Chapter 280: There Are Very Few Things I Don't Know!
Tianyan Sect.
Qing He hummed a little tune, leisurely sitting in a rocking chair, sipping freshly squeezed spiritual fruit juice with a carefree expression.
Having spiritual stones feels absolutely wonderful!
Although he couldn't bear to drink bottle after bottle, he could have one cup after another!
That was just as satisfying~
Although his scheme of reselling elixirs had been stopped by Chu Xingchen, he had still earned quite a few spiritual stones before that was put to an end.
Most importantly, this was the first time Old Granny Bai hadn't tried to reclaim her stolen funds.
Qing He speculated that it might be because this matter involved Cui Hao.
If Old Granny Bai had forcefully taken back her spiritual stones, even without mentioning Cui Hao, Cui Hao would probably have voluntarily handed them over.
Of course, it was also possible that Old Granny Bai had suddenly had a change of heart.
But no matter what, this time he had made a killing~
Qing He's gaze drifted casually to Cui Hao, who was teaching Zhou Ping to read on the other side.
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It had been several days without any spiritual stone income, and his small treasury was running low.
Qing He sat up and asked Cui Hao:
"Do you have any good suggestions for making spiritual stones?"
Cui Hao stopped the pen in his hand and looked up at Qing He with somewhat helpless eyes.
Ever since he started teaching someone to read, he had somewhat understood why his own shijie had looked at him that way of confusion when teaching him cultivation.
That kind of gaze probably meant—do you guys actually have brains?
Cui Hao had studied under famous scholars since childhood, and of course had classmates when learning.
He had a classmate who was so memorably stupid.
The teacher would always keep him behind for extra lessons after class every time.
Getting beaten with a board and being forced to copy lines was a regular occurrence for him.
Even so, this classmate studied very hard, extremely diligently.
Back then, Cui Hao was quite idle, getting by entirely on talent. He'd listen a couple of sentences when he was in a good mood, and skipping class when he was in a bad mood was a common occurrence.
Even so, Cui Hao could firmly maintain first place in class. Every time he handed in his exam papers, the great scholar would look at him with that "how can you be such a genius" expression.
Cui Hao wouldn't comment on Zhou Ping's cultivation talent, after all, he wasn't an expert in that himself.
But in terms of talent for learning characters, Zhou Ping was at least lacking compared to that classmate of his.
How could someone's comprehension be so poor?
A character has only two meanings, a sentence only two ways of understanding at most.
How could he get so confused?
Although Cui Hao threatened to beat this outer sect brother, he had never actually said anything harsh.
Sometimes, silence was his greatest rebuke.
At this moment, hearing Qing He's words that showed he wasn't done talking, Cui Hao was even more speechless.
This flood dragon really didn't know when to quit, easily mistaking others' tolerance once as a bottom line that could be repeatedly violated. Sometimes one should know when to stop.
"I do have a suggestion, but after doing it, Qing He-daren will most likely gain the right to permanently sleep at the foot of the mountain."
Cui Hao tossed out a sentence, then his gaze turned to the innocent-eyed Zhou Ping.
He took a gentle breath and asked softly:
"Do you understand?"
Zhou Ping shook his head innocently.
"Then copy..." Cui Hao's face turned stern. "Copy including the annotations!"
Zhou Ping glanced at the few papers Cui Hao had written and asked in a small voice:
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"Copy... how many times?"
Cui Hao pushed the essence of his own notes in front of Zhou Ping:
"Copy until you even dream of forgetting the meaning of these sentences."
Zhou Ping gently rubbed his somewhat sore wrist. These past few days, he hadn't cultivated at all, but had copied books to his heart's content.
But he really couldn't deny he had no foundation at all. However, during these days, he had often seen the outstanding demeanor of cultivators, with fine examples before him, so he had no resistance to copying books.
Zhou Ping reached out and took the few papers and immediately began to copy.
Hearing that there were no more opportunities, Qing He sighed and silently took another sip of spiritual fruit juice.
There was one good thing about doing business with Cui Hao—he would tell you the bottom line and inform you of the worst-case scenario.
Very principled. Qing He quite liked that.
At least when getting beaten, he would understand why he was being beaten.
Cui Hao lightly shook his head and picked up the spiritual fruit juice beside him.
Had to say, Tianyan Sect was really quite good... for such a small amount of spiritual stones, you could get such good things.
"Cui Hao? What are you doing here?"
A somewhat cold voice sounded.
Qing He instantly jumped up from the rocking chair and rushed toward the direction of the voice.
Xie Lingyu, facing Qing He who was throwing herself into her arms, looked a little helpless but still hugged Qing He.
"Wow! You're finally done with your closed-door cultivation!" Qing He tightly hugged Xie Lingyu and said, "Qing He missed you so much."
Xie Lingyu gently patted Qing He's head, then her gaze looked around, but she didn't see Chu Xingchen's figure.
Naturally, Qing He understood who Xie Lingyu was looking for. She withdrew her longing expression and said:
"That black-hearted boy received a message from Li Yingling and rushed over. He was here a few days ago."
Xie Lingyu nodded slightly, pushed away Qing He who was still squeezing her, and looked at Cui Hao and the somewhat cautious Zhou Ping beside him.
"Congratulations, Shishu, on successfully entering the Nascent Soul realm." Cui Hao cupped his hands in congratulations, while introducing Zhou Ping beside him, "This is Zhou Ping, a new outer sect disciple taken in by Shifu, currently I'm teaching him to read."
Xie Lingyu asked: "Besides you and Chu Xingchen, has anyone else come to Tianyan Sect?"
"Of course. There's a girl named Lin Luoyu. I arranged for her to go to Hidden Sword Peak to feel the sword intent. She might even be able to find a decent spiritual sword from somewhere."
"Xiao Baiqing is in the room reading."
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Bai Xuanling walked into the courtyard from outside with a leisurely expression, her gaze sizing up Xie Lingyu from top to bottom, and she nodded in great satisfaction:
"Not arrogant or impatient, solidified your foundation before coming out of seclusion. Truly worthy of being my Bai Xuanling's disciple."
Xie Lingyu looked somewhat helpless. Was there no other place to praise herself?
Can you even brag about something like solidifying your foundation?
Bai Xuanling walked to Xie Lingyu and opened her arms:
"In light of your excellent performance, your shifu rewards you with a hug."
Xie Lingyu's expression was calm as she also opened her arms and embraced Bai Xuanling.
Bai Xuanling was stunned for a moment, feeling the sensation of Xie Lingyu hugging her...
A heartfelt smile appeared on her face as she readily reached out and embraced Xie Lingyu.
But after just a moment, Xie Lingyu let go and asked somewhat curiously:
"Why did he come to Tianyan Sect?"
Bai Xuanling also let go of her hands. Faced with this question, she raised an eyebrow slightly and said with a smile:
"Who knows. Maybe he misses me."
Xie Lingyu showed a hint of helplessness, but now she was at the Nascent Soul stage, which could be considered keeping up with the mainstream level, right.
The wasted time had finally been made up for somewhat.
It's just that there were still many flaws to make up for.
Compared to that person, she was still far behind.
***
Tianyan Peak.
Tianyan Sect's leader, Lu Xuan, silently poured tea for Tianyan Sect's true disciple among true disciples—Yan Yun.
Yan Yun silently picked up the teacup and took a light sip.
Lu Xuan asked in a gentle tone:
"It's been some time since we last met. I wonder how your cultivation practice outside has been?"
"Everything is going smoothly." Yan Yun put down the teacup, her calm gaze showing a hint of confusion, "However, there is a question I'd like to ask Shifu."
Lu Xuan smiled confidently and said: "Feel free to ask. There are very few things I don't know."
Yan Yun asked with confusion:
"This time when I returned to the sect, why did some people call you 'Elixir Punishment Sect Leader'? They also mentioned it being some kind of title. What's going on?"
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