Chapter 95: The Miraculous Physique
The most eye-catching aspect of the battle on the Ascension White Jade Platform was You Buyu, a Core Disciple of the Inner Courtyard, being involved in a dispute over the Eldest Daughter of Dan Sect.
This was the beginning of the incident, and also the first time an Outer Courtyard Disciple had offended a Core Disciple of the Inner Courtyard.
But after fifty-three Flying Swords whistled through the sky, this matter seemed to no longer pique everyone's interest.
What they discussed most was whether this battle was Ji You's limit, and why his Spiritual Qi reserves were so vast.
Some said it was a method of extracting Spirit Origin, while others claimed Ji You's Qi cultivation method was unique.
As the rumors spread, even the Instructors were divided in their opinions.
“Regardless of whether it’s a method of extracting Spirit Origin, Ji You’s Spiritual Qi is indeed a bit strange. Perhaps he gained some unknown benefits in the ruins and didn’t report it to the academy——.”
“Nonsense, he comes from the countryside and has been exploring the Dao of Cultivation on his own. Before entering the academy, his refinement and control of Spiritual Qi were far beyond ordinary people, you just didn’t know it.”
“Before entering the academy?”
In the Instructor Courtyard, Cao Jinsong was holding a cup of hot tea, his face flushed with health as he stroked his long beard, looking like an otherworldly expert.
Sun Bin’s challenge came out of nowhere, and Ji You readily accepted it because of the silver.
By the time the news reached the Instructor Courtyard, the two were already on the Ascension White Jade Platform.
Cao Jinsong rushed over upon hearing the news, but before he even got there, he saw Flying Swords filling the sky, their cold glints like stars. He immediately puffed out his chest and returned to the Instructor Courtyard.
He first brewed some tea, then crossed his legs.
Within the time it took to drink a cup of tea, exclamations of surprise could be heard among the Instructors in the courtyard. Everything was within Old Cao’s expectations, which led to his calm and collected statement at this moment.
“You never mentioned what happened before Ji You entered the academy.”
“This old man is humble and unperturbed by favor or disgrace, and dislikes being high-profile, so I’ve never told anyone. How could you know?”
“Humble—”
The Instructors looked at his chest, which was more ample than even the female Disciples in the courtyard, and thought to themselves, ‘Is this humble? You’re just showing off!’
Cao Jinsong calmly placed the tea cup on the corner of the table: “Do you know how Ji You actually got into Tianshu Academy?”
Lu Qingqiu’s Instructor, Ma Zhiyuan, looked up upon hearing this: “Didn’t you say it was an accident?”
“It was an accident, but this accident holds great significance.”
“That day, I received a notice from the academy that a cultivation slot in Feng Province had fallen to Fang Ruoyao, the daughter of the Yuyang County Magistrate. So I rushed there with my people. Who knew that as soon as I arrived in Yuyang County, I encountered a commotion about the Fengxian Villa, a subordinate of the Xuan Yuan Immortal Mansion, capturing a little girl to refine medicine?”
“It is said that the little girl was valued because she was found to have a radiant spirit.”
“Humans are born with an Innate True Spirit, though some have more and some less. However, that little girl’s True Spirit was almost overflowing.
The strangest thing was that none of her ancestors were Cultivators.”
Cao Jinsong’s gaze was like a tiger’s: “I had been puzzled by this until the day the little girl was captured——.”
All the Instructors in the room saw him pause and couldn’t help but crane their necks: “What happened that day?”
“That day, a white-robed Young Master broke into the mansion where I was staying. His aura surged around him, shining brightly, having already reached Junior Third Realm Completion. He sought Tianshu Academy’s protection for that little girl.”
Old Cao raised the corner of his mouth: “It was then that I realized that the reason the little girl had a radiant spirit was entirely the result of that white-robed Young Master continuously infusing her body with Spiritual Qi and nurturing her over the years.”
After he finished speaking, the surrounding area was filled with blank stares.
One must know that Mortals, without the step of Spiritual Qi tempering, have extremely fragile Physical Bodies and simply cannot withstand the circulation of Spiritual Qi within their bodies.
If there is any carelessness during the infusion process, or if the Qi flow is too fierce, the only result will be the collapse of the body and death.
Therefore, even Cultivation Worldly Families would not rashly use this method to nurture children who have not yet awakened their spirits.
But if Ji You could truly nurture a little girl for three years, his control and refinement of Spiritual Qi would truly be beyond imagination.
Cao Jinsong looked at everyone indifferently: “Don’t misunderstand, that little girl was just one of the children he nurtured.”
“????”
“Ji You is naturally close to Spiritual Qi, and his talent is extraordinary. It’s just that his sword is too strong, so many people haven’t noticed this.”
“Naturally close to Spiritual Qi——
Ma Zhiyuan mumbled this sentence: “Does he also have an extraordinary Physique? But an extraordinary Physique requires an extraordinary Qi cultivation method. Who taught Ji You this Qi cultivation method?”
Cao Jinsong lightly raised his eyes: “He is a private Cultivator from the countryside, with no Worldly Family background, so he naturally comprehended that Qi cultivation method himself.”
“Comprehended it himself??”
After Cao Jinsong finished speaking, he looked at the uproar in the room and immediately felt immense satisfaction.
There are many inexplicable mysteries about Ji You, such as reaching two Realms overnight, and that day when he guided the convergence of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, he never revealed anything to anyone.
Because Ji You’s strength is not yet sufficient, being too miraculous would invite more jealousy.
But now that someone actually suspected he gained benefits in the ruins and didn’t report them, Cao Jinsong could only use what happened before he entered the academy as proof for him.
“A Mortal’s Physical Body is more fragile than porcelain. After returning to the academy, I tried many times, but all ended in failure. This is simply his talent.”
“One of his myriad talents.”
Cao Jinsong picked up his teacup again, gently scraping the tea foam with the lid.
His statement was not false. Since the last recruitment, he had indeed been trying to infuse Spiritual Qi into porcelain.
Feng Province is distant and remote, but a barren land does not mean a lack of outstanding people.
Over the years, whenever he left the academy to recruit, he would always see some Disciples with good Aptitude, but due to insufficient Family resources, even with a slot, it would be wasted, and they would never meet the academy’s standards.
But the more he tried, the more he marveled at how difficult Ji You’s seemingly effortless actions were to achieve.
As the ancient saying goes, 'seeing the subtle reveals the obvious.' His phrase “this child is extraordinary” was never unfounded.
And on the night before they set off, the Spiritual Qi that continuously gathered towards the threshing ground on its own, his Innate closeness to Spiritual Qi, was also by no means empty talk.
Meanwhile, Instructor Zhao, who was sitting across from Cao Jinsong, stared at his teacup, and as he listened, his expression gradually became thoughtful.
He remembered that after autumn last year, around the time they returned to the academy after recruitment, his teacups often inexplicably shattered.
?!
Cao Jinsong, your mother!
“Hey, have you heard about Ji You’s story of entering the academy?”
“What story could there be about entering the academy?”
“It is said that Ji You initially didn’t want to enter Tianshu Academy. A little girl with a radiant spirit was discovered and was about to be taken by the Xuan Yuan Immortal Mansion for medicine refinement. Ji You, who was a private Cultivator at the time, bravely broke into Cao Jinsong’s temporary residence, unleashed his cultivation, his aura surging wildly, thus exposing his Junior Third Realm Completion cultivation.”
“Only then did everyone realize that Ji You had actually nurtured that little girl with Spiritual Qi for three years!”
Under the setting sun of the afternoon, the sky was clear and bright, with no wind for thousands of miles.
The battle on the Baiyu Platform concluded, and Ji You floated away, leaving without taking a single cloud with him.
But many people were still discussing nearby. At this moment, news came from the Instructor Courtyard, causing those who were about to leave to gather together again.
After hearing the rumors, everyone finally learned about all that Ji You experienced on the day he entered the academy.
Cultivating privately to Junior Third Realm Completion, revealing his cultivation for a little girl from the countryside, clashing with the Fengxian Villa’s guard commander with a single punch, and then traveling far to Sky Soaring City with Instructor Cao.
The female Cultivators with a heart for the world grew more and more pleased as they listened, and a picture of a white-robed Young Master floating in, shocking the entire city, couldn't help but appear in their minds.
Different from them was Fang Ruoyao, who looked bewildered.
Unlike them, who imagined the scene after hearing the rumors, she had actually seen that flowing white figure.
Because Instructor Cao and Senior Sister Pei had originally gone to pick her up, that incident happened at her own Family’s mansion.
Her Realm was low, and although she had awakened her spirit for more than half a year, she still hadn’t reached the stage of faint spiritual radiance. So she only remembered how dazzling that figure was that day.
It wasn’t until now, hearing everyone’s discussions, that she understood that his method of nurturing the Qiu Family’s little girl was actually so astonishing.
“No wonder he wanted to Dual Cultivate martial arts as soon as he entered the academy. Was his living environment so harsh?”
Lou Siyi mumbled, her mind filled with the image of the white-robed figure.
Sun Qiaozhi couldn't help but lower her voice after hearing this: “It is said that the Ji Family was once punished by passing Cultivators, and all their Family members fled. Perhaps that’s why he wanted to learn some killing methods.”
Different starting points lead to different thoughts.
Ji You’s decision to Dual Cultivate martial arts as soon as he entered the academy had always seemed strange, but now there was finally a reasonable answer. At that time, everyone else was thinking about sensing the Heavenly Book first. Only he, perhaps, thought that every bit of strength gained was a gain, and every person killed was a kill.
“Instructor Cao said he has a Physique that is Innately close to Spiritual Qi, and also said that his Qi cultivation method was self-created——
Lu Qingqiu pursed her red lips, then murmured after a long while: “I also heard them discussing that with Ji You around, there will no longer be talk of Feng Province having no Worldly Families in a few decades.”
Fang Ruoyao finally couldn’t help but speak up: “Why is that?”
Lu Qingqiu turned to look at her: “Before we entered the academy, we all cultivated with our Families, and each Worldly Family’s Qi cultivation method is different. This is the Foundation of a Worldly Family, and the most crucial thing is—”
“What is the most crucial thing?”
“A Cultivator’s extraordinary Physique can be inherited.”
“?”
Fang Ruoyao froze upon hearing this, and didn’t speak for a long time.
The talk of a marriage alliance had long since fallen apart, but no one knew that she had personally led people to force its withdrawal at the time.
Later, when she learned that she could enter Tianshu Academy, she felt even more that she had made the right decision.
Then————she had been regretting it ever since, and today, her regret reached its Peak.
The Chu Family, despite having no Dao lineage, could still stand so proudly in Qingyun because their Family’s talented Physique could also be inherited.
Tianshu Academy’s Family visit month was approaching soon, and she had been looking forward to it for a long time, but now she suddenly didn’t dare to go back.
Because she didn’t know how to go back and face the discussions of the entire Yuyang County.
Ji You had already returned to the courtyard at this time, unaware of the subsequent discussions, nor the Outer Courtyard Disciples’ discussions about Physiques.
He was even less aware that many female Cultivators in the academy, for the sake of Family honor, were considering having him spread his essence.
Some female Cultivators who already had Dao Companions were even thinking about secretly having a child with him.
But in fact, his miraculousness had little to do with his Physique; his Spirit Origin was exploded by his own ability——
After the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi dispersed into his limbs and bones, his Spiritual Qi had always been extraordinarily abundant, and no harm had been discovered so far.
Could this be considered a blessing in disguise?
Ji You sat in the small courtyard, pondering for a long time.
Abundant Spiritual Qi is an excellent advantage when fighting opponents of the same Realm. It’s a pity that the Human Race’s Divine Thought is restricted by the limitations of the Physical Body, making it difficult to Break through the limit.
At this thought, he couldn’t help but look up at the sky.
Cultivation is actually a way to liberate Divine Thought from the Physical Body, similar to ascending dimensions.
Three-dimensional beings break free from the limitations of the Physical Body, comprehend the Dao through Divine Thought, and enter the four-dimensional world. There, the time constant will become a variable just like length, width, and height. This may be what is called longevity.
If Cultivation is viewed from this perspective, then it is still very scientific.
?
As Ji You was thinking idly, he saw several Senior Sisters in thin clothing walking back and forth in front of his door, smiling and occasionally glancing at his small courtyard.
Then, the sun quickly approached dusk.
Bai Rulong and Qian Yunxiao came from afar, bringing stools, and sat not far from Ji You’s small courtyard, excitedly watching the groups of Senior Sisters.
Since someone spread the rumor in the afternoon that Brother Ji’s Physique was extraordinary and potentially inheritable, the scenery here made them feel even more enlightened in their Dao Heart.
“I recognize that Senior Sister. She seems to already have a Dao Companion?”
“It’s not strange. Cultivators pursue great freedom, so how could they be bound by a Dao Companion?”
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