Pure Moon Chan Heart Academy.
Ji Muqing wore a light robe beneath an apricot-yellow outer gown. Sitting cross-legged on the couch, she listened without blinking as Xiang Yuan answered her doubts about cultivation.
From time to time, a resentful look flickered through her eyes as she lamented that her martial uncle had gone back on his word. He had promised to come guide her cultivation in a couple of days, yet once he left, he was gone for over a month.
Smack!
Xiang Yuan struck Ji Muqing atop the head with his ruler, putting on the face of a strict teacher. "Stop letting your mind wander. Listen properly."
"Oh."
Xiang Yuan spoke for half an hour, resolving all of Ji Muqing's doubts. he personally taught her how to turn true qi into a sword, as well as the tricks to using protective Gang Qi.
Though he was eager to hitch a ride on Ji Muqing's ascension passage, he was not the sort to stop at nothing for his goal—at least, not when it came to his own people. To ensure Ji Muqing achieved complete success, he held nothing back in his guidance.
Xiang Yuan had come this far step by step; he was no cultivation ignoramus. He had encountered every difficulty Ji Muqing faced. Whatever she asked, he had an answer.
"Muqing, have you kept up with your external supplementation lately?"
"I have."
"Then why are you progressing so slowly?"
Xiang Yuan knowingly asked the question. He granted every request Bai Yue made of him, but he was somewhat more restrained with Ji Muqing. He did not give her much blood tonic, only barely enough to get by—not enough for her to overtake others on a bend.
"My aptitude is dull. I have failed your deep affection, Martial Uncle." Ji