Chapter 104: Old Qi

Pain!

The first feeling Xu Jin had when he woke up was pain.

It felt as if his whole body had been crushed from inside out by a millstone.

The first thought was to want to scold someone.

He wanted to scold Dean Dong Zhao.

This was what he called "a little bit of pain"?

Although there was a warning about ten thousand ants drilling into the heart, Xu Jin was successfully misled by the Dean's words.

A little bit of pain, he should be able to endure it, right?

Xu Jin thought to himself that he wasn't a particularly hardship-enduring person, but he could endure normal hardship.

But this...

"Awake?"

Ning Yuchan's voice came. Xu Jin turned his eyes to look and saw Ning Yuchan sitting on a bamboo chair. He didn't know when, but she had already changed into a light green long dress.

Xu Jin then discovered that he seemed to be sleeping on Ning Yuchan's bed, in Ning Yuchan's room.

The tip of his nose was lingering with a faint, very pleasant fragrance, which was very similar to the scent he smelled when he was in close contact with Ning Yuchan before.

But under the self-operation of the Spirit-Smell Star Pattern, Xu Jin also smelled a faint, very fresh floral fragrance on Ning Yuchan.

Changing clothes, new floral fragrance, long hair draped down.

Xu Jin deduced a fact in an instant—Ning Yuchan had taken a bath.

"Teacher..."

"Start visualizing the Great Gathering Star Pattern now to quickly recover your star power. After circulating your star power a few times, you should be fine," Ning Yuchan said.

Xu Jin did as he was told. After the star power was restored, he practiced the Five-Battle Killing Fist a few times under Ning Yuchan's instruction. Under the circulation and agitation of star power in his body, the soreness of his whole body disappeared.

Replacing it was an endless sense of transparency and lightness.

"How does it feel?"

Xu Jin closed his eyes and introspected for a long while before opening his mouth.

"Star power has increased by another ten percent, the speed of star power circulation in the body is faster, and I feel my breathing is more leisurely." Xu Jin said.

"What about divine soul power?" Ning Yuchan asked.

Actually, he had already seen the divine soul power just now, but Xu Jin didn't know how to answer, so he didn't say.

Xu Jin's divine soul power had indeed increased.

Previously, the Divine Soul Star was about the middle stage of the third layer of Refine Star, and the fourth halo was previously blurry, with only half appearing. Now, however, more than half of the halo had appeared.

Once this fourth halo of the star was completely formed, it would represent that Xu Jin's Divine Soul Star cultivation had broken through to the fourth layer.

"It has also increased, but the specific amount cannot be seen. Challenging the Practice Arena Secret Realm at night should be able to see the improvement." Xu Jin said.

"In the Practice Arena Secret Realm, in a full state, how many times can you challenge?" Ning Yuchan asked.

"Five times."

After thinking for a while, Xu Jin gave this number. Lu Xianbing was this number, so basically it couldn't be wrong.

And Yue Daqi's six times was very likely because Yue Daqi had already accepted a marrow-cleansing session through star power infusion from an instructor or drillmaster.

"Hmm, then you should be able to challenge the Practice Arena Secret Realm six times tonight. After a few days, after coming again, you will be able to challenge seven times. By then, after taking the Spirit-Calming Golden Pill, you should be able to challenge eight times in the Practice Arena Secret Realm at most, and it shouldn't exceed nine times.

In this way, your actual combat ability can be improved more rapidly." Ning Yuchan said.

Hearing Ning Yuchan say this, Xu Jin thought of "Not Much" in the first-tier Practice Arena Secret Realm saying he could only challenge the first-tier Practice Arena Secret Realm eight times a day.

Then, was his cultivation treatment about the same as Xu Jin's?

Teachers helping with marrow-cleansing, then Spirit-Calming Golden Pill?

Had Xu Jin also enjoyed the treatment of a top genius?

"Teacher, what does 'coming again' mean?" Suddenly, Xu Jin heard the key in Ning Yuchan's words, which instantly made him feel fear.

"What else could it mean? After a few days, such star power infusion will have to come again?"

"Ah?"

In an instant, Xu Jin was already breaking out in a cold sweat.

He hadn't even come again yet, but just thinking about it made him feel some fear.

"Are you afraid?" Ning Yuchan looked at Xu Jin, quite mocking.

Without waiting for Xu Jin to take the opportunity to confess that he was indeed a bit afraid, Ning Yuchan added, "I, a weak woman, persisted back then; what are you afraid of? Come again, and it will be over."

Xu Jin: "..."

And, that Ning Yuchan was a weak woman, Xu Jin didn't believe it one bit.

"These few days, you can directly take Marrow-Cleansing Pills. When you feel the Marrow-Cleansing Pills are useless, start taking superior Marrow-Cleansing Pills. At your speed, I estimate that within two or three days, you will be able to complete the fifth marrow-cleansing. By then, come find me again.

After we give you star power infusion again, you take the superior Marrow-Cleansing Pills, and you should be able to forge the Flawless Body." Ning Yuchan said.

Mentioning this, Xu Jin asked quickly, "Teacher, then the previous superior Marrow-Cleansing Pills, were they given to me out of your own pocket?"

"Why, do you want two portions?"

Ning Yuchan's apricot eyes glared, "I just padded it for you before; I just didn't expect you to win the Inner Court number one so quickly."

"Thank you, Teacher." Xu Jin said solemnly.

This solemn thanks actually made Ning Yuchan unable to handle it. After a good while, she said, "Superior Marrow-Cleansing Pills, use them with peace of mind. If you haven't refined the Flawless Body after using them up, I will give you more.

Before star-forging, you must achieve the Flawless Body."

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Jin left.

Ning Yuchan, however, looked at the human-shaped mark printed on her bed by Xu Jin's sweat, her nostrils flared, and she looked disgusted.

This teacher-being.

She even had to wash the bedsheets!

When Xu Jin returned home, he suddenly discovered in surprise that Old Qi was actually walking around his courtyard openly, chatting with his father, while his sister Jiang Er was serving tea very cautiously, standing by nervously.

Exposed?

Not very likely.

With Old Qi's ability, how could he be exposed in front of his father and sister?

"Look, my son is back. Come, come, come, Jin'er, come meet the new teacher I hired. His learning is very great. From now on, he will live in our house, teach Jiang'er to read and write, and sometimes you should also ask Teacher Tian for advice; Teacher Tian's learning is very great." His father Xu Dajiang introduced.

A private tutor?

Xu Jin somewhat reacted.

This counted as openly finding an identity to come over.

Looking at Xu Jin who was walking closer, Seeing Qi Shanye's gaze narrowed slightly; obviously, he had already discovered Xu Jin's changes.

"Dad, because I want to cultivate, how about this: from now on, Teacher Tian, my sister, and I will live in the backyard, and you live in the front yard. My sister will come to the backyard for class and study during the day, which is also convenient."

Xu Jin wanted to let his sister and father live in the backyard, but unfortunately, there were two servants and a cook in the front yard, which was inconvenient for Old Qi to appear frequently.

"Good, good, convenient is fine." Xu Dajiang agreed immediately.

Xu Jin and Seeing Qi Shanye looked at each other and smiled. From today on, Old Qi could be considered to be able to appear in the Xu family openly.

However, Old Qi also made some small changes in his appearance: he changed his hairstyle, shaved his beard, wore a scholar's hat, held a folding fan in his hand, and changed into a brand-new green long gown, which also had quite the flavor of a famous scholar.

Half an hour later, Xu Jin knew the ins and outs of the matter.

It was that Old Qi had inadvertently heard his father Xu Dajiang looking for a female teacher for his sister to read and write.

But good female teachers were too hard to find.

The main thing was that the price was too high.

A good female teacher required ten taels of silver a month, not to mention requiring a maid, and there were requirements for meals, dishes, and clothes. In a year, it would be at least two hundred taels.

Then, Old Qi set up the identity of an older scholar, only needing three taels of silver a month and meals.

His father immediately invited him home happily.

Xu Jin was speechless, and it was fortunate that the one invited home was a teacher; if it were someone with ulterior motives, it would be hard to say.

"Dong Zhao and Ning Yuchan took action together to give you marrow-cleansing?" Seeing Qi Shanye also figured out the reason Xu Jin completed his fourth marrow-cleansing.

"That's not bad either. Dong Zhao's cultivation is not as good as mine; the effect of him giving you marrow-cleansing alone would definitely not be as good as mine, but cooperating with Ning Yuchan, the effect of marrow-cleansing exceeds me acting alone.

In this way, the Flawless Body, you will definitely achieve." Seeing Qi Shanye said.

"Teacher, does the higher the cultivation of the person performing star power infusion, the better the effect?" Xu Jin asked.

"Not entirely. Star power above the seventh tier is not suitable for doing this. But the effect of star power infusion from a fifth-tier expert is definitely stronger than that of a third-tier or fourth-tier one." Speaking of this, Seeing Qi Shanye glanced at Xu Jin and sighed, "You brat, your luck is not bad.

Not only did you meet me, but you also met Ning Yuchan, and now, this Jin Shan Dao Academy is not treating you thinly either."

Subsequently, Xu Jin stated Dean Dong Zhao's requirements.

"Top ten of the first grade?

Then you have to work hard.

According to my understanding of Great Chen, if this Dong Zhao cannot jump out of the Jin Shan Dao Academy this time, it will be even harder to jump out of the Jin Shan Dao Academy in the future and return to the center of the National Dao Academy. By then, the path of cultivation will be even more difficult, and the Dao path will also be interrupted.

You had better achieve it.

If Dong Zhao can jump out because of you, it will also be of great benefit to your future." Seeing Qi Shanye said.

Hearing this, Xu Jin nodded.

Arena, under the Star Lamp.

Xu Jin took out a first-level nurtured superior Marrow-Cleansing Pill and put the Spirit-Calming Golden Pill in.

Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry to take the Spirit-Calming Golden Pill, so Xu Jin wanted to nurture the Spirit-Calming Golden Pill well.

The Spirit-Calming Golden Pill was a one-time pill.

First, it was extremely rare.

Second, for everyone, basically the first time taking it has the greatest effect; the second time taking it, the effect becomes negligible.

So Xu Jin wanted to nurture it to see if it could be nurtured to the second level or even the third level.

By then, taking it again, he would see how the effect improved.

At night, Xu Jin still took two first-level Marrow-Cleansing Pills.

There was still an effect.

However, it didn't achieve marrow-cleansing.

To achieve marrow-cleansing, he estimated he would need another two to four times.

After cultivating, Xu Jin entered the Star-Plucking Tower again.

Just as he entered, Zuiyue Xianzi Zuiyue's starlight message came, saying she was waiting for him.

Subsequently, Xu Jin received a second starlight message, from "Not Much," also saying he had already arrived and was waiting for him.

Another wealthy one!

Like Xu Jin, he wouldn't send a starlight message, but would directly challenge.

If they respond, they are there; if they don't respond, they are not there.

Sending a starlight message, isn't that wasting starlight?

Subsequently, Xu Jin challenged Zuiyue Xianzi Zuiyue first.

Take people's money, do things for people.

Xu Jin was still very conscientious about being a sparring partner.

Fought three matches, all three won.

But in every match, the battle time was not short.

Xu Jin didn't deliberately display killing moves to kill Zuiyue Xianzi Zuiyue in a short time.

Instead, he was also honing and modifying his own tactics and movement techniques.

The kite-circling tactic was also becoming increasingly perfect and increasingly terrifying.

Zuiyue Xianzi Zuiyue fought even more happily, except for the moment she was killed by Xu Jin, which was very unpleasant.

"Bastard, it's been so many days, abusing me every day, and you don't even know how to let me win one!" Inside a palace somewhere, Zuiyue Xianzi Zuiyue, who had retreated from the Star-Plucking Tower, threw her pillow again.

After fighting with Zuiyue Xianzi Zuiyue, Xu Jin began to challenge the first-tier Practice Arena Secret Realm third place "Not Much."

After fighting for several days, the two had also become quite familiar.

"Coming to be abused again." "Not Much" stood with his spear.

"Aren't you too?"

"Heh, then come!"

Three minutes later, Xu Jin won.

Then "Not Much" challenged the next match like lightning. Just after entering the battle secret realm, "Not Much" said unexpectedly, "Your cultivation improvement is not small? Your star techniques are almost able to bombard with me?"

"Of course, my cultivation is still far from the peak of the seventh layer of Meal of Mist, and I am improving crazily. What about you? In the Meal of Mist Realm, you have already reached the limit.

Wait to be abused by me!"

Xu Jin still remembered that on the first day he fought "Not Much," Xu Jin needed two Star Arrows to blast through one of "Not Much's" star shields.

The star power gap was huge.

But after Xu Jin completed his fourth marrow-cleansing, especially within one day today, he underwent marrow-cleansing twice, so his cultivation could be considered to have improved significantly.

Now, Xu Jin could blast through "Not Much's" two star shields with three Star Arrows, and then have a slight threat, making huge progress.

Xu Jin estimated that when he achieved the Flawless Body, his star technique power would be enough to be on par with "Not Much."

"Er'er, why have you always been trapped in third place? Why don't you challenge second place, or even first place?" When fighting to the fourth round, Xu Jin suddenly stopped and asked the doubt in his heart.

"You mean that pervert Yue Zhongying?"

"Pervert?"

"Yes, not too fierce, but perverted." "Not Much" sighed helplessly, "The first place, Treading Star River, I have never had the opportunity to challenge; it is said he is very strong.

And the second place, Yue Zhongying, she has accepted my challenge a total of six times.

I lost all six battles!"

"You lost all six battles?" Xu Jin was stunned, "Then, how about I go challenge her that day?"

"Hmph, don't even think about it. Don't dream of taking my third place position." "Not Much" sneered.

"Very soon!"

Today, "Not Much" wanted to contribute all his eight battle opportunities to Xu Jin, but Xu Jin only had seven rounds.

Seven battles, three wins, four losses!

But in the last round, Xu Jin lost, "Not Much" still defended his third place in the Practice Arena Secret Realm, and Xu Jin was still fourth in the Practice Arena Secret Realm.

"Very soon, your position will be mine."

Leaving such a sentence, the Practice Arena Secret Realm challenge for today ended.

But the moment Xu Jin returned to the Practice Arena Secret Realm, suddenly, he discovered something different.

On the first-tier Practice Arena Secret Realm ranking list, Xu Jin had already become third place, and "Not Much's" position had become Xu Jin's.

This made Xu Jin very surprised; how could this be?

Zuiyue Xianzi Zuiyue, ranked fourth.

The second place, however, had become "Not Much."

Suddenly, Xu Jin realized something.

The next instant, a series of information jumped in front of Xu Jin.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 105 =====