Fairy, Please Listen to My Explanation

Chapter 29: The Evil of the Original Body

The white bead’s material resembled jade and glass, lying quietly in a groove beneath the shattered wooden floor.

After pondering for a moment, Xu Yuan identified the name of this bead from its effects and appearance in the extensive list of celestial treasures in “Blue Spring.”

Origin Crystal.

Similar to spiritual stones in the cultivation world, no, compared to spiritual stones, Origin Crystals were more like concentrated cultivation aids in the traditional cultivation world.

It belonged to a higher-grade treasure compared to the pool of spiritual liquid in Xu Yuan’s Ring of Spatial.

However, the current issue was not about that; the question was why would Xu Changge’s airborne palace have such a high-grade treasure?

The scarcity of Origin Crystals was no less than that of Seven Lives’ original snake heart lotus, and unlike the unique effects of the snake heart lotus, Origin Crystals were genuine items that could continuously enhance cultivation speed—a truly priceless treasure.

With this thought in mind, Xu Yuan suddenly recalled the purple-black ring Xu Changge wore on his left hand.

The other party should also have a Ring of Spatial, so why did he leave such a treasure here in the Xuan Ying Pavilion?

Rising in silence, Xu Yuan reactivated the technique that was scattered by the backlash and walked towards the broken wooden board.

Upon approaching, Xu Yuan stared at the Origin Crystal for a while, then leaned forward, intending to reach out and grab it.

However, at a distance of about a foot from the Origin Crystal, an invisible repulsive force, similar to a magnet in his previous life, directly pushed his hand away gently.

Xu Yuan frowned; he infused Source Qi into the Ring of Spatial and simultaneously probed with his Soul Intent, intending to use the ring to take away the item from a distance.

But the same repulsive force also pushed back his Soul Intent.

Xu Yuan: “…”

This was likely the reason he was sent flying just now.

But what was this repulsive force?

A protective formation guarding the Origin Crystal?

A thought flashed through his mind, and his frown deepened. Xu Yuan exerted all his strength to activate the technique, pouring all the Source Qi within him into his left hand, resisting the invisible force, and attempted to press down again.

As he pressed down slowly, only lowering it by about two centimeters, Xu Yuan felt that the three to five units of Source Qi in his body were already depleted.

“Buzz—”

His left hand was rebounded, and the powerful force caused the half-crouching Xu Yuan to stagger, ending up sitting on the ground.

Xu Yuan silently stared at the Origin Crystal in the groove for several moments, then stood up, dusted off his robes, and chuckled as he sat back on the bed.

Xu Changge knew he had an innate soul body and could sense this item, yet he placed the treasure right under his nose.

Moreover, the protective formation guarding the Origin Crystal was so crude that with his current innate body, as long as he diligently cultivated, he had a good chance of breaking the formation and taking the treasure.

Ha~

Was this big brother sneakily gifting him treasures?

During the time flying to Jingjiang City on the Xuan Ying, Xu Yuan spent all his time in cultivation, except for the two to three hours of necessary sleep each day.

Endlessly practicing the technique was dull and boring, but Xu Yuan was able to dilute this sense of tedium by looking at the visible accumulation of Source Qi within his body due to the positive feedback.

All the various restrictions faced by beginners in cultivation were completely non-existent with the powerful support brought about by spending money.

The ancients didn’t deceive him.

The reason why a person wasn’t strong enough often lay in not spending enough money.

Various precious elixirs were consumed, and various special medicinal powers not only increased his cultivation speed but also ensured that he could cultivate for a long time without harming his meridians.

Cultivation knew no time.

The vast territory of the Great Yan Empire could often span thousands of miles in one province. However, the flight speed of the Xuan Ying was extremely fast, and it hardly needed rest.

After a few days, a magnificent giant city had already appeared on the horizon within the range of Xuan Ying’s vision.

With a long cry from Xuan Ying, Xu Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged at the head of the bed, slowly opened his eyes and glanced down at his hand, his eyes filled with a hint of doubt.

When he was just cultivating and absorbing Source Qi, it seemed like he felt something in his body being pierced.

With a “snap,” it broke directly and cleanly.

It felt very strange.

After a brief contemplation, Xu Yuan speculated that this should be a sign that he had broken through some bottleneck.

However, because Ran Qingmo only taught him the basics of cultivation, he couldn’t currently determine his current level after breaking through the bottleneck.

After all, the cultivation realm system in this world couldn’t possibly be divided based on the numerical levels in “Blue Spring,” right?

Converging his thoughts, these questions were not important. He could just find someone and ask; there was no need to waste time thinking about it here.

Thinking so, Xu Yuan once again cast his gaze at the big hole on the floor.

Now that he had broken through the bottleneck, he could try to take out the Origin Crystal again.

With that in mind, Xu Yuan got off the bed and squatted in front of the groove.

Looking at the jade-like and glass-like Origin Crystal, Xu Yuan took a deep breath, activated the technique.

“Thump, thump, thump—”

At this moment, the door was knocked, and Shadow’s somewhat hoarse voice came in:

“Third Young Master.”

“Get lost!”

Without hesitation, Xu Yuan responded directly with one word.

Since Ying’er released her killing intent towards him before, Xu Yuan had maintained this attitude towards her.

Sending medicine and meals?

Not eating, get lost!

Conveying a message for Xu Changge?

Not listening, get lost!

As Xu Yuan browsed through the memories of the original body little by little, he had already fully understood the original body’s behavioral pattern.

This was an extremely arrogant and haughty young master, but at the same time, he was deeply insecure to the core.

He could beat someone to the brink of death on the street just because the passerby made a teasing comment about him being the Third Young Master of the Prime Minister’s residence.

In his memories, Xu Changtian sometimes didn’t want to act like this, but unfortunately, under the shadow accumulated over the years from his two older brothers, his personality had long been distorted.

Things he couldn’t achieve even with all his effort were just trivial matters for his two older brothers.

Compared to the two dragon-like older brothers, the original body was just an ordinary person, and even a below-average ordinary person.

The expectations of others, their disappointments, and their ridicule.

If it were just this, years of inferiority might have only resulted in a withdrawn child.

However, the original body had experienced the taste of power brought by his father’s high position prematurely.

It was all because of a conflict in the academy when he was ten years old.

In the academy, other children and teenagers liked to mock him by comparing him to his two older brothers. After years of this, the original body finally had a heated argument with those people.

That day, after the morning class, he got into a physical conflict with other children and teenagers.

Because the other side had more people, and they had practiced martial arts early, the ten-year-old original body was mocked while being held down on the ground and beaten mercilessly.

In the midst of the crowd, he held his head in pain, feeling a sense of despair from all directions.

After the beating, the group of children and teenagers shouted, “Dare to talk back again, we’ll see you once and hit you again,” and then left with laughter.

Back at the Prime Minister’s residence, the original body directly hid in his own room.

He was afraid.

Afraid to go back to the academy, afraid that those people would subject him to that kind of despair again.

At dusk, in a drowsy sleep, the old butler suddenly knocked on his door, saying that people from the academy were looking for him outside the residence.

This sentence made all his drowsiness disappear instantly.

Anxiety and unease occupied his mind, and he didn’t want to go out at all.

However, the old butler did not give up. After patiently persuading him, he trembled as he came to the main gate.

Under the evening sun on the street,

What the original body saw,

Was not the demons who fought him during the day.

But,

A row of trembling quails kneeling on the ground.

Those bullies who had threatened to beat him up were now kneeling at the Prime Minister’s residence with their parents, looking frightened and shrinking like a group of quails awaiting slaughter.

At that moment,

As the sunset gradually sank into the horizon of the imperial capital,

The evil in Xu Changtian’s heart

Began to breed and spread.

“Snap—”

With this thought, Xu Yuan had already overcome the formidable repelling force and grabbed the Origin Crystal in the groove. In his narrow and long pupils, there was a hint of complexity.