Chapter 36: Chen Qianzhi (1)

“Waaaaah…”

Su Xiaotang was crying as snot and tears streamed down her face, unable to stop.

Seeing this, Chen Qianchi couldn’t help but complain: “Hey, Xiaotang, how many times have you heard this story? How can you still cry?”

“I know… but it’s just… it’s just so sad…” Su Xiaotang wiped her tears and choked out.

“You’re just too naive. Have you considered that this stinky fox is so crafty that she might have embellished the story? Maybe she was the ringleader herself,” Chen Qianchi said with disdain.

“Huh? Really!?”

Su Xiaotang looked at Shen Yuying with a terrified expression, while the latter offered a mysterious half-smile.

“Heh, who knows?”

“So, whose turn is it next?”

Lin Anlan asked.

As soon as those words were spoken, both Su Xiaotang and Shen Yuying looked at Chen Qianchi, who pursed her lips tightly, a charming crimson flush creeping up her wheat-colored cheeks.

“I… I know…”

As Chen Qianchi spoke, she began twisting her fiery red short hair with her fingers.

“You all… know about dragons, right…”

“Yes, but as far as I know, the only dragons left in the world are the few members of the flood dragon tribe; sky dragons have long been extinct.”

“Actually… I am…”

“Ah!?”

Lin Anlan was completely taken aback.

“And… I suppose I could be considered a pure-blooded… sky dragon…”

Amidst the laughter of the group, Chen Qianchi’s ear tips burned hot as that childhood, deeply buried in her memory, gradually surged to the surface…

…..

Arriving at an unfamiliar town and walking down the street, 10-year-old Shen Yuying, who was walking beside Chu Fan, suddenly said excitedly:

“Master, from today on, I won’t call you ‘teacher’ anymore, how about ‘honored master’ instead!”

“And why is that?”

Chu Fan couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.

“Because I see the children of other families calling them that, it feels so cool, and it highlights your towering image even more!”

“Is that so? Then do as you please, as long as you’re happy.”

Chu Fan rubbed Shen Yuying’s head with a doting look, and she looked like she was enjoying it immensely.

They had been traveling together for nearly 4 years, and their bond appeared quite close.

“But Master… oh, no, Honored Master, why did we come to this ancient town?”

“Because money is tight, of course. I need to earn some silver. I just happened to see a notice on the street saying an academy is hiring temporary teachers.”

“A temporary teacher? What will you be teaching?”

Chu Fan fanned out a scroll in his hand and said indifferently:

“Exegesis and literacy.”

Suddenly, Shen Yuying thought of her master’s terrible talent for naming things and his bizarre dark sense of humor, and her face turned ugly.

“Uh… Honored Master… are you sure… you can teach?”

Shen Yuying truly did not believe that her cheap master could handle any teaching content other than cultivation.

“Why wouldn’t I be able to? Didn’t I teach you?”

Chu Fan replied as a matter of course.

“That was self-study! I taught myself!”

Shen Yuying emphasized her talent and effort repeatedly.

“It’s about the same; everyone will think I taught you anyway. After all, you are my apprentice.”

“This…” Shen Yuying was dumbfounded.

Shen Yuying stood frozen in place, wanting to cry but having no tears, while Chu Fan didn’t wait for her, waving his hand behind his back as he walked.

“Hurry up and keep up; I won’t care if you get lost.”

“Ah! Wait for me, Honored Master!”

After snapping back to reality, Shen Yuying hurriedly used her short legs to catch up.

….

“I don’t want to study!”

Inside the Ao residence, a girl with fiery red short hair swung her arms impatiently, sat on a wooden chair in a rage, stuffed a pastry from the table into her mouth, and tossed the wrapper on the floor.

“Xiao Chi! Father knows you have innate divine strength, but brute force alone won’t help you achieve great things. If that’s the case, how can I pass this vast Longjian Town on to you?”

Standing in front of the girl, an old man spoke earnestly.

“Hmph! Who doesn’t know that our Ao family is the flood dragon tribe that protects this town and ensures good weather? The ownership of this town belongs to us by right; why do I need to read some trashy books? My fists are enough!”

“Xiao Chi!” The old man said softly, “Just consider it a favor to your father.

Just go for one month, won’t one month do?”

“No!”

The girl turned her head and snorted.

“Then half a month, would half a month be okay?”

The old man trotted to the girl and begged again.

The girl remained silent.

“What about one week? One week is fine, right?”

“Really?” The girl asked, wavering.

“Really! A week is a week! When has Father ever lied to you?”

“Then… fine.”

As the father who had been the best to her since birth, even if she didn’t show him a good face on the surface, the girl loved him dearly.

“Aiya, that’s my girl, Xiao Chi. You’re so obedient.”

“Then shall I leave now?”

“Yes, yes.”

The old man nodded with a kind smile.

The girl held her neck and walked out of the residence with a helpless sigh.

…..

In the academy corridor, Chu Fan and Shen Yuying walked side by side.

Shen Yuying asked out of curiosity again: “Honored Master, you said earlier there were two purposes, one was to earn money, so what is the other one?”

“As for this second one.”

Chu Fan patted the book with a wicked smile and asked:

“Do you know who manages this ancient town?”

“I don’t know.”

Shen Yuying shook her head.

“It’s the Ao family of the flood dragon tribe.”

“Flood dragons?”

“Yes, them, so…”

“So, Master, are you planning to kill a dragon to take its gallbladder! To forge an ancient divine weapon!”

Shen Yuying put on a cold-blooded expression and started mimicking a sword-swinging motion, but her expression shifted, and she scratched her head with a laugh.

“That wouldn’t be so cruel, right…?”

“Hmm? How did you know?”

“Ah!? You really want to be that cruel!? Master, can you… even beat a dragon!?”

Shen Yuying was full of disbelief.

“Of course, it’s just a bunch of sea worms, what’s there to be afraid of?”

Chu Fan said casually.

“Wow~ Master, you’re so cool~”

Shen Yuying clasped her hands together, looking at Chu Fan with hearts in her eyes.

“Though, it’s not that cruel. I just want one of their reverse scales. If they are willing to hand it over voluntarily, there’s no need to take their lives.”

“Reverse scales? What do you need that for?”

Shen Yuying asked curiously.

“To refine tools, of course. It’s the hardest material in the world. Even a flood dragon’s reverse scale is incredibly hard, not to mention a sky dragon’s.”

“A sky dragon?”

“But sky dragons, well, they’ve been extinct for a long time, don’t even bother thinking about it.”

“Oh, I see.”

As they talked, the two arrived at the classroom door.

When they opened it and walked inside, Chu Fan felt an overwhelming pungent odor, and—

Crash….

The bucket on top of the door poured down as it opened.

However, Chu Fan’s reaction was lightning fast.

He not only caught the bucket falling from the door, but he also used a protective spell to make the water hit an invisible umbrella—

Sliding directly onto the head of the Shen Yuying standing next to him.

“Honored Master… I really want to curse right now…”

Shen Yuying’s hair was drenched, her ears drooped, and she said with a face full of resentment.

“Children aren’t allowed to use profanity,” Chu Fan said indifferently.

“Then why can grown-ups do such damaging things…”

“You’ll do the same when you’re older.”

“No I won’t…”

At this moment, Shen Yuying didn’t know what kind of person she would become in the future.

Using a magical tool like a hairdryer to dry Shen Yuying quickly, Chu Fan had her sit in the second-to-last row by the window.

When she sat down, Chu Fan let out a quiet, satisfied sigh for some reason.

“Ah~ that’s the feeling~”

He composed his emotions and re-examined everyone sitting in the classroom.

Everyone had a smile of varying colors, but it was obvious they weren’t good students.

He suddenly began to understand why this academy needed to hire teachers.

Especially in the middle, the girl with deer antlers and fiery red hair, since her hair color looked like a troublemaker.

The main thing was that she didn’t even have a smile; it was as if “I don’t want to be in class” was written all over her face.

However, Chu Fan unexpectedly discovered that because of the water bucket incident, many of the female students were looking at him with very strange gazes, whispering to themselves.

“Wow… what a handsome teacher…”

“Yeah, yeah…”

“He seems to be a cultivator too…”

Seeing this, and then looking at Shen Yuying’s expression, Chu Fan was stunned.

Why is her murderous aura so heavy?

How is it even heavier than when they first met?

And what are they muttering?

‘Damn it… a bunch of vixens daring to covet my master…’

What does that mean?

Is she the only vixen here?

And what does she mean by “my master”?

He is the master of the people now, okay!?

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