Chapter 19: The Little Little Tian Shu Comes to See Me First

Cultivation doesn't know the depth of autumn; leaves fall all over the mountain, like a white horse passing a crack, suddenly gone.

The nine-day, six-night imperial examination was declared over, but it didn't attract much attention.

After all, the children of noble families seek the immortal Dao, and only the children of poor families will participate in the imperial examination, eventually becoming officials and rising high, but they only become servants of immortals.

Ji You didn't go to disturb Xiang Kuangcheng, because this guy had been staying up for so long and needed a deep sleep.

According to Ji You, the nine-day, six-night exam was even more "cultivating" than cultivating immortality. In the end, those who passed might not have high talent, but they definitely had good bodies.

As for him, he practiced martial arts first and then sought the Dao every day according to the routine.

After mastering sword techniques, he learned spear techniques, saber techniques, and fist techniques.

During this period, many people had already given up on sensing the Little Little Tian Shu and instead focused all their attention on Chu He and Lu Qingqiu.

Although they also hadn't sensed the Little Little Tian Shu, Chu He had already gathered a second streak of profound light, and Lu Qingqiu also had traces of a second streak.

Only Ji You had nothing.

For these days, everyone knew that the time he could persist was getting longer day by day, but it was also getting more painful day by day.

Working hard to this extent was worthy of praise, but never making any progress also made many people in the courtyard lose interest in him.

As a private cultivator, it was only right that he was now indistinguishable from the crowd.

"I'm not sleeping tonight."

"?"

"Hiss..."

"There's still a master?"

Chu He suddenly opened his eyes in the Enlightenment Field and asked a page boy to bring more spirit medicine to place in front of him: "Just now, I saw a streak of light."

Hearing this, the crowd was stunned at first, and then there was an uproar of shock. Even Ban Yangshu, who had come to visit, couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Because everyone present knew that the sign before sensing the Little Little Tian Shu was to see a streak of light.

Chu He had already announced his abandonment a few days ago; no one expected that things would take a turn for the better at this moment.

And if he really sensed the Little Little Tian Shu, then his cultivation speed would far exceed Lu Qingqiu's, and this year's inner courtyard spot would surely belong to him!

It is said that the Chu family has extraordinary cultivation talent. Chu Xian perfected it at fourteen and entered the Upper Five Realms at fifteen, immediately being accepted as a personal disciple by the Abbot of the Profound Origin, which had already proven this point.

Now, although Chu He was a few years later than his brother, he was still terrifyingly powerful.

"Since you've seen the light streak, can you chase the light?"

Seeing that it was Ban Yangshu asking, Chu He shook his head: "I was already exhausted at that time and didn't have any strength left..."

Ban Yangshu patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be too hard on yourself. You only used nine days; your talent is already extraordinary."

"How many days did Senior Brother use?"

"More than five months."

Chu He was slightly stunned: "How could that be?"

Ban Yangshu smiled and shook his head: "I'm talking about truly sensing the Little Little Tian Shu, which took five months. But judging by your seeing the light in two days, two months will be enough. The Chu family's talent is truly terrifying."

Hearing this, Chu He felt deeply satisfied, then chose to take pills and continue, staying up all night.

He didn't think anyone in the outer courtyard could surpass him, and he didn't even put Ban Yangshu, who was patiently guiding him, in his eyes.

Ban Yangshu had entered the inner courtyard for six years but had only cultivated to the Upper Realm of Profound Understanding, not even reaching the Realm of Merging with the Dao, the second realm of the Upper Five Realms.

The world says that being able to enter the Upper Five Realms is already a sign of extraordinary talent, but that is the world.

And he, his surname is Chu!

Since the rise of the Chu family, everyone has been able to enter the Upper Five Realms, and each generation is faster than the last!

His brother is already a personal disciple of the Profound Origin Immortal Mansion, and what he can see is, of course, the position of a personal disciple of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan!

Lu Qingqiu was vaguely anxious and also increased the number of spirit stones.

But there was one more person who was even more anxious than Lu Qingqiu, and that was Cao Jingsong.

Near the hour of 3:00 PM on the day of Cold Dew, an autumn rain struck, falling on the protective spiritual light of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, stirring up ripples but unable to land.

Ji You had just returned from practicing martial arts when he was caught by Cao Jiaoxi: "Ji You, oh Ji You, you dissolute person, what exactly are you doing?"

"What's wrong, Cao Jiaoxi?"

"What time is it now? You still spend four hours a day practicing martial techniques, and then go to seek the Dao. I see your effort, but I told you before that martial techniques are ultimately a minor path!"

Ji You looked him up and down: "You ignored me when I shouted I was hungry a few days ago. Why are you so particularly concerned about me today?"

Cao Jingsong choked for a moment, stammering for a long while: "This is the way of a master!"

"I don't believe it."

"Fine, I admit it. I made a bet of a hundred spirit stones with Wang Jiaoxi Ding and Wang Jiaoxi Ma, betting that the student I accepted would be the first to enter the inner courtyard. But now that Chu He already has two streaks of profound light, why are you still so lax?"

Ji You's brows tightened; he didn't expect Old Cao to be a gambler: "Who gave you this courage?"

Cao Jingsong straightened his back and looked toward the vast and boundless night sky: "Naturally, it is a heaven-sent genius, two realms in one day, perfected in one night, like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, swallowing the world with its aura, unparalleled in the world!"

Ji You also became serious after hearing this, looking at the night sky just like him: "Split the spirit stones with me."

"Are you a bandit?"

"A bandit."

Cao Jingsong was about to bargain with him, but before he could open his mouth, he was slightly stunned. After thinking for a moment, he widened his eyes: "You want me to split half with you, could it be that you have already seen the faint light in the ignorance?"

Ji You sat on the stone stool in the courtyard, silent for a moment before speaking: "More or less..."

Hearing this "more or less," Cao Jiaoxi was a bit happy, but after the happiness, he furrowed his brows tightly again.

For some reason, he saw a trace of fear and hesitation in Ji You's expression.

You must know that on the day he broke through the realm in Yuyang County, he dared to risk death to perfect it, simply fearless. He had never thought he would see fear on Ji You's face.

However, he believed that although Ji You was a bit bandit-like, he never spoke big words, just like the day he said he would be perfected in one night, and he really was perfected in one night.

People in the courtyard all said Ji You was just making up the numbers. Chu He even forbade anyone from mentioning him in the same breath as Ji You, as if he had been insulted.

But only Cao Jiaoxi blindly believed in him.

His talent was absolutely not something Chu He could catch up to.

At dusk, because of Cao Jiaoxi's urging, Ji You came to the Enlightenment Field earlier.

The crowd, who didn't care, looked up at the sky and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"He seems to have come a bit earlier today?"

"Perhaps he heard that Chu He saw the light streak and finally started to get nervous too."

"What's the use of being nervous? Chu He is already more than a step ahead of him."

Some people whispered, constantly guessing why Ji You's immovable Dao-seeking time had suddenly advanced by two quarters.

However, more people didn't even lift their eyelids, because their expectations were now entirely placed on the second young master of the Chu family.

Just at this moment, Ji You walked into the field, first sat down on the ground, then tidied his robes, then closed his eyes tightly, and began to charge his spiritual sense to the sky, his brows gradually furrowing and smoothing.

Saw it...

But, it was different from the faint light Cao Jiaoxi spoke of.

At this moment, Ji You's spiritual sense reached the sky and saw countless brilliant shooting stars streaking across the ignorant darkness, hundreds connected to hundreds, stretching across the horizon, continuous, their tracks flickering.

Cao Jiaoxi had asked him if he saw a streak of faint light, and he said more or less.

It was indeed more or less, just missing a few hundred.

In fact, he saw this scene on the sixth day.

But at that instant, he suddenly felt dazed for a moment and didn't dare to chase the light.

Cao Jiaoxi had seen fear and hesitation in his heart, and this fear and hesitation originated from this, or rather, originated from a thing he had never been able to figure out.

That thing made his thought of chasing the light come to an abrupt end, and even his back felt a bit chilly.

Ji You suddenly withdrew his spiritual sense at this moment, opened his eyes, and couldn't help but look with his naked eyes at the blood-red scar on the horizon.

"Have you heard of the death of Heaven?"

"I always thought this sentence meant Heaven died."

"But if Heaven died, then what on earth is this Little Little Tian Shu of yours?"

Boom—!

Just as Ji You finished reciting the last sentence in his heart, under the watchful eyes of everyone, a powerful wave of air suddenly erupted from his whole body, knocking over several people nearby.

At the same time, the spiritual light above the Enlightenment Field shone brightly, changing infinitely, like a churning river and sea, and finally went straight into his Heavenly Spirit.

The mysterious spectrum hung down from above, covering his whole body, and kept surging, shining brightly.

This time, the Little Little Tian Shu didn't wait for him to come and sense it, but came to sense him actively.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 20 =====