"Just this?"

Ji Jue couldn't help but let out his habitual cold laugh, and even wanted to say to her, "Add another egg for dad!"

But looking into those eyes full of murderous intent, he ultimately didn't dare to speak.

He obediently picked up the chopsticks.

Buried his head to eat the noodles.

His movements inadvertently paused.

Damn, he had overestimated his senior's cooking skills, after cooking for so long, how could it still be undercooked...

He should have just ordered takeout.

So, he had no choice but to finish the entire bowl of noodles.

Just some chili? What a joke!

In Shuzhou, this would at most be considered moderately spicy.

However, it seemed the joke had been taken too far, and his senior was about to lose her patience and hit someone.

But no matter, next time he would still dare!

After being oppressed and harassed by Ye Chun for so many years, how could Ji Jue not seize the rare opportunity to get even? Otherwise, in a few days when she refused to acknowledge it, all he would be left with are cucumber-flavored chips!

Ji Jue crossed his legs, fully enjoying the brief moment of joy and sweetness before his senior could strike back:

"Life, it seems, is looking up."

...

...

Previously, Ji Jue had asked Professor Ye when he would truly be considered to have entered the threshold of the Dissociation Technique.

The answer he received was that he need not be confined to performing with one hand. If he could use both hands without any preparation and instantly destroy the target's Spirituality, then that would be considered entry-level.

Immediately after, Ji Jue, unable to help his sharp tongue, asked, "Then when will it be considered completely mastered?"

Therefore, he saw Professor Ye's smile, so meaningful, just like giving students the last bit of mercy before assigning homework: "When you've dismantled all the junk in the warehouse, you should be pretty much there..."

Ji Jue swallowed hard, estimating the terrifying quantity of junk, and dared not think further.

Just as he had experienced and seen, aside from the arrogance, indifference, and disdain embedded in her bones, Professor Ye did not deign to communicate with ordinary folk, nor did she care about the opinions of fools; at the same time, she absolutely would not tolerate mistakes, whether others' or her own.

She would also never allow any flaw to appear on her creation.

Not even a tiny bit!

Occasionally, even if the creation in the furnace underwent an unexpected positive change, as long as it didn't conform to her initial design requirements and structure, the outcome would be merciless destruction, following the removal of its blessing.

Her extreme perfectionism and desire for control, coupled with her extraordinary talent, resulted in the world's youngest master and a mixed reputation in the academic world.

A single creation, from design to completion, must go through at least a dozen steps and be repeated more than ten times or endlessly reworked until she was satisfied.

After one finished product, there were dozens or even hundreds of experimental products and discarded items.

In the end, what accumulated were the terrifyingly large heaps in the warehouse. Just like the mountain of defeated creations she had stepped on while climbing the Embers Path to where she was today.

Even though Ji Jue was clear all of that was nourishing and tasty food, he couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle at such an exaggerated quantity. Wouldn't eating all of this literally kill someone?

"The road is long and winding."

Ji Jue sighed with a mix of distress and joy, when suddenly a clear sound reached his ears.

Snap!

A glimmer of light quietly rose from the pendant covered in cracks—it was the last peripheral Spiritual Circuit to be destroyed.

Ji Jue finally let out a sigh, taking a deep breath.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead.

[Good, just the final step missing,] the ghostly craftsman's voice emerged from his consciousness, [Take a break first, rest for a bit, settle your Spiritual essence and mood.]

"Finally..."

Ji Jue exhaled, his numb hands coming up to rub his eyes.

The torment was finally ending, he had never been so exhausted...

It was so harsh on the eyes!

If the previous Dissociation Technique practice could be considered learning the professor's lofty design philosophy from a destructive angle and deepening his understanding with each attempt, then in these past few days, Ji Jue felt like he was working through a collection of incorrect problems picked from a trash bin, having to forcefully proceed through it without missing a single spot.

In this outlandish rice-accompanying operation, he came to fully appreciate the diversity of craftsmanship. To err with such creativity was truly outrageous!

Are we really forced to follow this infernal circuit today? With hands trembling like this, shouldn't you visit the hospital first?

Moreover, with various types of changing Spiritual essences mixed together, Purification is like a sham, and would extraction hastily and carelessly.

Also, what's with this Harmony? How did it end up with six layers of structure each doing its own thing, conflicting and hindering one another, doubling the user's burden out of nowhere, and yet the effect is still reduced to this pathetic state?

Has your mentorship truly been this terrible?

And with this, you still have the gall to put in a backdoor?!!!

Where's your face? Where's your face!!

[Remember to be gentle, even gentler, be cautious, just like cutting into the liver during surgery,]

the ghostly craftsman repeated the key points tirelessly for the fifth time: [Don't hesitate, muster your strength and remove all four parts at once, otherwise it will leave behind contamination and impurities, interfering with the next reshaping.]

"I know, I know, stop talking!"

Ji Jue was too occupied to care about its nagging, completely focused.

In his slowly raising hands, the familiar low hum was growing louder—the vibration and stillness of Spiritual essence was flowing smoothly between his hands, without any obstruction.

The target was the final core part of the pendant.

Four different Spiritual Circuits, with the Superior Emblem as the link, the Ruins enhanced the material properties, the Ascension sealed the Spiritual essence, thereby securing the blessing within the ironstone.

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