novelraw Chapter 1134: Spirit Core
Chapter 1134: Spirit Core
If the pain of the ten fingers connected to the heart is a piercing pain beyond words, then the pain of forcibly severing and crushing the spiritual silk is thousands of times greater than that of the ten fingers’ pain. If an ordinary person’s spiritual silk is forcibly cut, his entire spiritual world could collapse.
But!
Mu Jianling merely frowned slightly and then returned to normal.
second.
After 1 second of frowning, Mu Jianling looked at Ji You with an inquisitive gaze.
Ji You opened her eyes and asked worriedly, "Teacher, are you really okay?"
Mu Jianling waved her hand, "It’s nothing."
Seeing her nonchalant attitude, as if she could punch a cow to death, Ji You’s worry slightly faded. Then Ji You heard Mu Jianling ask, "You just said you’ve reached the ninth layer of the Fierce Tiger Body Forging Technique?"
Ji You blinked, "Yes."
Mu Jianling gave Ji You a strange look, opened her mouth, but finally said nothing and fell into contemplation.
Ji You’s heart was all tied in knots, "Teacher... is there something wrong with it?"
This Fierce Tiger Body Forging Technique was given to Ji You by Teacher Mu Jianling. It was said that this Body Building Technique was originally created by Admiral Bai Ji. Out of trust in Teacher Mu Jianling and admiration for Admiral Bai Ji, Ji You practiced it without any defense. She concentrated and meticulously executed the training tasks step by step according to the method of this Body Building Technique.
Ji You did not slack off at all.
If Teacher Mu suddenly told Ji You there was a problem with this Body Building Technique, Ji You couldn’t guarantee she wouldn’t faint just from hearing it.
The next second.
Mu Jianling said, "The Body Building Technique is not the problem, the problem is you."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You felt a chill down her spine, "Am I a third-level disability again?"
The last experience of being a third-level disability was far from good. If she could, Ji You hoped to never see the words third-level disability again. So she was extremely nervous, holding her breath as she waited to hear Teacher Mu Jianling’s verdict.
Mu Jianling gave Ji You a sidelong glance, "Do you think there isn’t an opportunity for you to become a third-level disability? If I hadn’t stopped the spiritual silk, letting your Spirit Core retaliate, you would have become a zero-level disability."
"???" Ji You’s mind was filled with questions, "How do you calculate zero-level?"
Mu Jianling said coolly, "When you are no longer there, that’s zero-level disability."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You caught a keyword and asked hurriedly, "Teacher, I understand the Spirit Core, but I don’t quite get the Spirit Core retaliation." Earlier, the terrifying power that burst from the depths of the Spiritual World, attacking Teacher Mu with spiritual silk, Ji You initially thought it was the Iron Plate, but her intuition told her it wasn’t.
If it wasn’t, then what was it?
Ji You was very puzzled.
Previously, whenever her spiritual power launched an attack, it was executed by the six spiritual threads. Throughout the entire attack process, Ji You could fully control the spiritual silk... but this recent force was too vast, too profound, and too obscure... Ji You felt completely unable to control it.
The Spirit Core is the center of constructing the Spiritual World; it’s the hub, the key... but how could it possibly retaliate?
Ji You couldn’t understand.
Mu Jianling clearly had no intention of keeping her guessing, nor of saying half and hiding the other half. She directly said, "Do you know the spear and the shield? A person’s spiritual silk is like a spear, mainly for attacking, while the Spirit Core is the shield, mainly for defense. In general, we only know the importance of spiritual silk and only use spiritual silk for offense and defense because most people’s Spirit Core constantly maintains the stability of the Spiritual World. It’s the cornerstone; with it, the Spiritual World will always exist."
Ji You listened intently.
Mu Jianling continued, "You thought your Spirit Core was stationary, not working..."
"Wrong!" Mu Jianling’s voice raised slightly, "It’s always working, it never stops. It’s just that it’s maintaining your Spiritual World, and you can’t see it."
Ji You opened her mouth and asked puzzledly, "So why did it come out today?"
Mu Jianling’s lips twitched, this guy was deliberately showing off in front of her.
Mu Jianling snorted coldly, a bit helpless in her tone, "It merely sensed extreme danger and instinctively wanted to protect its territory from invasion."
Ji You: "..."
Ji You: "Can’t it distinguish between goodwill and malice?"
Otherwise, how could it attack indiscriminately?
Mu Jianling said, "Yes! But an extremely powerful Spirit Core naturally won’t share its territory with other Spirit Cores, or even spiritual silk."
Ji You was surprised, "So domineering?"
Mu Jianling immediately scolded, "Now is the time to worry about whether your Spirit Core is domineering, sluggish, or anything else?"
Ji You closed her mouth.
Mu Jianling said, "You should be thankful your Spirit Core is strong enough. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be using it without understanding it. Or like just now, completely unable to control it and letting it run freely, it could have blown up your head."
Ji You: "!!!"
Mu Jianling said, "Using the Spirit Core for attack is a double-edged sword, it harms oneself as well as the enemy. In short, it’s particularly suitable for someone like you who has a penchant for courting death."
"..." Ji You thought for a moment and asked, "Wasn’t it just now that it stopped on its own?"
Mu Jianling snorted, "That was because I withdrew quickly. A moment later, it would definitely fight me to the end. Do you think you could still sit here staring at me?"
Ji You gave an awkward smile.
Mu Jianling shifted the focus of the conversation, "Do your Fierce Tiger Body Forging Technique in front of me from start to finish."
Ji You did not hesitate and immediately began to perform.
second.
seconds.
seconds.
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When Ji You finished all the movements from levels 1-8 of the Body Building Technique, the tight frown between Mu Jianling’s brows subtly shifted from overcast to clear, "Levels 1-8 are very important foundations, you’ve laid them very solidly."
She rarely praised Ji You.
It was indeed praiseworthy because when Mu Jianling initially gave Ji You this Body Building Technique, she never thought Ji You could reach the 8th layer status in a short training period, not to mention she had already successfully performed the Ninth Layer.
Next, Mu Jianling casually said, "Perform the Ninth Layer."
Ji You squinted her eyes, carefully observed her surroundings, then closed her eyes slightly, deciding to re-simulate a commonly used item in the training room but failed. Ji You thought for a moment and continued to simulate another item.
Still failed.
Failed again.
...
Ji You was so anxious that sweat broke out on her forehead, but seeing her go through it over and over and how her spiritual power was on the brink every time but still hung on, Mu Jianling couldn’t help but raise her eyebrows in surprise.