While writing a diary at Zongwu, Wang Yuyan falls in love with someone else.

After kowtowing three times, Jiang Sishui made a move to get up.

Sure enough, Wu Yazi laughed and said, "Six more kowtows, that's the rule of our sect."

"Yes," Jiang Sishui replied, and kowtowed to him six more times.

Wu Yazi looked pleased and said, "From now on, you are my disciple. Good child, come here!"

Jiang Sishui stood up and walked to him as instructed.

Wu Yazi grabbed his wrist and looked him up and down carefully.

Jiang Sishui suddenly felt a heat in his pulse point, and a surge of internal energy rose from his arm, rushing towards his heart with incredible speed, but it retreated as soon as it touched him.

Wu Yazi nodded slightly: "As expected, you really do not possess any martial arts skills."

Jiang Sishui feigned shame: "I'm sorry to have made Master laugh."

Wu Yazi smiled and shook his head: "It's alright, this is even better, it saves me a lot of trouble."

As he spoke, Wu Yazi laughed heartily, then suddenly leaped up, somersaulted in mid-air, and fell headfirst to the ground, his head landing on top of Jiang Sishui's head.

As their crowns touched, Jiang Sishui felt a thin wisp of heat rush into her brain from the Baihui acupoint on the top of her head, realizing that Wuyazi was transmitting his power.

As more and more heat was released, Jiang Sishui suddenly felt dizzy and her head was about to explode.

Then, the heat flowed downwards, and after a short while, he could no longer bear it and fainted.

In the moments before he lost consciousness, a thought flashed through his mind—

"Is this it?"

"I prepared so many arguments in advance to deceive and persuade Wuyazi, but in the end, none of them were of any use."

"It's a pity that my eloquent tongue had no chance to be displayed."

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Sishui felt light and airy all over, as if she were riding the clouds and soaring through the sky.

Suddenly, I felt a chill, as if I had plunged into the depths of a blue sea and was playing with a school of fish.

One moment he was sparring with Zhao Qiying in the carriage, the next he was entwined with Bai Feifei on the bed all night long...

Just as I was enjoying the blissful moment, I suddenly felt a heavy rain falling on me, the raindrops were hot.

Jiang Sishui gradually regained her senses and opened her eyes.

Wu Yazi was covered in sweat, which dripped continuously from his face, neck, and hair roots.

He himself lay on the ground, with Wu Yazi sitting beside him, their once joined heads now separated.

By the moonlight, Wu Yazi's once fair and handsome face was now covered with deep, crisscrossing wrinkles, his once thick hair had all fallen out, and his once glossy black beard had turned white.

In just a short while, he looked as if he had aged decades, becoming decrepit and frail.

Although Jiang Sishui had expected this, witnessing the other person become like this because of her still made her heart ache: "Master, you...you passed on all your power to your disciple..."

He had received great kindness from others, and this address of "Master" was truly from the bottom of his heart and from the bottom of his heart.

Wu Yazi squinted his eyes, smiled weakly, and said, "Good disciple, although you do not practice martial arts, you still have some knowledge."

"With my life's worth of skill, and by diligently practicing and mastering a few of our school's martial arts, you will surpass your peers and even reach the realm of the celestial beings!"

Jiang Sishui felt the powerful energy within her body and knew that she had definitely entered the Grandmaster realm!

And it's not the early stage, it's the middle and even the later stage!

As for which specific floor, he wasn't sure yet; he'd experience it more slowly when he got back...

But without a doubt, he truly rose to the top in one fell swoop!

Jiang Sishui remained silent, knelt before Wuyazi, and kowtowed to him nine more times.

Wu Yazi smiled and said, "Good child, get up."

Then, just like in the original story, he recounted how he was crippled by the villain Ding Chunqiu years ago, and asked Jiang Sishui to clean up his mess.

The difference is that in reality, Wu Yazi was in seclusion, fully focused on breaking through to the Celestial Realm, when Ding Chunqiu took advantage of his weakness and successfully launched a sneak attack.

Moreover, Wu Yazi's injuries were more severe than in the original story, with almost all the bones in his body shattered.

Therefore, although his skill level is above Ding Chunqiu's, he would definitely be no match for him in a real fight.

Otherwise, Su Xinghe and the others wouldn't have been forced into this situation.

Jiang Sishui readily agreed to Wu Yazi's request.

Then, Wu Yazi asked Jiang Sishui to dig out a small iron box from under several giant bamboo trees.

Jiang Sishui originally thought that the portrait inside was of Li Canghai, and that Wu Yazi would then send him to Wuliang Mountain to ask Li Qiushui to teach him the martial arts of the Xiaoyao Sect.

To their surprise, upon opening it, they found two secret manuals tightly wrapped in oiled paper.

It is the "Northern Darkness Divine Art" and the "Lingbo Steps"!

Jiang Sishui was taken aback.

In the original 3.7 novel, Xu Zhu only inherited Wu Ya Zi's "Northern Darkness True Qi" and did not learn any martial arts from him. Unexpectedly, when it came to him, he was given a secret manual directly.

Come to think of it, Wuyazi has been holed up here for decades. Since he was determined to choose a successor, it wouldn't be difficult for him to write two manuals during this time, right?

After all, his arm can still move.

As for "Xiao Wuxiang Gong" and the like, perhaps because it was Li Qiushui's martial arts, Wu Yazi, although he knew it, did not write it down.

However, Jiang Sishui was already very satisfied.

Because he now has both offense and defense, what he lacks is internal energy cultivation techniques and lightness skills.

The emergence of "Northern Darkness Divine Skill" and "Lingbo Steps" made up for his shortcomings, allowing him to become an all-around martial artist.

Just when Jiang Sishui felt he had gained a lot, Wu Yazi gave him an unexpected surprise!

072 System Upgrade, Imperial Ambition

Wu Yazi squinted and said, "Good child, my 'Precious Chess Game' has been here for twenty years. Everyone outside has guessed that there is a fortuitous opportunity at Leigu Mountain, hasn't that been the case?"

Jiang Sishui nodded: "That's exactly right, Master."

"Then do you know why your master has remained safe and sound all these years?" Wu Yazi asked again.

Jiang Sishui replied without hesitation: "It's the illusion array outside."

"Yes, it's because of that illusion array. Otherwise, if two grandmasters had investigated thoroughly, Leigu Mountain would have no secrets left," Wu Yazi sighed.

Jiang Sishui's heart stirred, and she immediately told him about her encounter with Zhu Wushi.

Wu Yazi chuckled, completely unconcerned, and said, "I already knew that those two had entered the formation. I also know that one of them is a Grandmaster, and the other is even a Celestial."

Heavenly being?

Is Zhu Wushi a celestial being? Even stronger than Wuyazi before he was crippled?

Jiang Sishui was somewhat surprised.

Looking back on Wu Yazi's life before his crippling injury, besides martial arts, he learned many miscellaneous things: music, chess, calligraphy, painting, medicine, folk arts, and opera—he was knowledgeable and proficient in everything. 27

Meanwhile, he was involved in a love triangle with Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui in the early stages, indulged in a tender relationship with Li Qiushui in the middle stages, and was unable to extricate himself from unrequited love in the later stages.

It can be said that, as a martial artist, Wu Yazi was very "unorthodox".

But he was extremely intelligent, and possessed the "Northern Darkness Divine Art," a cheat-like skill that was enough to make up for his usual laziness.

Even so, he didn't start trying to break through to the Celestial Realm until he was over sixty years old, while how old is Zhu Wushi now?

I'd guess he's in his forties.

Zhu Wushi's martial arts talent is far inferior to Wuyazi's, yet he managed to overtake him by taking a shortcut?

wrong!

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed in Jiang Sishui's mind.

Both are techniques that plunder internal energy, but the "Energy Absorption Technique" has one thing that the "Northern Darkness Divine Art" cannot do—

Absorb martial arts skills and even experience!

"The world has changed. Could it be that he's inhaled something extraordinary?"

Jiang Sishui harbored suspicions.

At this moment, Wu Yazi said, "So what if he is a Celestial? Once he enters this formation, he will be unable to borrow the power of heaven and earth, and he will be no different from a Grandmaster."

"In the past twenty years, seven celestial beings have entered this formation. Two escaped by accident, and five died. Hehe, if we had enough time, we wouldn't care about adding two more skeletons."

Jiang Sishui was deeply shaken.

A single illusion array actually trapped and killed five celestial beings?!

And the Celestial Beings' strongest technique—the unity of Heaven and Man, which allows them to harness the power of Heaven and Earth—has been completely abolished?!

This is too scary!

What is the concept of a Celestial Being? Basically, they are beings who can roam freely in the martial arts world.

In the Central Region, across the four seas and twenty-eight states, if a sect has a Celestial Being presiding over it, then it is a top-tier power.

If there are grandmasters, then it is a first-rate force.