Shen Qingmang found that because she had absorbed a lot of spiritual power during this period, she condensed into a mist-like entity, but just writing made her feel tired. She turned into a ball of light and curled up in Gu Suihan's Yuzhu pen holder to sleep.
The next morning, when Gu Suihan got up, he found the dried ink on the desk. He rubbed his eyes, quickly squatted down to look through the books, opened one, compared it carefully, and said in surprise, "It's Master's handwriting!"
Shen Qingmang woke up with a start when he heard this, floated out of the pen holder and glanced at the book.
It turned out he had the secret manual Qiongju had given them. Her handwriting was indeed almost identical to her own, but this was the result of Shen Qingmang's special training. When she first became Qiongju, she was worried that others would notice her difference, so she searched through many of Qiongju's notes and imitated her handwriting. Later, she got so used to writing in her style that she forgot her own handwriting.
She felt a little melancholy, but seeing Gu Suihan's eyes shining, she felt relieved.
It seems that she will not be seen by anyone now, so let him think that this was indeed written by Qiong Ju. Compared with the mutual companionship of Hao Xin and Si Rong, Gu Sui Han is the fragile and poor little thing who no one cares about. I hope that this attention from the master can bring him some comfort.
"Encouraging Learning" really worked. Gu Sui Han began to practice diligently and soon successfully established a foundation.
On the day of his successful foundation building, he excitedly ran to the Linyuan Hall to report on the situation. Shen Qingmang then discovered that Qiongju had moved to the Linyuan Hall, and that a spiritual barrier was flowing outside the Linyuan Hall, blocking out all external sounds. Half indignant at Qiongju's irresponsible attitude, half heartbroken for Gu Suihan, he floated out from behind him and rushed towards the spiritual barrier, trying to tear a crack in it.
She thought it would be easy. After all, she and Qiongju had shared a body before, so there was no rejection reaction, and she was familiar with the composition of the spiritual power in her body.
However, when she reached out and successfully touched the barrier, she instantly felt a severe burning sensation. She quickly retracted her hand and screamed in pain.
But at the same time, she noticed a brief hole in the barrier, which closed again as she retracted her hand.
It turns out that she can still influence Qiongju!
She blew on her fingers, gritted her teeth, stretched out her hands again, and made a tearing motion. The holes became bigger and bigger, and the light on her body became dimmer and dimmer.
"Disciple will definitely continue to practice well and live up to Master's expectations!" Gu Sui Han finally finished his last sentence and kowtowed respectfully.
"Yeah." Qiongju replied lightly: "Not bad."
Gu Suihan showed a surprised smile. Shen Qingmang could not hold on any longer and let go of her hand. The pain made her twitch into a ball. The last bit of her remaining consciousness drove her to grab the robe of the eldest disciple, but was caught in his sleeve by his movements.
When she woke up again, she found that time had turned from summer to spring. She didn't know how many years had passed. She peeked out from Gu Suihan's sleeve and found Hao Xin and Si Rong there. Qiong Ju stood in front of the three of them, examining their progress in cultivation one by one, and finally made her assessment: "Gu Suihan is the best, Hao Xin is second, and Si Rong is the worst."
Gu Sui Han smiled reservedly, Hao Xin looked at his eldest brother with a hint of resentment between his brows, and Si Rong lowered his head dejectedly.
Qiong Ju continued, "Si Rong, you should know why I accepted you as my disciple. I heard that you spend all day either raising pets or tending to flowers and plants, and are extremely lazy in your cultivation. If you continue like this, you might as well return to your father and fulfill your filial duties."
Si Rong whispered, "The exercises written by Master are too difficult. I can't comprehend them fully, so I have to do some idle things to pass the time."
Hao Xin also spoke up for her: "It's not that Junior Sister isn't diligent, it's just that her comprehension isn't strong enough. There are some things I can teach her, but there are others I can't explain clearly. Could Master give her some pointers?"
"What's wrong?" Qiongju walked up to Si Rong.
Si Rong nervously took out the secret manual and pointed at a few places. Qiong Ju demonstrated it to her directly. She watched intently with wide eyes, but still couldn't figure it out.
Qiongju slowed down her speech and explained to her, but Si Rong still couldn't understand. Shen Qingmang looked very anxious.
Qiongju's teaching method is totally wrong. If we compare the exercises to a math problem, Si Rong is still at the stage of learning to solve a linear equation, but she directly tells her to use logarithmic functions to solve it. Isn't this asking too much?
Seeing that Si Rong still didn't understand, Qiong Ju lost her patience and said coldly, "Do you think you're an ignorant child just learning to speak? Do you want me to chew it up and feed it to you? Cultivation requires the preparation for walking alone. You can only rely on yourself and can't count on others. You need someone to teach you everything. Are you cultivating immortality or am I helping you cultivate immortality?"
Si Rong burst into tears of grievance. Shen Qingmang circled around her and reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but he couldn't reach anything.
She remembered that after this incident, Qiongju lost interest in teaching and was even unwilling to test his apprentices, leaving them to fend for themselves.
As expected, Si Rong was devastated and lost confidence in her cultivation. Hao Xin promised to protect her and she diligently cultivated, but when she encountered bottlenecks, she could only rely on brute force to break through, and her spiritual realm was extremely unstable. Only Gu Suihan made rapid progress. He would report to the outside of Linyuan Hall every time he advanced, but he could no longer wait for Qiongju's response, and gradually lost motivation to practice.
Shen Qingmang found that even if she tried her best, she couldn't tear the spiritual barrier. She guessed that Qiongju had strengthened the barrier because of the previous accident. At this time, she remembered the previous "Encouragement to Study".
Since Qiongju is unwilling to take on the responsibility of a teacher, then she will do it.
She would leave words of encouragement on Gu Sui Han's desk from time to time, protect Hao Xin when he was practicing, make noises to wake him up when she found signs of him going astray, and sneak into Si Rong's study to modify the instructions in the secret book and break down the skills in more detail.
But her help to Hao Xin and Si Rong was minimal. While she could repair some of the cracks in Hao Xin's spiritual palace, she couldn't help Hao Xin change the discrimination he faced at Wuya Peak. The cracks widened far faster than she could repair them. And Si Rong simply indulged himself in pleasure, not even glancing at the secret manual, completely unaware of the changes in the content.
Only Gu Suihan would copy down her handwriting every time, treasure it, and continue to practice diligently. Shen Qingmang discovered that his cultivation progress was even faster than when she became Qiongju, and his health was also very good, unlike the often sickly person she had seen, and she was very puzzled.
Is it possible that self-study is the best fit for Gu Suihan? Or has his body undergone some changes since his rebirth?
The days flew by as she worked as a paperhanger. Thirty years later, the Taichu Sect held a grand sect competition. Hao Xin was determined to perform, but Gu Suihan was approached by the sect leader, Yun Xuzhou, on the eve of the competition.
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