Cultivating Immortality Begins with Selling Oneself

Chapter 145 Crooked ways
In a corner where no one was paying attention, the old man in black robe revealed his true nature.

"You have a conscience, and all this time I've spent teaching you hasn't been in vain."

The old man in black robe took the food handed to him by Shen Fuyu and took a bite. He narrowed his eyes and said nothing, but he ate a little faster.

"And sour plum soup."

Shen Fuyu's movements were very appropriate.

As long as the old man in black robe is not crazy, Shen Fuyu is willing to respect him.

"Master, do you want to join us?" Shen Fuyu raised his chin and motioned the old man in black robe to look at the corner.

I saw the young people gathered together, talking about something funny, everyone was laughing, their childish faces were full of innocence and vitality, anyone who saw this scene would be moved.

The old man in black robe snorted coldly, "What's the point of gathering with a bunch of you little brats?"

"Okay, Master, if it's not enough, just give me a wink and I'll continue to bring it to you."

After saying this, Shen Fuyu ran back and reunited with them.

"By the way, have you seen Murong Yue? There are scratches on her cheeks, and black air is coming out of her. This is the first time I've seen black air coming out of a cheek. Murong Yue must have offended something unclean."

"Murong Yue has been really unlucky lately. She must have done all sorts of bad things, and now she's getting her comeuppance. Look, we were all asleep in the dormitory at the time, and the three of us were fine, but Murong Yue was the only one who got scratched on the face."

"Honestly, I think I saw it. It was Ayuan. Do you remember the little girl that Murong Yue targeted? She came from a poor family and had finally graduated from the village with great difficulty. She went through untold hardships to get to where she is today. But because of Murong Yue, all her efforts were wasted, which indirectly led to Ayuan's suicide. Now she's back for revenge, right?"

Perhaps what the girl said was too shocking, and everyone's attention was instantly shifted to her. They all widened their eyes, waiting for her to continue speaking, taking a bite of food from time to time. Time passed little by little, and the old man in black robe strangely did not urge them, allowing them to stay in the corner to eat and drink.

The many scholars in the school usually gather in groups of three or five and form small gangs. After this trip, everyone seems to have become closer, not as unfamiliar as before, and everyone can say a word or two to each other.

They all discovered that each other was not as unapproachable as they had imagined, but rather had good character, and the rifts between them gradually dissipated.

"Let's go and continue climbing the mountain."

The old man in black robe looked up at the sky. It would take another four hours for the sun to set, which was enough time for them to climb to the top of the mountain.

"Great!"

"set off!"

The young men had recovered their energy and began to climb the mountain with great enthusiasm. They had gone out for fun before, but they had never gone up the mountain with so many peers following the teacher, so their enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high.

When they were halfway along the journey, they met a gentleman with a goatee, who was followed by five scholars.

The man with the goatee narrowed his eyes and took a look at the long gowns they were wearing.

"Old Man Shangguan's students?"

Although it is a question, the tone is very affirmative.

The man with the goatee looked at Master Li with disdain.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Shangguan is really getting more useless as he gets older. It's just a mountain climb, and they actually let you lead the team. Haha, could it be that old Shangguan is too old to even climb the mountain?"

There was no hiding the sarcasm in the goatee's tone, and his eyes fell on the many scholars.

"I heard that you will all take the Tongsheng exam this year?" "Shangguan, Shangguan, you are getting more and more confused as you get older. You are crazy about becoming famous. You are taking so many scholars to take the exam. By the time half of them fail, you will lose face.

"Yes, how can Master Shangguan compare to Master Ge Yan?" Cheng Ziqi stood up, bowed like a goatee, and said sarcastically, "Master Ge Yan only has five students, so he naturally has plenty of energy. Unlike Master Shangguan, who manages an entire academy and is busy with academy affairs all day long."

"Sometimes, Master Shangguan is quite envious of Master Ge Yan. After all, Master Ge Yan has so much free time that he can even personally take the scholars up the mountain. Master Shangguan probably doesn't have the time."

Ge Yan and Master Shangguan have been rivals for many years. They used to compete with each other when they took the imperial examinations. Over the years, even when each other's students could take the imperial examinations, they would still compete to see whose students were more outstanding and could get the top scorer.

Whenever they meet him on the road, they will make fun of him.

A sarcastic voice reached his ears, and Ge Yan swung his sleeves fiercely. He looked at Cheng Ziqi with a gloomy and warning look, "As a scholar, don't you even know the most basic etiquette and integrity? Have you read so much that you can't even respect the teacher?"

No matter what dynasty, the role of Mr. is always shown special respect.

Cheng Ziqi was neither humble nor arrogant, "Why should we respect those who don't respect our own master?"

"Yeah, who are you? You're so sarcastic right from the start." Shen Mengwu rolled her eyes and looked Ge Yan up and down. "I've never heard of you. Which academy are you from?"

"What academy? Mr. Ge Yan teaches privately at home." Cheng Ziqi covered his mouth and chuckled.

This action was particularly glaring in Ge Yan's eyes.

Ge Yan clenched his fists and his face became a little gloomy.

As expected of a student taught by Shangguan, he is as annoying as he is!
"Arrogant." Ge Yan snorted coldly, "Just like your master, you don't know your place."

Before Cheng Ziqi could speak, the old man in black robe stood up and protected everyone behind him.

Even though he hadn't spoken a word yet, his aura was enough to scare people.

Ge Yan felt a little uneasy when he looked at the old man in black robe. He really didn't know where Shangguan found this teacher. He always felt that something was weird.

"Look, your students don't even know how to defend you, and you still have the nerve to act so sarcastic. If you have this much time, you might as well select a few new people to train."

The black-robed old man's few light words immediately broke Ge Yan's defense.

Ge Yan's face was dark, and he realized belatedly that, yes, his students had been hiding behind him like quails the whole time.

Seeing Ge Yan's back as he left angrily, Shen Mengwu's eyes lit up as she looked at the old man in black robe.

"Master Li, you are so amazing! You made him angry and leave with just a few words."

"Master Li, can you teach me? Every time I quarrel with someone, I don't know what to say and just want to whip them." Shen Mengwu frowned.

"Snapped!"

Shen Fuyu kicked Shen Mengwu calmly.

Shen Mengwu didn't understand what was going on. She looked at Shen Fuyu with a wronged look in her eyes and said silently, "Shen Fuyu, why did you kick me?"

"Don't learn any evil ways." Shen Fuyu moved his lips.

The old man in black robe has unfathomable cultivation and unknown origins, and his personality is too emotional, he can turn against others at any time. Shen Fuyu does not want the Shen sisters to have too much contact with the old man in black robe.

(End of this chapter)