Chapter 46 Class 5: The Intellectual Lowland of the Clan School Makes a Brilliant Debut
The kitchen staff's remarks were truly shocking and outrageous.
If such remarks were made by an ordinary disciple, they would certainly be ridiculed by others, who would think that the person was delirious due to jealousy.
However, the disciples found it somewhat believable that such a thing happened to a kitchen worker.
That's Uncle Shan, the cook! He's the one who single-handedly changed the taste of the Jinling City Clan Academy's kitchen! Since Uncle Shan arrived at the kitchen, in just a few days, the kitchen has gained a delicious and palatable soup.
After that, new dishes appeared almost every day. At first, they didn't dare to try them at all. You know, the kitchen used to come up with new dishes from time to time, but they were all things like melon stewed with minced meat, which were sweet and greasy and completely unpalatable.
Therefore, when a new dish appeared again, the disciples of the clan school did not dare to try it immediately.
However, unlike before, the new dishes were not quickly removed, but instead stubbornly appeared in the daily menu, and their numbers are increasing.
Finally, someone tried it, and then suddenly realized that the past few years had been an inhuman existence, and they finally found the taste of home.
Would such a great person, who brings the taste of home to everyone and improves the treatment of his disciples with his own efforts, really lie?
That's definitely not the case.
This shows that Xie Jiaoyue has indeed mastered some special cultivation method!
The reason the uncle described things so strangely was simply because he had never practiced cultivation and therefore didn't understand. Because he didn't understand, he said such absurd things.
Perhaps, the older man was the one who discovered the true secret: the moonlight holds a mysterious power they had yet to uncover!
This explains why Xie Jiaoyue goes to the dense forest to cultivate every day.
Otherwise, why doesn't she just meditate and cultivate in her own place? Why does she have to go out to cultivate?
This also explains why there are more and more people in the dense forest lately.
It was probably because the uncle loved to talk to them and would often come over to gossip with his disciples, which made many of them realize the importance of Yuehua.
They realized this, so they went to cultivate under the moonlight at night.
They didn't want more people to realize the need to grab space, so they all chose to remain silent.
Everyone got what they wanted, the only one who was troubled was Uncle Jin Wan.
He's been gossiping for so many days, why is no one talking about Xie Jiaoyue's corrupt behavior and forbidden practices?
It's so strange. Why do these people always agree with what he says, and then tell him at the end not to tell anyone else?
If they don't spread the word for him, how can he achieve his goal if he doesn't put in more effort himself?
If he doesn't leave the kitchen soon, he'll end up making every single dish here!
As Jin Wan spoke, she noticed that everyone around her had fallen silent.
Wait, this isn't quite right. They usually really enjoy talking to him. They would drink mushroom soup and exchange secrets about their clan, living a carefree and happy life.
"Say something! Why aren't you saying anything?"
"If you don't speak up, the kitchen won't serve mushroom soup tomorrow."
The mushroom soup threat was very effective; someone immediately reminded him, "Uncle, turn around and look behind you."
Jin Wan turned around and exclaimed, "Wow, it's the gossip queen!"
He felt a dull ache in his cheek, and the memory of being beaten many days ago resurfaced in his mind. Even after so long, the memory had not faded at all, and even Xie Jiaoyue's flying hair was so clear.
Don't panic, don't panic. He's not just an ordinary playboy now, he's an older playboy.
Jin Wan stiffly turned her head back: "Oh, what were we talking about? Sigh, as people get older, they sometimes forget things. It's getting late, I need to go back and prepare the ingredients for dinner."
As he spoke, he got up to leave.
Xie Jiaoyue's voice sounded from behind.
"Hello, are you Jin Ku?"
Jin Wan's ears immediately perked up.
Jin Ku? What Jin Ku? Is it the Jin Ku he knows? There should be other people named Jin Ku in Jinling City, otherwise it doesn't make sense. Why would my brother exchange spirit scrolls with Xie Jiaoyue?
A familiar male voice, one that he had heard for over a decade, came from behind Jin Wan.
"Hello, Miss Xie."
"I heard you're offering a reward for information about your brother? If I provide relevant information, can I claim the reward?"
"Although I think Miss Xie shouldn't lack these spirit stones, it's certainly possible."
Jin Wan's heart skipped a beat. Could it be? He had specifically taken the Shifting Pill. The effects of the Shifting Pill were impossible to detect unless one's cultivation level was a whole major stage higher than his.
Xie Jiaoyue couldn't possibly be in the Foundation Establishment stage, so there was no way she could discover his problem.
Jin Wan tried her best to make her posture appear perfect, but her steps forward became uncoordinated, like a puppet being controlled by others, stiff and ridiculous.
Xie Jiaoyue's voice continued, "What if I not only provide information but also find him? Will the bounty double?"
"If Miss Xie can help control the situation, the reward will be tripled."
"Then please invite Young Master Jin to the clan school in Jinling City, to the clan school's dining hall."
Feng Qianqian whispered to Xie Jiaoyue, "Jiaoyue, you can't lie to people. Jin Wan has been missing for a long time, and his brother Jin Ku is worried sick. It's really not good for you to deceive him at this critical moment."
Xie Jiaoyue reassured Feng Qianqian: "I'm not the kind of person who lies. When I said I'd found information about Young Master Jin, I meant I'd found information about Young Master Jin."
After studying at the clan school for a period of time, Xie Jiaoyue's movement speed was much faster than before, and she appeared behind Jin Wan in a flash.
"Uncle Kitchen Manager, what do you think? Am I lying?"
Jin Wan forced a smile: "How would I know? I'm just a cook, how would I know who this young master Jin you're talking about is?"
He started to run away as he spoke.
Xie Jiaoyue grabbed him and said, "Jin Wan, you've been talking nonsense about me behind my back for so long, I really..."
Jin Wan trembled with fear. Would Xie Jiaoyue settle all the old scores and beat him half to death?
No! He's not even 20 yet! His life hasn't even begun! How can it end like this?
"I'm so heartbroken," she said, crying. "I just wanted to find a quiet place to cultivate, and I just didn't want others to see me in such an embarrassing state. How could you make up stories about me like this?"
In just a few words, she explained why she was practicing in the dense forest and the pain she suffered from being slandered.
The disciples who believed in the "Moonlight Cultivation Method" were very disappointed, but after a brief period of disappointment, they felt sympathy for Xie Jiaoyue.
They were only briefly fooled, and didn't even truly believe it. But Xie Jiaoyue had been genuinely slandered for many days. Even if they were smart enough not to believe it, it didn't mean others didn't. If even one person did believe it, what would happen to Xie Jiaoyue's reputation?
Jin Wan froze. He had considered all the things Xie Jiaoyue might say, and he had also thought about how he should respond and show weakness in order to maintain his precarious image.
But he didn't expect Xie Jiaoyue to start showing weakness right away.
People around him started looking at him differently.
How could Xie Jiaoyue, with just a few words, place him in the position of the perpetrator?
Hey, hey, hey, the person with his arm cut off and being awkwardly pressed onto the table right now is him, not Xie Jiaoyue! Why is everyone looking at Xie Jiaoyue with pity, and no one cares about him whose arm is hurting so much?
Jin Ku had been staying at the clan school recently in search of Jin Wan, and rushed over immediately after receiving Xie Jiaoyue's message.
He was very anxious. Although Jin Wan had never been very reliable since childhood, this was the first time she had not contacted her family for such a long time.
If his good-for-nothing younger brother were kidnapped, injured, or killed, Jin Lingcheng would surely be overthrown by his furious father.
Then, exhausted, he saw Jin Wan, who looked like a middle-aged man.
The basic function of the Transformation Pill is very limited. Although it can change a person's appearance, it can only change the person's appearance to that of a younger or older version of themselves.
Therefore, Uncle Jin Wan is what Jin Wan will look like when he grows old.
It's so ugly, so incredibly ugly, that he didn't even want to walk past it.
What is this all about? Cultivators only grow old when their lifespan is almost up, so it is very unlucky to deliberately imitate the appearance of old age. Why would a normal person want to do this?
Jin Wan's attire was also very strange. It didn't look like his usual clothes, nor did it resemble that of a disciple of the clan school or a young master of the Jin family. Instead, it looked like someone who worked in the kitchen.
Based on the oil stains and grime on his clothes, he must have been a cook in the clan school's kitchen.
Huh? The cook?
Is this useless little brother of mine actually talented?
A young nobleman experiencing life?
It was so shocking that Jin Ku didn't even notice Jin Wan's current disheveled appearance.
Jin Ku was bewildered: "You...your spirit stone pouch was stolen? Or was your spirit mirror stolen too? You're penniless, so you have to work in the kitchen to make a living?"
Xie Jiaoyue took out the spirit stone bag and the spirit communication mirror from Jin Wan.
They're all here; not a single one is missing.
Jin Ku opened the psychic mirror, and sure enough, there were countless messages he had sent.
That ugly brat, even though the psychic mirror is right beside him, he keeps ignoring his messages and won't even reply with a single word!
He figured this brat was asking for trouble!
"So what have you been doing in the kitchen all this time?"
The enthusiastic Qianqian began to educate Jin Ku, and with the Phoenix Clan's super memory and vivid performance ability, she perfectly replicated Jin Wan's previous performance.
The more Jin Ku listened, the more his brows furrowed, and the more bewildered he became.
Was what Feng Qianqian was learning really said by her good younger brother who was almost twenty years old? Why was the logic so abstract? So abstract that he felt he had lost the ability to understand it.
After Feng Qianqian finished her performance, Jin Ku tried to summarize it in his own words.
"So, you used expensive shapeshifting pills to conceal your appearance, endured hardship and humiliation to infiltrate the kitchen, and worked tirelessly for many days, all to spread Xie Jiaoyue's special cultivation method?"
No, bro, even if you think someone is practicing forbidden techniques, why don't you just report it to your master? Why go through all this trouble just to show that your school is the lowest in intelligence?
How thoughtful! From now on, no disciple of the clan school will feel inferior, because no matter what, there will always be the young master of the Jin family to support them.
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