Chapter 53: Yin Yang Sea Of Blood (1) (2/2)

However, the thing that was impossible to understand was that Li Qiye was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Right now, Li Qiye and his insightful form made Li Shuangyan question whether this was the first time that he had cultivated.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if this was not Li Qiye’s first time cultivating, as a thirteen or fourteen-year-old, how could his knowledge be so deep?

The last person to step up for the examination was Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu stepped forward, and he couldn’t help but rub his hands together; his voice was very soft, and he asked: “Bro–brother, does my, my practice have any problems?”

The time since Zhang Yu had joined the sect was longer than Luo Fenghua’s group. One could even say that Zhang Yu was one of the longest-running disciples. His age was high; however, no one knew why, in these recent years, his cultivation was always near the bottom.

This was not because Zhang Yu did not try. On the contrary, Zhang Yu was one of the hardest working and diligent disciples, but his cultivation, nevertheless, had always been in the back.

Zhang Yu was the type without many words. As his cultivation grew difficult to increase, even by a half step, he became even more silent, saying fewer words than before. Many disciples in the Cleansing Jade Peak had thought that his talents were not great, and even Sectional Leader Zhou thought this way. This was why Sectional Leader Zhou ignored him during Dao instruction, didn’t question his cultivation, and left him to live and die by himself. [4]

When Zhang Yu showed his Shou Life Wheel, Xuan Fate Palace, and Zhan Physique, and showed Li Qiye his Dao foundation; one could see that his Life Wheel was faint, his Fate Palace was unstable, only the Physique had an indistinct sound of a cow mooing.

Li Qiye examined Zhang Yu’s condition; he couldn’t help but change his expression. He stared at Zhang Yu and said: “Why are you practicing the Beneficence Water Longevity Law? This type of Life Wheel merit law, was it chosen by you?”

Zhang Yu scratched his head, and he said: “I, I, I, Sectional Leader Zhou said, I am a Houtian Physique; a Water Ox Physique. So, he picked the Beneficence Water Longevity Law, and he said it would express the water affinity of the blood qi!”

“Truly not knowing east from west!” Li Qiye coldly scowled, and he said: “Hampering the student’s progress! Houtian Physique is not wrong, but this is not the Water Ox Physique. You have the Primordial Chaos Ox Physique!” [5]

A Houtian Physique was not like Xiantian Physique or Mortal Physique in that it could become an King Physique, Saint Physique, or Immortal Physique. Although it couldn’t increase in rank, this didn’t mean that a Houtian Physique would be weak.

Houtian has its own evolution procedure. Normally, the Water Ox Physique, through the cultivation with a formidable Physique merit law, could evolve into the strongest Kui Ox Physique. When Kui Ox Physique was practiced to its strongest form, even someone with a Saint Physique would change their expression.

“Primordial Chaos Ox Physique? There, there is a physique like this?” Zhang Yu was in a daze, he had never heard of this physique before.

“Of course there is.” Li Qiye indifferently said: “Your physique is it.”

In fact, the Primordial Chaos Physique was extremely rare, and there were many uses for this physique.

Li Qiye glanced at him once, and he said: “You have practiced the wrong longevity law. If you continue, there will not be a half step of improvement.”

“Well, well, what should I do then?” Zhang Yu’s face became pale with fear, and didn’t know what to do in the moment.

Li Qiye replied: “Tear down everything and rebuild once more; practice the Jade Spiral Merit Law! This merit law is gentle, and it is the most basic foundational merit law. It reinforces the Life Wheel, Fate Palace, and the Physique. This merit law is the most fitting for you!”

Zhang Yu jumped up from being frightened, and he quickly said: “However, the a.s.sessment is, is less than a year from now.”

Li Qiye looked at him once, and he calmly responded: “Is the a.s.sessment important? Or is the road to your future important? If you don’t pa.s.s the a.s.sessment, you could try to retake the test again. After another ten years, if you want to tear down your Dao foundation to rebuild it, I’m afraid you would have wasted your best years. It is best to carefully think about this.”

At this point, many disciples sympathetically looked at Zhang Yu. He practiced hard for five years, and now, he has to tear away everything and rebuild it. This was a matter that was difficult to accept for anyone. Just like this, five years of blood and tears were completely wasted.

For most people, they would not want to break and rebuild. If they missed this a.s.sessment, they would have to wait another five years; not everyone was willing to wait.

[1] Moral is used different here, it is saying to be moral/true to oneself. It is not referring to societal moral completely, although a certain righteousness and justice are usually a.s.sociated with the path of Dao.

[2] The prefixes in front of the Life Wheel, Fate Palace, and Physique seemed to be their more official names – I didn’t translate because their meanings were already very close to the three things.

[3] Yin and Yang, yin = softness/feminine, yang = hard/masculine in this case.

[4] Couple of idioms in this one. Type without many words is self-explanatory, leaving him to live and die by himself = leaving him to fend for himself.

[5] Hampering the students progress is an idiom meant to criticize teachers for their incompetence.Hampering the students progress is an idiom meant to criticize teachers for their incompetence.