After rebirth, I picked up my mortal enemy as my apprentice Chapter 015

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Something is wrong… Why am I so impulsive? I shouldn’t be this kind of person.

After my rebirth, have some changes occurred that I haven’t even noticed?

She looked at the boy’s embarrassed look and realized that her behavior was indeed a bit impulsive and she did not take his feelings into consideration.

Although the boy’s words did touch upon something unspeakable in her heart.

Ke Jiu took a deep breath and calmed himself down.

“Be quiet, close your eyes.” Her pupils became calm and clear again. “Relax your body, empty your mind, and imagine yourself slowly sinking into the water.”

“I will heal you and guide you on the first step of your spiritual practice.”

Hearing Ke Jiu’s obviously serious tone, Ji Fan suppressed his throbbing emotions, temporarily put aside the shame that was still resisting, and began to sink into the state.

He felt the master’s soft palm against his back, and a warm breath came from it.

The energy started from his chest, spread along his internal organs, and finally began to move along the direction of blood flow in his body.

But gradually, as the spiritual energy began to circulate in his body, a burning sensation spread from deep within his meridians.

At first it was just a slight burning sensation, but then the temperature grew higher and higher, as if his body was injected with scorching flames.

The boy’s brows were furrowed, and beads of sweat were already oozing out of his forehead.

Ke Jiu’s fingertips pressed along the meridians and acupoints where the true qi flowed. The blue-green bath water floating on the surface of the cauldron formed a small vortex with the boy’s body as the center.

There was a flash of surprise in Ke Jiu’s eyes. Originally, she just wanted to use the medicinal bath to heal his injuries, but she didn’t expect that after her guidance, the true energy would circulate in his body on its own.

Originally, she could tell that this child had extraordinary talent from the hidden wound that was enough to kill several times a warrior who had just embarked on the path of cultivation.

But now she wants to take her assessment results to a higher level.

Unfortunately, she didn’t have the Spiritual Pearl, so she had no way to measure the attributes of his spiritual roots. It seemed that she had to find a time to bring this disciple back to the sect.

Ji Fan closed his eyes tightly.

The trickle of spiritual energy washed over every corner around him. The wounds on his body began to heal and form scabs, and the bruises on his face gradually subsided.

But not everything can be enjoyed easily. He felt as if there were thousands of fire dragons rolling in his body. His bone marrow seemed to be wrapped in flames, and every inch of his skin was burning violently.

He clenched his teeth, and every breath was like inhaling fire. The burning pain filled his entire airway, and the blue veins on his forehead were exposed violently.

It was as if an invisible smoke enveloped his consciousness. His thoughts became blurred in the pain and he was about to get lost in the endless burning heat.

At this moment, a cool spiritual energy surged into his body and began to reduce the stuffiness in his body.

At this moment, Ke Jiu was supporting his body, with a green light in her eyes. She whispered to herself: “You have to hold on. I have spent a lot of money to save you.”

What she was inputting into Ji Fan now was not ordinary innate spiritual energy, but the Jingyun true qi that her master Jingyun Jianzun had condensed and purified when he gave her the enlightenment and was retained in her dantian.

What was left for her to mobilize when she reached a new realm in the future was precious true qi, which would be lost if she used more of it. The true qi left by Master Jingyun Sword played a crucial role in her rapid progress in her previous life.

Ji Fan has gradually begun to adapt to the burning and severe pain brought by the cleansing of his bones and marrow. His expression is no longer painful and distorted, and he has regained his firmness.

After a while, Ke Jiu withdrew her hand. The boy in front of her had a layer of black blood mixed with scarlet dirt on his body.

This is a mixture of blood stasis, dead skin, and impurities discharged from the organs after the hidden injuries on his body were repaired.

With a muffled sound coming from within his body, as if something had been broken, Ji Fan’s trembling eyes suddenly opened.

Ke Jiu asked softly: “Xiao Fan, how do you feel now?”

The boy’s eyes cleared from confusion. He looked at Ke Jiu and said uncertainly: “I feel very light now, as if I can jump into the sky with just one jump.”

“Let me check you out.” Ke Jiu placed his palm on his forehead, closed his eyes, and scanned his body with his spiritual sense.

In less than half a moment, her eyelids opened and she said in a joyful tone, “Yes, your internal organs that were about to fail have sufficient blood and energy, and are functioning again. The hidden injuries on your body have also improved a lot.”

“Master, thank you…” Before Ji Fan could finish his words of thanks, Ke Jiu’s fingertips had already pressed on his lips.

“I have heard your thank you many times. If you have this heart, turn your gratitude into motivation and keep moving forward on the path of cultivation. There is no need to say more.”

“Mmmm…” The boy’s mouth was blocked and he could only nod.

“It’s getting late. You just finished your marrow cleansing. Even if your body has recovered, you are still mentally exhausted. Go to rest early.”

Ji Fan carefully took away Ke Jiu’s hand that was covering his lips.

“Um…Master, I need to get up and get dressed.”

Ke Jiu raised his eyebrows. What does this mean?

“You are really more shy than a little girl.”

Seeing the embarrassment gradually emerging on the boy’s face, she smiled faintly, but she didn’t intend to make things difficult for him.

“I’m going to go out for a while and I’ll be back later.”

As Ke Jiu pushed the door and left, Ji Fan, who was originally a little nervous, gradually relaxed.

He was really afraid that his master had some strange habits. But now it seems that her impulsive behavior just now was simply because he made her angry.

At this time, Ji Fan came back to his senses and smelled an extremely strong fishy odor, like the smell of dead fish floating on the water in a lotus pond in summer, which had been exposed to the scorching sun for a long time.

“It stinks.” He realized that the smell came from him.

Originally, he had become immune to all kinds of bad smells while fleeing from famine, but now his numb nerves have recovered and he is extremely sensitive to this smell.

He remembered his master’s robes that were as clean as winter snow, and the strange looks that passers-by gave him when she landed in the town.

Did she walk all this way with me, who was so shabby?

Thinking of this, he could no longer tolerate himself.

So the boy began to scrub himself vigorously in the cauldron.

At the same time, Ke Jiu, who had just walked out, suddenly turned pale. She covered her chest and breathed slightly.

“Is it the backlash caused by the overload of Qi? My foundation is still unstable right now, so I have to be careful.”

She broke through to the innate realm with the help of Jingyun Sword Master’s enlightenment. She flew in Donglai Kingdom for several days, dealt with Master Mo Hun, and passed on qi to Ji Fan to strengthen his body.

After all this, I feel a little overwhelmed.

She held onto the railing and called the waiter on duty at the counter: “Prepare a bathroom for me.”

Ke Jiu followed the servant to the bathroom in the corner of the inn, where a door made of old wood was open.

She pushed the door open and the first thing that caught her eye was a dilapidated wall made of yellowed mud bricks, covered with mottled marks left by the years.

The ground is paved with rough stone slabs, and you can feel some uneven protrusions when you step on them. There are water stains in the corners, which seem to be the traces accumulated from years of showering.

A simple wooden screen is hung nearby, serving as a privacy barrier to separate the other shower rooms. An old rattan curtain is attached to the screen, which seems to add a sense of privacy.

There was a damp smell in the gray shower room, a combination of old wood and damp stone.

The whole environment seemed a little dim, with only a dim candle lamp casting a faint light.

Ke Jiu frowned, but she also knew that now was not the time to care about these things.

She turned to the servant and said, “Please prepare a large bucket for me and some hot water.”

The waiter smiled awkwardly and said, “I would like to remind you that we are short of water right now. You will have to pay three cents for a bucket of hot water, which will be included in the bill when you settle the bill.”

Ke Jiu raised her eyebrows, and she suddenly realized a problem. Normally when she was in Jinghang Sect, she didn’t need to use the passage of the mortal world.

When traveling, they mostly deal with other cultivators, and the general method of transaction is barter, and occasionally they use spirit stones to trade.

But the situation is different now. She will at least travel in Donglai Kingdom for a period of time, and she will also bring an apprentice with her. She will have to deal with the mortal society on a regular basis. If she wants to travel conveniently, mortal money is indispensable.

Although she had prepared some coins before going out, they were enough now, but that might not be the case in the future.

Maybe I’ll have to find a way to…get some money in the future.

In just a moment, countless thoughts flashed through her mind, but her face remained calm and she replied to the servant calmly, “I know.”

Although it is now night, the light is dim and the outline of Ke Jiu’s face has become blurred.

But the servant was quite sure that the woman in front of him was an extremely beautiful one from her voice like a yellow warbler and the faint fragrance from her body.

When she mentioned preparing a bathroom and getting some hot water, he had a moment of thought that went beyond the norm.

However, he knew that a large family in Huai’an was holding a martial arts competition, and many martial artists with extraordinary skills had recently participated.

These days, most of the beautiful women who dare to stay in the inn alone without guards are powerful warriors.

A few days ago, a short-sighted flower thief targeted a girl, and his final end was extremely miserable.

The servant suppressed his “bold” idea and prepared hot water for Ke Jiu.

In the bathroom, Ke Jiu closed her eyes, and her spiritual awareness spread out from her body. She glanced around, and the feedback she got was that she was the only one around the bathroom.

She slowly took off her clothes and soaked in the warm water.

A warm feeling surged through her body, and she felt her muscles gradually relax. The accumulated fatigue of the past few days seemed to be quietly dissolving.

Now that there was no one to disturb her, she emptied her mind and felt this rare tranquility and comfort.

After a while, she slowly opened her eyes, raised her arms, and looked at her skin which was as white and delicate as ivory.

“Why? I would be reborn as a woman?”

She had two guesses in her mind. The first guess was that her previous life and her present life were a parallel world.

After the death of Ke Jiu in the previous life, his strong will resonated with Ke Jiu in the present life, and the consciousness of Ke Jiu in the previous life covered the consciousness of Ke Jiu in this life.

If this hypothesis is correct, then she is actually a woman, but was influenced by the male self in another world.

The second guess is that she is indeed the complete reincarnation of Ke Jiu from her previous life, and her reincarnation dates back to the first year when she entered the Jinghang Sect.

There was a very powerful force that turned her into a woman and tampered with the cognition of people around her, making them think that they were originally women.

For example, when Nangong Xian’er was with her, she always called her “Junior Sister” readily, as if it had been like this since she came in.

If this conjecture is true…

Ke Jiu suddenly felt a chill on his back. If this was the case, it would be too terrifying.

That means her rebirth was the result of manipulation by a force far beyond her cognition.

Going back in time and changing other people’s perceptions is simply not something that humans can do.

Could it be the illusory heavenly way in the legend?

Ke Jiu was thinking, but his thoughts were like a sailboat hitting a reef and gradually sank.