Chapter 267: 266: Send Me to Shut the Door and Train!

"Wang Wu!"

A booming shout, full of vigor, startled Wang Wu awake from his drowsy state.

He snapped his head back and immediately turned to look behind him.

"What's wrong, Master?"

This was Wang Wu's master at the Qionglan Sect, namely Azure Mist, a strikingly handsome and youthful‑looking old man who seemed only fifteen or sixteen.

"Are you sleeping again?" Azure Mist frowned as he approached Wang Wu, looking up at the taller Wang Wu.

"Your recent cultivation has been careless; what's going on?"

"Um, Master, I'm busy trying to breakthrough," Wang Wu answered honestly.

"Breakthrough?" Azure Mist examined Wang Wu from head to toe. "What are you trying to breakthrough? You're still a hundred thousand and eight thousand li away from a breakthrough; what kind of breakthrough are you talking about?"

"Um, Master, I'm not referring to that kind of breakthrough..." Wang Wu began to explain but realized he shouldn't. He stopped, shook his head, and said, "Sorry, Master, I will definitely work harder."

"Hmph," Azure Mist snorted coldly. "Your progress isn't slow, but if you were willing to cut the time you spend on a woman's belly in half and devote it to cultivation, your realm would only rise higher than it is now."

"Sorry, Master, I will definitely work harder."

Wang Wu lowered his head and earnestly said to Azure Mist.

"Hmph," Azure Mist snorted again. "Go, go close yourself off in the training hall. You don't need to join this year's sect tasks; next year I will personally enter the training hall to assess your cultivation progress."

"Huh?" Wang Wu's face showed unease.

"What?" Azure Mist's eyes widened; the latter immediately hunched his body, nodded, and hurriedly replied, "Yes, Master, I understand..."

Thus, Wang Wu was tossed into the training hall, beginning a year‑long devilish hard cultivation.

Such a life is hardly something a person lives, at least not one like him who would willingly endure it, though it is commonplace here.

But there's no choice; after all, he offended his own master.

Azure Mist has a daughter, an only child; cultivators generally have poor fertility, so this is normal.

Having a daughter later in life, he naturally dotes on her, as if cradling her in his palm for fear of dropping her.

And the problem lies here.

As the sect elder's daughter, Li Yun—her name—is naturally also a cultivator of the Qionglan Sect.

Moreover, she is Wang Wu's senior sister disciple, not of his generation but of the generation before that.

She is somewhat older than Wang Wu, about seven hundred years old. Of course, at that age she is still considered very young among cultivators like her.

However, her talent is limited; being able to enter the Qionglan Sect for cultivation is already the limit she can reach even with her father's frantic resources.

Naturally, her strength within the sect is not outstanding; the only reason she remains Azure Mist's disciple is the special treatment given to a teacher's child.

Because of her special status, she need not undertake any missions; at least no dangerous missions are linked to her.

Wang Wu is also Azure Mist's disciple, and as a junior junior brother, he is relatively well‑known among Azure Mist's disciples.

Naturally, Li Yun came to know Wang Wu due to a chance encounter.

What followed was pursuit, rejection, pursuit again, and rejection again.

Then, because of Wang Wu's repeated refusals, Li Yun was severely hurt and has been gloomy ever since.

But there's no choice; Wang Wu can only refuse.

First, he doesn't like her—not that she's not beautiful; she is indeed beautiful, though not to that extreme.

Second, she is the same type as Xuan Youzi—a pure‑love type woman. Yes, Xuan Youzi, the one from the pure‑love series. These two belong to the same category, and Wang Wu naturally wouldn't think of causing trouble for such people.

The third reason, actually the least important, is that she is his master's daughter.

The third reason is actually the least significant, because Wang Wu generally wouldn't care... well, he does care a bit.

But the main reason is the second: this woman is a pure‑love type, and Wang Wu has no desire to get involved with such a woman.

He doesn't know exactly why, but Wang Wu finds he easily encounters these completely pure‑love women. Though he's only met a few so far, it's already enough to make him very uncomfortable and distressed.

Pure‑love types are the only thing in this world that Wang Wu fears and dreads immensely; nothing else can compare.

Because he refused his master's daughter, and his action was clearly correct, Azure Mist also approves and praises Wang Wu for it.

But there's no choice; to please his daughter and make her happy, he can only act this way.

He appears dissatisfied with Wang Wu, though he isn't truly displeased with his disciple and even greatly appreciates his sense of responsibility.

Even though his daughter certainly wouldn't approve of him treating Wang Wu this way—'pressuring' Wang Wu—there's no alternative; what must be done must be done.

Of course, saying he has absolutely no objections would be untrue. After all, this kid—if you set aside his wildly chaotic personality—does indeed make a perfect candidate to become his son‑in‑law.

He needs pedigree, talent, everything maxed out; such a 'dragon‑riding son‑in‑law' isn't something you can find casually.

But there's no way; not everything in this world can develop according to Azure Mist's wishes.

Thus, Wang Wu entered the training hall, though only for a year, which should be brief in principle.

This is Azure Mist's plan to quickly restore his daughter's mood: as long as she doesn't see the man, time should gradually dilute her memories of him.

And then slowly forget him.

Inside the training hall.

The place is a specially designed cave dwelling, containing a top‑grade spirit‑gathering array, so the spiritual energy is so abundant it nearly condenses into liquid.

This results in an extremely high spiritual pressure in the area, so high that an ordinary person entering would have their body explode within a second.

No, it shouldn't be 'explode and die'; it should just be 'body explosion.'

Because in this environment, bathed in such abundant spiritual energy, they wouldn't even die.

Even though the body has disintegrated, and the brain has turned into fragments, he can still stay alive.

He can think, feel, and even observe.

The overwhelmingly dense spiritual energy filling the world sustains everything needed for his independent consciousness.

Of course, even so, an ordinary person would have to stay here forever; otherwise, once they leave or the spiritual energy drops, they're doomed.

But there's no need to worry; an ordinary person likely won't encounter such a situation in their lifetime.

(End of chapter)