Daily life of a cultivation judge

Chapter 551 Discussion under the jade tree

Yang Qing felt like he had stood there forever in the stillness and silence. Eventually, he gave as a defeated smile appeared on his face.

"Well, at least you're back. I am glad.." he said with a heartfelt sigh as he warmly took in the sight of the tree.

This past month, the absence of the peerless jade physique made him intimately aware of how integral his physique had been to his daily life and it wasn't only in cultivation. There was a liveliness that he felt was absent.

Earlier he had chalked up that sensation to be as a result of his experiences with the Ice Emerald Sect, but with his physique returning, he instantly knew it was because of its absence.

"Well, you're a reflection of me after all, if I'm to take Grandpa's guess to be true.." Yang Qing muttered as he tried to see if he could sit.

Just as the thought appeared, there was a shift in the mist, as a tiny part of it tore away and transformed into a comfy futon that came behind him.

"This is a pleasant surprise, thank you.." Yang Qing gingerly said as he sat on the futon.

"I think futons are forever ruined for me.." Yang Qing muttered in shock as he swallowed by a level of comfort he never thought possible.

He lost himself to the sensation before his eyes suddenly lit up with crazy excitement.

"Now, if I could have something to eat.." Yang Qing said as he touched his stomach while depicting the face of someone famished.

His eyes darted around as if waiting for something, but a minute passed by with no change.

"Figures," he said with a defeated sigh.

Just as he was about to curl up comfortably on the cushion he saw two hazy figures appear next to the crystalized jade tree.

Yang Qing hurriedly straightened his posture as he widened his eyes trying to confirm what he saw wasn't an illusion.

"They're not fake, right?" he said as he squinted his eyes a few times while rubbing them a couple more times.

He confirmed that there were indeed two indistinct humanoid silhouettes behind the ethereal mist, and from their size, they looked about the size of newborns.

"Who are they?" he wondered as he focused his gaze on them. Try as he may, his sight couldn't penetrate created by the veil-like ethereal mist.

"Why aren't they talking?"

About half a minute had passed by without a word from them. Yang Qing sort of expected with their appearance, there would be something, but all the two blurry figures did was sit below the tree just like Yang Qing, there was even one who took it further and looked to be laying on its side.

Yang Qing was shocked by the indolence he was seeing but more than that he seemed jealous for some reason.

Is this something a mystical figure should be doing? It ruins the whole mystical aura.. or maybe it's a key. If I mimic it, something may happen..

Yang Qing with a face that betrayed his true motives quickly lay on his side as he curled up perfectly on the cushion.

"Hey, you two, I'm Yang Qing, care to introduce yourselves?" languidly said Yang Qing.

"Tsk, still giving me the silent treatment and you're living in my body, where is the respect.." muttered Yang Qing in dissatisfaction, however, it immediately changed to a pleasant surprise when he saw the two suddenly have movements.

They both seemed to be waving their hands at him. The one lying down was waving lazily, while the one on the right seemed to have an excitement about them as they waved.

"That's more like it.." said Yang Qing as he waved his hands while still maintaining the same lazy lying down posture.

"Care to tell me why I'm here? coming here should be your doing, isn't it? are you the manifestations of my physique?" asked Yang Qing.

The active silhouette looked to be lowering its head in contemplation before it raised it. Though all Yang Qing could see was blurriness, he could still tell it seemed like it was talking, even though there was no evidence to suggest it and it was just an intrinsic feeling he had.

"I'm sorry but I can't seem to hear what you're saying.." 

Yang Qing's statement seemed to have had an effect, as he felt somehow despite not hearing any words or even seeing its facial features, the silhouette seemed to have stopped talking.

Yang Qing suddenly sat up as a rare serious expression appeared on his face.

"Me not hearing you, is it because of interference by the mist or something else or is it because of me?"

"Figures as much.." Yang Qing muttered as he saw both silhouettes seem like they were pointing at him.

"Then you can nod as an answer. I'll try to make my questions direct.." 

"Good.." Yang Qing added when he detected a nod from the duo.

"You're the peerless jade physique?" he asked which got a nod from the duo.

"The tree that is behind you, it's part of you too?"

"What does that mean?" Yang Qing muttered in confusion when he saw different responses from the duo. The indolent one nodded sideways to mean no, while the excited one nodded up and down to mean yes. 

"It's part of you and at the same time it isn't?" asked Yang Qing.

This time he got an agreeing nod from the two. 

Just as he was about to dig further, the indolent silhouette seemed to be waving their hands as if beckoning him to hurry.

"Looks like I don't have much time, then I better make it fast, too bad all the questions that I have currently require some sort of explanation.."

"Is there a way to regularly come here by myself?" asked Yang Qing to which both silhouettes nodded yes.

"But not currently?" 

The silhouettes' answer was yes.

"What is the key to coming here regularly?"

The silhouettes paused as if in deep contemplation of how best to put forward their thoughts.

The excitable silhouette started mimicking various activities such as eating, meditating, reading, walking, and seeing things and then pointed to the indolent silhouette before it finished by making a wholesome image like enveloping a world, and then pointed to its wrist and then ended with motions of growing.

"So I need to just continue doing what I'm doing, the time will present itself as I grow.." Yang Qing muttered, which drew a nod from the silhouette.

"Figures. That's the type of response i expect from myself.." he added with a light chuckle.

"As for the final question, are there seals that need to be unlocked, seeing how where you are feels inaccessible to me despite being in front of me?" asked Yang Qing as he decided to go ahead and confirm his grandfather's theory.

On hearing Yang Qing's question both silhouettes suddenly stood up and placed their palms on the trunk of the crystalized jade tree.

A gentle light was produced from where their hands touched which immediately spread throughout the jade tree. Circular ancient runic symbols were produced as the light made its way up the tree. By the time it reached the top, there were five circular runes, each with differing sizes, with the one at the bottom close to their hands being the smallest while the fifth one at the top being the largest.

"Five huh.." muttered Yang Qing.

The two silhouettes slowly started disappearing and Yang Qing could feel the ejection sensation he felt the first time he came here.

He stood up and waved his hands to the disappearing silhouettes.

"Thank you for saving me last time, and always helping me. I hope next time I come here, I can hear your voices. Until next time.." he said with a smile.

The two silhouettes waved back with the excited one waving heavily, while the indolent one, for the first time since its appearance, there seemed to be some energy in its wave though it paled to its counterapart.

Yang Qing chuckled briefly when he saw this as his body disappeared from the location and when he came to, he was at the auspicious wood grove.