Li Qingshan's confidence was boosted. After trying for a long time, he finally removed the eight sharp corners of the pine wood block, but the wood grain was broken inch by inch. It was a complete mess. In a moment of panic, he couldn't help but inject more True Qi into it, and the wood block immediately shattered with a bang.
He then looked at Qian Rongzhi who was beside him. She wasn't any better than him.
Qian Rongzhi casually crushed the pine wood block and smiled. "Looks like none of us are geniuses."
But it wasn't too bad. Li Qingshan believed that as long as he was a little more stable, the entire ball wouldn't be a problem. However, he still had to carefully experience how to maintain the pine wood grain.
There were also many Qi Practitioners who tried for a long time but couldn't even achieve the first step of merging Qi and objects. Naturally, they couldn't change the shape of the pine wood in the slightest. If they were too anxious, they would inevitably break the wood block.
Meng Xiqi mocked, "If you can't even do this, it proves that you don't have talent in smithing. You don't have to listen anymore. Save yourself some time."
Some Qi Practitioners were proud and arrogant. Moreover, this Professor Meng was only in the Qi Refinement Realm. Some of them stood up and walked out.
Then, Meng Xiqi smiled and said, "Actually, I also failed in my first smithing."
Everyone was stunned. Meng Xiqi said, "Arrogance is the biggest obstacle to learning. If you don't even have this bit of patience, you really don't need to learn smithing. Don't forget, hard work makes up for your shortcomings. Alright, raise your results for me to see."
Many pine wood balls were raised. Of course, if they were too inferior, they would be too embarrassed to take them out. Meng Xiqi's gaze fell on Chu Tian's hand. The wood ball in his hand was perfectly round with clear grain. There was no break at all, as if it was carved from the wood block.
"Fellow Daoist. Please stand up. What's your name? "
"Chu Tian."
"Well done."
Chu Tian proudly enjoyed everyone's admiring gazes. He thought, 'Of course, I'm a genius. Hard work makes up for my shortcomings.' He didn't forget to look at Li Qingshan.
Qian Rongzhi transmitted her voice, "I'll say it!"
"Nowadays, it's rare to see such an innocent and cute enemy." Li Qingshan smiled, but he didn't know if she understood.
There was no break in between. Meng Xiqi only stopped speaking when the four-hour lecture ended. He rubbed the back of his neck and stretched. He said, "We're already here today. I'm getting old. I feel tired after standing for a while."
He twisted his neck, and with a sudden crack, his head fell off his shoulder and rolled off the podium. Scarlet blood gushed out like a small fountain.
This warm classroom suddenly turned into a terrifying murder scene. The lecture hall was filled with cries of surprise. The female confucian disciple who had a look of disgust on her face towards Li Qingshan shrieked.
Chu Tian's expression changed. He didn't expect to witness a murder on his first day at the Hundred Schools of Thought. Furthermore, with his cultivation, no one saw who did it. How did he do it? He instinctively released his Protective Zhenqi.
In the lecture hall. Everyone was in danger.
Meng Xiqi's body was still standing straight. The head on the ground said, "Aiya, I used too much strength." The headless body walked down from the podium. The headless body walked off the podium, picked up the head, and put it back on his shoulder.
The lecture hall was dead silent. Everyone was dumbfounded.
Li Qingshan sniggered. He never thought this professor from the school of Mohism would have such a twisted sense of humor. If he used a puppet to teach, then so be it. Not only did he use a puppet to teach, he even used this trick in the end.
He had long since noticed that the person teaching on the podium was not a living person at all. It was not a living person at all, but a puppet. Although it looked exactly like a human and gave off the aura of a Qi Practitioner, the smell it gave off was extremely strange.
Drinking tea and coughing were all to create a false impression. It could fool most people, but it couldn't fool his six senses. The blood it spat out in the end was not human blood at all.
However, it was really amazing that the School of Mo's puppet skills were so exquisite. This lesson must have left a deep impression on the new disciples of the School of Mo!
Looking at Qian Rongzhi again, she looked normal. Although she didn't have six senses as sharp as his, he would be surprised if she couldn't see through it. For Chu Tian to be praised like this by a puppet, it was really hard for people to look up to him.
Puppet Meng Xiqi said, "Sharp and meticulous observation and calm and rational thinking are more important to the path of forging than turning a wooden block into a round one. The latter can be achieved by anyone with more practice. However, if one lacks the former, it will be hard for him to become a forging master."
The atmosphere in the lecture hall relaxed, and laughter could be heard everywhere. Although they knew they were fooled, Meng Xiqi, who was hiding somewhere, had won everyone's admiration. However, many female cultivators' faces were still pale.
Chu Tian retracted his Protective Zhenqi. His face was red. He felt that Meng Xiqi's words were pointing at him on purpose.
Puppet Meng Xiqi used his hand to point out the disciples who had not shown any surprise Just Now. He asked them how they could tell he was a puppet.
Li Qingshan did not believe the puppet possessed the ability to think, but it did possess the ability to judge, such as which ball was rounder and which people's expressions changed less. All of this should have followed some sort of procedure. Compared to battle, this was nothing difficult. The pair of eyes that were no different from a real person's should have been the key.
When it was Li Qingshan's turn, Li Qingshan stood up. His mouth moved a few times, but he did not produce any sound. Afterwards, he sat down.
The puppet professor said extremely sincerely, "Thank you."
Li Qingshan smiled. As it seemed, he was right.
There was a roar of laughter. Hua Chenglu cheered inside. Just Now, she had finally gotten her revenge for being fooled. Apart from being bold, this guy really was smart. She could not help but think of that rainy night in Lakeside city, Grandma Ximen's roar, and how he clasped his hands in an extremely graceful manner in a dark alley in his straw cape.
This blurry memory suddenly became clear. Even if a man like him had a bad luck in life and accidentally joined the school of Novels, he would still be able to achieve something!
After asking everyone, Puppet Meng Xiqi bowed deeply. "Thank you for your suggestions!" He pointed at his head. "I've already stored it here. I'll continue improving it when I get back. Just Now, I'll give each disciple a box of pine wood as a reward. "
The disciples who saw through the puppet walked up to the platform one by one and received their boxes.
"Practice more." Puppet Meng Xiqi repeated this sentence.
When it was Li Qingshan's turn, he wanted to accept the box, but the puppet professor grabbed it firmly. "I might be a puppet, but you can't fool me."
Li Qingshan knew that the person talking to him was no longer the puppet before him. He smiled. "Yes, professor."
Puppet Meng Xiqi released his hand and patted Li Qingshan's shoulder. "I've heard about you from Pingyang. Come often in the future."
Li Qingshan put away his notebook and walked out of the tall conch-like building. It was already dusk. Before he knew it, an afternoon had passed. Holding the small wooden box, he felt extremely fulfilled.
This was his first lesson, and he had finally taken another step forward.
Hao Pingyang and Zhang Lanqing were waiting under a street lamp on the opposite side of the road. Yes, it was a street lamp. The long pole lit up a dim yellow light that illuminated a large part of the road. There were already small insects lingering under the light.
"Li Qingshan, stop right there!"
Li Qingshan was about to walk over when a shout came from behind him, attracting many people's attention.
I almost forgot about this person. Li Qingshan turned around and said to Chu Tian, "Boy, what do you want?"
The Academy of the Hundred Schools strictly forbade personal fights. The person who struck first would be punished even more severely, and it would not be enough if they just suffered some physical pain. They would still be able to play the hero in front of others. The punishment was actual spiritual stones.
Li Qingshan had originally hoped for a stable environment like this, but now he was a bit unhappy. If they were in the wilderness, he would go up and pinch this boy to death. He wanted to see what other trump cards he had other than the Five Elements Body and whether they were stronger than him.
Chu Tian said, "I want to challenge you to a bet. Do you dare to accept?"
Li Qingshan was pleasantly surprised. "There's such a good thing?"
Chu Tian was startled by Li Qingshan's expression. His heart was beating like a drum, but he quickly calmed down. Li Qingshan was only in the sixth layer of Qi Training. Even if he knew the Body Refining Technique, there was nothing to be afraid of.
"Do you accept or not?"
"Okay, what do you want to bet? Tell me."
"Martial arts, of course. Or do you want to see who's more of a good-for-nothing? In that case, I can't compare to you, haha!" Chu Tian laughed a few times, but when he realized that no one responded, he stopped.
Li Qingshan said, "Okay, no problem. Time, place, and wager."
Chu Tian said, "The place will naturally be the School of Military's Great War Island's Great Martial Arts Field. The wager will be a thousand spiritual stones, no, two thousand spiritual stones. The time, the time will be three months from now."
He wanted nothing more than to teach Li Qingshan a lesson right now, but he couldn't help but feel uneasy. That was why he pushed it to three months from now. After he came to the Confucian School, he received the Five Elements Palm personally taught by Liu Changqing, which allowed him to cultivate five kinds of true Qi at the same time. Three months was enough for him to achieve small success.
At that time, not to mention the sixth layer of Qi Training, even the ninth or tenth layer would be no problem. On the other hand, Li Qingshan's progress in the school of Novels would definitely be slow. With this, there was no need for him to use something like that to have an absolute chance of victory. He could not help but feel slightly complacent over his intelligence, but he was also worried that Li Qingshan would not accept it.
"Alright, then three months from now." Li Qingshan agreed immediately. What he lacked the most right now was time. In three months, he would basically be able to digest all the pills he had accumulated in his hundred treasures pouch. It would be enough for him to increase his strength as a daemon and a human cultivator. Chu Tian's words were exactly what he wanted.
With just a few words, they agreed on the wager. Li Qingshan turned around and left.
"Hey, Li Qingshan."
Hua Chenglu rushed over and grumbled, "Why didn't you greet me when you saw me? So much for going through thick and thin together back then."
Yu Zijian said, "Big brother Li."
Chu Tian saw two more beautiful women approach Li Qingshan, and his jealousy burned even brighter.
Hua Chenglu said secretly, "You can't fight him. You definitely won't be able to win!"
"Why?"
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