Chapter 178: Reunion, Long-awaited Chi Yu
Chapter 178:
Chi Yuxin wanted to go home, but when he really got home, he found out how sad it was that Xie Xiyi was not by his side.
Time also becomes extraordinarily long because of waiting.
Waiting is a poison that penetrates the intestines, and Chi Yu is obviously a little terminally ill.
Even though I hid my anxious and sad feelings very well, I couldn't hide them from my grandparents at home.
Grandma placed fresh fruits and incense on the Buddha statue in the living room, then recited the Diamond Sutra with Chi Yu. She earnestly admonished him, "The Buddha said that troubles are the essence of Bodhi. At your age, there's no need to overthink. We have money and plenty of options, so don't let yourself get carried away."
Chi Yu laughed dumbly, "I know, Grandma."
After a while, grandma asked, "So, Xiaoyu, what are you worried about? Tell grandma, maybe grandma can help you share your worries."
Chi Yu lowered her eyes, wanting to sigh, but she suppressed it, a smile on her face. "It's okay, Grandma."
He pretended to be cheerful and said, "What could possibly happen to me? Grandma, you're overthinking it."
Grandma glanced at him and said nothing more. In fact, the child had changed so much, and she was not blind. She discussed it with the old man for a long time but couldn't come up with anything, so they turned a blind eye to the changes in Chi Yu.
However, this incident also reminded Chi Yu that if he stayed at home, he would inevitably be exposed. So he found an excuse to say goodbye to his grandparents and flew to the uninhabited primeval forest with the ball.
"Brother Aotian, do we still need to practice?" Xiaoqiu quickly understood what he meant.
Chi Yu: "Well, you've already reached the peak of the Qi Refining Stage, why not break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage?"
The earth does not have any spiritual energy, but Chi Yu brought enough top-grade spirit stones, enough for Xiaoqiu to use until the Nascent Soul stage.
But Chi Yu could also feel that the laws of the earth's realm could not withstand the thunder tribulation above the Nascent Soul stage.
In other words, one can actually cultivate on Earth, but only to the Nascent Soul stage. Going beyond that is beyond what this world can bear.
For Chi Yu, this was already very good - he never expected that his spiritual power, realm, and magic skills would be retained after he came back.
Originally, he thought that in this notorious Dharma-Ending Age on Earth, no realm of magical power would be allowed.
Now it is obviously a pleasant surprise.
Although it is impossible to break through through cultivation now, even if Chi Yu cultivates to the Great Perfection of Nascent Soul he still has to suppress his state and not face the calamity, but in order to avoid this long waiting time, Chi Yu would rather immerse his mind in cultivation than face the endless chaotic thoughts.
There is no time limit for cultivation, and no time limit for enlightenment. Perhaps when he wakes up from his meditation, Senior Brother Xuanji will appear?
With this in mind, Chi Yu set up a barrier to allow the ball to break through the foundation-building stage, while he himself entered into meditation and practiced at a distance.
Time passed quickly, and more than a month later, the Foundation Establishment Period thunder tribulation was brewing in the air.
The laws of this world are so fragile that even the scale of the thunder tribulation is much smaller than that of the Haoyuan Realm. The small ball is protected by the Buddha's bones, so it did not take much effort to successfully establish the foundation.
However, the scale of the thunder tribulation is not large enough, so the effect of tempering the body will naturally not be very good. The little ball can feel that the foundation it has built in this world is obviously not solid and stable enough.
But this was his own choice and he had no complaints.
Xiaoqiu opened his eyes and glanced at Chi Yu, who was sitting under another tree away from him practicing. Knowing that Chi Yu wanted to kill time here, he closed his eyes and prepared to continue to meditate and stabilize his state.
Time flies. Chi Yu was awakened by the task alarm clock he carried with him. He turned on his turned-off mobile phone and received countless calls from his grandparents, parents, classmates, etc.
Chi Yu: "..."
He stood up, picked up Xiaoqiu, who was watching a show with headphones on and facing away from him, and said in a calm voice, "Let's go, let's go back."
They flew into the sky, and because of the advanced technology nowadays, Chi Yu even hid his body.
Chi Yu glanced down at the neatly arranged and well-developed city buildings, then glanced at the little ball who was also gazing at the scenery below with an expression of amazement. He suddenly asked, "Do you want to go to school, ball?"
Xiaoqiu came back to his senses and replied, "Brother Aotian, Xiaoqiu is my childhood name. I'm grown up now, so I think it's best if you can call me by my name." After a pause, he said, "Can I go to school with you?"
Chi Yu laughed and said, "Okay, Xiaohan. But you can't go to school with me. I'm in my third year of high school and will take the college entrance examination next June—"
His voice stopped abruptly, and he looked puzzled. "Wait, I think I forgot something."
He was deep in thought when he suddenly screamed, "Oh my god! I haven't done my summer homework!!!!!!!"
Chi Yu’s first summer vacation in his senior year of high school ended so brilliantly.
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On the first day of registration for senior year, Chi Yu went to school early.
"Copy those papers for me, quickly, it's too late." As soon as Chi Yu arrived in the classroom, he rushed to the table and poured out a bag of summer homework.
"—Who the hell are you?" His deskmate, Xu Zhuo, looked at him in astonishment. Chi Yu glared at him, his face a faint golden glow in the morning light, making him look exceptionally elegant. However, as soon as he opened his mouth, that aura was ruined. He shouted in a high voice, "I can't even recognize you? How dare you! I'll give you a hundred lashes—Hurry up and copy the homework for me."
The classroom was completely silent. Xu Zhuo stared at him, speechless. Gao Yang quickly handed him his homework, his tone flattering, though he himself wasn't aware of it. "Copy mine."
Chi Yu stopped talking nonsense, reached out to take it, opened his pencil case, picked up two pens, spread out the homework and prepared to copy it.
The summer homework for senior high school students was not a small amount. The test papers alone formed a thick stack. He had written more than ten sheets in Haoyuan Realm, but this was just the tip of the iceberg of summer homework.
But after he came back, he completely forgot about this matter. He didn't think about it at all when he was practicing, and directly set the alarm clock for the night before school started.
I couldn’t call my classmates late at night to borrow homework, so I had to come to school early in the morning to catch up.
Chi Yu held the pen in each hand, trying to do two things at once, copying two papers. What was even more terrifying was that the handwriting in his left and right hands was exactly the same.
Not many people noticed this unique skill. What they cared more about was Chi Yu's appearance and temperament, which had changed drastically after this summer vacation.
"Is this... Chi Yu?"
Students who were familiar with Chi Yu began to whisper.
Chi Yu originally had a delicate and beautiful face, a rare combination of boyish and girlish features. He had a sunny personality and was sweet and generous. Everyone knew that his family was wealthy, but he did not have the arrogance of a rich second-generation. He could get along with everyone, so he was very popular.
Everyone was familiar with what Chi Yu should look like, but they didn't expect that he would change so much after just one summer vacation.
Chi Yu's facial features were obviously more delicate, and his nose seemed to be higher. His skin was originally fair and delicate, but now it was like the finest porcelain. His skin seemed to be coated with a layer of cool and soft glaze, and it was flawless and perfect.
His drooping eyelashes were long and thick, his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, his lips were red and his teeth were white, his neck was slender and beautiful, and even the hand holding the pen was exceptionally beautiful. In the pale golden light of the morning, it still exuded a porcelain-like, translucent, and flexible beauty.
With such a look, even the ordinary blue and white classic high school uniform looks particularly good on him.
His appearance had changed drastically, but what made it even more intimidating was the awe-inspiring aura he exuded.
Teenagers are very sensitive and can feel many things that adults cannot.
Even though the person in front of him was still laughing and joking as he remembered, strangely, no one dared to approach him.
Chi Yu didn't know what they were thinking. He was already a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, which was a world apart from ordinary people. Even if he restrained his spiritual pressure, when his emotions fluctuated, the spiritual pressure would still overflow from his pores - he had not yet mastered this kind of subtle level of control. After all, he had reached the Nascent Soul stage in two years, and there were still many things he could not do.
The oppressive feeling of this spiritual realm was beyond the reach of ordinary mortals. Chi Yu's deskmate, Xu Zhuo, had a profound experience of this. Normally, he would go over to harass her, then engage in banter and banter, adding a touch of fun to his otherwise dull study life.
But now, Xu Zhuo didn't dare at all. He sat next to Chi Yu, and felt his whole body stiff, his heart beating violently, and it was extremely difficult to tease Chi Yu as before.
Chi Yu quickly copied the two papers and raised his head again. "Gao Yang, Gao Yang." He called Gao Yang's name in a clear and relaxed voice. "Bring the others as well."
Before Gao Yang could move, Zhan Rixin piled the remaining homework on the table and said enthusiastically, "Copy from me. Gao Yang, all your homework is copied from me."
"Okay, okay, good brother, I love you." Chi Yu smiled and spoke sweet words as usual. Zhan Rixin blushed quietly this time. He felt an inexplicable surge of emotion in his heart, feeling even prouder than if he had won a prize in a competition. "It's okay, it's okay."
Tao Lun bravely sat down and spoke to him, "Chi Yu, why are you still wearing colored contact lenses to school? Wearing them for a long time is bad for your eyes."
Chi Yu: "?"
He put down his pen, lifted his thin eyelids and looked at him. His golden pupils flickered in the light, like the finest golden amber, like the bright sunlight. "Do these look like cosmetic contact lenses to me?"
He stared at Tao Lun with wide eyes, pretending to be annoyed and said, "Open your eyes and take a good look. Can these be cosmetic contact lenses?"
Tao Lun felt weak under the gaze of his sharp eyes, as if his mind was taken away. He stammered, "No, no, oh, it's really not cosmetic contact lenses. Then your eyes..."
Chi Yu said in a loud voice: "Gene mutation, I have a gene mutation."
As he said this, his heart moved slightly——
He had never thought much about it before, but now he realized the fact that these eyes belonged to Senior Brother Xuan Ji.
Senior Brother Xuan Ji also has his heart in his body, and they have long since become one.
Thinking of this, Chi Yu felt a little melancholy and anxious, and his mood suddenly dropped.
Strictly speaking, he and Xie Xiyi had not been separated for that long.
Counting from the time he returned to another Tiangang Secret Realm to the time he met the Demon Heart Xie Xiyi five hundred years later, they had only been separated for less than half a month.
And this time, they have been separated for two months.
Chi Yu wondered how he had been so sure he could go home alone. He clearly couldn't bear being apart from Xie Xiyi for even a few days, so how could he possibly live his life as if nothing had happened?
Chi Yu put down his pen, rolled up a corner of his sleeve, and sniffed the jade-like bracelet crafted from Senior Brother Xuan Ji's bones. He seemed to barely absorb a hint of Senior Brother Xuan Ji's aura. But it was mostly the warm scent of his vital energy and blood.
He was still caught in a whirlpool of emotions, unaware that a faint spiritual pressure was overflowing, causing others around him to feel inexplicable fear and awe.
His good friend Gao Yang and the others quietly left and returned to their seats. The entire classroom was utterly silent, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Chi Yu was unaware of his classmate's change. Dejected, he picked up his pen and started copying the homework again.
He copied the homework very quickly and finished half of it before the teacher came in. He didn't have time to finish the rest and just stuffed it on the desk.
When our homeroom teacher, Qiu Xu, came in, he exclaimed, "So quiet today? Have you changed?"
No one spoke.
Qiu Xu: “…”
The atmosphere feels weird.
However, he soon noticed Chi Yu, and immediately discovered that Chi Yu's eyes were golden and looked particularly dazzling.
Chi Yu looked at him, and the usually dignified Qiu Xu was the first to look away. His heart beat inexplicably fast and his limbs were slightly stiff. He wanted to ask Chi Yu about wearing colored contact lenses, but for some reason he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.
Just wear colored contact lenses, maybe you are nearsighted, and it is normal to pursue individuality, as long as it does not affect your grades... After comforting himself in this way, Qiu Xu felt at ease to turn a blind eye and let himself go.
Chi Yu had something hidden in his mind. Although he appeared to be as happy and calm as ever, he was actually absent-minded in everything he did.
Having not studied for over two years, Chi Yu should have forgotten a lot of things, but thanks to his greatly enhanced memory after practicing, he can now even recall his childhood memories.
Therefore, his studies, which he values, will not be affected.
Taking advantage of the break when the head teacher was holding a class meeting, Chi Yu piled up the books and took out the summer homework to copy it frantically.
From Qiu Xu's perspective, he could of course see Chi Yu copying homework, but he didn't say anything.
Chi Yu worked hard and finished his summer homework before noon.
His home is a bit far from the school, so he rides a bicycle to school. If the weather is not so hot at noon, he will go home to eat. If it is hot, he will eat in the cafeteria.
Now the spiritual power is flowing through the meridians of his limbs. As long as he wants, he can get home in ten seconds.
But Chi Yu still chose to eat in the cafeteria.
Pull Gao Yang and the others along.
He didn't know yet that the change in himself had caused everyone around him to feel an inexplicable fear of him - but at the same time, Chi Yu smiled and hugged him and talked lively as usual, which made people feel very flattered and happy.
After dinner, we went to the basketball court to play basketball together.
Chi Yu has good motor skills and can easily master any sport. If it weren't for his good grades, he would probably have become a sports student.
Chi Yu was holding a basketball, still a hundred meters away from the hoop. He smiled ostentatiously at his friends, "I'll show you a trick, a 100-meter slam dunk—"
He stretched out his flexible arms, and the basketball flew in a beautiful parabola, falling right into the basketball hoop in the distance.
Gao Yang and the others were shocked and stunned. Chi Yu smiled brightly, his fangs faintly visible. "So what do you think? Am I awesome?"
He puts on this arrogant attitude and doesn't make people feel bored.
Gao Yang murmured, "That's really amazing. You can even play in the NBA."
Chi Yu seemed to be lost in thought, then bared his fangs and said with a grin, "You're right. I have such ability, so I should go and win glory for my country. However, if I'm so powerful, wouldn't it be bullying if I went to the Olympics?"
What he said seemed outrageous, but no one laughed at him.
Chi Yu now makes people unable to have any negative emotions.
They didn't know what had happened to Chi Yu, but friends who were too familiar with Chi Yu could all feel his calmness and ease no matter what he encountered. This was not the aura that a high school student would have.
This creates an invisible sense of distance that is out of reach, and because of this, they feel subtly relieved and secretly happy that Chi Yu is still laughing and joking with them as usual.
But what a sad thing this is.
They called a few younger students to play basketball together.
Chi Yu was running on the basketball court. He passed through his opponents with graceful and elegant movements. When he jumped up to shoot, his posture was particularly light and graceful. No one could defend him. He even shot from his own basketball hoop to the opposite basketball hoop.
This overwhelming victory attracted many spectators, both boys and girls cheering for him. Chi Yu raised her hand to greet them, her beautiful face shining brightly in the sunlight, truly outshining even the stars in the entertainment industry.
Gao Yang was stunned and accidentally bumped into his junior classmate, falling heavily. A large piece of flesh was scraped off his knee and blood was dripping.
Chi Yu quickly ran over and supported him, "I'll take you to the infirmary."
Zhan Rixin and Tao Lun stopped fighting and wanted to take Gao Yang to the infirmary.
Gao Yang was a little embarrassed, "Thank you."
Arriving at the infirmary, Chi Yu watched the school doctor treat his wounds.
The tall and strong boy from Gaoyang grimaced in pain and almost cried out.
Chi Yule was happy, "You are already a grown-up, and you can't even bear such a little pain."
Zhan Rixin said, "Chi Yu, don't laugh at Gao Yang. You are the one who is most afraid of being hurt."
Chi Yu blinked, "Really?"
Tao Lun echoed, "You forgot, you're most afraid of pain. When it hurts, you really drop pearls. Last year at the sports meet, you fell even harder than Gao Yang did now. When I applied medicine to you, your eyes were red. You cried and smiled at the same time, saying it was okay."
Chi Yu opened his eyes wide: "..."
He recalled it and found that it seemed to be true.
How could he forget? He was indeed very afraid of pain, and it did make his eyes red and tears flow. But after wearing it, it seemed like the pain had a threshold. Above a certain threshold, it didn't hurt at all. Over time, he forgot about it.
Chi Yu laughed, "That's all in the past. I'm a man of steel now."
Although he was smiling, he felt extremely lonely in his heart.
He missed Senior Brother Xuan Ji.
Waiting is poison, and missing someone is also poison.
He is too arrogant.
Before, he thought he could forget Xie Xiyi and go home to live his ordinary life, but love is love, and it is really painful to love someone but not be able to get him.
Buddha said that there are eight sufferings in the world: birth, old age, sickness, death, separation from loved ones, meeting with enemies, failure to obtain what one desires, and the burning of the five elements. He was calm about the greatest sufferings of birth, old age, sickness, and death, but he was only in pain and distress because of love.
Perhaps Senior Brother Xuanji was also like this? Unbeknownst to him, Senior Brother Xuanji had already suffered such torment. This showed how terrifying lust was, even future disciples of Buddha could fall for it, destroying their cultivation and their Buddha-heart.
I want to get it, but I don’t know when I can get it, nor do I know if I can get it at all, which leads to many paranoias.
One should not dwell on anything and give rise to the mind. This principle is very clear to Chi Yu.
Chi Yu, Chi Yu, he should be happy all his life.
Do I have to be sad like this forever?
...Will he be able to meet Senior Brother Xuan Ji again in this life?
Chi Yu tried hard not to think about it.
After school in the afternoon, Chi Yu, Gao Yang and others left the classroom together.
Gao Yang asked him, "Classes officially start tomorrow. Let's go to the internet cafe and have some fun one last time."
Chi Yu hadn't played games for a long time, so he responded indifferently.
As they walked out of the school gate, Chi Yu's eyes suddenly moved, and his gaze locked accurately on a person.
He was a very tall young man with short hair, revealing a flawless handsome face. He was wearing a brand shirt without a logo and black pants, which looked simple and refreshing.
He has a very superior appearance and his temperament is different from that of a high school student. He is obviously mature, so he attracts everyone's attention and shines brightly.
"..." Chi Yu was stunned. Soon, his eyes turned red, his heartbeat accelerated with excitement, and he felt dizzy. "Senior Brother Xuan Ji!"
He called out in a slightly hoarse voice, and the schoolbag in his hand fell to the ground. Regardless of the many students' parents around him, he strode over and bumped into Xie Xiyi's arms like a young swallow returning to the forest.
Xie Xiyi opened his arms and hugged him, whispering, "Sorry for the wait, Chi Yu."
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