Chu Feng: Xu Caichen Was the One Who Had Cultivated for Two and a Half Years

It was very late at night.

Xiaozhuo has been feeling down lately. Her husband comes home drunk every day and then goes to his study to practice meditation, showing absolutely no intention of making love to her.

She peeked through the crack in the door, pouting as she looked at Xu Caichen in the study. Her husband was completely absorbed in his book, muttering strange, incoherent sentences.

Xiaozhuo was also a daughter of an official, so she was naturally educated. She could understand every word her husband read, but when put together, it gave her a sense of disbelief, even making her wonder if she had misremembered or if her husband was ruining the teachings of the Saint.

"Learning without thinking is futile; thinking without learning is dangerous."

As Xu Caichen finished speaking, he muttered, "If you learn my martial arts but not my thoughts, you will be confused; if you learn my thoughts but not my martial arts, you will die."

Half-asleep, his hazy eyes suddenly lit up, and he exclaimed with great joy, "I understand! I understand! Analects of Swinging is indeed a supreme and profound truth!"

Xiaozhuo covered her eyes with her hands. Just as she was about to complain about her husband's drunken antics, a beam of Literary Dao light suddenly pierced through the gap between her fingertips, making her eyes extremely uncomfortable.

She subconsciously moved her hand away slowly and looked into the study, where she saw Xu Caichen radiating the light of Literary Dao.

"My lord... you've succeeded!"

Upon hearing Xiaozhuo's voice, Xu Caichen immediately snapped out of his reverie. He disregarded everything else and ran straight to Xiaozhuo outside the door, embracing her tightly.

"I succeeded, Xiaozhuo, I succeeded! One day, I will definitely find the thousand-year-old spiritual fruit for you and help you rebuild your soul."

"Um."

Xiaozhuo nestled tightly in Xu Caichen's arms, her heart overflowing with happiness.

In the main courtyard not far away.

Chu Feng and Elder Bing fell silent at this moment.

This was their usual way of interacting. Suddenly, Chu Feng's face lit up with joy, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

"Caichen laid the foundation for Confucian Dao Foundation."

He had just received a notification from the system that Xu Caichen had successfully Foundation Establishment in Confucian Dao, and had truly embarked on the path of cultivation.

Upon hearing this, Elder Bing's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and he murmured, "Could drinking really help with cultivation?"

Chu Feng smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true. Take Elder Bing, for example; he's not suited to comprehending the Dao through drinking."

Elder Bing breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, for he certainly didn't enjoy a life of constant hangovers.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Chu Feng didn't say anything more, "It's getting late, Elder Bing, you should go and rest."

"Um."

Elder Bing responded and then left with the foot-washing water.

Chu Feng closed the door, muttering to himself, "So it was Caichen. It's been half a year already. I wonder when Beixuan will return. The Outer Sect Grand Competition is about to begin."

Achoo!

In a dilapidated temple hundreds of miles away from the Dao-Seeking Academy.

Ye Beixuan suddenly sneezed. He rubbed his nose and continued cultivating. He was about to break through another small realm. As long as he broke through to the Dao Foundation Fifth Realm, he would definitely be able to break through to the Dao Foundation Sixth Layer before the Grand Competition. At that time, the Outer Sect Grand Competition would definitely be his.

The next morning, he got up, tidied himself up, and flew towards the direction of the Dao-Seeking Academy.

Several hours later, Ye Beixuan finally saw the familiar Dao-Seeking Academy. After landing, he quickened his pace, eager to report the good news to his master as soon as possible.

Just then, a voice tinged with dissatisfaction came from not far away.

"Ye Beixuan, why are you walking so fast? Are you afraid to see Sister Qing?"

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Ye Beixuan's face immediately showed disgust. He slowly turned his head and saw Ning Keke looking at him with a condescending expression.

Standing beside her were two men and one woman; the men were two cultivators dressed in the robes of inner disciples.

The woman was Su Qing was wearing a deep blue dress.

Unlike her previous life, Su Qing now has an inner disciple by her side, but it is no longer her second senior brother.

Ning Keke was still accompanied by her Daoist partner from her previous life, Yan Xu, an elite disciple of the Sword Dao Institute.

The two inner disciples saw that Ye Beixuan didn't say anything, but carefully looked him over. They didn't pay any attention to the fact that the boy was wearing the clothes of an outer disciple.

Ye Beixuan said calmly, "Why wouldn't I dare to see her? It's just that I'm not familiar with you, and it would be impolite to keep staring at her."

"You!"

Ning Keke rendered speechless by Ye Beixuan's words and could only clench her teeth and glare at him.

"Don't think you're superior just because you have a senior brother. In the Dao-Seeking Academy, it ultimately comes down to individual cultivation."

In recent days, Ning Keke had also inquired about Ye Beixuan's whereabouts and learned that he had left the Miscellaneous Dao Institute after staying there for less than a few months.

In her view, Ye Beixuan was driven down the mountain because he failed to meet the requirements of that Half-Saint Chu.

Otherwise, given Half-Saint Chu's ability to teach disciples, if Ye Beixuan could have learned some real skills from him, he would have already become a True Fate cultivator.

She would never be so Wuming again, so Ning Keke had been waiting for an opportunity to get revenge for the humiliation she had suffered last time.

She certainly wouldn't dare to provoke the Miscellaneous Dao Institute; any one of the big shots there could easily crush her.

But she didn't take Ye Beixuan, who had no foundation or talent, seriously at all.

Having encountered them today, I naturally intend to thoroughly humiliate them.

Ye Beixuan chuckled upon hearing Ning Keke's words, "I didn't expect that you, who usually seem so clueless, could be so clever for once. But your little bit of cleverness isn't enough. Since you know that the Dao-Seeking Academy is a place where strength speaks, why did you still come to provoke me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a chill flashed in Ye Beixuan's eyes, causing Ning Keke to take several steps back with just one glance.

Upon seeing this, Yan Xu, who was standing next to Ning Keke, immediately took half a step forward and looked at Ye Beixuan with disdain.

"Junior brother, making things difficult for a woman is not how a real man behaves!"

Although his voice wasn't loud, the pressure he exuded was undeniable, giving off an air of intimidation.

Ye Beixuan remained unfazed, asking mockingly, "Senior brother, are you planning to bully the weak? Well then, I, Ye Beixuan, will have to call for reinforcements. I hope you won't regret it later."

"Um?"

Yan Xu immediately intensified his aura, and his expression instantly darkened.

Just then, Su Qing stepped forward and said, "Senior Brother Yan, you don't need to worry about such a trivial matter. Someone will teach him a lesson during the Outer Sect Grand Competition!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Xu's eyes flashed with amusement. He looked at Ye Beixuan and said, "So your name is Ye Beixuan, right? Wait here for the Outer Sect Grand Competition."

Ye Beixuan shrugged nonchalantly. "That's right, I am Ye Beixuan. I hope Senior Brother Yan can bring a little challenge to my upcoming Outer Sect Grand Competition."

Having said that, he turned and left without looking back, leaving behind a crowd with various expressions...