[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-comprehension-ability-creating-and-teaching-the-":3,"chapter-comprehension-ability-creating-and-teaching-the--comprehension-ability-creating-and-teaching-the--chapter-68":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Comprehension Ability: Creating and teaching the Dao in various worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},158432,305,"Chapter 68: 4: Heaven Blesses Great Yan","comprehension-ability-creating-and-teaching-the--chapter-68",68,"\u003Cp>Chapter 68: Heaven Blesses Great Yan\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“`\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The birth of Lin Yuan seemed to transform Emperor Liu Shi into a different person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even became much more diligent in attending court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, before Lin Yuan was born,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi once doubted whether he could ever have a son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, the imperial throne, however reluctantly, would have to be passed to another’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though this person would certainly be adopted under his name, be one of his descendants, and worship him as if he was their natural father,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not having his own flesh and blood as heir always seemed a bit odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led to a lack of motivation in Liu Shi’s handling of state affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was the point of all this effort if the kingdom would end up in someone else’s hands?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>everything had changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi had a son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had produced an heir to inherit all that was his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, this son’s constitution and innate talent were so strong that upon examination, Liu Shi found it unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a constitution and innate talent, the boy might well be able to tear tigers and leopards apart with his bare hands by the age of two or three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Liu Shi was delighted with this, he was well aware that martial prowess alone was not enough to be a good Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, political acumen was needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s world was divided among the Central Plains Thirty-Six Kingdoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Greater Yan was merely a dynasty located in the southern Central Plains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One among the thirty-six kingdoms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not the weakest, but it had nothing to do with being the strongest either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since in this generation, as the most crucial foundation of the Central Plains Thirty-Six Kingdoms, a Divine Weapon Master had yet to be cultivated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Liu Shi feel extremely troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a Divine Weapon Master in place, Greater Yan always seemed a cut below when facing other nations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, with the foundation of Greater Yan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>there wouldn’t be any serious problems in the short term, even without a Weapon Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Emperor Liu Shi’s plan,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he aimed to cultivate a Weapon Master for Greater Yan during his reign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he passed the throne to Lin Yuan, the Greater Yan Dynasty would be a peaceful and stable nation, both internally and externally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, Lin Yuan would be able to execute all his political aspirations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Be it reform,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or a change in laws,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would all be up to Lin Yuan to decide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But all this was based on the premise that Lin Yuan knew how to be an Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he knew nothing and acted only according to his whims, wouldn’t Emperor Liu Shi be handing Greater Yan over to a foolish ruler?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as soon as Lin Yuan turned five,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was made the Crown Prince.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And began his training as the heir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>….\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan did not disappoint Liu Shi’s expectations, being able to read and write at the age of three or four.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he was six, he had silenced with his reasoning the Grand Tutor specially chosen by Emperor Liu Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must know that Lin Yuan’s Grand Tutor was extraordinarily learned, not just a top graduate but also from a family that was a famous literary household within the Greater Yan Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a person could lay down a dynasty’s cultural foundation and leave a name in history regardless of the era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he was bewildered by Lin Yuan, a mere child of five, and could not respond for a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this were to spread, it would surely stun the multitude of scholars who regarded the Grand Tutor as their mentor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Chengtian Hall,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Tutor, wearing a helpless expression, complained to Emperor Liu Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Majesty, I really can’t teach him anymore…” the Grand Tutor looked at Emperor Liu Shi seated on the dragon throne and couldn’t help but speak up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened? Did Yuan’er make you angry again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi asked with immediate concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had gone to great lengths to persuade the Grand Tutor to teach Lin Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, threatening a scholar’s life is certainly futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For most scholars,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they very much aspire to be executed by the Emperor because at least in this way, they can leave their name in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Emperor, probably, would have to bear some infamy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, behind the Grand Tutor stood the support of the majority of Greater Yan’s literati.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single move could affect the whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a forceful approach was ineffective, then a gentle one must be tried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After various promises and enticing prospects put forth by Emperor Liu Shi, the Grand Tutor finally agreed to teach Lin Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what Emperor Liu Shi had not anticipated was that, not even a year into the job, the Grand Tutor was planning to quit?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it were just a matter of making me angry, that wouldn’t be much of a problem…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Tutor sighed lightly; he had lived for decades and what kind of student hadn’t he seen?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mentality was already extremely calm, confident in his ability to correct even the most stubborn of students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lin Yuan was not the least bit stubborn; not only was he the opposite of stubborn, but he could also be described as astoundingly exceptional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the concepts taught by the Grand Tutor were readily accepted by Lin Yuan without a hint of doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This initially left the Grand Tutor, who was waiting for Lin Yuan to raise questions, dumbfounded for quite a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You understood everything with just one explanation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then what do you need me for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, the Grand Tutor thought Lin Yuan was pretending to understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he carefully prepared several questions, aiming to expose Lin Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“`\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what the Grand Tutor had not anticipated was that Lin Yuan not only explained his question once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also used the example to deduce other aspects that even the Grand Tutor had not thought of before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the Grand Tutor, the nightmare was just beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the following lessons, the Grand Tutor completely became a tool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only needed to read out the contents of those classical books, as for how to understand them, he didn’t need to say a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuan would understand the meaning after just one listen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, sometimes Lin Yuan would sense the Grand Tutor’s confusion and would reinterpret the more obscure content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing these interpretations, the Grand Tutor would have an epiphany, feeling like the decades he spent studying were in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, a very strange scene occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front of the study desk, the aged Grand Tutor resembled a student, mostly listening attentively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the mere child, Lin Yuan, talked eloquently, his knowledge spanning ancient and modern times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most crucially, the Grand Tutor actually found Lin Yuan’s points to be very sensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wisdom of countless sages throughout history, in Lin Yuan’s words, now showed many aspects unknown to others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Tutor, although obsessed with this sensation, immediately realized that he could not go on like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he continued to stay with Lin Yuan, he feared he would be unable to resist taking Lin Yuan as his master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he suppressed this thought, what would the passing palace maids and eunuchs think?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it he who taught Lin Yuan, or was it Lin Yuan teaching him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For these reasons, the Grand Tutor sought an audience with Emperor Liu Shi early in the morning to tender his resignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly had no face to continue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean by that, Grand Tutor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi sat on the dragon throne, scrutinizing the Grand Tutor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he thought the Grand Tutor had come to complain or perhaps wanted to bargain for something more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, after observing him for a while, Emperor Liu Shi realized the bitterness and resignation on the Grand Tutor’s face was genuine, from the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Emperor Liu Shi very curious. What had his son done to make the Grand Tutor, a literary giant, wear such an expression?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Majesty, the Crown Prince’s control over situations and his approach to major issues far exceed that of your humble servant…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Us mortals, what qualifications do we have to teach him…” the Grand Tutor said bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Far exceeds you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For anyone to receive such high praise from a literary giant like the Grand Tutor would usually be a cause for delight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Liu Shi…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His six-year-old son?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could you not be more credible in your flattery?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi immediately felt that the Grand Tutor might be mocking him…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the Grand Tutor wishes to propose other conditions, just speak them. Why the need to…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi frowned slightly, his tone displaying some dissatisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the Grand Tutor managed a difficult smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t experienced it personally, he himself would think he was taking the opportunity to propose conditions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn’t the case at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Tutor took a light breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then solemnly said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With my virtues, I am no longer fit to teach the Crown Prince…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to make Emperor Liu Shi believe what he said, the Grand Tutor had already begun to abandon his pride, directly admitting his inferiority to Lin Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The words the Grand Tutor speaks…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi was inwardly shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One should know that the most valued thing among scholars was their reputation—they argued for a legacy that would last generations, especially for a literary giant like the Grand Tutor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he was unwilling to teach Lin Yuan, he wouldn’t admit to being inferior to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Lin Yuan was but a six-year-old child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To admit being inferior to such a child would be a great blow to any scholar’s reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially for a literary authority like the Grand Tutor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even in death, he would not have admitted such.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the literary world, there is no first place; in martial arts, there is no second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This isn’t about who is stronger or weaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you suggesting, Grand Tutor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi was silent for a while before finally asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Greater Yan Dynasty…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Grand Tutor paused for a moment, then said with an inexplicable sigh, “Will welcome a Sage Monarch…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A Sage Monarch?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi could hardly believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since ancient times, the highest praise for an emperor was to be called a Sage Monarch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Liu Shi had not expected the Grand Tutor to have such high regard for Lin Yuan, to determine him a future Sage Monarch even before he ascended the throne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your Majesty, this servant shall take his leave…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Emperor Liu Shi remained silent, the Grand Tutor bowed and requested to be excused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi did not stop him but silently watched the Grand Tutor’s retreating figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the Grand Tutor had completely left Chengtian Hall, Emperor Liu Shi waved his hand, signaling the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then sat alone in Chengtian Hall, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time, a bout of unrestrained laughter echoed from within Chengtian Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahaha?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My son, Liu Shi, a Sage Monarch?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahahahaha!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May our ancestors bless us! May our ancestors bless us indeed!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I, Liu Shi, will have a son who is a Sage Monarch?!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May Heaven bless our Greater Yan! May Heaven bless our Greater Yan indeed!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1930,"2026-05-29T04:41:10.495Z","2026-06-14T11:00:36.115Z",1,"novelbin.me","e482a58414e4eb64313fcb0774a006c10b7d5dd1703c7ec0f596fe373df9f424","comprehension-ability-creating-and-teaching-the--chapter-69","comprehension-ability-creating-and-teaching-the--chapter-67",1480,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcomprehension-ability-creating-and-teaching-the--cover.jpg"]