Chapter 72

Hearing the alluring voice coming from Gu Ying's room, Ning Yi's imagination immediately became rich. Could it be that the beautiful Gu was doing something inappropriate in the dead of night? For Ning Yi, such a mature and exquisite beauty had an absolute appeal. Although he felt it might not be right, his curiosity still made him quietly press his ear against Gu Ying's door and listen carefully. Sure enough, the soft moans coming from inside the room were undoubtedly from Gu Ying. Her voice had a natural coquettishness and a sweet quality, making it easy to identify. However, after listening for a moment, Ning Yi quickly frowned because the moans were not the familiar sounds of pleasure. Instead, they sounded like the painful moans of someone who was hurt. Listening more carefully, he confirmed that he was not mistaken. Having studied certain Japanese love action films in his previous life, he had some experience in identifying sounds. It seemed that Gu Ying was in trouble! Hesitating for a moment, Ning Yi reached out and knocked on the door, "Teacher Gu!" After he called out, the sounds inside the room abruptly stopped. Ning Yi was taken aback. Could he have been mistaken? Was the beautiful Gu really doing something inappropriate? Just as he was feeling embarrassed, a weak voice came from inside, "Ning Yi... is that you?" "Teacher... are you feeling unwell?" Ning Yi asked, immediately becoming tense again. It seemed his earlier judgment was correct. "Mm-hmm..." Gu Ying responded softly. Then he heard the sound of her moving, but after a while, there was no more sound. Ning Yi became anxious. After a moment's thought, he bent his body and forcefully pushed the door open. "Bang!" The door, under the strength of a second-layer Qi Practitioner, opened with a loud sound. Ning Yi's eyes quickly scanned the room, and he soon found his target. Gu Ying, wearing a floral nightgown, was slumped at the edge of the bed, her body leaning against the mattress. Her snow-white legs extended from under the nightgown, crossed and curled, revealing an alluring view. The gap between her legs showed that she had just taken a bath, and now she was wearing a white undergarment. Although the scene was incredibly alluring, Ning Yi's mind was not on that. He quickly noticed something wrong with Gu Ying. Blood was trickling from the corner of her mouth, and her usually rosy face was now pale. Her eyes were somewhat unfocused, and she was breathing heavily, her prominent chest rising and falling with each breath, creating an alluring curve. Injured? Ning Yi was shocked and rushed to her side, "Teacher, what happened?" He took out his phone, "I'll call an ambulance." Gu Ying lifted her eyelids and reached out to stop Ning Yi, saying with a bitter smile, "No need." "You're in this state," Ning Yi frowned, looking down at the floor and noticing an open book with some bloodstains on it. Ning Yi instinctively picked it up and looked at it. "Tianyuan Decision!" At the same time, the wheel of fate in his mind suddenly issued a prompt. "Energy point detected, absorb?" Following the prompt, Ning Yi saw a milky white crystal lying quietly in the middle of Gu Ying's bed. Inside the crystal, there was a cluster of golden energy points, about two in total. An energy crystal? Ning Yi was surprised and instinctively responded to absorb it. "Absorption failed, protected white-grade crystal, must learn the refining technique to absorb." Ning Yi frowned, not expecting the crystal to be something that the energy absorption technique couldn't handle. What was this refining technique? However, Ning Yi didn't think about it for the moment. He turned his attention back to Gu Ying and, after a moment's thought, understood. "Teacher, were you trying to build your foundation on your own?" Ning Yi asked in surprise. With the high-purity low-energy crystal and the Tianyuan Decision, Ning Yi could basically guess what Gu Ying was trying to do. She was probably attempting to use the white energy crystal and the Tianyuan Decision to forcibly build her foundation. The Tianyuan Decision and the Xiuyuan Decision were basic cultivation methods that almost everyone could obtain. However, to cultivate, you must first build your foundation. Without a foundation, your cultivation would be in vain. Gu Ying had not built her foundation, but the Tianyuan Decision included a section on building the foundation. The Tianyuan Decision emphasized the importance of the individual and the natural way of heaven. However, to cultivate, you still needed to build your foundation. To build a foundation, you needed a high-level martial artist to guide you. However, unlike the Xiuyuan Decision, where the high-level martial artist played the main role, the Tianyuan Decision required the cultivator to take the lead. To follow the path of the Xiuyuan Decision, you needed a high-level martial artist to help you. But to follow the path of the Tianyuan Decision, you didn't necessarily need a high-level martial artist's assistance. This was the biggest difference between the two. Of course, in the martial arts path, by now, when a quasi-martial artist was preparing to build their foundation, whether they were cultivating the Tianyuan Decision or the Xiuyuan Decision, there were two essential conditions: a high-level martial artist and a high-purity low-energy crystal. After all, building a foundation was very dangerous, and no one could guarantee that nothing would go wrong. With a high-level martial artist's help, it would be much safer. The high-purity low-energy crystal, like the one Ning Yi saw today, was a white-grade crystal containing about one to three high-purity energy points. Therefore, Ning Yi could easily determine what Gu Ying had been doing. Sure enough, Gu Ying nodded lightly, confirming Ning Yi's guess. "Teacher, do you know that what you're doing is very dangerous without the protection of a high-level martial artist?" Ning Yi, who had read the Tianyuan Decision, naturally understood the process of building a foundation. Building a foundation with the Tianyuan Decision involved the cultivator using the refining technique to absorb the energy from the crystal into their body, gradually guiding it, expanding their meridians, building their qi sea, and forming their internal dantian. Each step had to be done carefully, as even a single energy point could cause severe damage to the internal organs if anything went wrong. Hearing this, Gu Ying looked at Ning Yi with a hint of surprise, "You know about this too?" Ning Yi sighed, walked to her side, and gently wrapped his arms around her slender, soft waist. With his other hand, he lifted her smooth, white knee and carried her to the sofa, making her sit more comfortably before nodding, "Because I am a quasi-martial artist now." "Ah, you're also a quasi-martial artist?" Gu Ying stared at Ning Yi, getting excited, but quickly started coughing. Ning Yi hurriedly patted her back to help her breathe, his face showing concern, "Let's not talk about that for now. Teacher, where do you feel unwell?" Ning Yi could basically determine that she had failed in building her foundation and was being affected by the energy from the crystal. Generally, such injuries could be minor or major. In the best case, with the help of a high-level martial artist, she might recover in ten to fifteen days. In the worst case, severe internal injuries could be fatal, and paralysis or serious injuries were not uncommon. He was most worried about the latter. Gu Ying shook her head, looked at Ning Yi, and adjusted the cushion behind her back to a more comfortable position. Her face was calm as she comforted Ning Yi, "It's fine, I'm used to it. I just couldn't catch my breath for a moment. I'll be fine in three to five days." "Used to it?" Ning Yi was surprised, "Teacher, you don't do this often, do you?" "Mm-hmm, this is the twelfth time I've failed," Gu Ying said with a bitter smile. Ning Yi was stunned. Of course, failing to build a foundation multiple times wasn't unusual, but for such a beautiful woman to persist through twelve failures on the path of martial arts was truly commendable. However, there was one question. As the principal's precious daughter, finding a high-level martial artist to help her shouldn't be difficult. Why had she failed twelve times? [－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－分割－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－] Request for recommendations. Also, regarding the update issue, I've never missed an update. I usually update two chapters a day. I have a job, so this speed isn't slow. However, these past few days have been extremely tiring. There's a lot of trouble at work, and my baby has been crying in the middle of the night. From Monday to Thursday, I haven't slept more than 10 hours in total. I can't keep up, so after this chapter, I'm not sure if I can finish the next one. I'm too tired! If I can update, it will probably be around 1 AM or 2 AM. I'm too exhausted, please understand.