Chapter 15

After the admission ceremony ended, the crowd dispersed one after another.

Some familiar students paired up, preparing to visit the Bai Yu Platform, the Enlightenment Field, the Bi Shui Lake, and other places first, which could be considered getting familiar with the place where they would live in the future.

Ji You also left the Bai Yu Platform and returned to a small courtyard by the Bi Shui Lake.

This courtyard is not large, with white walls and black tiles, a small osmanthus tree in the middle, stone tables and stools under the tree, and a room built of black bricks in the back, looking square and upright. After entering, there are tables and chairs placed against the wall, and a four-cornered stove in the corner, while the inner room has an empty bed frame and a long table.

This is prepared by the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan for those under twenty at the perfection of the Lower Three Realms, a single-door, single-courtyard, no need to squeeze into the men's dormitory with a bunch of people.

Cao Jingsong had just gone to the Management Office to report, and only learned that the ceremony had ended when he arrived at the Bai Yu Platform, so he hurried to Ji You's courtyard.

"Did you receive any invitations? How many? Which one did you decide to go to? Take them out, Wang Jiaoxi will give you some references."

Ji You, who was cleaning, opened his mouth with an expressionless face: "I received loneliness."

Cao Jingsong was stunned upon hearing this, thinking to himself, "Loneliness" must be a wealthy family in the capital, and it's even a compound surname.

But soon, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, and he understood what this "loneliness" was about.

Are these wealthy families in the capital blind? How could they not see such an extraordinary child?

But after calming down and thinking about it, it is understandable.

In previous years, if someone under twenty at the perfection of the Lower Three Realms was admitted, they would indeed be scrambled for by imperial clans and high-ranking officials.

But Ji You, this wild private cultivator, is an exception because he has no wealthy family background.

To charge into the Upper Five Realms from the perfection of the Lower Three Realms, unless one can sense the Little Little Tian Shu, one must consume countless spiritual elixirs, spiritual medicines, and spirit stones, which can be called a money-burning vault.

These wealthy families in the capital have always liked to add flowers to the brocade, and no one is willing to send charcoal in the snow.

If they really spent all their family wealth to support him, and the breakthrough failed, or it was difficult to make progress after the breakthrough, that would be a losing business.

The Lower Three Realms and the Upper Five Realms, one for cultivating the body and one for practicing methods, are two completely different realms.

If it were Cao Jingsong, if he hadn't seen him break through two realms in one day in Yuyang County, he might not have had the confidence for such a big gamble either.

However, Ji You is not depressed, because he never thought about being supported in the first place.

He had seen with his own eyes in Yuyang County that those tributes were stained with blood.

But how should he live his life?

Ji You put his hands on his hips, thinking to himself, "If I go up the mountain to be a bandit, at the very least I can rob the immortals to help the poor. Who can I rob now? Who can let me rob them?"

Cao Jingsong suddenly stood up at this time: "Youth, don't be depressed. You must know that when the boat reaches the bridge, it will naturally go straight. How about this, this instructor will first take you to get familiar with the environment in the academy, and by the way, tell you about the inheritance of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan."

"And by the way, treat me to dinner, and by the way, lend me two taels of silver to buy school supplies."

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Ji You looked at him: "You also know that I come from a poor background. If I starve to death, you, Wang Jiaoxi, will also lose face."

Cao Jingsong's eyelids twitched, thinking to himself, "Although this child is extraordinary, why does it seem like I've recruited a living father?"

Ji You didn't give him a chance to refuse, pushed him out the door, and the two walked through the Enlightenment Field, the Bai Yu Platform, the Bi Shui Lake, and the Sword Trial Forest according to the route.

Ji You had been to the Bai Yu Platform today; it is the place for gathering disciples and holding ceremonies.

The Enlightenment Field is the largest building in the Outer Court, paved with spirit stones, circular, and located in the most open place in this world, used for comprehending the Heavenly Dao.

Bi Shui Lake is a landscape lake, but it is said that there are divine powers left by the Abbot in the lake, which can gather spiritual energy from all directions to supply the disciples in the Enlightenment Field.

As for the Sword Trial Forest, it is a bamboo forest, deep and quiet, with many broken stone tablets, ancient and desolate, a place used for martial arts practice.

It's just that the Sword Trial Forest has been abandoned for a long time, and under normal circumstances, it is in a state of being ignored, and even the instructor is only assigned one, who is idle all day long.

Ji You followed Cao Jingsong to the entrance of the Sword Trial Forest, looking at the crooked plaque on the gate, puzzled: "Why is martial arts not valued?"

"Because martial arts do not help with the improvement of the realm, so it is regarded as a minor path that wastes time."

Cao Jingsong stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the plaque: "You will know after you enter the Upper Five Realms. A cultivator whose realm is one level higher than yours can make you fall with a wave of his hand using Dao methods. How can martial arts compare?"

Hearing this, Ji You understood a little.

Within the same realm, those who are refined in martial arts might have extraordinary combat power, but no matter how refined, they cannot reach the level of winning against an enemy across realms.

The most fatal thing is that honing martial arts also requires a lot of time.

So most cultivators do not practice martial arts, only pure Dao cultivation, using the laws of Heavenly Dao, comparing the vastness of spiritual energy, and suppressing people with their realm.

For example, even if your martial arts are at the peak, but the opponent is one realm higher than you, they can make you somersault with a wave of their hand.

Ji You pondered for a long time before speaking: "Are there no exceptions?"

"Exceptions... there are some."

Cao Jingsong stroked his long beard: "Some soldiers in the army have been through many battles, tempered by the aura of killing and cutting, and can enter the Dao through martial arts. The Great Xia Divine General Ye Sheng reached the perfection of the Upper Five Realms this way."

"Enter the Dao through martial arts..."

Ji You muttered these four words and turned to look at the deep Sword Trial Forest.

Perhaps, he should try it.

His spiritual spring is abnormal now, and he doesn't know if he can rush into the Upper Five Realms in a conventional way; pure Dao cultivation has risks.

Secondly, his Dao cultivation is actually very fast, and he has enough time to practice martial arts.

On the way here, Pei Ruyi had used her own experience to encourage them, saying that the basic practice time for Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples is six hours, while she practices nine hours every day, so she became the chief of the Outer Court.

She also told Fang Ruoyao that talent is not that important, and sometimes human effort can overcome heaven, which made Fang Ruoyao feel passionate.

At that time, Ji You was silent for a long time, not daring to say that he had already reached the perfection of the Lower Three Realms after practicing only two hours a day.

As for the third point, it is also the most important point.

If the spiritual spring really cannot break through after shattering, and he is cleared out of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, Qiu Ru and the other children will be in danger.

The Fengxian Villa has not been catching people to refine elixirs for just one or two days. Without the status of a Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple, there is really no protection.

By then, he will become a bandit, enter the Dao as a bandit, and need martial arts to protect himself. After all, being one point stronger is one point stronger.

While thinking, Ji You took Wang Jiaoxi Cao to the Immortal Food Workshop to eat, and after the meal, he extorted two taels of silver, took a turn in the capital, and bought some supplies.

The capital is extremely prosperous, not a place like Yuyang County where you can walk to the end in a few streets. Every alley is more populated than the archway street of the Ji family.

Passing by the Chunhua Building, one can even see some women who are unwilling to dress properly, waving embroidered handkerchiefs downward.

Men passing by, if they are dressed luxuriously, all enter and become playboys.

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"It's truly a yellow heart."

Ji You appreciated it for a long time, and even when one of the girls threw an embroidered handkerchief in front of him with the wind, he was unmoved by the scent of powder.

Poverty makes me noble.

He brought the things back to the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, and on the way, he saw the proud children of heaven who were highly regarded in the Outer Court, Chu He and Lu Qingqiu.

The two were going to the Prince Chong's mansion for a banquet, and seeing Ji You, who was under twenty and at the perfection of the Lower Three Realms just like them, walking towards them, they ignored him directly.

Everyone in the academy says that this year's Inner Court competition involves three people, but for them, there are actually only two.

This wild private cultivator who cannot afford elixirs and cannot use spirit stones is just an interlude to add fun.

Subsequently, the two arrived at the Prince Chong's mansion and saw that the main hall was already full of delicacies.

In order to entertain them, Prince Chong even invited two Inner Court disciples.

According to him, these two Inner Court disciples were all supported by him, and could provide them with cultivation guidance in the future, looking like a school clique.

"The Inner Court quota for next year should be between Young Master Chu and Miss Lu, right?"

Chu He bowed at the banquet: "Reporting to the Prince, the one who can enter the Inner Court next year must be me."

Lu Qingqiu sneered upon hearing this: "Brother Chu, don't flash your tongue because the wind is too strong."

"Since I dare to say it, it is naturally because I have this confidence. If Miss Lu has any objections, why not try it in the Enlightenment Field?"

Listening to the two tit-for-tat, Inner Court student Ban Yangshu couldn't help but be stunned: "Prince Chong, I heard that the Outer Court also admitted a person under twenty at the perfection of the Lower Three Realms this year? Could it be just a rumor?"

Prince Chong raised his wine glass: "He is a wild private cultivator, with no wealthy family background, and has never been in contact with cultivators. He probably doesn't know yet that the Upper Five Realms need to be piled up with spiritual medicines."

"No wonder Prince Chong didn't choose him..."

"Come, come, come, this prince has an order: everyone here tonight must not return until they are drunk!"

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