Legend of the chosen ones: Beyond Destiny

Chapter 1353 - 683: Ikkyu-ni, Watashi_2

Incomprehensible, unbelievable.

For a long time, a long time, he reached out his hand.

Slightly trembling.

Flipping through page by page, almost thinking it was some vicious mockery or joke, but it wasn't... The inheritance of the Dust branch, from beginner to advanced research, apart from some exquisite applications that were lost due to Belzuna's death, almost everything else was here.

Really, really, really...

He judged page by page, paused, and suddenly began to search, flipping to a middle page from two stacks of manuscripts, and found two numbers, four structures, compared them, calculated for a long time, and then realized... It was all true!

No useless words, no filler.

And knowing more than me, who is just an apprentice!

In the dead silence, he seemed to have lost all strength, slumped in his chair, unable to speak.

Lou Feng drank his tea silently and put down the teacup.

Politely stood up to say goodbye: "Since Master Hu has accepted it, I will take my leave."

"Wait!"

Hu Jian's voice startled even himself.

Too loud.

Losing control.

Lou Feng was stunned, instinctively tensed, thinking Hu Jian couldn't bear the humiliation and was about to strike, but when he turned around, he saw Hu Jian's desolate appearance.

Several times he was about to speak but couldn't muster the words.

Until much later, he sighed in exhaustion and bowed his head.

Sincerely, with gratitude:

"Please... please thank Mr. Ji for me."

"..."

Lou Feng's expression twitched, suddenly wanting to curse.

You guys don't have phones?

Can't you say things yourself...

In the end, all he could do was helplessly nod.

"Okay."

He asked, "Is there anything else?"

Hu Jian hesitated for a moment, gestured for him to sit down, then stood up and started searching around his office, turning the manuscripts on the desk, in the cabinets, even on the floor into a mess.

Finally, a stack of manuscripts piled up together again.

Still hadn't compiled a catalog, details weren't corrected yet...

Only the first draft.

The culmination of six years of his efforts and achievements, the latest edition of "Alchemy Four Basic Discussion Annual Summary," all here.

"Recently... recently..."

He stacked the manuscripts together, organized them, and said quietly, "Recently, things have been chaotic, inspiration has dried up, truly hard to express the weariness and suffering.

If there's time, I'd like to trouble Mr. Ji to refine it for me..."

He paused, firmed up his resolve:

"And, it would be even better if he could write an introduction."

"...What is this?!"

Lou Feng was stunned, speechless, almost jumped out of his chair, looking around.

Wondering if he walked into some White Tiger ceremony.

Seriously, are you serious?!

Refine?

Introduction?

Him?

For you?

Lou Feng knew every word, but combined, everything went dark before his eyes.

Refine? A golden ribbon, revising a master's manuscript? And it's the one you painstakingly compiled for six or seven years?! Spread it, Ji Jue would be impressive, but where would Hu Jian's reputation go?

And writing an introduction?

Him?

Is this sacrificing one's lifelong reputation, making Ji Jue a stepping stone? Even the introduction to his masterpiece is left to elevate Ji Jue?

For an craftsman, this is even more outrageous than kneeling and kowtowing.

Almost taking his scholarly life to elevate Ji Jue's status!

Is this some kind of conspiracy?

He couldn't even fathom it!

But since Hu Jian had humbly asked, what could he do?

After being stunned, numbed, and dumbfounded, his fingers shook as he picked up the manuscript on the desk.

"I, I... I'll tell him."

"Thank you."

Hu Jian nodded, stood up, and accompanied Lou Feng along the way.

Under the watchful eyes, he escorted Lou Feng to the Earth Veins' transmission site, watched him disappear, then turned back to his office.

As if shedding a heavy burden, walking lightly.

Yet like carrying some invisible weight, step by step in silent struggle forward.

Resolute determination.

.

.

"What?"

Ji Jue looked at that pile of manuscripts, confused: "I still have to write an introduction for him? So troublesome..."

Ha, dog barking?

Lou Feng's expression twitched, resisting the urge to start a fight with this dog: "What else do you want? Hu Jian has already put his reputation on the line for you, what, you still feel the posture isn't elegant enough?"

"I just don't have the time."

Ji Jue frowned, randomly flipping through the manuscripts, feeling extremely troublesome.

What is this?

Payback?

Pretentious, what's going on?

If you really want payback, give more material and blessings, isn't that more appealing?!

Moreover, he truly felt he couldn't handle someone like Hu Jian.

Being rivals was still okay, just beat him cleanly, but becoming allies, well, it's somewhat torturous.

Always feeling like he'll suddenly give you a "Wa Da Shi," something about a lifetime...

Too troublesome.

As for now...

It's just writing an introduction, who wouldn't write meaningless words? Review the past, look forward to the future, praise the achievements, encourage the readers, express expectations.

Just scribble a few hundred words and be done with it.

Ji Jue waved his hand, finished in one go.

It takes two to tango, he simply started from his perspective as an apprentice, praised Hu Jian a lot, then complimented the Association, praised President Gustav and Director Jiang's wise guidance.

Done.

As for the refinement... from a master's rank, looking down, so many years of effort in basics, already thoroughly refined, how could there be more to refine?

It's just, somewhat looks like hesitating, a push-pull resistance.

If you're teaching the truth, why not teach more?

What are you afraid of?

You've already given up your reputation, are you still afraid of peers criticizing you?

Ji Jue directly made significant additions to the purification section, building on the revised Fluid Alchemy, adding six independently usable introductory skills.

It's complex, difficult, but learning them for real usage, from apprentice to craftsman to master. Just a bit fragmented, Ji Jue wasn't bothered to water down the achievements.

Alright, go learn, kids!

I never had this kind of condition back then...

After spending two hours, finished, Ji Jue patted his back and left.

Left the dumbfounded and unlucky Lou Feng, looking at the manuscript on the desk, couldn't help but curse.

Damn, still have to run errands?

After cursing the air for half an hour, Lou Feng still reluctantly stood up, dragged himself, picked up the manuscript, heading to Tianshu.

Hu Jian received and read it, remained silent for a long time.

Then, in front of Lou Feng, added the Dust lineage's introductory applications in the extraction section, then, in the Integration part, included the transformation branch's foundation.

Lou Feng?

Lou Feng was already numb.

What the hell are you two trying to do!

When the manuscript returned to Ji Jue's hands...

"Hey, you're adding too?"

Ji Jue laughed out loud, rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the pen: "Fine, then I'll add more too!"

Hence, the game-like nature, at this moment, quietly transformed...