Chapter 191

Walking into the small courtyard, Second Uncle first saluted, then said: "Teacher, student encountered an old friend while returning home to visit relatives this time. He has quite a talent in the formation path."

"He once found a broken and incomplete formation book at a street stall. Who would have thought that relying on this broken book, he could study hard and become self-taught."

Second Uncle's tone was full of emotion, then continued: "Such a piece of unpolished jade, student doesn't want to see him buried like this, so I boldly brought him here, hoping teacher can give him a chance."

As Second Uncle finished speaking, Zhou Qing immediately saluted respectfully: "Junior Zhou Qing, pay respects to teacher."

Lin Daochen was a bit surprised after hearing this, then carefully looked at Zhou Qing.

"At such a young age, he is already in the early Soul Formation stage. Not bad, not bad, especially being so highly recommended by this child Yunya."

Lin Daochen said with a smile, his eyes full of appreciation and curiosity.

Zhou Qing heard this and hurriedly said modestly: "Teacher is over-praising."

After speaking, he took a deep breath, calmed down, and under Second Uncle's signal, operated the spiritual power in his body.

Immediately afterward, a mark exuding a soft light slowly came out. The runes on it flowed, faintly resonating with the surrounding spiritual power.

Seeing this scene, Lin Daochen's eyes lit up suddenly, and his originally peaceful face was instantly filled with surprise.

"Actually already condensed a spirit seal. Is this really something you realized relying on a broken book?" Lin Daochen was full of surprise, his eyes full of disbelief.

Zhou Qing had no choice but to nod.

"Amazing, amazing!" Lin Daochen said good repeatedly, then asked with anticipation: "Are you willing to follow me to learn the formation and restriction path?"

Zhou Qing was ecstatic after hearing this. How could he not be willing?

He immediately knelt on both knees and performed a respectful big salute: "Student Zhou Qing, pay respects to teacher!"

Seeing this, Lin Daochen laughed loudly, and the fatigue just now vanished at this moment.

He immediately stepped forward quickly, helped Zhou Qing up with both hands, his eyes full of joy.

The next moment, he suddenly looked up outside the courtyard and saw Lu Yuanzhi coming at some point, exuding a cold aura.

"Lin Shi, congratulations! You have accepted another disciple with similar interests!"

Lu Yuanzhi arched her hands. Although there was a cold color on her face, her words also revealed a bit of sincere congratulations.

Lin Daochen was full of joy and laughed heartily: "I am old now. Being able to see young people with talent walking the same path as me, of course, I feel very gratified."

"If I can become a lamp and have the opportunity to help them illuminate the fog on this path, it is not in vain. Mentor Lu, you came here today, I think it's not just for congratulations, right?"

Lu Yuanzhi's expression remained cold, and she said indifferently: "This time, I really came to congratulate!"

After speaking, she turned and left.

This left Lin Daochen stunned for a while, then he didn't care about anything else, immediately took out several formation flags, and while forming seals with both hands, spiritual power was injected into the formation flags. Suddenly, the light flourished, directly covering Zhou Qing in it.

"Give you time to break it!" Lin Daochen's voice entered the formation.

Zhou Qing, who was in the formation, felt as if he was in a place of hot magma in an instant, but such a temperature was not worth mentioning to either a late-stage Soul Formation expert or the fire flower in the Four Flowers Gathering at the Top.

He even found the formation eye very quickly, but in order not to appear too prominent, he pretended to be frowning, deliberately slowed down the rhythm, and started to break the formation bit by bit.

At the same time, at the corridor bridge in the outer courtyard, the two were waiting boredly. Yan Xiao didn't know where he found several stones and was skipping stones.

And the outer courtyard disciples around were still whispering, their eyes occasionally cast toward them, constantly curious about the identities of the two.

Just then, Lu Yuanzhi appeared again. Her gaze was cold, she looked directly at Lu Yaoyao, and said in a calm voice: "That Shixiong of yours has been accepted as an inner courtyard disciple by Lin Shi."

Lu Yaoyao was excited immediately after hearing this.

"Can you go with me now?" Lu Yuanzhi asked indifferently, her expression remaining the same.

Lu Yaoyao nodded repeatedly, then immediately took a step back, respectfully and solemnly saluted: "Student Lu Yaoyao, pay respects to Mentor Lu."

"Then, then what about me?" Yan Xiao saw this, hurriedly took a step forward, and asked with a face full of urgency.

Lu Yuanzhi looked at Yan Xiao, her expression cold, and she seemed to have few words, saying bluntly: "You, not suitable for me."

Seeing this, Lu Yaoyao hurriedly comforted: "Yan Shixiong, don't worry, with your aptitude, you will definitely be able to enter the inner courtyard easily."

"Let's go, I'll handle the admission procedures for you!" Lu Yuanzhi looked at Lu Yaoyao, her tone slightly eased.

Lu Yaoyao hurriedly followed, her steps light and full of joy.

On the corridor bridge, only Yan Xiao was left standing alone.

"No way, a total of four people came, three are already in the inner courtyard, I, Yan Xiao, cannot be worse than you!"

At this moment, Yan Xiao's competitive spirit was completely stimulated again, just like when he faced the must-kill list of the Chiyan Longshi.

Without a word, he immediately took out his big knife that was shining with cold light.

Once the big knife came out, his whole body instantly exuded a strong sword intent, like substance, turning into sharp edges, circling and whistling in the air.

Immediately afterward, he struck another extremely good pose, majestic.

He didn't believe that the mentors of this academy were blind and wouldn't want such a good genius as him?

Clatter!

Just then, a white-clothed figure suddenly landed on the top of the corridor bridge. Clothes rustled with the wind. He turned sideways slightly, revealing half of his side face. He looked very young.

Seeing this, Yan Xiao was overjoyed.

I said, in such a huge academy, is there no Bole?

But looking at that white dress, his heart went cold again.

Full of disappointment, he muttered to himself: "It took a long time to find out it's an outer courtyard disciple. I thought a mentor had come."

At this moment, the figure with his back to Yan Xiao said leisurely: "Gold will always shine, but you are old iron!"

Yan Xiao was stunned, frowned immediately, looked at him, and said: "What are you talking about?"

Didn't expect the other party to continue: "Although I was wrong, it's your fault for not forgiving me."

Yan Xiao was full of displeasure and couldn't help but explode: "Are you fucking sick!"

The other party seemed not to have heard his scolding and continued to say to himself: "Don't be nervous, I'm not a good person!"

Yan Xiao immediately stepped forward, wanting to see who the other party was. Unfortunately, as soon as he approached, the other party jumped a few times and reached the tree crown opposite, standing steadily on the branches.

But even so, he still had his back to Yan Xiao, leisurely: "I reflect on myself three times a day, I am not wrong!"

Yan Xiao couldn't hold back anymore, held the big knife, pointed forward, and roared angrily on the corridor bridge: "Damn, if you have the ability, come down and see the real chapter."

The other party didn't seem to be afraid at all and continued: "I just like the way you can't stand me but can't kill me!"

Yan Xiao was furious, stomped his feet, spiritual power surged around his body, and his figure shot toward the white-clothed person like electricity.

But the other party seemed to have expected Yan Xiao's action. The moment Yan Xiao moved, he tapped the tree crown with his toes, and after a few ups and downs, he disappeared among the layers of branches and leaves.

"Living is not easy. If you can blame others, don't blame yourself."

The other party's voice still came, making Yan Xiao tremble with anger, but he couldn't catch up.

"If you have the ability, don't run!" Yan Xiao roared with all his might.

But the other party's figure was like a ghost. Every time Yan Xiao thought he was about to catch up, he would instantly pull away the distance.

"Don't worry about things you can't solve today; you won't be able to solve them tomorrow either!"

Listening to the other party's provocative words, Yan Xiao's eyes were red. He had never felt so aggrieved in his life. He roared to the sky, and a terrifying sword energy slashed forward...

"How is it? I said there would be no problem. The clothes look quite fitting!"

After leaving Lin Daochen's residence, Second Uncle took the hand order and took Zhou Qing to collect a set of inner courtyard disciple's exclusive red clothes. Next was to choose a cave.

Zhou Qing looked at the clothes and nodded with satisfaction, then said: "Uncle, how long do I need to stay here?"

Second Uncle pondered for a moment, then said: "This depends on yourself, but it must not be less than half a year."

"Don't look at the inheritance of the fifth-level formation master you have. Relying on closing the door to build a car by yourself, it is probably difficult to go further. Lin Shi, he has his own unique insights into formations. You will understand later."

Hearing Second Uncle's suggestion, Zhou Qing nodded thoughtfully.

"Zhou Shixiong!"

Just then, Lu Yaoyao's surprised voice came.

The two turned their heads and saw Lu Yaoyao also wearing a red dress, and behind her followed Lu Yuanzhi with a cold face.

Zhou Qing was stunned and understood something immediately.

Lu Yaoyao came over excitedly and hurriedly introduced her to Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing immediately paid respects.

Lu Yuanzhi nodded slightly and said: "You guys talk when you have a chance later, I'll take Yaoyao to choose a cave first."

"Zhou Shixiong, then I'll go first!" Lu Yaoyao said.

Watching the two leave, Second Uncle sighed.

"This Mentor Lu is an iceberg beauty, and she should not be far from Soul Severance. Sometimes I even feel that she is deliberately suppressing it!" Second Uncle said.

After hearing this, Zhou Qing was full of shock.

How many people dream of breaking through to the Soul Severance stage, but it is difficult to reach it in their whole life, and she is actually suppressing it?

"Let's go, everyone has their own secrets. Your Uncle is not the kind of person who likes to inquire about other people's secrets!"

Second Uncle smiled and patted Zhou Qing on the shoulder, then took him out.

Not long after, after careful selection, Zhou Qing chose a cave with a good location.

The cave was located in a quiet valley of the academy, surrounded by green trees, flowers, and birds, and a clear stream flowed past the cave.

Afterward, the two came to the outer courtyard on the way. After all, Yan Xiao was still waiting.

But in less than two hours, when he saw Yan Xiao again, he found that he had already been suppressed.

His whole body was tightly bound by several spiritual power ropes, lying on the ground unable to move, his face full of anger.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Qing felt tight in his heart. Without a word, he hurriedly ran toward Yan Xiao.

"What are you doing?" Zhou Qing shouted angrily at several people in law enforcement clothes.

The ones suppressing Yan Xiao were three middle-aged men in the late stage of Soul Formation, which could be considered the third echelon mentioned by Second Uncle, people from various major sects.

They looked serious and cold. After seeing Zhou Qing and Second Uncle, they nodded slightly. One of them asked: "Do you know each other?"

Zhou Qing couldn't care about pleasantries and hurriedly asked back: "What's wrong with him?"

The man said expressionlessly: "This person is not a student of our academy, but he publicly chased and killed others, simply ignoring the rules of our academy."

Zhou Qing was shocked after hearing this, immediately turned his head to look at Yan Xiao, and asked anxiously: "Third Shixiong, what exactly happened?"

At this moment, although Yan Xiao was bound, he was still full of anger and dissatisfaction. He stiffened his neck and asked loudly: "You said I killed someone, who did I kill? Call that person over to confront me!"

The three law enforcement envoys looked at each other after hearing this, and a trace of embarrassment flashed in their expressions.

To be honest, they really didn't see clearly who the other party was.

They only saw from afar that he was chasing and killing an outer courtyard white-clothed disciple, so they had no choice but to suppress him first.

And the person being chased was probably scared at this moment, and didn't know where he ran.

Second Uncle leaned over with a smile, and while others were not paying attention, he unobtrusively stuffed a few superior-grade spirit stones to them.

He smiled and said: "Several law enforcement envoys have worked hard. This is definitely a misunderstanding. He is a student recommended by the two of us who is preparing to join the academy."

The three looked at the red clothes on Second Uncle and Zhou Qing, especially Second Uncle. This person was favored by Lin Shi Daochen, and he would greet them enthusiastically when they met occasionally.

Since there were two inner courtyard students to guarantee, and no victim came forward, the three weighed the pros and cons and had no choice but to release Yan Xiao.

Afterward, the leading law enforcement envoy coughed lightly and said: "Since it's a misunderstanding, let it be. But don't let it happen again. The academy rules are strict. Even if there is a recommender, you cannot act recklessly."

"Yes, yes, yes, sorry to trouble you!" Second Uncle said with a face full of smiles and politeness.

The other party reached out and untied the spiritual power rope binding Yan Xiao, chatted simply for a few sentences, and then turned and left.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern: "Third Shixiong, are you okay?"

Yan Xiao moved his wrist, which was aching from the spiritual power rope, endured his anger, and snorted.

"Don't let me catch that guy, otherwise I will definitely kill him!" Yan Xiao gritted his teeth.

After Second Uncle sent away the law enforcement envoys, he turned around, looked at Yan Xiao, and asked with a face full of confusion: "What exactly happened?"

Yan Xiao had no choice but to explain the ins and outs of the matter in detail.

After Second Uncle heard this, he couldn't help laughing, then looked at Yan Xiao's angry appearance and teased: "There are only eight mentors in the academy in total, and they are all busy with affairs. No one is bored enough to do this kind of thing."

"It looks like an outer courtyard disciple. You were actually unable to catch up after being insulted. You are really..."

Second Uncle didn't know what word to use to describe it for a while, and Yan Xiao's face flushed red, but he didn't know how to refute.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing hurriedly came out to smooth things over and comforted: "Alright, alright, let's talk about this later. Uncle, my Third Shixiong's talent is also good. He had baby fire before forming a baby, and he is also a ground vein foundation establishment. Do other mentors have..."

"Old Fourth!" Before Zhou Qing finished speaking, Yan Xiao interrupted him anxiously.

Afterward, he said decisively: "I won't enter the inner courtyard. Damn, I was pitted into this by him. How can this matter be easily settled? I will stay in the outer courtyard. I don't believe I can't find him."

Second Uncle nodded with a smile after hearing this and said: "Climb up from where you fell. I support this silly tiger. Now Zhou kid and I are both inner courtyard students. Anyone can guarantee you to stay in the outer courtyard."

"Thank you, Uncle!" Yan Xiao said gratefully after hearing this.

Afterward, the three walked toward the academy enrollment office.

Along the way, Yan Xiao still muttered about the abominable behavior of that white-clothed person, his words full of anger and unwillingness.

Zhou Qing had to smile and comfort him, even guessing whether the other party was some enemy he knew before, provoking him for no reason, as if deliberately wanting to lead people to make mistakes.

Yan Xiao didn't know that from beginning to end, he had been facing away from himself, and he didn't even see a front face.

Not long after, after handling the procedures, Yan Xiao successfully became an outer courtyard student.

Looking at the outer courtyard student token and clothes in his hand, he snorted coldly.

"You just wait for me!"

In the cave, Zhou Qing held several cleaning talismans distributed to him, chanting words in his mouth.

As the talisman paper flickered with faint light, it instantly turned into invisible air currents, shuttling through the cave rapidly.

Wherever it went, dust fell down. Before long, the whole cave was brand new and permeated with a fresh breath.

Zhou Qing looked at the surroundings with satisfaction, then took out his bedding from the storage bag, laid it out carefully, lay on it comfortably, and felt the long-lost comfort.

After eating the spirit stone powder, the old hen was exceptionally energetic, "clucking" and jumping onto the bed.

Immediately afterward, it stood by the bed, tilted its head, and stared closely at Zhou Qing. A flash of human-like thinking suddenly flashed in its eyes, but it disappeared in a flash.

Zhou Qing stretched, then looked at the jade slip in his hand. This was temporarily given to him by Lin Daochen after breaking the formation today.

It recorded in detail Lin Daochen's various insights into restrictions, which could be considered a kind of note. He hoped Zhou Qing would study it carefully first so that he could keep up with the progress when he officially taught in a few days.

As Zhou Qing gently injected spiritual power into the jade slip, in an instant, pictures of mysterious formations and dense text appeared in his mind.

After looking at it carefully, I have to say that Lin Shi really has his own unique insights into formations.

Some unique ideas and novel solutions directly made Zhou Qing suddenly enlightened.

For a moment, he was fascinated and completely immersed in it.

At this moment, he suddenly understood Second Uncle a little.

At the same time, at a residence in the outer courtyard, everything was silent.

Yan Xiao, who had already fallen asleep, suddenly sat up from the bed, his chest heaving violently.

"No, is he sick!"

Yan Xiao was getting angrier the more he thought about it. Just now in his dream, he actually dreamed of that shameless villain who had his back to him again, and even a blister grew on the corner of his mouth at some point.

Just then, a knock on the door suddenly sounded outside, and Yan Xiao was stunned.

In the middle of the night, who is it?

Li Shixiong? Old Fourth or Lu Shimei?

After a short hesitation, he got up and walked over. As he opened the door, he saw that under the bright moon, the figure that was like a nightmare appeared again on the tree crown not far away.

He still had his back to Yan Xiao, turned his face slightly, and said: "It's not that I look down on you, but I didn't look at you at all!"

"Ah ah ah ah..."

Yan Xiao roared angrily, the big knife in his hand came out with a bang, and he chased after him directly...

The next day, Zhou Qing, who was still immersed in Lin Shi's notes, received news from the academy's law enforcement envoy and hurriedly went out.

Just arrived at the outer courtyard, he met Lu Yaoyao who also received the news. The two looked at each other, and without saying much, they hurriedly headed toward the direction of the Law Enforcement Hall.

Soon, they saw Yan Xiao tied to a stone pillar, his face full of grievance.

"Third Shixiong, what happened to you again?" Zhou Qing hurriedly stepped forward, spiritual power surged in his hand, and he directly tore the rope apart.

Yan Xiao was about to say something when several law enforcement envoys came out, and his face immediately became unhappy.

The leading law enforcement envoy frowned, his eyes revealing dissatisfaction and majesty, and said coldly: "Zhou Qing, even if you are an inner courtyard student, you don't take our Law Enforcement Hall seriously at all. Without permission, you unauthorizedly untied the prisoner's restraint. What is the meaning of this?"

His voice was low and powerful, and there was even a pressure belonging to the Great Perfection of Soul Formation directly covering Zhou Qing.

But Zhou Qing was like a person who was fine, checking the injuries on Third Shixiong's body on his own. Fortunately, he was not injured, which made him secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Afterward, Zhou Qing slowly raised his head, looked at the few coldly, his eyes like knives, and said: "I only know that you tied my Shixiong and let him suffer humiliation here. You, what is the meaning of this?"

For some reason, the few met Zhou Qing's gaze and suddenly felt a chill on their backs, as if an invisible chill was climbing up their spine.

Even more weirdly, they couldn't help but have an urge to kneel and surrender in their hearts.

Yan Xiao didn't want Old Fourth to fight with them, so he hurriedly said: "I'm fine, they are also acting according to the law. I ran a bit far last night and disturbed others."

After hearing this, Zhou Qing put away the Emperor's power.

The few who returned to normal only felt that their backs were already full of cold sweat, and their clothes were soaked at some point.

So evil!

This person named Zhou Qing seems to be an inner courtyard student who was promoted yesterday. It looks like another person who pretends to be a pig to eat a tiger.

"What exactly happened?" Zhou Qing asked.

Yan Xiao sighed, his face full of helplessness, and had no choice but to explain the ins and outs of last night's events one by one.

This left Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao looking at each other.

No, who exactly is the other party?

Why do you only look for him and not others?

After a short hesitation, Zhou Qing suddenly smiled and looked at several law enforcement envoys, imitating Second Uncle's appearance, and immediately several superior-grade spirit stones appeared in his hand. Under the cover of his sleeves, he quietly handed them over.

"Several lords, I'm really sorry. I was also anxious, but you should have heard that my Shixiong was purely provoked and stimulated by that person. He is really not like this usually."

As Zhou Qing spoke, he smiled, bowed and apologized repeatedly, his eyes full of earnestness.

The faces of the few stagnated. First, they subconsciously looked around to confirm that no one was paying attention, then turned slightly to the side, and used their wide sleeves to unobtrusively sweep the spirit stones into their storage bags, their movements skilled and hidden.

After all, no one is willing to go against money, and even offended two inner courtyard students because of this.

(End of chapter)