Chapter 80 The Genius Cultivator Used as Cannon Fodder (T9) It's a pity about Lin You...
Unfortunately, Lin You's prayers had no effect. Before Ye Xinglan could emerge from seclusion, she had already successfully entered the Qi Refining stage and was then taken by her junior uncle to learn swordsmanship.
Lin You, who only passed the high school physical education test, and Ye Zhen became a pair of pitiful little girls.
They couldn't even hold a sword properly, and every day they not only had to practice incredibly complex sword moves in front of the jade slip, but they also had to face Ye Xinghan's puzzled questions, "Why can't you learn such simple moves?"
Seeing his utterly perplexed expression, Lin You finally couldn't help but ask, "Why haven't you taught us such a simple move yet, Junior Uncle?"
Ye Xinghan stared at the two of them expressionlessly for a while, making Lin You feel uneasy, before he finally spoke again: "Do you really need me to teach you such a simple move?"
Lin You/Ye Zhen, ...?
If it weren't for the four large characters "Superior Sword Technique" written on the jade slip he took out, they would have thought they were some kind of blockhead, a rare find in a thousand years.
Who teaches swordsmanship with top-grade techniques? What's the difference between this and teaching kindergarteners advanced math problems?!
Oh, there are some. This person is even hoping that the children can become self-taught!
Another half month passed, and the two sisters, who had been tormented by Ye Xinghan, finally saw their dawn.
The array around Ye Xinglan's secluded cultivation spot emitted noticeable fluctuations. The two sisters, who were practicing their sword techniques with a sense of utter despair, exchanged a glance and ran out as fast as they could.
"Ahhh, Master, I missed you so much!" Taking advantage of her young age, Lin You rushed over and hugged Ye Xinglan's arm.
Ye Zhen hesitated for a moment, then moved closer. She didn't tug at his sleeves and whine like a child, but she still stood very close. "Master, you've finally come out of seclusion!"
Seeing his two disciples' relieved and overjoyed expressions, Ye Xinglan almost thought that he had been in seclusion for thirty years, not three months.
"Did someone bully you?" Ye Xinglan's eyes immediately turned cold. Although with her there, no one in the Ye family should dare to do that, it was possible that an outsider had come.
Lin You shook her head repeatedly, "No, no, we are Master's disciples, how could anyone dare to bully us?"
Ye Zhen hurriedly added, "Everyone has taken such good care of us. Our senior master often comes to check on our cultivation, and the third elder even comes to teach us formations."
"Yes, yes, Junior Uncle also taught us swordsmanship, using a superior sword technique. It's a pity we're too stupid; we couldn't even understand the manual. We've let him down." Lin You sighed with a guilty expression.
Ye Zhen secretly glanced at Lin You. Her best friend was probably tattling on her. She immediately added, "Junior Uncle also said that we can't even hold a sword properly. It seems that we are really not suited to learning swordsmanship."
Knowing all too well what kind of person her younger brother was, Ye Xinglan, who hadn't asked him for help at all, immediately understood what her two disciples had gone through.
She gently patted Lin You's head and Ye Zhen's shoulder, saying softly, "That's because your junior uncle doesn't know how to teach. I'll teach you sword techniques from now on. Go and rest for a few days."
Lin You nodded happily and handed the storage bag containing the snacks and candied hawthorns she had made to Ye Xinglan. "Master, these are some snacks that Zhenzhen and I made ourselves. Please try them and see if you like them."
She was in charge of cooking, while Ye Zhen was in charge of tending the fire and helping out. Of course, the food was considered to have been made by the two of them together.
"Alright, you two go have fun. Write me a list again. I'm going out tomorrow and will be passing through two towns in the mortal realm. I can buy you some things along the way."
As for her, she had just emerged from seclusion and needed to leave tomorrow, so Ye Xinglan planned to check the sect's missions later and just accept any one.
Lin You and Ye Zhen immediately cheered happily. They had been cooking a lot lately, and their storage bags were indeed running low on ingredients.
Moreover, Lin You only knows how to cook some home-style dishes and bake some cakes and pastries. They can't make fancy dishes like squirrel-shaped mandarin fish, crispy pigeon, or Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
The two sisters were discussing what to buy, holding their notebooks. Ye Xinglan appeased her disciple and then turned to her father to discuss her cultivation progress.
Mathematical calculations can lower the learning threshold for formations, but the concepts contained in Chinese language textbooks can lead to sudden enlightenment.
Ye Xinglan was at the late Foundation Establishment stage and had reached a bottleneck. A sudden enlightenment allowed him to advance to the Golden Core stage. Others might not advance a major realm, but their cultivation would still improve to some extent.
Ye's father was already pleasantly surprised by his daughter's cultivation level. Such a young Golden Core cultivator was one of the few in the entire cultivation world, and in the end, none of them became powerful figures who dominated their respective regions.
Now, upon hearing about the role of Chinese language, he was overjoyed, "This Chinese language skill, was it also taught to you by your little apprentice?"
“That’s right. Besides Chinese, there are some other subjects that I haven’t looked at yet,” Ye Xinglan replied.
"Good, this child is a lucky star for the Ye family. She deserves a great reward. Take her to the Ye family treasury later and see what she likes. Let her choose whatever she likes."
Father Ye handed Ye Xinglan a plaque, then took out another one after thinking for a moment, and said, "Ye Zhen helped deal with the demons who sneaked in before, which was a great achievement. Let the two of them go together; they are both good children of our family."
Ye Xinglan nodded in agreement, handed over her copied Chinese textbook, teaching materials, and a thick stack of test papers to her father, and then returned to her own courtyard.
He thought his two disciples had already gone out to play, but before he even entered the door, he heard Ye Xinghan's voice: "This sword technique is simple and easy to understand. You can learn it at a glance. Why haven't you two even learned a single move?"
Ye Xinghan's tone was neither reprimanding nor mocking; it was simply one of incomprehension. He even picked up the sword and demonstrated it to the two of them.
If his swordplay weren't so unpredictable, unstoppable, and so fast that it was almost impossible to see where the sword was, Lin You and Ye Zhen might have been able to learn a little bit from it.
Ye Zhen glanced at Lin You, not quite understanding why she deliberately didn't go out and waited for her junior uncle to come. Could it be that she hadn't had enough of his bizarre teaching and mocking methods?
"Ye Xinghan, is this how you treated my disciple when I was in seclusion?" Ye Xinglan's voice suddenly came from outside the door, but none of the three people in the courtyard noticed her approach.
Of course, as a bound system, Lin You could sense Ye Xinglan's whereabouts, but she just pretended not to notice.
"Second sister, how come I didn't notice you came back? You broke through to the Golden Core stage?" Ye Xinghan asked in surprise, as if he didn't see his second sister's cold expression.
After all, this older sister is always cold and aloof, whether she's happy or angry. Anyway, she just broke through to the next level, so her mood shouldn't be too bad.
"Not bad, you've already broken through. But what about you? How's your math? How many array diagrams have you practiced? I don't want the Third Elder to come complaining to me again, saying you dismantled his arrays again!"
The Third Elder once said that the Ye family disciples who passed through the array at his gate could enter his courtyard to ask him questions or make a request.
This is also an encouragement to the Ye family disciples. The Third Elder's formation is extremely ingenious, and it is rare to find someone who can break it in a year. However, everyone who enters it reaps great rewards.
Everyone else was seriously trying to break the formation, but Ye Xinghan was an exception. He always used brute force to dismantle it. He only came in for one reason: to challenge the Third Elder to a sword duel.
It wasn't a sword technique used by cultivators, but rather a sword style from the mortal realm. As a sword fanatic, Ye Xinghan declared that he would strive to be the best in anything related to swords!
Many people in the Ye family practiced swordsmanship, but few were proficient in it. Among them, the Third Elder was the most skilled in swordsmanship.
Every time the Third Elder sensed his arrival, he would shut down the array beforehand. His array materials weren't obtained by chance, and even the richest family couldn't withstand his squandering.
Every student dreads a surprise homework check, and even Ye Xinghan, a PK fanatic, is no exception. He hesitated for a while before finally telling the truth: "I've been teaching my two junior disciples swordsmanship lately, so I haven't had time to check yet."
Although he only ever comes over and says a few words, it's still an excuse.
Ye Xinglan wasn't angry when she heard this. She pointed to the stone table in the courtyard and told him to sit there. "Then let's learn now. I have time today, so I'll teach you myself."
Ye Xinglan took out a middle school word problem. "This is the simplest math problem, you can figure it out at a glance. Do it."
Ye Xinghan stared blankly at the question in his hand:
Two people, A and B, simultaneously flew from two cities, one in the east and one in the west, on their swords. A flew 56,000 meters per hour, while B flew 48,000 meters per hour. The two met 32,000 meters from the center.
What is the distance between the two cities, East and West?
"Second sister, I don't know how to make this either." Ye Xinghan looked at her sister, waiting for her to explain it to her.
"Why can't you do such a simple question? Do you really need me to explain it to you?"
Ye Xinglan looked puzzled, as if she didn't understand why he was so stupid, and then quickly explained the solution, "Okay, it's that simple, do it."
Ye Xinghan stared at the question, trying hard to remember what his sister had just said. He was so worried that his hair almost fell out before he finally managed to solve the problem.
Then, Ye Xinglan gave him another question:
Distribute a pile of spirit fruits among a group of spirit beasts. If each spirit beast receives three, there will be eight spirit fruits left over; if each spirit beast receives five, the last spirit beast will receive some spirit fruits, but not enough for five.
How many spirit beasts and how many spirit fruits are there in total?
Ye Xinghan was even more confused, listening to his sister say that this kind of question was very simple, that he could understand it at a glance, and that he was too lazy to explain it to her.
He felt like his brain wasn't working properly. He was being talked to for a while, and when Ye Xinglan finally explained the solution, it was incredibly concise.
After Ye Xinghan scratched his head and wrote down the answer, his sister actually pulled out a stack of math problems.
Lin You and Ye Zhen were lying in a pavilion not far away, doing their homework while watching their master avenge them. It turned out that their junior uncle was a complete sports student.
Ye Xinghan was forced to do math problems all day, until his eyes were glazed over and his head was spinning, before his sister finally let him off the hook.
He thought he could slip away, but Ye Xinglan showed him the test papers that Lin You and Ye Zhen had completed.
"Look at the questions the two children did. You even got so many of the most basic ones wrong. Go back and do these 1,000 questions. Check them for me in three days. If you get more than ten wrong, you'll have to go help the Second Elder."
Ye Xinghan gasped and hurriedly ran away with the questions in his arms. Only when he was almost back at his residence did he realize that his sister was standing up for her two apprentices!
He only helped teach swordsmanship for a few days, didn't he?!
Is it really necessary to put him through all this trouble?!
He used to be the second sister's most beloved younger brother, but now that he has a little apprentice, has he been forgotten?
Ye Xinghan, on the verge of tears, clutched the problems, flipping through math tutorials while diligently calculating, hoping to finish them within three days.
The second elder of the Ye family is a master weapon refiner. Almost every sword she forges is a high-grade spiritual sword, and she can occasionally make a top-grade spiritual sword. However, what she likes to do is make clothes.
The Second Elder liked to incorporate runes and formations into fabrics through embroidery or weaving, then cut and sew them into clothes. Some of these clothes could defend against attacks, some could calm the mind, and others could increase the concentration of spiritual energy around the body.
The Second Elder was a gentle, kind, and elegant beauty who cared deeply for the younger generation. But Ye Xinghan had no desire to help there; he really didn't want to learn how to embroider and use a loom!
Compared to Ye Xinghan's ordeal, Lin You and Ye Zhen were much more at ease. After Ye Xinglan checked their cultivation progress, he arranged their subsequent training and even personally guided them in sword practice.
They started practicing from the most basic movements such as stabbing, chopping, pointing, flicking, and picking, and each of them was given a high-grade spiritual weapon sword.
Ye Xinglan encouraged them, "Practice hard. Once you've mastered the basic movements, I'll teach you how to fly on your swords."
Lin You's eyes immediately lit up. Flying on a sword! What modern person with a dream of cultivation wouldn't want to experience it for themselves?
Although Qi Refining stage cultivators don't fly very high or fast, and might not even be as stable as Lin You flying on his own, that's flying on a sword. How can the feeling of flying on a sword be the same as flying on your own?
Ye Zhen subconsciously shrank her neck. Flying on a sword shouldn't require flying particularly high, right?
As true foodies, the two didn't forget their treat for the next day. They each made a list of ingredients they could use and snacks they could think of.
Last time, before Lin You became a disciple, she went down the mountain with Ye Xinglan for a trip, which didn't violate the Ye family's rules.
Now that Ye Xinglan has gone out, she can no longer take the two of them with her. They can only rely on their own efforts to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Ye Zhen and Lin You exchanged a glance and said in unison:
"Keep going for the delicious food down the mountain!"
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