Dugu Bo now recalls the scene from four years ago when he first saw Gu Yi.
Beneath that youthful and tender appearance lies an incredibly cold heart. That heart didn't need warmth or love.
It needed hot, flowing blood to make it warm. And the source of that blood was those high and lofty figures.
.....
Dugu Bo didn't stay here for long. After all, he had to go back and look after that stubborn granddaughter of his.
Gu Yi, the freak, was impossible to catch up to. Why couldn't such a fine young man be his grandson-in-law?
In less than a day, the seven monsters had returned to the academy.
Gu Yi was then found by Zhu Zhuqing.
The reason was simple: she couldn't learn the Lingbo Weibu. Without a foundation in the Book of Changes, even if the martial art were presented to her, it wouldn't be of much use.
Moreover, Gu Yi had said before that she could come to him anytime if she had any questions.
Gu Yi looked at the faint black aura in her pupils and frowned, reminding her "You should stop." Zhu Zhuqing seemed to be on the verge of demonic possession. In just seven days, she had absorbed a large amount of Yin energy, and her spirit power level, which had just broken through, had also increased by a lot.
This speed could be described as extremely fast, but it also had its drawbacks. Zhu Zhuqing might not be able to control this technique. If her mind was controlled by the technique, then it wouldn't be her cultivating the technique, but the technique driving her cultivation.
"No, I can't stop." For the first time, Zhu Zhuqing refused Gu Yi's suggestion, shaking her head in opposition. During this period, she felt her strength rapidly increasing, much faster than before. This was a real opportunity for her to break free from her fate, and even death couldn't stop her.
Gu Yi understood. Zhu Zhuqing was now trapped in paranoia, like a drowning person clinging to a straw, refusing to let go even if it meant death. Because this wasn't just a straw, it was hope. For someone long accustomed to despair, the longing for light, for hope, was something ordinary people couldn't understand. Perhaps, a life that seemed ordinary to others was a pursuit that someone spent their entire life searching for.
For Zhu Zhuqing, it was the same, just like becoming Dai Mubai's fiancée. She had long become a drowning person, and strength was her last straw. Otherwise, with her innate talent at Rank 7, to be able to cultivate to Rank 27 before the age of twelve, how much effort had she put in, something ordinary people couldn't imagine.
However, this also made Gu Yi realize a problem. Tang San having full innate spirit power from birth, and with techniques like the Mysterious Heaven Technique, shouldn't have only been two levels higher than Zhu Zhuqing at twelve years old.
At the beginning, Zhu Zhuqing was three levels lower than Tang San, and she was three levels lower in innate talent. In six years, not only had the gap between them not widened, but it had even been narrowing continuously. This was an incredible phenomenon.
Perhaps Tang San's own talent wasn't outstanding in itself, but because of the blessing of the Mysterious Heaven Technique, he became a genius in the eyes of the world as a full innate Spirit Master from birth.
This thought didn't linger in his mind for long before he pushed it aside.
After all, there was still the troublesome Zhu Zhuqing to deal with.
Generally, for students who didn't listen to discipline, the best method was to give them a beating. At least when he was being taught about medicinal herbs, he was often beaten severely. He would never forget that feeling.
Gu Yi had experienced these things when he was young. But for someone like Zhu Zhuqing in this situation, he couldn't just pull down her pants and spank her. That would be unethical.
"As you wish, follow me." Gu Yi took Zhu Zhuqing to the place where he had once practiced Lingbo Weibu.
"These Plum Blossom Piles was set up according to the steps above. As long as you can complete this routine at your own pace as quickly as possible, then you'll be considered to have grasped it."
They had discovered this thing a long time ago, at that time it was only Tang San who seemed to be pondering it. After a few tries, nothing was discovered, so they didn't continue researching. As for the others, they had never seen such a thing, and they didn't think it was useful either.
Now Gu Yi said that it was set up for practicing Lingbo Weibu. How could she not be surprised?
Gu Yi didn't have much time to spend on Zhu Zhuqing now. As time went on, he couldn't continue to delay. Otherwise, if he didn't have the strength to deal with everything by then, it would be a real failure.
Zhu Zhuqing looked at the secret book in her hand, then at the Plum Blossom Piles, and finally, her gaze fell on Gu Yi's departing figure. It seemed like every time, she was watching his departing figure.
Zhu Zhuqing agilely mounted the Plum Blossom Piles and, following the instructions in the secret book and the faint traces left on the piles, began to walk upon it.
Now, every student in Shrek had their own tasks, and Gu Yi had his own as well. Since he had embarked on the path of physical cultivation, naturally, he needed to enhance himself.
Gu Yi took out a bunch of herbs and a golden piece from his Treasure Pouch. The herbs came from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. And the golden piece was a piece of whale gelatin. He wouldn't forget such a precious treasure like whale gelatin. Not only could it could enhance physical qualities but it could also increase the limit for absorbing spirit rings.
However, thousand-year whale gelatin was extremely rare, and people of this era didn't know how to properly utilize whale gelatin. Moreover, the current sea was much more dangerous than the Star Dou Great Forest.
So, even though he had asked Dugu Bo to start collecting it a few years ago, he only managed to collect a dozen pieces.
Not even a piece of ten-thousand-year whale gelatin. After all, Dugu Bo's strength was all about poison. If he were to personally hunt down ten-thousand-year whale gelatin, not only would it be dangerous, but even if he obtained it, he would not dare to consume it.
The essence of whale gelatin was actually a more potent aphrodisiac, and part of its effects were permanent. Gu Yi intended to use the whale gelatin and herbs to refine a bucket of medicinal bath for himself. To enhance his vitality.
However, he still kept some of the whale gelatin and herbs aside. After all, without Immortal Grass, it would be almost impossible for Shrek to become champions in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Grand Competition across the continent. They could only strengthen themselves in other aspects. Only by becoming champions could everything else proceed smoothly.
Gu Yi looked towards Heaven Dou City, believing that there was another person also working hard for this matter.
Though the roads may be different, the goal was the same.
(End of this chapter)