Preparing to Cultivate

Su Ru paused her actions as she looked at Ye Yun, tears welling up in his eyes. She quickly comforted him in a gentle voice, "Little Yun, don't cry. I'll teach your senior sister a lesson right now and see if she dares to bully you again." With that, she made a move as if to hit Tian Ling'er.

Seeing this, Ye Yun's small face flushed, and he quickly said, "No, it's not like that, Master's wife. I just remembered my mother. It has nothing to do with Senior Sister."

Su Ru breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. It was good that Ling'er hadn't bullied him, as both her hands were equally dear to her. Nevertheless, she sternly reprimanded Tian Ling'er, who hadn't left yet, "Your junior brother is still young. As his senior sister, you shouldn't bully him, but protect him. Do you understand?"

"Got it~" Tian Ling'er drew out her words and made a face at Ye Yun before leaving. A few seconds after Tian Ling'er left, a world-shattering scream came from the adjacent room, finally making Ye Yun feel a little more balanced.

Zhang Xiaofan had been taken by Tian Ling'er to chop Black Knot Bamboo, while Ye Yun was carried by Su Ru to the kitchen. After a delicious breakfast and a hot bath, he changed into clean clothes. Then, still in Su Ru's arms, he was brought to the study in Shou Jing Hall to begin his tedious studies.

Time flew by, and three months passed in the blink of an eye. During these three months, under Su Ru's tutelage, Ye Yun not only successfully mastered the written language of this world but also learned the meridians and acupoints of the human body one by one. Now, there was no problem for him to cultivate Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao. On the other hand, Zhang Xiaofan, just like in the original story, spent his days learning Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao from the Qingyun Sect and his nights cultivating the Great Brahma Prajna of the Tianyin Temple. His efforts over the past three months were almost entirely in vain, leaving Tian Buyi very disappointed.

In fact, this couldn't be blamed on Zhang Xiaofan's dull aptitude. After all, Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao involved cultivating Qi, which required opening all seven orifices of the body to draw in spiritual energy from heaven and earth, circulating it through the meridians to strengthen the body's vital energy and internal network. Great Brahma Prajna, however, required entering a state of Nirvana, sealing off all sensory and conscious thoughts, treating oneself as a world, seeing one's own nature, and using profound true essence to consolidate the foundation.

The two cultivation methods were diametrically opposed, causing Zhang Xiaofan immense suffering. Even though he had spent all his time, apart from his daily unwavering task of chopping bamboo on the mountain, diligently cultivating these two great techniques over the past three months, he still made no progress. This was because whenever he achieved a small success in Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao, with his body's orifices just beginning to open and spiritual energy entering his body, the Great Brahma Prajna would then forcefully close all the orifices, entering the state of Nirvana, forcing him to start all over again. All his efforts were almost in vain, but perhaps this was one of the reasons for his eventual meteoric rise.

This wasn't Ye Yun's idle speculation. Cultivating Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao opened all the body's orifices, drawing spiritual energy into the body to strengthen the body's vital energy and internal network. Cultivating Great Brahma Prajna, on the other hand, sealed off all sensory and conscious thoughts, treating oneself as an independent world to consolidate the foundation. This meant that the spiritual energy Zhang Xiaofan gained during the day would be completely converted into nutrients to nourish his body by Great Brahma Prajna at night, used to consolidate his foundation and improve his aptitude. In other words, although Zhang Xiaofan hadn't managed to cultivate any magic power, his foundation had been unknowingly laid exceptionally firm, so firm that it was overflowing.

Perhaps this was the blessing of a simpleton. If someone else were in this situation, they would have long stopped cultivating Great Brahma Prajna. But Zhang Xiaofan endured it with all his grievances, showing that his future achievements were not solely because he was the protagonist, but because he had made efforts that ordinary people could hardly match.

Although Ye Yun knew Zhang Xiaofan's situation, he didn't envy him, nor did he have any intention of seeking out Great Brahma Prajna. After all, he was a man with a system. As long as he filled the system's energy, he could roam all the myriad worlds. And the myriad worlds were never short of all sorts of heaven-defying cultivation techniques. Moreover, he had an even more troublesome problem.

"Little junior brother, are you awake? It's time to get up for your afternoon cultivation." Before she arrived, Tian Ling'er's sweet voice could be heard. However, to Ye Yun, this sweet voice was no different from the devil's whisper. For the past three months, his tender little face hadn't gone a day without being manhandled by Tian Ling'er. He was, after all, a young man in his twenties. Although his body was only five or six years old and exquisitely crafted, making him look very cute, his actual age was over twenty.

How could a young man in his twenties accept being pinched on the face daily by a girl of thirteen or fourteen? But what could he do if he didn't accept it? Circumstances were beyond his control; he could only silently offer useless resistance, such as ignoring Tian Ling'er's calls and continuing to sleep in bed. Yes, he just didn't want to deal with Tian Ling'er, not because he wanted to oversleep, definitely not.

Over the past three months, Ye Yun had to endure Tian Ling'er's harassment every day, and he had become somewhat accustomed to it. After all, her tricks were limited to tickling, pulling off his blankets, and luring him with the aroma of food. On the other hand, Ye Yun had completely won over Da Huang with food, and now he could ride Da Huang all over the mountain, enjoying the thrill of having a mount. Of course, the most important thing was to have Da Huang catch a wild chicken or something for a change of diet. After all, Du Bishu's cooking was basically all vegetarian, and he was growing, so eating only vegetarian food wouldn't suffice.

Tian Ling'er had also become very familiar with Ye Yun and knew that he was pretending to be asleep. However, today she had brought out a trump card, and she wasn't afraid that this kid wouldn't give in.

Tian Ling'er cleared her throat and said in a flat tone, "Little junior brother is still sleeping? In that case, I'll go back and tell Mother to teach him Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao in a couple of days. You can have a good rest today."

After speaking, Tian Ling'er turned as if to leave. The moment she turned, she began counting in her heart. She understood Ye Yun very well. This kid had wanted to start cultivating even before he finished learning the characters. He was very enthusiastic about cultivation, and she didn't believe he could endure this and not get up.

As expected, she had only counted to two in her heart when Ye Yun sprang out of bed with lightning speed. He looked at her with burning eyes, and the intensity of his gaze made Tian Ling'er a little embarrassed, her pretty face subtly blushing.

"Senior sister, is that true? Is Mother really going to teach me the cultivation technique?" Hearing Tian Ling'er's words, Ye Yun could no longer remain calm. He had been looking forward to it every day for the past three months, hoping to start cultivating sooner. If it weren't for this almost obsessive anticipation, he wouldn't have mastered the written language of this world and the meridians and acupoints diagram in just three short months.

"Of course, it's true. Let's go, junior brother. Mother is waiting impatiently." Tian Ling'er also knew how eager Ye Yun was to start cultivating, so she didn't tease him further.