Chapter 527 - Cultivation Obstacle (1/2)

In the night, a crescent moon hung in the sky and it was curved like the arched eyebrow of a beautiful woman. In the courtyard, the wind blew the leaves and they rustled across the floor. Xiao Chen was bathing in the house. After going through Body Refining Realm today, he felt very tired, as if his True Energy had not been fully restored yet.

No, in truth, it was not because his True Energy was not completely restored. Rather, his body had become stronger and was able to store even more and purer True Energy. Just like the bathtub that he was currently bathing in. If the bathtub had been double its size, then the water inside would only fill half of it, and that would not be enough for him to bathe in.

Xiao Chen took a deep breath. He knew that he had to refine his cultivation level as soon as possible, otherwise, he would be in such an inoperative state. He could not even make use of the strength that was available before. It was supposed to be a good thing, but it became a bad thing instead.

Moreover, if this continued for a long time, his body would then adapt to the empty True Energy, and would slowly return to its previous state. If so, today’s Body Refining Realm would have been in vain.

Frowning, he thought, “If only Bai Ying was here. She would surely think of a way to help me and even use all kinds of herbs to give me a medicated bath. But now…” Xiao Chen looked at the meagre amount of herbs floating in the water. These had been hastily picked by him on the island of Wind-heeding Pavilion on the way back this afternoon, while enduring the pain.

“Alas… changing a master is like changing from a biological mother to a stepmother…”

Xiao Chen sighed. In the past, when he was in Three Pure Sect, Bai Ying had always been there for him. Now in the Cloud Mist Academy, he had created such a hoo-ha in the newcomer area and almost lost his life. However, after returning in the afternoon, Shui Yue did not even come to look in on him. To think that he was so angry, when she had been mocked by others.

For some reasons, Xiao Chen felt a little aggrieved. If it had been any of the other three grandmasters, if their disciples made such a big hoo-ha in the newcomers’ district, they might turn up at the newcomers’ district in person. As for Shui Yue… why was she like this?

“Sigh…”

Xiao Chen sighed again. Now, he finally knew how great Bai Ying was. But back then, he did not even address her as master… and did not even address her nicely.

While he was sighing, there were light footsteps in the corridor outside the house. The footsteps stopped at the door. Xiao Chen picked up the towel on the bathtub and covered his body. He said, “Come in, Chu Qi.”

“Creak!” The door opened and Chu Qi came in with a stack of clean clothes. After putting them on the table next to the bathtub, she turned around and wanted to leave. Xiao Chen called to her. “Wait, you stay here first.”

Chu Qi stopped in her tracks and turned around again. She said placidly, “I can kill someone on behalf of you, Lord, but I won’t…” In the end, her voice gradually tapered off.

Xiao Chen turned his head and looked at her in a strange manner. “I did not ask you to kill anyone. I am just saying that I was not the one who induced the Li Fire Formation today. Did you see who did it? I bet that Beigong Qin did not even have the guts to do that.”

“Oh.” Chu Qi pursed her lips and said, “I saw Baili Xiaohualuo.”

“Baili Xiaohualuo?” Xiao Chen frowned. Then he hit the edge of the bathtub with his palm, which almost cracked it. He said resentfully, “He wanted to kill me. I knew that bastard had no good intentions from the start!”

“If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first.”

“Wait!” Xiao Chen stopped her and said, “Be careful these few days. Also, I am going to enter into cultivating mode completely. I will leave Yang Qing to you.”

After that, Xiao Chen took out a few jade notes from his Divine Vessel and said, “This is a Spiritual message jade note. If Yang Qing and the others have any news, they will send a message through the jade note from their side.”

“Oh.” Chu Qi took the jade note and was about to leave, when Xiao Chen stopped her again and said, “Wait!”

“Do you have any other orders, Lord?”

“Well…” Xiao Chen touched his head and said bashfully, “Well… can you, can you, um…”

“No.” Chu Qi said coldly. Then she immediately turned around and left.

“Ah! Chu Qi, wait! Don’t get me wrong!” Xiao Chen immediately stopped her and said with a smile, “I just want to say, can you… lend me your ten Mystic Stones first?”

“Don’t worry! I’ll definitely return it!” Xiao Chen immediately added. He had no choice now. He always felt that something big was about to happen in the future, but his 10 Mystic Stones were not enough. His position on the Earth Ranking had also been pushed down. The next time he would be receiving the Mystic Stones would be at least a month later, but he could not wait anymore.

“Oh.” Chu Qi moved her lips gently. She then took out eight Mystic Stones from her Divine Vessel and placed them on the table. She said, “I used two of them earlier.” After that, she walked out of the house.

“I will definitely return it to you!” Xiao Chen shouted from behind. However, Chu Qi had already left. He always felt that it was a little embarrassing to ask a girl for something.

The next morning, Xiao Chen regained some of his energy upon waking up, but he still felt a little tired. Probably because he had over exerted himself yesterday, but he still had to go to the training area in the back mountain today. Although the Spiritual Qi in the fourth district was not as good as the qi in the first and second district, it was still better than nothing.

Chu Qi had been waiting at the gate of the courtyard. Today, she was wearing a light purple dress. The sunlight seemed to cast a faint purple halo over her.