Chapter 34: A New Qi Yi Arrives

So she made no attempt to spare Su Lan's face and said exactly what was on her mind.

Liu Shi smiled upon hearing her words. "If you think that way, I am relieved. You are still young; do not let certain people delay your cultivation due to their selfishness just because you find it hard to refuse. Handle similar matters this way in the future."

Su Jin was stunned.

"Liu Shi, do you not think I am too selfish?"

"Su Jin, let me ask you: is answering students' doubts my responsibility?"

"Mm-hmm."

"Then why are you taking it upon yourself? This is my job. In the future, if someone has questions, simply push them onto me.

You are one of the students Liu Shi values most. Liu Shi hopes you devote your full energy to cultivation. Do not let trivial external matters delay your cultivation.

The six years you spend in the clan school are your best time to build a foundation.

You must absolutely not waste it.

You cannot yet appreciate what benefits these six years of foundation-building will bring you, but when you grow up later, you will understand." Liu Shi said solemnly.

Su Jin: "..."

The next morning, inside the First Classroom.

As soon as Liu Shi arrived, she adjusted the seats for Su Xiao and Su Lan, placing them together with other students who had broken through to the first layer of Qi Refining.

Thus, Su Jin's rear seat was Yang Guan, and behind Yang Guan was Su Xiao.

Su Yunhu's rear seat was Su Linyuan, and behind Su Linyuan was Su Lan.

Eight students filled the desks in these two rows by the window.

Their class now had only twenty-four students. They sat in exactly six rows, with four per row.

Just as Liu Shi finished adjusting the seats, she saw the classroom door open.

Vice Principal Su Jiuniang entered with a mother and daughter. After walking over to Liu Shi, she pushed the little girl forward in front of Liu Shi.

"This child is named Qi Yi, six years old. She joins your Wood Class starting today. She has not yet begun cultivation; Liu Shi, I am entrusting this matter to you.

Please guide her.

Oh, by the way, school has started for sixteen days. Are there any students in your class who have not yet condensed their first wisp of magic power?"

Liu Shi shook her head directly. "All have condensed their first wisp of magic power."

Under normal circumstances, one must condense the first wisp of magic power within ten days of school starting; if one fails to condense it, one will be advised to withdraw.

Among the students admitted to Wood Class this year, even the weakest condensed their first wisp of magic power on the ninth day.

"Then your class is quite good. I heard that Earth Class and Water Class still have people who have not condensed their first wisp of magic power." Su Jiuniang said with a smile.

Liu Shi thought to herself: If they haven't been advised to withdraw yet, they either have a background or a backer.

Vice Principal, what is the point of saying this now? Do you want to praise the backers behind them?

"The students in our class this year are all quite good; some have already broken through to the second layer of Qi Refining." Liu Shi said proudly.

Liu Shi had already led six classes; the Wood Class she leads this year is her seventh, and the students' talents are overall a step higher.

Much stronger than the students she led before.

"That is truly excellent." Su Jiuniang laughed and took Liu Shi's hand. "I heard the Principal say that our entire first grade has produced only four people at the second layer of Qi Refining. Your class accounts for one. Is your class about to produce a dragon?"

"Haha, it is all because the children have good talent." Liu Shi smiled. Having just learned yesterday that Su Wuji had broken through to the second layer of Qi Refining, she had reported his name to the Principal.

Su Jiuniang laughed again. "Even if the students have good talent, they still need a good instructor to guide and educate them properly to achieve good results. I have great respect for your teaching ability. Very well, I have other matters and will not stay long. I am entrusting the matter of Qi Yi entirely to you." Having said this, she left with Qi Yi's parents.

"Rest assured." Liu Shi agreed immediately.

She then said to Qi Yi, "Qi Yi, find any empty seat in the back of the middle two rows and sit down."

"Liu Shi, may I sit in that empty spot by the window? I like that side." Qi Yi looked at the two rows by the window and suddenly asked.

"Not for now." Liu Shi said. "Once you break through to the first layer of Qi Refining, you can move over there."

Qi Yi was surprised and paused for a moment before saying, "Okay."

This was the first time she knew that seating in the Su Clan School was linked to cultivation achievements!

After lunch, everyone moved to the Second Classroom.

Su Wuji packed his things and went to the Third Classroom.

Everyone saw him off together.

There was no sentiment of reluctant parting; after all, they would attend class together again every morning.

After seeing Su Wuji off, Su Jin and Su Cheng also began their cultivation.

Su Lan and Su Xiao found a corner, huddled together, and began cultivating.

Reading the instruction manual and assembling array discs was indeed something even a fool could understand.

However, Su Linyuan and Yang Guan had not yet started cultivating; the two were whispering quietly to each other.

Su Linyuan smiled and said to Yang Guan, "That new arrival, Qi Yi, is truly beautiful. When she grows up, she will surely be a great beauty." His family had too many beauties, so he had learned to appreciate them.

"No matter how beautiful she is, if she cannot establish her Foundation before the age of twenty, even as a concubine, your family will not agree to let her enter the door." Yang Guan reminded him.

Su Linyuan froze. "Do you know what you are saying? I am only six years old. There are still decades before I marry and have children."

"But you were the one who first started teasing that she looked good. If you don't want to marry and have children, why say whether she looks good or not?" Yang Guan said speechlessly. "Besides, if you really want to marry a wife, you could marry Su Jin. Of course, if you don't want to marry a wife and only want to take a concubine, then do not provoke Su Jin. You will get beaten."

"Her grandfather is a Purple Mansion, and my grandfather is also a Purple Mansion. Ahem, I still dare not provoke her." Su Linyuan immediately surrendered.

Ever since he discovered that Su Jin cultivated three techniques simultaneously, he had gone home and asked my lord to investigate this classmate of his.

He didn't know until he investigated: her grandfather is also a Purple Mansion, and she has a very strong background; her master and grandmaster are both famous figures in the sect. She is by no means from a peasant background.

He never expected Su Jin to have such a background, yet she was extremely low-key in the classroom on ordinary days.

"They might transfer to the neighboring classroom in a few days. Do you still plan to stay here?" Yang Guan asked.

"What do you mean?"

"Spiritual fruits." Yang Guan said speechlessly.

"Are you saying we should eat Spirit Fruits to break through to the second layer of Qi Condensation quickly?" Su Linyuan frowned. "Is that necessary?"

"What else? Are we going to keep squatting here with that Su Yunhu?" Yang Guan's lips curled in a cold smile.

Hearing this, Su Linyuan immediately frowned.

He certainly did not want to squat here with a bunch of trash.

Su Wuji was leaving today; in a few more days, Su Cheng and Su Jin would also depart.

Once they left, see what was left over here?

"When I get home today, I'm going to ask for fruits."

"Ask for a few more. I want to eat them too."

"You really are my good cousin."

"You don't intend to leave me behind and go to the neighboring academy yourself, do you?" Yang Guan looked at Su Linyuan suspiciously. Was this fellow already starting to act inhuman at such a young age?

"Ahem, ahem, ahem... Rest assured, I will definitely take you along." Su Linyuan immediately promised.