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"Haha." Jiang Lu laughed for no reason.
"Well you are really sick."
After the funny part, Jiang Lu sighed again and continued to be emo.
Seeing that they couldn't persuade him, the sickle and the performer could only smile at each other helplessly, acquiescing to the fact that they needed to bear Jiang Lu's pressure on their shoulders, and then began to concentrate on studying the magic at hand.
What can I do? Let's not talk about the fact that we are a team. When I asked Jin Yao for help, it was all thanks to him that I turned the tide. I owed him one, and now I'll just pay it back.
Only Jin Yao, looking at the devastated Jiang Lu, felt inexplicably angry.
This is very different from the ideal personality she imagined.
Even if the other party had experienced a serious blow in the past, in her opinion, he should have the courage to face his fear in order to have a chance to regroup. But how could he be so disgraceful as he is now?
Feeling disappointed, she shook her head and said no more. She suddenly lost interest in talking to Jiang Lu and, like the other two, began to study the immortal technique she had planned to revise.
Jiang Lu was just looking at the scenery along the way, feeling sad. Looking back suddenly, he suddenly realized that not only did everyone not continue to comfort him, but he even seemed to be isolated.
"Huh? What's going on? Are you really ignoring me?"
Seeing that the three people did not respond at all and were concentrating on doing their own things, Jiang Lu pursed his lips.
"that..."
He lost his patience and tapped the sickle lightly.
But the response he got was: "If you really can't find anything to do, you can take a nap. We are very busy, don't disturb us."
"Uh..."
Jiang Lu was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed.
Deceiving too much!
This tone of disgust...am I some kind of dirty thing?
hateful!
He got angry for a moment, then opened the "Lingbao Five Victory Secrets" in his hand again.
Fine, fine, since you all don't care about my mental health, then let me drown in the ocean of knowledge! (Sad)
No snowflake is innocent during an avalanche.
You...will regret it!
Soon, Jiang Lu forced himself into the state, but his expression looked a little ferocious.
"Ah, is he really watching this seriously..." the performer muttered.
Scythe shook his head: "I don't think so. How can one's eyes become bloodshot from reading so much?"
Jin Yao, who had been reciting the secret technique with her eyes closed, opened her eyes, glanced at the angry Jiang Lu, and finally softened her heart.
"If you have any questions, you can always ask me."
She suddenly said to the three of them.
But anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was actually speaking specifically to Jiang Lu. After all, when Jiang Lu had just made it clear that he wanted to give up, she had no intention of giving guidance to the other two people. Instead, she was more of a laissez-faire strategy.
Jiang Lu glanced at her secretly out of the corner of his eye, without saying anything.
Maybe they are just too embarrassed to do it... Scythe and the performer thought.
So in order to make him more confident, the two began to ask Jin Yao questions one after another.
"Excuse me, what does 'Taiyi in front, Tianyi in the back' mean?"
"The scriptures say that the carving of talismans needs to be done in one go. Is there any technique for this?"
Jin Yao was also very considerate and answered all the questions one by one.
Seeing this, Jiang Lu finally put down the burden in his heart, picked up the scriptures and humbly asked for advice: "How do you read this word?"
"......" All three of them were silent.
Hey, hey... This is not a question of not being able to understand, right? You can't even recognize all the characters...
Even though it's traditional Chinese, don't be so exaggerated, right?
Finally, it was the good old serious brother sickle who stood up and said: "Let me take you through it first. You should at least be able to read it through before you can figure out its meaning."
"That's a good feeling."
Jiang Lu nodded: "Then let's start from this page."
"Isn't this... a catalogue?"
"Ah, what? This is a catalog. I thought it was a combo. I saw it was numbered. I studied it for a long time and found out it's a trap." Jiang Lu showed a hint of embarrassment.
"..."
......
The days passed like this.
Along the way, the group slept in the open air, and when they were hungry they caught some game in the nearby mountains and forests. When they were thirsty they looked for mountain springs. After leaving Gaishi Mountain, there were many more living things, so they no longer had to worry about food and drink.
Only a few days had passed, but they still hadn't reached the nearest human activity area marked on the map.
After confirming that they were heading in the right direction, they could only sigh that this continent was larger than they had imagined and that the road to Kunlun Mountain was long and arduous.
By the fifth day, Scythe and the performer had completely understood the principles behind their respective magic techniques. Although they couldn't say that they had fully mastered them, they could say that they had mastered most of the variations.
Next comes practice, the stage where you really begin to cultivate.
Needless to say, Jin Yao had a very clear understanding of herself. From the very beginning, she had already decided what she wanted to study first and was not confused at all.
Moreover, her memory was intact. After being freed from the seal, she only had to pick up again the things she had studied before. It was not difficult for her at all.
So when the sickle and the performer were still comprehending the so-called spiritual energy of heaven and earth, she had already successfully reached the ninth level of Qi training and was only one step away from building a foundation.
As for Jiang Lu, he was able to read all the scriptures, but he was still at the stage of translating word by word and was far from fully understanding them.
During these few days, he became even sadder because he found that his cultural level seemed to be insufficient, and he had been screened and purified before he even reached the stage that required comprehension and talent.
Not only is he a loser, he is also an idiot.
Noticing Jiang Lu's low mood, the performer asked with concern: "What's wrong, are you feeling unwell?"
Ever since Sickle patiently taught Jiang Lu to read the entire scripture, Sickle has become a little taciturn and doesn't like to talk, so the responsibility of acting as a glue to ease the atmosphere naturally fell on the performer.
"It's okay, I just suddenly thought of something sad." Jiang Lu forced a smile: "I thought of my first college entrance examination. Classical Chinese is my eternal pain."
"You shouldn't have taken the college entrance examination at your age. Shouldn't the college entrance examination have been cancelled in the first year of the Spirit Realm's advent?"
"The orphanage college entrance examination. Poor people like us who have no one to adopt us have to rely on the college entrance examination to determine our future development direction."
"Is that so... Then what were your college entrance exam results?"
“I successfully stayed in school after graduation.”
"That sounds good."
"That's not the case. The main reason is that the dean judged that we had low education and no special skills. He was afraid that we would starve to death after leaving the orphanage, so he stayed in school. Those who did well in the exams went out to find other ways to make a living."
“Is… is that so…”
The performer found himself unable to continue.
What should I say?
Condolences?
congratulations?
Or how the hell did you graduate?
"But I am already very grateful for this result. After all, I failed to graduate after taking the exam five times. The dean said that I had to work to pay off my debts. He couldn't support me anymore."
You are quite proud...The performer laughed awkwardly.
"But I feel really bad about it. After all, this situation is like someone who has repeated a grade for several years or failed the postgraduate entrance exam several times but still chose to repeat a grade regardless of the burden on his parents and then just stayed at home doing nothing and eating and drinking for free, just like a giant baby who is a complete parasite."
Apologize to those who fight for their dreams, asshole! ...The performer twitched his face.
"Why do not you speak?"
The performer took a deep breath and said, "It's nothing. Let's not talk about this and focus on doing what we are doing now."
"If the college entrance examination is still taking place, we should be able to check our scores in the next two days, right?"
"It's not over, is it?"
It was a rare opportunity to slack off, so Jiang Lu couldn't help but say a few more words.
But he didn't expect the performer's reaction to be so big, so he just shut up and stopped talking about the topic.
For the next period of time, there was silence except for the sound of Huang Xiu'e's running footsteps and the whistling of the wind in her ears, without any other noise.
I don’t know how long it’s been...
"Do you think my move from the orphanage to the Exorcist Guild counts as a college degree?"
"Shut up, you!"
......
It was not until the seventh day that Jin Yao successfully entered the ninth level of Qi training. Scythe and the performer also realized the wonderful uses of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and began to practice Qi one after another. Only Jiang Lu remained an acquired strongman.
On the same day, Huang Xiu'e finally brought a few people into the territory of Nanjiang City.
From here on, it is no longer like before when you would occasionally see some human habitation or even traces of human existence after a long time, but from time to time you can see settlements such as villages and towns.
Although this world was said to have many wild monsters, they had not actually encountered any along the way, and they did not know the tolerance of humans in this world towards such monsters and beasts. So, under Jiang Lu's instructions, Huang Xiu'e no longer acted as arrogantly as before, but restrained herself a lot and deliberately avoided contact with humans.
In short, everything is done to avoid unnecessary trouble.
But what surprised them was that this world was not a world with an ancient era background as they had imagined, but a world very close to the modern world.
The reason why it is said to be very close is that although the level of technology is almost the same as that of the real world before the advent of the spiritual realm, it has many elements that the real world does not have.
For example, although the hunters we met on the way had all modern daily necessities, such as flashlights, thermos cups, and kettles.
But they don't use guns or tools when hunting. They can just cast spells without any pre-swinging by just raising their hands.
In general, this is a somewhat discordant world where technology and cultivation coexist.