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Yang Qing's eyes flashed like he was about to grasp sothing but it kept escaping his grasp at the final mont.
His grandfather's words were like an endless storm of inspiration. Every sentence he spoke seed to contain profound wisdom that kept filling the missing pieces in Yang Qing's mind.
"Grandpa is Grandpa after all.." he thought as his awe-filled gaze fell on his grandfather who was still enthusiastically going on about the peerless jade physique.
He may be the one with the physique but his grandfather seed to have deeper insights about it than he did.
All this while he had been treating the Yin Yang jade bones as sothing separate to himself, like an external weapon instead of considering it a part of himself.
It took his current weakened state and his grandfather's insightful words for him to suddenly realize his peerless jade physique was no different from his soul.
He could feel sothing within him stir when he ca to grips with that thought and willingly accepted it. However, he couldn't capitalize much on the feeling. It was like a soft itch that ca and went.
"Must be because of my weakened state.." mused Yang Qing.
"Thank you, Grandpa.." Yang Qing suddenly said with a simple smile though was simple bore the weight of how he felt.
His grandfather paused in surprise before he laughed as he said,
"You're my grandson and we are family, there's no need for these wish-washy words.."
Though he said that, he couldn't hide how pleased and proud he was.
"The valley master said it would take two months for you to go back to normal and regain complete use of your physique.
What were your plans for those two months?" his grandfather suddenly asked as he narrowed his eyes with a serious expression.
Yang Qing paused briefly in thought before he said,
"Well other than continuing the treatnt plan I was given by the Judicial Review Committee.."
When he reached here, he realized he had not shared with his family yet about the ordeal with the Ice Erald Sect and the events after.
His family already worked for the Order, so sharing the details after the fact wasn't considered a breach of the rules, and he needed to offload it on soone, and there was no one better than his family.
In his recounting of the events he started from how he t Ma Yuan, his story with his wife and daughter and how they were kidnapped, down to the cris the Ice Erald Sect had engaged in over the years, and the lives it took, and finally the sentencing of the sect.
While he divulged the relevant parts, including his fra of mind at the ti and even currently, he did leave so parts out, like how he and the rest almost died to the red abyssal tree.
He didn't want to add to their worries, especially his mother's. He detected her presence slowly leaning on the door to the courtyard. Clearly, she knew sothing was up with Yang Qing which was why she had been hanging close.
Even with his palace sense temporarily unusable, Yang Qing still had his heightened sense as a palace sense cultivator and it was his mom. He could sense anywhere almost instinctively with or without a cultivation base.
Her presence was part of the reason he decided to go ahead and divulge what had happened, and the redial asure and advice the Judicial Review Committee had given him.
"You're sure you don't want to join the dical Valley, Qing'er?" asked his grandfather.
"You can join the Institute too as an instructor or researcher if you like.." his father added.
"Or the alchemy division, or the formation hall too.." added his brother.
"I won't deny that switching departnts had crossed my mind especially before I started the treatnt.
I had given it so serious thought, but I don't know I feel like I am where I should be. When I graduated, I beca a judge because the pay seed better, I would be safe within the walls of the headquarters, and I was also under the illusion that the work would not be a lot.
Had I known it would be a never-ending storm, maybe I would have chosen a different route. But after doing this for quite so ti, without even noticing, it seems to have grown on .
Even if I were to switch departnts, it can't be because of fear of what might happen next, otherwise, that shadow may follow for the rest of my life. I can't do that.." said Yang Qing.
"But I am okay, well I am slowly getting there thanks to the support given to by the seniors at the Order. Also being at the auspicious grove has really helped a lot.." said Yang Qing as his eyes secretly darted to the shadowy silhouette at the back of the door.
He could feel his mom's body tighten. The rest of his family mbers had noticed her presence too, so they didn't delve much into the topic, and just offered their help should Yang Qing at any point in ti need it.
In typical fashion, the three Yang mbers, this is; his grandfather, brother, and father, had a quick change in tune when they asked Yang Qing to bring back so of the water from the brook of clarity if he could, so they could use it in their various experints, especially when they heard from Yang Qing about its wondrous properties.
Yang Qing could only helplessly acquiesce to their shaless begging before he continued where he had left off on his grandfather's question.
"After that, I will follow the valley master's guidance and continue my treatnts at the Valley to try and deepen my understanding of the Universal Duality cultivation art.." said Yang Qing.
"But from the way you asked, I take it you have another idea in mind, Grandpa?" he added.
He knew his grandfather well. The fact that he asked that question ant that he had so idea in mind and he only asked that question to try and see if Yang Qing had the sa plans.
"Well, it's not sothing out of the way. What I had in mind happens to align with Valley master Fan Ru's advice sowhat, on you practicing the various techniques and spells, to try and improve your understanding of them without the boosted effects brought on by your physique.
However, different from her, I want you to internalize and note the difference in every technique and spell you do.
Note down the subtle differences you experience now, from when you did them when your physique was operating normally.
I would advise that you don't just concentrate on the healing techniques alone, but on every technique you have mastery over..."
"You want to use that as a reference point to try and discover the nature and properties of my physique that I may have missed?" asked Yang Qing slowly following his grandfather's train of thought and intention.
"Mmh, that's right. So techniques may not be affected, while others may be affected greatly, which will help you know more.
Be as detailed and thorough as possible on the differences just like I taught you. You can seek your father's help on that. He may be a coward, and too willful but he has always been ticulous with the minute stuff.." Yang Fen said which drew a surprised look from Yang Qing's father, who didn't expect the complint, though it was still laced with vitriol.
Over the years, the only complint he ever got, was marrying Yang Qing's mother, and having Yang Qing and his brother. Other than that all he got was threats, criticism, and guilt trips on his lack of filial piety.
Yang Qing nodded before he suddenly rembered sothing,
"Oh and Grandpa, the day you told about the peerless jade physique, I saw sothing..."
Yang Qing went on to describe the process by which he discovered the ethereal jade tree lying deep within his palace realm.
"A tree huh.." muttered his grandfather as a strange look appeared in his eyes.
"What?" asked Yang Qing when he noticed his grandfather's look.
His grandfather suddenly coughed like he was trying to conceal sothing before he answered,
"Nothing.."
Did he see a tree because I made the comnt about him being nothing more than a glorified tree? Did I curse him?
No, there is nothing wrong with being a tree. Trees are strong, resilient, adaptive, have long lives, and have wondrous abilities that are not only beneficial to themself but to others also.
My grandson being a tree is a blessing for him and the Yang family. Yes, being a tree is a blessing.
I hope he doesn't rember what I said that day..."
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