Chapter 006: The Foolish Mount
In summary, after spending the entire morning, Wang Jiu overcame many inconveniences of the single-operation formation and finally completed all the preparations for the intelligence test before Li Qingming woke up
However, how could there be such a requirement!" Li Qingming shouted, "I have never heard of any cultivation method that requires someone to eat feces!"
You are the one with mild intellectual disability
If Li Qingming can break through the wind barrier and master the art of wind manipulation to enter the realm of rising winds, the cycle of power will regenerate itself, allowing Wang Jiu to derive a portion of it for his own benefit, thereby constructing his own formation. The best among these is the Gathering Wind Formation. With this, he can gather the spiritual winds of the world for his own use, much like a cultivator mastering the art of wind manipulation, thus possessing an unending source of power
Wang Jiu replied: "Because it is feces, it naturally smells like feces; otherwise, could it smell like curry?"
"You have passed the test," said Wang Jiujian, as a flash of brilliance emanated from him. The gentle force of the breeze instantly swept away the foul odor that filled the room, causing the examination materials on the table to collapse into dust.
Seeing the girl's reaction so cooperative, Wang Jiu said: "It is like this, there is a divine skill called 'Vajra Subduing Demons', which was created by the Zen sect during the era of the battle between immortals and demons. It was later improved and promoted by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. Aside from the first stage of cultivation being particularly difficult, the subsequent path is smooth, with occasional challenges. With your immovable dominant body, you can traverse it as if walking on flat ground."
Then, take this and swallow it
Mount, I just recalled a very powerful technique that is perfectly suited for practitioners like you who specialize in the immovable body. The two can be cultivated together, complementing each other, and yielding endless benefits. Essentially, you can break through the wind barrier in about three days.
However, relying on this magic circle can allow him to regain a bit of mobility
Ah ah ah ah ah
This matter has indeed troubled Wang Jiu for a long time. From the first moment he laid eyes on this small mount, he began to doubt her level of intelligence. Now, after all this time, Wang Jiu feels as if he is about to explode.
Next, she held her breath and asked in a childish voice, "Wang Jiu, isn't this thing a bit strange? Do I really have to eat this in order to learn the Vajra Subduing Demons?"
You must be joking me
Wang Jiu said, "Unfortunately, I cannot teach it."
You
Li Qingming was a bit bewildered at that moment, wiping her tears while asking in a thick nasal voice, "Ah?"
Wang Jiu floated in the room for a while, completely unable to be satisfied with such sluggishness, and began to consider how to construct a second formation. Li Qingming's ancestral talismans had already been used up, and given her impoverished circumstances, there was no hope for more talismans in the short term. The only thing she could rely on was her own cultivation.
This is a formation that allows one to manipulate external objects from a distance. During the era of the Celestial and Demonic War, Wang Jiu once gathered thirty-eight million shape-controlling formations within the Sword World, using them to remotely capture a war fortress of the demon race, and then cast it away, annihilating a regular demon regiment directly like a meteor from the heavens.
Possessing the bloodline inheritance of the Nine Immortals and the renowned Celestial Sword from a master, the only thing that can limit this young girl's future achievements is her intelligence
You, you are really deceiving me!
Upon hearing Wang Jiu's nonchalant remarks, Li Qingming immediately felt deflated and realized that she had been excessive. A cultivator should forge ahead through thorns and obstacles, defying fate to change their destiny; how could she be so delicate? Moreover, consuming heavenly materials and earthly treasures is not inherently a pleasure. Not to mention the foul stench, many heavenly materials and earthly treasures can cause excruciating pain when ingested, yet for the sake of cultivation, one must endure it.
It is necessary to conduct an intelligence test for her, and he just happens to have an advanced testing method.
Congratulations, you have finally passed this round of IQ test results
Unbeknownst to her, time passed second by second, and Li Qingming suddenly felt her vision blur; it turned out that two lines of tears had silently fallen.
I believe it is necessary to make some further adjustments to your IQ score
"This is a test," Wang Jiu explained. "Indeed, there exists the divine skill of Vajra Subduing Demons, but it requires the practitioner's intelligence quotient to be above the passing line in order to cultivate it. Shang Lanfey designed this test to quickly assess whether a practitioner is suitable for cultivation. Based on your results, you have barely passed. However, according to the time you took, your intelligence quotient is calculated to be 3.3, which falls within the mild intellectual disability range, just barely meeting the minimum requirements for Vajra Subduing Demons."
As for whether Li Qingming can break through the wind barrier, in Wang Jiu's view, it should theoretically be completely unproblematic. Even if the Immovable Dominance Body is only cultivated to the first level... No, even if only one foot steps into the first level, it would be sufficient to drive the true energy within the body to flow like the wind, breaking through the wind barrier
Wang Jiu said slowly, "You certainly have the right to think so"
Li Qingming was taken aback, nearly overturning the table, causing a chaotic scene.
Do not adjust it! Li Qingming is also unable to endure humiliation, and quickly changes the subject, "In any case, since I meet the requirements, then teach me the Vajra Subduing Demons technique."
The new world is so beautiful, but lying in bed with a foolish mount is truly too boring and a waste of life. Therefore, Wang Jiu once again absorbed several ancestral talismans for dispelling evil that Li Qingming had hidden under the bed, combining them with a bit of the girl's vital energy, transforming it into pure spiritual power, and meticulously outlining the contours of a magical array on the blank ground.
Li Qingming made an effort to encourage herself, once again gathering the courage to approach the table, enduring the foul stench that assaulted her senses, swallowing hard... Then she felt her stomach churning violently, as if every inch of her body was rejecting her continued proximity.
Wang Jiu remained silent, simply not speaking
This, this kind of smell, why, why does it smell like, feces
Wang Jiu asked a series of questions, and Li Qingming could only shake her head in response, shaking it so much that she began to doubt herself, wondering if it was truly necessary to eat feces in order to cultivate the Vajra Subduing Demons... However, this was simply too difficult to accept
Li Qingming was taken aback not only by Wang Jiu's unexpected ability to float on his own, but also by the strange scent that suddenly filled the room, leaving her momentarily breathless
Li Qingming furrowed her brows and questioned, "But this is just too smelly, isn't it?"
I did not deceive you. First, I have never said that one must eat feces to practice. I have only been continuously misleading and hinting, but each time I misled, I left a flaw for you, unfortunately, you did not notice. Second, even if in the end you do not realize the truth, I will still stop you. After all, a mount that has eaten feces somewhat tarnishes its owner's reputation
I apologize, my IQ is 9, placing me in the second tier of the 1 to 10 scale of the Jiuzhou IQ spectrum, surpassing 99.999% of humanity, on par with my designer, Shang Lanfang. Naturally, as a celestial sword, this is a reasonable achievement.
You want me to eat, eat this thing!
Li Qingming was in a state of inner conflict, glancing down at the vile object on the table while also reflecting on the aspirations he had set for himself since childhood. At times, he recalled his mother's lingering regrets before her passing
On the third day of the New World, due to Li Qingming's inability to cultivate the Dominant Body, he suffered a back injury and had to rest in bed. With nothing to do, Wang Jiu began to construct the second magical array within the Sword World.
I have not practiced, how can I teach? Just now it was merely to test your intelligence
Of course, she has also humiliated quite a few colleagues who do not please her
Li Qingming gritted his teeth: "Does this mean that cultivation will be accompanied by immense suffering? No problem, I can endure any pain. Come, test me."
This test was designed by Shang Lanfey, the most innovative and eccentric among the Nine Immortal Lords, specifically to assess the intelligence and comprehension of new practitioners. During the era of the war between immortals and demons, it indeed uncovered many talents with great potential.
Manipulation formation
Wang Jiu blurted out: "9947716...... I have a question, when you asked me this question, did you already know the correct answer?"
Li Qingming fell silent at once
May 15, 2017, sunny
What!
As Li Qingming was about to touch the plate with both hands, she couldn't help but ask a question
After Wang Jiu finished speaking, he swayed and floated up, lifting the lid off the long-prepared appetizer on the table
Indeed, but you hadn't heard of the Vajra Demon Subduing before, had you? There are many things you haven't heard of yet. Have you heard of the Heavenly Soaring Dragon Scale Flash? How about the Demon Breaking and God Destroying Cone? Or the Nineteen Layers of Pure Spirit Lock and Golden Bell Tower?
"No, that's not right," Li Qingming said while crying. "I don't believe it, I don't believe this is true! You must be lying to me, you must be lying to me! The Vajra Demon Subduing does not require such perverse conditions, you are deceiving me!"
"Is there still a fear of stench in cultivating immortality?" Wang Jiu said, "Even you humans shouldn't be so fragile, right? Back in the days of the battle between immortals and demons, your ancestors spared no effort to become stronger. They would endure not only foul odors but also the trials of mountains of knives and seas of fire."
I... Li Qingming could no longer endure it, and jumped out of bed to pursue Wang Jiu. However, at the moment of getting out of bed, a sharp pain struck her waist
"Then it depends on you," Wang Jiu explained. "The difficulty of the first level does not lie in the high requirements for innate talent or external items such as elixirs and talismans. In fact, the threshold for practicing the Vajra Subduing Demons technique is very low; everything depends on your subjective initiative"
Is the first level particularly difficult? Then, am I going to have any problems?
What!
Although he does not care much about the strength of his own power, the whiteboard weapon is still too weak and inconvenient, making even free movement very difficult. The divine sword from beyond the heavens could traverse the nine provinces in an instant and could even transform into a human form to engage in lively conversation with humans—something that was nearly impossible for him when he was still human. But now, he cannot even rely on his own strength to stand up.
The formidable strength of the Immovable Body taught by the Sword Spirit has already been personally experienced by her; merely the first movement of the warm-up exercise rendered a top-tier martial artist bedridden for a day. However, on the other hand, during this lengthy period of bed rest, the increase in her physical strength has been quite evident, and even the flow of true energy within her meridians has become somewhat smoother. The impenetrable wind barrier that had persisted for four years now appears to be slightly loosened. It seems as if a powerful force from deep within her bloodline has truly been awakened, which has instilled a degree of confidence in Li Qingming regarding the Sword Spirit.
Peh, with this broken sword of yours! Li Qingming, in a fit of anger, asked, "What is 3154 multiplied by 3154?"
I want to kill you
You cannot vent your anger on the test administrators simply because the results of the IQ test are unsatisfactory
Li Qingming was stunned for a long time before realizing what had just happened
Li Qingming looked incredulously at the plate of brownish-black foul-smelling substance before her, then turned her head to look at Wang Jiu
"Eh? Really?" Li Qingming, who was bedridden, immediately perked up, enduring the pain in his waist as he sat up. "What cultivation method?"
Li Qingming was merely crying, but deep down she had finally made up her mind. Just as she was about to wipe away her tears and move forward without hesitation, she noticed Wang Jiu trembling slightly in the corner, the hilt of his sword clashing against the beam, producing a sound akin to applause
As a once-mighty sword spirit, sketching a basic manipulation array is exceedingly simple. In just a moment, a square formation of about one zhang is completed, with energy circulating within it, endlessly sustaining itself. Wang Jiu then harnesses this power to successfully levitate himself.
Unfortunately, the thirty-eight million操形阵 has now been completely wiped out, and Wang Jiu can only start from scratch, restoring them one by one. The effect of a single操形阵 is weak, and at this moment, Wang Jiu's own power is almost at zero, allowing him to handle a weight of no more than ten jin, and his speed cannot increase either
Initially, it was somewhat tilted, but after two or three breaths, the dull sword on the whiteboard began to float steadily and freely. Although its speed was slow, barely qualifying as flight, it undoubtedly possessed the ability to move.
Li Qingming, from a young age you have aspired to achieve success in your cultivation to vindicate your mother’s name. Can you not overcome even this minor difficulty? Is your determination and willpower only at this level?