My Apprentice Is Too Diligent

Chapter 46: Is it him?

The gatekeeper?

Chen Wuji, who rushed over to meet him upon receiving the news, was taken aback by Yang Jia's words, but then he smiled and said, "Yang old master, do you want to be the gatekeeper here?"

"Yes."

Yang Jia smiled, "Old man like me still has some strength and spirit left. I don't mind being a gatekeeper."

Not only is it not a problem, it's actually quite good.

A master at the peak of the Body Refining Eighth Layer becoming a gatekeeper would definitely cause a sensation throughout the county.

If there hadn't been any previous groundwork, Chen Wuji would have refused outright.

Just kidding.

But since he had made his intentions clear and had taken a liking to Chen Qingning, he wanted to take him as his disciple.

After being rejected, he immediately took a detour and tried to get closer, playing the emotional card.

This makes things interesting.

Especially now, there is a ghost slave lurking in the county town, waiting for an opportunity to strike and endanger lives.

If Yang Jia, a master at the peak of the Body Refining Eighth Layer, were to join, the safety of the mansion's residents would greatly increase.

After all, Chen Wuji is not always in the mansion. He also has to participate in night patrols and ghost hunting.

Thinking of this, Chen Wuji nodded and agreed, "Alright, I'll leave the gatekeeper position to you, Yang old master."

"Thank you, Master!"

Yang Jia immediately bowed and saluted.

After straightening up, he grinned and said, "Master can call me Lao Yang or Yang old man."

"Then Lao Yang it is."

Chen Wuji was not polite either, "Lao Yang, when are you ready to start your duty?"

"I can start now!"

After saying that, Yang Jia headed straight for the gatekeeper's position.

Chen Wuji stood in place and watched him leave.

When he couldn't see his figure anymore, the old housekeeper who had been standing by all this time frowned and said, "Young master, is it really okay to let this Yang old master be the gatekeeper?"

"What's the problem?" Chen Wuji smiled and asked, "With him here, the safety of the mansion is greatly guaranteed. Isn't that good?"

"But he is a master at the peak of the Body Refining Eighth Layer, and he can reach the Body Refining Ninth Layer at any time." The old housekeeper was still worried and said, "What if he has evil intentions..."

"It's fine."

Chen Wuji said casually, "Yang Jia can only reach the Body Refining Ninth Layer at any time, but I am already at the Body Refining Ninth Layer."

"Oh, that's good... What!"

The old housekeeper subconsciously responded, but halfway through his words, he suddenly woke up, widened his eyes, opened his mouth, and stared blankly at Chen Wuji, trembling as he said, "Young master... you... you..."

"Uncle Ge, you didn't mishear me. I am already at the Body Refining Ninth Layer. Don't spread this for now."

Chen Wuji chuckled, "So, there's no need to worry about Yang Jia. If he honestly serves as a gatekeeper, let him try to win over Lao Liu with his emotional tactics. But if he doesn't behave and tries to make trouble, I will make him regret entering the Chen Family."

"Alright!"

The old housekeeper's body trembled with excitement, and his eyes became moist, "Alright, alright, alright. I'm going to offer incense to the master and madam."

"Young master, come with me."

Saying that, he turned and ran out to prepare things.

As for whether Chen Wuji was lying to him, the old man never doubted it.

If Chen Wuji said he was at the Body Refining Ninth Layer, he would believe it 100%!

...

Yang Jia happily became a gatekeeper for Hidden Dragon Gate.

No one knew about it for the time being.

Except for Yang Zhirui, who came at noon, feeling helpless and apologized to Chen Wuji, wanting to take Yang Jia home. As a result, Yang Jia scolded him and drove him away.

Chen Wuji stood by and watched the scene.

In the end, the old housekeeper gave Yang Jia some bedding and also brought a teapot for him to drink tea when he had nothing to do.

After that, they didn't pay any more attention to him.

Returning to the training room, Yang Jia continued to cultivate his inner energy.

The three precious jade stones played a significant role.

Combined with the power of multiple martial arts techniques and the perfect artistic conception, the effect was remarkable.

The next day, in the evening, Yang Jia completed his cultivation, and the outline of his Qi Sea reached ten circles. The space in his dantian was like a large lake.

There was a ghost servant causing trouble in the county town, endangering lives. There were also people from the capital city carrying experts at the True Qi Realm, but their whereabouts were unknown.

Chen Wuji did not continue to expand his Qi Sea or widen his dantian space. Instead, he directly sprinted towards the True Qi Realm.

He operated his martial arts technique and condensed the first strand of True Qi in his dantian.

There were two paths to condensing True Qi.

One was to cultivate martial arts techniques of the True Qi Realm and absorb the energy between heaven and earth.

One of the main differences between the True Qi Realm martial arts techniques and the Body Refining Realm martial arts techniques was this.

The former could absorb the energy between heaven and earth.

The second path was to repeatedly refine the Qi and blood, giving birth to True Qi from the essence and transforming it into energy.

Both paths had their advantages.

But if one was not exceptionally talented, walking the second path would lead to a longer and farther future.

Especially in a small place like White Water County, where the energy between heaven and earth was scarce, it was more difficult to absorb.

On the other hand, the more one refined the Qi and blood, the easier it was to give birth to True Qi.

Therefore, Chen Wuji chose the second path.

With his five Blood Transformations, three precious jade stones assisting him, and the power of multiple martial arts techniques and perfect artistic conception, the birth of True Qi was as simple as a matter of course.

It only took a day and a night to give birth to the first strand of True Qi in his Qi Sea, floating and drifting in his dantian space.

...

Apart from the first night of the ghost's activity, the ghost servant did not appear.

On the second night, the ghost servant was also absent.

On the third night, the members of the action team were Gu Shuncheng and Qing Meng.

The two patrolled the county town, one in the east and one in the west.

In the first half of the night, the ghost servant still did not appear.

Not long after the second half of the night began, a scream suddenly sounded.

The sound came from the southeast direction of the county town.

Qing Meng, who was patrolling the east, heard the sound and was overjoyed, quickly flying over.

On the way, he reached his fastest speed.

With the thought of killing the ghost servant in his mind, he did not notice that as he flew past a guesthouse in the county town, on the top floor with an open window, a young man with a sinister temperament and handsome appearance spoke coldly.

"Is it him?"

"No, this person's lightness technique has not reached the state of perfection," a burly man behind the young man replied in a deep voice. "The person who stole the secret manual has achieved perfection in his lightness technique!"

(End of this chapter)