September 3, 2017

The arrival of September means that the scorching summer season that has covered Qingyun City for nearly two months has finally come to an end. Although the scorching heat has not subsided, major malls have begun to discount items such as cool talismans, ice crystals, and fashion stores have also continuously put on autumn clothes. Restaurants and restaurants have quietly changed the seasonal menu.

On the third day of September, an autumn rain cooled down Qingyun City, making dozens of boys and girls who worked hard in the inner school of the Li family courtyard very happy. It was not until the bald instructor announced the training plan for the new day with a cold face that the teenagers recalled the humiliation and fear of being dominated by the bald.

The situation is getting worse and worse.

Since Li Chaolu surrendered to the enemy that day, the bald man has become menopause at the age of 29, becoming particularly ruthless and unreasonable. Not only has everyone increased the training intensity by 20%. For the training standards that are already close to the limit, this is no longer aggravation, but a shit on the snow. Moreover, when providing individual guidance, the standards have become unusually strict.

Of course, if the subjective influence caused by the unique appearance of the bald instructor was excluded, Li Tingshu was actually a very civilized and qualified person. Even when he was angry, he would not swear or physically punish the students... But he used his creepy face and said with a stern expression, "It's too bad." The feeling was similar to being used by someone to use a thick toothpick to perform irregular movements inside the fingernails. Some girls even cried on the spot, and then the menstrual false note was opened for a month and he would never appear in the inner school again.

Of course, the Qingyun Competition is about to be around. The training of young inner disciples is a major event set by the family. It is impossible for the young ladies to act coquettishly. The girl who made the fake note was taken back by her parents that afternoon, and continued to carry out the training plan for the big bald head with tears in her nose.

In short, the days are really hard. From the training camp on August 30th to the present, in just a few days, dozens of boys and girls all felt that they were living like years. What was even more uncomfortable was that they had worked so much harder. But in the Qingyun Competition a few months later, these children, who were only three, fourteen, fourteen, and five, and at most sixteen or seventeen, did not have any dazzling opportunities. That once-in-a-decade prosperous era was just a perfect time for birth, and then geniuses were tailor-made by geniuses who were under 20 years old. The special training for hell for a few months was just to become a green leaf, and such a sense of loss was even more tormenting.

And in such hellish days, the only comfort was Li Chaolu on the other side of the school ground.

If their training is miserable, then Li Chaolu is miserable to the 100th power. Every day he has to practice, he is covered in bruises and vomits blood, and is taken out of the school field in a coma. That scene is more like torture than practice.

...

"snort!"

An uncontrollable painful hum suddenly stirred everyone's hearts, making people subconsciously turn their heads and just saw Li Chaolu bleeding from the other side of the seven orifices and fell to the ground dejectedly.

The unintentional pain humming that could easily pass through such a long distance can only show that Li Chaolu's pain has exceeded the limit of patience, causing her spiritual sense to start to stir violently, and it is magical to convert the sound into a magical effect. But behind this pain humming means that Li Chaolu's trauma has been so serious that it is almost injuring her bones.

As Li Chaolu's instructor, Wang Jiu just stood beside the girl, waiting motionlessly for her to get up from the ground with difficulty.

"Damn." Li Xinyu, as the chief of the inner door, was swearing at the time. He endured his fatigue and stood up and wanted to go and fight to Wang Jiu.

But after only two steps, he was stopped by a thick and powerful arm.

Li Xinyu subconsciously wanted to push his arm away, but found that he was like a towering mountain in front of him, completely unshakable. He raised his head and saw the bald instructor staring at him with a cold face.

Li Xinyu was not a good person to argue with others, so he couldn't help but shout: "Instructor, it's my sister over there!"

The bald instructor said coldly: "It is the path your sister chose. If she can't bear it, wouldn't she come back by herself?"

"But……"

"You are going to go there now, and you want to ignore her wishes and force her back? This is worse than what Wang Jiu is doing now."

Li Xinyu was stunned when he heard this, and opened his mouth blankly: "But..."

But nothing can be said.

Li Tingshu snorted coldly: "If you want your sister to suffer less, use more effort to practice. If you can prove that the practice here is more efficient, you can also give her a reason to turn back."

Li Xinyu was silent for a while and nodded vigorously: "Instructor, add another set of retrograde Zhoutian groups to me, I can still hold on."

"Okay, that's the momentum."

After dealing with the impulsive fat man, Li Tingshu's pressure did not decrease at all.

Seeing a 13-year-old girl vomiting blood like drinking water every day, even the iron-stone heart was unbearable. When she was resting at noon, while the other teenagers were panting like dogs on the ground, Li Tingshu quietly came to Wang Jiu and Li Chaolu.

Just as the bald man approached three meters away from the two, Wang Jiu turned his head like a ghost, with a smile on his face: "Hello, Li Tingshu."

Li Tingshu sighed in his heart that this special consultant was indeed extraordinary. Judging from the strength of the true essence, it was only around Yunyong Realm, but when he approached, he clearly used magic to cover up his whereabouts, but he was still seen through by the other party at a glance. This kind of vision is rare even if he turns the cloud realm.

On the other hand, Wang Jiu also lamented that this bald man is worthy of being the champion on the ring. His use of immortal arts is as standard as textbooks, but lacks the necessary flexibility. For example, his invisibility technique is not good elsewhere, but the reflection on his head is obviously insufficient to cover it up, so he really should buy a pair of wigs.

"Hello, Mr. Wang Jiu." Li Tingshu greeted him seriously, and was about to discuss Li Chaolu's cultivation with him, but he saw that the other party's eyes were locked on his head. After a change of thought, he immediately realized the reason for the invisibility technique. He was ashamed and angry as soon as he wanted to turn around and leave immediately.

Fortunately, he married into the Li family as a casual cultivator. Li Tingshu has seen many battles over the years, so he quickly adjusted his mood and got to the point.

"Mr. Wang Jiu, don't you think your training is too cruel?"

After hearing the other party’s questioning, Wang Jiu reflected on his training policy and nodded: “That’s right, wasting precious time for lunch break is too cruel for the monk. Come up and make another set of diffuse cycles.”

Li Chaolu on the ground nodded, then sat up hard, preparing to transport the true energy in his body, transform it into a diffuse sword energy to cleanse the meridians throughout the body with diffuse sword energy through the meridians, just like brushing his teeth with a mace, even heavy-tasting enthusiasts can't bear it.

"Stop!" Li Tingshu couldn't read anymore, "Are you training or killing people? The Hundred Flowers Sword Qi is full of vitality and difficult to control. If you ask her to practice, what will spread the world, but it will be impossible to destroy the meridians all over her body!?"

Wang Jiu said: "Of course not. She does not have bloodlines similar to the immovable domineering body. After the meridians are abolished, it will take a lot of resources to recover, unless..."

As he said that, Wang Jiu turned his head and asked Li Chaolu: "I just thought of a sword sacrifice technique. I used the branches of the ten thousand years of immortals and the Hundred Flowers Spirit Dew to create an immortal sword. After sacrifice this sword, I will get a little essence and transform it into your body, warm it every day, and gradually replace your bones and meridians. In about three years, I can have a pair of Hundred Flowers sword bones and supporting meridians. I will practice Hundred Flowers sword energy for a thousand miles a day, and the hope of advancing to the Heavenly Beng Realm has also increased greatly."

When Li Chaolu heard this, his eyes shone brightly, and the branches of the ten thousand years of immortal trees and the spirit dew of flowers. For ordinary monks, these things are basically strange things that only exist in the archaeological records. However, as a child of everyone, Li Chaolu knew that these two genius treasures were not difficult for the Li family to buy at least not as difficult as the original sword spirit.

In other words, she can use the sword sacrifice technique to cultivate the sword bones of hundreds of flowers, and from then on she becomes a peerless genius with the hope of the Heavenly Beng Realm? She is truly worthy of being Your Highness Wang Jiu, she is simply omnipotent!

On the other hand, Li Tingshu, as the champion of the Qingyun Competition, was also knowledgeable. When he heard Wang Jiu talk about the sword sacrifice technique, he thought about it in his mind and raised doubts.

"Wait, I can understand this with the immortal branches and flower dew to create the immortal sword and perform the sacrificial sword technique. But it is unheard of to transform the finished product into the body and replace the original bone meridians!"

Wang Jiu said: "Of course, because of the strong side effects and the many mistakes in the cultivators made in the first place, the casualty rate of monks who practiced this method exceeded 90%. More than 95% of the people left behind the inner demons that could not be eliminated in immortality, so it was also a forbidden technique inside the Baihua Sect. Later, after the mutation of heaven and earth, it was normal that the forbidden technique was lost."

Li Tingshu's eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly: "The casualty rate is 90%, and more than 95% of people... You actually want to use this kind of forbidden technique for Chaolu!?"

Wang Jiu said: "What's wrong? In order to optimize the martial arts system, strengthen their own strength, and practice ban techniques, isn't this very common? The Li family's previous generation master practiced at the right time and caused severe damage to the soul and unclear spiritual consciousness. He did not see the Li family forbidden future generations from practicing at the right time and the world."

"You, you are sophistry. How could it be a forbidden technique? The former head of the family was just not careful in practicing. There was no problem with the martial arts itself."

"Similarly, the failure rate of Baihua Sword Bone is too high, which is only because the operator is not careful in construction. In theory, the entire project has no design defects."

Li Tingshu was speechless and didn't know how to refute it. After a while, he gritted his teeth, "Even if there is such a technique, it would be a waste of time! Today's immortal cultivators no longer have to torture themselves like the ancients, and they often use torture to cultivate themselves with severed limbs and arms. Only by cultivating their supernatural powers have been cultivated. Over the years, immortal cultivators have explored more gentle and reasonable methods of practice. Methods like you that blindly let practitioners endure meaningless pain have long been eliminated!"

Wang Jiu shook his head and said, "A typical cognitive fallacy, as a defective creature, humans are destined to have no chance to get close to the path of immortality without suffering and torture. The so-called gentle method of practice is just a wishful thinking of human beings. They lower their expectations of cultivating immortality before comforting themselves."

"Will you be able to practice all people as disabled or even dead as your method, and you will be closer to the path of immortality?!"

"Well, I think it is necessary to emphasize again that human beings are defective creatures, unlike those mythical creatures that naturally attain enlightenment. If human beings do not break through the limit, they cannot touch the path of immortality. Breaking through the limit will inevitably be accompanied by risks. First of all. Even if you do not take risks to break through the limit, you should do your best to approach that limit. Secondly, the key to cultivating immortality is to see your own limits clearly, then use all methods to squeeze your potential, and wander on the verge of collapse to approach the limit. This is the most efficient way to cultivate immortality."

When Wang Jiu spoke, his voice was always faint, like Baishui, without any emotion, but Li Tingshu heard a condescending meaning in it, as if the person who spoke to him was not a person, but a noble immortal.

At this time, Wang Jiu said again: "You said that the world has eliminated the ascetic practice. Indeed, I searched through the classics and except for a very few sects, most aristocratic sects no longer advocate the ascetic practice. Of course, in different periods, humans will also have different degrees of demand for cultivating immortals, but no matter what, it is no wonder that the general level of monks today is relatively low."

Such remarks have opened Li Tingshu's eyes. His general level is low. Does this mean that people in the world are not caring seriously?

At this time, Li Chaolu heard the atmosphere of the conversation a little stiff and hurriedly said, "...Instructor, thank you for your consideration for me, but Mr. Wang Jiu's training method is really effective. Although the process is a bit painful, the effect is also extraordinary. I received this level of training out of my own will."

Li Tingshu frowned: "Since that's the case, prove it to me, and prove that this cruel and inhuman training is indeed effective. Three days later, I will compete with Li Qingshuang. If you win, I will never say a word about the matter here again. But if I can't win, as an instructor in the inner sect, I have the right to veto your ridiculous practice plan."

"Ah?" Li Chaolu was surprised, "Qingshuang? Her cultivation is higher than mine."

"It's only half a level higher, not to mention that you are about to break through, and the gap is very small. In addition, you are a child of this family, but she is from Lingshan City. According to convention, she originally agreed that the strength of the monks in this family is slightly better than the scorer. In the end, do you have no confidence in yourself?"

Li Chaolu really doesn't have much confidence. As the most powerful genius girl in Lingshan City, Li Qingshuang successfully introduced the "Qingjian" practice at the age of 12. She is the greatest pride of the family in the past decade. She has gained all the resources of the family. The specifications are almost equivalent to Li Wanqing, the only daughter of the second uncle. Li Chaolu really has no confidence to win such a genius girl.

But at this time, Li Chaolu could not give in. Just gritted her teeth and nodded: "Okay, in three days, I will compete with Qingshuang."

"Not appropriate." Wang Jiu suddenly spoke, "It's meaningless compared to Li Qingshuang."

Li Tingshu frowned: "Why, do you think my conditions are not loose enough?"

"On the contrary, I think your conditions are too broad." Wang Jiu explained, "You designed a two-person battle to judge whether my training method is efficient enough. Since this is the case, the conditions for the battle should show Li Chaolu's strength as much as possible. Li Qingshuang does not have such strength."

Li Tingshu was funny. According to his opinion, Li Qingshuang, the green sword in Lingshan City, was not enough to force Li Chaolu to show his real skills?

"My personal suggestion is to let Li Qingshuang and Li Junyi join forces, and the strength gap of this combination is closest to that of Li Chaolu."

"Ha, Li Qingshuang and Li Junyi joined forces? Do you know that they have practiced the sword formation together, and even Li Xinyu will give in to three points when they join forces?"

"I know, otherwise I would suggest finding someone with similar strength and using three to one will make the scene more balanced."

"What a three-for-one... Li Chaolu can be three times stronger after just a few days of training after you. I'm looking forward to the performance in three days!"

Li Tingshu left with anger.

Anger comes from two points. First, if Wang Jiu just talks nonsense, it means he is tricked by him as an idiot. Second, if Wang Jiu does not talk nonsense, Li Chaolu can be transformed into three times stronger in just a few days, then as the chief instructor of the inner sect and is responsible for guiding Li Qingshuang and others to practice, what if he is not an idiot?

After Li Tingshu left, Li Chaolu immediately became nervous.

"Mr. Wang Jiu... really wants to compete so much? To be honest, even if I fight Qingshuang alone, I don't have a high chance of winning, let alone Junyi."

In Lingshan City, Li Qingshuang's status is almost the same as that of Li Wanqing in Qingyun City, and Li Junyi is equivalent to Li Xinyu, the inner leader. Of course, this metaphor is very rude to Li Junyi herself. But Li Chaolu thought that before receiving the special training, she could only be slightly better than Li Junyi, and was inferior to Li Qingshuang. As for the special training... although she did not doubt Wang Jiu's ability at all, she was now covered in bruises and was burned to death. Even with the help of the magic pill, it would take a long time to fully recover as before. How could she have the right to compete with the two genius girls?

However, Wang Jiu did not take the battle three days later to heart, and showed a proud smile about Li Chaolu's problem.

"Actually, I just lied."

"ah?"

Wang Jiu spread his hands and said, "Because this battle is essentially a zero-sum game and there is no win-win plan, so I must try my best to strive for favorable conditions and avoid my own losses."

"...What you call fighting for favorable conditions is to turn a one-on-one challenge into two."

"Yes, because in this way, the absolute party can continue to add room for conditions."

Li Chaolu showed a confused expression that she couldn't understand.

Wang Jiu then patiently explained: "This is the business trick taught me by Concubine Shang Lan. For example, there is a poor person... Well, it's Shen Qingming."

"puff."

"She was too poor to lose her job, so she had to pawn the heirloom. She didn't know the origin or the effect of the treasure, so she had to offer 100 spirit stones at will. At this time, I saw that the treasure was actually worth 1,000 spirit stones. The correct way to buy it is to tell her that the actual value of her treasure is far more than 100, and I don't want her to suffer a loss, so she added a portion of it on the basis of her offer, such as 200 spirit stones to buy it. In this way, even if she learned that her treasure was sold by 1,000 spirit stones later, she would not be too angry and entangled with me. Although I earned 100 spirit stones less, she saved a lot of trouble and saved her time."

Li Chaolu was stunned when she heard it: "So, so I am really worth a thousand spirit stones?"

Wang Jiu said: "Of course, the truly reasonable battle plan should be to let five sword cultivators, including Li Xinyu, Li Qingshuang and Li Junyi join forces to fight with you."

"Impossible!" Li Chao's chin was about to fall off. A thirteen-year-old girl who was about to break through to the late stage of the Fengqi Realm was to fight against a five-person team with Yunyong Realm as the core. How could this be heard and why it was not true?
To be continued...