Chapter 157 (2/2)
Li Yundong took a deep breath and placed his right hand on Zi Yuan's wrist
Zi Yuan turned her head to look at Zhou Qin”Do you want to come with us?”
Zhou Qin shook her head”I'll stay and handle the cops”
Zi Yuan nodded”Just remember that discretion is key”
Zhou Qin smiled”I know”
Zi Yuan returned Zhou Qin's sht then how alike Zi Yuan and Zhou Qin were: calnified; badass chicks who exuded confidence and poise in spades
If Zhou Qin was the Ice Queen of the mortal world, then Zi Yuan was probably the Ice Queen of the Cultivation worldThose tere two sides of the sa said”Thank you for everything you've done forlike this is goodbye” She shrugged”It's not”
Li Yundong gave Zhou Qin a so,” Zi Yuan said
”Where to?” Ruan Hongling asked
Li Yundong was surprised by Zi Yuan's answer
”New Hongsheng District”
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A wave of sadness washed over Li Yundong when he opened the door to his apartmentAs expected, the apartment felt totally e had dropped him off in front of his block earlierBefore they parted ways, Ruan Hongling had passed hiiven hi hadn't at least tried to trade the tessen for the damaskMaybe she took pity on hiht
Li Yundong dragged the tessen through the doorway and set it down beside the couchDarkness per couldn't even suhtsTruth be told, he'd rather notSeeing everything inside the apartment—the couch, the TV, those cute hello Kitty slippers—would just remind hi roo doorHe stepped onto the balcony and then walked towards the railingTiannan City blinked back at hi decided to stopusefulHe pushed away fro the sliding door open
After that, he went around the apart doors, deliberately leaving Su Chan's roo rooot into a meditative posture
Seconds after he closed his eyes, he heard a voice
”What do you think you're doing?”
He opened his eyes and saw Ruan Hongling perched on the balcony's railing with one leg crossed over the other
Li Yundong shut his eyes again
”If this is about the dahed”It's there on the coffee tableTake it and leaveto pass the Zhuji phase? Now?” Ruan Hongling said in a tone of disbelief”Are you nuts?”
Groaning inwardly, Li Yundong opened his eyes”Is that a proble stared at hirown ten heads”Well, duh” Ruan Hongling rolled her eyes”You'll totally fail if you attempt it in your current state”
Annoyance flared inside Li Yundong”Why do you care anyway? I thought you'd be happy to seesnorted”Now please leave and stop bothering rateful bastard” Ruan Hongling growled”I' you out of the kindness ofsnarled”Have you forgotten what you did to Su Chan? You nearly killed her!”
Ruan Hongling's feet landed on the balcony's floor”You—”
A green flash lit up the balconyThe next thing he knew, Zi Yuan was there with one hand on Ruan Hongling's shoulder”What is the matter with you two? Geez” Zi Yuan shook her head”Grow up”
Li Yundong shot Ruan Hongling an apologetic glance, then sighed”Look, I apologize for ood time, okay?”
Zi Yuan stepped into the apartling folloith a dark scowl
Li Yundong got up froestured at the couch”Ulanced towards the kitchen”Do you want so to drinkor?”
”No, thank you,” Zi Yuan said, taking a seat on the couch
Li Yundong turned to Ruan Hongling next”What about you? Drinks? Ice-creaht a stab of pain in Li Yundong's heartSu Chan loved ice-crea in the apartment that didn't re kept staring at Ruan Hongling, waiting for her answerRuan Hongling's scowl deepened
Guess that's a no, then
”I know this is a difficult tiently”You want to pass the Zhuji phase quickly and then survive the Heavenly Thunder so that you can reunite with Su ChanI get that”
Li Yundong sighed and lowered his isn't the right way,” Zi Yuan said”In fact, it'll onlystared down at his empty handsHe kept quietHe didn't knohat else to say
”Hongling was right to say that you'll fail,” Zi Yuan continued”You aren't in the right state of ling with feelings of uncertainty, anger, sadness, and frustrationAll these eainst you when you try to sustain IshvaraDo you understand?”
Li Yundong sighed”Yeah”
”In any endeavor in Cultivation, peace of htly”There is a concept in Buddhism called the purification of the six sensesHave you ever heard of that?”
Li Yundong shook his head
”Well, in si in a state of mind where you are free from worldly troublesIt is with this state of mind that you'll betook a deep breath”So you're saying that I just have to sort out ain?”
Zi Yuan shook her head”I wouldn't even be here if it were that si frowned”OkayWhat else do I have to do?”
”Your Qi reserve is vast” Zi Yuan leaned back in the couch and crossed her legs”The amount of Qi you have is” She shared a look with Ruan Hongling”phenomenalPlus, the Jindan has made your Qi much more powerfulBasically, you now possess one of the most powerful types of Qi in the world, and you have it in spades” She looked into Li Yundong's eyes”I' to see why you are the Jindan's Heir”
”Why?”
”The Jindan's effects depend largely on its bearerGive it to a weakling, and the effects would beout the Jindan's full potentialHowever” Zi Yuan gave Li Yundong a pointed look”You aren't in the optiht now, you have oneraised a brow”Other than my state of mind?”
Zi Yuan nodded”Your Dantians lacks structural integrityWe need to condition your DantiansOtherwise your Vital Orb would be weak even if you ed to pass the Zhuji phase”
My Dantians? Li Yundong shook his head”SorryBut I don't follow”
Zi Yuan rose from the couch and said, ”Co stood up and followed Zi Yuan to the balconyOn the balcony, Zi Yuan did a few hand signs and n until—
Holy fcking shi+t! Li Yundong ducked when a large object flew across the railingThere was a soft thudWhen Li Yundong took a closer look at the object, he was once again taken by surprise”HeyIsn't that—” He quicklyHe zoo District's gatesA few azebo, but one of the zoolared at Zi Yuan”GreatNow I have to worry about vandalis on the wrong side of the law”
A ghost of a smile flitted across on Zi Yuan's lips
”Never mind that,” she said”NowI want you to punch this piece ofeyed the slab carefully, then nodded”Sure”
It was just a block of marbleHow hard could it be?