With the ointment, Shen Qingmang recovered quickly. In the new week, she went to class in high spirits, with more than 30 papers in her sleeves.
Teacher Shen said that learning is impossible without assessment, and monthly exams and midterm and final exams should be introduced into the Taichu School, so that everyone can learn through consolidation and make progress through competition!
She had told her disciples in advance that they would have an exam today, so many of them came to the classroom early and reviewed the history book she had compiled earlier at their seats.
In order not to put too much pressure on them, Shen Qingmang waited until almost class time before entering the classroom and found that there were a few fewer people in the classroom.
"The exam is coming soon. Did they get up late?" she asked Qian Meng, the student affairs committee member.
Qian Meng shook her head. "I saw a few of them while I was eating in the dining hall. When I left, Ah Niu said he'd eat a few more bites and then come back to memorize his lessons. I don't know why he hasn't returned yet."
Shen Qingmang felt a little suspicious. Vice-class monitor Lin Wei wasn't here either. He was always an early bird, and he took this exam very seriously. He'd asked her a lot about it last week, so it didn't make sense that he wasn't rushing around today. Could he be afraid of the exam and not dare to come?
"You guys review first, I'll go to the dining hall to check. Sui Han, come with me."
"Okay." Gu Sui Han stood up immediately.
"Master, master, I'm going too!" Si Rong also followed.
Hao Xin looked left and right and left his seat.
"This isn't something to join in the fun... Never mind, let's go together."
What if those kids really don't dare to come because they are nervous about the exams? As a teacher, she can't ease their emotions, but her apprentices should be able to.
Before she entered the dining hall, she heard the sound of arguing.
"You can't even resist such a simple technique, and you still dare to call yourself the disciple of Master Qiongju?"
"Teacher...Teacher hasn't taught us the magic yet..."
"I don't think she intends to teach you at all. An outer sect should behave like an outer sect. Do you really think you are such a genius?"
Shen Qingmang frowned and pushed the door open. When he saw the scene inside, his temples began to throb and he felt his blood pressure rise instantly.
Ah Niu collapsed on the ground, his legs frozen. Lin Wei anxiously used her hands to warm the ice, trying to thaw it. A young man, who looked to be about sixteen or seventeen, stood before them. Only when their eyes met did his smug expression fade and he became a little flustered.
"Qiong...Master Qiongju?"
"Did you touch my apprentice?" Shen Qingmang stretched out his hand to stop Hao Xin who was about to rush in, his tone sounding very calm.
The boy held onto the table behind him with both hands and forced a fake smile. "Master, this is all a misunderstanding. I didn't expect him to really be..."
Before he could finish his words, he could no longer make any sound. Shen Qingmang withdrew his hand, shifted his gaze away from the young man who had been quickly frozen into an ice sculpture by him, and went to check on Aniu's condition.
"Lin Wei, please move aside."
She reached out and touched Ah Niu's frozen legs. Soon the ice melted into water, soaking his pants. Shen Qingmang summoned fire spirit energy to help dry them.
Then she stood up and looked at Lin Wei. "What happened just now? Why did you two get into an argument?"
Lin Wei immediately spoke up, "This... Senior Brother came to the dining hall for dinner today. He didn't like the stir-fried mushrooms and asked them to redo them. Since we were sitting next to him, he thought we were the cooks and ordered Ah Niu to do it again. Ah Niu identified himself and explained that he had an exam and didn't have time to help him. This Senior Brother flew into a rage, and not only did he use some... indecent language, he even attacked Ah Niu."
Shen Qingmang came to the front of the ice sculpture. The only thing that could move was the eyeballs of the other party, so he opened his eyes wide and stared at her intently.
"The canteen isn't just for you. If you don't like the food, you can cook it yourself. Who taught you to be this way, ordering others around and speaking rudely?"
After saying that, she tilted her head and asked Aniu: "How long has he been freezing you?"
"Not... not long." Ah Niu shook his legs and stood up. "Less than half a minute."
"Okay, then I'll let you go in half a minute. I hope you remember this lesson." She knocked on the ice sculpture and sat down at the dining table next to her.
Si Rong was curious and asked quietly, "Master, what kind of magic is this? I want to learn it too!"
Shen Qingmang was about to answer her when Lin Wei squatted in front of her and lowered his voice, saying, "Master, two people just ran away from the side. They came with this senior brother. They might have gone to inform him."
Shen Qingmang didn't take it seriously. "It's okay. I'm just disciplining the disciples on behalf of my senior brothers and sisters."
This young man, wearing the inner sect disciple's white lotus-patterned Taoist robe, must be a new disciple of one of the senior brothers and sisters at Wuya Peak, and thus her nephew. If the kid from the next class is making trouble in your class, wouldn't it be normal for the homeroom teacher to intervene?
"So I still have to accept Junior Sister's favor?" A man wearing a dark blue cloud-patterned Taoist robe with thick eyebrows and big eyes walked in. Shen Qingmang felt that he looked a little familiar. After looking at him for a few times, she remembered that this was the senior brother who had been sarcastic to her at the disciple-recruiting meeting.
"Brother, you don't need to thank me." She smiled slightly. "Since you are here, please discipline me personally."
The man raised his hand and released the magic from the ice-sculptured boy. The boy immediately hid behind him, aggrieved. "Master!"
"Peak Master's methods are ruthless, but I still have to ask, my disciple has always been well-behaved. I wonder what mistake I made to anger you?"
"Master, you are very perceptive! I was just teaching a disciple of the outer sect a lesson. Who knew he was actually a disciple of Qiongju Zhenren? How can the outer sect have a master-disciple relationship?"
"Whether he is my apprentice or not, you should not use magic to hurt others." Shen Qingmang said.
"Junior Sister." The man changed his address again and said with a smile, "I know you have lofty ambitions, but it's more important to keep your feet on the ground. Taking on three disciples already requires a lot of effort and teaching, and you've taken on so many at once, it's inevitable that you'll be overwhelmed. I heard that you haven't taught them any magic in the past month, which is good. Outer disciples don't need to learn these things. It's fine for you to enjoy it, but the right thing to do is to quickly get them to do what they should do."
"What does Master think they should do?"
"Outer disciples, washing clothes, cooking, and cleaning the house are what they should do."
"They are my disciples, not slaves." Shen Qingmang paused, then added, "But Senior Brother did remind me that Qiongju has the honor of being the Peak Master, but he hasn't achieved any real results since taking office. It would be better to start by reforming the outer sect."
"Master Qiongju, Huaining dares to say that you really don't need to worry too much about these outer disciples. They are just useless pieces of mud that can't be helped." The young man poked his head out from behind the man and said.
Shen Qingmang looked at him and sneered, "Do you believe that all these scum you're talking about will be able to surpass you in the future?"
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