
One month went very fast. During that entire month, Shen Xueyue used her time practicing basic sciences to become an expert martial practitioner. However he had a constraint in learning all the basic techniques written in his guidebook.
It was then, that Lu Guan and Zhu Guang helped him. Not only her, Song Shi Hua also took the time to train the girl in learning some basic techniques of martial arts as well as magic after her mission was completed. Especially when learning the body doubling technique. Which is where this technique allows users to create one or two shadow clones like him that are very similar and real. The usefulness of this technique itself varies, one of which is to outwit the enemy while trying to escape.
"Heaven..." Shen Xueyue let out a frustrated sigh as she tried many times to make clones, but she always failed. Body doubling technique? Shen Xueyue started to hate the technique.
Song Shi Hua did not even know anymore, what really made Shen Xueyue difficult when learning the technique that should still be fairly easy to practice it. This caused Shen Xueyue to feel embarrassed and lose confidence when Song Shi Hua trained her but always saw her fail like a fool.
Although Song Shi Hua always said that everything would be fine and needed a process to achieve results, still the main test for the academy disciples to be able to be selected as disciples at each peak was the body doubling technique.
Even Lu Guan who had a high level of patience began to groan in frustration as Shen Xueyue did not produce the slightest progress at all.
He's not stupid. Okay?
But some things he certainly can't do on his own. Moreover, he comes from a modern world where things like this are very difficult to believe exist. He did not know how to gather Qi energy into his meridians, although he already knew, he had to be good at dividing Qi energy when using a martial magic technique.
"Idiota..." Song Shi Chen sneered from the top of the building upon seeing Shen Xueyue's troubled face under the tree.
The young man knew very clearly what caused Shen Xueyue to be so extremely pitiful. Because when Shen Xueyue was practicing, Song Shi Chen who accidentally passed by secretly saw the training of the girl.
Clearly for Song Shi Chen, seeing Xueyue's failure couldn't help but sneer at him the frequent times Shen Xueyue tried to use the body doubling technique, Xueyue only managed to create one. It was futile, because the clones produced were not worthy to be called a success.
Every time Master Chao tested them in the academy class, the adult man did not understand why only Shen Xueyue had always failed to obtain perfect marks in body doubling techniques. What is the problem, it is always a question in the mind of every teacher who teaches.
Not only that, Shen Xueyue was also not good at playing the sword. He nearly killed Song Shi Hua as the man trained him inside the forest. How shameful he is. Compared to Song Shi Hua's ability to play using all martial tools, he was nothing. And he did not gain any progress at all by shooting some such tools accurately.
It would not be wrong if all the teachers who tried to help him said that he was an incompetent stupid student. The wind element was just a bitch and a waste.
The entire class even laughed at him as teacher Chao tested them one by one in front of the class. Especially Shen Jia who was very satisfied with Shen Xueyue's failure.
"Shen Xueyue's. Since when do you have a hobby of wearing women's clothes?" Shen Jia sneered when Chao's teacher class was over. The girl walked over to Shen Xueyue and Zhu Guang.
Shen Xueyue glanced lazily, reluctantly responding.
"I'm lazy to argue with you. Move over!" Shen Xueyue got up from her seat, followed by Zhu Guang. Shen Jia displayed a look of dislike when Shen Xueyue did not reply.
"You..."
"What are you?!" cut Shen Xueyue, ketus. "Shen Jia, I've always wondered why you hate me so much? What's my fault with you, hm?"
Shen Jia snorted with a wry laugh, "You asked why I hate you?" beonyas. Shen Xueyue remained silent and only watched Shen Jia speak, "..why not ask yourself?! My mother has been paying more attention to you than I have since you were born. My brother hates me and always defends you! You even stole my attention!! Why don't they ever see me instead of seeing you?! And you ask me what makes me hate you so much?!"
Shen Xueyue,"..." she lost her words.
Come to think of it, ever since he became Shen Xueyue in this world, he had always obtained little by little the memories left behind by the owner of his body. Fragment after fragment created a big picture in his memory.
It does. Shen Xueyue— the owner of her body felt all the things that Shen Jia said. The affection of all the families in the palace was directed towards him. Although he was known as a weak prince, the king did not even hate him. He was the youngest prince, it was impossible for him to unseat Shen Qingtian as the crown prince. There were not as many demands he had to make as a prince as Shen Shiya who became a young general, Shen Chengyi who took care of all the affairs of the officials, just like Shen Shiya who became a young general, and Shen Du who became Shen Qingtian's right hand.
Shen Xueyue's life as a prince could be said to be very relaxed. Even though he didn't take martial arts or political science classes, that's okay.
The reason why Shen Jia hated him was because Shen Xueyue a weak and flawed prince had stolen the attention of everyone he loved. Shen Jia did not like to share affection. Cliche indeed, but Shen Xueyue could understand. Unfortunately, Shen Jia was too greedy and wanted to have everything by herself.
"Sister Jia, stop. Don't bother Shen Xueyue anymore. Why don't we just make peace? We're brothers." Shen Xueyue was stunned as Shen Lingling suddenly interceded.
Shen Lingling was the same as Shen Jia. But Shen Xueyue seemed to understand the reason why Shen Lingling had all along been beside Shen Jia. The same reason.
The difference was, Shen Lingling was not as rude as Shen Jia. Shen Lingling was gentle, yet the girl had a firm personality. Unfortunately, he was blinded by jealousy so wrongly seeing the right and not right. Shen Lingling loved Shen Chengyi too much and it caused resentment when Shen Chengyi paid more attention to Shen Xueyue than her mother's sister.
Shen Xueyue understood that.
Shen Jia rolled her eyes panted while scorching, "Are you finally defending her?! Huh uh?"
"I-i.no." Shen Lingling was worried.
"Then don't ask me to stop hating him!" exclaimed Shen Jia, furious.
"Sister Jia, understand! If Father King finds out you hate Shen Xueyue, you will only get wrath from her! Shouldn't you know the rules of the Hou royal palace family?! Even the former would-be concubine who once had the thought of wanting to replace empress Yun alone was somehow in her condition now in brackets in the cold palace!"
Shen Jia glanced sharply at Shen Lingling full of hostility. But Shen Lingling was not afraid and returned Shen Jia's gaze boldly.
"Now I don't care about you anymore. Whatever you want to do now, I'll never interfere." Shen Lingling got up from her stool, carried the book in hand and left without saying a word.
He did not side with Shen Jia or Shen Xueyue. He no longer wanted to engage in sibling feuds that were unimportant to him. If this could make her brother Shen Chengyi accept it, then she would, if not no problem either. It would only make him move away from the complicated and useless conflicts of the royal family.
Shen Xueyue was lazily involved, so she also caught up with Shen Lingling leaving with Zhu Guang out of the classroom towards the next class.
The next class is the alchemist class. In this class, new students learn some basic first aid techniques on wounds. In addition, it is also to look for talents that can be guided to the next stage.
In the Yunshu academy, newly enrolled students are not directly sent to each learning division. The learning division at the Yunshu academy was divided into four. The first was the lotus peak, here disciples could learn sword and martial techniques. Both the peak of spring, they only accepted disciples who had the highest chances in the alchemy technique and also the technique of contracting ferocious beasts as mounts as well as companions against enemies. These three stone peaks, at this peak they learned martial arts techniques without weapons. The last one is the tip of an ice flower that studies musical techniques. This allowed the disciples to use musical instruments as their weapons when fighting enemies.
And there was one peak that very rarely accepted new disciples. This peak is called the eternal peak. The elder who became the owner of this peak was Bai Jierui. Specialized in learning the technique of summoning ferocious beasts that had been contracted with blood. Not only that, here also studied various kinds of illusion techniques as well as advanced martial arts.
And to be able to enter one of the peaks, new students will enter the class with different lessons to be selected to the next stage.
Although every student was already aware of what their talents were since they knew their basic elements, it required a special test in order for them to be absolutely sure where they should stay. Because sometimes, there is one person who has two skills in him.
The basic elements in each person are used to strengthen their martial techniques by evoking advanced martial techniques according to their basic elements.
When the class was over, Shen Xueyue was suddenly excited as she recalled something. He immediately got up from the ground, turning around to hide behind the tree while looking to the left right looking at the surrounding atmosphere. Once in a sense of security, Shen Xueyue waved her hand opening a portal of space and time. He entered and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
In a forest close to the rushing stream of a river, Shen Xueyue appeared on the rock.
Just as he was about to descend from the rock, he was struck by a strange dog staring at him with a sniffing nose and a protruding tongue. The dog appears larger than its normal size. He has soft, clean white fur.
Xueyue's body involuntarily shook and stiffened on the spot. Shen Xueyue was a person who had actually never been afraid of just a dog. But after he became a fox demon spirit, for some reason every time he saw a dog his body suddenly could not be controlled.
"Aishi... Especially this?!" gerrutu annoyed. "Husha.. Hush..."
"Xiao Hong...!!" the voice of a man called out not far from him. And the dog suddenly just barked cheerfully towards Xueyue.
"YYYYY........!!" Xueyue ran away in a daze and the next second her body turned back into a half-cloak shape and worse, her body also shrank into a small child. He ran into the bushes to hide.
Wookk.. Wookk..
"Don't chase me!!" Shen Xueyue grew even more frightened as the dog nearly approached her. He thoughtlessly chose to open the portal and disappear back.
"Xiao Hong's! What are you doing there?!" a man with slightly wavy hair frowned when he found his dog barking a few times while running around as if he was chasing something.
"Wook!!"
"What's? Is there anything that catches your attention?" suddenly the man sniffed like a dog's nose. He gasped and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips. He chuckles, stroking his dog's neck baby. "He's here? Why don't you try to hold it?"
"Ngh.." the dog moaned with withered ears, feeling regretful. The man laughed again, as if he understood and forgave the actions of his stricken dog.
"It's okay. We'll have plenty of opportunities the next day" he said determinedly. He tried to sniff back. Yet the scent belonging to Shen Xueyue had disappeared completely and ended up right where she stood.
One conclusion he can confirm. The girl was no ordinary girl so as to hide the scent of her existence.
Shen Xueyue then reappeared near the other side of the river. But this time, he saw a cave not far from the river. It was covered by a waterfall flow of approximately ten meters high. And got an idea for him to use as a hiding place.
Shen Xueyue ran into the river. He was about to enter the cave when suddenly the sound of someone moaning in pain shocked him.
"DID!!" Xueyue stumbled by something that was stuck in the bush of wild grass.
"Ughhh!!" When Shen Xueyue was plunged on top of the weeds, she easily saw what was really under her feet. His eyes were wide open, and he held his breath as he looked at the human figure who had a tattered camping appearance and was filled with blood marks as well as a trace of wound lying unconscious beneath his feet.
"YYYYY... UWUU...!!!" he wants to escape immediately.
The helpless body opened its eyes slowly. Staring at Shen Xueyue with a pitiful look of eyes and his gaze blurred. That person could only see the figure of Shen Xueyue who had two ears above both sides of her head.
"Yu-Yue..."
"Did? You know me?" Shen Xueyue was stunned staring at the person in surprise. He was no longer frightened, but curiosity troubled his heart as his name was suddenly mentioned by the lips of a man he had never seen before. Not in the modern world before, and not in this world.
The person tried to get up and opened his eyes slowly with quivering eyelids. But something stuck out his eyelids and the man was again unconscious.
"Aaaahh... Please don't die here. Don't die here!" Shen Xueyue cried out hysterically and looked puzzled holding both sides of her head shaking in fear. What should he do with this corpse? What if he's accused of killing this guy?
"Ohukk.. I-I'm not dead yet.." the person tried hard to exclaim to intrude on Shen Xueyue's voice that bothered him to keep quiet using a hoarse voice.
Shen Xueyue's loud voice was too terrifying in his ears as he shouted. However that fellow could not divert the strange swish from within his body when his skin came into contact with Xueyue's skin.
"Huh? Wh-what? Holy hooch! What exactly happened to you?!" Shen Xueyue tried to get up with her half fox body. He looked to the left to find something. Meanwhile, his nine tails and ears moved along with his self which moved according to emotions.
"Wait a minute."
The man blinked, trying to see where Xueyue was about to go. It was useless because his view was still blurry and blurry. He could only try to breathe even if it was intermittent.
The fragrant aroma that Shen Xueyue possessed was successfully suppressed by the girl even though she was in the form of a half fox. Somehow Shen Xueyue was so confident that this person could not see him clearly for now. Moreover, this person was seriously injured. Of course, his eyes will experience a little blindness even if not too severe.
Xueyue then entered into the cave behind the waterfall. He examined the entire contents of the cave and was surprised to find a place with dry conditions that he could make for their temporary resting place. Quickly, Shen Xueyue created an illusion to close the cave door as if behind a waterfall was really just a rock and not a cave. Not only that, if anyone accidentally walked into the waterfall, they almost entered the mouth of the cave, they would only find themselves leaning against a transparent wall.
If he remained outside, he was unsure of his safety. Shen Xueyue was better off just in case than something she did not want to happen again to her because of her half human and half fox form.
Remember that? He was now an easy target for everyone who wanted the heart and blood of his fox demon spirit.
Shen Xueyue turned around and returned to pick up the man's body. But he himself was confused. How could he have brought the man in whereas his current body was really as small as the body of a four-year-old child.
"Sir, I'm sorry for dragging you around a bit harshly. I'm just a child." Shen Xueyue said in an apologetic tone. Vaguely Shen Xueyue could hear that the man she was about to help was chuckling softly.
Shen Xueyue grabbed the man's hand and immediately wiped it with a body that was stumbling on the ground. The girl even had to grit her teeth with difficulty and her facial muscles stiffened because the man's weight really made her unable to wince.
"Am I heavy?" on the sidelines of Shen Xueyue who was looking at him, the man glanced through the tail of his eyes. Seeing how Xueyue's strange expression with bulging eyes and clenched teeth, she couldn't help but whimper as she felt what the girl was feeling.
"Don't.advice.hah..bi.cara.dua, mister!!" shen Xueyue said stammeredly and heavily.
"Hahaha.." The man's soft laugh sounded strange in Shen Xueyue's ears. But it was not some kind of mocking laughter. It was a laughter that seemed to be laughing at itself that was useless.
As they passed through the waterfall that fell from the top of the cave mouth, the man simply resigned and frowned slightly. He did not ask until Shen Xueyue managed to bring him inside the mouth of the cave.
"Heaven.. Huh.. Huh.." Shen Xueyue was bored with a wryly bent face. Wiping the sweat mixed with the water that soaked his body from fatigue, he said, "Alright sir. We've arrived. I'm sorry I had to take you to the cave inside the waterfall. This I did because I was avoiding someone who was hunting me."
"Jealous?" the man parroted.
"Yes. It's really very scary. I am just an ordinary academy disciple in the Yunshu academy of Baishan sect. But there are already some people who are after me. How could anyone want to kill me?" Shen Xueyue grumbled to herself.
The man did not respond. Until silence ruled the atmosphere between them, Shen Xueyue glanced over to notice the face of the man she helped.
The man's face was badly injured. But it was no ordinary wound. Shen Xueyue frowned suspiciously. The wound produced is not a wound caused by a sharp object. Some of this man's faces cracked, and he could only conclude, 'Demon's heart? Is this a wound caused by a demon heart that cannot be completely synchronized with the owner of the body he occupies?'. In the book where he read it in the library of old granny Chu, there was one case about the Heart of Demons. That was why he could tell what a demon heart was.
Shen Xueyue immediately thought and tried to confirm it. He immediately approached the man, his gaze falling on the ragged clothes of the man. He was about to grab the man's clothes but he hesitated and retracted his hand.
"Sir, I-I'm sorry if I was presumptuous but. I want to see your current body condition. May I?"
That guy, "....?"
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