Chapter 6

After Ji Sugzhen and the other two left, the door of the room next to Ji Boyi opened, and a thin, monkey-like old man walked out. Although he was hunched over, he exuded a sharp and fierce aura.

"Lord Hou, thank you for your help today."

Seeing the thin old man enter, Ji Boyi bowed respectfully. This old man was one of the two major stewards of the Ji family in Jiangdu City, holding the same status as Old Man Cheng. In terms of cultivation, he was even a step higher than Old Man Cheng.

"Master, you're too polite. It's what I should do. However, that Ji family boy is a treacherous and despicable person. This matter probably won't end so easily."

"Hmph, if it's some underhanded tricks, he's no match for me. The only concern is that his cultivation is higher than mine. In a direct confrontation, it won't be as easy to force him back as it was today."

Although Ji Boyi said this, his face showed no worry, and he appeared confident, which made Old Man Hou nod in approval. Over the past year, Ji Boyi had won the trust of Stewards Cheng and Hou with his steadiness and is now essentially the public leader of the Ji family in Jiangdu City.

"Master's 'Great Primal Yin Art' is a high-grade cultivation technique with immense power. Even I, the old man, dare not face it head-on. Unfortunately, its progress is slow. Otherwise, you wouldn't be at a disadvantage in terms of cultivation."

Although Old Man Hou said this, his eyes still revealed a hint of envy. If he could, he would also want to cultivate a high-grade technique. Although his realm is two or three levels higher than Ji Boyi's, he has already reached his peak in life, with no further path ahead. The main reason is that the foundation of his cultivation technique is of a low grade, and he is in his twilight years, lacking the essence and energy needed to advance further.

After hearing Old Man Hou's words, Ji Boyi smiled slightly, but who could understand the bitterness in his heart? Although the 'Great Primal Yin Art' is a high-grade technique and one of the best in the Ji family, its progress is notoriously slow. Most importantly, this technique is best suited for women.

Unfortunately, although Ji Boyi is a man, he has a yin constitution, and his progress in cultivating yang techniques is even slower than with the 'Great Primal Yin Art.'

Old Man Hou, who had been in Jiangdu City for a long time and was far from the core of the Ji family, did not know Ji Boyi's predicament. However, fortunately, although the 'Great Primal Yin Art' is best suited for women, men can still cultivate it. It is said to be the foundational technique of the Suyun Palace, one of the five great mystical sects. An ancestor of the Ji family once joined this sect and brought this technique back to the family with great effort.

After finishing dinner, Ji Boyi was sent back to his courtyard by the concerned Old Man Hou.

Upon returning home, he first had a servant boil water, and then he practiced a set of boxing in the courtyard to loosen his muscles.

After bathing and changing clothes, Ji Boyi took a pill and began to meditate. Martial cultivation is like rowing against the current; he dared not be the slightest bit lax.

He had just reached the Qi Cultivation stage. Some prodigies of his age had already condensed the foundation of the Dao and could ride the wind and fly like immortals.

For example, a younger brother of the Ji family, when Ji Boyi left home for Jiangdu City, had already completed his transformation and achieved the flawless true body, being just a step away from entering the Dao. He was considered the first genius of the Ji family in a hundred years.

Gathering his thoughts, Ji Boyi began to condense the internal energy in his meridians. After twelve cycles, he began to try to break through the Conception and Governor Vessels.

The human body has twelve innate meridians and eight sealed vessels. The first step in martial cultivation is to gather the internal energy from the twelve meridians in the dantian and then break through the eight sealed vessels.

Once all eight vessels are open, it means the Qi Cultivation stage is complete, and the first stage of cultivation is finished.

Of course, Ji Boyi had heard that some prodigies were born with all eight vessels open, known as "innate Dao bodies." People with such constitutions, as long as they don't die prematurely, generally have great fortune, and almost everyone achieves immortality and invincibility. However, such extraordinary constitutions are extremely rare, with the last one appearing three hundred years ago.

After meditating for an hour, Ji Boyi finished and began to rest.

The next day, he felt much better, and Old Man Cheng's medicine was indeed effective.

When he arrived at the academy, Ji Boyi was still on guard for any trouble, but the day passed quietly.

"Could this matter just be over?"

He was puzzled. Although he had only met Ji Sugzhen once, Ji Boyi had already seen through his character—a typical despicable person. The Ji family had risen to prominence in the past hundred years. Although their strength was on par with the Ji family, they were a typical nouveau riche, lacking in depth.

These newly risen aristocratic children had a very annoying habit. They bully the weak and fear the strong, which is bad enough, but the problem is that they have no dignity.

They bully the common people to show their status and fawn over the stronger aristocratic children without any self-respect.

If most of these aristocratic children are hypocrites, then Ji Sugzhen is a naked despicable person.

While Ji Boyi was thinking about how to deal with Ji Sugzhen, he didn't notice that a handsome young man was following him.

Although he was dressed in simple blue clothes, his eyes were particularly lively, and his tracking route was not a straight line. Seeing Ji Boyi walking out, he estimated his destination and took a shortcut to arrive first, as if he had been waiting there all along.

After Ji Boyi passed by, he repeated the same action.

However, this time, just as he started to move, a hand grabbed his shoulder, and a powerful force knocked him to the ground.

"Kid, get out of the way, you're blocking my path."

...

Ji Boyi, who was walking ahead, suddenly heard a commotion behind him. Turning around, he saw a commoner fall to the ground. Beside him, a young man in expensive clothes glanced disdainfully at the onlookers and then walked away. The originally crowded crowd instantly cleared a path for him.

Some people were angry, some were gloating, but most were numb. Some aristocratic children were also among them, there to watch the show.

Frowning, although he disapproved of such things, Ji Boyi would not get involved.

In the following days, Ji Boyi continued to go back and forth between home and the academy. What made him happy was that Ji Ruorou, who had been truly frightened, was unusually quiet and did not cause any trouble.

After taking the last pill, Ji Boyi exhaled a long breath. Old Man Cheng's medical skills were truly profound; he said ten days, and it was exactly ten days.

His originally listless spirit had completely recovered today, and he no longer felt dizzy. Since that dream, he hadn't slept well, but after taking the last pill today, he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

While he was sleeping soundly, a golden light flashed in his dream, and then Ji Boyi felt himself standing at the foot of a golden mountain.

"What's happening?"

Looking up in the dream, he saw a huge Buddha standing before him. However, it was so large that he mistook it for a mountain.

After moving away, Ji Boyi realized that the Buddha had a sorrowful face, sitting cross-legged on a golden lotus, emitting a faint golden light. His eyes seemed to be covered by a thousand layers of mist, and once they met his gaze, it felt as if he couldn't see anything, yet he could see the cycle of the three thousand great worlds.

As Ji Boyi stared curiously at the Buddha's eyes, a sudden change occurred. A golden light emerged from the Buddha's brow and swiftly entered his forehead, leaving him no time to react.

Immediately, Ji Boyi's mind was filled with countless insights, worlds, trees, water droplets, humans, insects, dust... the entire life experiences of all these beings flashed through his mind like a projector. Just as his brain was about to explode, everything stopped.

Then, Ji Boyi woke up again.

"Phew, phew... phew."

Getting out of bed, he touched his head, finding it intact, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. After wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Ji Boyi was about to get up but noticed four new words in his mind.

"Dream Enlightenment"

Focusing his mind, the golden light appeared again, and Ji Boyi was pulled back into the dream. The sorrowful Buddha's blurry eyes met his, and his soul was sucked in. Subsequently, the explanation of "Dream Enlightenment" flashed through his mind.

This was a method of enlightenment created by a great sage, who transformed into countless worlds in his dreams, projecting his divine consciousness into the dream world, experiencing countless cycles, gathering great power, and comprehending the Dao.

The great sage ultimately transcended the cycle of rebirth and achieved eternal immortality through the method of "Dream Enlightenment"!

For some reason, he left this method in the three thousand universes, waiting for the right person.

Ji Boyi was fortunate to become that right person, and when the time was ripe, he inherited the great method of "Dream Enlightenment."

In that moment, he finally had the appearance of a protagonist, receiving a great fortune that belonged only to him!

...

" Ting'er, what's wrong? Mother is talking to you, why are you spacing out?"

While Ji Boyi was still immersed in the mystery of "Dream Enlightenment," a voice woke him up. He saw a dignified woman frowning at him.

However, Ji Boyi did not answer her but reached out to touch the stone table in front of him. The sensation told him it was real, not a dream.

"Is this 'Dream Enlightenment'? Experiencing cycles in a world I create myself..."

As Ji Boyi looked excited, the woman beside him began to panic, thinking her child had a stroke.

"Wait, how do I get out?"

At that moment, Ji Boyi suddenly thought of this problem. The first time, he experienced ten years in a daze and was awakened by the truth of the world, which brought back his "true self" and allowed him to leave the dream world. This time, he was fully conscious and reborn in this world, so the first method wouldn't work.

Although he had obtained the method of enlightenment, Ji Boyi could not use it freely and could only passively experience it.