Moon as Bright as Jade
Chapter 263 Moon as Bright as Jade
The Brilliant Jade Technique was an interesting cultivation method. Zhao Yue had personally chosen this cultivation method.
At full strength, if she used the circulation method, the surface of her body would go translucent, and she would appear like she was wrapped in a layer of cold fog. When the Primal Qi outside her body turned into energy, there would be an exchange between heat and cold.
It was clear that Zhao Yue had met with an accident. There was nothing wrong with the way she had cultivated, but she had been too impatient and anxious to see results. Without sufficient protective energy to ward off the cold, she would only inflict pain upon herself if she forcibly cultivated.
Lu Zhou stood before Zhao Yue. He said with a sigh, "Reason?"
"I’ve made a mistake… I shouldn’t have been so anxious to achieve a breakthrough," Zhao Yue said with a lowered head.
"That’s all?"
"I… I d-dare not say," Zhao Yue stammered.
"Spit it out."
Zhao Yue nodded despite her apprehension and said, "I don’t know what happened. Ever since I cultivated the completed cultivation method, the flow of my Primal Qi became turbulent. I can’t cultivate as fast as I did before."
Lu Zhou was puzzled when he heard this. Nothing of this sort had happened to his other disciples. In fact, the other disciples had gained a faster cultivation speed after they were given the completed cultivation methods. Zhao Yue had joined the pavilion before Little Yuan’er did. Even if she was not as talented as Little Yuan’er, she should not have been lagging that far behind. "Don’t move." Lu Zhou raised his hand. A gentle Primal Qi rose from his palm before it landed on Zhao Yu.
As Lu Zhou had expected, when the Primal Qi entered Zhao Yue’s extraordinary eight meridians, the cold air retaliated and tried to expel Lu Zhou’s Primal Qi.
That’s not right. This isn’t the cold from the Brilliant Jade Technique.’ This seemed unique and peculiar. It seemed to have existed in her for a long time now.
Lu Zhou raised a palm again. "Raise your head."
Although Lu Zhou’s temper was much different from before, Lu Zhou’s imposing manner and things he had done in the past made Zhao Yue feel nervous. After a brief moment, she lifted her head.
Lu Zhou said, "Let me ask you, what cultivation method did you cultivate before joining the Evil Sky Pavilion?"
Zhao Yue shook her head and said, "None."
"Don’t lie to me."
The eyes were the windows to the soul.
Zhao Yue felt frightened seeing Lu Zhou staring at her with such intensity. She would not dare to lie. She said, "I’m telling the truth!"
Lu Zhou nodded. He stroked his beard and said, "I gave you the Brilliant Jade Technique. How many levels have you mastered?"
Zhao Yue replied, "I’m stupid and have only managed to master six levels. I’m not too familiar with the seventh level yet. The eighth and ninth levels that you’d taught me are difficult to understand, and I haven’t got the time to cultivate them yet."
In that case, the two final levels of the cultivation method were not responsible for her current state. At most, they might have only triggered the problem.
The cold poison within Zhao Yue’s body was the cause of her condition.
"Think about it again. Before you cultivated the Brilliant Jade Technique, have you ever met with another cultivator and cultivated someone unknown cultivation method? Or were you wounded?" Lu Zhou asked.