Under One Person: My Name is Wan Jing Zhenjun

Looking at Wang Yan kneeling in front of him, Wang Xiao did not immediately help him up as he had done before.

Similarly, he didn't pay attention to the strange looks from the other people around him.

Of course, people like them don't really care about other people's opinions; for them, they are the center of the world.

"Get up first." A moment later, as the mountain breeze gently caressed him, Wang Xiao's words reached Wang Yan's ears: "Some decisions are not made on a whim, and this applies to everything."

Looking into Wang Yan's determined eyes, Wang Xiao shook his head. "I'm not rejecting your offer to follow me, but I can't agree to it so easily."

"Brother Xiao, I..."

"Alright, I'll be here at Mount Hua for the next month. You can think it over and give me your answer later." As he spoke, Wang Xiao helped Wang Yan up. "In modern society, there's no such thing as a famous general choosing his lord. If you want to be my friend, you don't need to kneel down. Just treat me as a friend. Don't make it so feudal."

"This..." Wang Yan chuckled and scratched his head. "It's my fault. I've always been more well-behaved since I was little."

"But it's good, at least it's fun, right?" Wang Xiao smiled and patted his shoulder. "Let's go, let's go down the mountain first, it's getting late."

"Okay." Wang Yan nodded.

For the rest of the journey, the group remained silent.

Although they were all extraordinary individuals, the high-intensity exercise for more than twenty hours in a row was naturally quite tiring for them.

Of course, despite the silence, the scenery on the mountain was still very beautiful.

Wang Xiao looked up at the slowly rising red sun in the sky.

Unlike the magnificent view of the sky filled with clouds from the mountaintop, the sunrise halfway up the mountain, while equally spectacular, has a unique charm.

If the sunrise at the mountaintop represents a powerful and vigorous vitality, then the sunrise halfway up the mountain is a graceful and delicate beauty.

Both of these landscapes have their own unique charm and are extremely attractive to the eye.

At this moment, seeing Wang Xiao standing and watching the sunrise, Li Ka also took out his phone and tried to take a few photos, but because the Nokia's pixel count was too low, it was difficult to take good pictures of the sunrise.

Seeing this, Wang Yan also watched the sunrise. However, although neither he nor Wang Xiao spoke, their thoughts were completely different.

He will definitely stay...

Wang Yan thought to himself.

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Zen-inspired mountain living.

Miao Ling sat in the tea room in the center of the courtyard and waited from the early morning until dawn.

He couldn't see the clock on the wall turning, so he was unaware of the passage of time.

To him, the time that Wang Xiao and the others had been gone was just a very, very long time.

"Tap tap tap..."

As he heard familiar footsteps, Miao Ling immediately turned around and saw that familiar wisp of Qi.

Miao Ling stood up excitedly, "Young Master, you're back!"

"Yes, I brought you a gift." Wang Xiao smiled and nodded, handing Miao Ling a harmonica shaped like a long sword. "I bought it on Mount Hua while I was there. Do you like it?"

Although he didn't take Miao Ling up the mountain, Wang Xiao naturally wouldn't forget about the child, so he bought a cultural and creative gift on the way.

In fact, he had carefully selected them.

He didn't buy anything like refrigerator magnets or commemorative albums because of Miao Ling's sake. Instead, he bought this harmonica shaped like the Heaven Sword because he felt it was more suitable for Miao Ling.

"For...for me?" Miao Ling paused for a moment as she took the harmonica.

He hasn't received a gift in a long time...

Wang Xiao initially wanted to nod, but after a pause, he simply hummed in agreement, "Of course, do you like it?"

"I like it!" Miao Ling said without any hesitation.

Of course he liked it; no one dislikes receiving a gift, even if it's just a small, insignificant thing.

"That's good." Wang Xiao patted Miao Ling's head. "Alright, I see you've been waiting for a while, haven't you? Go back and rest first. We need to rest too. We'll eat again tomorrow after we've woken up."

"Okay." Miao Ling agreed and followed Wang Xiao towards the room.

During the journey, after parting ways with Miao Ling, only Li Ka and Wang Xiao remained to walk side by side.

Walking in the courtyard of the guesthouse, Li Ka glanced at Wang Xiao's profile and tentatively asked, "Young Master, are we really going to take in that Wang Yan?"

Wang Xiao, who was almost at his room, paused. "You think there's something wrong with him?"

Li Ka sighed and nodded, then hesitated, "Young Master, this guy came to us himself, and can his claims really be believable? What do you mean by perfecting the Divine Essence into a technique comparable to the Eight Extraordinary Skills? How is that possible? Everyone in the circle knows the Eight Extraordinary Skills are irreplaceable!"

Wang Xiao did not answer the question directly, but said, "I have considered all of what you said, which is why I gave him a one-month deadline."

Li Ka seemed to understand but not quite. "So, shall we first observe his performance this month?"

"Don't use the word 'inspection' to define this matter." Wang Xiao glanced at him sideways. "We're not some gang, so what right do we have to inspect him? This month is, in the end, for him to think it through and decide whether he wants to follow us, and for us to think it through and decide whether we want him to follow us."

"I see..." Li Ka responded verbally, but inwardly he thought to himself.

Isn't this still an inspection?

Looking at his expression, Wang Xiao guessed what he was thinking, but after shaking his head, he didn't explain anything.

"Alright, it's getting late. You should go back now, and I should get some rest too."

"Yes, young master." Li Ka nodded. "Good night, young master."

"Good night."

After Li Ka left, Wang Xiao went into the room, locked the door, took a shower in the bathroom, and then, as usual, went to the bed, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate.

Gradually, as Wang Xiao's thought arose, the wood elemental energy between heaven and earth began to rise from the soles of his feet and float around his body.

"According to the Five Elements theory, just as water nourishes wood, metal also nourishes water. Therefore, theoretically speaking, the metal element energy drawn by the [True Form] can be used to strengthen water, and then water can further strengthen wood..."

Looking at the wood element energy surrounding him, Wang Xiao fell into thought.

Based solely on the Five Elements theory, his approach is absolutely correct.

However, while the theory is correct, he also needs to consider another issue: consumption and endurance.

Currently, although he can maintain the use of his supernatural powers for about seventy minutes, if he uses two supernatural powers together, this time will be reduced by about half.

In such a situation, if he were to use all three supernatural powers simultaneously, to what extent would the duration of this power be reduced?

Or, to put it another way, will the extent of this reduction exceed his tolerance limit?

Wang Xiao fell into deep thought.

Actually, he wasn't too worried about the fact that the duration of his supernatural powers was shortened due to the stacking of supernatural powers. After all, it was just a little shorter time, which wasn't a big deal.

But there was only one thing he was truly worried about.

Stacking supernatural powers will increase one's own burden, and if too many supernatural powers are stacked, will it cause a collapse?