Daily life of a cultivation judge



"I think that water should be added to the list of tasty ingredients we created. You can send Longwei half a cup no quarter no just a drop to tease him. I'd like to see the look on his face after the sip, he'd likely storm all the way here.." Feng Xin said with a cheeky grin.

"That isn't bad. In fact, I think I'll have it sent today. He bad-mouthed me the last time I was there. I'll send a half and maybe a half bowl of cooked rice along with it.." said Yang Qing with a gleeful expression.

"Though the rice Cheng Yuan gave us wasn't bad either.." 

"It isn't. I'll need to collect some more. That reminds me, Peng Zhen's sentence should be starting in a few days now, I'll go see how he performs as I ask for more.."

"Ask some for me too, I already finished the batch they gave me.."

"It was 100kg, how did you finish it all in that short time?"

"Haven't you finished yours too?" asked Feng Xin with a smile of derision.

"Because of you. If you hadn't come over, it would have lasted longer.."

"We both know it's a lie. It's just us here, why bother pretending when we both know its end was already guaranteed the moment you used that water, even without it, it would have only survived a few days at most.."

"Shouldn't you be leaving.."

"Fine, fine.." Feng Xin flimsily said as he got up to leave.

"Oh, and Qing, sorry i wasn't there.." he said as he left.

"All the best Feng.." Yang Qing muttered with a smile.

When Feng Xin arrived, Yang Qing could already guess what it was for based on the fluctuations of his cultivation base.

He was already at the peak stage of the core formation realm when previously he had been at the tenth stage. He had leaped two minor levels in just a month. Though it may seem like a huge leap to most, Yang Qing knew Feng Xin had been deliberately holding back his cultivation for quite some time, despite already having the necessary accumulations to try a breakthrough to the palace realm.

After Yang Qing's prompt from last time in him not needing to do so, especially not account of Yi Jie, it seemed like Feng Xin listened, and was now making his way to the tribulation mountain for his breakthrough.

Yang Qing had a relieved smile on his face as he wouldn't have to work alone for long with Yi Jie and Feng Xin slotted to join him soon.

With renewed vigor from the thought and the energy from the meal they had, he went searching for the celestial nesting weaver to pay it back for its comments early in the day. After the swift workout, he went to cultivate in the large uncultivated patch of land next to his courtyard.

He wasn't sure he could replicate what happened at the grounds of the Clear River Sword Sect,  but after seeing the effects, he was willing to try no matter how difficult or impossible it was.

He managed to cultivate for a few hours. Though the cultivation was fruitful, his experiment bore nothing.

When he was done he called Starlight over for a practice match to help it in the assimilation of the wisdom pearl of the cyclone arc prawn.

After their exercise, he made his way to the Medicine Valley to check on Ma Yuan and his daughter, and also to fulfill his end of the bargain with Tan Jie by assisting the valley with some of their work load.

At the time he had agreed to repay the favor for Tan Jie personally handling the case with Ma Ling, but now, he felt it would help him too, whether it came to understanding more about his cultivation art and physique or to ease his conscience somewhat. 

He also wanted to find Ren Shu to try and find any information about the Origin Universe Resonant Light Sect, and the Auspicious grove wood tree's relationship with them. It sounded like the saint-grade tree might have been conned by them at some point, which drew his curiosity at what sort of characters the sect had to be brazen enough to con a saint-grade tree and by the looks of it even get away with it.

When he reached the Medicine Valley he first made a beeline for the Coalescing tranquility rivers of healing, where Ma Yuan and his daughter were.

Ma Yuan had already been given a courtyard to stay in but he spent every moment in the Tranquility River Pavillion where his daughter was kept for close monitoring and restoration.

Due to the fragility of Ma Ling's mind, to avoid overwhelming her and fracturing her mind, Ma Yuan's interaction was set for an hour at most, with the time of day being adjusted in accordance with Ma Ling's state, and during that interaction, he was advised to avoid introducing himself as her father first in case it triggered her like the first time, and he was also to avoid bringing up deep impactful moments of her life in their conversation.

He could only bring up the casual things, and slowly work his way up. The circumstances were anything but easy for Ma Yuan, but he complied. However, he did ask for permission to be allowed to stay close by even if it was outside the pavilion, to which Tan Jue agreed.

Yang Qing found him under one of the trees next to the river in silent meditation. Even with no cultivation, meditation was still useful to Ma Yuan, especially when it came to calming and strengthening the mind, and in a place like the Coalescing tranquility rivers of healing, that effect was magnified by 10,000 times because of the ascendant grade white lotus in the middle known as the confluence aurora harmony white lotus. It did wonders for the mind and soul. Ma Yuan couldn't have chosen a better place to stay.

In Ma Ling's room, he found her encased in a white gelatinous liquid that had green runes within it, and next to her was Tan Jue closely monitoring her.

Yang Qing exchanged a few words with her before she gave him a jade that contained the list of patients he would work on.

The cases would have been a bit complicated if they were given to anyone else, since the bulk of them were miasma poisoning cases that were so severe that they had even tainted some of the cultivator's soul and mental sea, but Yang Qing's yin yang peerless jade bone physique coupled with the universal qi was the bane of miasma and curses.

After thanking Tan Jue for her care of Ma Yuan's daughter, Yang Qing left to work on the cases given, with Ma Yuan none the wiser he was even there.