The following year, April.
Flowers blooming in the warm spring. The mountains are lush, green, and full of vitality.
One thousand and three hundred disciples from 16 peaks are gathered outside Qing Wu Hall.
The senior disciple of Xi Fang, Zhu Jin said on a platform: "Qing Xu sword sect interpeak compet.i.tion, starts officially next month. Each peak will select ten disciples to compete in the compet.i.tion. The top twenty disciples in the Foundation Building stage and the top twenty disciples of the Qi Refining stage will partic.i.p.ate in the five great intersect compet.i.tion this autumn with the sect master……"
Once he completed talking, Zhu Jin commanded each peaks" senior disciple to come up front to receive ten tokens.
Wen Jing looks up at the platform, with the corner of his lips in a slight smile.
Jun YanZhi, sitting at his side, softly asks with his head down: "Shidi[1], what is it that"s making you this happy?"
Wen Jing busy smiling says: "Nothing. It"s just someone gave me a small gift."
Last night when he was cultivating in his room outside his window which was dark there appeared a head. Not long after, a giant snake slithered in through the window, gifting him with a wooden chair.
The wooden chair was carved from a big piece of wood with excellent craftsmanship. When Wen Jing studied it carefully, he saw that there was actually a delicate little cultivator and a giant snake playing together happily carved onto it. It was pretty cute.
The wooden chair still had traces of spiritual energy. It was very clear that it was carved with the giant python"s spiritual energy. The chair was also made with a lot of care; it was slowly carved and polished.
Wen Jing felt his heart ache, and slept while embracing the giant python for the whole night
If it wasn"t for the potential dangers lurking ahead, his life could"ve really been described as complete.
The giant turtle was lovely and cute, never raising any problems. The giant snake was sensible and obedient but still made one"s heart ache for it, and it was quiet and caring. Elder martial brother Jun (a.k.a Jun YanZhi) treats me pretty well, and we are pretty close.
If Hui Shi peak can be saved from dangers, then all my wishes would"ve been granted. If I can live this life happily like this, even if I can"t ascend into an immortal and understand the heavenly dao, there would be no regrets.
The system provided him with the hint "Zhangsun Shaoyi." After searching for a few months, there still hasn"t been any results. Early this year, the system proposed an agreement. The general content is below.
Host, searching for the devil[2] is very dangerous. Can I waive the "evil things" system and open up storage s.p.a.ce so I can search for the devil?
Wen Jing thought for a moment. He thought that the "evil things" system is basically useless so wouldn"t it be better to search for the devil instead. Thus he answered, "Sure."
From then on, the system became silent.
The corner of Jun YanZhi"s mouth turned up into a smile and took out a small red fruit from the bag at his waist putting it in his mouth.
"Do you want it?" Jun YanZhi picks up the small red fruit.
"No, it"s fine……ah……" Mid sentence, the fruit was stuffed into his mouth. In Wen Jing"s hurry, he licked Jun YanZhi"s finger.
……It"s just this closeness that happens from time to time that he isn"t quite used to.
The interpeak compet.i.tion that happens once every five years. Out of each peak"s disciples it is already extremely rare to be chosen as one of the ten people partic.i.p.ating in the compet.i.tion. Normally, it is necessary to hold a compet.i.tion within the peak first to determine the representatives.
Of course, Hui Shi peak has no need to hold such compet.i.tions.
It would already be lucky if they can get enough people to partic.i.p.ate in the interpeak compet.i.tion.
In the past ten years, there has been no one who could enter the second round of compet.i.tions.
In every compet.i.tion among the top 40 disciples who won, 20 would be from the three peaks Tian Heng, Yu Rong, and w.a.n.g Yue. The rest are spread evenly between the other of the peaks.
On the platform, Zhu Jin continued in a loud voice to announce the rules. Everything should be to the point of contact. There is no need to overdo it.[3]
Once the everyone scattered, they returned to the main hall of Hui Shi peak. Liu QianMo ordered: "From today on, everyone will gather here everyday to cultivated for 16 hours, discussing methods of cultivation. No exceptions."
Liu QianMo rarely pa.s.ses orders. Even He Ling didn"t dare to not listen. All the disciples replied obediently: "Yes."
Wen Jing in the past year progressed at a G.o.dly speed. With the help of the 《Three Yang》 body he has cultivation has already reached the tenth level of Qi Refining. However, there are many geniuses in Qing Xu sword sect. If he wants to enter the top twenty in the Qi Refining stage, he has to at least cultivate to the eleventh level of Qi Refining.
Cultivating during and sleeping at night. After a month has pa.s.sed, Wen Jing faintly has a sign of breaking through into the eleventh level of Qi Refining; however, he is experiencing a bottleneck and can"t break through.
The day before the compet.i.tion begins, Jun YanZhi and He Ling both want to cultivate in their rooms so they left early during the afternoon. Liu QianMo saw that there were less people and let everyone leave early and return to their rooms to rest. With the bright and clear moonlight, Wen Jing is also not very vigilant, slowly walking around the mountain. Unconsciously, he came to a shaded area of the mountain where he first met the giant python next to the giant boulder.
In the emptiness and silence, only the moonlight shines on a large boulder which is emitting a faint soft light.
Tomorrow is the interpeak compet.i.tion, but he doesn"t know what his chances of winning are. The five great intersect compet.i.tion is an event that is extremely hard to see even in a lifetime[4]. He really wants to go to the compet.i.tion to broaden his view and see new things to open his eyes.
He dazedly sat there for a while when all of a sudden in his head the system sent out a sound.
"Host please pay attention: A trace of the devil was detected. The location is the Jun YanZhi"s dwelling. Does the host wish to act?"
Wen Jing immediately turns over to get up, wrinkling his eyebrows.
This is the first time the system sent out a message on information about the "devil."
Is Jun ShiXiong[5] in danger?
Wen Jing without much time to think clearly immediately moved using the winds all the way to Jun YanZhi"s dwelling only to see the stone house dark and without any sounds. It seemed like there was no one there.
Wen Jing calmly called out: "Jun shixiong are you there?"
On the cliff, the big snake moves and quickly climbs up.
Wen Jing shouted a few times but still received no answer. Wen Jing becomes even more nervous. He cautiously with soft footsteps walked around the vicinity of the house, but suddenly heard a man"s gentle voice come out of the woods saying: "I am here."
Wen Jing rushed in a hurry into the wood only to find a clear spring. There"s a slightly audible voice. A man with his back facing him soaking in the water, gently panting and out of breath.
Wen Jing knew it was Jun YanZhi from his back figure. He sneakily walked over and jumped into the water. Looking at the completely pale white face of Jun YanZhi, He asked: "What"s wrong, shixiong?"
He just finished talking when Wen Jing found out that Jun YanZhi was only wearing xie yi (ancient type of underwear) while sitting in the spring. His well-proportioned body with a firm texture was on full display, and it was only a stone"s throw away from him.
Wen Jing closed his lips and slowly turned his head around.
What kind of broken system is this? It always stirs up something like this everytime.
Tn: The system is playing matchmaker for you. Be appreciative~.
The youth did not know how to hide his expression and like a hua chi[6] kept staring at Jun YanZhi over and over again. Then finally realized now that it was improper to look.
The stupid look he had on his face in the past must have made Jun xiong unable to feel at home.
"I…….felt suffocated while practicing and came to this spring to cool off. Why are you also here?" He said with a not shocked and calm voice and expression.
The spring water was clear and very shallow. Even if it was dark under the water, some things can still be seen very faintly.
"I……" can"t say any more words.
"……Was there a reason you needed me?"
Wen Jing only felt his face heat up unbearably. Voice shaky: "I originally wanted to ask you some things. Seeing you soaking in the water, I thought something happened to you…….Is shixiong alright?"
"……no problems." Jun YanZhi looked at him with an expression that seemed like a smile but not a smile and said: "I had thought you wanted to devote yourself to me[7]."
Wen Jing with tightly closed lips and tears: "Shixiong please don"t joke around."
No matter what he is still a male lead in a piece of literature targeted towards men. Even if keeping true to yourself and being different is good. There is no chance that the s.e.xual orientation will change. Even is female one is gone, there is still female two, female three, female four, and female five. Don"t say these kinds of scary words……
Tn: Targeted towards a male audience in this context basically means that it is harem style with fighting and etc. Also, the female one is most likely referring to Ji KeQing and since this is a harem so there are other female leads as well.
Jun YanZhi suppressed his smile. Lowering his head and voice, he said "Your clothes are all wet. What should be done?"
Wen Jing lowered his head to look at his clothes then stood up and said: "……No matter, I"ll just go back and change them."
Jun YanZhi says: "Go to my room to change into a new outfit then."
"……okay."
Jun YanZhi in the water stood up. He put on a piece of clothing then walked slowly back to his room. Checking the nearby surroundings and making sure there is no one else before he skeptically stopped searching .
The light in the room was on. Jun YanZhi took out one of his outfits and handed it to him: "……tonight you came to find me. What is real reason?"
Wen Jing took off the wet outfit he had on: "……I ran into a bottleneck and can"t break through into the eleventh level. I"m a little anxious."
This phrase is partly true.
Jun YanZhi with half closed eyes looked at the youth"s wet slender body. Water droplets flowing from his checks to his chin. Then they flow down his smooth and tender neck.
Should be already 17…….
"Tonight just sleep here." Jun YanZhi softly opens his mouth to say, "I have some experience and understanding in breaking through a bottleneck that I can teach you."
Wen Jing, stunned, put on pants and said: "……Many thanks, shixiong!"
Jun YanZhi biting his lips said: "Don"t mention it."
Wen Jing busily climbed onto the bed and sat properly: "Shixiong what is the understanding needed to break through the bottleneck?"
Jun YanZhi dried his hair then half-laid down on the bed: "The experience and understanding I"m going to teach you today can only be understood but not said. I want to help you guide the spiritual energy in your entire body. This action is a little intimate. Can you handle it?"
"I can handle it!"
Jun YanZhi said, "That"s good then……come here."
Wen Jing twists his body and is hugged from behind by him. He only feels that silky hand caress his abdomen through a thin layer of clothes. Jun YanZhi"s soft voice came from behind him: "Do you feel it?"
"It seems……en, there"s a change in my qi sea (abdominal region)……" Wen Jing is very concentrated.
"There"s a small qi cyclone right?"
"yeah."
After Wen Jing has been taught by him for a long time, he finally slightly got the knack of it. Jun YanZhi"s head full of sweat as he let him go and said: "Using this method, cultivate for a night. Clear your mind, focus your mind[8]. There might be a breakthrough. Shidi, if you want to break through to Qi Refining level eleven tonight, I"m afraid you might not be able to sleep."
Wen Jing excitedly looked at him: "Many thanks shixiong……"
Jun YanZhi biting his lips, getting off the bed and sitting down onto a chair: "Practice, I will be by your side watching you."
"Yes."
Wen Jing calmed his emotions and concentrated.
Jun shixiong helped him so much. He can only work hard and show off his might at the interpeak compet.i.tion to repay his efforts and help.
It was mentioned in the text that Jun YanZhi was "n.o.ble and clean, had an upright conduct. Treated fellow disciples with caringly with respect. Not one person who crossed paths with him would not praise him." But even so, it was never heard of that he would personally teach shidi this type of experience and understanding.
What morals and virtues, and what abilities did he have that this person would favor?
Footnotes
[1] Shidi basically is a way of addressing a disciple which was taken in after later than the person saying shidi by same master or in the same sect. Shidi is the junior.
[2] If you don"t remember this was the demon that the system warned him about. I thought that devil made more sense with the original word. It was mentioned in part 2 of chapter 28 in case you forgot.
[3] The original was "点到为止，不得妄下重手云云" which basically means to stop at a certain degree. There is no need to be vicious or harm the opponent too much. You can also take it as once the victor is clear or the opponent has surrendered. There is no need to excessively harm them if that makes more sense. I basically wanted to make it more compact so I didn"t explain it in the text.
[4] If you"re confused by the wording, it basically means even you might not see it even if you spend your entire lifetime trying to.
[5] Shixiong is the same concept as shidi except it is used to address those accepted before they joined the sect. Shixiong is the senior.
[6] Hua chi 花痴 is basically l.u.s.ting after someone"s looks. The pic below kind describes it. You can also type those words into the google search.
[7] 以身相许 it"s a little hard to describe. It could also sometimes mean marry from searches on baidu. It is normally said by a girl or guy when someone else does them a favor or saves their life and they have no way of paying it back, but they feel grateful so they decide to use themselves to return the favor. If the words are translated literally word by word, the phrase means "to use one"s body to hope." Hopefully that makes the meaning more clear. If not the original phrase is pretty close.
[8] One of Taoism"s early practice techniques. Its focus is not on refining but on refining the mind. It eliminates distracting thoughts and keeps the mind quiet. Its main purpose is to keep the essence, qi and spirit of the people, so that it does not consume internal energy. Out of the way, long-term filling in the body, and the body is one. By practicing this technique, you can prolong life and even live for a long time.
Below is a chart I found online on how each person is addressed. It from .
Shifu = teacher
Shimu = teacher"s wife
Shizhang = teacher"s husband
Shixiong = elder male student of same teacher
Shijie = elder female student of same teacher
Shidi = younger male student/cla.s.smate of same teacher
Shimei = younger female student/cla.s.smate of same teacher
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