【Ning Yao hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Qi, what realm are you at now? Have you reached the Fifth Realm?"】
【"Also, Mr. Qi, are you truly invincible in this world since you are stationed here? Of course, if it's inconvenient, Mr. Qi, you can not answer. I was just asking."】
【Qi Jing Chun, as expected, didn't answer.】
【The girl rolled her eyes and stopped talking.】
【Qi Jing Chun, intentionally or unintentionally, slowed his pace and turned his head to look back.】
【The young man blinked.】
【The middle-aged man also blinked.】
【Qi Jing Chun smiled knowingly and quietly quickened his pace without showing any change in expression.】
【A gentleman helps others achieve their goals.】
【After walking a long distance together, Qi Jing Chun stopped and smiled: "I won't see you off any further."】
【Standing on the spot, the middle-aged Confucian scholar with white hair at his temples looked at the gradually disappearing figures, remaining silent.】
【He took a step forward.】
【Qi Jing Chun instantly arrived near the Dragon-Slaying Platform.】
【Every Confucian Sage possesses a unique character that stands as their ultimate symbol.】
【No matter who you are in the world, as long as you write, use, or pronounce this character, you will be able to increase the Sage's cultivation by a sliver. Little by little, it accumulates, like a drop of water piercing a stone.】
【Qi Jing Chun is an exception.】
【He doesn't have one character, but two.】
【Moreover, the meaning and realm of these characters are exceptionally profound.】
【"Jing". Serenity and Joy.】
【"Chun". Springtime for the World.】
【That's why he was demoted to this small world, completely isolated from the larger world.】
【Although Qi Jing Chun is just one of the mountain masters of the 72 Academies within the Three Confucian Palaces, he is truly extraordinary.】
【This pathetic scholar, who didn't react to the repeated provocations and insults of the Mountain-Moving Apes of Mount Zhengyang, closed his eyes and silently contemplated the third stroke of the character "Jing". Then, he extended his joined fingers and gently drew a downward stroke in the air.】
【The indestructible Dragon-Slaying Platform was instantly cut in half.】
【Qi Jing Chun flicked his sleeve, sending the two neat halves of the stone, one to Ruan Qiong's blacksmith shop and the other to a small house in Mud Pot Alley.】
【After completing this, Qi Jing Chun fell into deep thought, like a Go master in deep contemplation. Standing in the fine rain, which eventually turned into a torrential downpour with thunder and lightning, he still hadn't come back to himself.】
【Qi Jing Chun, who had always been called "Mr. Qi" by the townspeople, was thinking about his own teacher.】
【Ning Yao carried Chen Ping An to the apothecary and found Old Man Yang, hoping he could help Chen Ping An get some medicine.】
【Old Man Yang saw at a glance that Chen Ping An was feigning sleep and scolded him, saying he didn't value his life and only knew how to show off.】
【Ning Yao listened on the side, bewildered. Chen Ping An pretended to be asleep and didn't dare to speak.】
【Only after Old Man Yang finished scolding him, did he treat Chen Ping An, immediately putting him to sleep and entering a state of enlightenment.】
【This Old Man Yang, though seemingly disheveled, was the most mysterious figure in the town. No one knew how long he had lived.】
【He had selected countless children in the town, investing in them, hoping they would obtain great opportunities in the future.】
【Chen Ping An, naturally, also received Old Man Yang's investment. However, because his life-fate porcelain had shattered, he couldn't grasp opportunities. So, Old Man Yang invested the least in him, simply doing it as a casual act.】
【However, even so, it was enough for Chen Ping An to overcome several crises.】
【Therefore, Chen Ping An was grateful to Old Man Yang.】
【After Chen Ping An fell asleep, Old Man Yang continued talking with Ning Yao.】
【"How many characters are carved on the city wall now?"】
【Ning Yao honestly replied: "My grandfather's generation produced many heroic figures, so within a hundred years, two new characters were carved. There are now a total of eighteen characters."】
【The old man sighed: "Eighteen characters already. Dao Law, Great Righteousness, Western Heaven, after these six characters, what others have been added?"】
【Ning Yao said in a deep voice: "The four characters 'Thunder Pool Forbidden Ground', another four characters 'Sword Qi Endures Forever', 'Qi', 'Chen', and 'Dong'."】
【Old Man Yang frowned and asked: "Little girl, have you eaten the remaining character?"】
【Ning Yao said impatiently: "I forgot!"】
【The truth was, the other character was carved by A Liang. Ning Yao found it hard to mention it.】
【The old man didn't press further, changing the topic: "Is it still the old rule, one character is carved on the wall for every Ascendant Realm demon slain?"】
【Ning Yao nodded.】
【After their conversation, the old man also guided Ning Yao, helping her successfully advance to the next level.】
【Old Man Yang stood up, walked past the girl, and came before the boy, pointing his pipe at Ning Yao and saying to the boy: "Look at her, a few words and a little guidance, and she's able to break through a realm.】
【"Now look at you, you haven't even got any real skills, but you like to be stubborn. Who are you being stubborn with? Heaven has been sleeping for countless years, why would it care about a guy like you?"】
【After an unknown amount of time, Chen Ping An woke up. Seeing Old Man Yang, he expressed his sincere gratitude to him.】
【Old Man Yang scolded Chen Ping An again.】
【At that moment, Qi Jing Chun arrived at the apothecary. After exchanging pleasantries with Old Man Yang, he beckoned to Chen Ping An.】
【"I was simply idle, so I carved two more private seals using the snake gall stone you gave me, one in regular script and one in small seal script. I'll give them to you."】
【Chen Ping An ran through the courtyard, which was like a pond after the rain, and stood in front of Qi Jing Chun, taking a white cloth bag.】
【Qi Jing Chun smiled slightly: "Remember to keep them well. In the future, if you see a painting or calligraphy you like, such as a landscape painting with a good atmosphere, you can take out these seals and press them on it."】
【Chen Ping An nodded dazedly: "Okay."】
【Old Man Yang glanced at the bag in the boy's hand and asked: "What about the 'Chun' character?"】
【Qi Jing Chun smiled: "I carved a seal earlier and gave it to a child of the Zhao family."】
【The old man laughed: "You, Qi Jing Chun, are a child of good fortune, aren't you?"】
【Qi Jing Chun didn't mind the old man's teasing and took his leave.】
【Chen Ping An went out to see him off.】
【Not long after, the straw-sandal boy returned to the courtyard. Old Man Yang asked: "What did he say in the end?"】
【Chen Ping An sighed and sat back on the small stool: "Mr. Qi said something, he said 'A gentleman can be deceived by his own principles'.】
【Old Man Yang mumbled: "Those old men in the Confucian Temple, have they gone mad? It's obvious that someone is targeting Mountain Cliff Academy and Qi Jing Chun, yet they're still standing by, doing nothing. They really think they're just lifeless wooden sculptures, don't they?"】
【Chen Ping An didn't hear clearly and asked: "Grandpa Yang, what did you say?"】
【The old man remained silent.】
【What a fine example of 'Not being a sage, but being a gentleman'.】
...
In the chat group.
【Feng Tianyu: "Chen Ping An, I feel something's not right. Your Mr. Qi, is he really giving his last instructions? He's sending away all his good things. What's he going to do?"】
【Lu Chen: "Can't you see? He's going to die."】
【Cui Xian: "Lu Chen, you have the nerve to say that? If you hadn't framed my little apprentice, how would he have gone to his death?"】
【Yu Dou: "It wasn't us who plotted against him, but Qi Jing Chun's own choice. If he wanted to leave, no one could kill him! He's a Fourteenth Realm cultivator with three life-fate characters. Even a Heavenly Tribulation wouldn't be able to do anything to him."】
【Cui Xian: "You're full of shit! You knew my Master Qi's personality, that's why you set up this whole scheme. You even shamelessly sent Lu Chen to watch him. It's clearly your scheme! I'm not finished with you!"】
【Feng Tianyu: "Interesting, very interesting. A group of people who speak of righteousness and morality, but the things they do are despicable. You guys in the Jian Lai world are truly hypocritical."】
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The black-bordered screen continues to play.
【Li Zhu Cave Heaven is about to shatter, but Qi Jing Chun shows no sign of leaving, his eyes filled with determination.】
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