The silver-ringed snake raised its head, glanced at Lou Yu, and then made way for him.
He said, "This young cultivator just ate taro flower nectar and may have been overwhelmed by the spiritual energy."
Nan Yu squatted down, first checking her pulse, then pinching her philtrum with her fingers.
The golden thread and white flower stood upright, like a small tree trunk, its eyes fixed on Lou Yu, while the lamp wick transferred a stream of true energy to the boy.
The person quickly regained consciousness.
Lou Yu woke up with a headache and body aches. She couldn't keep her composure and her face was contorted with pain. She blinked her eyes, her golden thread and white flower eyes blinking, and continued to stare at the boy.
Seeing that he was not feeling well, Nan Yu did not insist that he carry water.
They helped the person lean against a huge rock and had him meditate to clear the spiritual energy in his body.
Lou Yu's internal organs were bloated and his bones ached; even the slightest movement caused him unbearable pain. Nan Yu set up a small protective barrier around him to prevent him from being disturbed by snakes, insects, birds, and ants.
This continued until the third day.
The young man broke through two levels in a row, from the early stage of Foundation Establishment to the late stage. His dantian also grew from the size of a grain of rice to the size of a lotus seed. Lou Yu stared at his hands, shocked.
He knows whether he is talented or not.
Previously, his master ignored him and didn't allow the academy teachers to manage him, so he cultivated in secret on his own.
Whenever he had time, he would find a place to practice his swordplay or meditate. Even when his teacher was teaching, he could only peek at the door like a little thief.
Having reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he was considered exceptionally talented among his peers. But what kind of place was Hongmeng Mountain?
Most of the disciples were princes and nobles from the mountains, who could not rely on their strength and had to spend money to get in and gain prestige.
He relied on himself.
He only came to Hongmeng Mountain because he was near the bottom of the competition. If he had ranked higher, he would have been on one of the other nine peaks.
In the same batch, the true elite is now at the late Golden Core stage. Before his breakthrough, at the early Foundation Establishment stage, he was at the bottom of the pack compared to other peaks.
Only Shen Yuqing took him seriously.
Logically, one shouldn't advance beyond their level. Thinking of the pool Nan Yu had taken him to soak in before, and how his injuries always healed completely after a good night's sleep, Lou Yu suspected it might be his master...
He looked up to see his master's reaction.
He knew that his master and senior brother did not like his efforts. If his master had made these breakthroughs repeatedly in the past, he would have been angry.
But just now, he caught a glimpse of... relief in his master's eyes?
Thinking he had misread it, Lou Yu wanted to take a closer look. His eyes met his master's, and he froze for a moment before lowering his head. His eyes darted around, and he knelt down to kowtow, his tone flustered and urgent.
“Master, I… I was unaware. Please forgive me, Master. I will do more work in the future and will not cultivate anymore.”
Nan Yu: "..."
Consider the original character's personality and attitude towards the boy.
The lamp wick adopted the airs of a master and coldly replied, "Hmm."
As the lamp wick disappeared, the silver-ringed snake had already run away. Lou Yu knelt for a while but couldn't sense any presence. When he looked up, there was no one in front of him.
He got up, patted his knees, and caught a glimpse of a wooden bucket beside him. After thinking for a moment, he filled it with water, picked up the carrying pole, and returned the way he came.
Nan Yu went to the main courtyard.
The time he chose was noon, and the team, which should have been orderly, was now scattered. A small group was still wielding their swords, sweating profusely, but the vast majority had started to slack off, and quite a few were even sitting on the steps chatting.
The wick squinted. "Good, they've started slacking off after a few days without supervision."
Release the pressure.
The main courtyard, which was a little noisy just a second ago.
The next second, as if an instructor had blown a whistle to call for an emergency assembly, everyone hurriedly returned to their positions, too scared to move.
It was impossible to discipline every disciple, so Nan Yu selected a few leaders.
First and foremost, the chief disciple: Lu Yunyu.
"You haven't come for several days. Some of you are chatting, and some are just putting on an act. Yun Yu, you are my eldest disciple. You should be setting an example, but you are leading the way in slacking off. Why is that?"
Deng Xin has a good mental fortitude, and when she actually acts, she captures the character's essence perfectly.
Lu Yunyu had followed his master for several years and knew Shen Yuqing's temperament best. His master did not want them to work too hard, even if they lagged behind, they could not become a dark horse.
Otherwise, he wouldn't dare let everyone be so lazy.
But if his master asks, he must not say: I'm flattering you.
A master is like a leader. When talking to a leader, you must be respectful and gentle, but you can't be too obsequious.
“It is my fault for not managing my junior brothers well. They were used to being free. Now they swing their swords 100,000 times a day, plus they meditate. Junior brothers Lin He and Zhou Cheng have both fainted. I took it upon myself to let them rest for a while before continuing, without informing Master. Please punish me, Master.”
Once those words were spoken, the lamp wick could not be punished.
After all, Lu Yunyu was concerned about the health of his junior brothers when the incident occurred.
If Nan Yu were to reprimand him again, it would make him seem inhuman.
"Take a count of how many disciples of Bodhi Academy got in through connections and which ones stayed here through competitions. Give it to me in five days."
Lu Yunyu was taken aback. He didn't know what his master wanted to do. Then he thought of Lou Yu. It had been several days. Yesterday, Lou Yu went to Yaowang Mountain to study pharmacology. He had even made a special trip to find him.
The group that returned from Hongmeng Mountain all said they didn't bring anyone back to Yaowang Mountain.
That's really strange.
Wild animals in the mountains rarely eat people.
How can a person just disappear into thin air?
I thought about it and decided to tell my master.
“Master, your disciple Lou Yu has been missing for five or six days at the Gathering Hall.”
Nan Yu originally didn't want to pursue the matter, but Lu Yunyu brought it up, and he asked, "Who tied him up at the foot of the mountain and humiliated him?"
When Lu Yunyu heard his master ask this question, he felt a chill run down his spine for some reason. How did his master know?
Even if one could predict the future, given Master's temperament, one shouldn't ask such a question.
He also felt that his master had changed, and his words were not quite right several times. Lu Yunyu also began to reply cautiously: "Master, this disciple does not know."
Nan Yu glanced at him, and Lu Yunyu tensed up.
"Investigate, find out who will be expelled from the sect." The tone was calm, but the words sent a chill down the spine of the young man.
Expelled, expelled from the sect?
Is Master joking?
For the sake of that good-for-nothing Lou Yu, should we expel those who bully him from our sect?
Lu Yunyu couldn't believe it. Although he hadn't directly bullied her, he had indirectly known about it and tacitly agreed to it. So, he could be implicated.
"Master, haven't you always tacitly allowed us to be harsh on Junior Brother Lou Yu?" Lu Yunyu asked cautiously.
Shen Yuqing, oh Shen Yuqing, you left behind quite a lot of messy things.
Nan Yu glanced at him, and Lu Yunyu lowered his head.
"I will not pursue what happened before, but from now on Lou Yu will be personally disciplined by me." He deliberately emphasized the word "personally" and then warned, "The sect does not allow private bullying and fighting. Hongmeng Mountain cannot continue to provoke the sect rules. From this day forward, whatever happens to the Nine Peaks, so should happen to the Bodhi Academy."
"Master..."
This is completely different from the master he remembered.
The system only required Nan Yu not to break character in front of Lou Yu; everything else was fine, but there were no mandatory requirements. Xiao Dengxin, apart from still bullying people, had basically ruined her character.
"You're not satisfied?"
Lu Yunyu shook his head in fright. How could he dare to disagree with his master's decision? It was just that his master changed too quickly, and he couldn't keep up with the pace.
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