In the pouring rain, Shen Qingmang, who had ended her three-year teaching life, boarded a bus to the city and waved goodbye to the more than 30 children whom she had poured all her efforts into and gave up the opportunity to continue her studies in school.
In three years, the children grew from being ignorant and eccentric to mature and steady, and even achieved the best results since the establishment of this middle school. However, when they left, they still cried heart-wrenchingly and ran after the car in the rain.
Only when the car reached the winding mountain road did the children disappear from Shen Qingmang's sight. She wiped the tears from her face and took out a tissue to wipe her glasses.
When she put her glasses back on, she suddenly noticed that the front window of the bus had also become mottled.
The next second, her world spun.
"What do you think, Qiongju?"
Shen Qingmang raised his eyelids with great effort, and then opened his eyes wide in surprise.
At this moment, she was sitting on a stand in the valley. A man in green clothes across from her said, "Master Qiongju seems to be quite dissatisfied with the idea of accepting a disciple. In my opinion, it would be best if the Sect Master did not force her."
After hearing the name "Qiong Ju" twice, Shen Qingmang suddenly had an absurd idea in his mind.
Why does this scene resemble the novel she complained about before, "The Second Senior Sister Was Captured by the Younger Junior Brother"?
Isn’t Master Qiongju the cannon fodder master whom she scolded the most harshly?
"The Second Senior Sister Was Abducted by the Younger Junior Brother" is a fairy tale. The male and female protagonists are both disciples of the Taichu Sect. Their common master is Master Qiongju, a genius cultivator and a useless teacher.
Shen Qingmang saw Qiongju as akin to those novice teachers she'd encountered who graduated from prestigious universities but couldn't teach. They possessed a wealth of knowledge, yet couldn't express it. Worse still, she was aloof and inept at socializing. In the world of immortal cultivation, accepting a disciple meant not only teaching but also taking care of every aspect of the student's life. Qiongju's indifference to her students led to their development as a student.
In the end, she was imprisoned by her evil apprentice and sacrificed her life because of his fault. Shen Qingmang had been complaining about her throughout the reading process until he read the plot of her sacrifice, when he began to have some respect for her.
Perhaps the only lesson Qiongju, the teacher, taught her students was to use her own death to teach them the weight of "responsibility." She felt sorry for Qiongju's death and only wanted to advise her to cultivate peacefully in the afterlife and not to accept any disciples.
But... could it be that she complained about Qiongju so much that she became obsessed with him and had to recall such a scene before she died?
In the original novel, Zhenren Qiongju has fair skin and bones, a high nose, eyebrows like distant mountains, and cold grey eyes. Shen Qingmang looked left and right, and felt that this one was not white enough, that one was not cold enough, and none of them looked like the most beautiful woman in Taichu Sect.
And everyone's eyes seemed to be locked on her.
She blinked and asked tentatively, "Who is the Qiongju Master you are talking about..."
The blue-dressed woman sitting next to her laughed and said, "Junior Sister, you've been given a Taoist name for so long, why can't you get used to it? Could it be that after two hundred years of seclusion, you've forgotten everything?"
The man in red at the top had a kind look. "Qingmang, you should get more exposure to the world. Accepting a disciple is a good opportunity."
Shen Qingmang retorted without hesitation: "How can you accept a disciple for your own selfish reasons? Teaching is a noble profession. Teachers must be responsible for every student, otherwise they should not harm children."
Why aren't any of these people reliable? The world of immortal cultivation should introduce a teacher qualification exam system! At least you have to pass the exam before you can take up the job!
Hey, wait, did he just call her Qingmang?
Shen Qingmang looked at the man in red in confusion and found that his eyes had become more loving.
"Very good, Qingmang, it seems that you have become a mature master."
Shen Qingmang couldn't help but pinch the palm of his hand.
Hiss, it hurts!
So this wasn't just a revolving door of life, or a pre-death obsession? Did she really transmigrate into a book? And become the character she once hated the most? And the other person had the same name as her?
She didn't care about other people's reactions and summoned frantically in her mind.
System? Space? Could anyone explain why she was transported into this book? Was she supposed to complete some mysterious mission? Was she supposed to follow the original owner's path? She'd rather die again.
However, if she could change the plot, she would be very willing to do it. When she was reading the book, she said more than once, "Let me do it," wanting to discipline the children for Qiongju.
No voice in her head responded to her. She frowned slightly and said, "System? Is it there?"
No one understood what she was saying, and she wasn't punished for using words that didn't belong in this world. The woman in blue asked in surprise, "Who is Xi Tong? Is there anyone in the audience calling him that name?"
The red-dressed man said enthusiastically, "Let the outer disciples ask. It turns out that Qing Mang already has a candidate in mind."
The outer disciple in charge of the process immediately went to inquire, but soon shook his head.
Shen Qingmang finally pulled himself out of his own world and met the concerned gaze of the man in red. This man should be the head of the Taichu Sect and Qiongju's master.
Didn't even he see that his apprentice had changed her core? Did she escape death and survive under another identity?
If this is another life given to her by God out of pity for her good deeds in her previous life, she will cherish it no matter what kind of world it is!
Qiongju Zhenren couldn't be a good teacher, but she could! Even without the constraints of story missions, she still enjoys taking in disciples. Teaching and educating people gives her a great sense of accomplishment. Many friends say that she is a natural teacher.
"Master, I will think carefully about accepting you as my disciple," Shen Qingmang said.
The headmaster immediately beamed and said, "You should know that Si Rong has always wanted to become your disciple. Although her performance isn't the best, her attitude is serious. The two little boys in front were the first to come up the mountain. They are both top-notch talents. I think it would be better for you to accept three of them. That way, Wuya Peak will be more lively."
When Shen Qingmang heard the name of the heroine, she looked down and saw dozens of children kneeling in the audience, all waiting for her choice.
If she remembered correctly, the original novel's description of the apprenticeship process seemed incredibly complex. The Taichu Sect, the largest sect of immortal cultivation, held a sixty-year apprenticeship conference, attracting hundreds of thousands of applicants each time. However, only a few hundred individuals were able to pass the three tests of heart, emotion, and path, reaching the final selection stage.
They were tired enough, and she couldn't bear to let the children continue to kneel.
"Everyone, get up. I'll take a closer look," she said.
The outer disciples conveyed her words, and the children stood up one by one, but their postures were still a little stiff.
Shen Qingmang tried hard to concentrate and observe.
Which one of them is the unworthy hero who imprisoned his master? Which one is the love-brained heroine who can only whimper?
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