Profound Fire Pill King: What Young Man Would Observe Martial Virtue?

Time flies in the mountains; in the blink of an eye, Chu Feng had locked himself in his room for seven days and seven nights.

During these seven days, he didn't even show up during mealtimes. Even Elder Bing could only see Chu Feng writing furiously in his room during Plato time.

Although everyone knew that Chu Feng was writing something new for his junior brother, they had never seen their master treat them like this before.

Even the usually calm Xiao Chen was puzzled. Early this morning, after they finished their cultivation, they went to find Elder Bing.

"Master's wife, what kind of earth-shattering and awe-inspiring cultivation technique is Master writing? Why has he locked himself in his room for so long?"

Upon hearing the words "Master's wife," Elder Bing's face immediately flushed red. "Don't talk nonsense, I'm not your Master's wife yet."

"Please forgive me, Elder. I was just worried about my master," Xiao Chen said politely, leaving Elder Bing with no fault to find.

She said calmly, "Your master is currently painting, and I cannot disclose the specifics of the work."

Elder Bing still remembers it vividly. The painting Mr. Chu made was so strange. It was clearly a painting of a Confucian Dao Saint, yet it gave her the feeling of physical sainthood.

Just as everyone was discussing this, Chu Feng finally put down his paintbrush and bowed deeply to the painting of Fan, Ma, Saint Kong.

"Saint Kong, I have merely depicted the scene of you lifting the city gate with your bare hands. If there is anything inappropriate, I hope you will forgive Saint Kong."

As soon as he finished speaking, a Literary Dao light appeared on the portrait and shot straight into the sky.

The light of Literary Dao was a full ninety-nine feet tall, immediately attracting the attention of countless people from the Dao-Seeking Academy.

"Such a high level of Literary Dao! Could it be that Chief Chu has reached a new level in his Literary Dao practice?"

"Quickly, go and tell the chief this news."

"..."

When the disciples and elders wanted to pay their respects to the head of the academy, the heads of all the academies immediately announced that they would be going into seclusion.

Inside the Pill Dao Institute, the Profound Fire Pill King looked at the Marquis Netherflame beside him and said, "Elder, the affairs of the Pill Dao Institute will be handled by you from now on. I need to go into seclusion for three to five years to break through to the Half-Saint Realm."

The Grand Elder asked with a puzzled look, "Chief, isn't this a bit too hasty? Didn't you plan to go into seclusion ten years later?"

Profound Fire Pill King said irritably, "I'm late for this. Didn't you see that old man Jianwu has already gone into seclusion?"

If he hadn't held back and not revealed his true abilities when competing with Little Feng Xiao Chen, Little Feng, with her personality, would probably have already come knocking on that old guy's door and given him a good beating."

Marquis Netherflame said, "Chief, as far as I know, Chief Chu is a humble person. Logically speaking, he would not do such a thing as bullying the weak and abusing his power, which is devoid of martial ethics."

"Snort!"

Profound Fire Pill King sneered, "You old codger, you're getting more and more confused as you get older. Have you ever seen a young man who talks about martial ethics?"

Marquis Netherflame: "..."

He couldn't find a single reason to refute this statement. He muttered to himself, "No wonder those guys below were all rushing to give gifts to Chief Chu. They were afraid of getting beaten up."

The news that the nine chief masters had all gone into seclusion reached the dean's ears immediately.

Upon seeing this news, the dean's lips curled into a slight smile, "I didn't expect Little Feng to do such a good deed this time. In less than ten years, my Dao-Seeking Academy will produce a batch of Half-Saint."

An elder standing nearby asked, "Dean, if this happens, no one in our Dao-Seeking Academy will be able to fill the positions of the nine chief disciples. The ancestral lands will definitely send someone to take over. At that time, you might be sidelined, since every one of those geniuses from the Holy Lands is an unruly individual."

The dean chuckled and said, "Isn't Little Feng here? If they want to make things difficult for this old man, let them go and cause trouble for Little Feng first."

Upon hearing this, the elder couldn't help but mutter, "Dean, you're really cunning."

"Um?"

The dean then gave the elder beside him a look, and the latter immediately shut his mouth, not daring to say anything more.

Chu Feng, the instigator of all this, had no idea what kind of changes his painting would bring to the Dao-Seeking Academy.

He looked at the painting in front of him and nodded in satisfaction. "In this way, no one can question my persona anymore. I'm sure Caichen, this undead knight, is already impatient."

After Chu Feng finished speaking, he put the scroll away, and the strange phenomenon in the sky disappeared.

He carried a small booklet and a scroll, then pushed open the door and walked into the courtyard.

As soon as Chu Feng stepped outside, he saw Elder Bing staring in disbelief, along with a group of disciples.

Hearing the door open, everyone instinctively turned their gaze to Chu Feng.

We pay our respects to our Master/Teacher.

No need for formalities.

As Chu Feng spoke, he turned his gaze to Xu Caichen: "Caichen, have you been exercising these past few days?"

Xu Caichen cupped his hands and said, "Reporting to Master, this disciple is currently learning Taiji Fist with my senior brothers and sisters."

"Can."

As Chu Feng spoke, he gently pushed the booklet in his hand away.

The booklet floated towards Xu Caichen and finally stopped in front of him.

Xu Caichen carefully held the booklet and respectfully said, "Thank you, Master, for bestowing this teaching."

"Take a look first, and if there's anything you don't understand, then ask your teacher."

After Chu Feng finished speaking, he sat down at the stone table. He hadn't slept for seven days and seven nights, but he felt refreshed. Perhaps this was the joy of staying up all night to cultivate immortality.

However, doing this is somewhat harmful to the body, so I definitely won't do it again next time.

With a hint of curiosity, Xiao Chen and the others turned their gaze to the book in Xu Caichen's hands.

When they saw the first sentence on the first page of the book, they froze on the spot.

Confucius said: At thirty, I stood firm; at forty, I had no more doubts; at fifty, I knew the Heaven's Mandate; at sixty, my ear was attuned to the truth; at seventy, I could follow my heart's desire.

Note: The Saint said that a scholar's cultivation reaches the stage of standing firm: being able to remain standing even after facing 30 people.

The state of no confusion: Even when facing 40 people, there will be no doubts, and one will still act decisively.

The state of knowing one's Heaven's Mandate: When the opponent has 50 people, one's victory is predetermined.

"Ears attuned to reason" means that even when there are 60 people around, the other party is willing to listen to your reasoning.

From a mindset perspective: Even if there are more than 70 people on the other side, I can still fight however I want.

Just a single footnote caused many to begin questioning the meaning of life.

Cao Youqian asked with a puzzled look, "Master, we are also educated people. Are you sure this is the correct interpretation of the Analects of Confucius?"

The others nearby didn't speak, but they nodded in agreement.

Xu Caichen felt a chill run down his spine; this was completely different from what he had learned in the private school.

Chu Feng smiled and said, "Why would your teacher need to lie to you? Of course, if you want to understand the Analects of Swinging, you must study the portrait of the Confucian sage every day. Caichen, please continue."

As he spoke, he pointed at the painting, and the painting flew towards Xu Caichen.

Xu Caichen was still in a daze, and was somewhat stunned when he received the portrait, mainly because the Analects of Swinging his master had passed on to him were too shocking.

Cao Youqian said impatiently, "Junior brother, quickly open it and let us see it, so we can broaden our horizons."

"Oh."

Xu Caichen responded and then came to his senses. He carefully unrolled the scroll.

What came into view was a robust old man who exuded Literary Qi.

If it weren't for the powerful Literary Dao emanating from the painting, Xu Caichen would have suspected that his master was deliberately teasing him.

The people behind him, looking at the old man in the painting, almost stumbled and fell to their knees.

Elder Bing was greatly alarmed: there was actually True Essence of the Great Dao within this painting.

Xu Caichen slowly put away the scroll and asked, "Master, I have heard that the Confucian sage advocated benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, as well as the combination of virtue and talent. Why did I not find any clues in this painting?"

Chu Feng laughed and said, "Who told you that this painting doesn't depict benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness, as well as virtue and talent? As long as you can comprehend the Analects of Swinging, you will naturally understand the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness advocated by Saint Kong, as well as virtue and talent. At that time, you can go anywhere in this vast world."

Upon hearing this, Xu Caichen immediately knelt down. "Disciple thanks Master for imparting the Dharma."