After Shen Qingmang practiced his internal energy skills for three cycles in his spiritual palace, he felt that his realm had not improved at all. He sighed and got up to look for Li Shutong.
She walked into the villa and said as she pushed the bedroom door open, "Shutong, you said this mental method of mine...what are you looking at?"
Li Shutong had a pile of melon seed shells in his hands. When he saw her come in, he turned his eyes away from the TV and said, "Does your deskmate like you?"
Shen Qingmang grabbed the remote control and turned off the TV. Before the screen went dark, the last frozen image was the window screens of the high school classroom stained with sunlight.
"Can you please stop looking at my memories? There's no privacy at all!" she complained.
Li Shutong said confidently, "You've seen too few movies, and the books you read don't interest me. I have no entertainment options in this shabby place right now, so I can only study you."
"Then can't you just pick out movies and novels from your own memory?"
"You didn't give me permission, so you think your soul palace is mine?" Li Shutong spread his hands. "I'm like a canary you've kept, without any freedom at all."
Shen Qingmang rubbed her brows. If Li Shutong's inner demons were truly hers, it would be fine. But she was an independent person. If one person could see through another's memories and thoughts, it would be truly horrifying. She couldn't accept being seen like this.
"Is there no way to separate you from my spirit palace and turn you into an independent person?"
"Yes, if you develop the story exactly as it was originally written and turn this world back into the novel, I can regain the power of the Creator and become whatever I want."
Shen Qingmang immediately rejected it: "I've already said this path is impossible."
"Then forget it. I'm eating and sleeping well here, so I don't necessarily need to go out. Your deskmate is quite handsome. Did he confess his feelings to you later?"
"I'll give you some permissions, okay?" Shen Qingmang compromised. "Anyway, the Spiritual Mansion is a world constructed by consciousness. You can do whatever you want with your consciousness. Just don't bother me anymore."
"Teacher Shen, you are so heartless. You are going to separate from me. I still want to continue sleeping in the same bed with you." Li Shutong winked at her.
Shen Qingmang looked at her expressionlessly. The next moment, the bed in the room suddenly collapsed into pieces of wood. Li Shutong scrambled to her feet, hands raised in surrender. "I was wrong, I was wrong! Break up! Break up now!"
Shen Qingmang allocated half of the Lingfu area to Li Shutong, allowing him to gain control of this area. Li Shutong quickly built a villa that was even more luxurious than before, and said proudly: "Poverty limits your imagination. Mine is still better."
"Then you just stay in there and live well. I'm leaving."
"Hey, don't leave so quickly. I'm so suffocated. No one is talking. Didn't you want to ask me a question just now? About internal energy?"
"Well, my skills are improving very quickly, but why is my internal strength stagnating?"
After more than half a year, she had basically mastered the techniques that Qiongju had learned before, and even made some innovations on this basis. However, her internal skills remained stagnant. The name "Lingzhiqi" seemed to mock her as she was still an elementary school student receiving compulsory education.
"What's so confusing about this? What's the name of the next level of spiritual enlightenment?"
"The Seven Emotions." Shen Qingmang said without hesitation.
Li Shutong conjured up a variety of roses in his garden while saying, "Have you felt any emotion? I don't think you have much affection for the people in this world."
"What can I do? Their feelings aren't towards me. Especially An Yanxiang, who almost figured out I was a fake. Maybe they're still planning something else. How can I dare to have any more contact with them? Hey, blue roses are dyed, don't be too ridiculous."
"No, I'm in charge. I can make black roses too." Li Shutong conjured a bunch of black roses and plucked one to place in his hair. "Don't you still have your disciples? Cultivate your relationships with them. You have to be both emotionally and physically moved to reach the realm of the Seven Emotions."
"I already have feelings for them. If we talk about desire, doesn't the desire to protect them count?"
"You see a kitten or puppy caught in the rain and still have a protective urge. What's this shallow desire?" Li Shutong picked up another white rose and threw it to her. "Of course it has to be love. Love is the easiest to arouse deep passion."
"Then how could I possibly fall in love with a student?" Shen Qingmang said helplessly. "Teacher-student romance is immoral."
"What are you afraid of? Who in the Taichu sect would dare to accuse you of being immoral? They simply can't defeat you."
"It's not outsiders, it's me who can't get over it."
"Why? Because of the age difference?"
Shen Qingmang sniffed the white rose and stared at the spirals on the flower. "Excuse me, but teacher-student love is an unequal and deformed relationship. It's not love at all. Teachers, relying on their age and experience, attract their students' admiration, leading them to mistake admiration or dependence for love. This completely violates professional ethics."
"What if a student takes the initiative to like the teacher?" Li Shutong smiled meaningfully. However, Shen Qingmang was still studying the rose in his hand and didn't notice.
"Then teachers should guide students to realize that this kind of feeling is not true love at all, but just an illusion."
"Teacher Shen's words are truly righteous." Li Shutong applauded. "I'm increasingly looking forward to what's next."
"What's next?" Shen Qingmang squeezed the flower stem. "You're not trying to stir up trouble, are you? You already screwed me by not telling me that An Yanxiang likes Qiongju. What else are you hiding from me?"
Li Shutong blinked innocently. "I swear to God, I'm not hiding anything from Teacher Shen. I just want you to find sweet love soon. Maybe once your realm improves and your spirit realm begins to fluctuate, I'll be able to escape."
"You are such a bad little girl." Shen Qingmang said, "I'm leaving now. Have fun by yourself."
"You're so heartless, asking me questions and then leaving. What are you doing?"
"Let's have a meeting with the old men." Shen Qingmang was about to return the rose to her. "You just reminded me that my students are also lacking in entertainment activities. They don't know what to do after class. It's autumn now, so I'll see if I can plan an autumn sports meet for them to have some fun. If you have time, why not help design a few games? I think the Five Elements Magic could be adapted into a game like Three Kingdoms Kill, which would be both entertaining and educational."
"You teachers are terrible." Li Shutong took a step back. "No matter how you think about it, I can't help but think about teaching. I'll talk about it when I'm bored. This rose is for you. This is the Snow Mountain. The flower language is holy love. Blessings to you, Holy Mother Teacher Shen."
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