Chapter 19: Sun Spirit
"It happened!"

"I actually forgot something important!"

"Now is not the time to talk about the gap between reality and ideal!"

"My 100-day soul-restoring process is not yet complete! There is still a little bit left..."

Cui Shuyun, who was lamenting the gap between ideals and reality with Ai Jingxia, suddenly thought of something, was startled, and then came to her senses.

"Second sister-in-law, the wedding procession of the Marquis of Fu'an has already set out and will arrive in the next few days! Do you have any way to speed up the progress of the Hundred Days Soul Restoration?"

Cui Shuyun interrupted Ai Jingxia's sad silence and asked anxiously.

"Why are you in such a hurry? The Hundred Days of Soul Restoration is related to the foundation of your future. If you are anxious now, you will regret it later!"

"The Fu'an Marquis' Mansion is rich in resources. You should not rush to complete the Hundred Days of Soul Settlement now. On the contrary, you should slow down the progress of the Hundred Days of Soul Settlement. After you marry into the Marquis' Mansion, you can use the resources of the Marquis' Mansion to further consolidate your foundation. Only in this way can you go further!"

Ai Jingxia disagreed with Cui Shuyun's attempt to force things to happen and tried to persuade her.

"But I can only learn illusion after completing the Hundred Days of Soul Restoration!"

Cui Shuyun said with a little anxiety.

"Learn illusion?"

"Don't worry, I have already taught you the theory of constructing illusions. You have actually already learned illusions. Now, you are just limited by your spiritual cultivation and cannot use them for the time being!"

"You don't have to worry about me not being by your side after you get married, which would cause you to not be able to learn illusion!"

Ai Jingxia thought Cui Shuyun was afraid that after she got married, she would not be around and would not be able to learn illusion, so she explained it this way.

"Second sister-in-law, I must complete the 100-day soul-fixing and learn the art of illusion before the wedding procession from the Marquis of Fu'an arrives!"

Cui Shuyun emphasized.

"why?"

Ai Jingxia was puzzled.

"Because... because only by learning illusion can I use it on Marquis Fu'an, so I don't have to consummate the marriage with Marquis Fu'an and I don't have to get pregnant and have a child!" Cui Shuyun mustered up the courage and said quickly.

After saying this, Cui Shuyun blushed.

Talking about consummating the marriage, getting pregnant, and having a child really challenged the bottom line of Cui Shuyun, an unmarried lady from a wealthy family.

"You want to cast an illusion on Marquis Fu'an?"

Ai Jingxia looked at Cui Shuyun in surprise.

"Yeah! Why not?"

After talking it out, Cui Shuyun gradually became bolder.

If it wasn't for the purpose of performing magic on Marquis Fu'an, why did Cui Shuyun learn magic?
Is it fun?
Over the past ten years, Cui Shuyun has lived a good life even though she doesn't know magic!
Cui Shuyun didn't want to say it.

First, I'm sorry.

Second, I was afraid that my second sister-in-law would object.

But it's too late now.

The wedding procession from the Fu'an Marquis's residence had already set out, but Cui Shuyun had not yet completed the hundred-day soul-restoring period.

In order to speed up, Cui Shuyun needs the help of her knowledgeable "teacher" Ai Jingxia.

This is why I have to tell the whole story!
"It's not that I can't, but..."

Ai Jingxia hesitated to speak.

"But what? Second sister-in-law, I learned illusion just for this day, you must help me!"

Cui Shuyun was afraid that Ai Jingxia would be afraid of the power of the Fu'an Marquis' Mansion and would not help her speed up the completion of the 100-day soul-stabilization process.

Ai Jingxia never expected that Cui Shuyun learned illusion for such a purpose.

No wonder Cui Shuyun was so calm about the marriage at Fu'an Marquis' Mansion after waking up from her coma.

It turns out that this is the reason for everything!

but…

"Even if you learn the art of illusion, it won't work on Marquis Fu'an!"

Ai Jingxia's words caught Cui Shuyun off guard.

"what?"

Cui Shuyun was stunned.

She stared at her second sister-in-law blankly.

“Why doesn’t it work?”

Cui Shuyun asked anxiously.

"Although warriors are a group of savages who train their muscles, a strong body will also lead to a passive enhancement of the soul."

"Once a warrior breaks through to the first-class realm, ordinary illusions will no longer work on them!"

"If you want to perform an illusion that even top-notch masters cannot detect, you must at least practice illusion to a higher level, and you must at least have the spirit-refining cultivation of the Yin God realm."

"And you haven't even completed the Hundred Days of Soul Restoration yet!"

“Even if you managed to cultivate to the state of out-of-body experience before the wedding, the illusion you cast would not be able to trap Marquis Fu’an silently!”

"besides…"

"Anything else?" Cui Shuyun looked at Ai Jingxia in surprise.

"In addition, the Ming Dynasty has the luck of the dynasty. As the legitimate son of the Ming King and the Marquis of the dynasty, Marquis Fu'an has a lot of luck, which deepens his resistance to illusions."

"If you want to make Marquis Fu'an, who is one of the top masters and has a noble status, fall into the illusion silently, the Yin God cultivation is not enough, the Yang God realm is the most basic!"

Ai Jingxia said something that made Cui Shuyun despair.

"Is it so difficult?"

Cui Shuyun was so shocked that her face turned pale and she muttered to herself.

"I was saying...it looks like there's no hope!"

Cui Shuyun's eyes were dull, and she looked like a broken rag doll.

"Sister Yun, why do you resist Marquis Fu'an so much?"

Ai Jingxia asked in confusion.

Try to find out the reason why Cui Shuyun rebelled against Fu'an Hou Mansion.

"I'm not rebelling against Marquis Fu'an. I just don't want to marry into the royal family, don't want to be too deeply involved with the royal family, and don't want to be taught rules by the mother-in-law in the palace..."

When she was a child, the Cui family invited a royal governess from the palace to teach her the rules and regulations, which left a deep impression on her.

That is a dark hell.

Cui Shuyun heard her mother-in-law say, "What's going on in the palace? What's going on with the prince and princess?"
I was thinking, how pitiful they are!
However, Cui Shuyun is now about to become one of these poor creatures.

Cui Shuyun doesn't want to go through a more severe teaching again and relive hell!
"Besides, the royal family is too deep, and families can be destroyed at any time. I know the limit of my ability, and I just want to live a peaceful and ordinary life."

It turned out to be the case.

Ai Jingxia shook her head in amusement.

"Marquis Fu'an has already been conferred the title and is no longer with King Ming and Queen Ming. Plus, if you marry into the Marquisate, you will be the principal lady of the Marquisate. In the entire Marquisate, no one except Marquis Fu'an will dare to teach you the rules!"

"And Marquis Fu'an is a well-known martial arts fanatic. I heard that he doesn't particularly care about rules..."

"As for the issue of your ability limit. Your talent may be more outstanding than you think..."

Having said that, Ai Jingxia looked at Cui Shuyun meaningfully.

Ai Jingxia really didn’t expect that when she asked Cui Shuyun to choose an object for foundation building and visualization, Cui Shuyun would actually choose the sun…

Those who cultivate the spirit have weak souls in the early stage.

Because the spirit and soul are extremely yin.

In the early stages, those who cultivate their spirits avoid the sun, thunder and other extremely hard and yang things.

But Cui Shuyun used the sun as the object of visualization at the very beginning.

And she succeeded!

This was beyond Ai Jingxia's expectation. Ai Jingxia still remembers the shock she felt when Cui Shuyun told her to use the sun as the object of her meditation three months ago.

Cui Shuyun's reason is: "The sun is the real freedom, it can freely explore the beauty of the world! She wants to be like the sun and see the prosperity of the world..."

Ai Jingxia wanted to object, but then she remembered a sentence in the introductory course of Shuoqing Temple: Do not interfere with the new disciples' choice of objects for foundation building, do not use so-called experience to imprison the disciples, and let the disciples follow their inner choices. This is the best for them!

In the end, Ai Jingxia chose to wait and see.

Sometimes a little frustration can be a good thing!
Only after suffering setbacks can you understand the immensity of the world.

Ai Jingxia convinced herself this way.

In fact, this was Ai Jingxia’s first time as a teacher and she lacked experience.

If other experienced teachers from Shuoqing Temple were in charge, they would never let Cui Shuyun choose the sun as the first object of visualization.

The premise of Shuoqing Temple's so-called non-interference in disciples' choices is that new disciples must undergo one month of common sense instruction before they can choose their initial object of visualization and begin a hundred days of soul concentration.

But Cui Shuyun skipped this stage.

This resulted in Cui Shuyun being completely unaware of the common sense of many spiritual cultivators.

Those who don’t know are fearless!
But it's a mistake in some ways.

Taking the sun as the initial object of visualization, Cui Shuyun’s starting foundation is so deep that it is rare in the world.

Cui Shuyun has this foundation and opportunity.

Ai Jingxia really didn't want Cui Shuyun to rush and force things to happen, wasting this foundation.

Then he said a few more words and explained more.

Let Cui Shuyun understand that there is no point in being anxious.

Ai Jingxia was not a person who liked to explain. Even when Cui Rongtian found out that she left every night and often mocked her for her dissolute lifestyle, she never explained.

Because in her heart, she and Cui Rongtian have never been the same kind of people.

Only Cui Shuyun, in Ai Jingxia's opinion, is an exception in the entire Cui family.

"Sister Yun, there is something I should tell you. I originally planned to wait until you completed the 100-day soul-fixing period before telling you, so as to avoid affecting your practice. However, now..."

Looking at Cui Shuyun, who seemed to have lost the motivation to practice after being hit so hard, Ai Jingxia hesitated for a moment and spoke.

"Second sister-in-law, what's the matter?"

Cui Shuyun's tone was a little weak.

"Your falling into the water was not a simple act. You were struck by a sorcery called the Falling Soul Spell, which caused you to fall into the pool."

Ai Jingxia's eyes were solemn.

"what?"

"Second sister-in-law, why didn't you tell me before? I always thought it was an accident..."

Cui Shuyun asked in surprise.

"I told you before that I didn't tell you because I was worried that it would affect your practice. But now that you are about to get married, there are some things I have to tell you so that you can be prepared!"

Ai Jingxia continued.

"Defense? Defense against whom?"

Cui Shuyun asked doubtfully.

"According to common sense, the Falling Soul Technique must be performed face to face!"

"Perform face to face?" Cui Shuyun was stunned.

"But at that time, there were only Xiaowei and I in the pavilion... Second sister-in-law, you mean Xiaowei! Impossible, although Xiaowei always makes me angry sometimes, and often listens to my father and mother more than to me, but she can't possibly harm me..."

Cui Shuyun shook her head, not believing that the maid Xiaowei would harm him.

Not only because Xiaowei is Cui Jia's biological daughter, but also because Cui Shuyun understands Xiaowei.

"It doesn't have to be Xiaowei. Do you remember me asking you about the details of falling into the water?"

Ai Jingxia looked at Cui Shuyun.

Cui Shuyun also looked at Ai Jingxia, and her heart was filled with emotion: It turned out that the second sister-in-law had already started the investigation at that time!

"Second sister-in-law, have you found anything?" Cui Shuyun asked.

“That fish!”

"Sister Yun, you said that when you looked at the red-headed goldfish jumping out of the pond, you felt dizzy and fell into the pond."

"Yes!" Cui Shuyun responded.

"I checked carefully and found a red-headed goldfish in the pond that had been dead for a long time. There was still a faint smell of spirit on the fish corpse."

"If my guess is correct, there must be a powerful spiritual master who has left his body and possessed the red-headed goldfish, casting a spell on you."

"What?" Cui Shuyun was surprised. It turned out that this was the reason why she fell into the water.

"Junior Yun, think about it. You never leave the Cui family's main gate or the second gate. Who have you been bothering to the point that a powerful spirit cultivator would try every possible means to deal with you?"

Ai Jingxia’s words stunned Cui Shuyun.

Yup!

Who did she offend?

This is how to deal with her.

"Marquis Fu'an!"

Finally, Cui Shuyun and Ai Jingxia said in unison.

She fell into the water just after Cui decided to marry Marquis Fu'an and she was married into Marquis Fu'an's mansion.

"That spirit cultivator attacked me, it must be because of the marriage alliance with the Marquis of Fu'an." Cui Shuyun thought for a moment and said in an affirmative tone.

"High probability!" Ai Jingxia agreed with Cui Shuyun's reasoning.

"But it is impossible that it was ordered by Marquis Fu'an. With Marquis Fu'an's status and power, he wouldn't need to go through so much trouble to kill me..." Cui Shuyun continued.

"Not necessarily. According to my secret investigation, Marquis Fu'an originally planned to marry the daughter of the head of your Cui family, but Cui Zongji did not have a daughter of the right age, and your father recommended himself, so the spot finally fell on you! Given Marquis Fu'an's status and position, he must have other purposes for suddenly deciding to marry into the Cui family. Your sudden intervention may have destroyed some of Marquis Fu'an's plans..." Ai Jingxia retorted.

"Besides Marquis Fu'an, your Cui clan is also a possibility. Maybe there are other members of the Cui clan who want you dead, so that after you die, the person they choose can take your place and marry into the Marquis Fu'an's mansion!"

"It is also possible that some enemies of the Fu'an Marquisate or the Cui family intend to kill you and destroy the marriage between the Fu'an Marquisate and the Cui family."

Ai Jingxia listed many possibilities in one breath.

These may make Cui Shuyun's head a mess.

Therefore, Cui Shuyun did not want to marry into a wealthy family and get involved with those wealthy and powerful families!

Too complicated and too dangerous!
Now, not only is she marrying into a high-class family, but she is also a royal family. It is even more complicated and dangerous!
Cui Shuyun got a headache when she thought of this.

"There is something more important!"

Ai Jingxia looked at Cui Shuyun with a serious expression.

After Cui Shuyun looked over at her intently, she continued, "The person who attacked you must have known that you often go to the pavilion in the pond, that you feed goldfish, and that you don't want to marry into the Fu'an Marquis's mansion. That's why he used the red-headed goldfish as a spell to make it look like you committed suicide! This shows that there is a high possibility that someone in the Cui family knows your daily dynamics and is in league with him!"

"You must be careful!"

"Be on guard against anyone!"

"More importantly, you must be able to protect yourself! You must not slack off in your spiritual practice!"

Ai Jingxia's true intentions were exposed.

Cui Shuyun has great talent in spiritual cultivation, and Ai Jingxia does not want Cui Shuyun to waste this talent.

After all, one of Ai Jingxia's original ideals was to promote the art of refining the spirit and make it a prominent discipline.

"Miss!"

Just then, Xiaowei brought Cui Ronghe back.

The conversation between Ai Jingxia and Cui Shuyun came to an abrupt end!

Although it was not necessarily Xiaowei who caused Cui Shuyun to fall into the water.

But Cui Shuyun unconsciously began to be on guard against Xiaowei.

Not to mention Ai Jingxia!
(End of this chapter)