Chapter 236: Teach a Lesson

Yang Qianxiang had always believed that Lord Shen was sent by the Wu Temple to Songzhou to lend support.

But now it seemed things were not quite as he had imagined.

These four temple keepers had come with fierce momentum, yet why did they look as if they were demanding someone from him?

"Where is he!"

Wu Daoan took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his anger.

He had finally returned.

If he did not teach Shen Yi a lesson today, he might as well have wasted all these years cultivating his Yin Spirit.

The other temple keepers sensed Master Wu's anger but did not speak up to dissuade him.

What do prodigies fear most?

To perish before they have grown.

Such young people are most arrogant and refuse advice; now that they have been marked by Qingqiu, they indeed need proper guidance. Even if it is severe, it is better than everyone secretly regretting it after something truly happens.

"H-He... he has returned."

Yang Qianxiang's slender body, surrounded in the middle, swallowed hard and pointed a finger toward the courtyard.

Before his words had fully settled.

He was snatched up by a Yin Spirit and flown straight toward Courtyard Jia.

The three temple keepers watched as Master Wu directly summoned his Yin Spirit; they all shook their heads with bitter smiles and then followed on foot.

Was this necessary? Could this Inspector have run away again just after returning?

Courtyard Jia.

Shen Yi held the Jin Langyu talisman and sat on the bed, pretending to be a wooden post.

He had just opened the panel.

Then he heard a light knocking on the door.

He opened his eyes and waved his hand, using his qi to push the door open.

He saw Yang Qianxiang standing timidly in front, followed by a Yin Spirit standing with hands clasped behind its back, two thick cloud patterns swirling around its body.

Soon, three more figures in green robes stepped into the courtyard.

Attracted by the scene here, dozens of drifting Yin Spirits within Courtyard Jia gathered toward the center, standing quietly in a row to watch the spectacle.

"..."

Shen Yi frowned, looking toward the door with slight confusion.

What is this about?

"Yan Shidi Shen, was this trip to Songzhou interesting?" Wu Daoan asked with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

Shen Yi glanced at the number on the panel and nodded: "It was alright."

"Will you go again next time?" Wu Daoan's eyelid twitched twice, and the other three temple keepers helplessly stepped forward.

"We'll see."

Shen Yi felt something was slightly off but still nodded lightly.

Whether to go or not mainly depends on whether there is something that attracts him.

Upon hearing this, the temple keepers all instinctively coughed twice: "Ahem, ahem."

Sure enough, Wu Daoan's expression changed slightly, and he walked straight to the young man's side.

His hand clenched slightly, and his breathing became much faster.

"Oh?"

A row of Yin Spirits floating outside showed a bit more interest; they had not seen Old Ghost Wu act for a long time.

The temple keepers looked at one another and could not help but speak up to offer a word of advice.

Teaching a lesson is one thing, but do not hurt a young person's face too much.

"Yan Shidi Shen."

Under the gaze of all, Wu Daoan forced an ugly smile, gently patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and said earnestly: "Listen to an old man's words. How vast is the world? What is a mere Nine Provinces? When it is time to cultivate, first settle your mind."

"If you can forge a Dharma Image Golden Body and achieve the Transformation of Spirit Realm, why would you be limited to ten thousand years of lifespan? At that time, what good things in the world could you not enjoy, what beautiful scenery could you not see? Why rush for the moment?"

"Do you remember?"

Wu Daoan tried awkwardly to make his smile kinder.

"..."

Shen Yi instinctively wanted to slap that old face away; his fingers moved, but he still held back.

"You see, even if you went to Songzhou, besides wasting time, what effect could it possibly have?" Wu Daoan advised with extreme patience.

Yang Qianxiang suddenly raised his head cautiously: "We also killed two Demon Kings and cleared all demons and monsters from Songzhou..."

Hearing this, he finally realized one thing.

That the Wu Temple seemed unaware of Lord Shen's true strength.

"Shut up! What nonsense are you spouting? He is merely a Yin Spirit cultivator..."

Wu Daoan turned and glared coldly at the other.

"Lord Shen's body-refinement is unparalleled, suppressing the Great Qian; this is the true path a Yin Spirit cultivator should follow." Speaking of this, Yang Qianxiang inexplicably became more stubborn.

"..."

Within the courtyard, more than a dozen Yin Spirits fell silent.

They were the highest-realm Yin Spirit cultivators of the Great Qian court; yet now, a Songzhou Regional Commander, a mere lower-realm Wu Xian, was teaching them what the true path of Yin Spirit cultivation was.

Many Yin Spirits began to roll up their sleeves.

The chubby temple keeper in a green robe hurried into the room, glaring at Wu Daoan. Is this old ghost really the one who teaches people lessons?!

Useless thing.

He turned his gaze to Yang Qianxiang: "You just said that this Lord Shen cleared the demon calamity for Songzhou for you? Relying on what... a body-refining method?"

At his reminder, the others finally came to their senses.

Compared to what constitutes the righteous path of the Yin Spirit, the matter in Songzhou was even more incomprehensible.

"Who said a Wu Xian's physical body is weak? Lord Shen needed no Dao Infant, nor did he even stir the breath of heaven and earth; relying solely on a pair of flesh fists, he literally beat a Demon King to death."

Yang Qianxiang swept his gaze over the crowd; he had seen it clearly himself at the time, so naturally he was full of confidence.

Even this group of Wu Xian with quite deep realms were stunned into silence for a moment.

Their minds could not possibly imagine the scene he described.

Let alone martial artists, even demons and monsters must stir their demonic power; relying solely on the physical body?

"You also cultivate a body-refining method?!"

The smile on Wu Daoan's face instantly vanished, turning somewhat irritable.

Wasted! Wasted!

He had thought that Shen Yi achieving Wu Xian at such an age was already astonishing talent, but he never expected the other to cultivate both the physical body and the Yin Spirit?!

Do you want to cultivate the Dao Infant as well?!

If this time had been spent on the Yin Spirit, perhaps the other could already have begun condensing the Golden Body.

"Foolish! How can lifespan be wasted like this?" Wu Daoan angrily pounded his chest and stamped his feet.

"Then..."

Shen Yi loosened his hand, showing him the Jin Langyu talisman in his palm.

Seeing this, Wu Daoan paused, then immediately scolded the others: "Get out! Don't delay his cultivation here!"

Turning back, he found Shen Yi staring silently at him.

Wu Daoan clicked his tongue and said helplessly: "I will go out too. Cultivate in peace; if you need anything, come find me, or just take it from the Armory yourself."

Everyone exited the room, then gently closed the door for him.

They walked all the way to the edge of the First Courtyard.

Wu Daoan finally stopped, looking back in a daze: "They say the Heavenly Dao is perfectly just; all are mortal bodies born and raised by parents, so why is there such a huge gap?"

The Great Dao that others must bitterly pursue seems to have no bottlenecks for the young man, who even has the spare energy to learn other things and excels at them equally.

"Zhu Shixiong Wu need not feel that he is wrong."

The chubby temple keeper advised: "Don't forget, our Great Qian once produced a talent like this... Zhu Shixiong Zhu condensed his Golden Core at twenty, embraced the Core and nurtured the Spirit at twenty-six, and began condensing the Golden Body at forty."

Upon mentioning this name, everyone fell silent.

"Now he is three thousand nine hundred years old, yet he is still guarding the Golden Body method in the Armory, his mind dull and vacant, waiting idly for the day his Yin Spirit dissipates."

"Yan Shidi Shen should take him as a warning..."

(End of this chapter)