Chen Pipi followed Second Brother across the stone platform and went up along another stone path in the mountain through the fog. It took him a long time to digest the shock that Eldest Brother gave him, and then he couldn't help but think about the first question.
"Second Brother used 15 days to break through three states, I used 17 days, and Ning Que only used 14 or 15 days. Is he really the same as us? Or did he start to meditate hard from the day he was born, and the Psyche Power was stored in his brain. Now he changed his fate and opened his acupoints, and the Psyche Power gushed out to help him break through three states. This time … should be counted from the day he was born? But if so, Eldest Brother had held it for 16 or 17 years to enter the No Doubts State, and he was 16 or 17 years old this year. Why did it seem that he was also very great??
Thinking of Ning Que's shameless words in the old library, "No one knows who will go further on this road in the future", and thinking of the faint echoes between Eldest Brother and Second Brother of the Academy and himself, Chen Pipi's fat body trembled slightly. He turned pale with fright and thought, "What if that idiot surpasses me in the future? What will happen?"
"Out of the 17 acupoints in the Ocean of Qi and Mountain of Snow, ten of them were opened. Even if his Psyche Power accumulated for 16 years was pure and thick, he could only play a dull, dry and unpleasant song. The Breath of Nature that he could control was too weak. As long as he couldn't enter the Knowing Destiny State, even if he reached the top of the Seethrough State, he could only make paper flowers fluttering in the sky, perform magic tricks, or steal some silver ingots from the official warehouse. How could he catch up with me? "
"Oh, poor Ning Que. Even if you set foot on the road of cultivation, with your small body and the trickle-like Breath of Nature that you can control, you will still be beaten."
Having figured this out, Chen Pipi was greatly relieved. He smiled and thought that he still had to remind that guy in the future. Otherwise, he would really think that he was a genius in cultivation and play around. It would not be good if he was killed by a real powerhouse.
The two of them walked to the front of the residence. Before Second Brother left, he suddenly asked, "Did it really only take fourteen days?"
Chen Pipi lowered his head and counted seriously with his fingers. He thought of the night when he saw Ning Que dying. He did not know if he should calculate the acupores connection at that time or earlier or after he fed him the Heavenly Power Pill. The key was when his Snow Mountain would be rebuilt. He raised his head and said respectfully, "It could be 14 days or 15 days. If he woke up in the morning, then it should be 15 and a half days. It should be around today."
Second Brother stared into his eyes seriously and said, "Younger Brother, how can a man live his life in a muddle-headed manner? You should know that rigor is a necessary cultivation in life. Four is four, five is five. You can't use 'almost' as an excuse. Go and figure out how many days it took for that guy to break through the Third Realm. This is also my test for you."
After saying this, he tucked his thumbs into his golden silk belt, held his waist, and walked slowly and solemnly to his residence. In the darkness of the night, a faint voice could be heard.
"I knew it … it can't be fourteen days."
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Even though Ning Que could recite the Article on the Response of the Tao fluently and meditate all the time in the City of Wei, even though Lyu Qingchen had told him many things during the journey, and even though he had communicated with Chen Pipi many times in the old library, Ning Que's understanding of the cultivation world was still pitiful. He did not understand why he could cultivate all of a sudden, nor did he know what state he was in. He was still in a muddle-headed state.
He did not know that his speed of cultivation had once troubled Chen Pipi and even Second Brother of the Academy. He thought that being able to perceive the Breath of Heaven and Earth and then other things was a natural development after stepping on the road of cultivation. He thought that he was just like those cultivators in Taoist and Buddhist temples deep in the mountains, and there was nothing special about him.
The life in the Academy and the attitude of his classmates in the study room also gave him a strong psychological hint. As time went by, the aftermath caused by the semester exam gradually dissipated, but it really began to show its effect. Not many people would gather at the corner of the alley or by the window, pointing at him from afar. No one was willing to pay attention to him anymore.
He basically didn't participate in the four subjects of archery, driving, mathematics, and music. He didn't need to study the first three subjects, and he didn't need to study the music subject because it was useless to study it. Therefore, he didn't have a term exam, and naturally, he didn't have any chance to avenge the slander he had suffered before.
The Academy was a group, and the group consciousness moved blindly and persisted. It was inconvenient for the students to mock Ning Que face to face, so they learned to deliberately ignore him. When they saw him in an excited discussion, they would indifferently stop talking. When there was a gathering, they would not ask him to go with them. Gradually, there was an invisible barrier between them.
Because of this invisible barrier, those classmates who originally believed in him could not go against the will of the masses and get close to him again. Chu Youxian's attitude towards him was the same as usual. But because Ning Que often stayed at the old library and Young Master Chu often played truant, they did not see each other much. As for Situ Yilan, she knew that His Highness appreciated Ning Que, so she believed that Ning Que did not lie about his illness to avoid the exam. But she could not say too much for him in this atmosphere.
Ning Que's temperament would not allow him to humble himself and beg others to get close to him. Since no one was willing to pay attention to him, he would quickly leave the study room when he heard the bell, go to the kitchen to get some food and go around the pond to read books in the old library. As a result, he had less and less time to contact his classmates, and they became more and more strangers.
In this way, the soldier from the border town who had shocked everyone with three A + grades in the academy entrance exam, the desperate student who forced Xie Chengyun to vomit blood when he entered the Second floor, and the handsome lad who had a great reputation in the House of Red Sleeves … gradually faded into the crowd. To be more precise, he had become a person forgotten by the Academy.
Now, the topic of young students in the Academy focused on the exquisite essay written by Linchuan Wang Ying, the beautiful poem written by Zhong Dajun, the student in the course of magic skills named Chen Simiao who broke through the Perception State the day before yesterday, a student recommended by the Military Ministry in dormitory B beat the instructor in the course of Toxicology yesterday, and Miss Situ scolded Chu Zhongtian again …
The outstanding talent from the South Jin Kingdom, Xie Chengyun, was naturally the focus of countless people in the Academy. After getting five A + grades in the semester exam, he contributed two shocking topics to the Academy. One was that someone saw him snuggling with Jin Wucai, the granddaughter of the Tang Libation, on a stone bench by the wetland on a night in late summer. The other was the news from the course of magic skills that Xie Chengyun had finally broken through the Perception State and successfully entered the No Doubts State. Professor Cao Zhifeng commented with satisfaction after personally checking him, saying that the boy had a greater chance to enter the Second floor next spring.
The days passed by peacefully. A cool breeze blew down a few yellowish leaves. Autumn finally arrived.
Ning Que, dressed in the autumn uniform of the Academy, walked out of the kitchen with his head down and walked towards the old library. When he was about to pass through the alley of the Academy building complex to the wetland, he found a group of people talking together in front of him. The heroic male student in the middle seemed to be the center of the group.
Ning Que remembered that the young male student was called Chang Zhengming, who came from the Yulin Royal Guards and was also recommended by the Military Ministry like himself. He had faintly heard some classmates' discussion. It was this person who hit ten targets in a row in the course of Toxicology and beat the instructor once. Now he was also in the limelight in the Academy.
Ning Que directly walked past the edge of the crowd. He did not expect that after he passed by, Chang Zhengming's expression became serious and said in a low voice, "Ning Que, we are all recommended students by the Military Ministry. Do you want to muddle along like this? It's not something we, the Tang Army, would do. "
Ning Que stopped and looked back at him. After a moment of silence, he said with a smile, "Although we are all recommended students by the Military Ministry, once we enter the Academy, we'd better not call ourselves Tang soldiers. And I believe that no one dares to spit on my face. As for muddle-headedness, it's just your opinion and has nothing to do with me."
Chang Zhengming frowned and said, "If you want to prove yourself again, you should not give up the opportunity to prove yourself. As long as you are willing to participate in the course of Toxicology, I am willing to give you a chance to challenge me."
"Is this a charity?" Ning Que looked at him and shook his head. He said, "It seems that you don't know what I said to Xie Chengyun and the others in the study room that day. I am not a flower in a greenhouse. I don't need some wind and drizzle to prove my perseverance and ability. When you were guarding the palace in the Yulin Royal Guards, I was guarding the frontier fortress. The Military Ministry recorded how many Horse Gang heads I beheaded. I don't need to rely on other things to prove myself."
After saying this, he turned around and left.
Chang Zhengming looked at Ning Que's back with an extremely ugly expression. Ning Que's refusal to take the exam on the pretext of illness made the recommended students of the Military Ministry feel ashamed. The Tang army cared more about glory than life. Chang Zhengming really could not understand what Ning Que was thinking.
Walking out of the lane to the wetland, Ning Que noticed that there were two female students under the tree, pointing at the lake and smiling. However, the slender girl's smile was obviously a little forced, and there was a touch of envy and sadness in her eyes.
Chu Youxian had told him that this girl had an uncle in the palace, and few people in the Academy dared to provoke her. He could not help but feel a little surprised, wondering what could make her so complicated by the lake.
Following their eyes, wild ducks were swimming peacefully among the green grass of the shallow lake. Not far away, a young man and a young woman stood side by side by the lake. The young man was handsome and had an extraordinary bearing. It was Xie Chengyun. The young woman was gentle and beautiful. It was Jin Wucai. The two stood by the lake and whispered from time to time, looking at the center of the lake with a smile. A gust of early autumn wind blew the corner of the Academy uniform and skirt, which was really pleasing to the eye and floating like fairies.
The enviable immortal couple on the campus, the slightly sour affection of the girl watching from afar, Ning Que quietly looked at the people by the lake and those who looked at the people by the lake, smiled and shook his head, and left again.
These days, his mood was getting calmer and calmer. He was indifferent to the neglect and exclusion of the Academy classmates, and even enjoyed the peace, because his mentality had changed fundamentally from the previous 16 years.
After going through many hardships, he finally set foot on the road of cultivation and saw a more exquisite and broader new world. Compared with it, the love and hate in the secular world naturally became much more indifferent. Since he had already set foot on the road, he was sure that he could go far, far. Those hidden towers, those mountains, and those seemingly powerful and indestructible enemies would become the scenery on the road as time went by. In this case, how could he not be calm?
There was no lack of beauty in the world, and there was no lack of eyes to discover beauty. But only with a calm enough sight could one discover the beauty that could not be discovered before. In Ning Que's eyes, the scenery of the couple by the lake was very beautiful, even if that man was Xie Chengyun. In his eyes, the scenery of the Academy was very beautiful, even if the Academy was about to forget him.
These days, in addition to reading and cultivating in the old library, he spent a lot of time walking alone in the Academy because he was excluded by other students. In the eyes of others, his figure was a little lonely and pitiful. But only he himself knew that the Academy was really beautiful when he was alone, especially those places that only he knew.
Walking along the stone path beside the wetland and bypassing the old library to the direction of the mountain, Ning Que found a large untrodden lawn behind a row of dense trees. In the center of the lawn, there were many unknown trees. Those trees were tall and steep. Not knowing whether it was because of the strong wind in the mountain, most of the trees were smooth, with only a few sparse branches sticking out at the top. Hundreds of tall trees gathered together looked like countless huge wooden swords inserted in the center of the lawn, densely packed, extremely amazing, and could be called a magnificent scene.
Walking into the woods, Ning Que randomly chose a tree and sat down. Leaning against the smooth and slightly protruding trunk, he took out a handwritten notebook from his arms and began to read it attentively. The notebook was the first part of the Brief Introduction to the Five States of Cultivation. A few days ago, he finally succeeded in using the Eight Strokes Calligraphy of Yong to deconstruct and reorganize the Classics in the old library. Being able to temporarily remember those words in his mind, he naturally made a copy for himself without hesitation.
This forest was very far from the Academy and separated from the wetland by two dense forests and two large lawns. On weekdays, few people came here, so he did not worry about being seen by others. He frowned and carefully read the words on the handwritten notebook. After a long silence, he murmured, "I can float pieces of paper, move candlelight, and move silver ingots. Have I also entered the No Doubts State? I heard that Xie Chengyun also just entered the No Doubts State. Then why are these little kids so excited? "
At this moment, a gentle and quiet voice sounded behind him, "Xie Chengyun is less than 20 years old. It's really not easy for him to enter the No Doubts State from the Perception State. It's reasonable for the students in the front yard to be happy for him. As for you, you have a lot of adventures. Pipi is kind and willing to help you, so it's reasonable for you to enter the No Doubts State."
Ning Que was suddenly shocked. Then he calmed down after hearing the voice. He hurriedly got up, patted off the grass on his buttocks, and bowed respectfully to the female professor beside the tree behind him. He said, "It's you."
The female professor walked out from behind the tree. She had a petite figure and a youthful face, but she exuded a gentle and mature aura. The contrast between her appearance and her temperament made it impossible to tell how old she was, which made her even more charming.
She looked at the lad and sighed, "I've been practicing regular script in the old library for 20 years, and you've been bothering me every day. I like this Unyielding Sword Forest the most in the Academy. But now you appear here again, which really gives me a headache."
Ning Que looked at the female professor whom he had known for half a year but still did not know her name. His eyes suddenly turned.
"Don't think that every encounter is an adventure."
The female professor looked at him and said with a smile, "I won't teach you anything. If you really need me to teach you in the future, I will teach you without you asking. "
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