[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation":3,"chapter-i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-chapter-16":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm Here to Teach You Cultivation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2351219,4598,"Chapter 16: Spirit-Rhino Horn","i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-chapter-16",16,"\u003Cp>[Can this silly cat hide things in its belly?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[And what is this thing? Is it the horn of some animal?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching as that exquisite rhinoceros horn fell onto him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Boyang was still wondering what Xi Luo was doing when he suddenly heard a childish voice ring out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ah?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What is this sound?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Why does it sound... like I am speaking myself?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instinctively widening his eyes, Li Boyang seemed to realize something and immediately cast his gaze toward the civet cat on the cradle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unsurprisingly, Li Boyang saw Xi Luo baring her fangs and brandishing her claws, looking fierce and menacing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you calling a silly cat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're the silly one, you little brat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mind your thoughts! I won't tell you a second time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a Spirit-Rhino Horn; it allows the holder to speak their inner thoughts without opening their mouth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The only drawback is that if you cannot control your own thoughts, all sorts of messy things will blurt out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blinking his eyes, Li Boyang instantly understood what was going on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, controlling the thoughts in one's heart is easy to say but truly difficult to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wait... I must focus... I cannot let this silly...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[No, Mountain God... but she is just a silly...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Damn it... I cannot think about it...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Heart like ice, the sky may collapse without fear. Heart like ice, the sky may collapse without fear.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the fragmented thoughts in his mind turned into genuine inner voices and rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Boyang could only choose to silently recite the \"Ice Heart Art,\" which barely allowed him to control his inner voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, Li Boyang clearly felt his life essence pouring continuously into the Spirit-Rhino Horn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the constant replenishment of baleful energy from the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Boyang felt that this Spirit-Rhino Horn could drain all the life essence in his body within a quarter of an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, it was only when Li Boyang consciously cut off the flow of life essence that the thoughts in his mind stopped turning into spoken inner voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also at this moment that Li Boyang finally had time to look down and examine this Spirit-Rhino Horn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a small, exquisite, pure white horn that looked as if it were carved from jade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside this little horn, a faint, hard-to-see thin line ran through the entire length, almost splitting it in two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Li Boyang raised his head again, Xi Luo was looking at him with a face full of shock, as if she were looking at some kind of monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can actually actively control the flow of 'Primordial Qi'!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To a mountain spirit like Xi Luo, \"Primordial Qi\" is actually a very abstract concept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the essence of the sun and moon, and life essence can all be considered types and branches of \"Primordial Qi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not that there are no living beings in this world capable of inhaling and exhaling \"Primordial Qi\"—Xi Luo herself possesses a similar ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the problem is, Xi Luo had never seen anyone who could precisely cut off the flow of Primordial Qi like Li Boyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Is this difficult?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Li Boyang actively sent a wisp of Primordial Qi into the Spirit-Rhino Horn while simultaneously controlling his brain to project this thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This dual-tasking was a bit difficult, but fortunately, it did not stump Li Boyang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not a question of difficulty...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, can you humans manipulate the flow of blood in your own bodies at will?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lowering her volume, Xi Luo vividly described the heaven-defying nature of Li Boyang's actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the shocked Xi Luo noticed his skin color, which was clearly different from that of an ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, what is going on here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the bright moonlight, Li Boyang's skin presented a crimson hue, as striking as a malicious ghost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you actually using the 'curse' of the gadfly to absorb baleful energy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing at a glance what Li Boyang had done, Xi Luo opened her mouth wide in shock once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The baleful energy curse that ordinary people would avoid at all costs, Li Boyang not only endured perfectly but even allowed his body to absorb some of the baleful energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That crimson skin was the evidence of being tempered by the fierce baleful energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What is there to be so surprised about...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaguely realizing that he seemed to have achieved something astonishing, Li Boyang did not understand why it was worth such a fuss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really are a freak!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xi Luo knew there was nothing to say to such a \"layman,\" so she helplessly rolled her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, since you can make good use of this Spirit-Rhino Horn, I will lend it to you for now...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, before Xi Luo could finish her sentence, Li Boyang's inner voice rang out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Only lending it? What a stingy fellow...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the threat of Xi Luo's glaring eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Boyang timely reined in his stray thoughts and then grinned with some embarrassment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Boyang swore that the previous thought was definitely not something he intended to project—it was just that he hadn't held back his inner thoughts for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you calling a stingy fellow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know how precious this Spirit-Rhino Horn is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giving Li Boyang's little head a fierce pat, Xi Luo bared her claws to threaten him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the horn of a Heaven-Reaching Rhino; it is a very precious treasure across the Nine Continents, Four Seas, and the Eight Desolations!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it weren't for teaching me how to speak, my sister would never have handed this thing to me for safekeeping!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentioning her sister, the once fierce Xi Luo suddenly wilted, and even her voice became listless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, why am I arguing with a brat like you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, remember this: I can lend this thing to you for now, but it is not a gift!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nodding obediently, Li Boyang was not the type to be ungrateful after gaining an advantage, so he naturally would not refute Xi Luo's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just a little curious: what was the background of this civet cat's sister?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was she the Valkyrie worshipped in the Mountain God Temple on Flying Peak?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What happened outside?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[What were you fighting just now?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Earlier today, a Deceit Rabbit came near the village...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It said that the spirits in the mountains are being affected by the 'Earth Vein Disturbance' and all plan to migrate outward. Is this true?]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Restraining his extraneous thoughts, Li Boyang finally asked seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These questions were what Li Boyang most urgently wanted to know, and they were his original intention for seeking out Xi Luo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of this, it actually has something to do with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at Li Boyang with a complex expression, Xi Luo was silent for a long while before speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know if you remember the experiences of your previous incarnation...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But before you became a human cub, you killed a person—a shaman who seemed to have mastered some strange arts?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His soul now lingers in the Black Cloud Marsh and has turned into a malicious ghost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one knows exactly what happened inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The only thing that is certain is that a Yin God went in and never came back out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even the previous escape of the gadfly seems to be related to that malicious ghost...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monthly Ticket\u002FRecommendation Ticket\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1245,"2026-06-21T03:08:01.201Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","aeadcdd1ce3047c9c89147604c3059f1c74c0df66f920c454bb38c1111d3a2d2","i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-chapter-17","i-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-chapter-15",76,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-here-to-teach-you-cultivation-cover.jpg"]