#42 - Gathering of Talents

Inside the small courtyard of Jubaosai.

Jun Wuxie spent the whole afternoon playing with Xiao Yueyao.

The little girl was tired, ate some food, and then fell soundly asleep.

During that time, Su Lan came and upgraded his silver card to a golden VIP card.

After she left, Jun Wuxie entered the Eternal God Hall and began his cultivation.

On the path of cultivation, one cannot be negligent for even a moment.

There are still thirteen days before the Great River Sword Sect's assessment.

He also has to go to that Juxian Gathering in seven days.

Jun Wuxie doesn't like such banquets, but he still has to go.

After all, Ji Yinlan personally handed him the invitation, and he had to give her this face.

Time passed quickly.

The medium-grade spirit stones on Jun Wuxie were almost used up.

In these five days, he raised his realm to the peak of the tenth transformation of the Acquired Realm.

Having reached this realm, breaking through again will not be as simple as refining elixirs and absorbing medicinal qi.

"Your breakthrough speed has been too fast recently. You need to solidify your foundation before you can try to break through to the Acquired Extreme Realm. In these few days, don't think about improving your realm anymore. Focus on cultivating the Dragon-Tiger Strength and Seven Kill Fist to purify your physical blood energy."

"Senior, can you spare attention now?"

Jun Wuxie was a little surprised to hear the mysterious woman's voice.

These days, he could hear the sound of iron chains struggling inside the first level of the Zhenyu Tower every day.

"I can spare some attention, let's fight."

After the mysterious woman finished speaking, a phantom appeared in front of Jun Wuxie out of thin air. The roar of dragons and tigers followed, attacking him.

"Let your heart move with the moves, and your body move with the intent of the weapon! If you want your fist intent to be as majestic as a high mountain, then when you punch, you must imagine yourself as a heavy and deep mountain."

"When you palm, if you want your palm intent to be like a rushing river, with a turbulent and continuous momentum, then you should regard yourself as a roaring river."

"When condensing sword intent, you must regard yourself as a precious sword about to be unsheathed to kill the enemy, so that you can burst out with unmatched sharpness at the moment of attack."

… …

"Senior, I understand. However, if I want to condense fist intent, palm intent, sword intent, spear intent, etc. at the same time, what should I do?"

"Use your mind for multiple purposes."

"What does that mean?" Jun Wuxie asked while fighting against the phantom simulated by the mysterious woman: "How can I regard myself as a sword while also regarding myself as a spear, a mountain, and a river?"

"Then you need to cultivate a Ruyi Heart. This process is slow and difficult to achieve overnight. It takes time to comprehend and accumulate before it is possible to understand it thoroughly."

"Cultivating a Ruyi Heart is the most basic condition for becoming a strong military practitioner. You have just embarked on this path and need to explore slowly. Don't be impatient."

"I understand."

"Do you really understand?" The mysterious woman said: "There are some things that you don't need to understand now, and you can't possibly understand. The scenery seen when standing in a low place is different from the scenery seen when standing in a high place. You are now like standing on a small hill, and your eyes can only see a corner. When you stand higher, you will see more broadly."

"The cultivation and comprehension of military intent need to be gradual, and of course, it also needs an opportunity for enlightenment, but you must never get stuck in a dead end, otherwise you will be trapped in that small corner and it will be difficult to see the vast world again."

Jun Wuxie felt ashamed when he heard this. He was really getting stuck in a dead end.

Saying he understood, his heart was still bound by how to cultivate the Ruyi Heart, obsessively indulging in a field that he could not reach at his current low realm.

To put it bluntly, he was a little too ambitious, lacking practicality and composure.

This is a major taboo in cultivation.

Deeply aware of his mistake, Jun Wuxie was alert in his heart, discarded those distracting thoughts, and wholeheartedly fought against the phantom. His heart suddenly became much more practical and peaceful.

After two days of fighting.

Although he was still far from being a match for the phantom simulated by the mysterious woman, he could at least last a few rounds in her hands.

His combat experience, on-the-spot reaction speed, and the application and comprehension of martial arts have all been greatly improved.

The Dragon-Tiger Strength and Seven Kill Fist have made considerable progress.

Calculating the time, today is the day of the Juxian Gathering.

Jun Wuxie left the Eternal God Hall, tidied up a bit, and then put on a beautiful dress for Xiao Yueyao.

"Brother Wuxie, where are we going?"

Walking on the bustling street, Xiao Yueyao blinked her beautiful big eyes and asked.

"Going to a banquet."

"What is a banquet?"

Jun Wuxie smiled and touched her head, and said, "It's a place with many people and many delicious things."

"Ah." Hearing that there were many delicious things, Xiao Yueyao naively said: "Are there meat porridge, roast chicken, and fragrant white steamed buns?"

Jun Wuxie's heart suddenly felt like it was pricked by a needle.

Yes, the best things she had ever eaten were meat porridge, roast chicken, and steamed buns.

In her world, these were the most beautiful delicacies in the world.

Even before he recovered, she couldn't even afford white steamed buns.

… …

Juxian Manor is located in the south of the capital.

The terrain here is open, the trees on both sides of the street have a high greening rate, and the scenery is very good.

Away from the commercial area, all that can be seen are the leisure industries bought by the powerful and wealthy.

Juxian Manor, with its royal background, is particularly prominent here.

When Jun Wuxie brought Xiao Yueyao to Juxian Manor, it was already very lively, and people who came to the banquet entered one after another.

"Brother Wuxie, this place is so big ~"

Xiao Yueyao exclaimed, her pure big eyes flashing with curious light.

This manor covers an area of thousands of acres, and the two majestic white jade stone lions at the entrance are ten meters high.

Standing outside, you can see mountains, lakes, gardens, pavilions, and a spiritual wood forest with lingering spiritual energy, which is extremely luxurious.

"This friend, I am the young master of the Yao family in Yuncheng. May I ask which city's great family the friend is from?"

In front of Juxian Manor, Jun Wuxie was about to hand over the invitation when a young man of eighteen or nineteen smiled and stepped forward to greet him.

Jun Wuxie nodded to the young man and said, "I come from a remote small city and have no family."

"This…" The young man was stunned, and then smiled: "Friend, you must be joking, right?"

"I really don't have a family."

"A rogue cultivator?"

The smile on the face of the young master of the Yao family cooled down, and he turned and left.

At this time, a young man in white arrived, and the person checking the invitation immediately greeted him and said respectfully: "Young Master Bu is here, please come in quickly."

The young master of the Yao family immediately went up and said, "I have long heard of Young Master Bu's name. It is my honor to meet you today. I am Yao Yan, the young master of the Yao family in Yuncheng."

"So it's Brother Yao." Bu Yunfei said with a smile: "Yuncheng is one of the ten major cities of my Great Zhou, and the Yao family is famous and well-known."

"Young Master Bu is joking. Although my Yao family has some strength, it is far from being comparable to Young Master Bu's family. Your Bu family is one of the six great families in the capital, second only to the four great families."

Bu Yunfei smiled and looked at the invitation in Yao Yan's hand, and said, "I wonder, Brother Yao, who invited you here this time?"

"Lord Tao, who is by the Third Prince's side, wrote the invitation himself." Yao Yan shook the purple invitation in his hand, quite proudly, and said, "I am flattered to be valued by Lord Tao."

"Well, a purple invitation shows that the Third Prince values you very much. Brother Yao, you have a promising future."

"Young Master Bu is joking." Yao Yan handed the invitation in his hand to the receptionist at the door, and just happened to see the rogue cultivator pulling the little girl forward, and immediately said to Bu Yunfei: "Young Master Bu, this is a rogue cultivator. Where do you think he got the invitation from?"

Bu Yunfei was stunned, looked at Jun Wuxie a few times, and said lightly: "Just a rogue cultivator, probably got a low-level fringe invitation through some special means. In previous Juxian Gatherings, there have been such people who just want to come and broaden their horizons."

"If you're not in the same circle, it's difficult to integrate even if you break your head." Yao Yan glanced at Jun Wuxie and said with a smile to Bu Yunfei: "Some people just don't understand such a simple truth. Perhaps for them, they yearn too much for the life of the upper class. Even if they can't integrate, as long as they can feel the atmosphere, it won't be in vain for this life, right?"