Chapter 32.2

You Need to Work Harder After Class (2)

Towards the end of the class, he gave the disciples some formation exam questions to solve. As long as they could solve them, they would get a grade. Ji Qingzhou quickly finished the paper. Seeing that everyone around was thinking hard, she pretended to write and draw on the paper.

Whether these formations were difficult or simple, there was hardly any difference in her eyes. The only thing that she found difficult to understand was when Jiang Qianke introduced to them the Earth Vein Star Formation belonging to Huang Shi in their very first formation class.

“Now that you’ve finished answering, hand them in.” Jiang Qianke motioned her with a raised chin.

Ji Qingzhou gathered the exam questions on her desk, took them up and handed them to Jiang Qianke. He reached out and took the papers.

The moment his finger touched the paper, the system’s alarm sounded, “Beware, within my monitoring range, I sense a killing intent, and the danger level is at 1.”

Ji Qingzhou’s hand trembled. She let go and quickly retracted her hand into her sleeve.

Jiang Qianke raised his eyes and glanced at her, but did not speak. In the classroom, even if he was deranged, he would not do anything.

Sometimes it was impossible to ignore the killing intent once you got a little closer, but no matter which angle Ji Qingzhou thought, she couldn’t imagine Jiang Qianke harboring such nebulous killing intent toward her.

After she got out of class, she fled quickly. She broached the subject to the system, discussing countermeasures, “It’s really Elder Jiang. System, how did you determine his killing intent?”

The system explained the operation principle of its sensing mechanism, “Killing intent is a kind of negative energy. The cultivators in this world have not used spirit qi for a long time. Spirit qi is a kind of positive energy, while negative energy – including the earth vein ghost qi that gives birth to evil devils – is a product infused with spirit qi.”

“I am an evolution of the world’s consciousness, and naturally I can sense negative energy,” the system explained.

“Is that so?” Ji Qingzhou responded, and then she sighed. “Then how did I incur his hatred?”

“I don’t know.” This was something that puzzled the system as well.

After class, Ji Qingzhou fled as fast as she could. Only when she returned to White Water Island did she feel a little safe. Jiang Qianke was now injured and would not take action against her for the time being, but once he was healed, he should find a way to get his hands dirty.

The death of one or two disciples in Xuanyun Sect wouldn’t be taken as a big deal, because everyone knew that the forces of Huang Shi had not been completely eradicated.

But at this time, Ji Qingzhou didn’t know who to share her worries with. No one would believe that an elder of Xuanyun Sect would murder his disciples. Should she tell Shen Rongyu?… He had such difficulty dealing with the three Soul Seeking Nails that night.

Ji Qingzhou kept the matter secret and didn’t say a word about it to anyone. Some time later, when she was in Cultivation Class, Elder Mu Ying smilingly announced that in a few months, it would be a full year since the day the new disciples were admitted by the sect, and by then there would be a unified test for the disciples of Xuanyun Sect. The test results would also be counted towards their final score in the internal sect assessment.

This would be equivalent to an end term exam. Of course, Mu Ying asked Ji Qingzhou to stay after class. She said to Ji Qingzhou rather helplessly, “Qingzhou, the annual test for the Cultivation class in Xuanyun Sect is rather simple.”

“Only when your cultivation base reaches the 5th stage of Qi Refining can you pass the exam — Of course, this is only the most basic score. The scores will vary from the 5th stage to the 9th stage.” Mu Ying probed Ji Qingzhou’s cultivation base. “In fact, it’s already considered rare for you to have reached this point. You are almost on the 3rd stage of Qi Refining…”

“Qingzhou, you need to work harder after class,” Mu Ying encouraged her.

Ji Qingzhou almost fainted after listening to her. She wasn’t working hard enough?

Was it really necessary to increase her cultivation time? Ji Qingzhou walked out of Elder Mu Ying’s immortal cave, scratching her head in distress.

Honestly… She just found her cultivation a bit weird. Did she hate it? No, that wasn’t the matter.

Cultivating immortality was too arduous, she concluded.

After Ji Qingzhou returned to White Water Island, she packed a lot of Ice Spirit Fruit. She was about to knock on Shen Rongyu’s courtyard door, but saw a note stuck on it, asking her to go in and feed Youyou herself. He also wrote that he wouldn’t be back until the evening.

The last time Shen Rongyu was away, someone pursued and almost killed her. She instantly grew antsy. She pushed the door and walked into Shen Rongyu’s courtyard, temporarily forgetting the matter of extending her cultivation time.

She took out an Ice Spirit Fruit and fed Youyou. The little guy had been eating a lot recently and grew a bit fat, but Ji Qingzhou didn’t let it get too full.

After she finished feeding You You, she didn’t leave immediately. In order to get a passing score in the annual test, she decided to… extend her cultivation time.

She walked to the bamboo platform in Shen Rongyu’s courtyard and waited. Youyou flew over, lay beside her, and frolicked with her.

Ji Qingzhou felt somewhat bored waiting, so she took out her formation book and started to read, flipping page by page.

The more she flipped, the groggier she felt. She was originally sitting on the bamboo floor, with her pale soft tulle spread open. Because of Shen Rongyu’s absence, she was also embarrassed to sit on his bamboo bed by herself.

Ji Qingzhou was so sleepy that her upper and lower eyelids kept fighting. When night fell, she tilted her head, leaned against the bamboo bed, and soon dozed off.

When Shen Rongyu returned, he saw Ji Qingzhou half lying in his courtyard with both her arms on the bamboo bed, her silky black hair dropping down to her waist. She did not dare to lie on the bamboo bed directly. The Profound Frost Beast cub, on the other hand, was sleeping under her sleeve.

Beneath the moonlight, the book she was holding fell to the ground, with dense notes in it.

Her eyes were closed, her breathing was even and shallow, and she was evidently sound asleep.

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