"What's wrong?"
Seeing the surprised and shocked expressions of the others, Bai Yu Zhenjun looked at the book in his hand.
Could there be something unusual about this thing?
"My Lord, you actually managed to buy the complete Journey to the West!"
"You even have the newly released eighth volume!"
"Um... have you finished reading it? Could you tell us what volume eight is about?"
The kind and approachable image of Bai Yu Zhenjun had long been deeply rooted in people's hearts, and the disciples of Yimeng Academy flocked to him under the temptation of Journey to the West.
"If you are curious, you can sit down and take a look."
Seeing the exaggerated appearance of the group, Bai Yu Zhenjun himself became a little curious.
He sat down and opened the first volume.
Half an hour later, he couldn't help but exclaim – "Young friend Fu Lu is truly a remarkable person."
On the other side
After seeing Hu Changxiu off, Jia Xitong returned with her fellow disciples.
Although her few lazy disciples lacked talent, they were quite diligent in drawing talismans. She had neglected them the past few days because she was busy confessing her feelings, so today she was going to make it up to them.
However, the four of them were late.
To be precise, I was blocked on the road.
"Gao Xiang!"
The leading disciple looked at them with ill intent, "I heard you've recently found a good teacher, you've been quite busy."
People, you know.
No matter how good his personality is, he will have friends and enemies.
This group of people were their classmates in first grade.
Everyone's skill level is about the same, and their aptitude is mediocre. However, they like to form cliques and show respect to cultivators with high cultivation levels, while harboring a strange hostility and sense of superiority towards lazy, unambitious people like them.
They also knew about the elective courses.
The fact that the five of them had become students of an unreliable teacher was something they ridiculed for a long time.
However, every cloud has a silver lining.
Who would have thought that Teacher Tong was actually backed by Xianlong Peak, and that Xianlong Peak's status had risen rapidly, heading straight for the dean? And Teacher Tong himself is quite something too; he teaches them real skills, and last time he represented Xianlong Peak in a battle against Yimeng Academy, he was absolutely dazzling.
They are ridiculed when they are doing badly, and disliked when they are doing well.
The mentality of this group is similar to that of disliking you for being poor and fearing you for being rich.
"I've heard you've learned a lot. Could you show us?"
They're just psychologically unbalanced.
They happened to run into four people heading to Xianlong Peak, so they stopped them to see what they had learned.
What will the four of them become after learning?
Half-baked skill.
Teacher Tong taught them incantation talismans, solidification talismans, advanced lightning-attracting talismans, and even the Sumeru talisman. They practiced each type and mastered each one, but... they didn't know them all.
Success rate, that's random.
Upon hearing the challenge from the opposing group, the four of them froze on the spot. Whether this thing would succeed or not depended entirely on luck; how were they supposed to demonstrate it?
Therefore, Gou You, the oldest of the four, stepped forward and said, "Sorry, we have urgent business to attend to."
"What's the rush?"
Upon hearing this, the others became even more insistent. "Drawing a talisman shouldn't take long, right? We're all fellow disciples, and you've all become apprentices of talisman masters. Can't you even spare a quarter of an hour to demonstrate?"
"Could it be that you haven't learned it yet?"
They guessed casually.
The four people's expressions gradually turned awkward and angry.
The more the four of them acted this way, the more they played into the group's hands.
"Seriously? It's been so long, and the talisman master still hasn't taught you?"
"You should have learned something by now, right? You should know how to draw a Light Talisman, right? Draw one for us to see."
"Old Zhong, prepare some brushes and ink for them, let them try!"
The group got more and more excited as they talked, and their smiles became more and more obvious.
Useless.
Why can't they just stay at the bottom? They have to cause trouble. I thought Gouyou and the others had gotten lucky and were going to turn their lives around, but they're still trash as always.
What good is it to have a master as a patron and a powerful backer?
Their goal was to embarrass the four men and make them constantly aware of their own qualifications and position.
Gou You was pushed and shoved, and the talisman-drawing tools were forcibly shoved into his hands, spilling ink all over his arm.
“Draw it.”
"Hurry up and draw it."
“Didn’t you say you had urgent business? You’ll leave as soon as you finish the painting. Otherwise, people will think we’re making things difficult for you.”
Isn't this a difficult situation?!
Finally, the chubby Gao Xiang couldn't hold back any longer. He stood in front of Gou You and said, "Teacher Tong's skill in talismans is profound. We haven't fully mastered it yet."
I really didn't learn it.
That's exactly what they wanted to hear.
"It's okay if you haven't learned it yet."
The group exchanged glances, finding a sense of accomplishment in the children. "We know your aptitudes. If you're really not up to it, then forget it. Drawing talismans is exhausting and doesn't offer much of a future. You'd be better off finding a martial arts instructor to learn some self-defense skills."
They began to earnestly advise, "Don't end up not only learning nothing yourself but also tarnishing the teacher's reputation. It's important to know your own limitations and not cause trouble for others."
Do they even deserve to be called disciples of a master?
They're practically begging to come to the academy; do they really think they can get ahead? What a joke!
What appears to be concern is actually a double denial of a person's ability and effort.
After listening to their story, Gou You and the other two were already filled with self-doubt.
Although they themselves have the desire to work hard and strive for improvement, is hard work really useful for underachieving students like them?
"It's alright, Mr. Bucket has always known we're useless."
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