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Li Xiaonan stared blankly at Yu Jizi, who was dressed in an ink-wash patterned long robe. His long hair fell messily over his shoulders, and his phoenix eyes sparkled with mischief, a grin playing at the corners of his mouth. Li Xiaonan thought to himself: What is going on here?
Yu Jizi scrutinized Li Xiaonan and said, "Stop pretending to be dumb! Come on, bow down and pay your respects to your master!"
Li Xiaonan was baffled by this person's intentions and could only respond with a silly smile.
Zhang Hao, standing nearby, tried to smooth things over. "Master, Xiao Nan... he's not really bright; he won't understand what you're saying."
Yu Jizi shot a fierce glare at Zhang Hao. "Haozi, what do you know? If he were a fool, there wouldn't be many smart people left in the world." Just from the fleeting look of surprise in Li Xiaonan's eyes when he glanced back, he could tell that this kid was definitely not foolish!
Yu Jizi had always been known as a madman; he understood the difference between feigning madness and true insanity. Thus, he immediately recognized that Li Xiaonan was merely pretending to be foolish.
Li Xiaonan looked down at the Jade Eye Tablet in his hand, mentally calculating whether he should reveal his true self.
Yu Jizi observed every move Li Xiaonan made and said, "Kid, if you hesitate any longer, you'll really look foolish. Your physique is perfect for my training style; if you wait until you're over eighteen to ask me to take you on as a disciple, I won't accept you! If I were you, I'd toss aside that broken technique you have."
Li Xiaonan thought: I have nothing to lose; why not take a gamble? Why should I keep hesitating here? If I'm going to bet, I might as well go all in!
A sly smile crept onto Li Xiaonan's face as he returned the Jade Eye Tablet to its original place and said lightly, "Who are you? Why should I take you as my master?"
Zhang Hao was stunned.
Yu Jizi went wild with excitement, jumping around and shouting, "I am called Yu Jizi! This Star Picking Tower of the Outer Academy is under my jurisdiction! Why should you take me as your master? Why..." As he spoke, he began spinning in circles.
Li Xiaonan couldn't help but laugh even more. Although Yu Jizi was just a librarian, he was still the librarian of the Outer Academy, which meant he had considerable skills. If he didn't accept him as a disciple now, that would truly be foolish.
He bowed deeply to the spinning Yu Jizi and said, "Disciple Li Xiaonan pays respects to Master!"
Yu Jizi instantly burst into laughter. "Hehehe! Good! Xiao Nan... from now on, I'll call you Li Xiaoyang. This is your senior brother Zhang Hao, Haozi."
Li Xiaonan sighed inwardly, realizing that his master had a penchant for giving nicknames. A master is often equivalent to an eccentric person.
Zhang Hao chuckled beside him, and the two disciples exchanged glances, instantly understanding each other's thoughts.
Yu Jizi, however, paid no mind to this. He said, "Li Xiaoyang, take this technique and practice it. Come to me at the beginning of the month, and I will guide you based on your progress." With that, he vanished.
Li Xiaonan sighed again. The cultivation world was indeed carefree; once a master took on a disciple, they would let go completely. He had never liked relying on others anyway; a master leads you to the door, but cultivation relies on oneself.
"Xiao Nan..." Zhang Hao began.
Li Xiaonan had a good impression of Zhang Hao, and now that they were fellow disciples, he felt quite pleased. "Brother, there's no need to be polite. Just speak your mind."
Zhang Hao nodded, blushing as he asked, "Why are you pretending to be foolish?"
Thinking that family matters should not be aired publicly, Li Xiaonan chuckled awkwardly. "It's a long story. I would appreciate it if you could keep today's events to yourself, including from our brothers and sisters. Xiao Nan is very grateful."
Zhang Hao waved his hand, indicating he wouldn't spread rumors. The two left the Star Picking Tower together, with Li Xiaonan still wearing his signature silly grin.
On the way back to the courtyard, Zhang Hao introduced Li Xiaonan to Yu Jizi's background and explained the differences in their sect's cultivation techniques. Their sect's technique was called the Martial God Formula, which emphasized martial arts as a path to enlightenment and required high qualifications from its disciples due to its focus on physical conditioning.
Li Xiaonan felt that his senior brother resembled a master more than Yu Jizi did. Once they arrived at the courtyard, they parted ways like strangers and returned to their respective rooms.
Inside his room, Li Xiaonan held the Martial God Formula in one hand. Half an hour later, he put away the Jade Eye Tablet and sat cross-legged on the cushion to begin his cultivation.
As he practiced according to the technique, he discovered that his body had already surpassed its requirements. His meridians were exceptionally smooth and robust, with a faint presence of True Essence Power within him—though it fluctuated without guidance.
After an hour of practice, Li Xiaonan transitioned from the Foundation Stage into the Radiant Phase.
At this moment, he could see a glowing lotus seed-shaped true seed in his Dantian. As he absorbed the essence of heaven and earth—the sun and moon's energy—it slowly flowed into his Dantian, transforming into True Essence Power. This power then drew in more of the world's essence in a continuous cycle of three Small Heavenly Cycles followed by one Great Circulation.
Three hours later, the true seed within his Dantian began to sprout visibly. Its growth was rapid; stems elongated and leaves flourished before suddenly wilting again. A pink bud appeared at the location of his Dantian.
Li Xiaonan slowly opened his eyes, a glimmer of brilliance shining within them. He had unexpectedly reached the early stage of Fusion in his cultivation.
Li Xiaonan's inner thoughts raced: This is too fast, unreasonably so. Li Yanrong has decent talent, yet he has only just reached the late stage of Fusion.
He then considered that this might be a gift from the heavens to a fool, or perhaps the pills his mother had been feeding him for years had played a part. Regardless of the reason, he vaguely felt that cultivating too quickly wasn't a good thing, so he decided to pause and thoroughly check his body. At that moment, he sensed the True Essence Power surging within him and found nothing unusual.
Li Xiaonan thought it might be a good idea to visit the Star Picking Tower and have that cheap master check on him.
With that in mind, he stepped outside. It was already night, but cultivators typically had no concept of day and night.
As he arrived at the entrance of the Star Picking Tower, he was stopped by the administrator, Wang Qin. A technique from the Martial God Formula flashed through Li Xiaonan's mind; perhaps it was time to test his skills against this roadblock.
With that thought, a bright smile spread across his face.
"Hey! You can't come in! Can't you understand? During the day, Zhang Hao has your back, but now there's no one here. You seem to have some background; if you give me some pills, I might consider letting you—"
Li Xiaonan shook his head and punched Wang Qin in the stomach, still wearing that silly grin. To Wang Qin, however, it looked like mockery, and in anger, he retaliated.
Wang Qin and Zhang Hao were at the same level of cultivation—both at the Late Stage of Heart Movement—but despite using all his strength, Wang Qin couldn't land a hit on Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan was secretly astonished: He hadn't expected his crazy master's techniques to be so formidable. Especially those moves; with just one Swift Steps technique, Wang Qin—who was a level higher—couldn't even brush against his clothes.
The commotion from their fight disturbed Yu Jizi, who stormed out cursing, "What’s going on? Can’t anyone let people sleep at night!"
Li Xiaonan felt frustrated; cultivators never slept—they meditated instead. He sighed inwardly: His cheap master was indeed a lunatic.
Finally noticing that Li Xiaonan was the culprit, Yu Jizi exclaimed in surprise, "Oh? Li Xiaonan! Wang Kid! Why are you bullying my Foolish Apprentice? Go find somewhere cool to stay!"
Wang Qin's face instantly fell into a bitter expression as he realized: So this fool is the disciple of that madman. I wasted my time tonight; from now on, I'll steer clear of this idiot.
Wang Qin wanted to let Li Xiaonan go, but how could Li Xiaonan let Wang Qin off so easily? "Master... it hurts," he said while squeezing out a few tears from his eyes.
"You! I..." Wang Qin was so angry that he couldn't find the words.
Yu Jizi rolled up his sleeves and shouted, "Alright! Wang Kid, you've got some nerve to bully my disciple."
Wang Qin felt like a mute eating bitter herbs, unable to express his grievances. "No, Elder Yu, I really didn't..." Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Li Xiaonan.
"Kick... butt." Li Xiaonan thought to himself, Let’s see how you like being in my way!
Seeing Yu Jizi's expression change, Wang Qin immediately put on a flattering smile and said to Li Xiaonan, "Here are some pills; please take them!"
Li Xiaonan cheerfully accepted the Storage Belt that Wang Qin handed over. Seeing his foolish disciple so happy, Yu Jizi decided against punishing Wang Qin further and said lightly, "Li Xiaoyang, come with me."
Wang Qin let out a sigh of relief. Although he lost some pills, he figured it was just a small price to pay since he still needed to rely on Yu Jizi's connections to make money at the library entrance.
Li Xiaonan nodded and was about to follow when a cold smile flashed in his eyes as he kicked Wang Qin hard in the backside.
"Ouch!" Wang Qin fell unceremoniously onto the ground.
Yu Jizi shook his head with a smile.
On the seventh floor of the Star Picking Tower, Li Xiaonan was examining the Storage Belt he had just extorted. It was only one cubic meter and contained pure Foundation Pills—about fifty of them. He didn't think much of these small items, but they were technically his first fortune earned through his own efforts since arriving at the Starry Illusion Continent. Well, strictly speaking, it was thanks to his master.
Li Xiaonan stored the belt directly into the Longevity Lock. Now that he had True Essence Power, he no longer needed to press any buttons.
"Li Xiaoyang, why were you in such a hurry to find me? If that Wang Kid dares to bully you again in the future, just tell your master, and I'll skin him alive."
Li Xiaonan felt a bit touched; this seemingly cheap master was quite protective.
He shook his head and replied, "He can't bully me; in fact, I bullied him. Please don't blame your disciple for being mischievous just now."
Yu Jizi's eyes widened in surprise as he laughed, "Good! You little fool even tricked your master!" Suddenly, Yu Jizi sprang up from the cushion and grabbed Li Xiaonan's wrist, murmuring, "How is this possible? Early stage of fusion? Li Xiaoyang, you didn’t grow up on pills, did you? This speed is too fast!"
Li Xiaonan shyly scratched his head. "I grew up eating elixirs." His mother was a master alchemist, and he didn't know how many elixirs she had fed him since childhood. While his mind might not have been fully developed, his body was growing stronger by the day.
Yu Jizi was taken aback, puzzled. "That doesn't make sense! Even if you grew up on elixirs, it wouldn't happen so quickly! Come on, tell me how you cultivated, including what happened with Wang Kid earlier."
Li Xiaonan nodded and began to explain in detail.
As Yu Jizi listened, his confusion turned into astonishment and finally erupted into laughter. "Good! I, Yu Jizi, have truly taken on a great disciple. Li Xiaonan, you can focus on your cultivation; I've examined your body and found no issues."
Li Xiaonan nodded again and then asked Yu Jizi about the parts of the Martial God Formula that he found confusing.
"Li Xiaonan..." Yu Jizi swallowed hard. "You memorized the entire Martial God Formula?"
Li Xiaonan nodded. He had spent half an hour studying the Martial God Formula and had committed it to memory.
Yu Jizi's heart soared with joy, but he didn't want Li Xiaonan to know, so he struggled to contain his excitement.
Only cultivators who reached the Separation Stage could quickly memorize things using their divine sense, and this ability was related to each person's Divine Power. Yet here was his foolish disciple, who not only advanced from a mortal to the Fusion Period in just half a day but also memorized all the contents of the Martial God Formula.
How could Yu Jizi not be delighted?
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