"Another golden book?"
Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.
After spending so much effort guiding Mu Xueqing and imparting her swordsmanship to him, he didn't expect to receive the other party's sincere gratitude and obtain yet another golden book.
Even though he didn't know the exact effects of this golden book, he knew that it could raise one's Soul Depth easily and allow one to memorize countless knowledge. These two were invaluable treasures.
"Teacher, no matter where you go, we'll return to look for you!"
Making a vow, Mu Xueqing led the group away.
Soon, the room quietened down. Only Lu Chong didn't follow them. Instead, he stood on the spot with an impassive expression.
"You..."
Zhang Xuan was just about to speak when Lu Chong interrupted him.
"Teacher, I'm a lone person. Wherever you go, I'll follow!" Lu Chong's eyes glinted with determination.
"Alright!"
Seeing that Lu Chong didn't hesitate, Zhang Xuan understood his student's personality. Knowing that persuading him would be futile, he nodded.
After dealing with the students, Lu Chong walked out of the room. At this moment, Liu Shi walked up to him with a worried expression.
"Are you going to let them kneel just like that?"
Zheng Yang, Yuan Tao, Wang Ying, and the others were still kneeling in the main hall. Were they going to continue kneeling like that?
"Their cultivation has risen too quickly, so they are a little impatient. Kneeling for a while longer will help to stabilize their state of mind and prevent them from acting rashly!"
Zhang Xuan.
To him, poisoning wasn't a big deal at all, so naturally, he wouldn't get angry over it. The reason why he intentionally left them in the cold and made them kneel on the spot without a care in the world was to temper their state of mind so that they could walk further in the future.
Take Lu Chong for example. After the incident in his clan, his heart was as tough as steel. Even though his cultivation had risen by leaps and bounds in just a few days, he didn't show the slightest bit of arrogance. On the contrary, he became even more determined.
Zheng Yang, Yuan Tao, Wang Ying, and the others had followed him all this while, and they had received the best education. It was time to teach them a lesson so that they would understand the difficulties of cultivation and not get too complacent.
"Indeed, I have overlooked it..."
Liu Shi nodded. At this moment, he truly admired this Senior Brother.
When he first met this senior of his, he was still very inexperienced in everything he did. But now, he already had the demeanor of a teacher. Everything about him carried the demeanor of a teacher.
As a teacher, not only did they have to raise the cultivation of their students, they also had to strengthen their mental fortitude.
If one were to compare cultivation to architecture, then one's state of mind would be the steel frame of the architecture.
Without a frame, no matter how many bricks one had, no matter how skilled one was, the height would be limited in the future. Furthermore, it would be very difficult to withstand the wind and rain.
He was using this as a pretext to make a fuss and punish them severely, but in reality, he was training them hard.
Without the bone-chilling cold, how could the fragrance of plum blossoms assail the nose?
"I hope they can understand your efforts …" Liu Shi sighed.
Sometimes, students did not understand why the teacher was so strict and rebelled. By the time they regretted it, it was already too late.
Zhang Xuan nodded. After chatting with Liu Shi for a while, he walked out of the mansion and dealt with the remaining matters.
The Great Herb King, Liao Qing, and the others had already left the capital. The Ji Clan came to apologize and gave him many gifts, which he kept in his storage ring.
The matter with the Ji Clan wasn't a big deal, so there was nothing to pursue.
By the time he was done, it was already late at night.
The next day, Zhang Xuan went to the Physician Guild and browsed through all of the books he had yet to finish. He also collected all of the books from the other guilds in the kingdom into the Library of Heaven's Path. He busied himself until nightfall before returning to his residence.
"Let's begin!"
With a jolt of his mind, a golden book appeared in his storage ring.
The two 4-star master teachers had specifically requested to meet Yang Xuan, and it was impossible for him to keep delaying the matter. If he did not wish to be seen through by the other party, he had to possess a wealth of knowledge. In any case, he had two golden books, so it wouldn't be a waste to use one.
"Gather knowledge..."
Boom!
As Zhang Xuan willed it, a deafening explosion sounded. The golden book suddenly released a blinding light, and the contents recorded in the Library of Heaven's Path flowed into his mind. Zhang Xuan's vision darkened and he fainted.
...
Physician Guild.
Looking at the unconscious Physician Mu Hong lying on the floor, Physician Cheng Feng felt helpless.
The previous guild leader had gone to the Lin Clan to treat the other party's poison, and yet... he ended up in such a state.
As a 3-star physician... he was truly an embarrassment.
"Physician Cheng Feng, is there any way to save him?"
Physician Mu Hong's student was the 2-star physician of the guild, Xie Shunda.
At this moment, he was looking at Physician Cheng Feng anxiously.
"I've tried everything I could think of, but the poison he was afflicted with... is simply too powerful. I'm helpless!"
Physician Cheng Feng shook his head.
After studying the poison, he realized that it was able to fuse with zhenqi, making it impossible for anyone to treat it.
"Unless..."
"What?" Xie Shunda's face tensed up.
"Unless Guild Leader Liu, or Zhang shi, were to make a move personally. Given how he was able to treat so many illnesses, it shows that his medical skills are astounding. Even though this poison is formidable, he might have a solution to it!"
Physician Cheng Feng said.
"Zhang Xuan..."
Hearing that name, not only was Xie Shunda displeased, his face darkened, and he bellowed furiously, "His student was the one who poisoned him! He must have colluded with that Poison Temple Hall Master!"
When Division Head Liao met Zhang Xuan, it was as if he was meeting his own father, and he was extremely respectful toward him.
Given that Physician Mu Hong was afflicted with lethal poison and the appearance of the Poison Temple Hall Master, who would believe that the two were unrelated?
"Audacious! You can't spout nonsense!"
Physician Cheng Feng's face turned grim. "Zhang Shi is a master teacher and a grandmaster physician. How could he possibly have anything to do with the Poison Temple?"
"I'm spouting nonsense? Hmph, so many people have seen it with their own eyes, how could it be fake? "
Xie Shunda harrumphed coldly. "Challenging the Wall of Dilemma and becoming the guild leader? Pui! What right does a person from the Poison Temple have to become the guild leader of the Physician Guild?
"In fact, I think that he doesn't know anything about medicine at all. The answers to the questions on the Wall of Dilemma were all prepared beforehand. Otherwise, how could he possibly solve so many questions in such a short period of time?"
Seeing his teacher lying motionless on the floor, Xie Shunda couldn't hold himself back anymore and roared furiously.
Every single question on the Wall of Dilemma was extremely difficult. Even if a fellow who wasn't even twenty started learning medicine in his mother's womb, how incredible could he possibly be?
Clearly, someone had given him the answers in advance, and he was just following the script.
Otherwise, if he possessed incredible medical skills, why hadn't he treated anyone before? Why hadn't he treated anyone's illness before? (The matter of treating the guardian beast is a secret, and many people aren't aware of it.)
"This …" Physician Cheng Feng hesitated.
When Zhang Shi came to the Physician Guild, he was present as well. To challenge the Wall of Dilemma directly … It was clear that he didn't know anything at all.
Yet, such a person was able to solve nineteen questions consecutively. That in itself was perplexing.
Speaking of which, he also had some doubts about the matter.
"Such a person isn't fit to be the guild leader of our Physician Guild. I hope that Physician Cheng Feng can uphold justice and call for a Physician Tournament to remove his position as the guild leader. Don't allow him to fool others …"
Xie Shunda harrumphed.
Before he could finish his words, a middle-aged man rushed in.
"Physician Cheng Feng, Physician Xie Shunda, the Wall of Dilemma … has sent a message!"
As soon as he entered the door, the middle-aged man shouted with excitement on his face.
"A message? Did he answer the last question wrongly? "
Xie Shunda's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly turned to look at the middle-aged man.
A few days ago, Zhang Shi had answered twenty questions consecutively. However, on the last question, the other side of the Wall of Dilemma didn't provide an accurate answer.
Thus, he thought that he would have to wait for another ten days. Who knew that there would be a message today?
"Wrong?" The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment before he hurriedly shook his head. "It didn't say whether it was right or wrong …"
"It didn't say?"
The duo was taken aback.
Since it was an answer, there should be a right and wrong answer. What did it mean by not saying anything?
"Then … what did it say?"
Xie Shunda asked.
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment before replying, "It said that … Liu Cheng will be appointed as an elder of the League of Nations Physician Guild. As for his rank, it will be tested once his cultivation reaches a certain level!"
"Appoint him … as an elder of the League of Nations Physician Guild?"
Physician Cheng Feng and Xie Shunda glanced at one another. Their bodies swayed and they nearly spurted blood.
The heck, what was going on?
The League of Nations was the highest authority in the kingdom. Even the weakest elder of the Physician Guild was a 4-star expert.
Appoint Liu Cheng as an elder?
Xie Shunda felt a burning sensation on his face, as though someone had just slapped him.
It was just a moment ago that he said that the other party wasn't qualified to be the guild leader, and yet … the League of Nations Physician Guild sent a message asking him to be their elder …
The heck!
You must be doing this intentionally …
With a flushed face, Xie Shunda was on the verge of tears.
…
In a room in Mingshi Tang Academy, there was only a snow-white wall before them.
Communication Wall!
Su shi, Ling shi, Pavilion Master Jiang, and the others were standing before the wall.
"Reporting to Su shi, Ling shi, and Pavilion Master Jiang, the Teacher Acknowledgement Hall has been repaired!"
Elder Zhu walked into the room and clasped his fist.
"That's good!"
Pavilion Master Jiang heaved a sigh of relief.
"Kong Shi's sculpture suddenly shook, causing the tablets of countless predecessors to topple over. This has never happened before. Ling shi, have you found the source of the problem?"
Su shi frowned and asked.
That day, they were present at the scene. Kong Shi's sculpture suddenly toppled over, causing the entire hall to shake. Even until now, they still couldn't figure out what was going on.
Previously, they had been suspecting that Zhang Shi's kowtow was the acknowledgement of the predecessors, but eventually, they shook their heads.
That was Kong Shi's sculpture, and Kong Shi's will was imbued within it. How could it acknowledge another so easily?
It was said that there was once a Nine Stars master teacher who wished to become Kong Shi's student, but he was rejected. A 2-star master teacher … What kind of joke was this?
"I can't figure it out!"
Ling shi was also unable to make sense of the matter. Shaking his head, he picked up a brush and chuckled. "However, there's no need to rush. I intend to ask the headquarters about it now … Even though we can't figure it out, the guild leader and the others should have heard of it!"
"Un, hurry up and ask …"
Su shi nodded his head. Just as he was about to ask the headquarters, a light suddenly flashed on the wall, and a line of words appeared.
"Rejected by the predecessors, the Sorrowful Chimes of the Bell! Within the League of Nations, someone rejected the acknowledgement of the predecessors after taking the master teacher examination. If the Teacher Acknowledgement Hall collapses, report it immediately! "
"The Teacher Acknowledgement Hall collapses?" Su shi, Ling shi, Pavilion Master Jiang, and the others were dumbfounded.
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