Chapter 171 - 126, Persistent
Chen Ji was an obsessive man.
To achieve his goals, he could resort to any means necessary and would not turn back until he hit a south wall, even if it left him battered and bloodied. He read Shrouding Cloud over and over again, determined to manifest purple Qi in his meridians.
Yet, the sword Qi, as intense as the blazing sun, was even more relentless...
Chen Ji was seated cross-legged in the dimly lit apprentice dormitory, having recited for two hours, a total of twelve times.
The strands of purple Qi that emerged were, without exception, mercilessly severed.
"It’s strange," Chen Ji muttered to himself, "the Mountain Lord Sect’s Scripture and the Sword Seed Path can coexist peacefully, why not Shrouding Cloud?"
"Could it be because both the Sword Seed and Shrouding Cloud are part of the Sword Dao, so they cannot coexist? Let’s try again!"
Just as he was about to recite for the thirteenth time, he heard a rapid chirping from outside the courtyard.
Chen Ji recognized it as a copper whistle from the Spy Department, but while the usual chirping was crisp and cheerful like a magpie’s, this time it sounded frantic as if the bird’s nest was being raided.
He got up and walked out of the Medical Hall to see Lord Jin Zhu’s carriage parked diagonally across from the Medical Hall.
Chen Ji swiftly climbed into the carriage, but before he could speak, Jin Zhu, sweating profusely, grimaced and said, "If you can’t cultivate it, then just stop trying!"