Chapter 53: The Boundary of the Square Immortal Realm

  No matter where, the most important thing is to have a leading edge in skills and technology.

  Qingyang Academy can stand out among countless academies and rank among the top 13 highest institutions of learning, that's definitely not a coincidence.

  Chen Jiu as this exam's first place, standing at the front of the team is only natural.

  A series of light footsteps approached, a green shirt appeared, elegant and refined, an unadorned face emerged before everyone's eyes.

  A lock of black hair was coiled up and placed under a hat, dressed as a man. Although dressed as a man, that beauty remained undiminished.

  "Nobody told me there was a lady present."

  Yi Xiao finally found an opportunity to strike at Chen Jiu: "No experience, it's just a female teacher, what's the big deal".

  The lady's ears were very good. Chen Jiu and Yi Xiao Xiao spoke in a low voice, but they still couldn't escape the lady's ears.

  The lady's brow furrowed, gazing at the leaves on one side, and with a light wave of her hand, those leaves came slashing through the air like knife blades, hurtling towards Chen Jiu and Yi Xiao.

  "Good profound martial arts".

  "Foolishness, that's a technique, the art of controlling objects." Yi Xiao's body shook lightly, and a thick blood energy burst out from within his body. "Hmph!"

  As the vigorous and powerful force of blood energy struck, the leaves slowly came to a stop in front of the two people's foreheads.

  "I don't care who you are or what your status is, here I am your teacher and everything you do must listen to me." The voice was pleasant to the ear, but as soon as it came out, a chill ran through the room, and everyone was silent like a cicada in winter.

  The female teacher nodded in satisfaction: "Since you can take the exam at Qingzhou Academy, that is to say, you are the best students not only in Qingzhou Prefecture but also in the whole country".

  "As a bookworm, cultivating a strong and upright spirit is essential. However, I don't see even a hint of such spirit in any of you, clearly your efforts are not paying off and you haven't read enough books."

  Those who can be admitted here are not the ones who have read thousands of books, and now this Mr. actually says that reading is not enough, which is simply a heart-wounding remark. If it weren't for the strict rules of the academy, all the students would have quit long ago.

  "You have come here, no doubt to cultivate the great and righteous energy. Now listen carefully, I will absolutely not say it again. How much you can remember, how much you can comprehend, depends on your own fortune and wisdom."

  Looking at the crowd's focused expression, the lady nodded: "There are two ways to understand the method of Hao Ran Zheng Qi. One is the white-haired and venerable Confucian scholars who do not need to go through intentional cultivation, but naturally understand it. The other is the foundation of my college, which cultivates the technique of Hao Ran Zheng Qi after birth."

  At this point, the lady's mouth curled up: "I won't mention the first one, it's probably like playing a lute to a cow when I tell you, and the second one is a method of postnatal cultivation. Now who can tell me what is Haoran Zhengqi?"

  As soon as the lady spoke, everyone was silent. Yes, everyone wants to cultivate a heroic spirit, but what is a heroic spirit?

  The female teacher's gaze shifted and stared at Yi Xiao: "It's you, didn't your voice just sound very loud?"

  On one side, Chen Jiu found it interesting, and Yi Xiao was indeed unlucky enough to be pointed out by the female teacher again.

  Xiao Xiao Zhi Zhi Wu Wu couldn't answer, and in his heart, he secretly scolded: "We came to the academy just to ask you to dispel our doubts, if we already knew, why would we come here?"

  But soon Yi Xiao was released, and that gentleman seemed to have seen Chen Jiu's sneer: "You say it."

  Looking at the bare hands in front of him, Chen Jiu looked at the woman in confusion: "Is it me?"

  "You're not secretly laughing, you must have a plan in mind."

  Chen Jiu looked at the students present, lowered his head in contemplation. If he couldn't answer, it would damage his prestige. At that time, the name of Ya Sheng would be undeserved, and Chen Jiu would be in a difficult situation.

  Looking at the woman, Chen Jiu adjusted his thoughts and said: "Hao Ran Zheng Qi is a spirit, an aura."

  Looking at the expressionless face of the female teacher, Chen Jiu continued: "Firstly, it is a kind of gas that fills the vast space between heaven and earth, strong and powerful. This gas is formed by accumulating justice and morality day after day, month after month. On the other hand, if there is no justice and morality stored in it, then it will also dissipate and lose its power."

  At this time, Mrs.'s face finally had a hint of solemnity, motionless and waiting for Chen Jiu's next words.

  "This kind of energy is the righteous and moral person's internal production, able to communicate with the infinite, vast and boundless, what is called '浩然正气' (Haoran Zhēngqì) is the upright and just energy, it is the righteous energy among humans. This energy fills the space between heaven and earth, extremely strong and extremely yang."

  Chen Jiu finished speaking and closed his mouth, lowering his head to look at his toes. Yi Xiao quietly raised his thumb on one side: "Great, awesome, worthy of being a saintly talent".

  The lady seemed to be still immersed in Chen Jiu's description and involuntarily said: "Go on".

  "In response to Mr., nothing more."

  "What, it's actually gone!" The lady's temper flared up in anger, just like when someone is doing something and is suddenly woken up by others at the most critical moment.

  However, the lady soon realized her mistake and, looking at the strange gaze of the people present, coughed: "Not bad, this is the most peculiar and correct explanation I've ever heard. What's your name?"

  "Under the nine springs."

  "Chen Jiu, such a familiar name, I seem to have heard it somewhere before." The woman tapped her slender white fingers, muttering to herself.

  "Chen Jiu is right, I remember you now, everyone starts to feel the mighty and upright atmosphere," said the lady.

  Everyone looked at each other in dismay, Chen Yi slowly stood up and weakly said: "Sir, how did you come to realize this?"

  A loud splash of water came down from the air and drenched Chen Yi, making him a drowned rat.

  The female teacher withdrew her finger and scolded, "Are you a pig brain? Didn't Chen Ji just say that what is the Haoran righteous air? In this Tai Temple, there are manuscripts of successive generations of great Confucians from Qingzhou Academy. These manuscripts always emit Haoran righteous air, which is easier to comprehend than outside. Why do you still ask me how to comprehend?"

  Chen Jiu looked at the water sphere that had suddenly descended and said to Yi Xiao Xiao: "Is that a spell?"

  "Hmm, not bad, that's Fang Shi's Taoist magic." Yi Xiao whispered.

  "It looks like a very strange appearance," said Chen Jiu.

  "Alright, alright, let's just sit down somewhere and appreciate the refreshing atmosphere. The gentleman is coming." Yi Xiao Xue pulled Chen Jiu's hand to sit under a statue.

  The floor was very clean, and Chen Jiu didn't even wipe it, directly plopping his butt down: "Hey, do you think our master is a great expert in cultivating the Dao?"

  Yi Xiao Xue glanced at the lady from afar and then looked at Chen Jiu: "Are you interested in that Fang Xian Dao's technique?"

  "Hmm, think about it, in the future when we go out to play, just stretch out your hand and you'll have water, light a fire with just one touch, that's absolutely a wonderful thing."

  Yi Xiao Xiao rolled her eyes: "Do you think cultivating the Immortal Dao is that simple?"

  "What's wrong, is it difficult?"

  "It's not just difficult, it's extremely difficult. The Fang Xian Dao is one of the most difficult techniques to practice in all systems. It requires talent, luck, timing, and geographical advantage. However, the profundity of the Fang Xian Dao is something that warriors cannot match."

  Chen Jiubai's eyes gleamed with a look of eager anticipation: "Really wonderful, tell me all about it".

  "The practice method of Fangxiandao is different from ours, the first step of Fangxiandao is to sit in stillness and cut off worldly desires, or to go through the ages, see through the essence of the mundane world, and then use this to cut off the mortal flesh, which is the beginning of cultivating the Tao, shedding the mortal body, meaning to transcend the mundane."

  "The second heavy boundary is the foundation, what is the foundation, it is to build the foundation of cultivation, which is the most important step in the entire cultivation process. The quality of the foundation determines how far the cultivator can go and what achievements they will have. Therefore, it is said that building a foundation for nine days, one day at a time, as long as you can complete nine foundations, you will definitely achieve the Supreme Tao. Unfortunately, so far, I haven't heard anyone who has completed nine foundations, even some geniuses only managed to do six or seven times, and eight times are very rare."

  "This third heavy boundary is entering the path, truly stepping on the threshold of the great path, becoming a true square fairy Taoist cultivator, and also being a figure in one side."