Chapter 11 Like a Flower

  The surroundings of the Southern Pine Pavilion were filled with outer disciples who were practicing hard.   When they threw punches, they seemed to be full of force and momentum, but they were actually very careful - the requirement of extreme precision in control was a requirement of the introductory gongfu, and initially, when a fellow disciple missed and broke a branch of an ancient tree, the deacons' faces were very unsightly.   Those deacons were also outer sect disciples back then, and it was only because they hadn't been able to enter the inner sect to cultivate that they now stayed in the Southern Pine Pavilion as deacons, so naturally they wouldn't be afraid of them.   Suddenly, he heard a klaxon sound, and a rather thick tree branch fell down.   A disciple withdrew his slightly numb fist and looked blankly somewhere, completely forgetting about the deacons.   With a muffled sound, an ancient tree was punched out with a shallow hole, bark splattered everywhere, and that disciple withdrew his bleeding fist as if he didn't feel any pain at all.   A disciple who was leaning against a pine standing arrow directly sat on his butt on the ground.   Similar images happened in many places at the same time, and the woods were in chaos.   Immediately afterward, many murmurs rang out.   "What's going on here?"   "What are you guys looking at?"   "It's coming out!"   "That person is coming out!"   The fist wind gradually disappeared between the cliff paddings, and the white smoke dissipated itself, suddenly becoming unusually quiet.   A few deacons walked out from the sword hall with puzzled faces, following the disciples' line of sight to look somewhere, their faces also changed slightly.   The mountain wind was gently brushing, the grass was slightly moving, and the white clothes were fluttering, that person had actually left the small courtyard?   ......   ......   Entering the South Mountain Sect had already been more than ten days, Jing Jiu had never appeared in front of people.   For these disciples between the cliff pings, this white-clothed teenager was mysterious and strange.   Today was actually the first time he had left the small courtyard, naturally attracting countless surprised and curious gazes.   Being watched by so many lines of sight, Jing Jiu didn't care at all and walked through the woods with his hands behind his back, heading towards the Sword Hall.   There was a young girl with clear eyebrows who gathered her courage and said, "How are you, Senior Brother Wells?"   Jing Jiu glanced at her and confirmed that he didn't recognize the other party, not stopping his steps and continuing forward.   Watching this scene, someone said angrily, "Not even willing to nod your head?"   That young girl hurriedly said, "Senior brother has nodded his head."   This was indeed true, many of the disciples who were close by could see clearly that Jing Jiu had indeed nodded his head.   It was just that the amplitude of his nod was really too small, looking like a stone being blown by the wind for a split second, if one didn't look closely, it would really be hard to notice.   "Is that a nod or a handout?" A disciple said with a sneer, "Being born good looking and having money in the family, he can stand tall and be so proud? He also doesn't think about it, our Green Mountain Sect is a place to cultivate the Great Dao, what's the use of all the things in the mortal world? He is now where there is still the qualification to be proud. Nowadays, the ten year old senior brother is the most remarkable person, the servant from the beginning suddenly turned over to become an object beyond his reach, he must have felt humiliated, that's why these geniuses refused to come out."   There were many different ways to say about Jing Jiu's refusal to leave the small courtyard, some said that he was lazy, and more disciples still held this view.   The young girl who had greeted Jing Jiu wanted to say a few words in his defense, but she didn't know what to say, because that was how it looked.   Anyone else who was in a situation like Jing Jiu's would feel embarrassed or even humiliated, right?   ......   ......   In the Sword Hall, more than ten disciples were sitting on the floor, holding books in their hands not flipping through them, but chatting about something.   Xue Yongge, who had a background, sat in a conspicuous position, but he was not the centerpiece, and the disciples, including him, were in fact seated around Liu Shixue.   The crowd was supposedly exchanging doubts about cultivation, and it was obvious that this was not the first time such an image had happened, and there was not much tension on Liu Shixue's little face.   Listening to him speak in a clear childish voice about his preparations for breaking the boundary, smiles piled up on the faces of the disciples, not deliberately pleasing, definitely respectful enough.   In the gazes of the two young girl disciples as they looked at Ten Liu, there were even some emotions like admiration.   Although neither Master Lu nor Ten Liu said anything, some disciples guessed that Ten Liu had already managed to enter the God Clasping Realm.   To enter the God Clasping Realm in such a short period of time and at such a young age was truly shocking.   Who could tell just how far this natural born dao seed would be able to go in the future?   "Come here for a moment."   A calm voice lacking in emotional ups and downs rang out, breaking the tranquil and focused atmosphere in the Sword Hall.   The disciples looked back towards the entrance of the Sword Hall to see the falling sunlight being whisked into a nice halo by a white coat.   The two young girls were so surprised that they nearly let out a soft cry and hurriedly covered their mouths.   The male disciples were much slower to react than the two young girls, and it was only a few moments later that they woke up and realized that the person coming was actually Jing Jiu.   The emotions in the people's eyes that looked at Jing Jiu were complicated, besides being surprised, there was also sympathy, pity, and mockery in those eyes, as well as some loathing and displeasure.   Just like what that disciple in the woods said, the disciples of the Southern Pine Pavilion all thought that the reason that Jing Jiu refused to leave the small courtyard was because of the reason that Liu Shixue's performance was too outstanding, just how did he come out today?   Xue Yongge looked at Jing Jiu and said with a cold smile, ''Can't you see that we are discussing our cultivation homework? Also, who are you shouting at? Come over here? Who do you think you are? You still think you're a young master?"   No one catered to Xue Yongge's words, and even his own speaking voice grew softer and softer until it disappeared, because the image he wanted to see the most, of Liu Shixue being moved by his words and turning red and refusing to pay any attention to Jing Jiu, did not happen.   While he was saying these words, Liu Shixian had already run to Jing Jiu's body and said, "Gongzi, you're finally willing to come out!"   Anyone could see that he was truly happy, his little face was filled with smiles like flowers.   ......   ......   Back in Jing Jiu's courtyard, Liu Shixue was still in a state of excitement, and kept asking him why he came out today, whether he would go out often in the future as well, and whether he had finally figured it out and was ready to cultivate.   For the first time, Jing Jiu felt that this child was a bit noisy and raised his right hand.   Ryu Ten hurriedly shut his mouth.   "After you left in the morning, I remembered that I forgot something, so I went to shout at you."   Jing Jiu thought for a moment and rarely explained more, "It's not that I refused to go out of the yard, it's that I'm too lazy to go out."   Liu Shiyou nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood, and then asked curiously, "What is it that Gongzi is looking for me for?"   Jing Jiu said, "You've already broken the realm?"   Liu Shiyou didn't dare to look him straight in the eyes, lowered his head and said, "Immortal Master didn't let me say ......"   Master Lu didn't let him say it because he was afraid that it would affect other disciples' cultivation, a genius like him might inspire his fellow disciples to strive forward, and it was also highly likely that it would dampen the confidence of his fellow disciples.   Ten Liu did not say anything to Jing Jiu, besides this reason there were some other thoughts.   In these few days, he had heard a lot of comments consciously or unconsciously, the praises of his fellow disciples made him very happy, while the mockery of the male son made him very uncomfortable.   He couldn't tell if those comments were true or not, and if that was the case, would the male son be stimulated by his own success in breaking through the realm?   He also knew that his thoughts were a bit naive, the male son was very knowledgeable and knew everything, he was just a bit lazy, how could he care about that, just in case ......   "Drink this cup of tea."   Jing Jiu didn't think about what the little guy was thinking, he just wanted to get this done as soon as possible and then go get the contraptions he had found to pass the time in the past few days.   Ryuuji took the tea and asked, "What's in the tea?"   Jing Jiu had left the small courtyard for the first time to call him back, so this cup of tea naturally couldn't be ordinary tea.   "I melted an elixir in it, it will help you stabilize the God Clasping Realm."   Jing Jiu didn't tell the little guy that there was an extremely precious Violet Xuan Dan in this cup of tea, nor did he warn him not to tell this matter.   Without drinking the tea, Ten Liu looked at him and said with a bitter face, "Immortal Master also bestowed a few pills, will the medicinal powers clash?"   Jing Jiu said, "Those are too bad, don't eat them."   Liu Shixue oohed and didn't ask anything else, drinking the tea in his cup in one go.   Obviously helping him, watching him drink the tea without hesitation, Jing Jiu somehow felt a little happy.   After waking up in that cave, the white-clothed boy hadn't been happy for a long time.   "While I'm in a good mood today ...... well, it's actually rather ordinary, but ...... rather boring, yes, boring."   Jing Jiu said, "If there is anything you don't understand, hurry up and ask me."   Green Mountain Sect's cultivation of external disciples is very strange, just throw a book of introductory spells will never care again, Liu ten years old, although it is a natural born Taoist seed, but after all, the first time in the cultivation, there are a lot of difficulties in cultivation, he has long wanted to ask Wells Jiu, like in the village at the beginning, but just a little bit afraid to do so, at this time to find that Wells Jiu's mood is really good, and of course it may be that he is really bored, where is he willing to miss this opportunity.   "Yes!"   ......   ......   One asked, one answered, such as this one back and forth ceaselessly, the sunlight gradually slanting, the tree shadow gradually long, twilight has arrived.   Liu Xiu finally solved all the difficulties in cultivation.   Jing Jiu's answer is like the sharpest sword awn in heaven and earth, easily cutting through the most complicated relationship, so that the true face of cultivation is revealed, it turns out to be that simple and clear.   Looking at Jing Jiu, Liu Shixue's eyes were full of admiration, he knew that Gongzi was marvelous, but he didn't know that Gongzi was so marvelous, now that he thought about it, those worries of his own were really naive and childish to the extreme.   According to the usual habit, Liu Shixue took out the yellow essence cake and dried fruit distributed by the deacon, shared the food with Jing Jiu, and then prepared to go back.   Today, however, Jing Jiu let him stay a little longer.   He looked at Liu Shiyou's eyes and calmly said, "Actually, I also have something I want to ask you."   Liu Shiyou was a little surprised and said, "What is it?"   Jing Jiu said, "Why are you doing this?"   Liu Shiyou thought for a moment before realizing what he was talking about and said, "Gongzi is interested in me ......"   Jing Jiu raised his hand.   Liu Shiyou hurriedly closed his voice.   What he was about to ask had nothing to do with those arguments and everything else.   "You're smart, kind, have a resolute disposition that doesn't match your age, and you have a firm, albeit naive and childish, sense of right and wrong."   Inuyasha looked him in the eye and said, "Then why do you stay by my side?"