"Ahem, anyway, our Taichu sect is a sect that values morality and righteousness, and we absolutely despise unauthorized disciples. I don't expect you all to live up to the sect's rules like my senior brother, but you should also avoid being caught in a trap." Shen Qingmang's face turned stern. "Axin, I won't pursue the private fight for now. However, you skipped class this time, violating the class rules. Do you acknowledge your mistake?"
Hao Xin was in the wrong, so he reluctantly whispered, "I know I was wrong."
"Admitting one's mistakes and being able to correct them is the greatest virtue. As inner disciples, you should set an example for the outer disciples, not serve as negative examples. You look down on the outer disciples, but look at them, is there anyone in the outer sect who has ever skipped class?"
"Master, please stop scolding me. I will accept the punishment." Hao Xin looked ready to die. "Master, please punish me."
"Can you bear any punishment?"
"able."
"Okay." Shen Qingmang raised his hand, and Si Rong immediately covered his eyes and peeked through his fingers.
The master rubbed the little disciple's head. "As punishment, you will have to write a letter of praise for each outer disciple. It must be at least fifty words long and read aloud in class next week."
Hao Xin's pupils instantly trembled, and his voice trembled. "Master, is there no other punishment? Or will you tie me up for another quarter of an hour?"
"Master, how could you bear to do that?" Shen Qingmang's voice was gentle, his expression warm. Hao Xin and Si Rong exchanged a glance, reading a similar message from each other's eyes: Never break the rules again!
When the master and his two disciples returned to the classroom, it was peaceful. Several disciples were meditating with their eyes closed on cushions, with spiritual energy lingering around them. They had already entered the state of drawing energy into their bodies.
Shen Qingmang looked at Gu Suihan in surprise. Gu Suihan quickly ran to her side, grabbed her arm, and whispered, "Master is finally back. I am incompetent and have failed to live up to your trust. The best I can teach you is how to draw Qi into your body."
"With disciples like this, what more could I ask for?" Shen Qingmang said with a look of satisfaction. "It's already impressive that you can teach them how to draw Qi into their bodies. Thank you for your hard work, Sui Han."
She continued to talk about how to practice the Hongmeng Lingchu Sutra. After a morning, half of the students in the class had learned how to draw Qi into their bodies. They were reluctant to go to the cafeteria to eat and wanted to continue practicing. Shen Qingmang personally persuaded these excited children to realize the importance of supplementing nutrition.
After persuading all the outer disciples to leave, she found that Si Rong was still sitting there with his eyes closed in meditation. His little face was flushed red, but there was no spiritual energy lingering around him.
"Arong, don't you want to eat?" she asked.
Si Rong closed her eyes and did not answer. Hao Xin, who was standing beside her, laughed and said, "Master, please leave her alone. She is imitating a toad now."
"You're the toad!" Si Rong exhaled and said angrily, "I'm drawing the energy into my body!"
"Drawing Qi into the body is not the same as holding your breath. If you know nothing about it, the spiritual energy won't be able to enter at all." Hao Xin said.
Si Rong glared at him and scrambled to his feet. "No more teasing, let's go eat. Master, do you want to join us? I'll give you Hao Xin's portion."
The temptation of delicious food was too great, and Shen Qingmang almost nodded in agreement, but he restrained himself at the last moment. "No need, you guys should eat more. The afternoon study session is very tiring."
After everyone in the classroom left, she finally relaxed, leaning against the desk, feeling the spiritual energy around her more abundant than ever before, and she smiled comfortably.
In the original novel, Qiong Ju gave his three disciples a manual on internal energy techniques, leaving them to figure it out on their own. Gu Suihan, possessing the Heart of Heaven and Earth, possessed a high level of comprehension, quickly reaching the first realm. Hao Xin, a man of the wild ways, struggled initially with his method, but he endured hardships and spent several days in contemplation, eventually mastering the art of channeling Qi into his body. Si Rong, on the other hand, was a slacker, flipping through the book when she felt like it, then tossing it aside when bored to tend to her flowers, grass, and rabbits.
This time, Si Rong's ambition was strong. Perhaps it was because so many people around her had learned to draw Qi into their bodies, which aroused the little girl's competitive spirit. Although he didn't know how long this competitive spirit would last, Shen Qingmang felt that this was a good start.
I hope everything goes well in the magic class this afternoon. She's made a lot of changes to the Wuya Sect's teaching materials, and I'm not sure if the students will understand...
Shen Qingmang took out a large thermos cup she had made from under the desk. It contained a fruit with similar effects to that of Sterculia lychnophora. She took a big sip and turned to face the blackboard to organize the writing.
At seven o'clock in the afternoon, all the disciples returned to the classroom early. Some of them began to draw Qi into their bodies as soon as they sat down. Shen Qingmang did not start the class early this time. He waited until the water clock pointed to the hour of noon before he spoke slowly, "This class will begin to study magic. I don't need to explain the five elements of spiritual energy in detail. The diagram of mutual generation and mutual restraint has been posted at the back of the classroom for a long time. I will ask someone to recite it."
As she spoke, she randomly mentioned the name of a disciple, who recited it fluently.
"Very good. Water is the first of the five elements, but I won't be discussing water in this lesson. We are now in the middle of spring. Do you know which of the five elements corresponds to spring?"
"Mu!" Several students rushed to raise their hands to answer.
"Very good. Today we will learn about the properties of wood. Why is wood spirit energy at its peak in spring? Because spring is the season when all things grow, and wood spirit energy originates from plants. So if we want to understand wood spirit energy, we must first understand plants."
"Teacher, teacher, I understand! My family is a farming family! I can tell the difference between millet and wheat!" A chubby boy with a round face raised his hand.
"Who doesn't know how to distinguish the five grains? Teacher, I know more plants than he does!"
Shen Qingmang, who couldn't tell the difference between the five grains, coughed lightly. "Yeah, everyone's very good. But what I want to talk about is not how to distinguish plant species. But how plants grow."
The little fat boy was even more excited. "Teacher, I can farm too!"
"Then do you know how to farm so that crops grow better?" Shen Qingmang asked with a smile.
"Before planting, you have to plow the land first. It's time to plow the land when the calamus grows..." The little fat boy spoke very clearly and eloquently.
Shen Qingmang interrupted him at the right time: "You mentioned the sun. Plants grow well when there is plenty of sunlight, right?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Have you ever felt that when there's plenty of sunlight, the wood spirit energy is stronger?"
"have!"
"Teacher, let me explain why the wood spirit is stronger at this time. Because when the sun is shining, green plants can absorb nutrients from the air. We call this process 'photosynthesis.'"
Shen Qingmang wrote four big words on the blackboard.
"Under the influence of light, plants absorb a gas called 'carbon dioxide' from the air, which we exhale when we breathe out, and release 'oxygen', which we need when we breathe in. Humans must have oxygen to survive. Many wood-attributed techniques have healing effects precisely because wood aura is rich in oxygen."
She deliberately wrote "oxygen" as "yangqi" to make it easier for the students to understand. Everyone listened attentively, even Gu Suihan, who had been expressionless that morning, pricked up his ears.
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