After Crossdressing and Provoking Long AoTian

Yu Qingtang did not dare make a sound.

Even an honest official found it hard to judge household affairs. What was more, this could hardly even be called household affairs. It could only be called heart affairs.

The evil-body Jin Yangzi was still gripping his throat, but he did not move any further. If one sensed carefully, his hand even seemed to be trembling faintly.

Yu Qingtang quietly turned his head to look at him. The red dot between Jin Yangzi’s brows was struggling back and forth between good and evil. Presumably, his head was already blooming inside.

Jin Yangzi’s eyes were tightly shut. “Who told you to let him go!”

The good-body Jin Yangzi sighed. “This matter has nothing to do with him.”

Jin Yangzi gave a cold snort. “I want him to assist my cultivation!”

The evil-body Jin Yangzi burst out laughing. “Haha! Then are you going to ask him to save you? Aren’t you born with Buddhist bone, above all dust, claiming yourself to be a Buddha? And you still need his help?”

Seeing that Jin Yangzi could put on an entire opera by himself, Yu Qingtang quietly shifted his backside.

Jin Yangzi gnashed his teeth. “I shall become a Buddha. I am a Buddha!”

Yu Qingtang watched for his chance. The instant the character for “good” appeared between Jin Yangzi’s brows, he rolled on the spot, rescuing his own neck. Then he shouted loudly to signal that he posed no threat. “I’m not running!”

The good-body Jin Yangzi gazed at him, but his words were directed at the other Jin Yangzi. “You call yourself a Buddha. Then what is he?”

“Me?” Yu Qingtang widened his eyes, not sure what role he ought to use to join this conversation. He spoke cautiously. “I-I’m just a person?”

Even in pain, Jin Yangzi’s expression was arrogant. “Him? Merely a useless mortal body.”

“Hahaha!” The evil-body Jin Yangzi laughed wildly. “Then you are a Buddha, and he is trash. How can he assist you? How can he help you? On what grounds can he deliver you? Hahaha!”

The good-body Jin Yangzi lowered his eyes and shook his head slightly. “The Buddha is all living beings, and all living beings are the Buddha.”

“Bah!” The evil-body Jin Yangzi refused to accept it. “If you put it that way, doesn’t that mean everyone is a Buddha? If everyone is a Buddha, what am I becoming a Buddha for!”

“Shut up.” Jin Yangzi raised his hands and pressed them over his eyes, his whole body trembling. “Shut up. All of you, shut up!”

He abruptly raised a hand. The Golden Light Mirror flew up and hovered behind his head like a golden sun, forcefully suppressing the good and evil Dharma bodies.

The surroundings finally gained a brief moment of peace.

Beneath Jin Yangzi, karmic fire suddenly rose as well, but the Golden Light Mirror suppressed it along with the others, preventing it from burning his soul.

Jin Yangzi coldly opened his eyes. This time, his eyes were perfectly clear, and the red dot between his brows did not change at all.

Yu Qingtang: “...”

Although your expression is very cold, it can’t hide the tragic sight of you getting your backside roasted by karmic fire right now.

He asked quietly, “Is this also a side effect of the good and evil Dharma bodies?”

Jin Yangzi’s face was pale, but he refused to show weakness. “Hmph. What does that have to do with you!”

“I’m just asking... I was afraid you’d keep it bottled up and damage yourself.” Yu Qingtang squeezed out a friendly smile. “Anyway, I’m the only one here. You can treat it as talking to yourself if you want.”

Jin Yangzi’s eyes were tightly shut. Just as Yu Qingtang thought he would ignore him, Jin Yangzi suddenly raised a hand. The Golden Light Mirror enveloped the cave. Their names were still on the Flying Immortals Ranking, but the outside world could no longer see their figures.

Outside the Ancient Academy Realm, Tianji Zi turned pale with alarm and abruptly stood up. “What is he trying to do? What shameful thing is he about to do!”

“Golden Light Sect, what kind of disciple did you teach!”

Elder Lieyang could bear it no longer. “My Golden Light Sect’s holy son was born with Buddhist bone! What could he possibly do!”

“Hehe.” Elder Green Snake laughed in schadenfreude. “From what I see, he doesn’t exactly look like he wants to discuss Buddhist doctrine with that little girl.”

Master Huiming of Dharma Academy furrowed his brows tightly. “Just what did he learn from Sage-Hearing Schoolhouse...? These good and evil Dharma bodies appear somewhat related to the Buddhist sects, yet they are so bizarre and wicked.”

Elder Lieyang’s face did not look good, but his tone toward Dharma Academy was not as aggressive. “He simply hasn’t suppressed them yet. Once he has mastered the secret art and can use it freely, naturally there will no longer be a problem.”

But Master Huiming was an honest man and did not seem to know that such matters should be discussed in private. He shook his head. “This cultivation method is truly strange.”

“Especially since Jin Yangzi has received my Dharma Academy’s Lotus Realm inheritance. He must hold fast to his original heart and obey the precepts. If he harbors evil thoughts, he will inevitably suffer evil consequences. This karmic fire burning his body is the best proof.”

He furrowed his brows in difficulty. “If he indulges evil thoughts to cultivate the evil body, won’t he be tormented by karmic fire at every moment?”

As soon as those words came out, Elder Lieyang’s expression changed too. He seemed somewhat anxious, clenched his fists, and sighed in a low voice. “How did he obtain such a secret art!”

Inside the cave residence no one could see, Jin Yangzi gave a cold snort. “You want to hear it? Fine. I’ll tell you.”

“Once you’re done listening, I’ll kill you. Consider it cutting off distracting thoughts. Then things will be peaceful.”

Before he had even finished speaking, the karmic fire beneath his backside burned even brighter.

Yu Qingtang sneaked a few looks at him, wanting to speak but stopping himself.

Was he really all right? The chance of roasting oneself alive while cultivating was small, but it was not nonexistent.

Yu Qingtang spoke cautiously. “I’m saying, could it be that you don’t actually want to become a Buddha?”

Jin Yangzi’s expression froze slightly, and he gave a cold snort. “Absurd!”

Yu Qingtang sat up properly. “You already said you’re going to kill me afterward, so you can tell me the truth now, right?”

“It’s just a feeling I have.”

He started counting on his fingers as he analyzed. “First of all, what Sage-Hearing Schoolhouse gives people is what they themselves want. You obtained this secret art, which means you wanted this.”

“But now you’re being roasted by karmic fire, which means Ignorance of Good and Evil conflicts with the Buddhist Lotus Realm. Isn’t that just... your own desire conflicting with becoming a Buddha?”

Seeing that Jin Yangzi did not refute him, Yu Qingtang continued, “Besides, look. Chi Yantian is happy whenever he forges things. Scholar Xiao enjoys gossiping. Ye Chenyan gets spirited after winning a fight... You’re the only one who never seems happy no matter what, and everyone you look at annoys you.”

“And the good and evil Dharma bodies you’re cultivating are obviously at a point where the evil body is suppressing the good body, which means you’re relatively bad...”

Jin Yangzi slowly turned his head. Yu Qingtang paused, then changed his wording. “What I mean is, it means the evil thoughts in your heart are being suppressed and you don’t dare indulge them.”

When a child’s heart is always this twisted, it’s probably because his rebellious phase has arrived.

“I don’t want to become a Buddha?” Jin Yangzi clenched his fists. “Ridiculous!”

“I was born with Buddhist bone. If I don’t become a Buddha, who will!”

Yu Qingtang muttered quietly, “Whoever wants to can become one.”

...

Outside Sage-Hearing Schoolhouse, Scholar Xiao finally arrived with reinforcements from Four Books Academy.

“It was here!” Scholar Xiao gestured anxiously. “It was right here at the time. Miss Yu told me not to worry about her and to leave first to find reinforcements!”

“Senior Sister, hurry and calculate where she was taken!”

Scholar Xiao’s hands trembled. “Is she... is she still alive?”

The female cultivator Scholar Xiao called Senior Sister was another prodigy of Four Books Academy, the eldest senior sister of the Chess Academy, Dot Star Formation.

Dot Star Formation held a chessboard in her hands and helplessly pointed at the sky. “Can you not read? Her name is hanging there perfectly fine, so she’s still alive.”

Scholar Xiao froze. He lifted his head and found Yu Qingtang’s name at the end of the Flying Immortals Ranking. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. “It’s there, it’s there!”

Dot Star Formation shook her head slightly. “When will you ever become a little steadier?”

She flipped her hand, and the chessboard before her abruptly enlarged. She sat cross-legged, held a chess piece, and waited, as if waiting for an invisible opponent across from her to make a move.

Scholar Xiao craned his neck and waited for quite some time. Finally, he could not help urging her, “How is it? Why isn’t there any movement?”

“Strange.” Dot Star Formation opened her eyes and frowned in careful thought. “I actually can’t calculate a single thing about her... Does that girl have some magical artifact on her that conceals her fate?”

Scholar Xiao froze. “Then calculate Jin Yangzi?”

Dot Star Formation shook her head. “Jin Yangzi was born with Buddhist bone, and he also has the first-rank spiritual artifact Golden Light Mirror protecting his body. I wouldn’t dare calculate him. It would be easy to suffer a backlash.”

Scholar Xiao was anxious. “Then what do we do!”

“If mysticism is unreliable, then we rely on our brains.” Dot Star Formation seemed thoughtful. “He was firmly stronger than you, yet he did not chase you. His temperament was completely different from usual, and he only took away a music cultivator with low cultivation...”

In a flash of inspiration, Scholar Xiao spoke at the same time as her. “Look for a hidden cave residence in a secluded place!”

Dot Star Formation stood up. “Disciples of Four Books Academy, scatter and search. Once you find them, withdraw. Do not try to be brave.”

“Yes!”

Scholar Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, then turned back and pointed toward Sage-Hearing Schoolhouse. “Right, Senior Sister, we still need to leave someone to pass word to Brother Ye.”

He gave a bitter laugh. “Ah, Brother Ye’s feelings for Miss Yu run so deep. If he comes out of seclusion and can’t find her, won’t he go mad?”

Dot Star Formation deeply agreed. “When the time comes, you probably won’t avoid a beating either.”

Scholar Xiao: “...How could I be afraid of being beaten? I’m worried about Miss Yu’s safety!”

...

On the other side, Yu Qingtang was actually chatting with someone quite well.

A rebellious-phase cultivator with a twisted heart more or less needed a little talk therapy.

Jin Yangzi had finally managed to suppress the karmic fire. At the moment, his eyes were lowered as he regulated his breathing. He did not respond to Yu Qingtang, but he also did not stop his rambling.

“So from that perspective, although Golden Light Sect is domineering, to you, it really is the best sect in the world.” Yu Qingtang sighed regretfully. “They want you to become a Buddha, so naturally, you want to respond to them too.”

“But cultivation is a very mysterious thing. As long as there’s even the slightest knot in the depths of your heart, it will become an inner demon later.”

Jin Yangzi closed his eyes. The space between his brows trembled faintly, as if it was about to change again. However, his current condition was much better, and his emotions were not fluctuating as violently as before. He was actually able to answer calmly. “I was born with Buddhist bone. If I want to be number one under heaven, choosing the path of Buddhist cultivation is naturally simpler.”

Yu Qingtang froze. “You want to be number one under heaven too?”

Jin Yangzi glanced slightly to the side and gave a cold snort. “What, do you think I can’t?”

“That’s not what I mean.” Yu Qingtang muddled through it. “It’s just that there’s only one number one under heaven. What if... what if you can’t become it?”

Jin Yangzi sneered. “Then who do you think can? Ye Chenyan?”

Yu Qingtang rubbed his chin. “Mm—maybe. In any case, it won’t be my turn.”

Jin Yangzi clenched his fists. “Heh. A useless thing with no ambition. Could your Biehe Sect be a whole sect of trash?”

Yu Qingtang clicked his tongue. “Why are you dragging everyone else into it too!”

He leaned back. “But I really don’t have much talent to begin with. I have the worst talent, five spiritual roots. A little of everything, excellent at nothing.”

“With talent like mine, if I went to one of your great sects, I’m afraid I wouldn’t even be able to enter.”

Jin Yangzi’s expression shifted slightly. “You have five spiritual roots?”

“That’s right.” Yu Qingtang propped up his chin. “With your natural talent, calling me trash isn’t really an exaggeration.”

“But my Master was like someone collecting scraps. He picked up this group of little pieces of trash with poor talent and brought us back to Biehe Sect, then carefully raised us.”

“My Master said that for me to form a Golden Core at this age with five spiritual roots can also be called ‘extraordinary talent.’ But I also know that beyond Shanyuan Peak and Biehe Sect, there are naturally people who are as far above me as heaven is from earth, clouds from mud.”

“In any case, I can’t become number one under heaven, but I can become number one in living freely and to my own satisfaction.”

He smiled. “Anyway, even if I’m not number one under heaven, there will still be people in Biehe Sect waiting for me to go home.”

Jin Yangzi turned his head away. “A useless thing with no...”

He still wanted to curse him as trash, but then felt that Yu Qingtang himself did not care. Even if he cursed him, it would be completely meaningless.

“You should look at things more openly too.” Yu Qingtang wanted to reach out and pat his shoulder, but did not dare. He pulled his hand back. “At least your current setting is pretty fashionable. You can be called number one in cultivation-world schizophrenia.”

Jin Yangzi slowly turned his head.

Yu Qingtang touched his storage ring. Jin Yangzi looked as if facing a great enemy. “You!”

Yu Qingtang hurriedly waved his hand. “Don’t be nervous. I’m just drinking some water.”

Jin Yangzi’s expression changed several times. Suddenly, he pressed a hand between his brows. “Damn it, it’s here again!”

Yu Qingtang’s eyes abruptly widened. He hurriedly swallowed the water, afraid that the one who came out would be the neck-grabbing one and would squeeze him into a watering can.

The red dot between Jin Yangzi’s brows slowly changed. Seeing the character for “good,” Yu Qingtang breathed a sigh of relief and kindly passed over the waterskin. “Do you want a sip?”

His pale hand suddenly seized Yu Qingtang’s wrist and pulled him closer. A pair of pitch-black eyes crashed into his own, and the evil-body Jin Yangzi smiled. “Sure. How about you feed me?”

Yu Qingtang was so frightened his hand tightened, and he squeezed the waterskin, spraying him in the face.

The evil-body Jin Yangzi: “...”

Yu Qingtang: “...”

Why do you even have fake-out moves when transforming!

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