brother and I both have inner demons. Eight or nine out of ten people will develop inner demons when they advance to the Golden Core stage. Those who don't have inner demons are ultimately a minority. Besides, those who don't have inner demons, the fact that they don't have inner demons in the Golden Core stage doesn't mean that they won't have inner demons in the Nascent Soul stage, the Deity Transformation stage, and so on."
After speaking at length, Elder Yuan rubbed his hands together and cautiously asked, "Is your inner demon related to the bandits who massacred your village when you were a child?"
Ever since Shi Heming became the second disciple of the Dao Seeking Peak, Elder Yuan and Zhu Jing have both discovered that the massacre of the village is a thorn in his side. Even when Shi Heming was a child, they worried that this matter would become a demon in his heart in the future.
Shi Heming slowly shook his head.
Elder Yuan and his eldest disciple exchanged glances. "If it's not bandits massacring the village, then what is it?" Inner demons are always the greed, anger, and delusion deep within a person's heart.
Zhu Jing winked and whispered, "I don't know either."
"Master, let's go back. I still need to find Yinyin," Shi Heming suddenly said.
Elder Yuan: "We'll go back now."
On the way back, Elder Yuan and his eldest disciple continued to communicate telepathically.
Elder Yuan transmitted his voice: "Have you noticed that your junior brother has changed?"
Zhu Jing transmitted her voice: "Yes, but I don't know what she went through during the heart-to-heart questioning process. She has changed a lot."
Just then, Elder Yuan's communication stone lit up.
Elder Yuan transmitted his voice: "The sect leader has summoned me urgently. I still need to go to the sect's main hall. After you return, keep a close eye on him. I'm afraid he might do something foolish."
Zhu Jing transmitted his voice: "Disciple understands."
Shi Heming returned to Daowen Peak in silence, went straight to his courtyard, closed the gate, and refused to let his master and senior brother in.
Back home, Shi Heming didn't do anything foolish. Instead, he took off his clothes and walked barefoot into the bath. His long, ink-black hair floated and spread out in the water, the steam obscuring his upper body.
Shi Heming splashed a handful of water on his face, the droplets flowing down, crossing the ditch, and returning to the water. His dark pupils stared blankly into the air, his eyes filled with anger and uncontrollable jealousy whenever he recalled the scene he witnessed during the heart-questioning segment. He punched the water's surface, the water dripping down, and closed his eyes, unwilling to relive the memory.
She quickly washed off the filth, changed into new white clothes, hung her identity jade pendant and storage bag around her waist, and then dried her hair and tied it up again.
Zhu Jing didn't leave until he saw his junior brother, dressed neatly, leave, and he secretly followed him all the way.
Then I saw my junior brother go to Danque Peak.
Unable to enter Danque Peak, he then sought out two other ordinary disciples at the foot of the mountain.
After checking the identity card, Yu Lin let Zhu Jing enter Danque Peak.
Han Changyu: "What is the eldest disciple of the Dao Asking Peak doing at our Danque Peak?"
Yu Lin: "I don't know, you should ask Senior Sister Song Yin. All you do all day is gossip about other people's affairs, instead of focusing on alchemy. Be careful, or Senior Sister will expel you from Danque Peak."
Han Changyu pointed to his dark circles and said, "Think before you speak. Are your eyes just for decoration? Can't you see my dark circles? Even if you oust me from Danque Peak, you're still not Senior Sister's most admired disciple."
Yu Lin scoffed: "Tch."
Zhu Jing followed him to the mountaintop, but a formation at the summit blocked him from entering.
Shi Heming and Xia Xining often sought out Song Yin, so Qi Zibo granted them the right to freely enter Danque Peak.
Zhu Jing could only see his junior brother and Song Yin sitting together from afar. His junior brother had also returned to his old self, which reassured him a lot.
"Shi Heming, you've emerged from seclusion!" Song Yin exclaimed in delight. "So the tribulation clouds that gathered on Dao Asking Peak were yours. Congratulations!"
Shi Heming: "Well, I thought my seclusion wouldn't last too long, but it actually took several years. Fortunately, I successfully advanced to the Golden Core stage. After finishing my tribulation, I quickly packed up and came to find you as soon as possible."
"How can you say that seclusion is a waste of time?" Song Yin took out a storage bag and several bottles of pills. "The storage bag contains the spirit stones I borrowed from you, which I'm returning to you now. The bottles contain fourth-grade pills as a congratulatory gift for your successful completion of seclusion. And there's more..."
Shi Heming didn't hear anything; he just stared at Song Yin without blinking, unwilling to look away for even a second.
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Author's Note: Shi Heming: What are you babbling about? I can't understand. I want to kiss you...
I'm such an idiot, I just realized I misspelled Xia Xining's name a long time ago, writing Xia Xining in some places [facepalm]. Kuku fixed it all today [clown].
After careful review and checking, I realized that typing it on the computer was correct, but typing it on the phone resulted in "夏溪宁".
The scariest part is that I never noticed it all this time! [Sunglasses][Crying]
Also, Xiao Rui sees that the nutrient solution count is almost over 1000, so there will be an extra chapter for nutrient solution count once it reaches 1000 [sunglasses]
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[Empty bowl]
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