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Chapter 470: Contest

Once everyone beside Xiao Hua left, Yuan returned to the waiting room and proceeded to continue studying the Ancient-rank fist technique.

Even though he clearly showed great compatibility with the technique, Yuan was unable to learn this technique as easily as he learned the other techniques.

'As expected of an Ancient-rank technique. I cannot learn it as quickly as I learned the other techniques.' Yuan thought to himself.

'Now that I think about it, the Dragon's Gaze is also an Ancient-rank technique, and it took me a couple of weeks to learn that technique. Although only a week had passed in real-time, I had experienced many weeks while I was studying the technique inside my head, so I should still count it as such.'

If he uses the Dragon's Gaze as an example, he will probably need at least a few weeks to learn the fist technique.

Though, this didn't discourage Yuan. In fact, it only made him study the technique even more seriously.

Time passed extremely quickly while Yuan was absorbed in studying the technique, and before he was aware, the ladies returned to his side with new techniques in their grasp.

"We're back, brother." Yu Rou said to him.

Yuan opened his eyes and looked at them.

Both Meixiu and Xia Jingyi were holding a single scroll while Yu Rou had two scrolls.

Yuan looked around for Lan Yingying.

"Brother? Who are you looking for?" Yu Rou asked him.

"Yingying. She's still looking for a technique," he said.

"Yingying? Who?" Yu Rou raised her eyebrows.

It was at this moment Yuan realized that he had yet to tell Yu Rou about Lan Yingying.

"Uhhh… I forgot to introduce her to you, but her name is Lan Yingying, and she's like Xiao Hua and Feng Feng." Yuan gave her a brief explanation.

"Like Xiao Hua and Feng Feng?" Yu Rou pondered.

'Oh, I completely forgot… Brother Tian had acquired an Ancient-grade servant during the Mystic Realm… I wonder what she looks like...' Yu Rou recalled the announcement that shook the internet for an entire week.

About an hour later, a white-haired beauty entered the waiting room, instantly catching Yu Rou and Xia Jingyi's attention.

"I apologize for making you wait so long, my Lord." Lan Yingying said to him after she returned.

"My lord?" Yu Rou raised her eyebrows.

Lan Yingying bowed to Yu Rou and Xia Jingyi and said, "Hello. My name is Lan Yingying, and I am the Lord's servant."

'Servant? Is she roleplaying?' Xia Jingyi wondered inwardly, as she wasn't aware of Lan Yingying's true identity as a Divine Beast.

"Hello… I am Yu Rou, and I am Yu Tian's younger sister." Yu Rou introduced herself.

"Xia Jingyi, and I am Yu Rou's classmate." Xia Jingyi said.

"By the way, Yingying is an NPC," Yuan said to Xia Jingyi.

"Eh? Oh… Then she probably doesn't know about classmates… Well, we're something like fellow disciples of the same sect." Xia Jingyi explained herself afterward.

After their introduction, Yuan took them back to the young man at the reception diest.

"Six Heaven-rank techniques, huh? What about the ones you found previously? Do you still want them?" The young man asked them.

"No, we'll just take the new techniques." Yu Rou shook her head.

"I understand. I will place them back for you later."

"Sorry for the trouble," Yuan said.

"Don't mention it. I am merely doing my job."

The young man proceeded to log in the techniques they took, and after a couple of minutes, he handed the scrolls back to Yu Rou and the others.

"Alright. You're all set. Senior, you have 4 more free techniques for the rest of the year. It will reset at the beginning of next year."

"I understand. Thank you." Yuan nodded.

"See you next time, Seniors." The young man bowed to them as they left the place.

"Wow, it's already this late? I would like to study the new techniques, but we can do that later." Yu Rou said when she realized that it was already late at night.

"Goodnight."

After saying their goodbyes, they logged off the game.

"What kind of technique did you get, Meixiu?" Yuan asked her during dinner.

"Oh, it's a movement technique," she said.

"Eh? A movement technique? You only got one technique, right? What about a martial technique? Although having a movement technique is great, you cannot win a fight just by dodging." Yuan said.

"I think I will be fine for a while even without any martial techniques. I have plenty of hand-to-hand combat experience, so I should be fine even without a martial technique," she said in a confident voice.

"I mean, you should be fine without any martial techniques for now since you're still only a Spirit Apprentice in the game, but once you reach a higher cultivation, martial techniques are essential since everyone will have one, and you cannot fight martial technique with bare hands."

"Yes, I plan on learning a martial technique in the future, but for now, I am satisfied with just a movement technique," she said.

After dinner, Meixiu went to cultivate while Yuan practiced his Divine Sense.

The following morning, before they could even enter Cultivation Online, Yu Rou called Meixiu's phone.

"Morning, Meixiu."

"Good morning, Yu Rou. What's the matter?"

"Apparently there's a small contest in a nearby city. It's mostly for cultivators between the first level and the third level of Spirit Warrior. Do you want to participate in it? The winner even gets an Earth-rank cultivation technique."

"I don't really care. Do you intend on participating in it?" Meixiu said.

"Yes."

"Even though you just got two Heaven-rank techniques?"

"Hehe… You can never have too many techniques! If the Earth-rank technique isn't any good, I can simply sell it to other players for some money, and then I will give that money to Brother Tian so that I could feel less guilty about taking two Heaven-rank techniques for free." Yu Rou said.

"Also, it will be a good experience for us. Although I have fought plenty of magical beasts, I am still inexperienced with fighting other people."

"Okay. I will tell Yuan. Let's continue this talk inside the game." Meixiu said.

"Alright. See you two in a bit." Yu Rou then hung up.

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    Didn't they say below heaven rank is free, how come they are getting heaven rank for free.
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      probably something to do with translation from chinese and how things are said there. they might use different words that would have the meaning anything up to heaven rank but when actually translated it means anything below heaven rank. these things happen in translated novels after a while you don't even notice those things anymore.
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        This is english original novel.
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          oh well ignore me then
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      Reason- Retarded author.
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    me who stocked up 110 chapters and only has 20 left now is wondering why the releases are so slow now
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    Spoiler from later chapters though it does not really affect the plot though there is one thing you may not know that you would learn from this though you know it will happen.
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    The mature gender is coming (r-18)
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    471 Fiery Lotus

    After meeting up with Yu Rou and Xia Jingyi inside Cultivation Online, Yuan asked them, "You want to participate in a contest?"

    "Yes, there will be other players there as well." Yu Rou nodded.

    "Are you sure? I assume there will be a lot of players there since there is going to be a free Earth-rank technique." Yuan said.

    "Well, it won't hurt to take a look at the place. If there are too many people, we can leave." Yu Rou said.

    "Alright. How far is this place? Do we need to take a carriage there?"

    "No, it's only about a two-hour walk from here."

    They proceeded to leave Seashell City shortly after.

    A little over two hours later, they arrived at the city.

    However, they were immediately baffled by the number of people there.

    "Heavens…" Yu Rou mumbled in a dazed voice when she saw the sea of people outside the city waiting to go inside.

    If there were this many people outside the city, she can only imagine how many people were inside.

    "I have underestimated the value of an Earth-rank technique… probably because of you, brother…" Yu Rou sighed a moment later.

    "Do you still want to participate in the contest?" Yuan asked her with a smile on his face.

    "Uhhh… I will be shocked if we can enter the city before the contest is over," she sighed again.

    "What else do you want to do now?"

    "Well… I kind of want to study the technique I got yesterday."

    "Should we go to the Cultivators' Haven?"

    "Nah. I'm getting bored of the bland room inside the Cultivators' Haven. We can study outside for a change, and it's not like we're cultivating, so a little disturbance should be fine. There's a lake about a mile away. We can go there instead."

    "Alright. Let's go." Yuan nodded.

    Sometime later, they approached a beautiful lake with sparkling water.

    "Wow, this place is beautiful." Yu Rou said.

    "This place kind of reminds me of a school trip we had last year." Xia Jingyi said.

    "Oh, you mean the one we had towards the end of the year? I remember, but the water there wasn't this clear."

    "The atmosphere here is quite refreshing…" Yuan looked at the lake with a look of admiration.

    "This is your first time coming to a place like this, right?" Yu Rou said to him.

    "Yes… Our parents would never take us to these kinds of places, after all." He said with a bittersweet smile.

    "By the way, where's Miss Lan?" Xia Jingyi asked when she realized that she was gone.

    "Oh, she's right here," he said while pointing to the snake bracelet around his wrist.

    "Huh?" Xia Jingyi raised her eyebrows upon hearing this.

    "Come out for a bit, Yingying."

    The next moment, the white bracelet around his arms began moving, before transforming into Lan Yingying.

    Xia Jingyi's jaw dropped after seeing her transformation.

    "Y-You're not human?" Xia Jingyi asked.


    "No, I am a Divine Serpent," Lan Yingying said.

    "Do you want to see my beast form?"

    Xia Jingyi nodded with curiosity.

    "I also want to see it!" Yu Rou said.

    Lan Yingying then transformed into her serpent form.

    "Whoa! You're very big!" Yu Rou was dumbfounded when Lan Yingying transformed into a massive white snake larger than even a bus, almost like a mini train.

    "You have very pretty scales…" Xia Jingyi said with a dazzled look on her face.

    "Thank you."

    "Hmm? Jingyi, do you like snakes? I thought most girls hate snakes." Yu Rou said.

    "Yes, I like snakes. I find them very cute. In fact, I have a pet snake at home." Xia Jingyi nodded.

    "Really? I should visit your home one day."

    "You can come whenever." Xia Jingyi said.

    Sometime later, Lan Yingying returned to her human form.

    "I'm going to study the technique now." Yu Rou said to them before taking a seat by the lake and retrieving one of the two Heaven-rank techniques she'd recently acquired.

    Xia Jingyi followed her and also started studying her new technique.

    "What about you, Yingying? What kind of technique did you take?" Yuan asked her afterward.

    "Oh, it's a flame technique. I was hoping it'd synergize with my Sacred Fire," she said.

    Lan Yingying then took a seat somewhere in the shades under a tree and began studying the technique.

    "I'm also going to study my technique," Meixiu said before going to where Yu Rou and Xia Jingyi were studying.

    "Since everyone is studying, I might as well study too, but I kind of want to enjoy the scenery for a bit." Yuan proceeded to lay beside the lake and looked at the sparkling water for a whole hour before he started studying his own technique.

    After studying for a few hours, Lan Yingying was the first to learn her new technique.

    She then walked to the lake and started practicing her new technique.

    Lan Yingying took a deep breath, then she proceeded to summon her Sacred Fire on her palms.

    A white ball of fire appeared, and Lan Yingying controlled the Sacred Fire, transforming the ball of fire into the shape of a lotus.

    Once she was satisfied with the shape and its consistency, Lan Yingying tossed the lotus into the lake.

    Whoosh!

    The instant the lotus made of Sacred Fire touched the water, it spread out and covered a large portion of the lake in a sea of white flames.

    This attracted the attention of everyone there.

    "Wow, what beautiful white flames…" Xia Jingyi mumbled in a low voice, seemingly mesmerized by it.

    "Look at the flames! It's not going out even though it's touching the water! I have never seen anything like this before!" Yu Rou exclaimed when she noticed the fire wasn't going out as it laid on top of the water, making the lake look as though it was actually on fire.

    However, Lan Yingying wasn't satisfied with the results, so she continued to create these flaming lotuses until she ran out of spiritual energy.

    By the end of the day, Lan Yingying was capable of creating two lotuses at a time.

    "What kind of technique did you learn?" Yu Rou couldn't help but ask her towards the end of the day.

    "It's a technique called Fiery Lotus. It significantly enhances the power of flames, but it consumes a lot of spiritual energy," she said.

    "Really? It didn't look like it consumes a lot of spiritual energy because you've been shooting them all day." Yu Rou said.

    "That's because I made sure to limit the strength of the technique and focused on mastering the control first, and if I used the technique at its full strength, it'd disturb you guys."

    "Can you use its full strength now? I am curious."

    Lan Yingying nodded.

    She then created another lotus using her Sacred Fire, but it was much larger than all of her previous lotuses today.

    In fact, compared to the palm-sized lotuses she has been practicing with throughout the day, this one was as large as a large watermelon.

    Once she'd poured enough spiritual energy into the lotus, Lan Yingying tossed it towards the lake.

    The next moment, the lotus exploded into a fiery hell that consumed the entire lake, illuminating the somewhat dark place.

    "Wow! So pretty!" Yu Rou said as she watched the lake burn with white flames that danced on the surface of the water.

    Sometime later, Yu Rou and Xia Jingyi logged off after saying their goodbyes.

    Yuan and Meixiu also logged off shortly after.

    The following morning, Yuan and the others continued to study their techniques by the lake, and they would continue to do this for almost an entire week.

    The second person to finish learning her new technique was Meixiu.

    On the third day, she started trying out the movement technique, dancing around the place with stiff movements at first, eventually getting better.

    "Xiao Hua, can I borrow some of your time? I don't want to bother him since he's studying." Meixiu approached Xiao Hua on the fourth day.

    Xiao Hua nodded and followed Meixiu to a spacious area by the lake.

    "I would like to test out my movement technique. Can you try hitting me with something?" Meixiu asked Xiao Hua a moment later.

    Xiao Hua nodded and retrieved a sword from her storage ring.

    Meixiu immediately became nervous.

    Seeing Xiao Hua wielding a sword that was as long as her body was a weird experience.

    "D-Do you have anything else?"

    Xiao Hua shook her head, and then she said, "Don't worry, Xiao Hua won't hit you."

    "Okay…" Meixiu decided to trust Xiao Hua, and she took a long and deep breath to calm down.

    "Are you ready?" Xiao Hua asked a moment later.

    "Yes." Meixiu nodded with a focused look on her face.

    Xiao Hua then kicked her feet, closing their distance instantly.

    Once she was close enough, Xiao Hua swung the sword at Meixiu.

    Whoosh!

    The blade narrowly missed Meixiu.

    However, Xiao Hua didn't stop and continued to strike at her.

    Of course, Xiao Hua adjusted her speed to Meixiu's level. If she moved any quicker, Meixiu wouldn't be able to dodge it at all.

    "Ah!"

    Meixiu accidentally tripped a few minutes into their training, but there was a sword flying at her neck.

    Meixiu subconsciously closed her eyes and prepared for the worst.

    However, nothing happened even a moment later.

    Meixiu slowly opened her eyes, and to her surprise, the blade stopped a few inches away from her neck.

    "Are you okay?" Xiao Hua asked her in a calm voice.

    "Yes. Let's continue." Meixiu said after getting up.

    Xiao Hua nodded.

    They continued to practice shortly after, and Meixiu's movements grew quicker and smoother as time progressed.
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      "Haaa… haaa… haaa…"

      After half an hour of practicing her movement technique with Xiao Hua, Meixiu collapsed on the ground in an exhausted manner.

      It's been a very long time since she's experienced such exhaustion. The only time she can recall feeling this tired was after training with her mother when she was still in servant training.

      As for Xiao Hua, she looked completely calm and nonchalant, almost like she has been sitting in the shades this entire time.

      "Are you okay?" Xiao Hua asked her a moment after she laid on the floor.

      "Yes… thank you… for helping me…" Meixiu said to her.

      "If you want more training, just call Xiao Hua," she said to Meixiu before walking back to sit beside Yuan.

      After her training, Meixiu took a seat at a nearby tree and enjoyed the shades. The wind would sometimes blow, carrying the refreshing air from the lake and sweeping the area with it.

      Once she'd rested for a couple of hours, Meixiu would ask Xiao Hua for help again with her training. Even though it was tiring, Meixiu enjoyed practicing the movement technique that allowed her to move very quickly, and it felt very satisfying whenever she perfectly dodged the sword.

      Yu Rou managed to learn one of her two Heaven-rank techniques three days after Meixiu learned her movement technique.

      Once she got the notification, Yu Rou retrieved her treasure fan and stood before the lake.

      She then took a deep breath before waving the fan at the lake.

      Whoosh!

      The wind in the middle of the lake began to twist, and in just a moment, a tornado appeared, swallowing up the water.

      Three seconds later, the tornado grew so large that it lowered the water in the lake by a dozen inches.

      Yu Rou panicked when she saw how big the tornado was getting, so she quickly stopped it.

      Countless drops of water began raining from the sky a moment later despite the clear blue sky, soaking everybody except Xiao Hua and Lan Yingying with water, as they'd protected themselves by covering their body with a layer of spiritual energy that reflected the water.

      "I-I'm so sorry!" Yu Rou apologized to them afterward.

      "It's okay… I'm not that wet." Xia Jingyi said with a smile on her face.

      "That's the technique you had chosen? Creating a tornado? This is my first time seeing such a unique technique," said Yuan.

      "I thought it was a pretty neat technique and would complement my Wind Blades well, so I picked it." Yu Rou nodded.

      "What about your second technique?" Yuan then asked.

      "Uhh… It's also a wind technique, and it allows me to control the wind around me, allowing me to fly," she said.

      "Fly? You can do that just by reaching Spirit Grandmaster or Spirit Master if you're lucky," said Yuan.

      "Just by reaching Spirit Grandmaster? Are you listening to yourself right now, brother? Do you think everybody is talented like you? Don't make it sound so easy. It took the majority of the playerbase two to three months to reach Spirit Warrior, much less Spirit Grandmaster. It'll probably take us another 2 to 3 years if not even more to reach Spirit Grandmaster. Even if it'll take less than a year for me to reach Spirit Grandmaster, I think it's still worth learning this technique, since it will let me fly right after I learn the technique, which definitely won't take me a few years to learn— I hope…"


      "I see… that makes sense." Yuan nodded.

      "Anyways, Jingyi is still studying her technique, so let's wait until she finishes before we decide what we want to do next." Yu Rou said a moment later.

      "I'm sorry for holding you guys back… You don't have to wait for me if you don't want to," she sighed.

      "Nonsense! We started this together, so we're going to finish it together!" Yu Rou said, and she continued, "In the meantime, I will try to study my second Heaven-rank technique, so take your time."

      "You don't mind right, brother? Meixiu?" Yu Rou asked them.

      "I don't mind. I am still studying my technique as well." Yuan said.

      "I also don't mind it. It just means I get to practice my movement technique even more." Meixiu said.

      "Alright. Then it's decided."

      Sometime later, Yuan, Yu Rou, and Xia Jingyi returned to their technique while Meixiu continued to practice with Xiao Hua.

      As for Lan Yingying, she sat beside the lake with a Fiery Lotus floating on her palms and her eyes closed, almost like she was experiencing enlightenment, but in reality, she was just focused on keeping the Fiery Lotus from disappearing for as long as her spiritual energy allows.

      They continued this for another five days until Xia Jingyi finally learned her technique.

      "I did it!" Xia Jingyi exclaimed in an excited voice when she saw the notification.

      "Hm? Did you finally learn the technique?" Yu Rou stopped studying her technique and turned to look at Xia Jingyi, who was sitting right beside her.

      "Yes!" Xia Jingyi nodded.

      "Congratulations. What kind of technique did you learn?" Yuan asked her.

      "Oh, it's just another zither technique." Xia Jingyi said as she retrieved her zither that was an Earth-grade treasure.

      After taking a deep breath, Xia Jingyi pulled on a single string from the zither.

      Ting!

      A crisp noise resounded, and a single arc of light that resembled Yu Rou's Wind Blade technique flew from the zither before flying towards the water in the lake.

      Whoosh!

      The water in the lake separated into two halves for a good second, looking like someone had created a path in the lake with a sword.

      "Wow! What a powerful attack!" Yu Rou said. "So one of your techniques damages enemies internally and one slices them like swords?"

      "Yes, pretty much." Xia Jingyi nodded.

      Sometime later, Yu Rou asked everyone, "Now that we have new techniques, what should we do? I kind of want to test out these techniques on some magical beasts. Let's go do some quests again."

      "I don't mind." Xia Jingyi nodded.

      "I'm also down," Yuan said.

      "Me too." Meixiu also said.

      "Then let's go!"

      Thus, they began making their way back to Seashell City for more quests.

      Meanwhile, a few hundred thousand miles away from Yuan's location, Feng Yuxiang approached a large temple that was located at the peak of a large mountain.

      "Who are you? And why have you come to our Mount Hua Temple?"

      A group of bald monks approached Feng Yuxiang when they saw her approaching figure.

      "I heard that my good friend Li Shizhen is currently here, so I am here to visit him," said Feng Yuxiang.

      The bald monks had a look of surprise on their faces for a split second before they frowned and said, "There is nobody named Li Shizhen here! Please leave!"

      However, Feng Yuxiang stayed there with a calm look on her face and said, "The person who gave me this information wouldn't dare to lie to me, or he'd risk eating a sword with his ass. I know Li Shizhen is inside. I can even smell the scent of medicine from here."

      The bald monks exchanged looks with each other before retrieving the staff strapped to their backs and pointing them at Feng Yuxiang.

      "Leave!"

      These bald monks all emitted the power of Spirit Masters. However, in the face of a peak Spirit Grandmaster like Feng Yuixang, the pressure they emitted was nonexistent.

      Feng Yuxiang sighed and said, "I will give you one last chance to call Li Shizhen out for me. I don't want to cause any trouble for my Young Master, but he needs to see a doctor, and I promised him that I will find the best one for him."

      "I know the Mount Hua Temple has a million-year history in the Lower Heavens, but if I have to tear down this place to get to Li Shizhen, I will do it."

      However, the bald monks remained adamant on keeping Feng Yuxiang out of the temple.

      "Leave! The person you are looking for is elsewhere! Even if you are heaven itself, you will have to leave!"

      Feng Yuxiang raised her eyebrows.

      The monks at Mount Hua Temple are usually very reasonable and calm. Why are they acting so suspicious?

      Feng Yuxiang pondered for a moment and then came to a realization.

      "Oh, I know. One of your top monks must be in some sort of life-or-death medical condition, and Li Shizhen is healing that person right now. Whenever he is healing someone, he forbids anyone from disturbing him until he's done. Is that why you're not letting me disturb him?"

      "This is…"

      The monks were speechless, as Feng Yuxiang's guess was spot on!

      "How long do I have to wait? If you don't tell me, I will be mad," she said to them a moment later.

      However, Li Shizhen was not only healing one of their valued monks but he also instructed them to keep his location a secret no matter what.

      And they rather listen to Li Shizhen, who has the sick monk's life on his hands.

      "We will not repeat ourselves! Li Shizhen is not here!" One of the monks suddenly said.

      "Is that so?" Feng Yuxiang mumbled in a low voice before she closed her eyes.

      After a moment of silence, Feng Yuxiang snapped open her eyes that had turned golden.

      She then released her Spirit Grandmaster cultivation before shouting in a booming voice that shook the entire mountain.

      "Li Shizhen! How long do you plan on making this pitiful young lady wait out here in the cold?! My body is freezing! If I die from hypothermia, I will definitely haunt you for the rest of your worthless life!"

      The bald monks were speechless, but before they could even react, the doors to the temple opened in a forceful manner, and a handsome middle-aged man could be seen standing there with a terrified look on his face.
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        473 Li Shizhen

        "M-Madam Feng! What are you doing here?!" The handsome middle-aged man exclaimed when he saw Feng Yuxiang's beautiful figure standing not far away from the temple.

        "Hmph! I have been looking everywhere for you, Li Shizhen! How dare you make me do so much work?" Feng Yuxiang sneered coldly.

        "M-Master Li!" The bald monks were shocked when Li Shizhen actually came outside after hearing Feng Yuxiang's voice.

        Is she really that important to him? Just who is this fierce woman with a domineering aura that resembles powerful magical beasts?

        Li Shizhen looked at the monks and said, "Don't worry, I have stabilized the Head Monk's condition. He only needs to rest now."

        "Thank you, Savior!"

        The monks there immediately lowered their heads and bowed to him with gratitude.

        "Let my friend over there through." Li Shizhen then said.

        "Right away!"

        The monks no longer blocked her path and allowed her entrance.

        "Should have done this in the beginning," she said as she walked past them.

        Once she entered the temple, Li Shizhen brought her to the guest room and served her tea.

        "This is the first time you've personally looked for me. Did something happen? Do you need someone to be healed as soon as possible?" Li Shizhen asked her after they sat down.

        "Not really. I want to introduce you to someone. He needs your help," she said.

        "Who? Did you finally find a husband after so many years?" Li Shizhen joked.

        Feng Yuxiang narrowed her eyes and stared at him with a dangerous look.

        "I guess you didn't learn from the last time, or maybe you forgot about it. How about I stick a rod up your ass to help you remember? This temple should have plenty of them," she then said in a cold voice.

        Li Shizhen immediately began sweating, and he said with a stiff smile on his face, "Please have mercy. I still have nightmares about that incident."

        "Hmph. Although this person isn't my husband, he's a very precious person to me," she answered him regardless after a moment of silence.

        "Precious? Now my curiosity has peaked. Tell me more." Li Shizhen said.

        "He's my Young Master," she said.

        *Pft!*

        Li Shizhen suddenly turned his head away from Feng Yuxiang before spitting out the tea in his mouth.

        After coughing for a moment, he looked at her with disbelief in his eyes.

        "Y-Young Master?"

        "Yes, I have accepted him as my Master," she said.

        Li Shizhen's jaw dropped, and he said, "Heavens… A Divine Beast— A phoenix, no less, has accepted a Master in the Lower Heavens? This is unprecedented."

        Li Shizhen was one of the very few people in the Lower Heavens that knew of Feng Yuxiang's real identity.

        "What's so special about this Young Master of yours?" Li Shizhen then asked.

        "You will know once you meet him. When can you leave this place? It's already been a week since I left his side. I don't want to make him wait any longer."


        "Hmm… That is a tricky question. As much as I'd like to leave now, I still have a patient here, and you know that I cannot leave until I am certain that he's fine."

        "What? I thought you said that you'd already stabilized his condition." Feng Yuxiang frowned.

        "His condition has only stabilized. There are still many things that have to be done before he's cured. Unless you happen to have a Seven Colored Herb, then I can heal him and leave with you by today."

        "Seven Colored Herb? I think my Young Master might have one," she said, recalling how he asked for its price before.

        "Really?!" Li Shizhen was immediately filled with excitement.

        Then he frowned, "Or are you saying that just to trick me into following you?"

        "Even if my Young Master has a Seven Colored Herb, he has no reason to give it to you," she said.

        "Three days. If you are not done by then, I will make you leave by force." Feng Yuxiang said.

        Li Shizhen smiled and said, "Three days should be more than enough. Have you forgotten who I am? I don't hold the title Divine Doctor without a reason."

        "Whatever. I'm going to go look around the place until you're done."

        "Just don't cause any troubles for the monks." Li Shizhen said.

        Feng Yuxiang didn't say anything back and left the guest room.

        "Madam Feng… She has gotten softer… Is this the effect of this mysterious Young Master of hers?" Li Shizhen mumbled to himself after Feng Yuxiang left.

        Three days passed by in a flash, and Feng Yuxiang went to look for Li Shizhen to force him to leave with her if he wasn't done.

        "I don't dare to make you look for me for a second time." Li Shizhen's voice suddenly resounded behind her.

        "Are you done?" she asked him.

        He nodded and said, "Yes. The Head Monk will make full recovery by next week."

        And then he asked, "Where are we going now?"

        "The Eastern Continent."

        Thus Feng Yuxiang and Li Shizhen left the temple shortly after, heading towards the nearest city with a teleport device, and they proceeded to teleport from city to city until they reached the Eastern Continent a few days later.

        After reaching the Eastern Continent, Feng Yuxiang said, "If you can help my Young Master, I will forget about the debt you owe me."

        "Really?!" Li Shizhen looked at her with pure bliss on his face.

        "Only if you help him. If you turn out to be useless, I will make you pay that debt immediately."

        Li Shizhen swallowed nervously after hearing that.

        "As long as it is related to medicine…" Li Shizhen said.

        After traveling for another day, Feng Yuxiang and Li Shizhen arrived at Seashell City.

        "Seashell City, huh? It's been over a hundred years since I last visited this city. The last time I did, it was to cure the city lord." Li Shizhen reminisced his history with this place.

        "Follow me. I can sense the Young Master aura from here." Feng Yuxiang said as she began approaching the city.
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          474 Divine Doctor

          "Thank you for your help. Here are 500 gold coins for the trouble." An old lady handed Yu Rou the reward for completing her quest.

          "Thank you."

          After accepting the gold coins, Yu Rou left the store and grouped up with Yuan and the others waiting outside.

          "How many quests have we completed in the last few days? I lost count at 21," said Yuan.

          "I don't know, but we earned a lot of gold coins— at least if we compare ourselves to the majority of the playerbase." Yu Rou said.

          "What do you want to do now? Continue doing quests?"

          "I think we should take a break from quests and do something more relaxing. Let's go to a restaurant and have some food." Yu Rou suggested.

          "That sounds great." Yuan nodded.

          However, before they could go anywhere, a familiar voice resounded from the sky, and two figures descended from the heavens a moment later, shocking the pedestrians there.

          "Young Master, I am back!" Feng Yuxiang called out to him from the sky as she descended.

          "That's your Young Master?" Li Shizhen raised his eyebrows with a surprised look on his face after sensing Yuan's Spirit Grandmaster cultivation base.

          He knew someone who could make Feng Yuxiang lower herself to become a servant wouldn't be an ordinary person, but to think he was a Spirit Grandmaster at such a young-looking age; it was quite shocking, especially since this is the Lower Heavens.

          "Feng Feng?" Yuan smiled when he saw her beautiful face.

          "They're flying…" Xia Jingyi mumbled in a dazed voice as she stared at them with disbelief on her face.

          "I'm sorry for making you wait this long, Young Master. Please forgive me." Feng Yuxiang said to him after landing on the ground.

          "Why are you apologizing? I should be thanking you instead." Yuan said.

          He then turned to look at the handsome middle-aged man standing beside her and said, "Hello, you must be the doctor Feng Feng told me about."

          'Feng Feng?' Li Shizhen laughed inwardly when he heard this cute nickname for Feng Yuxiang.

          He wanted to try saying it too, but he didn't dare to actually say it out loud, as that might result in a sword violating his butt.

          Li Shizhen then responded with a friendly smile on his face, "Good morning, Young Master. My name is Li Shizhen, also known as Divine Doctor Li. I was told by Madam Feng here that you wanted to speak with me? Are you sick?"

          Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, I wanted to speak with you. Can we go somewhere more private before we continue?"

          After all, there were hundreds of gazes watching them at this moment.

          "Most certainly. I know the perfect place." Li Shizhen said.

          Yuan then turned to Yu Rou and the others before speaking, "I'm sorry, but can you guys go ahead without me? I have some business to take care of now."

          "Is everything okay, brother?" Yu Rou asked him with a worried look on her face.


          "Yes, everything is fine. I am just asking him for advice. I will tell you everything later."

          "If you say so… Then we'll see you later, brother."

          "Xiao Hua, can you stay with them just in case anything happens?" Yuan said to her before they left.

          "Okay." Xiao Hua nodded.

          "Thank you."

          Yu Rou left the scene with Xia Jingyi and Meixiu a moment later, followed by Xiao Hua.

          "Shall we go now?" Li Shizhen asked him.

          "Yes, let's go." Yuan nodded.

          Li Shizhen proceeded to take Yuan to a nearby medicine store. In fact, it was one of the biggest and most popular medicine stores in the city.

          When the manager of that store saw Li Shizhen's face, he immediately kowtowed on the floor.

          "Welcome to our humble establishment, Divine Doctor Li!"

          Even though he had never personally met Li Shizhen before, there was not a single doctor in the Lower Heavens that didn't know of Li Shizhen.

          "Do you mind if we use one of your private rooms for a bit?" Li Shizhen asked him with a friendly smile.

          "Please! Stay however long you want! I will even close the store until you leave so that there will be no distraction!" The manager said.

          "It's okay, you don't have to do so much. And for allowing us to use your place, I will give every doctor in this place an hour lecture if you wish."

          "Thank you! Thank you very much!" The manager began crying when he heard that Li Shizhen will be giving them a lecture.

          To receive a lecture from the Divine Doctor, even if it's just an hour, they will remember this for the rest of their life, and they can wear this achievement with pride.

          Yuan was left speechless after witnessing this scene, and he could only imagine how much of a big shot Li Shizhen was.

          Sometime later, Yuan and the others entered this private room somewhere inside the medicine store.

          "Have a seat." Li Shizhen said.

          Once they were seated, Feng Yuxiang said, "Before we start, let me give you some background about Li Shizhen and why you can trust him."

          "Li Shizhen holds the title of Divine Doctor, a prestigious title that can only be held by the best doctors in the Nine Heavens, and although he's currently staying in the Lower Heavens, Li Shizhen is actually from the upper heavens."

          "What? Really?" Yuan looked at Li Shizhen with a surprised expression.

          Li Shizhen nodded and said, "There are plenty of Divine Doctors in the upper heavens while the Lower Heavens lacked one, so I willingly came down here to help those in need of it. I even restricted my cultivation base to the peak of Spirit Grandmaster so that I can stay here without any problems."

          "I have wandered around the Lower Heavens for over 1,000 years now, and I do not plan on returning to the upper heavens anytime soon, as there are still a lot of people who are in need of a good doctor in the Lower Heavens."
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            475 The Reason for His Condition

            "By the way, I have over 10,000 years of experience in the field of medicine, and there hasn't been a single patient that I haven't been able to cure since I became a doctor." Li Shizhen said.

            Yuan nodded, "I will trust you."

            Though it was not like he never trusted Li Shizhen.

            Even if Li Shizhen didn't say any of that, Yuan would've still trusted him, as he was someone that Feng Yuxiang trusted enough to approach.

            "Great. Now then, why don't you tell me what seems to be troubling you?" Li Shizhen asked him a moment later.

            Yuan took a deep breath and proceeded to explain his situation to Li Shizhen without telling Li Shizhen that he was the person on the topic.

            "I have this friend who grew incredibly sick out of the blue when he was young, and he has been crippled since then."

            "Everything seemed to be normal for the first seven years of his life, but then he suddenly lost his ability to see, becoming blind. Five years later, his body suddenly stopped functioning, so everything below his neck became useless and numb to feeling, forcing him to stay in the bed."

            "However, when the doctors checked his condition, they weren't able to find anything wrong with his body. They checked his blood, his muscles, and even his bones, but they were unable to find anything."

            "The doctors said that he was perfectly healthy, yet he was unable to move."

            "However, after 5 gruesome years, my friend finally started recovering after he started cultivating. He started feeling his body again, and now he can even move his limbs slightly."

            "He's also a peak Spirit Warrior on the verge of breaking through to Spirit Master, but he still feels as though his body doesn't have any strength to it. He can feel his body overflowing with energy, but he cannot exert any of that energy. Do you have any idea what's wrong with him and if there's any cure that will allow him to recover faster?"

            "Hmmm… Give me a moment to think about this…" Li Shizhen said to him before closing his eyes and turning silent.

            Many minutes later, he opened his eyes and spoke in a calm voice, "This is an interesting case— not to make fun of your friend. I have seen many cases similar to this, but there are some distinctive differences."

            "One such case being Qi deprivation. Once a cultivator reaches a certain cultivation base, they are required to continue absorbing spiritual energy to keep their bodies functioning, and if they stop absorbing spiritual energy for long enough, their bodies will slowly lose their functions. They will go blind, and their bodies will no longer be usable until they start absorbing spiritual energy again, just like your friend, but this only happens when the cultivator purposefully stops absorbing spiritual energy."

            "As cultivators, we subconsciously absorb the spiritual energy around us even if we don't actively cultivate, so one must forcefully stop their bodies from absorbing spiritual energy, or something is preventing them from doing so."


            "However, that isn't the case for your friend, as he's only a peak Spirit Warrior, meaning he's not at the level where they can experience Qi deprivation in such a manner. Furthermore, his problem began even before he started cultivating."

            After taking a moment to breathe, Li Shizhen continued, "Now onto the second case— poison. There are powerful and deadly poisons out there that can have similar effects on humans if ingested. However, this is also unlikely for your friend, because you said that the doctors have checked his blood."

            "Even an incredibly incompetent doctor would be able to detect the poison in his blood if he'd ingested some. Although there are undetectable poisons out there, none of them could cause the effects your friend is experiencing— at least I am not aware of any."

            Yuan nodded and said, "I also don't think it was caused by poison."

            "Then onto the last probability and also the one that's most likely the cause of your friend's misfortune." Li Shizhen said.

            Yuan swallowed nervously, feeling his heart rate increase rapidly.

            "Curse. Your friend was cursed."

            "W-What?" Yuan's eyes widened when he heard Li Shizhen's words.

            "Your friend was cursed, hence why the doctors cannot find anything wrong within his body, as most of them do not have the capabilities to detect even the weakest curses. The field of medicine and curses are vastly different, so unless they're a Divine Doctor like me, they most likely won't know anything about curses."

            "Another reason that supports this theory is the fact that despite being a Spirit Warrior and feeling energetic, your friend cannot exert any strength. Now the question is whether your friend was cursed by another individual or is it due to a natural curse." Li Shizhen pondered with a serious look on his face.

            "..."

            Yuan was speechless, and he recalled his conversation with Doctor Wang sometime ago. Although Doctor Wang also mentioned that he could be cursed, neither of them took such a theory seriously, as it was a ridiculous thought that curses could be real.

            And even though cultivation was proven to be real, that doesn't prove curses were real. After all, even though cultivation existed in both Cultivation Online and the real world, magical beasts that also exist in Cultivation Online don't exist in the real world.

            This meant that just because something existed in Cultivation Online, it doesn't always mean their world will also have it.

            "Is there no other reason why my friend is like that?" Yuan couldn't help but ask.

            "If he's not cursed then I don't have any idea what's wrong with your friend, as there's no illness that could affect one's body like what you explained to me. One could go blind due to illnesses, and one can even lose functions to their entire body due to illnesses, but to have a healthy body while having all of that problem just isn't possible."

            "However, if your friend is cursed, then that would explain why his body is in that state despite being completely healthy, and that also explains why he started recovering when he started cultivating, as most curses have weakened effects on cultivators, especially the stronger they get." Li Shizhen said.
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              "I am fairly certain that your friend is cursed, but if you want me to be 100 percent certain, then I'd need to see the patient so I can personally examine his condition." Li Shizhen suddenly said.

              "Uhh…"

              Li Shizhen's words took Yuan by surprise.

              "I-I'm sorry, but that's impossible," he said a moment later.

              "Impossible? Why?" Li Shizhen raised his eyebrows.

              "My friend comes from a super secretive and strict family, so getting even close to him is near impossible. Furthermore, he lives in a place that's very, very far away from this place."

              "Oh, and something happened to his family recently, so it's even more difficult to see him now…" Yuan made up some random excuse.

              After all, it was not like he could tell Li Shizhen the truth about his situation, as he'd sound crazy.

              "Is that so?" Li Shizhen doubted Yuan was telling him the truth, but he didn't say anything about it, as there must be a reason why Yuan was acting this way.

              And he continued, "Well, I don't really need to see your friend since you told me that he's already recovering, and I have cured many people without even seeing them— only by listening to their condition and symptoms."

              "Thank you for understanding. Anyway, if my friend is really cursed… Is there any way to remove this curse?" Yuan then asked.

              "Why don't you just let him drink some of your blood, Young Master?" Feng Yuxiang spoke for the first time.

              Yuan looked at her and sighed, "He's not like you, Feng Feng. He's human."

              "But that shouldn't matter. I'm no expert, but your blood clearly has the ability to weaken curses. It shouldn't have anything to do with being a human or not."

              Li Shizhen then said, "Your blood has the ability to weaken curses? I have never heard of this before. How are you so sure his blood has such abilities, Madam Feng?"

              Feng Yuxiang then explained to him about her condition, "I drank his blood and the curse on me weakened, so I know it works."

              "What? Is that true? Your curse weakened?" Li Shizhen looked at her with wide eyes.

              "Yes. Why would I lie about this?" Feng Yuxiang nodded.

              "Heavens…" Li Shizhen mumbled in a dumbfounded voice.

              "A-Anyways, since your blood has capabilities to weaken curses, as weird as this is going to sound, if you let your friend drink your blood, it could possibly work."

              Yuan showed a bittersweet smile on his face.

              Does this mean he'll have to drink his own blood? Even though he already has such blood flowing inside his body? This doesn't make any sense to him.

              "I-I understand… But what if that doesn't work?" Yuan then asked.

              "Are there any more natural methods for getting rid of curses?"

              "Hmm… I may have some knowledge regarding curses, but I know someone who's an expert with curses. If you'd like, I can take you to him so you can ask him yourself. He's not that far away from this place. We can get there in just a few hours."


              Yuan pondered for a moment before nodding, "Okay, just give me a minute to let the others know."

              He then spoke to Xiao Hua through their servant and master connection.

              "Xiao Hua, I am going to go meet someone with Feng Feng and the Divine Doctor, and we have to leave the city for a while. Let Yu Rou and the others know, okay? I will try to return as soon as possible."

              Xiao Hua's voice resounded a moment later, "Okay, Xiao Hua will let them know."

              "Thank you."

              "Alright. We can go now." Yuan then said Li Shizhen.

              Sometime later, they went downstairs.

              "Don't worry, I will return later to give you guys the lecture." Li Shizhen said to the manager of the store before they left.

              "We will be fine even if the Divine Doctor cannot lecture us. We know you're a busy man, after all." The manager said.

              "When I, Li Shizhen, say that I will do something, I will do it!" He declared in a domineering voice.

              The manager and the others in the store had nothing else to say after hearing such words, so they could only lower their heads and bow to him.

              Once Li Shizhen left the store, the manager said to the others, "We're not going home until he returns even if it takes days!"

              "Yes!" The others responded with anticipation in their voice.

              Meanwhile, after leaving the medicine store, Yuan followed Feng Feng and Li Shizhen to another city that had a teleport formation.

              During their trip, Yuan asked Li Shizhen, "If I heard correctly, you mentioned something about natural curses before. What did you mean by that? Can curses even occur naturally?"

              Li Shizhen nodded and said, "I think it'd be better if the expert explained it, but yes, curses can occur naturally just like how treasures can be born naturally. However, they're considered a phenomenon— something akin to natural disasters. Of course, natural curses are incredibly rare and will only occur when certain conditions are met."

              "I see…" Yuan nodded.

              Sometime later, they entered a teleport device and teleported tens of thousands of miles in an instant.

              After that, they used the teleport device again to teleport even further, as each teleport can only travel a limited distance.

              They continued this six times before they finally stopped.

              "Welcome to the Northern Continent, Young Master." Feng Yuxiang said to him with a smile on her face.

              "The Northern Continent, huh? Now I only need to step onto the Southern Continent and the Western Continent so that I can say I'd explore the entire Lower Heavens," he said in a joking tone.

              "Follow me. He lives in a secluded area deep inside the mountain valleys, so teleporting there is impossible." Li Shizhen said to them a moment later.

              Yuan nodded, and they continued their journey to meet this expert on curses.

              'An expert on curses, huh? I wonder what kind of person he's like…' Yuan wondered to himself as they soared into the sky.
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                After arriving at the Northern Continent and flying for around four hours, Yuan and the others arrived at this somewhat empty hill that only had a single small building, a tree, and a small pond beside the tree where three koi fishes can be seen swimming in circles.

                Upon landing on this hill, Li Shizhen went to knock on the door.

                However, nobody answered the door.

                "Hmm… That man probably went fishing," Li Shizhen said a moment later.

                "Fishing? This time of the day?" Yuan raised his eyebrows, as it was getting dark.

                "Yes, he's a weirdo." Li Shizhen nodded.

                "Who are you calling a weirdo, you slobby doctor?" A voice suddenly resounded.

                The door to the building opened, and a short old man with a bald head walked outside the next moment.

                "If you were here, why didn't you open the door? What took you so long?" Li Shizhen said with a frown on his face.

                "I was taking a nap! If I didn't hear your annoying voice, I would've remained in bed!" The old man exclaimed in a somewhat angry voice.

                "Hmm? Madam Feng? You're here as well?" The old man suddenly noticed Feng Yuxiang and immediately began smiling.

                "How may I help you today, Madam Feng?"

                Seeing the old man's attitude turn 180 when speaking with Feng Yuxiang, Li Shizhen shook his head.

                "Damn old pervert," he snorted in a low voice.

                "I am not the one who needs your help today. My Young Master needs your help." Feng Yuxiang said to him.

                "What? Young Master?" The old man's eyes widened with shock.

                He then turned to look at the third person there.

                "Whoa! Holy heavens!"

                When the old man saw Yuan, he suddenly took a step back and shouted in a terrified voice, acting like he just saw a ghost.

                "Is there something wrong?" Yuan couldn't help but ask after seeing his reaction.

                "S-Stay away from me!" The old man shouted at him before running back into the house and slamming the door shut, leaving Yuan dumbfounded.

                Even Li Shizhen and Feng Yuxiang were left speechless by his reaction to seeing Yuan, as this was their first time seeing him acting in such a manner.

                "What the heck is going on now, Zhai Ye?" Li Shizhen asked him.

                "Fu#k you, Li Shizhen! I should be asking you that! Are you trying to kill me?!" Zhai Ye shouted from inside the building, sounding really angry for some reason.

                "What? Why would I want to kill you? Have you finally gone crazy from old age? We're here to talk about curses! This young man has a friend that might be cursed, so we came here for your expertise!" Li Shizhen said, feeling really confused now.

                "Hahaha! That's really funny! Because that young man you brought here is loaded with curses— powerful curses that even I didn't know could exist! He has so many curses that I wouldn't be surprised if he was the embodiment of curses!" Zhai Ye said, revealing his reason for his reaction.


                "What? I'm filled with curses?" Yuan's eyes widened with shock.

                Even Li Shizhen and Feng Yuxiang were shocked to hear this.

                They turned to look at Yuan, but they couldn't see anything wrong with him.

                "Come out here and explain yourself, Zhai Ye! I may not be as experienced with curses as you, but I can at least tell when someone is cursed, and I can't sense anything ominous coming from him!" Li Shizhen said with a frown on his face.

                "What do you know, you amateur?! Have you forgotten about my special skill? I can tell whether someone is cursed or not at glance, no matter how weak or powerful the curse is!" Zhai Ye said.

                Li Shizhen sighed.

                He then asked Yuan, "Young Master, do you have any idea what he's talking about?"

                Yuan pondered for a moment before realizing something.

                "Ah! Do you mean the curse that's associated with my Legacy? I had accepted a Legacy recently, and the Legacy contained a small curse. It's a curse called Minor Misfortunate, and it only affects my luck," he said.

                "You heard him, old man. It's only a Minor Curse. How can you be scared of a Minor Curse? I have never seen you act so fearful in front of a curse before!" Li Shizhen said to him a moment later, even laughing a bit.

                After a moment of silence, the door opened slightly, and Zhai Ye peeked through the narrow space, but he didn't dare to come out.

                He looked at Yuan with a serious expression on his face and said in a solemn voice, "You think I would be afraid of a mere Minor Curse when I have dealt with even Major Curses before? Young man, you have more than one curse on you right now. In fact, there's so many that I'm amazed you're still alive."

                "Zhai Ye, explain yourself! What do you mean by that?!" Feng Yuxiang said with a deep frown on her face.

                Zhai Ye then spoke, "Although the curse may be called 'Minor Misfortunate', it's actually a Major Curse. However, that curse might as well be a Minor Curse if not even lower compared to the other curses on him."

                "There exist two types of curses in this world— artificial curses and natural curses. Artificial curses are caused by other humans whilst natural curses occur naturally if certain conditions are met. There are also many levels of curses. Minor, Major, Supreme, and Ancient, to name a few. The most common curses are naturally artificial curses."

                "And as of this moment, I can see six… seven… perhaps even more curses on him, and they're all above Major Curses. However, that's not even the shocking part. These curses on him… they're all natural curses as far as I can tell."

                "What?! Seven natural curses?! How is that even remotely possible?!" Li Shizhen exclaimed, not daring to believe his ears.

                A single natural curse was already rare enough, much less seven! And they are all affecting a single person right now?

                Yuan looked down at his own body. He also couldn't believe it. Why does he have so many natural curses on him?
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                  "Young man, if you're here to look for my help, I am sorry, but I have to say that I am powerless against the curses on you. They're simply too powerful. I don't even dare to try to touch it, as it might worsen." Zhai Ye said to him a moment later.

                  "Is it really that serious? Isn't there anything you can do?" Feng Yuxiang didn't want to give up so easily, especially after learning how bad the situation really is.

                  "Madam Feng, do you remember when I tried to help you with your curse but was defeated in the end?" Zhai Ye suddenly asked her.

                  Many years ago, Feng Yuxiang had approached him for help regarding her curse.

                  "Of course. Even though you couldn't get rid of it, I still owe you greatly for your years of efforts." Feng Yuxiang nodded.

                  "I have encountered tens of thousands of curses throughout my life, but I have never experienced powerlessness until I met you, Madam Feng. Your curse was my first defeat. However, as powerful as your curse may be, I still dared to try and defeat it."

                  Zhai Ye then turned to look at Yuan and swallowed nervously.

                  "As for him… This is my first time experiencing fear. The curses on him terrify me so much that I do not even dare to approach him."

                  "I-It's okay. I understand your feeling." Yuan said to him.

                  "You don't need to touch the curses on me, but do you have any advice for me? How does one normally get rid of natural curses?" He then asked.

                  "That will depend on how you acquired those curses in the first place. Do you have any idea how you may have gotten those curses?" Zhai Ye said.

                  Yuan turned silent and began pondering to himself.

                  After thinking for many minutes, he still couldn't think of anything, so he shook his head.

                  "I cannot think of how I got these curses."

                  Feng Yuxiang then asked, "Zhai Ye, is it possible for natural curses to occur during birth? Like how some are born with powerful physiques while others are born without any physiques."

                  "Yes, if his ancestors were cursed and passed away without getting rid of the curse, there's a good chance that the curse might carry on to the future generations. However, there are only a handful of curses that are powerful enough to do such a thing, and this young man has more than just a handful of curses on him." Zhai Ye said.

                  "I see… Can you give me some examples of natural curses?" Yuan then asked.

                  "Let's say your ancestor killed a lot of people… enough people to create a mountain using their corpses. This could result in your ancestor getting cursed by the spirits of the dead people."

                  "..."

                  Hearing such an example, Yuan couldn't help but recall that one dream he had previously when he dreamt about killing a lot of people— enough people to create multiple mountains with their corpses and many rivers with their blood.

                  "Another case of a natural curse is when one is born with an extremely powerful physique and they invoke heaven's jealousy or wrath. When that happens, the heavens might put a curse on that individual so that he doesn't affect the world too much. This has happened multiple times before in the upper heavens."


                  "Hm? A powerful physique? Young Master, I'd say your physique is pretty heaven-defying— enough to invoke heaven's jealousy. Maybe it's your physique that caused these natural curses?" Feng Yuxiang suddenly speculated.

                  "Really? What kind of physique do you have?" Li Shizhen asked him out of curiosity.

                  "The Heaven Refining Physique," he said.

                  "Never heard of it." Li Shizhen shook his head.

                  "What rank is it? Divine-rank?"

                  "No, it's Celestial-rank."

                  "D-Did you just say Celestial-rank?" Li Shizhen's eyes widened to the point where his eyeballs nearly rolled out of their sockets.

                  "Celestial-rank?" Feng Yuxiang had a different reaction, as she wasn't familiar with this grade.

                  "How high is that?" She then asked Li Shizhen, as he seemed to know judging by his reaction.

                  "T-The Celestial-rank is two ranks above the Mythic-rank…" Li Shizhen mumbled in a dazed voice.

                  "WHAT?!" Feng Yuxiang and Zhai Ye exclaimed in a shocked voice afterward.

                  "Two ranks above the Mythic rank?! I didn't know it went that high!" Feng Yuxiang then said.

                  "Of course you wouldn't know about it. It only exists in the Seventh Heaven and above!" Li Shizhen said.

                  And he continued, "I only know about it because I once read about it in an ancient scroll from the Eighth Heaven!"

                  "Ridiculous… Why is someone like that in the Lower Heavens? Where did you find this monster?" Zhai Ye said in a dumbfounded tone.

                  "That's rude of you, Zhai Ye! And I didn't find the Young Master! He found me!" Feng Yuxiang said.

                  "Anyways, I think I understand why you have so many natural curses. A Celestial-rank physique is something that could definitely invoke jealousy from the heavens. The stronger your physique— even bloodline— the more the heavens will try to hinder you. However, if you manage to overcome the heavens' jealousy, you will become unstoppable…" Li Shizhen said a moment later.

                  "I have never seen anyone with a Celestial-rank physique before, but to invoke over seven natural curses… I cannot imagine what could happen once you get rid of those curses holding you back."

                  "Wait, can you tell what kind of effects these curses have on me?" Yuan suddenly asked him.

                  Zhai Ye shook his head and said, "I can only tell you what kind of curses they are, but I do not know the details."

                  He then stared at Yuan for a few more moments before speaking, "Most of these curses are restriction curses, but there are a few that I cannot tell at all. Furthermore, there is a high probability that there are more than seven curses on you and I just cannot see them even with my special talent."

                  "Since it's likely that these curses are caused by your physique, then there's only one way to undo them— by tempering your physique."

                  "Tempering my physique…?" Yuan mumbled to himself. This is his second time hearing this phrase, with Xu Jiaqi mentioning it before.
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                  "I have heard it before, but what does it mean to 'temper' my physique?" Yuan asked Zhai Ye a moment later.

                  "There are a couple of methods you can use to temper your body, but the most common ones are bathing in liquefied treasure and cultivating in a special area that affects your body." Zhai Ye said.

                  "Bathing in liquefied treasure, huh?" Yuan repeated to himself.

                  "I understand the first one, but what about the second method? What kind of special area do I have to cultivate in? Do you have any examples?"

                  "There are multiple phenomenal places in the cultivation world, such as a mountain that has extreme Yang Qi, and if you have a physique that benefits from Yang Qi, you can cultivate there to temper your body. Another example is a place called the Frozen Sea where it releases extremely pure Yin Qi, so females with a special Yin Physique would go there to temper their body."

                  "Some methods are stress-free while others are incredibly painful. This should be obvious, but the stronger your physique, the more resources you'll need to temper it, and in your case… you'll probably have to go to hell and back… multiple times in order to temper your body."

                  Yuan nodded and said, "Returning to the first method… Are there treasures out there specifically for tempering one's body? Or can I just use any treasure for the bath?"

                  "There are specific treasures out there for body tempering, Young Master. In fact, I have some with me. We can try it later." Feng Yuxiang suddenly said.

                  "Really?!" Yuan immediately became elevated upon hearing her words.

                  "Yes. Just let me know when you want to do it." Feng Yuxiang nodded.

                  "Let's do it tomorrow, then!"

                  "Okay."

                  Sometime later, Zhai Ye said, "If you got nothing else for me, can you leave? I am barely keeping my sanity just by being around you."

                  "S-Sorry… We'll leave right now. And thank you very much for your help, senior." Yuan bowed to him.

                  "Do you still need me around?" Li Shizhen then asked.

                  "If not, I will stay around for a little more, and I still have to give a lecture to the doctors back at the medicine store," he said.

                  "No, you can leave. Thank you for everything as well. I will definitely repay this debt in the future." Yuan bowed to him too.

                  "You don't have to repay me. I am a Divine Doctor. I don't accept payments for my assistance. And I didn't really do anything— only giving you some advice." Li Shizhen said.

                  "Still, I want to thank you for helping me greatly."

                  Li Shizhen nodded and then said, "Very well. How about this? If your friend's condition gets better because of this, I will accept your gratitude."

                  "Okay!" Yuan said.

                  "Let's go, Feng Feng," Yuan said to her before flying back to the nearest city with a teleport device.

                  Once they were gone, Zhai Ye opened the door and walked outside again.

                  "What more do you want from me?" He asked Li Shizhen.


                  Li Shizhen smiled and said, "Wanna have a drink? It's been a decade since we last sat down together, after all."

                  "I hope you brought something strong— strong enough for me to forget about that little monster," said Zhai Ye.

                  "Of course."

                  The two of them entered the building and began drinking alcohol.

                  Meanwhile, after they arrived at the city, Yuan said, "Feng Feng, I am going to retire today. I will see you tomorrow early in the morning."

                  "Okay. Rest well, Young Master."

                  Once Feng Yuxiang entered his body, Yuan logged off the game.

                  When Yuan logged off, dinner was already prepared by Meixiu.

                  "Meixiu, I am finished," he said to her.

                  "I'm coming." Meixiu entered his room a minute later with dinner.

                  Yuan wanted to tell her about everything that happened today, but Meixiu insisted that he finished dinner first.

                  After dinner, Meixiu cleaned the dishes before going back to his room and taking a seat beside his bed.

                  "Alright. What happened?" she asked him.

                  "You won't believe what happened today, Meixiu!" Yuan proceeded to tell her everything Li Shizhen and Zhai Ye had told him.

                  "You're cursed?" Meixiu wasn't sure how to react after listening to his story.

                  "Do curses even exist in our world?" she couldn't help but wonder this question out loud.

                  "I can only think of one instance where curses are mentioned in this world… When I asked Yu Rou about playing the zither in this world before, she told me that people used to use them many years ago, but people eventually stopped playing zither because of some curse."

                  "Hmm… Give me a moment to look it up." Meixiu said before taking out her laptop and searching about the curse on the internet.

                  A minute later, she said, "According to the internet, people stopped playing the zither because bad luck would fall upon those who touch the zither. Almost all zither players experienced misfortune, and many of them even died in accidents— incredibly unfortunate ones. Once the news spread, people eventually stopped playing the zither out of fear."

                  "Heavens… I didn't think the zither would have such a history in our world. If curses really exist, then maybe I am really cursed." Yuan sighed.

                  "Even if curses are real… How are we supposed to deal with it? You may be able to bathe in treasures in Cultivation Online, but there are no such treasures in this world—" Meixiu suddenly stopped speaking midway through her sentence.

                  Then she started typing on her laptop.

                  A few minutes later, she said, "Looks like treasures actually exist in this world as well…"

                  "What?! Really?!" Yuan exclaimed in a shocked voice.

                  "Yes, and according to some people, they have treasures that contain spiritual energy with some even granting special effects such as increased strength and hearing. However, compared to the treasures one can find in Cultivation Online, the treasures in this world are much weaker."

                  "What do these treasures look like?" Yuan then asked.

                  "Well, they're mostly antiques and ancient medicine from the past," she said.

                  After pondering for a moment, Yuan said, "Do you think we will be able to buy some of these treasures to see for ourselves?"

                  "Well… They're incredibly expensive with most of them going for millions of dollars. However, we should be able to afford them." Meixiu nodded.

                  "Then let's buy some. If we don't have enough money, we can simply sell some things in the auction house again. Where can we buy them?"

                  "Give me a minute…"

                  After looking on the internet for a few minutes, Meixiu spoke, "Looks like we can either buy them online or in real auction houses. People recommend buying them in person since there are many scammers out there."

                  "Real auction houses, huh. Let's wait a few more weeks before we go outside. Hopefully, the Cultivators' Association will give up on you soon." Yuan said.

                  "Okay. I will do more research on this topic in the meantime."

                  Sometime later, before Meixiu went back to her own room to cultivate, Yuan said to her, "Meixiu, can you grab a knife from the kitchen and leave it on a chair beside my bed?"

                  "Huh? Why?" She couldn't help but ask after hearing such a weird request.

                  "Well… I have been thinking… If cultivation techniques from Cultivation Online work in our world, what about the other techniques? I want to try it out."

                  "Other techniques…? Now that you mention it…" Meixiu was dumbfounded after realizing that too.

                  "But does it have to be a knife? That's very dangerous… What if you hurt yourself?" she said in a worried voice afterward.

                  "Don't worry, I am just experimenting to see if it actually works or not. I won't do anything crazy," he promised her.

                  "Okay…" Meixiu then went outside to grab a clean kitchen knife and a chair before placing the knife on the chair beside the bed in Yuan's room.

                  Meixiu then proceeded to stare at the knife for a good minute before deciding that it would be better for her to stay in the room just in case anything happens.

                  "Yuan, I am going to stay here tonight just in case," she said to him.

                  "Okay. I don't mind," he quickly agreed.

                  She then took a seat on the other side of the bed and started her cultivation.

                  Meanwhile, Yuan prepared himself.

                  After taking deep breaths, he began trying to recall the Flying Dagger technique that he was very used to by now.

                  However, whether the Flying Dagger technique will work on a kitchen knife or not is an entirely different story.

                  A few minutes later, Yuan successfully recited the full technique inside his head.

                  Now it was time for the moment of truth— whether it works or not.

                  After taking a deep breath, Yuan used his Divine Sense to locate the knife sitting a few meters besides him.

                  Once he located it, he tried to use Flying Daggers on it like he normally would in Cultivation Online.

                  A moment later, the kitchen knife resting on the chair suddenly began to tremble, and he could feel an invisible connection to the knife.

                  Yuan immediately became excited when he saw this, but the moment he lost focus, the connection disappeared and the knife stopped moving.

                  'It actually works! Let's try that again just in case I was only imagining it!'

                  With that in mind, he started using Flying Daggers on the kitchen knife again.

                  This time, even though he was certain that the kitchen knife was moving, he didn't lose focus.

                  A few moments later, the kitchen knife that had been sitting on the chair suddenly began levitating off the chair!

                  It was flying! Yuan had successfully used Flying Daggers in the real world!
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                  "Hahaha! It works! It really works!" Yuan suddenly started laughing from sheer excitement when the Flying Daggers technique worked in the real world.

                  "Huh?" Meixiu stopped cultivating when she heard his laughter and turned to look at the chair.

                  Her eyes widened with surprise when she saw the kitchen knife she used for dinner floating above the chair, almost like a magic trick.

                  However, unlike a magic trick, there were no invisible strings attached to the knife.

                  "Meixiu, look! It works! It's not just cultivation techniques! Even martial techniques from Cultivation Online work in our world!" Yuan said to her.

                  "Yes… I can see that…" She mumbled in a dazed voice.

                  A few moments later, the kitchen knife stopped floating and fell back onto the chair seat.

                  "Compared to Cultivation Online, it's actually harder to control it. I should have sufficient cultivation base to use Flying Daggers flawlessly, but I am having difficulties controlling it," he said a moment later.

                  "However, it's not as though I don't have enough spiritual energy. Unlike using Divine Sense, it's not exhausting, so I think it's just a matter of inexperience. Once I practice some more, I should be able to use Flying Daggers more skillfully."

                  Meixiu then said, "If you can use Flying Daggers… I wonder if there are any other cultivators that have succeeded— or how many have succeeded."

                  "I'm sure many people have tried to use martial techniques when they realized that cultivation techniques worked in the real world, but whether you succeeded or not is a different story," he said.

                  "There has been no news about this yet, but there's a good chance that some people have succeeded and are purposefully keeping it a secret. It's only a matter of time before someone lets the cat out of the bag like the situation with cultivation techniques." Meixiu agreed with him.

                  "Anyways, I am going to continue practicing this technique. If it's distracting, you can return to your own room to cultivate. I promise you that I won't do anything crazy so you can rest assured." Yuan said to her.

                  "Okay." Meixiu nodded and returned to her room.

                  Yuan proceeded to practice the Flying Daggers technique until it was morning.

                  After breakfast, Meixiu asked him, "Are you going to be with us today?"

                  "Yes, we will see you in a bit."

                  "Where do you want to meet?"

                  "Can you meet us at the Cultivators' Haven?" Yuan asked.

                  "Okay. I will let them know."

                  Once they entered Cultivation Online, Meixiu proceeded to wait for Yu Rou and the others while Yuan and Feng Yuxiang made their way back to Seashell City using the teleport device.

                  When they finally arrived at the city, Yuan and Feng Yuxiang went straight to the Cultivators' Haven, where Meixiu and the others could be seen idling around.

                  "Yu Rou!" Yuan called out to them.

                  "Welcome back, brother!" Yu Rou ran to him with a smile on her face.


                  "Are you okay? What happened yesterday? Where did you go?" She then bombarded him with questions.

                  A stiff smile appeared on Yuan's face.

                  Although he promised to tell her about everything once he returned, he wasn't sure about telling her that he was cursed, as that would definitely make her worried about him.

                  "I will tell you later," he decided to delay it for now.

                  He then turned to look at Feng Yuxiang and said, "I am ready."

                  Feng Yuxiang nodded.

                  "Let's rent a hotel room. We will need a bathtub for your tempering," she then said.

                  "A bathtub? Tempering?" Yu Rou and the others were quite puzzled, but they didn't ask any questions for now and decided to follow Feng Yuxiang and Yuan.

                  Once they were at the best hotel in the city, they rented out a room with the biggest bathtub.

                  Inside the bathroom with the bathtub, Feng Yuxiang filled the bathtub with hot water before heating the already hot water even further— until the water was literally boiling.

                  "Uhhh…" Yuan swallowed nervously when he saw this.

                  'I am supposed to bathe in this boiling hot water? That sounds… painful…' He thought to himself.

                  "Are you going to temper your body, Brother Yu— Tian?" Xiao Hua asked him after realizing what they were planning on doing.

                  "Yes, I am."

                  "..."

                  Xiao Hua was kind of speechless, as this was quite sudden.

                  Why did he suddenly decide to temper his body?

                  Sometime later, Feng Yuxiang retrieved a dozen treasures and began tossing them inside the bathtub with the boiling water, quickly turning the clear water green.

                  "Alright, Young Master. You just need to bathe in this water and absorb the treasures now. However, I have to warn you that it's going to be painful."

                  "Of course it's going to be painful! You're telling him to jump in boiling water!" Yu Rou said with a worried frown on her face.

                  Feng Yuxiang laughed out loud after hearing her words, and she said, "The boiling water won't hurt the Young Master. Have you forgotten about his cultivation base? It's the treasures that will do the hurting!"

                  "Go ahead, Young Master. Try touching the water normally." Feng Yuxiang then said to him.

                  Yuan nodded and dipped one of his fingers into the boiling water, and to his surprise—

                  "It doesn't hurt at all! It's actually quite warm!" He exclaimed in a surprised voice.

                  "Really? Let me try…"

                  Yu Rou also dipped her finger into the hot water, but she had a different reaction.

                  "Ah! It burns!"

                  Feng Yuxiang shook her head and said, "The Young Master may not have physically tempered his body before, but his cultivation is high enough to naturally protect his body against boiling water."

                  "You could've told me before I tried…" Yu Rou sighed.

                  Sometime later, Yuan asked, "I just need to bathe in this water, right?"

                  "That's right." Feng Yuxiang nodded.

                  "Okay."

                  Hearing her confirmation, Yuan started taking his clothes off in a nonchalant manner while everyone was present.

                  "?!?!" Xia Jingyi's face flushed with redness when Yuan suddenly began stripping, as this is her first time seeing a fully naked man.

                  'Young Master's bare body… What a work of art…' Feng Yuxiang chuckled inwardly as she stared at his refined body with an intensive gaze.

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                  There are more out, but I'll stop here for today since otherwise, I'll reach my 50 comment limit for a day very fast.
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                  Hey #panic# can u upload these chapters?
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                  Unfortunately, we do not publish premium chapters for some of the novels. Updates on wuxiaworld.co are unstable, sometimes there are chapters .. sometimes not.

                  + if we publish 20+ chapters in advance, how long will you have to wait until the next chapter? At least the current update schedule is more or less stable.
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                  Ian
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                  Hmmm that's what I thought too
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                  Bless you
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                  Rovecarv
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                  Well done, the site is no longer uploading the chapters anymore way to go.
                  Now wait for months for this website to reach the older chapters and wait for the new one evil
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    Guys, you'll need to read chapter 475+.
    Major spoilers up ahead.

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    With her hand to hand combat training and high cultivation Meixue will trash the participants
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    I HAVE DONE IT I HAVE FOUND A WEBSITE AHEAD OF THIS ONE!!!
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      Impossible...


      What's it called
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      i tried a lot but not man websites have faster uploads. at first I thought it was due to bias of the search engine but even after using canary(chromium beta with daily updates) i got the same result so please share
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        Try using the brave browser that is how I found it. I also could not find it in a normal tab and had to open a private one though I have not searched for it in a normal tab since I found the website
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          Thanks, bro. I know about that site but a lot of the later chapters of a lot of novels weren't available. I had started using Brave recently but forgot about the site. Thanks for the reminder. Unexpectedly, this is one of the only novels whose all chapters are available there.
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            Just be careful, because it keeps saying that the connection isn't secure on mobile
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      wtf is it
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    monke
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