This Shouldn't Be

Shi Feizhe had finished his studies for the day and was about to go to sleep when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

"Junior Brother Shi, are you asleep?" Yin Tieyan asked.

"Not yet."

"Elder Hua just returned from outside and was very pleased to hear that Junior Brother has already mastered the Sun Moon United Heart Art. He wants to test Junior Brother. I wonder if Junior Brother is free at the moment?" Yin Tieyan said.

"Free! Of course, I'm free!" Shi Feizhe said, "After the test is successful, the reward money will be issued, and I can repay Senior Brother Yin!"

Yin Tieyan's mouth twitched outside the door. If anyone said that Shi Feizhe was quite scheming and harbored ill intentions towards their sect, he would be the first to stand up against it. His interactions over the past few days made him feel that besides being a bit erratic, Shi Feizhe spoke quite maturely.

At other times, he treated everyone equally, with sincerity and enthusiasm.

Seeing Shi Feizhe open the door, he felt that this was also good, so as to avoid having to think of other ways to trick Shi Feizhe.

"Junior Brother, please!" Yin Tieyan went to his room, lit a lantern, and said.

The two of them, under the cover of night, went together to the Martial Transmission Hall.

Inside the Martial Transmission Hall, several candles, as white as jade and as thick as teacups, were lit, illuminating the hall brightly, comparable to daytime.

"We meet again! Shi Feizhe!" Hua Wushuang looked at Shi Feizhe with a smile, motioning for him to make himself at home and sit down.

Shi Feizhe, following what Yin Tieyan had taught him on the way, bowed and said, "Greetings, Elder Hua."

After bowing, he sat on the stool with half of his backside.

Before, Shi Feizhe was a tool, so naturally, no one needed to teach him etiquette. Now that Shi Feizhe was somewhere between a tool and one of their own, Yin Tieyan naturally taught him etiquette.

"I had some matters to attend to in the past few days. Today, I heard from Yin Tieyan that you have mastered the Sun Moon United Heart Art, and I am very pleased." Hua Wushuang first said some polite words, then continued, "I will simply test your progress in the Sun Moon United Heart Art to see how you have cultivated, so that we can choose a day to burn incense and formally accept you as a disciple!"

"Elder Hua, please test me!" Shi Feizhe said.

"Then recite the Sun Moon United Heart Art!"

Shi Feizhe recited it as instructed. Hua Wushuang said with satisfaction, "Then tell me about your cultivation experience!"

"After entering meditation, I visualized the Sun Moon Mirror..." Shi Feizhe recounted his cultivation experience.

"Hmm~ Not bad, not bad!" Hua Wushuang praised, "Spirit without me, I without spirit. What does that mean?"

Shi Feizhe replied, "Spirit is not without me, but I am within the body. Spirit is like something born from nothing, giving birth to me, hence I am without spirit."

"TheQi of splitting the spirit, what does that mean?"

"Illuminating the spirit to see the person, what does that mean?"

"Absorb..."

Hua Wushuang asked seven or eight questions in a row, and Shi Feizhe answered them all fluently. Hua Wushuang continued to ask until he had asked everything he wanted to, and Shi Feizhe's mouth was dry from answering.

This test was too detailed!

Is the Sun Moon Radiance Sect always so rigorous in its work?

It's more troublesome than a state-owned enterprise's second interview!

"Good, good, good!" Hua Wushuang said with a smile, "Shi Feizhe, you answered very well! From the perspective of me, the Elder of Transmission, you have cultivated very well! However, I still need to report to the Sect Master, after all, within the sect, everything must be decided by the Sect Master!"

This damn sect clearly has only a hundred or so people, so why is the bureaucracy so serious!

Shi Feizhe complained in his heart, but said aloud, "Then I will go back and wait for news!"

"As early as tomorrow, as late as two or three days!" Hua Wushuang turned to Yin Tieyan and said, "It's too late, you two should go back!"

"Yes! Martial Uncle Hua!" After Yin Tieyan and Shi Feizhe bowed together, they left the Martial Transmission Hall.

Watching the two of them leave, Leng Qingqiu walked out from the partition and asked, "What do you think?"

Hua Wushuang thought for a moment and said, "In my opinion, Shi Feizhe does not seem to be lying."

"Indeed!" Leng Qingqiu sat on the stool Hua Wushuang had vacated, playing with a Field Yellow Paperweight, and said, "I listened carefully from the side. When Shi Feizhe spoke, his heartbeat, breathing, and speaking speed were all normal."

"When answering, his logic was rigorous, and he explained many points that we were confused about clearly."

"Such talent in the younger generation is truly enviable!" Leng Qingqiu said.

"Then he cannot be kept! Should we..." Hua Wushuang said.

"Not in a hurry for now. Let's see. If he is truly a talented disciple, recruiting him won't be a problem! The sect always needs to be passed down, and having more talented disciples is not a bad thing!" Leng Qingqiu sighed and said, "Leng Qianye only thinks about the position of Sect Master, how could he understand the responsibility of the Sect Master!"

"Since Leng Qianye is like this, should the Sect Master inform the City Lord?"

"The City Lord is more supportive of me! Leng Qianye has already violated the City Lord's taboo! As dogs, unless we break through with strength and become True Person Realm experts, we can only be on equal footing with the City Lord! The Jianghu, after all, is a place that values strength!" Leng Qingqiu said with a cold laugh.

"After Shi Feizhe accidentally cultivated the No Thought Divine Separation Art and then explained it again, I actually gained some insights!" He added.

"I will now prepare the Quiet Room for the Sect Master and protect the Sect Master!"

"Then I will trouble you!"

"The Sect Master is too kind!"

Leng Qingqiu came to the Quiet Room that Hua Wushuang had prepared for him, sat down cross-legged, recalling the joy of obtaining the No Thought Divine Separation Art years ago, the twists and turns of deciphering the No Thought Divine Separation Art over the years, until today when he heard Shi Feizhe explain the No Thought Divine Separation Art, only then did he feel something in his heart.

He closed his eyes and immediately entered a state of meditation. In his sea of consciousness, there was a sun emitting bright light and a moon emitting cold light.

This was the representation of the yin and yang of heaven and earth!

It's just that now the Great Sun and the Bright Moon are both somewhat damaged and their spirits are weak.

That was many years ago when he forcefully broke through to Circulatory Heaven, injuring his spirit, causing his vital essence to be insufficient and his spirit to be injured, leading to a decrease in true qi and an inability to break through to the True Person Realm.

His path forward was cut off; he could only wait for death!

Fortunately, there was still the No Thought Divine Separation Art. He visualized a mirror and saw himself clearly through the mirror.

In the mirror, a figure younger than him slowly appeared. That was how he looked when he was young, the most spirited and ambitious time of his life.

Following the No Thought Divine Separation Art and what Shi Feizhe had said, he prepared to split his "spirit" into two, one part visualizing the Great Sun and the other visualizing the Bright Moon, thus slowly repairing the damage he had suffered in the past.

The result... he actually couldn't do it!

???

He felt confused. Everything had gone smoothly up to this point, but now he was stuck.

Splitting the spirit into two, using one mind for two purposes, he just couldn't do it!

Thinking about what Shi Feizhe had said, it seemed that at this step, he had to face the self in the mirror, recognize himself, until the person in the mirror and the person outside the mirror were both himself, both the "spirit" of the heart, only then would it be considered successful.

Leng Qingqiu visualized until midnight, but he didn't become the person in the mirror, nor did his spirit split into two!

Shi Feizhe could practice it, but he couldn't?

That shouldn't be the case!

Is something wrong somewhere?

At this point, he still had a chance to stop!