Bailu Academy.

The back mountain.

On a lush, verdant mountain peak, a thousand-year-old tree grows strong and vigorous, its leaves abundant, and on it stands a huge nest of an unknown monster.

At that moment, in the bird's nest where the bird should have been lying, lay a thin old man. He was sitting with his legs crossed, leisurely drinking his wine while humming some off-key tunes with his small eyes squinted.

"唳——!"

A large, ugly black bird perched on a nearby branch, occasionally uttering complaints against the outsider who had "usurped" its nest.

"Hey, stop making a fuss, I'm dreaming about pretty girls."

The old man waved his hand casually, and the big black bird immediately screamed, flapped its wings, and plummeted down, losing most of its feathers in a rustling sound.

Hmph...

The old man hummed contentedly, changed his position, and went to sleep.

"Damn it, this time I absolutely have to touch the girl's hand in my dream before I can wake up."

Buzz!

At this moment, the void beside them suddenly trembled slightly, and a figure dressed in white emerged from it.

The sleeping old man suddenly opened his eyes, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Who goes there?"

"The one who loves you!" ?～?( ′???` ?)[Heart emoji]

Qin Shou first politely made a heart shape with his hands, and then used both his hands and feet to do so.

Bang bang bang—

The tree trunk swayed, and the bird's nest shook.

"Chirp—! Chirp—! Chirp—!!!"

The large bird under the tree flapped its bare wings and squealed excitedly, as if applauding and cheering for that incredibly handsome human in the universe.

"Ah~, Ow~, woo~~~"

"Hero, spare my life! Stop kicking me! May I ask who you are?"

The old man was already skin and bones, and now he was curled up in the bird's nest being kicked and beaten. He looked as pitiful as could be.

It wasn't that he didn't want to fight back, but that he realized he couldn't beat them. The book said: if you can't beat them, surrender and beg for mercy, and you can fight less.

But who would have thought that this person was a beast? The more he begged for mercy, the more excited the man seemed to get into beating him.

"Damn it, the world is going to the dogs! You little sharks sneaking into other people's territory without even saying hello—don't you guys have any more knowledge of the classics than usual?"

Since begging for mercy was hopeless, he simply started cursing, and fortunately, he was quite good at it.

Bang bang bang—

However, all that responded to him was a dense barrage of small fists.

"Phew~"

Finally, three hours later, Qin Shou pulled up his pants and stretched comfortably.

"........"

The old man sensed that there was no movement, so he slowly lowered his hands from his head. Just as he was about to open his eyes to see who it was, he was punched twice in the eyes. His vision went black, and he screamed.

"Damn it, do you know you're wrong?" Qin Shou stomped on the old man's skinny buttocks and questioned him loudly.

"???" The old man covered his eyes and shook his head. "I don't know."

"Holy crap! You dare to talk back?!"

Qin Shou's eyes widened, and he immediately raised his foot and kicked the old man's buttocks repeatedly, aiming for a kick that was not very harmful but extremely humiliating.

“..........”

You son of a bitch, where did you come from, you old codger, daring to mock me like this? Do you think I'm really easy to bully?

Everyone knows that among all Confucianists, Lao Tzu is the most resilient and shameless!

"Ah~, ouch~, waaaaah~~~ sir, have mercy on me~"

"???" What a disgusting reduplicated word.

Qin Shou's kick suddenly stopped, and goosebumps rose all over his body.

"Damn, that's disgusting!"

Qin Shou, with a look of disgust, lifted his foot and wiped it on the clothes of the old man who was curled up.

"From now on, be more serious when teaching your disciples, and stop teaching them haphazardly."

Qin Shou angrily threw down a sentence and left.

He couldn't get angry at Da Mei, so he could only vent his anger on this little old man, and incidentally help him loosen up his muscles.

brush!

The old man immediately sat up, his expression becoming very serious. He looked around with his small eyes, and only after three hours did he finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"Looks like he's really gone!"

"Strange, who is this old guy? He came all this way just to beat me up??"

"This shouldn't be happening..."

"Wait, could it be that old scoundrel, the Confucian Sage, deliberately altering his aura to trick me?! Hmm... I think it's quite possible, after all, I often do this kind of thing to those younger scholars."

"Wait a minute... why did he just tell me to properly teach my apprentice? Could it be that he's insulting me because of one of my apprentices???"

"Let me think... Da Mei is the most obedient, so it's definitely not Da Mei who caused the trouble, so we can rule her out for now... The second sister is the gentlest and the most taciturn, so it can't be her either... As for the eldest sister, she appears gentle but is actually a female tyrant at heart, I think that's somewhat possible, but she's stayed at the academy for over a hundred years and hasn't come down the mountain, so we can rule her out for now... There are also several other disciples... If that's the case, then the third sister is the most suspicious... Damn it, it's definitely that expressionless third sister, that guy always has a cold face, and if he encounters someone he doesn't like, he'll grab his sword and start attacking them. Last time he even attacked a prince of a dynasty."

"Damn it! The truth is out! I'm going to kill him right now and clean house!"

The old man took off his shoes and stormed off, patting the bald bird's head a few times before leaving, muttering resentfully:

"The classics say that a slow bird must fly first. Look at you, you ugly bird, all you do is fly around aimlessly all day, scattering your feathers all over the ground. Tell me, shouldn't you be taught a lesson?"

"Chirp—chirp—"

"Damn it, that's some awful, bird-like language. You deserve a few words of sagely wisdom."

Clap clap clap!

........

On Turtle Mountain.

Qin Shou sat under the eaves, lost in thought.

He was thinking about beautiful things.

In the end, he could only sigh and let her be.

Then his gaze fell upon that lotus-themed blessed land.

To the west lie towering mountains and overlapping peaks.

At this moment, a black rabbit manifested its true form amidst the mountains, playing and moving the mountains around.

Yi Cheng, Xiao Pang, and the others sat on that moving mountain, drinking fruit wine and eating cookies, enjoying their wonderful little life.

Ever since Black Rabbit inherited the legacy of that Mountain-Moving Immortal Rabbit, it has been very enthusiastic about moving mountains. Qin Beast found it somewhat comical and funny to watch that fat rabbit, whose Dharma form was hundreds of feet tall, lifting mountains one after another while sticking out its butt and swinging its tongue with great enjoyment.

"Yi Cheng, Da Bao, you two go and protect Da Mei closely."

Qin Shou pulled Yi Cheng and Da Bao out of the Lotus Blessed Land, equipped them with gear and food, and then teleported away.

"Master, Master, I want to go to my sister's side too."

Little Fatty came running over with a "tap tap tap" sound.

"Squeak—, and there's my Uncle Rabbit too!"

Black Rabbit chirped from the side, showing off its little arms to demonstrate how strong its muscles were and how it could protect Da Mei.

Qin Shou rolled his eyes at the two of them.

"You two newbies should just stay in the Lotus Blessed Land and cultivate yourselves properly."

"Ahhh, I, the King of Koi, protest!"

"Squeak, I, Grandpa Rabbit, also protest!"

"Protest denied, no extra meal today."

"I protest again!"

"I protest too!"

"Protest ineffective, and we'll miss out on meals tomorrow too."

? ? ?

? ? ?

"Then... I withdraw my protest!"

"Squeak, I'm taking mine back too!"

"The protest was effective, but we'll miss out on a meal the day after tomorrow."

“…”

“…”

"Ah~~, Master, you're a bad person, you're bullying me."

"You are a fish."

"You're bullying a fish?!"

"Um. "

"?? I...I protest against you bullying the fish!"

"Yeah, I heard you. I'm just teasing you. If you say another word, you'll miss out on a month's worth of meals."

"I...I'm going to tell my sister and cry (?′0`?)"

"Then you two should eat less."

"...Black Rabbit, let's go play at Moving Mountains instead."

"good. "