Stepping through the gates of the Mountain River Academy.
“The gold and blue are shooting each other, and the brocade is intertwined with glory. I can’t imagine that behind the seemingly ordinary gate is such a glorious scene, even the imperial palace is no better than this, right?” Jin Mingxuan called out.
“The Northern Zhou Emperor built it to flatter Meng Shan Chang, and it is said that this has caused Meng Shan Chang to declare a retreat and stay away for years, living in a hut on top of the mountain. Let’s go and report first.” Qing Yu pulled Jin Mingxuan and said.
All the matters related to the academy, Feng Jiu had already spoken clearly to Qing Yu before he left.
The Northern Zhou emperor was really close to the extreme with Meng Shanhe, a Confucian school that was well-known in the world and not for power. In terms of scale and architecture, only the emperor’s own palace in Northern Zhou could be slightly better than it.
In addition, over the years, students who have made a name for themselves after leaving the Shanhe Academy have spontaneously funded the repairs, so it is not surprising that it has reached this scale.
However, it was a rumour that Meng Shanhe was living in a hut at the top of the mountain in seclusion.
According to Feng Jiu, at the top of this Datong Mountain is the real Shanhe Academy, now the core altar of the Confucian school. Only those students who could cultivate Hao Rang Zheng Qi could enter the Academy at the top of the mountain and receive teachings from the various Confucian masters, even the Grand Master Meng Shanhe.
The duo followed the first arriving scholars and reported to the Ritual Saint Pavilion where Mr. Qingzhu was located.
However, Qing Yu and the others did not meet that Mr Qingzhu, but some older students handled the corresponding matters.
After briefly confirming their identities, the two of them received the keys to their rooms and went off to find their future accommodation in the Shanhe Academy.
“Yellow Character Courtyard, A-5, Brother Meng, what’s your room number?” Standing in front of a large courtyard, Jin Mingxuan tossed the key in his hand and asked this Qing Yu.
“The same is the Yellow Character Courtyard, the new students are staying here, C-3.” Qing Yu said as he looked at the sign hanging from the key in his hand.
“It doesn’t make sense,” Jin Mingxuan said, scratching his head, “I know Brother Meng’s literary talent, so how could he live in C-3.”
The rooms were all the same, it was the door numbers that were ranked according to entrance grades, starting with A I and going down in order, simple and crude.
“Maybe I’ve been to Tianle Place too much and my brain is a bit off.” Qing Yu said casually and perfunctorily.
“Let’s go back to our respective rooms and tidy up first.”
The two said goodbye to each other and left for their respective rooms.
——
“There really is some discipline in the Mountain River Academy’s Hao Ren Zheng Qi.”
After returning to his room, Qing Yu first took a short break to adjust to the special environment of this Mountain River Academy.
After experiencing this special environment, Qing Yu realised that what Lu Qifeng had said was true. In this Mountain River Academy, as long as one moves with evil thoughts, one can feel a slight sense of oppression in one’s heart.
This oppression, which grows with time and the size of the evil thought, until it crushes one or, alternatively, makes one abandon evil for good.
If one is to avoid this particular oppression, the only way to avoid it is for experts at the Divine Origin realm or above, who can control their own mind to the extent that they do not have evil thoughts. However, they would also be sensed by the Confucian Sect Grand Master Meng Shanhe, who sits at the top of the mountain.
For the others, even if they could control their evil thoughts for a while, when they really acted, they could not manage to suppress them throughout, and they simply could not manage to lurk for a long time.
One thing that was special about Qing Yu compared to others below the Divine Origin level was that his state of mind had actually reached the threshold of the Divine Origin realm, only that his true qi was inferior. Therefore, he could both lurk for a long time and remain undetected.
Lu Qifeng only had the mentality to try it out and let Qing Yu, who was extremely strong mentally, come here to try it out, but to his surprise, Qing Yu was able to live in this special environment completely without side effects.
——
It was night.
Qing Yu dressed up and went out to the Xuan Zi courtyard where the older students who had started the previous year lived.
Following the room number, Qing Yu stopped in front of Xuan Yi’s room and knocked gently on the door a few times.
“Who is it?” A somewhat reluctant voice came from the room, as if suppressing this pain.
Qing Yu called out, “Senior Brother Feng Jiu, Senior Brother Meng De, I have some questions I would like to ask Senior Brother, and I hope Senior Brother will not hesitate to give me advice.”
“Come in, the door is unlocked.”
Qing Yu pushed the door inside, only to see Feng Jiu sitting paralyzed on the floor in front of the bed, his face twisted, looking at Qing Yu who entered the door with a complicated look.
Turning back to close the door and locking it behind him, Qing Yu laughed lightly, “How does it feel to be a Black Heavenly Tribulation?”
“Black —— Black Heavenly Tribulation?”
“It’s that empty and strange itchy feeling you used to feel when you were cultivating,” Qing Yu found a seat and sat down, “I know you have quietly made attempts to endure this feeling. But after the Black Heavenly Book is practiced, the three walls and twenty-eight constellations form themselves into a complete celestial chart, and the force of this ‘Black Heavenly Tribulation’ will be far more powerful than before.”
“You’re counting on me!” Feng Jiu said angrily.
“Didn’t you guess this a long time ago? It’s just that you’ve been holding on to a sliver of hope and refused to give up. Thinking that this ‘Black Heavenly Tribulation’ is just a difficult and dangerous part of the cultivation process, and that once you’ve practiced it, it’s gone.”
“You should know that in this world, there is never a free lunch. How could I possibly want to get only this small gain for now when I’ve gone to the trouble of helping you, a powerless and sickly prince.”
“So, are you convinced? Feng Jiu.”
Qing Yu got up and made it to Feng Jiu’s side, crouching down to meet his eyes.
“I am convinced ——” Feeling the increasingly uncomfortable feeling of emptiness and strange itchiness, Feng Jiu finally spat out these two words.
After saying this, the last bit of strength in Feng Jiu’s body was lost as his will collapsed, “Save me ——”
“Just serve.” Qing Yu raised his hand to inject pure true qi.
The “Black Heavenly Tribulation” subsided under Qing Yu’s true qi, and with it, came the feeling of endless bliss. The power of the “Black Heavenly Tribulation” was strengthened, and the great bliss that came from its disappearance was also greatly increased.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qing Yu hurriedly used the Mind Deterrent Technique to brainwash Feng Jiu to strengthen her heart to endure humiliation.
After a long time, Feng Jiu pulled her mind back from the unprecedented bliss. At the same time, Qing Yu, who was closing her eyes to take a rest, also opened her eyes.
“Are you awake? Just in time, I’m going to tell you about it, the Black Heavenly Book.”
Feng Jiu got up and sat down opposite Qing Yu, listening with a straight face.
“What is practiced in the ‘Black Heavenly Book’ is not called internal power, but ‘robbery power’. The ‘robbery’ of the ‘Black Heavenly Robbery’. The Black Heavenly Book opens with the clear meaning of having no four laws ——”
The corner of Qing Yu’s mouth pulled out a subtle smile, “‘The first law of the ‘Four Laws of Having and Not Having’ is called ‘No Master, No Slave’, which speaks of the relationship between you and me. I am the robber master, you are the robber slave, but any robber slave, cannot leave the robber master, if the robber master dies, the robber slave dies.”
“The second law, there is a loan and a return. I think you should have felt the wonderful use of the robbery power. For all gong methods, if you know the content, the robbery power can be transformed into corresponding internal power. Not only that, but your own physical strength can also be generated accordingly. But all of this, it needs to be paid back.”
