Martial God Development Plan

"What are the Tairan Six Meridians?"

“Hidden Edge, Mountain and Sea, Cloud and Clear, Stopping Wind, Calming Sea, and Clumsy Heart, these six meridians have similar characteristics and are collectively called the Six Peaceful Meridians.”

"Does it mean to use your internal energy to attack a dangerous acupoint and the six meridians of Tairan at the same time?"

"Yes."

"I see... So the next part is to explain the effects of different evil points. I understand."

Mo Yu nodded and turned to the next part. The two of them asked and answered each other, and the conversation went quite smoothly. This sunny afternoon was spent peacefully between the teacher and the student.

Volume 3: Taizong Luohe: Chapter 20: Improving Roots and Bones

The next day, Ji Zhao received a schedule for marrow cleansing from Han Gongqiu. The plan was roughly divided into four processes, requiring two hundred coins, four thousand coins, fifteen thousand coins, and seventy thousand coins respectively. And the medicinal materials needed for the last seventy thousand coins were usually priceless. Seventy thousand coins were the most ideal situation. In reality, it might be necessary to go to various forces and mobilize the ability of the face fruit to obtain the medicinal materials.

After that, there is actually room for improvement, but that is a bit too far away for Ji Zhao.

The only thing Ji Zhao never hesitated about was improving himself. He shamelessly went to Ji Bei to bargain for a long time, and replenished the silver money in his hand to two hundred yuan. Then he turned around and went to Han Gongqiu to complete the first stage of marrow cleansing.

[Ji Zhao: Root Bone lv1→lv2]

The medicinal bath lasted for three days in total. On the second day, Ji Zhao's basic bone structure broke through to level 2. After that, his basic bone structure was further improved. After three days of medicinal bathing, Ji Zhao's basic bone structure changed from 6+3 to 8+7.

During this journey, Ji Zhao did not forget to practice Zhao Hongyue. Under Mo Yu's guidance, he finally understood the entire book Zhao Hongyue thoroughly, and began to transform the rotten wood breath in his body into the red moon breath.

The process was not smooth. The quality of the rotten wood's internal energy and the red moon's internal energy was too different, and their natures were conflicting. The former was moderate and peaceful, while the latter was extremely overbearing. Ji Zhao estimated that his internal energy should have been lost by nearly 30% during this transformation, which was almost touching the lower limit of the transformation method.

These bits of bad news are nothing compared to the joy of Zhao Hongyue's success.

The strength of this internal skill is completely incomparable to the Rotten Wood Sutra. It is much stronger than the Rotten Wood Sutra in terms of explosive power and even solidity.

If I had this inner strength when I fought Liu Wei, why would I have to work so hard? !

On the first day of Wang Hongyue's cultivation, Ji Zhao felt refreshed and in such a good mood that he wanted to hum a little tune while walking on the road. His only worry now was that he couldn't find a rich woman who was willing to support him. If he could solve this problem, then everything would be fine.

"Good morning, sister."

Liu Hanying had a class in the morning. Ji Zhao met Ji Bei, Ji Tan, Nan Xue Gu Qu and others in the classroom.

There are almost no disciples staying in the pavilion at this time. In the past few days, there were occasional disciples who returned to the pavilion, but they just handed in a commission and left in a hurry. What's worse, some just asked someone to bring a message. During the winter school, the pavilion would give priority to those commissions that are close to their hometowns, so that the disciples can return to their hometowns for the New Year after completing the commissions.

Ji Bei responded weakly: "Well...good morning."

Ji Zhao's spirit was as good as Ji Bei's. Ever since Ji Ren left home, she had started to manage money, calculating every copper coin carefully. She had never spent two hundred copper coins at one time. It could be said that when Ji Bei spent this money, she felt as uncomfortable as if someone was cutting her flesh.

"Don't be sad, big sister." In comparison, Ji Tan seemed much more free and easy, and there was even a hint of philosophy in his words, "Money is something outside of the body. No matter how sad you are, the money has already been spent. Don't be sad because of something you have already lost."

"Don't bother me." Ji Bei rolled his eyes at Ji Tan, knowing that his sister was not really trying to persuade him, but just wanted to laugh at him. He immediately turned his gaze to Ji Zhao, but his tone was a little hesitant, "You... changed your internal energy?"

"Yeah." Ji Zhao responded and sat next to Ji Bei, "Switch to Zhao Hongyue."

"Zhao Hongyue?" Ji Bei recalled, frowning slightly, "Should I say you have good vision or not... It is indeed the most profound martial arts that formal disciples can directly access, but in the hundreds of years of history of Luohe Pavilion, no one has ever mastered it. The Pavilion Master said that this martial arts requires a very special blood battle physique to practice, so you should change to another one as soon as possible."

With Ji Bei's level of cultivation, he should have been able to see that Ji Zhao had already cultivated the Red Moon, but the Red Moon's internal energy had a special nature and rarely fluctuated on a daily basis, so Ji Bei did not notice it.

Ji Zhao responded: "I have mastered it."

"Well, I'll go with you to pick later...what did you say?!"

Ji Bei's voice suddenly rose, and he was about to question Ji Zhao, but he heard a creaking sound from outside, and Liu Hanying in a white robe pushed the door and walked in.

With the arrival of the Pavilion Master, no matter how many doubts Ji Bei had in his mind, he had to suppress them at this moment.

Liu Hanying greeted everyone and immediately began to teach. He was worthy of being the head of Luohe Pavilion. His lecture was full of witty remarks and profound and simple to understand. He easily conveyed knowledge to everyone in the audience.

————Why is Ji Zhao so sure? Because Gu Qu's martial arts skills are improving rapidly. This is not an easy task. Ji Bei and Yun Xiao talked to this silly boy for a long time, but his martial arts skills didn't improve at all.

It was probably a rare thing for the Pavilion Master to give a lecture in Luohe Pavilion, so even Ji Tan, who was usually lazy, concentrated his attention... However, there was still someone who was slacking off in class.

"Ji Bei." During the lecture, Liu Hanying suddenly called out to Ji Bei.

Ji Bei, who was worried about Zhao Hongyue, shuddered with fear: "Disciple is here!"

Liu Hanying said in a gentle voice: "I remember that you always listen to the class seriously and never neglect it at any time. Why are you distracted in front of your junior brothers and sisters today? Could it be that you haven't been back to the pavilion for a long time and are not used to the life in the pavilion?"

"I...I am ashamed." Ji Bei was very ashamed, "Please punish me, Pavilion Master."

"You're talking about punishment, but that's too much." Liu Hanying shook his head. "If you have any troubles, you can talk to me."

"No... I can handle it myself!" Ji Bei waved his hands repeatedly, extremely flustered, "No need to trouble Pavilion Master!"

"Pavilion Master!" At this moment, Ji Tan spoke. She had been studying at Ci Du Lu these past two days and had dealt with Liu Hanying several times. Knowing that she was a gentle person, she immediately started to make a scene. Although she often acted like a charlatan in front of Ji Zhao and Ji Bei, she was essentially just a teenage girl. "I'm worried about the money that my third brother spent on the medicinal bath!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Ji Bei was ashamed and angry, and glared at Ji Tan fiercely, "The Pavilion Master is teaching! How dare you come here and talk nonsense!"

Ji Tan did not hear the conversation about Zhao Hongyue. Although her remarks just now were meant to be funny, they were also meant to answer Liu Hanying's doubts. Now that Ji Bei scolded her, she was naturally dissatisfied... But she was not a complete fool after all. Seeing that Ji Bei was really getting angry, she knew that she had gone too far and immediately shut up.

Volume 3: Taizong Luohe: Chapter 21: Wait for me tonight

Seeing this, Liu Hanying did not force the question, but simply left a message, asking Ji Bei not to leave after class. She probably thought Ji Bei had some unspeakable secrets and wanted to talk to her in private.

This was really hard for Ji Bei. He wanted to roll his eyes at Ji Tan, but he was just called out by Liu Hanying, so he dared not continue to do anything. He had to suppress his anger until the end of the get out of class. But Ji Zhao knew that Ji Tan could not escape tonight. Ji Bei practiced the Prison-Burning Heart Sutra, which was extremely yang in nature. Practitioners must have clear thoughts. If their minds were not clear, they would be burned by evil fire when practicing the technique and eventually go astray.

Ji Tan probably knew this too, and when the get out of class was over, he quietly approached Ji Zhao and said, "Little brother, my second sister treats you well, right?"

Ji Zhao said: "Very thin."

"...Haha, you are such an annoying little brother. Don't be like a woman who says one thing and means another." Ji Tan nudged Ji Zhao with his elbow and laughed, "How about this, help me persuade my eldest sister tonight. She has become more and more violent since she lived in the same room with me. My second sister is really worried about her..."

Ji Zhao squinted his eyes: "I don't want it, and you should think about what you have done."

Ji Tan wanted to say something, but saw Ji Bei approaching with a dark face. He first glared at Ji Tan with a look that said "wait for me tonight", and then said to Ji Zhao, "Follow me."

Ji Zhao agreed and followed behind Ji Bei. On the way to Liu Hanying, Ji Bei asked in a low voice: "Have you really mastered it?"

"Yes."

"Show me your inner breath."

Ji Zhao immediately practiced his internal energy, and a crimson aura swirled around his hands. It was extremely thin, but the evil color was deeply engraved in others' hearts and could not be erased.

Internal breath is mostly colorless, white or translucent, but there are very few that have special colors.

The moment this internal breath appeared, Liu Hanying on the podium seemed to sense something and cast a glance over. Ji Zhao did not hide it and allowed the internal breath to continue for a while. After making sure that both of them had seen it clearly, he dissipated the internal breath.

"..."

Before Ji Bei could say anything else in whispers, the two of them had already walked to the podium.

"Pavilion Master."

Liu Hanying nodded gently: "Master probably knows what you were thinking just now."

Ji Bei replied, "Yes, my brother said that he has mastered the Illuminating Red Moon, which is a demonic skill. Although Zhu Hongyue is one of the top twenty-four biographies in the Heavenly Book, she has a perverse personality and acts arrogantly. The skill she created must be deeply demonic. I am a little worried..."

There is no such thing as using the martial arts in this world for good or evil. The impact of internal energy on the meridian master will inevitably have an impact on the practitioner's personality. There are quite a few people who have practiced magic skills and their temperaments have changed drastically.

Liu Hanying said: "I understand these thoughts, but you don't have to worry too much about this matter. This Zhao Hongyue has been modified."

Ji Bei was slightly startled: "Being... reformed?"

"Yes." Liu Hanying nodded gently. "A mysterious warrior modified this Zhao Hongyue. This modification slightly reduced the overall power of the technique, but also dissipated most of the demonic nature... To be honest, your Yu Zhuan Fen Xin Jing has a greater impact on my temperament than Zhao Hongyue. I think your sister must have a deep understanding of this."

Ji Bei was ashamed and angry: "She deserves to be punished!"

————Look, you even talk back in front of the Pavilion Master!

"Hehe..." Liu Hanying chuckled, but stopped there without going too deeply into the Ji family's affairs. She turned to look at Ji Zhao.

"Master Mo actually mentioned this to me, saying that you are studying this technique. This is a rare technique. Because of Zhu Hongyue's reputation, countless geniuses in Luohe Pavilion have tried to comprehend this technique over the past hundreds of years, but no one has ever succeeded. For this reason, the pavilion even lowered the learning restrictions of this technique, allowing ordinary disciples to also be qualified to comprehend it... Many people think that this is meaningless. If even the elite disciples specially selected can't learn it, how can we expect ordinary disciples to learn it?"

When Liu Hanying said this, she just smiled and shook her head without saying anything else.

As a teacher, his expectations, encouragement and inspiration for his disciples can be expressed in thousands of words, all in this emotional smile.

After Liu Hanying left the classroom, Ji Bei frowned and acted like a strict teacher: "Don't be arrogant just because you have learned a great technique. When practicing, the technique is not everything."

"Of course I know."

After spending such a period of time together, Ji Zhao had completely understood Ji Bei's character. Before the other party opened his mouth, he guessed what he would say next.

"It's good that you know." Ji Bei said, and then he began to ponder, "However, Zhu Hongyue is one of the top twenty-four biographies in the Heavenly Book. How can others easily change the martial arts she created? Moreover, no one has mastered this martial arts for hundreds of years. I'm afraid there is something strange in it... If you feel something is wrong while practicing, you must not hide it in your heart, and go to the master in the pavilion as soon as possible."

"I know what I'm doing." Ji Zhao, as a 25-year-old adult, was repeatedly admonished by a teenage girl as if she were a child. For a moment, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

The two left the classroom and walked towards the cafeteria, but were called down.

"Ah...Ji Bei, Ji Zhao."

The person who called out to them was Yunxiao. After calling out to the two men, he looked around guiltily. After making sure that there was no one around, his movements became much more natural.

"It's like this." He walked over and said naturally, "It's New Year's Day soon. The Pavilion Master said that although there are only a few people left in the Pavilion, we still have to do what we need to do. After all, those of us who are left in the Pavilion are miserable enough. If New Year's Day is still deserted, it will not be good for the mental state of you young people. So, he decided to send a few disciples to the neighboring Wuling City to buy New Year's goods..."

————There is no such thing as the Spring Festival in this world. New Year's Day is the 'Chinese New Year'.

Yun Xiao said, coughing: "The Pavilion Master gave me the right to choose people, and I think you two are pretty good, much more reliable than other disciples, so——"

"Liar."

"is that a lie."

Before he could finish his words, Ji Zhao and Ji Bei interrupted him from the left and right. The two of them sang the same tune and directly exposed Yun Xiao's poor acting skills.

"The Pavilion Master wants you, Master Yun, to buy New Year's goods, and he may ask you to bring a few disciples with him. How can he leave everything to the disciples?"

"That is to say... Master Yun, please don't go too far."

“Tsk.” Yun Xiao didn’t pretend, and tsk- ...

Volume 3: Taizong Luohe: Chapter 22: Wuling City

Saying such things in front of your students... isn't that a disqualification for a teacher?

But Yun Xiao didn't look embarrassed at all. He said lazily, "Since I've been seen through, there's nothing I can do. I've decided. You two will go shopping for New Year's goods with me."

"After being exposed, he did not feel ashamed at all, but instead shamelessly dragged down the disciple who exposed him... It's amazing."

Ji Zhao took great effort to swallow back the following sentence: "You should become a prisoner in Conan and see how that elementary school student makes you self-destruct."

"I'll just take it as a compliment." Yun Xiao didn't take it seriously, "Everything is fine tomorrow, right?"

"Something happened."

"Don't be so polite. What can you do? You don't need another day to practice." Yun Xiao ignored Ji Zhao's opinion. "Then it's settled. Tomorrow I will go to Wuling City with you to buy New Year's goods... Oh, go ask Nanxue Guqu and Ji Tan if they are willing to come together. I'm afraid they will be cheated if they go out alone. But since we are together anyway, it would be good to have a few more people to help carry things... That's it. After breakfast tomorrow morning, meet at the statue of Wu'an Gong."

After saying this, the man waved his hand and left in a casual manner.

"I......!"

Ji Zhao, who had not gone to school since graduating from junior high school and instead fought with others every day, couldn't help but say some brainless swear words that had almost become his catchphrases. Now that he saw Yunxiao, who was unreliable, the word "I'm awesome" almost reached his throat, but because Ji Bei was beside him, he had to swallow it back.

Ji Bei seemed to think that Yun Xiao was a disgrace to Luohe Pavilion. He coughed and forced a stiff smile: "How should I put it... Master Yun actually cares about his disciples, but he is a bit... Anyway... you understand, right?"

Do you understand? (×)

I don’t know how to say it either (√)

"...I understand."

"Really?"

"Really... probably."

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Back at the male disciples' dormitory, Nanxue was cleaning outside with a broom. This was one of the commissions on the bulletin board, and Nanxue accepted it. He had accepted a lot of miscellaneous commissions in the past few days, such as organizing medicinal materials, classifying and restoring books, helping out in the cafeteria, etc., and he completed them all well, and received unanimous praise from the teachers and students of Luohe Pavilion. He seemed to have become accustomed to this kind of self-reliance, and could easily handle all kinds of things. The only thing was that he was not very keen on practicing martial arts.

In other words, Ji Zhao had hardly ever seen him actively practice internal skills or martial arts.

In this regard, Ji Zhao and he are simply two extremes. Ji Zhao spends his days either taking medicinal baths or practicing martial arts with a terrifying intensity. He is truly the king of Luohe Pavilion. Han Gongqiu is afraid that Ji Zhao will die in Cidulu one day.

As a professional player of life and death, Ji Zhao has seen too many players with psychological problems. It's okay for him to have a strong will, but his teammates and even opponents are changing one after another. He also more or less understands some psychological issues and can vaguely see that Nan Xue is actually somewhat resistant to practice.

"Brother Nan." Ji Zhao called Nan Xue and told him about going out to buy New Year's goods. "Do you want to go with us?"

"No, I..." Nan Xue listened quietly to the whole thing and opened her mouth to refuse, but halfway through her words, she remembered something and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Tomorrow, I have nothing to do, so I'll go with Brother Ji and Master Yun."

"Brother Nan, have you changed your mind?"

Ji Zhao's question actually sounded a bit like talking too much into someone he just met, but at this age, facing someone like Nan Xue, it didn't really matter.

"Yes." Nanxue replied softly, "Master Yun told me to go out more often and communicate with people."

[“That sounds like something a teacher would say.”]

Ji Zhao muttered to himself, agreed on a time with Nan Xue, turned around and knocked on Gu Qu's door, told her about it, and the latter readily agreed.

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