Chapter 60

After visiting his younger brother, Wei Tianzhi and Wei Mingxindie focused on their cultivation and bid farewell to each other.

Leaving the Tranquil Garden, Wu Xing went to the Spirit妙坊 alone.

Walking through the坊, Wu Xing's mind was in a state of chaos.

A thousand spirit coins!

The money Tang Jie took out had completely disturbed his mind.

He was very clear about what this money meant.

With it, his chances of advancing to the Spirit Sea stage would increase!

However, this money was for saving his parents' lives.

How hateful!

Why could he earn over a thousand coins as soon as he entered the academy, while I have only earned slightly more in seven years, and still haven't saved a few spirit coins.

Wu Xing was indignant in his heart.

Clenching his teeth, Wu Xing approached a senior brother who was selling pills in the坊: "May I ask, Senior Brother, do you have any Longevity Pills for sale?"

The student looked up at Wu Xing and said in surprise: "Longevity Pills? I haven't refined them. They are only for mortals, and they are very expensive, so few people refine them. However, if you have the money, you can place an order. How many do you need?"

"One bottle."

"That's a bit too little. It's not worth opening a furnace for, and the extra might not sell well. I suggest you find others who might need them, and then come to me together."

"Where can I find others who need Longevity Pills?" Wu Xing smiled bitterly.

"It's not easy to find," the student smiled. "With the money, they all buy qi-nourishing and spirit-nourishing medicines. Saving a thousand spirit coins must have been hard for you, right?"

Wu Xing nodded slightly.

The student then said: "I think you should give up on the Longevity Pills. You're not that old, your parents should be around forty, right? At this age, they are far from needing our support. Why not focus on improving yourself first? Once you have enhanced your strength, won't you have as many Longevity Pills as you want?"

Wu Xing hesitated for a moment.

The student smiled: "Filial piety is important, I understand, but there's no need to act on it immediately. Filial piety can also be considered in the long term. If you focus on filial piety now and don't improve your strength, you will waste your parents' efforts, which would be a pity. I see that your talent is average. If you don't work hard, you will regret missing the opportunity."

Saying this, he picked up the medicine bottle: "This Primordial Essence Pill I refined a few days ago. Below the Transcendent stage, taking it can greatly enhance your spirit energy, saving you about forty to sixty days of hard cultivation. I don't want to charge you much. This is the last bottle, and I want to sell it quickly to open the furnace. I'll take your thousand spirit coins. What do you think?"

Wu Xing was immediately tempted. He knew that the Primordial Essence Pill was very effective, normally costing 1,200 spirit coins. Now the other party was willing to sell it at a lower price, which was truly an opportunity.

Seeing his hesitation, the student smiled: "What? Still considering? Once the opportunity is missed, it won't come again. I'm just eager to open the furnace, so I'm giving you this price. If it were any other time, I wouldn't do it."

Wu Xing thought for a moment and said: "I need to check the medicine first."

"Of course," the student wasn't afraid he would cheat, and directly threw the medicine over.

Wu Xing poured out a pill, saw the round pill roll in his hand, and smelled the unusual fragrance, knowing it was genuine. He gritted his teeth and said: "Alright, I'll buy it."

Saying this, he handed the money bag to the other party and left with the medicine.

At this moment, he was excited, nervous, ashamed, and relieved. As he hurried along, he suddenly saw a dark figure ahead.

Wu Xing knew that the Moon Washing Academy seemed calm on the surface, but anything could happen in secret. He was on guard and saw that it was Tang Jie standing there.

"It's you?" Wu Xing's heart tightened: "What are you doing here?"

Tang Jie didn't speak.

He just stood there, looking at Wu Xing with cold eyes.

Wu Xing's heart sank, and he took a few steps back: "You... saw everything?"

Tang Jie nodded lightly, his heart filled with sorrow.

Despite being prepared, Tang Jie was still shocked when he saw that scene.

He couldn't believe Wu Xing would do such a thing!

Wu Xing's body trembled, and then he shouted: "You were following me? You don't trust me, you bastard!"

Tang Jie's face showed a bitter and helpless expression: "Yes, I don't trust you. When I saw your expression when you took the money, I knew I couldn't trust you. Do you know how much I hoped I was wrong? Although I knew you were somewhat unreasonable, I always thought you hadn't reached this point, and I still had a glimmer of hope. I never thought..."

Saying this, Tang Jie suddenly roared: "They are your biological parents! How can you do such a thing? Do you even deserve to be called a son?"

"I care about them, that's why I did this. You don't understand. With this medicine, I can cultivate better, reach a higher realm, and then I can repay them better!" Wu Xing also shouted.

"Nice excuse," Tang Jie sneered. "But why didn't you tell that senior brother that your parents are almost sixty and have chronic illnesses that are hard to cure? When will you be considered successful? At the Transcendent stage? The Heart of Heaven stage? Or the Purple Mansion stage? Or will you become an immortal and then be filial to them? I'm afraid they don't have that much time to wait!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Wu Xing shouted: "Tang Jie, my parents are in good health. I won't allow you to defame them!"

"Good, good, really good! Now you're being filial, indeed, verbal filial piety is always the easiest. If someone dares to insult your parents, you would probably kill their whole family, right?" Tang Jie laughed: "Are you using reverse defamation to cover your own evil deeds? Saying I don't trust you? Saying I defame you? What other excuses do you have? Is everything my fault? Then you feel you can face your parents and take this medicine to cultivate? Primordial Essence Pill... to save a few dozen days, you are willing to give up your parents' decades of life!!"

Wu Xing was knocked to the ground by Tang Jie's angry shout.

He stared at Tang Jie in a daze: "I... I'm not indifferent to them... but... the senior brother said... this medicine only costs a thousand coins... he gave me a big discount... a lot... a lot... you know? This is a rare opportunity in my life!"

"Yes, and you also cheapened your parents' lives," Tang Jie said coldly.

Wu Xing was stunned, and finally burst into tears, holding his head.

Tang Jie felt a wave of disgust at his appearance but said: "You can still correct it. Go find that senior brother, return the pills, and get the money back. If not, sell the pills yourself and then buy the Longevity Pills."

"It's no use," Wu Xing shook his head. "The Longevity Pills require a minimum of thirty pills per furnace. I need to find two more people to open the furnace..."

"Stop making excuses!" Tang Jie was really angry: "If you can't find them, keep looking. I don't believe that among the more than ten thousand students in the Moon Washing Academy, you can't find one or two who need Longevity Pills! But did you look? You didn't even try!"

Hearing Tang Jie's angry shout, Wu Xing also got angry and suddenly stood up from the ground: "Yes, I'm making excuses, so what? I don't accept it! Why should some people be naturally talented and can easily transcend without pills? Why can you, Tang Jie, easily get the fish scales and earn over nine hundred coins as soon as you enter the academy? Why are you at the fifth level while I'm at the third? I don't accept it! I want to succeed, I want to transcend, what's wrong with that? They are my parents, they give me everything, even if you send the money to them, they will send it back to me. I am their son, why can't I use it?"

"You!"

"Yes, I'm shameless, I'm not filial, is that okay? You're good, you received the life-saving grace from my parents, you want to repay them, but why must it be through them? Can't you repay me? I am their son!"

Wu Xing continued to shout, waving his hands and feet, emotionally agitated:

"Tang Jie, technically, I'm your elder brother, your elder brother! Just help me, it's also a way to show filial piety to my parents, right? My father wrote to me, the hundred taels of silver were from you, and you gave them to me. I thank you, I beg you to help me one more time, okay? Give me the thousand spirit coins, let me improve myself. With it, I can become stronger faster. In two months, maybe I just need these two months to reach the Spirit Sea stage? You wouldn't want to ruin a person because of this, right? This is my only hope! I will tell my parents that you helped me, they will remember your kindness. Think about it, they also want me to succeed. If they had to choose, they would choose me, right?"

Tang Jie felt a chill all over his body.

He took a deep breath and said: "I won't agree to this. I warn you to return the medicine immediately, or don't blame me for being unfriendly."

"Unfriendly? Are you out of your mind?" Wu Xing laughed, his face covered in tears, looking ridiculous and eerie:

"What can you do to me? Just you? Not even a Spirit Spring, just a newly opened Spirit Eye? I'm asking you because you're my younger brother, and because the money is from you, I'm being polite to you. Do you really think you're something?"

Saying this, Wu Xing's face turned dark: "Yes, I'm unreasonable, but why didn't you buy it yourself and give it to me... Are you testing me? What are you? I will be filial to my parents in the future, I am their son, I don't need you to meddle!"

Saying this, he pointed at Tang Jie, his face turning fierce: "For the sake of our parents, and for calling me your elder brother, I'm giving you a chance. Leave immediately, or don't blame me for teaching you a lesson!"

Seeing his appearance, Tang Jie lost all hope.

He shook his head heavily: "I said, I asked you to buy it because I offended some people after entering the academy and didn't want them to know my attitude towards my parents, which might give them a chance to use it against them, causing trouble for my parents. So I could only ask you to send it. No matter what, you are their real son, sending it to them is natural! I know this might be a temptation for you, but I had no choice, I could only hope you would be more responsible... but it seems you are determined. I know you are at the Spirit Lake stage, two levels higher than me, and you must have mastered several spells, right? I want to see if you have the ability to teach me a lesson."

Saying this, he strode towards Wu Xing.

"Bold!" Wu Xing's eyes flashed with a fierce look, seeing no one around and no inspectors nearby, he already formed a hand seal: "Since you want to die, don't blame me..."

Before he could finish, Tang Jie had already rushed over and punched him in the face.

This punch was extremely fast, and Wu Xing didn't expect him to do this, being punched and flying out. He rolled on the ground twice, already forming a hand seal, but before he could finish, Tang Jie pounced again, kicking his hand and simultaneously punching his chest, stopping his breath and preventing him from casting the spell.

Tang Jie then headbutted his chin and followed with a knee strike, causing Wu Xing to cry out in pain.

Although Wu Xing was at the Spirit Lake stage, his strength and realm were not the same.

Due to his lack of talent, most of Wu Xing's energy was spent on advancing his realm, leaving him no time to practice spells, so it was not easy for him to cast a spell under Tang Jie's fierce attack.

There were many spirit apprentices like him who, due to their lack of talent, could only focus on advancing their realm, so there were many people in the cultivation world who had high realms but lacked combat power.

Of course, there were also many people with average realms but strong combat power.

If it were a normal situation, they could just compare spells, and as a Spirit Lake, Wu Xing could definitely overwhelm Tang Jie with one spell after another.

Unfortunately, Tang Jie caught him off guard, not comparing spells, and without this advantage, it was hard for him to turn the tide.

At this moment, Tang Jie's fierce beating made Wu Xing both shocked and angry. He endured the pain, mustered all his strength to circulate his spirit energy, formed a hand seal, and finally a green light appeared in his hand.

"Flame Wind Blade!" Wu Xing slashed at Tang Jie.

He didn't want to kill Tang Jie, so he aimed at his arm.

Unexpectedly, Tang Jie ignored it and punched Wu Xing again, this punch was fierce and heavy, making Wu Xing's eyes roll back, and he staggered back a few steps. Looking at Tang Jie, a deep wound appeared on his arm, but it was much less severe than Wu Xing had expected.

"How is this possible?" Wu Xing was shocked. He knew the power of his Flame Wind Blade. One slash could split a stone in two, but when it hit Tang Jie, its power was greatly reduced, like a regular weapon.

Before he could react, Tang Jie kicked Wu Xing away again.

"Damn!" Wu Xing reached behind him and pulled out a short knife, simultaneously channeling spirit energy and forming a hand seal, the knife already glowing with electric light.

But just as he was about to slash, Tang Jie picked up a branch from the roadside and swung it at him. Wu Xing instinctively raised his knife to block, but Tang Jie's wrist flipped, and the branch changed direction, striking upward, a move from the Twelve Sword Techniques.

At the same time, the branch glowed with spirit energy, striking Wu Xing's face with great force. As a common martial technique used by both cultivators and mortals, its power was average, but its greatest advantage was that it required no hand seals, only the channeling of spirit energy to enhance its power.

This strike, enhanced by spirit energy, was incredibly heavy, knocking Wu Xing to the ground, unable to get up. However, his short knife also scratched Tang Jie, but due to insufficient force, it didn't even break the skin. The electric light on the knife quickly wrapped around Tang Jie, making him numb, but he quickly recovered.

Body like refined steel!

"This... this is impossible..." Wu Xing looked at Tang Jie in disbelief.

A Spirit Lake stage spirit apprentice, defeated by a boy who hadn't even reached the Spirit Spring stage?

"There's nothing impossible. Compared to a Spirit Eye defeating a Spirit Lake, I find your character more unbelievable. Since you can set a new low for character, setting a new low for strength isn't that strange," Tang Jie said coldly, walking over and pulling open Wu Xing's clothes, taking out the bottle of Primordial Essence Pills.

"My medicine!" Wu Xing shouted.

"It's mine!" Tang Jie replied: "I owe my parents, I will repay them, but you and I... are never brothers!"

Saying this, Tang Jie strode away.