Chapter 116 Hope
"I'll just practice more if I'm really bad at it!"

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"Kick him out of the palace!"

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"Rubbish, I need you to help me practice!"

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"Hahahaha! I have to practice the dissociation technique ten more times!!!"

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For three consecutive days, the entire workshop was filled with insane ghost cries, regardless of day or night, at any time and anywhere.

If the sound insulation had not been good, Ji Jue might have been kicked out by Professor Ye, or before that, he might have been shot to death by Ye Chun.

But how did that sentence go?

The sound of my roommate's blue scroll was like heavenly music to my ears, and the sound of turning pages was like a deafening sound of renovation work.

Just by looking at how he was so absorbed in his studies that he forgot to eat and sleep, a certain lazy guy with the same surname, Ye, started to suffer from a nervous breakdown.

I even had nightmares about a dog rolling up my sleeves like crazy behind me, laughing weirdly and drooling at me, saying, "Senior, come to my house tonight. I'm going to do a backflip at my thesis conference~"

Roll it up, roll it up!

I'd rather die early!
I have already reserved the best view spot of Tianmen Lake for you. When you turn into ashes, you will become the new scenic spot in Tianmen University - Dog's End!
Ye Chun tossed and turned on the sofa, unable to feel sleepy at all. There was no way he could get any sleep during this nap.

As soon as I closed my eyes, the curly dog ​​appeared vividly in front of me. Oh my God, please kill me, when will this day end?

In a state of extreme anger, Ye Chun got angry for a moment.

Then, helplessly and desperately, he climbed up from the sofa, looked back every few steps, and sat in front of the computer. He opened the newly created folder and WORD file, looked at the empty pages, and quietly dropped little pearls.

And right in the workshop, the exhausted Ji Jue finally withdrew his sinful hands, fell on the chair with his back to the sky, and felt drowsy.

Today's practice is almost over.

The essence of dissociation is the application of one's own spiritual essence. As long as it works, the amount is not important. Using the dissociation technique, which one has not yet mastered, on such crappy stuff can only be regarded as a waste of mana.

According to the training plan he had set for himself in the past few days, he would consume 64% of his own spiritual essence as a process, and finish the process after repeating it three times.

According to the formula given by Professor Ye, after substituting his own total amount and rank of spiritual essence, 64% is the best limit for Ji Jue now.

Above this limit, the recovery efficiency of spiritual essence reaches the fastest. Under the condition of ensuring calorie intake, it can be naturally recovered in about seven hours. At the same time, it will not be damaged due to long-term lack of spiritual essence.

Ji Jue would call it the golden ratio of the dog and the paper. As long as he follows this ratio, he can study as much as he wants. Then he can use the rest of the time... to practice questions and study hard.

Although I may be distracted and slack off at the beginning, once I get used to it, I can’t stop and the joy is endless.

Now, on the operating table, the pendant that originally looked antique and elegant is now covered with cracks, as if it had been broken into pieces countless times and is dying.

If it could really talk, the first thing it would say would probably be to ask Ji Jue to kill it quickly. Killing is not enough. You have been scratching it with a knife for three days. Even if it is a huge grudge or a hatred as deep as the sea, it should have been avenged, right?

[Yeah, not bad. 】

The ghost ball's dim light flashed, and after scanning it once, it said: [The spiritual circuits of the main part have basically been stripped away. There are no messy things getting in the way, and we can start preparing to open the blessing.

I have to say, in all the years I’ve been working, this is the first time I’ve seen such a weak dissociation technique... Curly Dog’s perseverance and determination are really terrifying.

If I offend you in the future, you must give me a quick death. I can't bear such a punishment.

No, if the target is Tiangong... maybe you can make him surrender in this way. Believe me, no matter how tight-lipped Tiangong is, he will be obedient after being tormented by you for a week!
As expected of you, you have developed a new use for the dissociation technique! 】

"Bullshit, where are you weak?"

Ji Jue's defense was broken immediately, and he glared at me and shouted angrily: "Don't scream at me! I'm being cautious, okay? Do you know what it means to make light of a heavy task? Don't worry, when the time comes, I will definitely deal with you in a straightforward manner. I'm just afraid that you won't be able to bear it when you're too big!"

The ghost worker smiled and said nothing more.

After all, the biggest reason why Professor Ye dared to let Ji Jue do such a delicate job was because... he was too weak.

No matter how powerful the dissociation technique is, it cannot achieve such a subtle effect. If the dissociation technique is used by beginners, it is like a brush used in archaeology.

Moreover, for this kind of delicate work, it is better to do less rather than more. If Ji Jue really mastered the art of dissociation and his control did not reach a certain level, Professor Ye would not trust him to do this kind of delicate work.

Something with such a simple structure was crushed by him with one hand. He could even shake off the yellow of the blessing, and it was useless to collect it.

Just scrape it, that’s enough.

Moreover, when the dissociation technique was so poor, he still had the energy to take care of the overall situation and was able to accurately limit the effect to several spiritual circuits... This terrifying and outrageous spiritual control power was gradually formed under the nose of the Ghost Ball.

Four days?

Or three days?

After practicing a total of 1,707 times, he has already mastered the dissociation technique to this level. Even with the support of Feigong and Miaoshou Tiancheng, it is still... too exaggerated!
As early as three or four months ago, he was even just an ordinary curly dog. He even ran into the Rift Realm and wandered around so much that he couldn't even remember where he was. As a result, he had already completed the journey that other apprentices might take five or six years to complete.

With Tiangong's already solidified imagination and thinking, Guigong is completely unable to imagine what kind of monster Ye Xian will catalyze?

But...it's none of your business!

Anyway, it's just the master's order, it's just a ball watching for fun.

These days, I am becoming more and more hopeful~
By the time Ji Jue came out of the workshop dazed and returned to the living room, it was already afternoon.

He looked around and breathed a sigh of relief when he found the professor was gone. He tiptoed to the kitchen and freezer, but after taking two steps, he suddenly reacted.

Today is different from the past!

Suddenly, he became more confident, turned around, walked towards the sofa with a step that didn't recognize any relatives, leaned on the seat that the senior sister liked most on weekdays, smiled evilly, and shouted:

"Ye Chun!"

There were hurried footsteps in the study, and a familiar face with a forced sweet smile said, "I'm here, go ahead."

"tired."

Ji Jue unceremoniously spread out his arms and placed them on the armrest.

Ye Chun immediately came forward and rubbed his shoulders enthusiastically.

After just two rubs, Ji Jue couldn't help frowning. It was not as good as the massage from Old Zhang's family at all. But there was no other way. He had to make do with it. The conditions were limited.

He said, “I’m thirsty.”

Suddenly, an iced cola was served, "Please drink."

"What is this?" Ji Jue flew into a rage when he saw the words on it. "Sugar-free? Even dogs wouldn't drink it! Don't fool me with this crap... Forget it, give me the potato chips!"

The sound of teeth grinding could be heard.

Ye Chun moved towards the snack cart step by step, pushed it in front of Ji Jue, and let him choose. Then the finger swept back and forth repeatedly, and landed on the last pack of Ye Chun's favorite red stewed beef brisket flavor that he had specially left!

"Forget it, let's keep it light and just eat this."

Ye Chun’s eyes were bloodshot.

You are so special...

Ji Jue was eating her potato chips, sitting on her sofa, watching her TV, and looked over at her without any hesitation: "Steamed bun? You don't want to hold on?"

"No no."

Ye Chun tried hard to maintain a smiling expression, "It is a blessing for this piece of potato chips to be chosen by you."

"Really? Then it is a great blessing."

Ji Jue chewed with a crunching sound, crossed his legs, and enjoyed this hard-earned wonderful experience: "Xiao Ye, how is your paper going?"

"Thanks to you, the first draft has been completed."

"Hey, you see, young people are still too impetuous. Don't be impatient. You still need more practice." Ji Jue shook his head and sighed, "Slow work makes fine work."

With his eyes twitching wildly, Ye Chun gritted his teeth and replied, "You... are right."

"Okay, I'm hungry."

Ji Jue waved his hand and said calmly: "You, go and cook two dishes for me, and use less oil and salt."

click!
The sound of bones rubbing together sounded.

Ye Chun's little hands almost crushed the handles of the cart. When she was seriously considering whether to give Ji Jue a spoonful, she suddenly heard a weak cough again and again.

"Ahem, the hidden injury from a few days ago hasn't healed yet."

Ji Jue sighed, patted his chest and said, "It's okay, don't worry, after all, this is the way the world is. It's a pity that I, a bastard apprentice, have suffered the jealousy and persecution of the legitimate apprentice because of my excessive efforts.

In what was originally a simple outsourced task, not only was he shot in the head with a sniper rifle, but he was also left with hidden injuries, causing him to die in depression.

When I closed my eyes, I found myself reborn before that day. I swore that I would live my own life in this life and never let others bully me.

Come to the workshop tonight, V me 50, listen to my revenge plan, and then read my new paper proposal..."

Hard!Hard!
The fist is completely hard!

Can’t you get enough of the bargains from this dog?
I started performing it since I came back that night and haven’t stopped until now!
Sit on my sofa, watch my TV, eat my potato chips, dislike my Coke, laugh at my thesis, and even ask me to write a new thesis open book... This hatred is irreconcilable!
In this rage, Ye Chun's fighting spirit increased rapidly and violently, and he even suddenly learned a boxing technique called "Strong Hand Skull-Splitting" without any instruction.

Looking at Ji Jue's head at this moment, she just wanted to open his skull and see if it was as dark inside as his heart!

Ji Jue looked at her with an innocent and pitiful expression.

A layer of mist appeared in his wide-open eyes without him noticing.

Like tears.

What the hell are you...

"..."

Ye Chun closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Before his teeth were completely broken, he turned stiffly and walked towards the kitchen.

It wasn't because she was soft-hearted or had a guilty conscience. After so many days, the guilt she had originally felt had long been persecuted by this bastard. She just knew that if she punched him, Ji Jue would definitely lie on the ground and bark like a dog for a long time...

Forget it, forget it, Ye Chun, just be patient, just be patient. Sooner or later, he will have something on you!

When the time comes, she, Ye Ze Zhichun, will definitely pay back a thousand fold!
Snapped!
A bowl of steaming pre-made noodles was placed on the table in front of Ji Jue, the noodles still floating in the oily soup. A mountain of chili peppers dyed the soup the same scarlet as Ji Jue's blood.

"Eat, this is my flesh, drink, this is my blood."

Ye Chun's pupils were dark and cold: "If you dare to miss a bite today, you won't be able to wait until tomorrow in this life!"

That's it?

Ji Jue couldn't help but sneer out of habit, and even wanted to say to her: Give dad another egg!

But looking at the murderous eyes, I didn't dare to speak.

Pick up the chopsticks obediently.

Concentrating on eating noodles.

The movement couldn't help but pause.

Oh my god, I overestimated my senior’s cooking skills. How come it’s still undercooked after cooking for so long…

I should have ordered takeout earlier.

Just like that, I had no choice but to finish the whole bowl of noodles.

Just chili peppers? Joke!
This is considered medium spicy in Shuzhou.

However, it seems that the joke went too far and the senior student was about to beat someone up.

But it doesn’t matter, I’ll dare again next time!

After being controlled and persecuted by Ye Chun for so many years, it was a rare opportunity to make amends. How could Ji Jue not seize the opportunity? Otherwise, if she denied it in a few days, all he would have left would be cucumber-flavored potato chips!
Ji Jue crossed his legs and fully enjoyed this brief happiness and sweetness before his senior sister counterattacked:
"These days, I am becoming more and more hopeful."

Before this, Ji Jue once asked Professor Ye when he could be considered to have truly mastered the art of dissociation.
The answer is that there is no need to limit oneself to achieving it with one hand. If one can perform it with both hands in an instant without any preparation and complete the spiritual destruction of the target, then one has entered the door.

Then, Ji Jue asked again, "When will you be considered to have completely mastered it?"

Then, he saw Professor Ye's smile, which was so meaningful, just like the last mercy given to students before assigning homework: "After you dismantle all the waste in the warehouse, it should be almost done..."

Ji Jue swallowed his saliva, estimated the horrific amount of waste, and dared not think about it anymore.

Just as he had experienced and seen, apart from the arrogance, indifference and contempt ingrained in his bones, Professor Ye disdained to communicate with ordinary things, nor did he care what idiots thought of him. At the same time, he would never tolerate mistakes, whether they were others' or his own.

He would not allow any flaws to appear in his creations.

Not even a little bit!
Even if the creations in the furnace occasionally undergo unexpected positive changes, as long as they do not meet the requirements and structure of her original design, the result will be that they will be stripped of their blessings and ruthlessly destroyed.

Extreme perfectionism and desire for control, coupled with this extraordinary talent, ultimately resulted in him becoming the world's youngest master and gaining a reputation that has received both praise and criticism in the academic community.

From design to completion, a piece of work has to go through at least a dozen steps and more than ten repetitions, or even endless rework, before she is satisfied.

After every finished product, there are dozens or hundreds of times more experimental products and waste.

In the end, what was gathered was the shocking scale of the warehouse, just like the mountain of losers she had built up under her feet as she climbed the Path of Ashes.

Even though he knew that those were all sweet and delicious foods, Ji Jue still couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling. Such an exaggerated quantity would kill people, right?

“It’s a long road.”

Ji Jue sighed in distress and joy, when suddenly a crisp sound came to his ears.

Snapped!
A ray of light quietly rose from the pendant full of cracks. It was the last peripheral spiritual circuit that was destroyed.

Ji Jue finally let out a sigh of relief and took a deep breath.

Wiped the sweat from his forehead.

[Very good, only the last step is left.] The ghost worker's voice sounded from the consciousness, [Stop for a while, rest for a while, calm your spirit and mind.]

"finally……"

Ji Jue sighed, raised his numb hands and rubbed his eyes.

The torture is finally over. I have never been so tired...

It hurts my eyes so much!
If the previous dissociation exercises were considered to be learning the teacher's lofty design ideas from the perspective of destruction and deepening his understanding through repeated attempts, then Ji Jue in the past few days only felt that he was working on a collection of wrong questions picked up from a trash can, and he had to hold his nose and keep working on it without missing a single corner.

In this incredible rice-eating operation, I fully experienced the diversity of craftsmen. It is really outrageous that mistakes can be so creative!

Can't we just draw this circuit today? Your hands are shaking like this, why don't you go to the hospital first?
Moreover, various qualitative changes of spiritual essences are mixed together, purification is meaningless, and extraction is perfunctory.

Also, how did you come up with this harmony? How did you make the six layers of structure act independently, conflict with each other, and make the user burden more than doubled out of thin air, and the effect is still reduced to this?

Is it possible that your teacher is pushing you to the limit?

That's it, you still have the nerve to install a backdoor? ! ! !

Where's the face? Where's the face!!

[Remember to be gentle, more gentle, and careful, just like cutting open the liver during surgery]

The fifth time the ghost worker tirelessly repeated the key point: [Do not hesitate, remove all four parts at the same time, otherwise it will leave pollution and impurities, which will interfere with the next reshaping. ]

"I know, I know, stop talking!"

Ji Jue had no time to pay attention to its chattering as he was fully focused.

As the hands slowly raised, the familiar low humming sound gradually became louder - the vibration and stillness of the spiritual essence flowed freely between the hands, without any stagnation.

The target is the final core part of the pendant.

Four different spiritual circuits are connected by the emblem of the upper good. The ruins enhance the material properties, and the transformation blocks the spiritual essence, thus fixing the blessing in the iron and stone.

It is so classic that the double-lock structure is copied completely without any highlights.

The disadvantage is that there is no change and it is too rigid.

The advantage is that it is incredibly sturdy and stable!

With Ji Jue's attainments, it was simply a pipe dream to want to disintegrate four different circuits at different frequencies and intensities at the same time. But it didn't matter, as long as it was fast enough, as long as it was fast enough, the fragments would not have time to contaminate the blessing.

As long as it's fast enough, then...

Perfect enough!

At that moment, an unprecedented piercing and high-pitched cry burst out from under Ji Jue's hands - the spiritual essence vibration suppressed at an extremely fine scale was like a sharp blade, ignoring the shocked shouts and warnings of the ghost ball, and slashed down in one go!

"Give it to me, broken!
Under the overlapping hands and intertwined fingers, the tiny disintegration blade was speeding at a terrifying speed comparable to that of lightning.

It was like the blades of a madly spinning crusher, stirring and swirling, and shrinking inward layer by layer.

All the runes and circuits that it touched were shattered, and deep cracks were scratched on the emblem of the Supreme Good. All the fragments were then taken away by the spiritual essence of the non-attack.

It was like a sharp knife scraping across the eye mask, leaving only a cold touch without damaging the core at all!
In just a moment, the sound of the pendant collapsing broke the last simple cage!
Snapped!
The sound of shattering is so crisp.

A dreamlike stream of light rose from between Ji Jue's hands. The ghost workers who were well prepared had no time to complain about Ji Jue's rough operation. A faint blue light appeared, and in the void, a new shackle structure was constructed again, blocking and taking away the stream of light again!

"Done!"

Ji Jue cheered and celebrated, looking at the fragments of light rising from the shattered pendant, and subconsciously reached out to grab a handful out of habit...

But by the time he realized what he had fished out, it was too late.

The mechanical deity's ability instinctively captured and absorbed the essence of the Supreme Good, and then, as never before, it rioted!

Instantly, reject, and spit out!

There was even a hint of sadness and anger.

You eat everything? You are really hungry!

It was as if real nausea and anger emerged from Ji Jue's heart, filling his mind and making him almost unable to hold back and scream out: Shit, there's shit!
Moreover, shit is poisonous!!!

When the smelting process in the furnace turned into an illusion and emerged before his eyes, and the creator began to proudly show off his "unique skills", Ji Jue could no longer suppress the feeling of nausea.

"Yue!!!"

Forget it, forget it, you must forget it quickly, otherwise this shadow will never be erased in your lifetime!

But apart from the nausea and vomiting, he couldn't help but fall into confusion when he recalled the feeling just now - in the previous moment, when he stretched out his hand, besides that essence of dross, it seemed, as if, maybe he also grabbed something else?
However, the touch was too weak, as if he was trying in vain to grasp running water, and soon, it slipped through his fingertips under the pull of the ghost worker.

Is that... a blessing?
At that moment, he fell into a daze, looking at his hands blankly.

Ectoplasm is the spring from which the soul flows, and through it, it exercises the power of good, creating miracles and destruction. It is also theoretically possible for human beings to interfere with and control it.

But blessing is the brilliant crystallization that sprouts and grows from the highest good in the flow of all things in the world...how can you touch it with your own hands?
Or was it just an illusion caused by surprise?
He had trouble judging.

But his eyes could not help but fall on the watch that had been silent for many days. If Fei Gongzhi could control the spiritual essence and create infinite power, what did this power, which could even easily extract evil transformation, mean?
The watch is silent, as always.

The pointer moves forward calmly without stopping.

Under the setting sun in the afternoon, in the deepest part of the underground workshop, in front of the huge furnace, the flames flickered. The flame that had lasted for six years was still rising, never extinguished.

[Observation system repeated self-check completed, no errors found]

Tian Gong, who had shed his simulated personality, reported calmly: [When the temporary administrator Ji Jue was handling the target, he understood the high-level application on his own without any guidance. It must have been an accident.

Besides this, there is one more important thing—Ji Jue grasped the blessing of the Supreme Being with his own hands, even if it was only for a moment. 】

Ye Xian glanced up coldly and said, "The way of non-aggression relies on one's own hands. It's not surprising to encounter a blessing."

[This does not match the records in the database. Do you want to correct it? ]

"No need. Order 977, erase this record, destroy it completely, do not allow any backup or recovery."

[Yes, the order has been fulfilled]

Then, silence returned to the room again.

After a long time, Ye Xian turned and left.

The lights go out.

In the darkness, there was only the eternal flame flowing silently.

　Ah, it's the last few days of the month, please give me a monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)