YM778.TV Chapter 157 - 79 Yang Guo is not a real Aunt_1
Having just left the Yunfu Mountains, Shen Yuan did not delay as he hurried back home.
The Yunfu Mountains parade introduced far too many unexpected changes – Shen Yuan had to process what he had gained from the experience.
Half a day later, Shen Yuan arrived back in the familiar old part of the city.
As he walked through the lane to the courtyard gate, he noticed two familiar figures.
Xue Mingzhi was squatting by the gate, with Bai Xue chasing flowers and plants merrily nearby.
Upon hearing footsteps, Bai Xue immediately turned its head in Shen Yuan’s direction and swiftly trotted over.
Shen Yuan scooped up the little creature, and Xue Mingzhi stood up respectfully beside him, greeting:
“Master, you have returned.”
Though Xue Mingzhi did not show himself publicly, many knew that he was at the Tian Character Five Box in the teahouse, and after the incident, people would surely seek him out.
To avoid this trouble, Shen Yuan had arranged for Xue Mingzhi and Bai Xue to leave Yunfu street before he appeared riding the White Deer Mountain God in front of the public.
With a talisman from the White Deer Mountain God, Xue Mingzhi and Bai Xue had free passage through the Yunfu Mountains and arrived in Wenn city before Shen Yuan.
Looking at Xue Mingzhi, Shen Yuan nodded in approval: “You did well.”
With that, he held Bai Xue and pushed open the courtyard gate.
The moment Shen Yuan pushed the door, the secret world within the courtyard changed, a pebble path appearing before his eyes.
This was one characteristic of the Courtyard Secret Realm, and the main reason Xue Mingzhi did not choose to open the gate himself.
Without the permission of Shen Yuan, the master of this secret realm, outsiders would be sent to a disordered space and would be unable to open the true path.
Even though he fully understood the mystery of the Courtyard Secret Realm, Xue Mingzhi still couldn’t help but reveal a deep sense of awe when witnessing this scene.
Walking slowly down the familiar pebble path, Shen Yuan finally returned to the secret realm he was most familiar with.
The dense spiritual energy surged towards him, enveloping him and rapidly healing his internal injuries.
The pangolin in the Yellow River Spirit Pool, upon seeing Shen Yuan and Bai Xue’s return, joyfully tossed the River Ji Dragon Seal out of the water, slapping it as if playing with a ball.
Bai Xue, seeing its friend, also quickly jumped out from Shen Yuan’s arms to gambol with the pangolin, its “meow, meow” sounds seemingly eager to tell its friend about the extraordinary events it had experienced.
Shen Yuan gave a slight smile, then slowly sat down at the stone table.
With a beckoning motion with his right hand, Shen Yuan gestured for the ever- reserved Xue Mingzhi to sit down.
Xue Mingzhi shook his head repeatedly, saying softly: “I’m fine standing.”
Seeing this, Shen Yuan didn’t insist. With a slight tug of his index finger, a delicate tea pot silently floated up, settling on the stone table.
An invisible hand from the void tampered with the teapot, bringing in water from the Natural Spirit Pool.
Shen Yuan reached out to open a nearby tea caddy, into which he dropped a small bunch of tea leaves.
Xue Mingzhi noticed that the tea was not any spiritual tea, but a tea produced by a local tea shop in Wenn city.
While it may be seen as a good tea by ordinary people, it was significantly inferior in light of the Spirit Water of the Natural Spirit Pool and Shen Yuan’s stature.
But Shen Yuan seemed unfazed. Mana from the void turned into an alchemical flame, slowly brewing this unique spiritual tea.
Sniffing the light fragrance that slowly emanated from the teapot, Shen Yuan casually asked Xue Mingzhi:
“During this trade fair, did you have any insights?”
Xue Mingzhi became nervous, his mind went blank, and he stuttered: “Master, I, this trade fair, I felt… ”
Shen Yuan frowned: ” Do you think you’ re writing an essay?”
Seeing this, Xue Mingzhi became even more flustered and honestly replied:
“Master, I truly have no insights.”
“Let me ask you, when you saw those figures from the Heaven’s Pride Association crammed in a tiny box, how did you feel?”
Xue Mingzhi appeared dazed, as if recalling the sight of observing the Heaven’s Pride Association from above, he subconsciously uttered: “I felt extremely good!”
“When you were being lavish with money in there, enjoying the incredulous and unwilling expressions of the Heaven’s Pride Association’s figures, how did you feel?”
Xue Mingzhi blushed slightly as he said, “I felt even better.”
“When the White Deer Mountain God dominated the whole Yunfu city along with the monsters from the Yunfu Mountains, and everyone was helpless, how did you feel?”
“Angry, unwilling.”
“Finally, when the praying figure of the White Deer Mountain God appeared in the box, what was your mood then?”
As if he has returned to the scene in the box, Xue Mingzhi, his immature face flushing and eyes filled with excitement said:
“It’s excitement, it’s happiness!”
Shen Yuan slightly hooked his lips into a smile, picked up the teapot and slowly poured the tea asking, “So, what have you understood now?”
Xue Mingzhi instantly declared loudly, “As long as I follow you, Teacher, I will not make any mistakes!”
Shen Yuan’s right hand, which was pouring the tea, trembled. He almost spilled the piping hot tea on the stone table.
His eyebrows twitched and he impatiently slapped Xue Mingzhi on the head, saying,
“What I mean is for you to devote yourself to cultivation. Only when you are strong enough can you disregard everything.
Whether it’s the so-called Heaven’s Pride Association, Mountain Gods, or the Monster Tribes, they’re all just stepping stones under your feet.”
He hurled the tea cup filled with tea towards Xue Mingzhi. With a swish of his sleeve, Shen Yuan forcefully ejected Xue Mingzhi from the Courtyard Secret Realm with a manipulation of space.
“Useless, come to find me after you’ve reached the peak of the Qi Transformation Stage.”
“For now, go back and cultivate!”
Xue Mingzhi held his tea cup in a daze, looking at the closed gates of the courtyard.
The tea still had a lingering fragrance, interspersed with rich Spirit Energy constantly flowing into his body. Even just by lightly smelling the tea, he could feel his own Mana constantly rotating and growing.
In the surrounding alleys, the intense Spirit Energy emanating from the tea had attracted a host of little monsters who were on the verge of gaining spiritual awareness. Their dark eyes greedily stared at Xue Mingzhi.
Upon seeing this, Xue Mingzhi’s timid demeanor in front of Shen Yuan completely disappeared. He glared coldly in the direction of the narrow alley and yelled,
“Scram!”
The booming roar, filled with Mana fluctuations, frightened the small monsters. They didn’t dare to risk trying to get closer to the source of the rich Spirit Energy, scrambling to flee into the sewer.
After driving away the numerous small monsters, Xue Mingzhi looked at the cup of Spiritual Tea in his hand, his face full of excitement.
It should be noted that the previous drop of Spiritual Liquid that Shen Yuan gave him was enough for him to complete the Essence Refining to Qi Transformation and become one of the members of the Heaven’s Pride Association.
This time, the Spiritual Liquid in this cup of Spiritual Tea was more than a hundred times the previous amount!
Though the tea leaves of the spiritual tea were common, after being brewed by Shen Yuan’s alchemy skills, they fully stimulated the Spirit Energy contained within the Spiritual Liquid. This cup of Spiritual Tea was more than sufficient for him to reach the Peak of Qi Transformation.
Moreover, this pure, unadulterated Spirit Energy is definitely less harmful than any Dan Medicine and will not damage his foundation at all.
“Peak of Qi Transformation, even in the Heaven’s Pride Association there are only a handful of four to five people who can reach that. And almost all of them are members of royalty or sons of nobility, who would not deign to associate with people like Li Han.
If I can quickly reach this level, I will surely rank among the top even in the Heaven’s Pride Association.”
Thinking of this, Xue Mingzhi immediately became excited. He finally understood what Shen Yuan meant.
As long as his strength is strong enough, he can disregard everything. If he is at the peak of Qi Transformation, even if Li Han is dissatisfied with him, he would not dare to offend him.
In the end, the world belongs to cultivators.
Even Wen…
His face was flushed with excitement. Xue Mingzhi respectfully bowed towards the closed doors of the courtyard.
“Thank you for your gift, Teacher!”
Then, holding the teacup, Xue Mingzhi quickly left the old city. He still needed to find a quiet place to refine this cup of tea.
Inside the Courtyard Secret Realm, Shen Yuan, through the Secret Realm, saw everything that Xue Mingzhi did.
He was quite satisfied with Xue Mingzhi.
Although he was a bit arrogant at the beginning, his subsequent actions, from delivering the invitations to his behavior in the inn, had pleased Shen Yuan greatly.
Obviously, Shen Yuan would not be stingy with Xue Mingzhi, and the cup of Spiritual Tea was his reward.
However, compared to the Spiritual Tea that could propel him to the Peak of Qi Transformation, Shen Yuan knew that what was more important for Xue Mingzhi was to establish the self-confidence that a genius should have.
Although he had advanced to the Qi Transformation Stage with Shen Yuan’s help and became one of the members of Heaven’s Pride Association, perhaps it was because he had been suppressed by Li Han and others for many years in the Imperial Capital that he did not have enough confidence.
When facing Li Han and others, Xue Mingzhi’s behavior was quite timid and guilty, which was the biggest obstacle on his path to becoming strong.
Shen Yuan taking him into the Tian Character Five Box, and letting him compete with those aristocratic families for bidding, was in a bid to gradually build up his confidence and break his mental barrier.
The cup of Spiritual Tea he then gave him in the Courtyard Secret Realm was in fact just serving as a catalyst.
If he could rise to the occasion and reach the Peak of Qi Transformation, his future would certainly be bright.
However-
Thinking about how Xue Mingzhi’s face suddenly turned red, Shen Yuan felt a bit uneasy, saying,
“I told him that if his cultivation advances, he can disregard everything to break his own mental barriers. But did he not misunderstand my intentions?”
“Yang Guo and the Little Dragon Maiden ended up together, but that was not a relationship between uncle and niece, this…”
Quickly dismissing those strange thoughts that had arisen in his heart, and Shen Yuan started dealing with matters upon returning home.
With a flick of his finger, he took out everything from the Storage Ring and the space in his sleeve. Looking at the treasures scattered about the courtyard, Shen Yuan began counting the gains of this trip.