Chapter Seventy-One, The Seventh Court
"What's wrong, Uncle Hua?"
"I have a little impression of this text, as if I've seen it somewhere, but I just can't remember it for a while!" Hua Wuchang's tone was also a little uncertain, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Forget it, it doesn't feel like it's something that needs too much attention, otherwise I definitely won't be unable to remember!"
"But this stele is indeed a good thing, even I can't see the mystery in it, if you have the help of this thing, your soul cultivation speed in the future will indeed be much faster, and joining this Seventh Courtyard is not a loss!"
Although the evaluation of the impermanence of the character is average, he still gives a lot of praise to the stone tablet itself.
It didn't take long for a figure to come quickly in everyone's sight, and when they saw the figure, Zhao Zilang hurriedly shouted: "Senior Brother Wu, what did you just do, I am almost familiar with this place, and now I need the Soul Refining Heart Sutra in your hand!"
Hearing the four words of the Soul Refining Heart Sutra, Chu Qifan and Mo Jin's eyes moved, to put it bluntly, this is the fundamental reason why they joined the Seventh Academy, as long as they can get this Soul Refining Heart Sutra, then their soul cultivation path can be officially opened.
"Let's go back to the hall in advance!" Wu Danggui squeezed out a smile on his face, and then silently turned around and walked in the direction of the hall of the Seventh Courtyard.
Looking at Wu Angelica's back, Chu Qifan always felt that the former's state seemed to be a little different from when he first met, and there should be something on his mind.
In the hall, Wu Danggui sat stiffly at the long table, his expression was wooden, and he had been silent for more than half an hour.
Seeing his appearance, everyone was not stupid, and they already knew that the period when the former disappeared must have experienced some kind of unpleasant thing.
"Alas!"
After a long time, Wu Danggui finally sighed, and also realized that his previous behavior was a little inappropriate, and said: "I have experienced some things before, I am sorry to make you wait for a long time!"
As he spoke, he handed the two round stones to Chu Qifan and Mo Jin respectively.
"This is the Soul Storage Stone, the cultivation secret of the Soul Refining Heart Sutra is imprinted in it, you only need to introduce the vitality into it to learn this method, of course, what you have in your hand is only a replica, so the exercise imprint inside can only last for a month, and the imprint will dissipate by itself after a month!"
Starting with the stone, it brought Chu Qifan a warm feeling, and he spent a month observing a book of exercises, and it was still a defective product, so it was completely enough.
After doing this, Wu Danggui's eyes were full of solemnity and said: "You two can choose to leave on your own first, or you can choose to stay here, because what I am going to say next may bring a lot of pressure to the two of you, and even be depressing!"
Seeing that Chu Qifan and the others had no intention of leaving, Wu Danggui sighed again and said, "Liu Dong has already sent an indictment to the dean just now, and I think you old students can guess some of the contents of the indictment...... His proposal is to dismantle our seven courtyards and merge them into the other six courtyards!"
As soon as the words came out, some people were silent and some were angry, but the solemnity of the atmosphere remained unchanged.
"Smack!"
Zhao Zilang slapped the table with his big hand, and could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and roared: "This old immortal thing is simply too deceitful!"
"Second Senior Brother, calm down first, Senior Brother Wu hasn't finished talking yet!" Yang Liuqing stretched out his hand and tugged at the corner of the former's clothes, and at the same time, his heart was extremely sad and angry.
Liu Dong has coveted their Seventh Courtyard for a day or two, it can be said that Sima Zhao's heart is known to passers-by, and he also knows that this day may come, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly and so suddenly.
Compared with the two, Zhu Jiantao is lying on his chest with his hands, his eyes are shaking but he is silent, obviously his heart is not very calm at the moment.
After half a breath, his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and looked sideways at Wu Danggui.
"What did the Dean say?"
"Dean?" Wu Danggui smiled dejectedly: "Dean is neutral, but the way he handles this matter is not what a neutral person should do!"
"What do you mean?" Zhu Jiantao raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was a faint uneasiness in his heart.
What he meant was to let the mentors of the seven inner courts vote on the matter, and all but the second court agreed with Liu Dong's view. Speaking of this, Wu Danggui suddenly fell silent, obviously the occurrence of this incident made it difficult for him to accept, those who had seen each other with smiling faces in the past would actually behave like this.
Everyone was silent, each with sorrow in their hearts, and when their emotions were almost calm, Wu Danggui looked at Chu Qifan and Mo Jin and said, "I'm sorry, I let you see the joke on the first day I came to the Seventh Courtyard...... Alas, I am very grateful that you two were able to choose to join us at the lowest point of the Seventh Academy!"
"It's just that you have just entered the academy, there is no need to hang yourself here, while it's still early, go and join the other inner courtyards, then the Soul Refining Heart Sutra will be a little bit of my heart for you!"
It's been four years since the last instructor disappeared, which is not a long time, but it is enough to exhaust the patience of the crowd, and now only a few remaining students are proof, because those who can't survive have left.
At that time, they would exchange martial arts experiences with each other, and they would also fight for the territory around the Soul Extraction Stone, and whenever this time the teacher would appear at the right time and force anger to stop the dispute.
'It's not good to beat your own people!'
This is a phrase that teachers often say.
It's just that the noise in my memory is gone, and the thin and straight figure in my memory is not heard.
Wu Danggui's palm clenched quietly, no matter how persistent his heart was, he had to admit that this was no longer the Seventh Courtyard in his impression.
In the past three years, with the continuous loss of students in the academy, the resources that the Seventh Academy can get have been squeezed by the other six academies.
He was tired and tired.
He was just a student who had not been graduating for a long time, and he didn't have the ability to bring the Seventh Academy back to glory, but at least, in the only few years left in the Seventh Academy, he could still accompany this place he was familiar with all the way, even if there was no abyss in front of him.
Hearing the former's decision, Zhao Zilang surprisingly did not speak, although he looked very arrogant on the surface, but at this moment he could also understand the helplessness in the former's heart.
"No!" Chu Qifan shook his head: "I joined the Seventh Academy for soul cultivation, even if I want to leave, I have to wait until the day when the Seventh Academy really disappears and can't accommodate me!"
Following the end of the former's words, Mo Jin also said: "I like to be quiet, although these seven courtyards are not good, but they are okay compared to other places!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions were also clearer, and Zhao Zilang immediately shouted: "Although your way of speaking is very bad, I like it!"
"Your decision is a bit reckless, but in that case, I won't persuade anything!" Wu Danggui said: "I see that you are not as depressed as I imagined, so I will say everything that needs to be said!"
Listening to the meaning of the former, everyone understood something, and sure enough, they saw Wu Angelica straighten up slightly and continued: "Actually, our seven courtyards will not necessarily be merged......
"What do you mean by that?" Yang Liuqing asked unconsciously.
"According to the dean's meaning, if someone from our Seventh Academy can reach the top ten of the Heroes List within the time limit of half a year, then we can avoid the result of being annexed!"
Hearing this, the corners of Zhao Zilang's mouth opened unconsciously, and the emotions written on his face could be seen at a glance: "This is too difficult, it's like not saying it!"
Because they have been squeezed, the resources that their students of the Seventh Academy can allocate each period of time are far inferior to those of other academies, and there have been no new students to join, resulting in a long time since there have been top ten students on the Seventh Academy's list.
Even Yang Liuqing, who is currently ranked highest, is only about thirty-four, not to mention that there are more than 20 places between the thirty-fourth and the top ten, but the gap between the students on the Yingjie list is more and more obvious, and it is very difficult to advance one place, let alone be promoted to the top ten in just half a year.
On the surface, this sounds like a chance, but in fact it is just a consolation!
"Yes, I think so too!" Wu Danggui nodded: "But it's good to have a little sustenance, isn't it?"
While thinking about Wu Danggui, he was also a little uncomfortable, you must know that no one in their Seventh Academy has stepped into the top ten of the Yingjie List for four years, and the most ironic thing is that the last student to enter the top ten is himself.
But now that he has become the tutor of the Seventh Academy, and it has been more than three years since he graduated, no matter how strong he is, it can't affect anything.
"Alas!" Zhao Zilang looked at Yang Liuqing on the side and said tentatively: "Xiao Qingqing, do you want to try to make an impact?"
Yang Liuqing glanced at him, and said angrily: "If you want to rush into the top ten, you must at least have a strength comparable to that of the Human Yuan Realm, and I am now enough to fight a martial artist of the Eight Layers of the Ning Yuan Realm!"
"Of course, if I can obtain the second half of the Soul Refining Heart Sutra, then even if I encounter someone from the Nine Layers of the Ning Yuan Realm, I may not be able to fight!" Yang Liuqing changed his words and said a little unwillingly.
"It's a pity that this kind of secret method about the soul can only be understood and cannot be spoken, otherwise I can directly ask Senior Brother Wu for it!"
Seeing the former's gaze, Wu Danggui also smiled bitterly, if he could say it, the Seven Courtyards would not become what they are now.
"I don't know how to do this thing as soon as it comes out, I suddenly thought of Lao Qi!" Zhu Jiantao tapped his fingers on the table and said coldly.
Hearing his words, Wu Danggui and the others' faces changed slightly, and it was obvious that they had thought of something bad.
"Indeed, if there is no accident, with the original qualifications of the seventh child, he will definitely have the ability to rush into the top ten or even the top five!" Yang Liuqing nodded, and gave a very high evaluation to this seventh junior brother who had never come forward.
Zhu Jiantao looked sorry, buried his head and said in a low voice: "I went to see him a few days ago!"
"What did he say?" Yang Liuqing hurriedly asked.
"Still not planning to come back!" Zhu Jiantao shook his head.
"He said that compared to blindly practicing penance, he feels good now!"
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