After finding out about Chen Ying's situation, Mu Chen took him in and arranged for him to temporarily stay in Mu Tian Manor. He even specially opened up the Mu Family Castle's library to him.
As night fell, stars began to shine, and the moon continued to shine. However, Chen Ying knew that even though they were still in the same starry sky, the moon was no longer the moon that he was familiar with.
In the past, Chenying did not understand the ancient saying 'the child wants to be raised but is not willing to stay with the child', but now, he had experienced it deeply! Only, he regretted not cherishing her properly! His memories of his parents only remained as a vague child, but the bits and pieces about her, now that he recalled them, were like yesterday!
After being humiliated by a fairy-like girl, Chen Ying's face turned red. He hurriedly hid the Ice Heart Sutra behind him and unnaturally said, "Little girl, you're still up so late?"
The girl rolled her eyes and pretended to sigh pitifully, "What can I do?" He had to meditate and cultivate the entire morning and night, otherwise, he would definitely be taught a lesson! "This, I just finished my late cultivation a moment ago!"
"What about you? What was he studying just now? Seeing that you're so engrossed, even after I've been here for so long, there still hasn't been any reaction! " The little girl had a sly smile on her face as she approached Chen Ying and asked.
Chen Ying, who had never been so close to a girl other than his girlfriend, was even more nervous as he smelled the fragrance. His heart was beating faster. Furthermore, from her words, he found out that his embarrassing appearance was actually under the little girl's nose. Taking a deep breath, he took the Ice Heart Sutra from his back, pointed at the meridian map above, and nervously asked, "Where are the acupuncture points recorded in this technique? How to open the acupoints and open the meridians? And how do I draw in the spirit energy, pass through the bones, circulate the spirit energy, and gather the dantian? "
After she finished speaking, Chen Ying's face was red as he lowered his head and listened quietly, waiting for the little girl to explain herself.
Hearing his words, the little girl laughed heartlessly, "No way. Even a six year old child knows about it, but Brother Chen doesn't? "
Cheng Ying was extremely embarrassed, he lowered his head even more!
Looking at his embarrassed appearance, the little girl pretended to be a master as she seriously tried to solve his doubts. However, from time to time, she would laugh like a silver bell, exposing the young girl's true nature.
… ….
It was already late in the night, and the moon hung high in the sky. The two people under the starry sky had unknowingly closed the distance between them as they chatted. This was also the first time he had chatted so much with a girl other than his girlfriend.
Under Mu Yuxin's guidance, Chen Ying went from not knowing anything about cultivation to identifying all the acupuncture points in his body and understanding the whole process of cultivation. During their conversation, they also learned that the cultivation realms were divided into three levels, Qi Refining, Essence Condensation and Void Transformation. As for the Void Transformation realm, it was not something that a power like the Mu Family Castle could know!
The children who had reached the age of six began to build their foundation and cultivate. Those who were able to gather Qi and form their dantian would be nurtured by the castle! However, the path of cultivation was extremely difficult. Very few people had both extraordinary talent and exceptional perseverance. So far, the number of cultivators in the castle was only a few!
The young girl in front of him was a ninth circulation Qi Refining cultivator, just a step away from the Origin Condensation Stage. Her cultivation was the same as the Mu Clan's three heroes (Mu Hong, Mu Chen, and Mu Tian) and she had become one of the pillars of the Mu Family Castle at such a young age!
The essence of Qi Refining is to condense the true qi and gather it in the dantian when inhaling, to expel the foul energy out of the body when exhaling, and to complete a cycle with each breath! The key to raising one's realm in the Qi Refining stage lay in the expansion of one's meridians and dantian through the circulation of true energy. Therefore, apart from the word 'hard work', Qi Refining stage cultivators valued more! Of course, there were also treasures and pills that could expand one's meridians and dantian, but the high price was not something that ordinary cultivators could bear! With the increase of cultivation base, the faster he could refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the purer the condensed Zhen Qi, the more True Qi he could contain. Then, the longer the fight, the greater the damage! In the same way, when zhenqi circulated in the meridians for two weeks, it would be equivalent to the second Qi Refining stage. When one reached the ninth circulation, he would be able to condense more true essence and it would be a qualitative leap! This logic was very simple. For example, when water was below zero degrees Celsius, it would freeze; however, if it was ice cubes, the lower the temperature, the more likely it was to freeze and injure people!)
He sat down cross-legged, calmed his heart, and then started to channel the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth with the Ice Heart Spell.
When the spirit energy entered his body, all the blood vessels in Chenying's body instantly surged up, the veins on her body wiggled like earthworms, and like a small stream that was suddenly filled by a torrential flood, forming holes. The black impurities mixed with the blood seeped out through her pores, soon soaking her clothes, like a bloody man, she looked scary and ferocious! However, he gritted his teeth and persevered on. Time and time again, he continued to channel the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth into his acupuncture points!
Chen Ying's appearance made the little girl pale. She thought that it was due to her wrong guidance, and tears immediately filled her eyes. She cried out in panic, "Chen-gege, what's wrong? Don't scare Xin`er! "
"I'm fine! "Don't worry!" Chen Ying opened his scarlet eyes. His voice was hoarse and his aura was faint.
The little girl was still worried. She said in a choked voice, "Brother Chen, don't practice anymore. I'll let Father take a look!"
Without waiting for a reply, the little girl had flown up and appeared outside Mu Tian's room shortly after. She hurriedly knocked on the door as she cried out anxiously with a teary voice, "Father, this isn't good! Something's happened to Chen-gege! "
"Which bastard is in trouble?" Mu Tian replied sleepily and impatiently, "What does it have to do with me!"
The little girl was so anxious that she kept stamping her feet. Her hands kept moving, "Bang, bang, bang..." The knocking on the door was unceasing, as if it was getting fiercer and fiercer!
"Oh god, let's go take a look. See how it makes Xin'er so anxious!" On the luxurious bed, a beautiful woman gently said as she pushed Mu Tian.
"Alright, I'll go take a look and see which bastard is disturbing my sleep!" Mu Tian grumbled in annoyance as he lazily stood up and casually put on a long robe to open the door. When he saw that his precious daughter was like a tearful girl, the complaints in his stomach disappeared as well. His tone also became gentler and he said, "What happened? Take your dad to take a look. "
Seeing her father's imposing figure, the little girl seemed to have found a reason to stop and wiped her tears. Her lips that were like a giant kitten's flattened her lips as she said, "It's all my fault! I was the one who harmed Chen-gege and caused his cultivation to go berserk! "
Mu Tian disapproved of his daughter's words and thought to himself, "What kind of joke is this? This kid hasn't even opened up his meridians, how could he go berserk!" However, he did not say those words explicitly. Instead, a smile emerged on the corner of his mouth as he looked at his anxious daughter teasingly. As if he was deep in thought, he casually said: "How could one's cultivation go berserk? Which little fool made a mistake on a disciple's behalf by giving random pointers? "
The girl blushed and pulled his arm. "Why are you so long-winded? Go take a look!"
"Hurry up, hurry up..." Along the way, the little girl kept complaining.
Mu Tian curled his lips in dissatisfaction and said lazily, "Little girl, you've finally relaxed! This kid's life is even tougher than a cockroach's. He won't be able to die even after a short while! "
… ….
A moment later, Mu Yuxin dragged Mu Tian and appeared in the small courtyard.
"Yo!" What happened? How did it become like this? "I say, brat, you are too restless. You just got up and started tossing and turning again, causing laozi to not even be able to sleep well …" Seeing Chen Ying covered in blood, Mu Tian curiously walked around him like a baby and clicked his tongue.
"Dad, at this time, you're still in the mood to joke? Look at Chen-gege's injury! " To this, the little girl's eyes were red as she looked at her father with hope. Her anxious voice was filled with dissatisfaction and reproach.
"This kid doesn't have any foundation, and he's already past the age of Foundation Establishment. Now that his meridians are blocked and his acupoints are locked, it's impossible for him to open all the acupoints in his body by himself without the help of external force!" Mu Tian was in a difficult situation. He saw the problem with a single glance, but when he saw his daughter's beautiful face, which was filled with tears, and the pitiful eyes that looked at him, he sighed, "Forget it, forget it! Since second brother also favors this kid, I will help him out! "
Mu Tian's attacks were like lightning. Chen Ying didn't even have time to react before several strands of energy penetrated his body, causing him to involuntarily straighten his body! Following which, Mu Tian placed both palms on Chen Ying's back, and a formless energy dissipated. The grass and trees began to move without wind, and at the same time, an ice-cold true energy rushed into Chen Ying's acupoints and circulated along the circulation route of the Ice Heart Technique. This wave of Zhen Qi was like a hot knife through butter, breaking through all the acupoints one after another. Traces of black impurities were seeping out from his pores.
The entire process took a short time, but both Chen Ying and Mu Tian appeared to be in extreme pain! With the influx of true energy, Chen Ying's body seemed to spasm and twitch. On the other hand, Mu Tian's face gradually paled as steam like a white mist was emitted from the top of his head and his body slightly trembled!
When Chen Ying's meridians were connected, Mu Tian's body shook slightly, but he covered it up well. With a shake of his hands, the impurities on Chen Ying's body splashed out, and his messy clothes immediately became spotless. Then, he pretended to pat his hands confidently and gracefully, and floated away!
At this moment, Chen Ying did not know what Mu Tian had done. It was only after many years, as his cultivation had gradually improved, that the slovenly man from back then had exhausted all of his true energy to help him wash his meridians! Of course, with Mu Tian's cultivation, he wouldn't be able to cleanse his meridians in the true sense, but this thought was enough to engrave Chen Ying's memories into his heart!
"You're just going to leave? "Doesn't care about Chen-gege's injuries?" Seeing this, the little girl couldn't help but complain with a trace of dissatisfaction in her voice.
"I'm not leaving. Could it be that I'll stay and watch the two juniors flirt with each other?" A lazy voice that carried a hint of teasing floated over from far away, "Ah, women are born extroverted! For the sake of my little lover, you even dare to order your father around! "
No one noticed the fatigue in his words!
Hearing this, the little girl's hanging heart calmed down, and at the same time, it made her feel bashful. Her pretty face turned red as she stomped her feet in anger and muttered, "You old fool!"
When he looked at Chen Ying again, he was stunned as he looked at the figure that was moving away like a gust of wind. He did not even have the time to thank her.