Chapter 1310: Chapter 1310: I Am Like Water Without Roots in the Silver River

North of Divine Foot City, Emperor’s Temple.

Because Emperor Jishui had been kind to the Earth Giant Clan, they built a temple to offer incense in gratitude.

The Emperor accepted the temple but refused the incense.

She was not interested in incense but rather preferred donations, though the daily worship was too noisy, hence unnecessary.

Eventually, the small temple was repurposed as her temporary laboratory, rendering the area forbidden to the Earth Giant Clan.

She did not like others disturbing her work.

Except for a certain butterfly, which was her only exception.

"But, what happened afterward..." A voice, almost like a narration, suddenly echoed, mysteriously.

"But that butterfly eventually left her, leaving behind only a tale, passed down by word of mouth, and ultimately the tale, along with the world, sank into the deep sea, with no one knowing how many times the bell rang that night in the Emperor’s Temple..."

The narration continued, and the scenery of the Emperor’s Temple changed swiftly with the narration.

Thus the strings of time, long as a moment, strummed over a billion echoing reflections of Chao Yue.

The cycle of creation and destruction continued, the Long River and deep sea changed countless times, burying countless ancient ruins and the karma of love and hate.

Yet there was a distant traveler on a long journey through time, who finally on a certain day, found a place of broken walls and remnants.

It was the very person who had recited the previous narration, named Nifan! He stood beside the ancient temple ruins amid swirling snow, gazing at the deserted temple, his heart gradually dimming like a dying lamp.

It seemed he had finally found something, yet it came too late, and so despair flourished and fell, like snowflakes landing on his shoulders, covering his heart.

The previous people had passed, unable to be recalled, leaving only a Bodhi Tree, dead for countless years, still standing here, refusing to fall even in death.

Nifan gazed quietly at the dead Bodhi, his gaze deep as an abyss, named with the inconceivable aura of the abandoned land, like walls separating time and space, making it difficult for others to discern his true thoughts, even if seen, it would be forgotten.

And he was not looking at the Bodhi, as if peering through the Bodhi, observing the causality of the Eight Desolates and the Other Shore, stubbornly pursuing something.

But yet, unable to find...

"Unable to find, why is it still elusive..."

"People say at the Oblique Moon Three Stars, a Bodhi arises, but even Subodhi could not solve my perplexity..."

"I ignited a lamp in my heart, but extinguished the fire of the world..."

"I found the path I came from, but disturbed the deep night snow..."

"But even this snow, was actually just a delusion..."

"In the delusion, I entangled with a naked woman, but only gained disappointment..."

"In the long night, I looked back at the human world, only gazing at its dimness..."

"Trying to grasp the unforgettable fireflies, yet only caught the infinite evil of the God Sealing Seal..."

"Ten years of meditation only realized all the absurdity, still unspeakable in the interpretation..."

"Seeking a star among a billion desolations, unattainable, unseeking, unspeakable."

"Awakened after ten years of Chao Yue, inconceivable, unperishable."

"Lost in this life."

"Unable to reunite in the next."

Nifan spread his hands.

In his left hand, the firefly scattered, leaving only the Seal of Infinite God Sealing...

Right hand moonlight vanished, leaving only the Seal of Understanding...

As if to entwine Jiang Shui’s causality fiercely with Nifan’s causality, showing the unknown something to someone.

As if trying to tell some special group of people, Jiang Shui was indeed his beloved kin, when killing Nifan, do not forget to kill one more person...

The inconceivable wrapped within his words, making part of it audible to all, while another part encrypted, only heard by specific groups.

He immersed himself in the atmosphere of despair and sorrow.

Until a woman’s voice echoed from inside.

Ji Xiaoyao: "Could you be quieter, dear Lord Gold Master~ You’re disturbing my thesis writing. Isn’t it just your little treasure being toasted, no need to sigh at a tree, you aren’t really disadvantaged, are you~"

Ning Fan: "..."

Such a powerful Five-tone Harmony Technique, even in the enigmatic behavior of the Riddle Man, she could somewhat hear part of it, luckily it was only insignificant parts, otherwise it would be hard to explain...

So Ning Fan dissipated the Illusory Art, realizing there weren’t any ruins or despairing sighs, but just his impromptu performance.

The performance’s purpose was to mess with the causality here, to maintain the shaky persona of Nifan.

Having set the persona, remedying it later was the only option, what else could be done?

Whether anyone truly believed his riddling nonsense was not within his concern.

People tend to believe what they want to believe, do they not? As long as some chose to believe, the causality here would turn into muddy waters, no longer quickly concluded.

So be it.

"Wait a little longer, don’t disturb, soon finished, very soon~ Take you stargazing later~" Ji Xiaoyao’s voice from the house.

"Alright." Ning Fan’s response from the courtyard.

Women say wait a little longer, meaning it takes a long time, at least Ning Fan did not think finishing a thesis could be done swiftly.

He also did not understand why previously exhausted Ji Xiaoyao once mentioned "writing thesis to document human experience," she regained energy, fully revived.

But no matter, he had the patience, willing to always wait.

Or perhaps, during the wait, another impromptu performance can ensue, making the causality even more enigmatic?

Then be quieter, perform another scene, don’t disturb others working...

Thus, an extreme illusion unfolded, new scenes and personas appeared anew.

"Hehuan Tribulation, add or diminish worldly ties; but some, unafraid of Hehuan."

"Daoist, do you dare believe, once there was one, in the Joy Tribulation, faced a naked woman, without any lust born."

"I cannot see the woman’s face, cannot hear the woman’s voice, yet crossed the true void with her, unified in the Joy Tribulation, that was the world’s first comprehension."

"As if meeting amid life’s countless non-encounters, no need for guard, no worldly concerns, irrelevant to truth, morality, causality, and unrelated to any stance..."

"No need to discern who she was, nor who I was."

"No knife or sword in hand, heart’s knife or sword already lowered."

"Until suddenly realized, gazed to the sky, looked down to the ground, yet could no longer find traces of that woman."

"Did she really come..."

"Did I really come..."

"Only beneath the Bodhi Tree ahead, remnants of snow traces remain, those were the marks of our existence."

"Seemingly understood, yet seemingly not understood, at that moment a breeze swept past, a Bodhi leaf fell in the wind, in that leaf drifting, I saw Dao’s true form."

"I stumbled upon Dao True, or maybe, within Dao True, recovered my True Self."

"Falling leaves, youth no more, amidst sway, I saw leaves’ two starkly different colors."

"Leaves have two colors, one deep, one light."

"The deep color side is true, the light color side is also true."

"One’s life is like the two sides of a leaf."

"The Dao is likewise."

In a short time, Ning Fan concocted new causality associated with the Hehuan Tribulation.

Thus, certain specific groups would indeed believe the passionate turmoil was caused by Hehuan Tribulation, saving Nifan’s persona...

"Still haven’t finished the thesis..."

"Then let’s perform another version..."

What is a fictive historian, this is it.

The Ant Lord watched the foolishness throughout, looking at Ning Fan’s absurd behavior, yet adamantly did not respond.

At this moment, she was in a state of shame and anger, unwilling to speak with Ning Fan.

As for why the Ant Lord felt shame and anger, it had to start with the "Thirteenth Bell Murder Incident of Emperor’s Temple."

...

This is a memory within a memory.

"A-Are we done? I only planned to help you heal once, didn’t agree to add extra sessions..."

"What is this about twelve consecutive sessions... matching the twelve tones... who are you fooling? It’s already... thirteen times..."

"Stop, stop for a moment... I’m about to... lose control..."

Lose control, what does that mean?

Before Ning Fan could figure it out, a sensation of pain struck him.

It felt like being swallowed by the Saintly Fire of the sun, and instantly, someone named Little Fan Fan received tons of damage...

...

Why was the Ant Lord so embarrassed to death?

It was because Ning Fan and Ji Xiaoyao had an indescribable encounter.

And not just once, but thirteen times!

The reason it was thirteen times and not thirty was because during the thirteenth time, something unexpected happened causing Ning Fan to have to halt things.

But due to the wonder of the Five-tone Harmony, the Ant Lord experienced one-tenth of Ji Xiaoyao’s sensations, fully immersing in the indescribable pleasure.

Though she did nothing, it felt like she’d done everything! She guarded against heaven and earth, yet couldn’t prevent another self from giving in so easily, how could she not be ashamed and furious!

She wanted to blame Ning Fan, but the cause was her other self’s free gift!

She wanted to blame her other self, but wasn’t that blaming herself! The victim and the perpetrator were both her, the pain was too much!

Not just heartache, even the indescribable place hurt!

Moreover, she had just begun to get along with Ning Fan, their relationship was gradually progressing from foes to good friends.

Yet in the end...

She got intimate with her good friend...

She couldn’t face her good friend anymore, nor could she face herself...

Let it all be destroyed!

...

So what was the reason that made the session-addict Ning Fan stop at just thirteen?

The answer was, Ji Xiaoyao had cultivated a legendary constitution—the Yang Devouring Physique! But because she masked it with the power of the Unknowable, Ning Fan failed to notice in advance.

And when the thirteen sessions finally exceeded Ji Xiaoyao’s limit, her constitution lost control in an instant.

It made Ning Fan suddenly experience the terrifying power of the Yang Devouring Physique!

At the moment of losing control, even Ning Fan, fast as he was, was caught off guard, getting a bit of skin burned by the inestimable Yang-devouring Power.

Fortunately, Ning Fan’s Yin Yang cultivation had reached the Tai Chi Beginning Realm, allowing him to reverse Yang to Yin instantly and generate astonishing vitality, but if it were someone else’s good friend, even a strong Initial Saint would be heavily injured.

The Yang Devouring Physique was terrifyingly powerful, reminding Ning Fan of an old acquaintance named Tantai Weiyu...

When he first met Tantai Weiyu, Ning Fan couldn’t deal with the Yang Devouring Physique.

Now in the Tai Chi Beginning Realm, he could slightly suppress this constitution, but to completely ignore it would require higher Taoist attainments.

With current insufficient Taoist attainments, Ning Fan had to stop at thirteen times, unable to continue.

Even though it was only thirteen times, through the Extreme Dual Cultivation Technique, he still helped Ji Xiaoyao gain some Dao Enlightenment.

And with improved Dao Enlightenment, Ji Xiaoyao planned to document her social experience in an unprecedented paper; she valued this experience highly.

...

The Chao Yue Envoy’s attack occurred at 11:15 AM.

By the time Ning Fan finished adding thirteen sessions for Ji Xiaoyao, it was already midnight.

Ji Xiaoyao didn’t work on her paper for too long, merely recording some data, processes, feelings, and insights.

Her first personal experience of relationships was like opening a new world, allowing her to re-examine human and saintly paths from another perspective, clearly not to be completed in just a few words.

So, she would spend a long time completing this paper exploring the relationship between saints and mortals, but at the moment she just wanted to get it over with, so she could fulfill her previous promise of taking Ning Fan to star gazing.

This was her first time taking Ning Fan to star gaze.

Previously, she never did this because the Ancient Starry Sky was just a long and lonely memory for her.

And she didn’t intend to show this past to this butterfly that unexpectedly crossed her path.

She was just a small drink from the vast galaxy, neither hoping to gain anything nor afraid of losing anything.

But this time, Jiang Shui appeared...

She saw some clues from Jiang Shui Taoist’s attack, so she planned to assist Ning Fan in confronting Jiang Shui together.

The starry sky contained the secrets of Huaiwo World, and she took Ning Fan to star gaze to give him some guidance.

Carrying the Unexplainable Seal, she couldn’t verbally reveal many secrets.

So, she would guide him, even if by the end, she still wouldn’t know who he was.

...

Within Divine Foot City, snow and wind were everywhere, but on the Heart-Picking Platform, the wind and snow were absent.

It was because of the Stargazing Array set up by Ancestor Jiang Ming before his death, unaffected by any weather, allowing for clear star observation.

The platform was originally not called Heart-Picking, but Star-Picking, aligning with its intended purpose.

But now, few people come here to stargaze.

The Heart-Picking Platform became an execution ground for the Blood Awakening Ceremony, existing solely to rip out hearts.

As an execution ground, the area was heavily guarded by demon soldiers, prohibiting any unauthorized entry.

But if Emperor Jishui brought Ning Fan, no one would stop them.

To maintain a good relationship with the Senior Jishui, the two elders already decreed that all places, except for clan restricted areas, were open for the Senior’s research and use.

If Senior Jishui wanted to investigate restricted footprints, he could do so with the elders accompanying him.

What a grand vision this is.

"Does Senior require a Star Official to operate the stargazing equipment?" The guarding demon soldier asked respectfully.

"No need."

"Understood! We will leave the Heart-Picking Platform now and will not disturb the Senior and the Junior Historian’s stargazing!"

The demon soldiers wisely retreated from the Heart-Picking Platform, afraid to disturb the Senior’s outing.

Yet some busybodies secretly speculated about the purpose of Jishui Senior and Junior Historian Qi’s night trip to the Heart-Picking Platform, instantly formulating several versions: scandalous, bizarre, or full of numerous twists...

Ji Xiaoyao: "I hope there won’t be too many strange rumors, the most vivid version I recall is one where I was accused of coveting your beauty, imprisoned you in a temple, and had indescribable acts with you for a hundred and eight times, pushing you to the brink of hanging yourself and transforming into a butterfly..."

Ning Fan: "A hundred and eight times?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "Shouldn’t your focus be on the butterfly part... I know well that only a wisp of Daoist thought is here. You are not Prince Qi, I knew this when I first met you, but it was only after several experiments did I confirm that your true form was a butterfly. But in this city, there are numerous rumors about becoming a butterfly, do you know what this implies?"

Ning Fan: "A coincidence?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "Still intend to hide it? Surely you can guess who secretly spread the butterfly rumors."

Ji Xiaoyao: "Initially, I just thought you were a traveler who accidentally entered the Land of Dreams during the Dao Thought Battle. Seeing how composed you were, I decided not to interfere. But then Jiang Shui appeared, clearly targeting you... so I decided to lend a hand against Jiang Shui. However, I have little confidence that I can help you win against him in the Dao Thought Battle, at most I’m confident I can help ensure your Daoist thought leaves here safely."

Ning Fan: "Thank you."

Ji Xiaoyao: "Tch, you’re so polite now. How come you weren’t this polite earlier! If you must be polite, then I should thank you too, for the thirteen time additions, for not breaking the Yin energy, and for staying outside Zhaoyao Palace for thirteen times without entering. Your resolve is as unyielding as a rock, I’m impressed."

Ning Fan: "You’re welcome."

Ji Xiaoyao: "?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "You think I’m sincerely thanking you! I never agreed to your additions!"

Ning Fan: "But you didn’t say no?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "Nonsense! You had my mouth covered, how could I say anything!"

Ning Fan: "That was indeed my fault, I will be more careful next time."

Ji Xiaoyao: "What gave you the illusion there will be a next time! There won’t be!"

Ning Fan: "What if I’m tricked by Jiang Shui again?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "Then use your brain not to be fooled by him! Wait, hold on! I’m here to teach you the Stargazing Technique, not to flirt with you."

Ji Xiaoyao glared at Ning Fan in annoyance.

Not able to laugh is fine, then don’t laugh!

Even though there was a storm pouring in my heart, I still had to bear a smile like the Riddle Man on my face, which was truly infuriating.

But if someone like Jiang Shui was watching you intently, hiding your true self everywhere would be understandable.

Defeating Jiang Shui seemed unrealistic, but seeking peace or taking a minor loss was still possible.

The Dao Thought Battle was indeed perilous, but it wasn’t necessarily a battle to the death. What Ji Xiaoyao planned to do was help Ning Fan avoid the worst outcome.

Ji Xiaoyao: "Have you studied astrology before?"

Ning Fan: "I’ve learned a bit."

Ji Xiaoyao: "How much do you know about the Ten Spirits Star Skill?"

Ning Fan: "I understand it roughly. The Ten Spirits Star Skill is a must-learn for ancient demons, comprising ten branches, which can be divided into two factions: Mountain Spirits and Sea Spirits. Mountain Spirits are five: Flood, Desolation, Origin, Brightness, and Turbidity; Sea Spirits are five: Bitterness, Destruction, Chaos, Emptiness, and Purity. But the Mountain Spirits and Sea Spirits are not immutable; sometimes there’s a switch between the ancestral spirits, so we call it the alteration of Sangling, taking the meaning from ’the sea becomes a mulberry field’. Because the Ten Spirits Star Skill is different from other star skills, a special stargazing method is required to practice it..."

Seeing Ning Fan talk about the Ten Spirits Star Skill so fluently, Ji Xiaoyao couldn’t help but slowly carve out a question mark.

It’s a bit strange.

For normal people, it’s already rare to know that the Ten Spirits Star Skill is divided into two factions. This man could accurately name the ten spirits, knowing so much seems excessive...

Even among the Huaiwo Ten Clans, only each clan’s ancestor could know the names of the ten spirits, and this secret has been passed down only in the Huaiwo World, rarely known outside, and in the Real Realms, at least only Saints are qualified to know this secret...

Ji Xiaoyao: "Not bad, since you know these, I don’t need to explain it further."

In fact, if it was up to her to explain, she couldn’t articulate the true names of the ten spirits.

Within the Unspeakable Seal she possessed, the true names of the ten spirits belonged to the unspeakable part. If one attempted to convey it, even through clever means, they would be punished by the Unspeakable Seal.

Ji Xiaoyao: "Next, let’s directly start the practice of the Ten Spirits Stargazing Method. What I want to teach you is the Earth Giant Stargazing Method, but due to the restrictions of the Unspeakable Seal, much of it belongs to the unteachable art of Dao, and I can only impart basic knowledge of the first step. I’ll first teach you the first Chapter of the Earth Star Method, the Star-picking Chapter. The version I have is a solitary copy, somewhat incomplete..."

Ning Fan: "If it’s the Star-picking Chapter, I have the complete version, do you want it?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "?"

No way.

Why would a butterfly passing through have the complete version of the Earth Giant Clan’s unpassed secret technique? The Earth Giant Clan itself doesn’t have the complete version, and it’s severely lacking; my slightly incomplete version was acquired through merit exchange from the Scripture Pavilion of the Dao Spirit World, and that was earned over several million years for just five hundred merit...

And you have the complete version?

I don’t believe it!

Unless you show me!

So Ning Fan scattered more Unthinkable, isolating the place even deeper.

Then he took out several bamboo slips. The words on the bamboo slips were copied by him, using bamboo slips intended for exclusive use by the historians at the Taishi Pavilion, which is technically misuse of public property.

Ji Xiaoyao flipped through the contents of the bamboo slips, testing the cultivation methods within. Hmm, it was genuine indeed, with significantly noticeable effects.

Ji Xiaoyao: "It’s actually real! If practicing the first Chapter of the Earth Star Method with this bamboo slip, its effect would be at least three times that of my incomplete version. If this item were sold in the shadow of the Trading Formation, it would fetch at least tens of thousands of gold..."

Ning Fan: "Is it really worth that much?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "Of course, this is something related to the Ten Spirits. It can’t necessarily be bought even if you have the money. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have struggled for millions of years to exchange for an incomplete volume..."

Thinking about this, Ji Xiaoyao couldn’t help but feel conflicted.

She’s a Commerce Dao Cultivator, and it’s unacceptable to accept benefits from others without repayment. Since she has viewed Ning Fan’s complete Star-picking Chapter worth tens of thousands of gold, it would only be reasonable to pay for it.

The problem is, she’s very poor! Research is a bottomless pit, and every bit of money she has goes into the Ancient Country Tomb restoration project, leaving her unable to put together tens of thousands of gold to settle the cause and effect.

If she weren’t so impoverished, why would she work every day for just a hundred gold from Ning Fan...

Now what, earning merely a hundred a day, but owing at least fifty thousand to start with, how could she possibly repay this debt...

She had very few friends. Should she borrow some from the foolish Xuan Bird, but the foolish Xuan Bird seems poorer than her, always drinking the northwest wind...

Ning Fan: "You’re not fretting over having to pay me money, are you?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "Yeah! Had I known, I’d have waited until I saved enough to view it. Leaving debts unsettled is detrimental to my spirit sense."

Ning Fan: "Aren’t you going to teach me the stargazing method as well? Doesn’t that even things out?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "How can that be the same! Everything I can teach you is incomplete and of unequal value; those that could be used to offset the debt are, unfortunately, restricted by the Unspeakable Seal and can’t be given to you..."

Ning Fan: "Then how about treating it as an extra bell fee?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "Pah! Extra bell fee, my foot! Besides, who gives such a high tip, trading thousands of gold for a fleeting night of passion... Wait! What do you mean! I was kind enough to help heal you, and you intend to extort me!"

Ning Fan: "Slip of the tongue, think of it not as a tip, but as a reward for your bravery and righteousness. Look, you risked your life and courageously saved me, earning thirty-five thousand gold is not excessive. And I let you view this item, clearing the karma, isn’t that right?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "But this still seems a bit far-fetched..."

Ning Fan: "It’s alright. If you need a reason, I’ll find you a hundred, a thousand."

Ji Xiaoyao: "Don’t be so cheesy! I’m here to help you learn, not to have a love talk with you!"

Ji Xiaoyao: "In any case, let’s focus on studying... Teaching you itself might count for some karma, though not much..."

Having the complete version of the Star-picking Chapter, Ji Xiaoyao naturally didn’t need to teach Ning Fan the incomplete version anymore.

But just as she was about to explain the content of the Star-picking Chapter to Ning Fan, she noticed a problem.

Why was it that everything she taught, Ning Fan already knew, and his understanding of the Star-picking Chapter was even deeper than hers? Anyone unaware might think he was the author of the Chapter!

Ji Xiaoyao: "You already know all this?"

Ning Fan: "Just a bit... Keep going, I love hearing you talk."

Ji Xiaoyao: "?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "You zoned out to listen to the teacher’s pleasant voice during class, didn’t you? Be honest, do you really know a bit, or do you know it all?"

Ning Fan: "I know it all..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "When did you learn it?"

Ning Fan: "When I restored this Chapter..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "?"

Under Ji Xiaoyao’s questioning, Ning Fan had to issue a disclaimer.

Disclaimer: He didn’t mean to hit Ji Xiaoyao’s confidence. He really enjoys listening to her reading and teaching; it makes him feel calm and sleepy. It was Ji Xiaoyao who insisted on asking, and any blow she received from it is not his responsibility...

He then explained the reason.

As it turned out, the so-called complete version of the Star-picking Chapter was actually written by Ning Fan himself during work hours!

As a normally-behaving Evil Sect, Ning Fan wouldn’t work overtime without reason. He did it to access more of the Taishi Pavilion’s documents.

The Taishi Pavilion wasn’t the Scripture Pavilion; most of its holdings were clan histories, but it also contained some less valuable divine skill remnants and useless texts as historical appendices.

On the surface, Ning Fan was diligently working and earning overtime.

In secret, he had gone through millions of volumes of documents in the Taishi Pavilion, with a particular focus on those divine skill remnants.

The remnants weren’t very valuable, but it depended on the person.

With Ning Fan’s Heavenly Human Dao Enlightenment, restoring the remnants was challenging, but not impossible.

So after a series of overtime sessions, he not only restored the Earth Giant Star Technique’s Star-picking Chapter but also many other secret techniques.

Moreover, since this city was merely part of the Divine Foot lineage and practiced an inherently flawed Earth Giant Technique, Ning Fan’s restored Earth Giant Technique was even more complete than the Divine Foot lineage.

Ji Xiaoyao: "Thinking about the huge gap between people suddenly makes me feel a bit down..."

Ning Fan: "Shall we continue with the Star-picking Chapter? I quite enjoy listening to it..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "Enjoy listening, my foot! Next lesson! I’ll teach you how to use the stargazing instrument at the Heart-Picking Platform. Look, at the center of this platform, there’s a special divination plate called the Dao Spirit Style Plate. There are ten kinds of Dao Spirit Plates, and the more common ones are the following four: Liu Ren, Tai Yi, Dun Jia, and Duke of Thunder. Different kinds of plates require different divination techniques to activate. This place uses a Dun Jia Plate, so you need to learn the Dao Spirit Dun Jia Chapter first to run this plate."

Ning Fan: "I see."

Ji Xiaoyao: "The Dun Jia style is divided into three plates: Heaven, Earth, and Human. The Heaven Plate arranges nine stars, the Human Plate arranges eight gates, and the Earth Plate arranges eight trigrams, matching with Yang Dun, Yin Dun, Nine Palaces, Purple and White, Three Strange and Six Instruments, and Nine Gods. In the Dun Jia Chapter, you can use two types of Nine Gods; the former includes Value Talisman, Nine Heavens, Sun, Six Platforms, Gouchen, Taichang, Vermilion Bird, Nine Earth, Tengshe, and the latter includes Taiyi, She Ti, Xuanyuan, Zhaoyao, Heavenly Talisman, Azure Dragon, Xianchi, Sun, and Heavenly One..."

Ning Fan: "I see."

Ji Xiaoyao: "?"

Ji Xiaoyao: "Why don’t you ask about the style of each of the Nine Gods? When I learned this, I was completely flustered... Have you studied the Dao Spirit Dun Jia Chapter?"

Ning Fan: "I’ve learned a bit..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "Where did you learn it?"

Ning Fan: "Taishi Pavilion..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "I have an incomplete version. Is your version complete..."

Ning Fan: "Do you want to see it..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "Wait, don’t rush, let me struggle a bit first..."

Ji Xiaoyao felt like crying!

She was supposed to teach Ning Fan!

Why is she, the teacher, missing part of the curriculum, while the student here can compile the curriculum himself?

Are you employed at the Taishi Pavilion? Have you completed learning the entire heritage of the Earth Giant Clan?

Ji Xiaoyao hadn’t even studied the full version of the ’Dao Spirit Dun Jia Chapter’, so she wanted to see...

But she was too poor! The value of the full ’Dao Spirit Dun Jia Chapter’ exceeded that of the ’Star-Picking Chapter’. If she were to read it, she wouldn’t be able to clear the debt of a hundred thousand gold.

However, the Dao connection was clearly within reach, forcing herself not to look would also harm her spirit sense...

She had not yet struggled to a conclusion when Ning Fan opened the bamboo scroll.

Ji Xiaoyao exclaimed, covering her eyes immediately, but her fingers, as if uncontrollably, left a gap...

And so...

Her debt increased.

Ning Fan: "Is it interesting..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "Interesting..."

Ning Fan: "Don’t worry about it, consider these your reward for my heroic deeds..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "Don’t fool me, my heroic deeds for you can’t be that valuable..."

Ning Fan: "True, I’m not that valuable, but if once isn’t enough, then ten times, if ten times isn’t enough, then a hundred..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "Hundred your head! Next is the final lesson! ’Technique of the Five Spirit Wheels’, this technique is highly forbidden, and what I possess is only the first wheel’s incomplete version..."

Ning Fan: "Hurry up, I love listening."

Ji Xiaoyao: "Love listening to your head, do you already know it! Did you learn it in the Taishi Pavilion again? But that’s impossible, the Spirit Wheel Technique of the Divine Foot Lineage has long been discontinued, you can’t possibly learn it!"

Ning Fan: "Yes, the Taishi Pavilion indeed doesn’t have it..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "So do you know it or not..."

Ning Fan: "Know a little..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "How much is a little..."

So Ning Fan demonstrated his spirit wheels.

Ji Xiaoyao was overwhelmed.

The teacher only had an incomplete version, while the student had already cultivated spirit wheels, what kind of class is this!

Go home! Sleep!

This class can’t be taught! Whoever wants to attend can attend!

Ning Fan: "Wait."

Ji Xiaoyao: "What?"

Ning Fan: "Want to learn..."

Ji Xiaoyao: "!!!"

Of course Ji Xiaoyao wanted to learn! She was a scholar, and her thirst for knowledge within her interests was very strong!

But she had no money...

For a moment, she wrestled within, caught in a battle of super-ego.

Self, Ji Xiaoyao: He’s willing to teach me, why not learn, strangers talk about unfinished debts, but I’m truly connected with him, learning a bit of technique from him, so what! It’s not like I’m directly paying!

Id, Ji Fuyao: No! As commerce cultivators, we must never leave debts unpaid! Revenge must be had, kindness repaid, freeloading is shameful!

Self, Ji Xiaoyao: But he loves me, and I don’t dislike him...

Id, Ji Fuyao: Don’t twist it! I feel like you’re sticking to him! We agreed to work hard to save Huaiwo, but halfway it turned into a romance! It’s hopeless, let it be destroyed.

Self, Ji Xiaoyao: Rest assured, rest assured, I’ll repay him eventually, it’s just a temporary debt...

Id, Ji Fuyao: What will you use to repay! Can you earn a hundred gold a day! And when he brings out another treasure to please you, you’ll owe him tens of thousands more! If you don’t leave now, when will you!

Self, Ji Xiaoyao: Your words make sense, but...does he have even more treasures? Perhaps there are other techniques, documents I want to see?

Id, Ji Fuyao: Help! Someone save me! I’m being invaded by romance enthusiasm!

Super-ego: Fear not! I’m here to save you!

...

Ji Xiaoyao suddenly paused.

The reason for her pause was that she clearly hadn’t cultivated a super-ego, yet at this moment there was the voice of a super-ego.

All cultivators in the world seek the true self, but the answer is never singular.

Some use the past, present, future to define the three corpses of the true self, some use good, neutral, evil, others heart, spirit, blood.

There are countless interpretations of the true self solution, Ji Xiaoyao opted for the three corpses of self, id, super-ego.

Among them, her true self Ji Fuyao was designated as id, all incarnated souls were self, and as for the super-ego, she had struggled for years to cultivate it yet, didn’t know why, she unexpectedly succeeded now.

Had she undertaken any super-ego cultivation?

No.

So where exactly did this ’super-ego’ come from...

Self, Ji Xiaoyao: Super-ego, why do I have a super-ego!

Id, Ji Fuyao: How did you cultivate it, can you tell us!

Super-ego: It’s literal, read twice.

Self, Ji Xiaoyao: ???

Id, Ji Fuyao: !!!

Super-ego: Enjoy!

...

Help!

Ji Fuyao’s world number one personal black history appeared!

Wait!

So, did he help me cultivate the super-ego? No wonder he maliciously increased the time thirteen-fold...

Once the super-ego is formed, I only need three corpses fusion or three corpses all slain, then can prove true self.

Once proven true self, Holy Heart complete, and I’ve long prepared the needed items for sainthood, then I could even directly become a Saint on this Heart-Picking Platform?

And of the very high success rate type!

Do you want to directly become a Saint here?

No, I can’t, the Ancient Country Divine Ship has not yet been restored, if I provoke the Water Tribulation now, the beings within the realm won’t survive.

But in any case, the immense karma that helped me to sainthood counts as owed.

Awaiting online! Urgent! Someone assisted me in achieving sainthood, how much do I need to repay them to clear the karma? Three hundred thousand gold? Five hundred thousand gold?

Super-ego: Can’t repay, let it be destroyed...

Self: Can’t repay, offer myself as payment...

Super-ego: Can’t repay, speak my true name...

"Oh no! I forgot to turn off the Creation Furnace at home..."

The excuse of the Xuan Bird was directly borrowed by Ji Xiaoyao.

She fled in a hurry, her heart in chaos...

She wasn’t avoiding debt, but her own mind. She feared that if she didn’t escape now, her self, id, and super-ego would unite to become her true self, ultimately forcing her to face her true feelings and financially commit to Ning Fan...

Because, she truly dared...

Eventually, Senior Emperor hastily fled, leaving the student Ning Fan, alone on the Heart-Picking Platform, continuing to explore the wonders of the Ancient Starry Sky.

Which is also fine.

"After all, the Ancient Starry Sky holds the echoes of the Ten Spirits, if I explore this secret, I’d surely trigger Manzhi’s contingency. They’re not here, Manzhi can’t hurt them then..."

"Then next, it’s our time, Manzhi! Let me uncover the secret you’ve hidden at the expense of my Divine Arts... Tun Jia Style Plate, activate!"

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