My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

Is this talent simply imagination?

Is it just about having a vivid imagination and broad knowledge?

So, Confucian scholars read books in order to broaden their horizons and imagination?

Qi Yu now completely understands what Confucian talent is all about, and he is utterly speechless. It really is true that all roads lead to Rome!

"You mean you want me to use my talent, and then... ah, I mean, imagine the lost techniques of your Confucianism?" Qi Yu didn't know how to retort, and almost blurted out his true feelings.

The vice dean shook his head, then nodded, looking inscrutable. Qi Yu wanted to kill him.

Just say what you mean. I hate this kind of nodding and shaking head. Who knows what it means?

"The stone tablet left by the Confucian sage is called the Talent Stone. The Confucian sage used the extraordinary techniques of my Confucian school to carve all his life's learning into the stone tablet, including all the cultivation methods he created!" the vice dean said.

Qi Yu's lips twitched slightly, then he cautiously asked, "Did the Confucian Sage leave behind any conditions? Is it only those with immense talent who can gain the recognition of the stone tablet and receive the Confucian Sage's inheritance?"

This is the usual pattern, so Qi Yu was certain that his thinking was correct.

To Qi Yu's surprise, the vice dean shook his head, sighed, and said, "If it were that simple, our Qingyun Academy already has predecessors who have done it."

It has been three thousand years since the Confucian sage was founded. In these three thousand years, it is impossible that no Confucian scholars with outstanding talents have appeared. Even if there were no scholars like Qi Yu, there should still have been some.

"Then why did you come to me?" Qi Yu asked curiously.

Is there anything special about me?

The vice dean smiled wryly and said, "Having talent is only the foundation, which is just to qualify. To inherit the legacy, one must defeat the talent clone left by the Confucian sage in the stone tablet."

Qi Yu was speechless; these Confucian scholars just loved to cause trouble.

Qi Yu's talent clone is acceptable because when he uses his talent, he can condense a purple dragon, which seems feasible as a vessel for the clone.

Taoism seems to have something similar, namely "severing the three corpses". Severing the three corpses can supposedly create clones, but the clones are usually killed because they represent one's own evil side.

"Why come to me if you want to defeat the sage's avatar? I'm just a useless person now!" Qi Yu said.

Even the weakest embodiment of the Confucian sage should be a grandmaster!

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Chapter 218 No Choice

Even the weakest avatar of the Confucian sage should be a grandmaster; a cripple like myself couldn't possibly defeat him.

Qingyun Academy is looking for the wrong person!

The vice dean looked at Qi Yu with a strange expression and said, "Because besides your talent, you also have integrity, and integrity..."

Qi Yu blinked, vaguely understanding.

Talent is the ability to distort objective reality through one's imagination, which is to say, to distort legal principles.

Righteousness, on the other hand, empowers oneself, making one impervious to all laws and unaffected by external influences or harm.

In other words, the Confucian talent is useless in the face of the righteousness of Taoism.

The Confucian principle of "words becoming law" is useless in the face of the righteous spirit of Taoism!

That's why when I asked the Confucian leader about the principle of "words becoming law," he answered with such disdain, saying that he would understand later.

Oh, I see!

The vice dean continued, "The Confucian sage's clone left in the stone tablet has no combat power of its own. It is merely a product of a strange technique. Therefore, with your righteousness and talent, young friend, that Confucian sage's clone cannot harm you in the slightest."

Qi Yu understood: talent was the ticket to inheriting the legacy, while righteousness was the prerequisite for him to defeat the Confucian sage's alter ego.

Therefore, in this era, only I have the hope of breaking the stone tablet and obtaining the complete Confucian tradition.

But... there's still one important problem!

“I have already destroyed my dantian, and I can no longer activate my righteous energy and talent. How can I possibly defeat the sage’s avatar?” Qi Yu asked.

The vice dean smiled, then took out an old bamboo slip. The bamboo slip was very tattered and worn, with many parts worn smooth.

"This is a remnant of my Confucian self-cultivation secret, called the 'Xihe Canon,' a top-level self-cultivation technique created by the Confucian sage. Although it cannot restore the dantian, it can repair the meridians."

"I already know about Qi Yu's situation. The dantian, which is extremely important to ordinary martial artists, is just one of many places for storing true qi for Qi Yu."

"With the guidance of the Xihe Canon to repair the meridians and the divine phoenix zither, a sacred relic of Confucianism, we can help you regain your former strength."

Su Chengying had already explained Qi Yu's situation when proposing the exchange conditions, so the Confucian school was also prepared with the conditions for negotiation.

Qi Yu used to be too lazy and unambitious, so they had no way to move him.

However, Qi Yu's self-inflicted loss of martial arts skills this time undoubtedly gave them an opportunity.

Even if Su Chengying doesn't come to them, they will come to Qi Yu on their own initiative.

If it were anyone else, they would never claim they could fully restore the other person's dantian if it were destroyed, but Qi Yu is no ordinary person.

He possesses the foundation of the Taoist practice of "Marrow Cleansing Theory," a technique that even Confucian sages admire.

The Confucian sage did try to discuss with the Daoist patriarch, hoping to exchange some of the Confucian's extraordinary techniques and skills, but he was unsuccessful.

The mind opening created by the "Marrow Cleansing Treatise" is similar to a second dantian, except that this dantian is more fragile than the real dantian, and one can easily kill oneself if one is not careful.

Therefore, Taoists have never dared to put their practice into action, abandoning their own true dantian to prove the possibility that the heart aperture can also store true qi.

Only the direct disciples of the sect leader can cultivate the "Marrow Cleansing Treatise," and those who can become the direct disciples of the sect leader are all exceptionally talented individuals.

Those who manage to open their mind's aperture and survive are incredibly lucky; as long as they don't die, they're guaranteed to become Grandmasters of the Dao in the future.

If that's the case, only a fool would destroy their dantian just to prove the possibility of a mind aperture.

Whoever ruins their future for a vague possibility is an idiot.

Therefore, Qi Yu is the first Taoist disciple in thousands of years to not only open his mind's aperture but also destroy his dantian.

In a sense, Qi Yu was a fool because he ruined his promising future.

If Su Yue hadn't happened, Qi Yu would be the current leader, enjoying immense prestige and revered by millions.

Qi Yu looked at the ancient bamboo slips in front of him with a rather complicated expression.

"Do you trust me that much? Aren't you afraid that after I get the benefits and the inheritance of the Confucian Sage, I'll keep it all for myself? Anyway, by then I'll have recovered my strength, and none of the grandmasters in your Qingyun Academy will be my match."

Now he is hated by everyone, and most of the righteous forces want to kill him.

Because he married Su Yue, he really did have connections with the Demonic Sect.

So those who are suspicious and wary of themselves!

The vice dean sighed and said, "If it were three hundred years ago, we would never have chosen someone who had any connection with the Demonic Sect."

"But now, do we Confucianists have any choice? Even if we don't trust you, young friend, what can we do? Confucianism has no grandmasters, but at the same time, it has the most martial artists and the widest number of disciples."

"This will undoubtedly attract many greedy eyes. If we continue to wait, we might just face annihilation!"

This is the problem that Confucianism is facing now: without a master, it is always at a disadvantage in high-level combat power, and its confidence at the negotiating table is also much weaker.

The Confucianists had no choice but to gamble on Qi Yu.

"Moreover, we all believe that someone who can gain the approval of the Taoist leader and relinquish the position even at the risk of public condemnation is not such a treacherous and wicked person. Therefore, we Confucianists are willing to believe in you, young friend," the vice dean continued.

Qi Yu was at a loss for words; Confucianism truly had no other choice.

Now, without anyone realizing it, things on the mainland have become turbulent.

The Great Yun Dynasty is growing stronger day by day, and Li Muchen and Li Ming are ambitious men who will never live a mediocre life.

With both strength and ambition, expanding outwards and broadening their territory is inevitable.

The Purple Qi Pavilion and the Heavenly Edge Pavilion have colluded and joined forces. Soon, Ouyang Ruoxue, the eldest disciple of the Purple Qi Pavilion, will marry Lin Yuchen, the young master of the Heavenly Edge Pavilion.

The Purple Qi Pavilion and the Heavenly Edge Sea Pavilion will become in-laws. The combined power of the two organizations, along with their affiliated forces, will be enough to unify the righteous path.

However, there are still two stumbling blocks on the road to unifying the righteous path and becoming a true leader.

One is Taoism, and the other is Qingyun Academy, which represents the Confucian school. So, Qingyun Academy will only have one path to take: annihilation.

The demise of Qingyun Academy does not mean the extinction of Confucianism.

The demise of Qingyun Academy merely dealt a severe blow to Confucianism, preventing it from recovering within a century.

The incomplete transmission of Confucian practices makes it difficult to achieve anything significant, rendering them virtually defunct.

In the shadows, the endless seas lurk, making the continent a scene of turbulent change and undercurrents.

Even if Confucianists wanted to withdraw from the world, they couldn't, because their numbers were too large to hide.

So they really have nowhere else to go!

After they understood the situation, they came to him, wanting to take a gamble on him!

If they could obtain the complete inheritance, they would be able to break through to the Grandmaster level. The Grandmaster of a Great Confucian Scholar would be invincible within the same realm.

As long as you don't encounter a Taoist master who is immune to all magic!

So, are Confucians going to fight this desperately?

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Chapter 219 Raising

Having encountered Qin Shuhuai and Li Qiushui, Qi Yu and Su Yue had no choice but to return and entertain the couple.

When Xu Shuqin arrived at the villa, she saw Li Qiushui. She raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised and shocked, but quickly recovered and put on a gentle smile to greet Qin Shuhuai and his wife.

Li Qiushui also smiled as she looked at Xu Shuqin, and they were even chatting and laughing together.

This was different from what Qi Yu had imagined. He thought the two of them would fight, or at least exchange sarcastic remarks.

But who would have thought it would turn out like this!

When they heard that Su Yue was pregnant and was staying here to rest during her pregnancy, Qin Shuhuai and Li Qiushui were both stunned.

After realizing what had happened, everyone congratulated Qi Yu and Su Yue, creating a harmonious and joyful scene.

Qin Shuhuai and Qi Yu sat in the courtyard, chatting about recent events.

Li Muchen took the military examination. Unlike the imperial examination, the military examination had an age limit, which was limited to those under thirty years old.

The first martial arts champion has been born, and to Qi Yu's surprise, this champion is actually a first-rank official.