The Leisurely Life of a Young Man in the World of Cultivation

As the last petal fell, Ma Changshou finally recovered.

At this moment, Tian Xingzi couldn't wait to ask,

"Now that's settled, tell me what you've learned?"

Seeing his impatient master, Ma Changshou was both amused and exasperated.

Good grief, he just said he'd catch his breath first, and now he's in such a hurry again.

However, he didn't answer immediately. Instead, he opened his arms and spun around in front of Tianxingzi.

"Master, can you tell me what changes have occurred in my body?"

Faced with Ma Changshou's sudden question, Tian Xingzi immediately began to observe carefully.

"Change? I don't see any change!"

He wasn't wrong about that. Although he wasn't using his full strength, he was still at the Nascent Soul stage, and his observation skills remained sharp.

However, he genuinely didn't notice any changes.

However, Ma Changshou continued to provoke them.

"Master, you really didn't notice?"

Seeing this, Tianxingzi had no choice but to admit defeat.

"I really don't see any changes in you!"

Suddenly, there was a tremor nearby, and another Ma Changshou appeared in front of Tian Xingzi.

The original Ma Changshou gradually became illusory.

"Clang clang clang clang! This is the effect of the Inverted Tai Chi technique that I just comprehended!"

"It can turn an illusion into reality, and it can turn reality into an illusion!"

"I guess I've had some good luck. The Enlightenment Tea was illusory before, and now my strange phenomenon is also illusory flowers!"

"The combination of the two results in the inverted Tai Chi we see today! If we add extraordinary phenomena, it will become even stronger."

"Pretty impressive, right?"

"I've also decided on the path I should take next: I'll become an illusionary magic practitioner within the magic cultivation world!"

"When I combine it with the Inverted Tai Chi, I can reverse reality among countless illusions and then attack!"

Listening to Ma Changshou's analysis, the sect leader couldn't help but nod in agreement.

Illusionists are skilled at disrupting perception, then concealing real attacks within countless illusions, making them impossible to defend against.

This is especially evident among the sea mirage race, where both advantages and disadvantages are quite obvious. The advantage is that a single fireball spell can be transformed into hundreds or even thousands of fake fireballs if it becomes illusory.

As for its drawbacks, they're quite simple: a fake is still a fake; it only looks convincing.

But now, with Ma Changshou's inverted Tai Chi, things are different. Combined with illusion magic, it can be even more unpredictable and difficult to defend against.

Especially just now, even he couldn't tell that the one from before was actually a fake disciple.

"Excellent, excellent! In that case, I support you!"

"If you finish your studies, I can even send you to study specifically with the Mirage Clan!"

"But remember, once you've chosen this path, you can't give up no matter what!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Changshou nodded emphatically.

"Don't worry, I'll definitely make you look at me in a new light!"

After saying goodbye to Tian Xingzi, he returned to his palace and began his cultivation. Tian Xingzi sat on the futon, looking completely bewildered.

"Wait a minute, what was I going to do just now? Why did it suddenly change?"

He quickly realized that he should teach Ma Changshou a lesson, but he was moved by the boy's words and then had an epiphany.

Thinking of this, he laughed.

"Never mind, never mind, it's not a big deal anyway!"

Half a month passed quickly, and Ma Changshou brought another two hundred men.

Seeing this, Tian Xingzi's lips twitched, but she still frantically tried to reassure herself in her heart.

Let's be patient for now. After all, he's Ma Changshou's apprentice. He's already met so many people before, it wouldn't be good if he didn't meet the remaining six hundred!

Four hundred left!

There are still two hundred left.

there is none left!

Just as Tian Xingzi breathed a sigh of relief after seeing off the last group of people, thinking that there would finally be no one left.

But he never dreamed that Ma Changshou would come again with 200 people half a month later.

However, this wasn't the first group of people; rather, it was another year of the Spirit Testing Conference, and Ma Changshou had taken in two thousand more disciples.

Upon learning this, Tian Xingzi staggered.

Are you coming again?

Fortunately, two thousand people is not a large number. If it's two hundred at a time, it will only take five months, and there will be a period of rest in between!

However, five months later, Ma Changshou returned with his men. This time, it wasn't a new version of his apprentice, but rather a dummy that he had reversed using the illusion magic he had learned.

Tianxingzi was so angry she laughed.

Fine, fine. He tolerated you bringing your apprentice before, since they were genuine apprentices, but now you're using a dummy to scam subsidies, huh?

Immediately, a whip appeared in Tian Xingzi's hand.

Seeing this, Ma Changshou sensed something was wrong and tried to escape, but was instantly bound back by the sect leader's whip.

Only when he was certain a severe beating was inevitable did Ma Changshou stiffen his neck and ask,

"Master, I thought that after my reversed Tai Chi, the dummies were more real than the real ones. How did you discover that they were fake?"

Seeing his disciple like this, Tianxingzi's lips curled up into a mad grin.

"Hehehe, the more powerful a spell is, the more weaknesses it will have!"

"Your reverse Tai Chi is indeed impressive, but have you forgotten? Right after your enlightenment, I noticed that the petals would disappear when they actually hit the ground."

"And while your dummy appears to be standing on the ground, it's actually very close, so you think I won't notice, right?"

Ma Changshou finally gave up.

In an instant, Ma Changshou's screams echoed one after another in Tianxingzi's dojo.

When he reappeared before Lu Changfeng, his face was bruised and swollen, and his body was covered in wounds.

Upon seeing this, Lu Changfeng burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, Ma Changshou, what's wrong with you? Why did you come out like this!"

"Why don't you treat yourself?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Changshou immediately gritted his teeth.

"My master forbids it. He said if I dare to perform treatment, he'll beat me up again!"

"But he didn't say anyone else couldn't receive treatment, so Brother Lu, please help me!"

Under normal circumstances, Lu Changfeng would readily help Ma Changshou with his request, but not today.

"Why?!"

Clearly, Ma Changshou still didn't understand why Lu Changfeng wasn't helping him with this.

Lu Changfeng slowly took out his phone jade slip and opened a video.

The image of the sect leader appeared on the screen.

"Changfeng, Changshou's been acting too cocky lately. I know he'll definitely come to you for treatment later!"

"You absolutely mustn't treat him! He needs to learn a lesson today."

After the video finished playing, Lu Changfeng shrugged.

"See? It's not that I don't want to, but the sect leader has already said so, so there's nothing I can do to help!"

"But I'm more curious about how you did it. How could the sect leader have beaten you up like this!"

According to what he had previously told Ma Changshou, Ma Changshou would at most get a beating, but that would be the end of it, and he wouldn't be as angry as he is now.

When asked this question, Ma Changshou was quite embarrassed. After struggling for a while, he finally confessed to his actions.

After hearing this, Lu Changfeng laughed even louder.

"Hahaha, Ma Changshou, Ma Changshou, didn't you do quite well at the beginning?"

"If you continue using the original method, the sect leader will definitely keep giving them!"

"But you only have yourself to blame for being too greedy!"

"What were you thinking? Choosing the far-fetched option over the near one!"