Why do you always want to be my Taoist partner?

"Let me massage your legs first." Bai Sheng hummed softly. Jiang Li lifted her skirt a little bit, and his fingertips sank slightly into her snow-white thigh flesh. Bai Sheng raised her toes slightly and looked up into Jiang Li's eyes.

After a while, Bai Sheng picked up the umbrella and danced on the grass under the bamboo building. Jiang Li played the piano for her. The music was cheerful. Bai Sheng danced very well, but the slight trembling of her chest looked very weak.

Jiang Li felt that his anxiety was relieved a lot. Junior Sister Bai Sheng was indeed a little angel.

Chapter 200: Chapter : Overcoming the Tribulation

Jiang Li looked at Bai Sheng's graceful figure dancing in the rain.

There was always a smile on her face, and her dark, lively eyes always looked at him tenderly. When the two of them looked at each other, she would quietly avoid him because of shyness. She was like a cute little deer, jumping around in the forest in the rain.

When she finished dancing and came to Jiang Li, Jiang Li hugged her in his arms and kissed her hard several times, right in front of Su Yaoyao, without any intention of being shy.

Bai Sheng's cheeks turned red from his kiss, and she buried her little face in his chest for a long time.

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After staying with Jiang Li for a while, Bai Sheng straightened her skirt and said goodbye to Jiang Li.

Jiang Li still had things to do in the afternoon. He had to teach Su Yaoyao how to practice sword. Last night he had improved the Moon-Slaying Sword Technique to the seventh move. There were still two moves left, which were a bit more complicated and would take about two nights. It would be useless to just give Su Yaoyao the sword manual. He had to patiently teach her some of the details.

The good news is that Su Yaoyao showed absolutely no signs of laziness. She practiced swordplay very hard. Jiang Li watched her practice swordplay from the afternoon till the evening. She fell to the ground almost exhausted, with fatigue difficult to conceal on her face.

She has already learned the third form.

"Try hard, I'll go heat up the food for lunch, you can practice for a while in the evening, I'll study the eighth form."

After Jiang Li said this, he went to the kitchen. After they had dinner together, Jiang Li went upstairs, sat at his table, and began to deduce the eighth move of the Moon-Slaying Sword Technique in his mind.

He studied like this until dawn, and when he had deduced the eighth style of swordsmanship to a satisfactory result, he threw the notebook on the table, climbed onto the bed and fell asleep in a daze.

The little fox came to his room at some point. After taking a bath, he changed into a thin nightgown, climbed carefully onto his bed, and slept beside him.

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When Jiang Li woke up, Su Yaoyao was lying in his arms. He didn't know when he hugged her. Looking at the girl's peaceful sleeping face, the thought suddenly popped into his head that he wanted her to wake up quickly and get off his bed.

But in the end he didn't say it out loud, because he also felt lonely late at night. If he let her go now, how would he bring it up when the time comes?

Thinking of this, Jiang Li suddenly laughed to himself. Su Yaoyao was awakened by his laughter. There was some confusion in her eyes. She looked at Jiang Li's face, not understanding what Jiang Li was laughing at.

"It's okay." Jiang Li shook his head and became serious again, "Get up, there is the eighth form on the table, study it carefully, I'll go cook."

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Some time ago, Jiang Li was still sighing, saying that cooking became an interesting thing when he had nothing to do, but now that he has become busy, cooking has become a pleasant thing to do during his spare time.

He cooked a lot of dishes, especially a pot of boiled fish, a homely staple, the salty and fresh fish soup with rice was delicious. He ate two bowls of rice, and then continued to teach Su Yaoyao to practice sword seriously.

Today Jiang Li suddenly became interested. He broke off a willow branch from the tree and personally practiced his improved Moon-Slaying Sword Technique on Su Yaoyao. Naturally, he was extremely skilled in using what he had researched himself. The way of practice was to discuss swordplay with Su Yaoyao. As a result, Su Yaoyao's arms, thighs, and waist were all covered with several red marks. They were not serious, but the crimson marks were faintly visible between her snow-white skin, inexplicably revealing a bit of charm.

In the evening, Jiang Li made himself a pot of hot tea. Su Yaoyao was sitting opposite him with a wronged look on her face. She lowered her head and gently rubbed her thighs with her fingertips. She was still wearing white silk stockings on her legs, but the red marks under the stockings were still faintly visible. She had not taken a shower yet, and her legs were closed together. Whenever Jiang Li looked at her, she always avoided his gaze in panic, not knowing why she was shy.

"It will disappear after some time, don't worry." Jiang Li said softly, without any guilt at all.

Su Yaoyao responded softly, her fingertips still rubbing the red marks from time to time. She still couldn't understand why Jiang Li had the cultivation level of the late Nascent Soul stage, but she had no room to fight back in front of Jiang Li, and couldn't even touch the corner of his clothes.

"Is your cultivation really in the late Nascent Soul stage?"

"Maybe I will be able to achieve spiritual enlightenment in two days." Jiang Li picked up the hot tea on the table and took a sip, saying, "I am going to prepare to survive the minor catastrophe."

Su Yaoyao was slightly stunned. She didn't understand. Didn't one have to go through minor tribulations one level at a time?

Jiang Li did not explain to Su Yaoyao any further, but he had vaguely felt recently that he could no longer suppress his cultivation. This was the rule of heaven and earth. When your cultivation reached perfection in the late Nascent Soul stage, you would have to go through a minor tribulation sooner or later. He thought he could still suppress it for a while, but the speed was far beyond his expectations. Perhaps tomorrow night, he would have to go through a minor tribulation.

But he wasn't ready yet.

Even though he was drinking hot tea and looking at the sunset here, he couldn't calm down in his heart. What he was afraid of was not the thunder tribulations, but the inner demon tribulation after he passed the tenth level of minor tribulation.

He was afraid to see those memories again. He thought he had forgotten them, but the Heart Demon Fruit last time brought everything from the past back to his mind.

"I'm going to study swordsmanship. You continue practicing sword skills. Don't tire yourself out. Just rest early. Also... don't climb into my bed tonight. I want to sleep alone." Jiang Li stood up and said calmly.

Su Yaoyao raised her head and whispered, "Don't you want to rest well tonight? There's really no rush for sword skills."

"I just wanted something to calm my mind."

Jiang Li didn't look at Su Yaoyao again and went upstairs alone. Su Yaoyao looked at his back. She didn't know why, but she always felt that Jiang Li had become very strange in the past two days.

Except for the day when Bai Sheng came, he seemed to have suddenly returned to his old self. At other times he seemed a little too... quiet. Or maybe not quiet. Su Yaoyao didn't know how to describe this feeling. It seemed that these past two days, Jiang Li was always in a daze except for sleeping and writing sword manuals. He even would be in a daze when he was cooking, eating, and drinking tea.

But she was not Bai Sheng, and she couldn't help Jiang Li break free from his daze and daydreaming.

Jiang Li returned to the table and began to seriously study the ninth level of swordsmanship.

In fact, he knew that Su Yaoyao was not in a hurry at all, and even Mu Xuezhi was not in a hurry either. As for Jiang Chuyue, her body was invaded by the sword energy again, but there were still several years left. However, he had to find something to calm his heart now, otherwise all kinds of thoughts would pop up in his head. All these years of self-deception, the lies he had told himself, and the wrong things he had done, it was finally time to settle the accounts.

Tonight he studied swordsmanship until the early morning. It started to rain heavily outside the window. It was clearly the beginning of autumn today, but it rained so heavily with thunder and lightning. Jiang Li put down the ninth level swordsmanship in his hand and came downstairs. Su Yaoyao had just run under the eaves to avoid the rain. Jiang Li studied swordsmanship all night, and she practiced sword all night.

The rain was so heavy that it seemed to swallow up the world.

"You... aren't you asleep yet?" Su Yaoyao looked at him worriedly.

"I'm going out for a while and will be back later." Jiang Li looked up. Every raindrop looked like a sticky ink stain. The sky was frighteningly dark, but it was already early morning. In the dark clouds, lightning flashed.

Jiang Li didn't hold an umbrella, but used his spiritual energy to block the raindrops, and he walked into the rain.

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After three incense sticks of time, we arrived at the top of Hanyuan Mountain.

Jiang Li walked to the door of Mu Xuezhi's courtyard again, but this time the door opened automatically before he knocked. Mu Xuezhi was standing under the eaves. She was still wearing the light dress she wore to sleep. The silk texture clung to her graceful body. Even through the rain, Jiang Li could still clearly see her beautiful eyes.

"Is it your heavenly tribulation?" Mu Xuezhi asked, tilting her head slightly.

"Yes." Jiang Li nodded.

"It's your heavenly tribulation. Why did you come to me before you go through it?" Mu Xuezhi asked calmly.

There was not much concern in her eyes. In her eyes, even if nine thunder tribulations fell, it would not hurt Jiang Li at all. Naturally, he had nothing to be afraid of.

Jiang Li was silent for a while, "I didn't know who to talk to, so I came to you."

"Where's your confidante?"

"It would be bad if we get too close to them and make them worry." Jiang Li replied softly.

"Is there any need to worry?"

"I'm scared..." Jiang Li said suddenly.

Mu Xuezhi's eyes did not waver for a moment because of his words. She just looked at Jiang Li indifferently, not knowing what tricks this guy was playing until she really saw the fear in Jiang Li's eyes.

"What are you afraid of?" she finally asked.

"I'm afraid of the inner demon tribulation." Jiang Li lowered his eyebrows.

"Everyone has obsessions, and obsessions can become inner demons, but they can be either light or heavy. You have always lived a carefree life, so why should you be afraid of inner demons?"

Jiang Li's lips moved slightly, but he didn't say what he wanted to say in the end. He took a deep breath and looked up at the sky full of thunderclouds. His thunder tribulation was about to fall, but he was not prepared.

He didn't know when he would be ready, nor did he know when he would be able to truly forget. If he ate the purple flower now, would he be able to forget all the pain and safely overcome the calamity in his heart?

There will be no answer to this question, and he will not eat the purple flower. He is the one who never wants to forget, but he is also the one who is afraid now.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, gradually engulfing him.

Mu Xuezhi's voice fell into Jiang Li's ears, "You look like you're afraid of dying in there."

"What if?" Jiang Li smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Do you want to die?"

"Do not want to."

"Since you don't want to, then there's no need to be afraid. What you'll see in the Heart Demon Tribulation is nothing more than your past, and what you need to consider is the future. The so-called heart demon is, in the end, just a cocoon that you've made for yourself. In the end, the only one who can break out of the cocoon is you."

Mu Xuezhi's voice was extremely clear in the noisy rain.

Chapter 201: Chapter Illusion

The dazzling lightning made the whole world become extremely bright in an instant.

Mu Xuezhi stood under the eaves, looking calmly at Jiang Li in front of her. Jiang Li slowly raised his head to look at her. After a few seconds, he nodded slightly, as a response to what Mu Xuezhi had just said.

The thunder tribulation is finally about to fall.

The thunder tribulations in the sky became extremely ferocious, but Mu Xuezhi still frowned slightly. She had imagined what Jiang Li's thunder tribulation would be like, but that was just a guess after all. But when the nine thunder tribulations finally appeared, she couldn't help but panic for a moment.

"Aren't you going to draw your sword?"

"It shouldn't be necessary." Jiang Li stood still and let the first bolt of lightning fall on him.

The dazzling lightning almost swallowed him up, but he stood where he was, unharmed, and even his spiritual energy had not been diminished at all. The thunder appeared like an illusion, but his cultivation had definitely reached the first level of overcoming the minor tribulation.

This scene is even more incredible.

Jiang Li felt a sense of emptiness again, just like the last time when he helped Zhu Qiutang survive the thunder tribulation. He couldn't describe this emptiness, it wasn't even pain. He just felt as if his heart was empty, nothing was left, and nothing mattered anymore.

The second thunder tribulation came quickly, and he still did not dodge at all. This time the thunder still left him unharmed, but the emptiness in his heart became more and more. He raised his head and quietly looked at the dazzling thunder in the sky.

third weight.

The fourth level.

The fifth level.

The thunder struck him again and again, but they all seemed to be just illusions. His cultivation aura was still rising, but his eyes became more and more empty, until the nine-nine thunder tribulations were over, and gray mist began to emanate from his body, which wrapped him up and condensed into a cocoon.

"Good luck."

Mu Xuezhi said softly.

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"Jiang Li, Jiang Li..."

Jiang Li slowly opened his eyes.

In fact, he was called this name in his previous life, but not in this life. It was only after he came to Xuantian Dao Ji Zong that the Taoist priest asked him his name. After hesitating for a moment, he said his name was Jiang Li.

The name represents his past, and he doesn't want to forget those memories of the past, so he keeps using his past name.

The voice calling his name sounded familiar, so he turned his head immediately and began to look for the source of the voice. He looked around. He was on the balcony of the teaching building, and behind him was an empty classroom. There was no one here, and the sun was scorching.

The girl next to him was wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, with her long black hair draped over her shoulders. She was leaning over the railing, looking downstairs with Jiang Li. The playground downstairs was empty.

"You're daydreaming again." Ling Wei tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

Her voice was always so gentle and soft, and you had to be very careful to hear her casual words. Jiang Li looked at her face seriously. To be honest, Ling Wei was not really very beautiful, but her facial features were very soft, and after looking at her for a long time, he would inexplicably feel at ease.

Jiang Li seemed to remember this afternoon.

This was the summer vacation during the freshman year when the two returned to the city where they grew up together. Ling Wei suggested going to visit their former high school, and for this reason he even canceled a planned seaside trip with a young wealthy woman.

But to be honest, his memory of this period was a little fuzzy, because that day seemed very boring. The two of them came to school together, and then talked a lot about the past. He could not remember what they talked about. He only remembered that when they were leaving that day, Ling Wei told him that she wanted to run for a while, so she ran around the playground with him again and again until they were exhausted. Then they had hot pot together and returned to the hotel.

The houses they rented in the past were all returned because they went to college. Both of them were orphans and had no place to stay, so sometimes the hotel was like a warm home. Ling Wei looked at his profile and suddenly said, "Can you run with me for a while?"

"Ah, okay."

"If you don't want to run, just sit over there and rest for a while. It's okay."

"Ah? Who are you looking down on? I'm also very strong, okay?" Jiang Li tried hard to recall what he had said in his past memories. He went downstairs with Ling Wei and started jogging on the playground. He was next to Ling Wei, watching her ponytail jumping, but his thoughts drifted elsewhere. He didn't know why he came to this illusion. Did anything meaningful happen today?

He remembered that at this time, the two of them were not in love yet, and they had been good friends since childhood.

Jiang Li counted the laps silently. The two ran five laps together and then sat on a bench in the playground to rest. Ling Wei took out a tissue from her pocket and carefully wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The sun is setting slowly.

"What were you thinking about just now?" Ling Wei suddenly asked in a low voice.

"Ok?"