Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Evil disciple!
Danfeng Medicine House.
"Oh my! What an injustice! What an injustice!"
The bamboo bed on the second floor, recently vacant, was reclaimed. A pale young woman in white lay on it, eyes closed, breathless. Aside from the change in clothing, it was a dream reminiscent of the night before.
Niu Rao's dark face was dyed red with shame. He was standing by the wall with his head lowered. Hearing this, tears welled up in his eyes, his head lowered even lower, and the sound of his voice changed from rumbling thunder to muffled thunder.
"I'm sorry, Peak Master, it's all my fault. I didn't look after Junior Sister Yun..."
Old Tian scowled, stuffing the pill into Yun Miao's mouth with a pained look on his face. "What does it have to do with you? My little niece is as clever as a monkey. How can a simpleton like you possibly be able to outwit her?"
"Speaking of which, she's truly amazing. Looking at her skinny arms and legs, she just walked before Yama's palace the day before yesterday, her purple palace cracked into a spiderweb. Yet today, she's jumping around again, stirring up trouble. She even dared to challenge a four-clawed Jindan-stage dragon. Does she really not feel any pain at all? Or has she gone mad from the pain?"
"It's all my fault, actually. I knew she was a tough girl, but I still let her do whatever she wanted. I should have tied her up in the medicine room!"
"Everyone outside the sect knows my nickname, 'Golden Eyes'. I won't spend more than 10,000 high-grade spirit stones, even within the sect... I, the great Alchemy King, actually have to pay for the elixirs to treat their illnesses. I work so hard for a long time and don't earn a penny."
"Not only did I not make any money, I even lost 125 large meat buns. I couldn't bear to eat the good meat buns myself just to make a few cents, but in the end, they all went to the dogs."
As he spoke, Tian Laokou glanced at the wolf cub lying beside Yun Miao's pillow. The wolf cub looked at him calmly without any reaction.
"It's true that the monsters they raise are like the people they are. They are all so shameless."
Tian Laokou became even angrier upon seeing this. He felt that he couldn't be the only one who was angry, so he immediately used the peak master token on his waist to inform the headmaster and Qi Shubai about what Yun Miao had done.
At the same time, Sect Master Chang was drinking tea in the inner hall of Xuantian Palace, admiring the wild flowers in the vase on the table with a loving expression. He had no other hobbies in his life except drinking tea and appreciating flowers.
The tea was of the finest quality, its fragrance lingering and sweet aftertaste. The flowers, though merely wildflowers by the roadside, held immense significance for him. What master in the world could receive such a heartfelt bouquet of flowers upon accepting a disciple? And what disciple in the world could be as well-behaved and sensible as his Xiao Miao and Shu Bai?
Now, whenever he thought of his two good disciples, his heart softened. Having such disciples was his greatest blessing...
[Brother, your little disciple has had another epiphany. Come quickly!]
Tian Laokou's telepathic message came so unexpectedly that Sect Leader Chang was so frightened that he twisted his hand and fed all the high-quality spiritual tea in his hand to his Taoist robe. Then he said in surprise and joy.
Seriously?
Tian Laokou: [Absolutely true. Not only did she experience the same instant enlightenment as last time, but she also instantly broke through from the seventh level of Qi Refining to the ninth level. If she doesn't plan to cultivate to the twelfth level of Great Consummation, then the next step is to prepare for the foundation-building stage.]
Sect Leader Chang stroked his beard, overjoyed. "Great, great, great! As long as she breaks through the foundation-building stage, Xiao Miao will have a lifespan of over two hundred years! I'll be right there. Tell me how she suddenly came to this realization."
Tian Laokou heard the headmaster's meowing in pleasure and sneered, "Nothing much. I just had a fight with that four-clawed dragon you raised, and afterward I had an epiphany. So, I do have some similarities to that battle-crazed Meng Shi. Unfortunately, I don't have Meng Shi's strength, and I accidentally cracked the newly formed purple palace."
Sect Leader Chang, who was flying towards Danfeng, was so frightened that he almost fell from the sky.
[Impossible. Xiao Miao is so well-behaved and recovering from her injuries. Although Mo Aotian has a strange temper, he is not the kind of person who likes to bully the weak. How could they fight?]
Tian Laokou: […Although I usually flatter you for funding for the Deacon Hall, please don't be so outrageous. How did you know that naughty boy had a good personality? Was it in a dream?]
Sect Leader Chang was so anxious that he jumped up and down: [Hey, why are you still wasting your time talking now? Tell me what happened right now, or I'll be furious!]
Tian Laokou did not keep the secret and told Master Chang the reason behind the duel in a few words.
After hearing this, Master Chang was first in disbelief, then in a trance, and finally heartbroken.
[What? Xiao Miao is so confused! Knowing that she's injured, she still deliberately provoked Mo Aotian and took the initiative to duel. This is truly unwise!]
[Besides, a duel in the ring is no joke! How can you just casually go into the ring and duel with someone just for a fight of pride, and even cause yourself more injuries because of it, completely ignoring how worried and anxious I, your master, and you, your uncle, are for her? This is absolutely ridiculous, too ridiculous!]
"As the saying goes, a young tree won't grow straight without pruning. Don't let anyone stop me today. When she wakes up, I'm going to teach her a lesson!"
The next moment, Sect Leader Chang, with his sleeves rolled up, appeared at the door of the medicine house.
"Don't stop me, don't stop me, it's useless for anyone to stop me today!"
He strode up to the second floor, gritting his teeth and vowing to demonstrate his authority as a strict teacher today. However, when his eyes fell on the girl lying on the bamboo bed with her eyes closed, his words stopped abruptly.
The Medicine House is where the sect places the wounded during wartime, so formations are set up here, as well as in the Deacon Hall, Law Enforcement Hall, Sutra Library and other places to prevent outside spiritual consciousness from spying.
Even the head of the sect could only walk in obediently to use his spiritual sense to explore the public area of the medicine house, so it was not until this time that he discovered that Yun Miao had fainted again.
"Xiao Miao!"
Sect Leader Chang hurried forward, pushing Tian Laokou aside and checking Yun Miao's health, fearing he might have let his new disciple die. However, a quick look revealed... Huh? How come Yun Miao was in better shape than yesterday?
He was shocked again and hurriedly pulled Tian Laokou to see, fearing that Yun Miao had reached the stage of last breath.
Old Tian rolled his eyes, slapped his hand away in disgust, and recounted the story of how he treated Yun Miao in the medicinal bath house.
"So stop howling. This time, she turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I ended up losing a lot of money. You have to make it up to me later."
He remembered that his senior brother had already reached the peak of the Mahayana stage, right? He was only one step away from the highest realm in the world of cultivation, the Tribulation Crossing stage. But... what the Mahayana master said about a good lesson was just this?
They say that when teaching a disciple, you should give him a beating before giving him a sweet date. Why don't you at least give him a beating first? If you always give him sweet dates, then ...
Sect Leader Chang was heartbroken: "Even if this was a blessing in disguise, it's also true that Xiao Miao was beaten to the point of having her purple palace ruptured. Mo Aotian really went too far this time!"
田老抠眼角一抽：“虽然我和那条小蛟不熟，但我可不允许你冤枉人家啊，云渺伤得这么重纯是她自己不爱惜自己的身体。反倒是墨傲天，啧啧，好歹也是金丹期的四爪蛟龙，结果却被你这乖徒儿给揍得头破血流。估计正在骊湖里一边偷偷抹眼泪一边舔舐伤口呢。”
Sect Leader Chang was stunned: "What? Did Xiao Miao beat Mo Aotian?"
Tian Laokou looked at Niu Rao speechlessly: "You go ahead and tell me, I have a message for Junior Brother Shubai."
Niu Rao responded and told the whole story honestly.
Sect Master Chang was dazed after hearing this. Could it be that his little disciple was so powerful?
Meanwhile, upon receiving Uncle Tian's telepathic transmission, Qi Shubai's first reaction was also "impossible." He had just visited Junior Sister at Danfeng this morning, and she had not only said good morning to him but had also given him flowers. She was as innocent and adorable as the newly weaned wolf cub, making it impossible not to be more kind to her.
How come not long after he left, the well-behaved and lovely little sister became a monkey in Uncle Tian's mouth and was beaten seriously?
Tian Laokou: […I've already said she injured herself severely. Mo Aotian has nothing to do with it; he was the one who got his head broken. As for her so-called cuteness, it's just because you, my nephew, have an eye problem. I suggest you come to my uncle's place to buy some medicine and take it home for treatment. For the sake of our friendship, I'll give you one bottle for every one you buy. Buy more and get more discounts.]
I'll go to the medicine house right now.
As Qi Shubai started to move forward, he seriously stated that there was nothing wrong with his eyes. The junior sister was indeed a likable child, and it was Uncle Tian who had too many prejudices against her.
Old Tian scratched his eye and twitched. It seemed that his nephew was as hopeless as his senior brother, the head of the sect.
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Yun Miao felt a black screen before her eyes, and then she found herself kicked offline. The system showed that she was unconscious and temporarily unable to log into "Asking the Three Thousand Questions".
Just at this moment, her stomach started to growl, and she remembered that she and Mo Aotian had been fighting so hard that they hadn't even had lunch, and it was already time for dinner.
While she was sighing that "Asking Three Thousand Questions" was really addictive, she stood up and made herself a bowl of instant noodles, and also rewarded herself with two eggs and a sausage.
In this arena duel, contestant Yun Miao’s score is: 100 points!
She happily finished her dinner and took a shower before putting on her holographic helmet again and lying on the bed.
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When Yun Miao woke up, she was surprised to find that it was already dark in the game. She was lying on a bamboo bed, and Xiao Hei was lying beside her pillow. When he saw her wake up, he rubbed her with his wet nose, as if he was judging her physical condition by her sense of smell.
[The player breaks through to the eighth level of Qi Refining Stage.]
[The player breaks through to the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage.]
Yay! She's leveled up again!
Yun Miao happily sat up from the bed, but was stunned by the scenery around her.
I saw that for some reason, countless beautiful flowers were densely packed on her quilt, bed, and cabinet. They were of different varieties and sizes, some were plain and elegant, and some were charming and attractive.
Pink, light blue, goose yellow, bright red... all kinds of delicate flowers are stacked layer upon layer, crowded together, making the entire bamboo bed seem like a colorful flowerbed.
Because she moved too much, some of the flowers on the quilt rolled off the bed, and a few petals fluttered to the ground like butterflies. Her eyes followed them and found that there were also many flowers densely piled under the bed. The medicine house, which was originally filled with the bitter smell of medicine, now had a rich floral fragrance.
Tian Laokou snorted coldly: "You finally woke up?"
Yun Miao turned her head in the direction of the voice and saw that her master, senior brother and Tian Laokou were all sitting at a table not far away, looking at this place together. The candlelight on the table flickered, and their faces were serious and gloomy, giving the feeling of a trial by three judges.
Sect Leader Chang, who had been dragged through the entire afternoon of rehearsals by Tian Laokou, slammed the table, attempting to preemptively attack: "Xiao Miao, you've truly disappointed me this time!"
Yun Miao was startled by the loud slamming sound and immediately shouted, "Master, I was wrong. I promise that next time I will be faster, more accurate, and more ruthless to defeat Mo Aotian!"
Sect Leader Chang said with a stern face, "Although it is said that it is a great honor to improve after admitting one's mistakes, what happened to you today cannot be covered up by simply admitting one's mistakes. Today, I must..."
Tian Lao held his forehead with his hand, scratching his head in pain. "Stop, stop, stop, Senior Brother, stop reciting the words. Think about what she just said first."
Sect Leader Chang was stunned.
Master Chang stroked his beard and thought deeply.
Sect Leader Chang was so angry that he stood up and slammed the table: "That's not the kind of disappointment I'm talking about!"
Mr. Tian's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes, yes, maintain this momentum."
Yun Miao had already fully realized what was happening. She immediately shrank timidly into the bed and said, "Master, I'm sorry. I was a little dizzy and accidentally said the wrong thing."
"I know you're so angry because you're worried about my health. I also know how much Master cares for me. My sudden coma must have scared you. I'm sorry. I admit my mistake and I repent."
When Master Chang saw his little disciple's pale face, weak voice and timid eyes, his heart softened immediately and the scolding in his throat could no longer be uttered.
"Do you really know you're wrong?"
Yun Miao nodded immediately: "I really know I was wrong."
Sect Leader Chang showed a kind expression: "It's good to know you're wrong. As the saying goes, it's a great honor to improve upon your mistakes..."
Tian Laokou listened expressionlessly as the headmaster recited the words he had designed all afternoon. He then grabbed the headmaster Chang's shoulders and pushed him back to his seat.
"Brother, please sit down and continue drinking tea."
He rudely stuffed the teacup into the hands of Sect Leader Chang, then gave Qi Shubai a look: "Junior Brother Shubai, you are a sensible person, you speak."
Qi Shubai nodded, then looked at Yun Miao with a serious expression: "Junior Sister, you really went too far this time. Before, you copied the inscription on the Dingfeng Pillar from memory, and you could say that the sect didn't tell you that doing so was dangerous. Ignorance is not a crime."
"But this time, you first eavesdropped on the conversation between Niu Rao and Mo Aotian, which was truly ungentlemanly. Then, knowing you were injured, you ignored Niu Rao's advice and insisted on going to the ring with Mo Aotian, thus further injuring yourself. You were truly willful and reckless, and you didn't take your own body seriously."
Yun Miao said eagerly, "Brother, I was wrong. Next time, I will learn from my mistakes and protect myself. You and Master, please don't be angry. It would be bad if you get sick from anger."
Tian Laokou: "... Ugh."
Everyone looked over immediately. Tian Laokou picked up the teacup and took a sip: "I'm fine, it's just that this tea is too strong for my taste."
Yun Miao: ...You old bastard, just wait for her!
Qi Shubai frowned and looked at Yun Miao: "Junior Sister, don't tell me you want to do it again? How can you say you know you are wrong?"
Yun Miao once again admitted that she was wrong and listed her two major mistakes. The first was that she overestimated her own strength and provoked Mo Aotian without learning spells (skills) well. As a result, she was almost pinned to the ground and beaten by him (in fact, she had been beaten many times). Although she won in the end, it was only a miserable victory, which was indeed an unwise move.
The second reason was that she did not pay attention to her physical condition and overexerted her spiritual consciousness, which led to her coma. This showed not only a weak combat awareness, but also a lack of care for her body.
"That's all?"
Qi Shubai seriously told Yun Miao that her biggest mistake was agreeing to that inexplicable duel.
"That wasn't a strange duel, it was a fight of dignity!"
Yun Miao puffed out his chest and spoke righteously, "I am Master's direct disciple and the strongest contender for the next Sect Leader. I bear the heavy burden of Master's and even the entire Xuantian Sect's dignity, so I absolutely cannot back down!"
Tian Laokou looked at Sect Leader Chang in shock. Qi Shubai also looked at his master disapprovingly: "Master, Junior Sister is still young. Even if you want her to... you can't tell her so early. It will change her temperament."
Sect Leader Chang: "...I didn't. That wasn't what I meant at the time. I absolutely didn't intend to place the weight of my dignity on her small body. Believe me!"
Tian Laokou silently looked away without saying whether he believed it or not.
Qi Shubai expressed his belief gently, then looked at Yun Miao and sighed again.
"Junior Sister, you must know that dignity comes from being upright, doing what you should and shouldn't do. Don't be servile or bully the weak, and don't be obsessed with power and violence. No matter how loud your words are now, they are ultimately just impulsive."
"but……"
He hesitated for a moment and then said, "I understand how you feel. After all, you're still a teenager, and young people don't act on impulse. So when can you act on impulse? You can't wait until you're old, then use a cane to fight someone on the top of the ring."
"Although a life of hesitation is steady, it is also like a pool of stagnant water. In one's life, one must act on impulse once, so that life will not be lived in vain..."
Yun Miao originally had a lot of rebuttals she wanted to say, but when she heard Qi Shubai express his understanding of her, her nose felt sore and she was speechless.
"I'm sorry, Master, Brother..."
She didn't say I was wrong this time because she never thought she was wrong from the beginning to the end.
Upon hearing this, Tian Laokou curled his lips and continued drinking tea with a sour face.
Qi Shubai: "You should apologize most to your uncle-shi. Both times, he rushed back and forth to save you, expending a great deal of energy and medicinal pills. This time, thanks to his timely intervention, you were able to turn a disaster into a blessing. Not only did your purple palace almost heal, but you also successfully broke through to the ninth level of the Qi Refining Stage."
Yun Miao obediently got out of bed and bowed to Tian Laokou. "I'm sorry, Uncle Tian, I've caused you so much trouble again. And...thank you for saving my life. This most beautiful flower is for the best Uncle Tian in the world."
When Tian Laokou saw her pale face and her sweet and pitiful smile, the anger in his heart somehow dissipated.
He took the small wild flower and said in a sour tone, "This is the first time I've received flowers from you. Are you sure you want to just give me one?"
Yun Miao nodded seriously: "Yes, this is a thank you gift for Uncle Tian. In my heart, Uncle Tian, you are as handsome and elegant as this flower!"
Normally, it was Old Tian who flattered the head master, but no one had ever praised him so directly. He immediately smiled with wrinkles all over his face.
"Hehe, even though you're a bit of a rascal, your vision is truly excellent. I'm not exaggerating, but among the five current Alchemy Kings, I'm universally recognized as the most handsome and dashing. Even the Alchemy Saint from Medicine King Valley has to avoid me!"
Yun Miao was shocked: "Really?"
Qi Shubai thought about it and nodded helplessly to her: "Master uncle is right, compared to those guys, he is indeed the most handsome."
After all, three of the five Alchemy Kings are women, and the Alchemy Saint of Medicine King Valley... well, that one is also a woman. I heard that she didn't take the anti-aging pill, and she always appears as a white-haired old woman.
Of the six, only Master Tian and the Snake King were male. The Snake King had been disfigured by the Poison Lady in his early years, and even his hair was reportedly gone. Master Tian, at least, had regular features and a healthy head of hair, and compared to the Snake King, he was indeed quite handsome.
Yun Miao didn't know the inside story, and was even more shocked when he heard it.
Tian Laokou was unhappy: "What's with that expression?"
Yun Miao immediately and attentively poured him some tea. "Nothing much. I just didn't expect that you, Uncle Tian, had this side of you. Uncle, have some tea. I'll offer you a glass."
Tian Laokou was satisfied: "My good nephew, you have become much more sensible after waking up."
Yun Miao said modestly: "No, no, it's all thanks to my uncle's good teaching."
Sect Leader Chang felt jealous as he watched the two of them praising each other and getting better and better.
You are such a stingy guy, Mr. Tian. You let him scold Xiao Miao harshly behind his back, but the next moment you turned around and started chatting with Xiao Miao with a smile?
"cough!"
He interrupted their conversation with a cough, then lovingly raised his hand to pull Yun Miao in front of him, and casually gave Old Tian an elbow.
"Xiao Miao, if you were my senior brother, I'd agree. You're a young man, and while it's not a good thing to be competitive, it's not a bad thing either. After all, we cultivators are meant to fight against the heavens, the earth, and people. But... there must always be punishment for wrongdoing. Do you think this is true?"
Yun Miao nodded solemnly: "Master, you can punish me as you please. Whether it means walking on a mountain of swords, descending into a sea of fire, or rolling on a board of nails, I won't frown!"
She doesn't feel any pain anyway.
Sect Leader Chang: "...It's not that harsh. After discussion, we've decided to revoke your supervisor position from today. Together with the last punishment, I'll punish you by having you farm on Danfeng for five months. What do you think?"
Yun Miao immediately nodded, indicating that it was no problem.
Sect Leader Chang said, "The disciples of your batch are all already studying in the Enlightenment Hall. Now that your Purple Palace has almost recovered and you've reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, you're already ahead of the other disciples. Since you're so competitive, you should study harder to avoid falling behind."
"From now on, I will come to teach you for an hour every day at cockcrow. When you're tired from farming, you can take a break and read more of the Five Elements Dao Jue and the Complete Collection of Five Elements Techniques. If you have any questions, just use the Disciple Order to ask me and your senior brother."
Tian Lao blew on the tea leaves in his cup and said, "You can ask me questions about the wood element magic. I don't want to see you fighting with others in the ring again."
When Yun Miao heard that he could learn a new skill, he immediately nodded like a chick pecking at rice, saying that he would study hard.
Seeing that she had no complaints about the arrangement and instead looked extremely happy, Sect Leader Chang and Qi Shubai's eyes softened. Even Tian Laokou nodded in satisfaction.
Although he is a bit naughty, he is still teachable.
Sect Leader Chang: "Alright, you're still weak, go back to bed first."
Yun Miao walked back to the bamboo bed obediently. When her eyes fell on the flowers covering the bed, she finally remembered her previous doubts: "Master, where did these flowers come from?"
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The author has something to say: From then on, the master began to jump back and forth between "good boy:)" and "evil disciple QAQ".
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