“Brother Li, please don’t be so reckless next time. I was almost scared to death just now,” Li Yuan and Bai Wangyu looked at the young man in front of them and said with a bitter smile.

Even now, the cold sweat behind him hadn’t dried up.

These days, he has been frightened more times following Brother Li than in the first half of his life.

“Calm down.”

Li Ziye patted Little Red Riding Hood’s shoulder and grinned, “The Confucian Scholar is the master of the world. How can he compare with me, a younger generation? Besides, the Confucian Scholar asked you to follow me, which means I still have value in the Imperial Academy. How could he easily dismiss me?”

He was a little anxious, but he wasn’t stupid.

He wouldn’t do anything to court death.

“…”

Bai Wangyu was speechless. He admitted that the Confucian Scholar should not easily get angry over such a small matter, but Brother Li’s actions were still too shocking.

In this world, who would dare to be so disrespectful to the Confucian Scholar?

Even the master of the Western Regions’ Tianyu Temple, who was stunningly talented, would be polite and courteous when meeting the Confucian Scholar.

“Old Bai, you are too polite. Putting aside the identity of the head of the Imperial Academy, the Confucian Scholar is just an ordinary old man. He’s not a ferocious beast. Do you really need to be so afraid? Besides, you are the senior brother of the Confucian School. Can he really eat you?” Li Ziye said with a hint of disdain.

“Ahem! Ahem!”

Bai Wangyu, upon hearing this, almost couldn’t catch his breath, his face turning red as he coughed violently, covering his mouth.

“Old Bai, what’s wrong? Did your injury relapse?” Li Ziye, seeing the situation, stepped forward with a concerned look.

“It’s nothing,” Bai Wangyu took a deep breath and said, “Brother Li, I’m begging you, please stop. I’m really afraid that one day I won’t be able to catch my breath and you’ll have killed me in Li Yuan.”

Li Ziye looked at the former with disdain and said, “Old Bai, I despise you!”

“Despise me. I was originally going to give you some pointers on the third move of the Flying Immortal Technique, but now it seems there’s no need,” Bai Wangyu said lightly, then walked towards the western wing.

Li Ziye was taken aback, then quickly came to his senses and said anxiously, “Old Bai, no, Brother Bai, I was wrong. The person I admire the most is you!”

In the western wing, Li Ziye caught up and immediately noticed the changes in the wing.

In the courtyard, red threads crisscrossed, each tied with a bell, exactly twenty-seven, the same as the number of steps in the third move of the Flying Immortal Technique.

Obviously, this red thread formation was deliberately arranged for the third move of the Flying Immortal Technique.

Seeing this, Li Ziye was immediately moved to tears.

This was definitely set up by Old Bai for him. It seemed that Old Bai had spent a lot of effort to help him over the past few days.

He promised that he would never bully Little Red Riding Hood again.

“On this red thread formation, there are twenty-seven bells, each corresponding to one of the twenty-seven steps of the Flying Immortal Technique. You just need to practice according to the position of the bells. Each time a bell rings, it means you’ve taken a step in the right direction. In addition, these red threads are specially made and very strong, so they can help you correct your position during practice,” Bai Wangyu said earnestly. He hadn’t slept for several days to prepare these things, and he had tried every step to make sure the position was correct and there were no problems.

“Old Bai, you’re so kind. Come here for a hug,” Li Ziye was extremely moved and stepped forward, reaching out with open arms.

“Get lost!” Bai Wangyu couldn’t help but curse again. The patience and cultivation of the senior brother of the Confucian School had been almost worn away over the past few days.

Li Ziye withdrew his hands with a thick skin, acting as if nothing had happened, then walked to the first bell and began to practice.

“Ding!”

Li Ziye’s figure shot out, and the moment he touched the first bell, it rang.

Then the second, the third.

After practicing for several days, Li Ziye was able to take ten steps, but beyond that, not only did the consumption of true energy increase sharply, but the control of his body also became increasingly difficult.

Sure enough, after the tenth bell rang, Li Ziye’s body once again flew out uncontrollably.

“Use the red thread to find the right position!” Bai Wangyu immediately shouted upon seeing this.

Among the crisscrossing red threads, Li Ziye heard Little Red Riding Hood’s reminder and, in mid-air, turned back, using the power of the red thread to return to the original position.

“Ding!”

Finally, the bell rang again, and Li Ziye took the eleventh step, breaking through his own limits.

“Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. Walk all twenty-seven steps first and let your body remember these positions!” Bai Wangyu reminded again outside the red thread formation.

“Okay!”

In the red thread, Li Ziye responded, and his speed became faster and faster, and the number of times he flew out also increased.

However, each time, Li Ziye would use the red thread to pull himself back to the correct position.After countless attempts, Li Ziye finally stumbled through all twenty-seven steps, with dozens or even hundreds of cuts on his body.

“Ding!”

The final bell rang, and Li Ziye plopped down on the ground, then lay down panting, too tired to move a finger.

“I’m exhausted!”

Just twenty-seven steps completely drained all the Genuine Qi in Li Ziye’s Divine Hidden Technique. If it weren’t for the red lines helping him, he wouldn’t have been able to complete those steps.

“How was it?”

Bai Wangyu walked over and said seriously, “When you can complete these twenty-seven steps without external help, then you will have truly succeeded.”

“Old Bai, you’re a genius. I envy you.”

Li Ziye lay on the ground, panting, feeling like everyone else’s children were so outstanding, while he was like the village head’s useless son, unable to do anything right and always causing trouble.

“I’m two years older than you, have read more books, and have a deeper understanding of martial arts. In fact, Brother Li, you are smarter than me,” Bai Wangyu said to comfort him, afraid that the young man in front of him would lose confidence in martial arts.

“I feel the same way.”

Li Ziye responded immodestly. He thought he was quite clever.

“…”

Bai Wangyu felt that his comfort was unnecessary.

He really wanted to step on this kid’s face and see if his skin was thicker than the sole of his shoe.

“I’ve decided to practice diligently, then punch Huo Lin’er and kick Yan Xiaoyu. I’ll be invincible and renowned throughout the Nine Provinces.”

On the ground, Li Ziye fantasized about a future scene, and his smile became more and more twisted.

Bai Wangyu looked at the young man in front of him as if he were an idiot. He really doubted whether this kid had damaged his brain from practicing martial arts.

“Squeak!”

Li Ziye took out several hundred-year-old ginseng from his pocket and started gnawing on it like a radish, saying unclearly, “Old Bai, does the Imperial Academy have any potent medicine to quickly restore Genuine Qi? Sell me some, I can’t swallow this stuff.”

Beside him, Bai Wangyu couldn’t help but twitch his mouth. The Li Family’s arrogance was truly eye-opening. He gnawed on the potent medicine as if it were free, just like a radish.

After eating several ginseng roots, Li Ziye’s Genuine Qi also recovered, so he jumped up and prepared to continue practicing.

“This Flying Immortal Technique is extremely exquisite. If you can master the third move at the first level, you will be the first person in a thousand years, apart from the first Sword God,” Bai Wangyu said solemnly. “Within three years, if you want to catch up to Huo Lin’er, you must continue to create miracles. You must take this first step.”

“I understand.”

Li Ziye’s gaze also became serious at the words, nodding in agreement. Then he stepped forward again, leaping out once more.

“Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!”

Then, a series of bell sounds rang out. In the crisscrossing red lines, Li Ziye’s figure moved faster and faster, and at the same time, the wounds on his body became more and more numerous.

The red lines were very tough, allowing Li Ziye to borrow strength. However, because the speed was too fast, every time he flew out, he would be cut by the red lines, and blood would appear.

In this world, except for a very few geniuses, anyone needs to put in a hundred percent effort to achieve fifty percent results.

Li Ziye’s talent and genius were completely non-existent. In Li Qingzhi’s words, he was a waste, so if he didn’t work hard, how could he catch up to Unparalleled Arrogance like Huo Lin’er and Yan Xiaoyu?

Outside the red lines, Bai Wangyu watched the young man in front of him sweating profusely in silence.

He wondered, if it were him, with eight blocked meridians and unable to practice martial arts, could he be as relentless as Brother Li, fighting for the path of martial arts, even if he knew he would end up with a head full of blood, and give it his all without regret?

Perhaps he couldn’t do it, not because he was afraid of hardship, but because he didn’t have the courage to go all in.

“Bang!”

After who knows how long of practicing and how many attempts, in the red line formation, a red line finally reached its limit and broke, causing Li Ziye’s body to fly out of control and crash into the wall of the west wing.

Then, Li Ziye’s body fell to the ground like a piece of paper.

Bai Wangyu silently stepped forward, replaced the broken red line with a new one.

Under the wall, Li Ziye took out a potent medicine and started gnawing on it again, with a mouth full of medicine residue, his face contorted in bitterness.

He really couldn’t swallow it!

As the sun set in the west and the moon and stars appeared, Li Ziye continued to practice in the west wing, with Little Red Hat by his side, occasionally giving him pointers and correcting the various strange errors of this martial arts novice.Until the moon hung high and directly overhead, Li Ziye finally became so exhausted that he couldn’t even crawl, lying on the ground, completely immobile.

Thus, Bai Wangyu dragged Li Ziye like a pig to the stone steps in front of the room.

“Old Bai, I think I can make it.”

Li Ziye lay on the stone steps, looking up at the starry sky, grinning with a smile.

Although his progress was still slow, he clearly saw hope.

He really had to thank Little Red Riding Hood.

He felt that Little Red Riding Hood was an angel, with wings, the kind that twinkled.

Even if fate had closed a door on him and welded shut a window, he could still dig out a tunnel with the help of Little Red Riding Hood, his Fairy master, and Slovenly Zhang.

With such lovely friends and family, the heavens hadn’t treated him too harshly.

Lost in thought, Li Ziye fell into a deep, exhausted sleep, a contented smile on his face.

Beside him, Bai Wangyu sat quietly, silent.

To tell the truth, before this, he had never thought that Brother Li could really succeed.

After all, the cultivation method of the Flying Immortal Art was incredibly difficult; for a thousand years, countless prodigies had no choice but to give up and switch to other martial arts.

But after today, he might have started to believe.

Brother Li was the one who could create miracles!

He was looking forward to the day when the sword techniques of the original Sword God would reappear in the world.

A sword coming from the west, a fairy flying beyond the heavens!