Chapter 11: Leader of the Formation
Lin Du felt that outside the forbidden area of the Supreme Sect, the story was roughly "My Years Digging the Earth to Survive in the Northeast", while inside the forbidden area, it could be roughly written as "My Devilish Master and I".
The only strong ones in the Supreme Sect were the new disciples who had just entered the sect.
Under Yan Ye's teaching, she quickly understood the twelve meridians and eight extraordinary meridians of the human body as well as the acupuncture points on the meridians throughout the body.
It was impossible not to remember it. This guy's teaching method was extremely devilish. If she couldn't remember it, he would seal that meridian when he threw her into Luoze to be washed by ice water, until she broke through it herself and could float up.
It was difficult for her to forget it even if she wanted to. Fortunately, she was a Jiangsu candidate in modern times. Apart from other things, she was very good at memorizing.
The ice springs washed her day after day, not only training her heart and lungs, opening up her stagnant lungs, but also the power in the ice springs could suppress her too fast rising and somewhat empty Dantian aura, making her foundation more solid, and tempering her fragile body.
Yan Ye thought that one day Lin Du could swim upstream to the top of the waterfall, and then he would not have to suffer this torture every day.
This day, Lin Du once again broke through the ice with a punch, and met the interested smile of his own devilish master.
"You are indeed a genius like me."
Lin Du rolled his eyes without any scruples.
There are seven stages in the cultivation realm. The first stage is the Fengchu realm where Lin Du is. The following stages are Qinxin, Tengyun, Huiyang, Qianyuan, Wuxiang, and Taiqing. Each stage can be divided into four small realms: initial stage, middle stage, late stage, and great perfection.
Lin Du's cultivation speed is amazingly fast. The disciples who have just entered the sect are still in the middle stage of Fengchu realm, but she has already reached the great perfection of Fengchu realm and is about to build a foundation and enter Qinxin realm.
"It is said that Master is the leader in swordsmanship and can freeze the whole Zhongzhou
with a single strike of his sword. If I am like Master, can I also freeze the whole Zhongzhou in the future?" Yan Ye was stunned when he heard this, "Who told you that I can freeze the whole Zhongzhou with a single strike of my sword?"
Lin Du couldn't say that it was written in the script, she just made it up, "People outside say so."
Yan Ye said "oh" and then watched her skillfully use her spiritual power to kill herself, and slowly said, "It seems that you really know nothing about me, your Master."
Lin Du raised his head and met his cold gray eyes.
"The Supreme Sect may have had pure swordsmen, but your master is not one of them."
"This Luoze is a natural ice formation, but I made some changes to make it a formation that is truly suitable for our ice spirit root cultivation."
Yan Ye raised his hand and snapped his fingers. Almost instantly, countless light spots flashed on his slender knuckles. It seemed to be without any rules, like flowers scattered by a fairy, but in the moment of dissipation, the entire Luoze was thawed by the spring warmth, and all things melted, revealing the original landform.
Countless verdant pine trees, exotic flowers and plants, shed the crystal frost on the surface, and countless different and strange spiritual energies instantly surged into the air.
Lin Du couldn't help but sneeze.
"Your master, at the age of fifty, had already mastered the art of formation. When he was only a hundred years old, he defeated three formation masters who had been famous for a thousand years and won the championship in the formation competition. In order to protect myself, I started to learn swordsmanship and took the first place in the Zhongzhou sect competition."
His tone was extremely calm, as if he was talking about a trivial matter that was not a big deal. "If I didn't have ice spiritual roots and found it difficult to control fire, I might have made some achievements in refining weapons and pills."
"So... why do you think I'm that kind of brainless swordsman?"
Lin Du:...?
She pondered for a moment, "But Master, you only gave me a few books, "The Complete Collection of Basic Spells in the Cultivation World", "Detailed Explanation of Meridian Acupoint Atlas", "Cultivation World Miscellaneous Talks" and "Cultivation World Chronicles". It's normal that I don't understand them, right?"
"You are only in the Phoenix Initial Stage." Yan Ye reminded her, "It is important to consolidate the foundation of your body in the Phoenix Initial Stage. I was stronger than you are now when I was eight years old."
"Oh, yes, yes, I am a sickly person," Lin Du said unconsciously, "If this disease cannot be cured, you will die."
"What do you think the water in Luoze is?" Yan Ye slapped her on the head. "The direct disciple of Emperor Ji Shizong only gets one bottle a year, and they only dare to put one or two drops of spiritual liquid in it when refining pills. I use it for your bath water! Can you fight back?"
Lin Du was born without any respect for his teachers. Yan Ye had never accepted other disciples, and the two of them were not respectful to each other.
"What can I do about my natural deficiency?" She said lazily, but she didn't really accept her fate.
"Lin Du..." Yan Ye sighed, "Look at my eyes."
"I'm looking, what's wrong?"
"I'm blind." Yan Ye said, "Born blind."
Lin Du was stunned.
Yan Ye smiled, and his smile was particularly joyful. "When a blind man can become a formation master who needs to draw accurately everywhere, what else is impossible?"
"So, even if your body is broken and you are destined to age prematurely, since I, Yan Ye, am your master, I can make you the second miracle in the world."
Lin Du did not ask what the first miracle was.
The first miracle was Yan Ye.
She lowered her eyes and smiled, and finally understood why those eyes looked at her, but the expression inside was unchanged, always cold, and only by looking at the muscles on his face could you see his playfulness and ease.
It's good that a blind man's apprentice is a useless person.
Although the cultivators cannot see, they can always send out their spiritual consciousness, so it is not impossible to "see" things.
"So you are my disciple. I don't ask you to surpass me, but at least you should fight for your dignity and stay alive."
Yan Ye said casually, "Come on, it's time. If you go too late, you will lose your chicken legs again. Hurry up."
Lin Du stood up, a wooden hairpin appeared in his hand, and he casually tied up his hair. "Master, do you want to make a bet?"
Yan Ye looked in the direction of the voice, "What?"
"Bet that I will become the leader of the formation one year earlier than you, and I can win the first place in the Zhongzhou competition without learning swordsmanship."
The young man's voice was clear and melodious, with a unique pronunciation, which was incompatible with the northern accent. Amid the roar of the waterfall, it was still clear and audible.
Yan Ye smiled, "You'd better be able to do it."
As soon as Lin Du left, Luoze was frozen again.
The white-haired man sat quietly on the ice for a long time. He raised his hand to touch his eyes, and his white eyelashes trembled slightly.
Lin Du, that kid, didn't even ask if he could be cured.
Neither he nor she.
Cultivators below the Tengyun Realm can fly only with the help of magic tools. Although Yan Ye has been in seclusion for many years, his family background is much richer than those immortals outside who need to dig for food in the soil to be self-sufficient.
Lin Du took out a bamboo leaf-shaped flying magic tool from the storage ring that Yan Ye gave him, and then he thought about it and ran straight to the dining hall.
If I go too late, the chicken legs will be gone.
I don't know which immortal will cook today.
Just when he was about to reach the dining hall, Lin Du suddenly heard a huge explosion, followed by an echo in the mountains.
"Oh no! Second Senior Sister blew up the stove while making soup!"
Lin Du paused, and tonight's dinner will have to be postponed again.