Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 79: Professor Zhou's Other Lesson

The ring fell silent for a moment.

"Disciple, your master asks you, a sapling growing on the edge of a cliff, what should it do?" Lin Yu's voice was very calm.

Su Ming was taken aback, instinctively replying, "Take root, strive to grow."

"And if the wind on the cliff is very strong, capable of snapping it at any moment?"

"Then... sink its roots deeper, grow sturdier, make itself able to withstand the wind."

"Exactly the principle." For the first time, Lin Yu's voice lacked its usual teasing tone, carrying instead a kind of serene power. "Right now, you are that sapling growing on the cliff's edge. The officialdom is that malevolent wind that can snap you at any moment. What you need to do now is not to compete with the wind over who is harder, but to close your door, sink your roots deep into this land, the deeper the better."

"Your policy discussion essay is the branch you wanted to extend. Now the wind is too strong, the branch was snapped off. It hurts, it's ugly. But as long as your roots remain, as long as you are still secretly growing, one day, you can grow into a towering tree. By then, forget a mere malevolent wind, even a raging storm, what can it do to you?"

Lin Yu secretly grumbled to himself, "Oh my goodness, to comfort this kid, I even pulled out my bottom-of-the-trunk soul-soothing chicken soup. Being a master is truly not easy, not only do I have to be a bodyguard, a teacher, but also moonlight as a psychological counselor. This wisp of a remnant soul, I've really worried myself sick over him!"

Su Ming stopped walking, standing under an ancient locust tree in the County School.

He raised his head, looking at the gnarled trunk and lush foliage. His master's words exploded in his mind like thunderclaps.Yes.

Roots.

What were his roots?

The Aura Concealment Art, this body that was being quietly transformed by spiritual energy, and this unfathomable master in his mind.

These were the foundation of his existence and livelihood!

The policy discussion, the scholarly honor, these were merely external things. Only one's own strength was real and substantial, something no one could take away.

That sense of defeat that had almost swallowed him receded like an ebbing tide. In its place was an unprecedented clarity and resolve.

Su Ming turned around and strode towards the Jia-character courtyard.

His steps were steady, no longer carrying a trace of confusion.

Returning to the courtyard, the sky was already completely dark.

He didn't light a lamp, walking directly to the well, taking off his upper garment, drawing up a bucket of icy well water, and pouring it over his head from above.

The chill of the well water instantly enveloped his entire body, making him shiver. But what followed was a high degree of mental focus and clarity.

Su Ming sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes.

The Aura Concealment Art roared into operation, smoother and more urgent than ever before.

Su Ming seemed able to "see" wisps of cool spiritual energy seeping out from the well mouth, scrambling to drill into every pore of his, converging into his meridians, washing through his limbs and bones.

Just as Su Ming was cultivating diligently, within the ring, Lin Yu's soul body suddenly trembled.

Lin Yu immediately sank into internal vision.

That Spirit Gathering Array sustaining his existence was still operating with difficulty. But that hideous crack seemed... to have stopped expanding!

Not only that, the dim spiritual light around the crack had actually brightened by a sliver. The resentment and filth energy attached to it seemed to have been neutralized by something, becoming less active.

"It's the spiritual energy!" Lin Yu understood instantly.

Su Ming's day-and-night bitter cultivation these past few days had drawn a large amount of pure spiritual energy from this treasure well. This spiritual energy, using Su Ming's body as a transfer point, was partly absorbed by Su Ming, while another part nourished the ring!

And the spiritual energy transmitted to the ring through Su Ming's cultivation was purer than what the Spirit Gathering Array absorbed alone before. This pure spiritual energy was like good medicine, slowly repairing the Spirit Gathering Array eroded by resentment!

speed was extremely slow, it was indeed improving! Moreover, Lin Yu seemed able

this well water as much as you want, it's on me! If it's not enough, I'll figure out a way to dig more for you! You must work twice as hard for your master, see if you can repair this broken array

from the previous "landlords" was much more "abundant" than this rookie Su Ming's. Why didn't the Spirit Gathering Array convert their spiritual energy? Was it because the Spirit Gathering Array mutated with those six blood streaks after shattering? Or was it because this

soul body, but the voice transmitted to

days. But remember, guard against arrogance and impatience. The path of cultivation

Su Ming: "..."

receded, dawn's first

cool morning air. The chill of the well water had long

of bitter cultivation had strengthened the qi sensation in his dantian by

do you feel?" Lin Yu's voice carried a hint of

Su Ming stretched his muscles and bones,

Lin Yu said smugly, "Last night your mind was agitated, coupled with defeat, it was the perfect opportunity for breaking and then establishing anew. The

the faster my Spirit Gathering Array repairs. Go on, good disciple, for your master to linger on a few more years, absorb fiercely for your

about to head to the dining hall when the courtyard

sporting two large dark circles under his

heard people say the reason was the government treasury is empty! What a load of crap! Last month, Young Master Wei's family married off a daughter,

than Su Ming, the

of the well water that had gone completely cold,

you have no reaction at all? That was the top scorer's policy discussion! Just tossed into the wastepaper basket like that?

"Finished?" Su Ming asked.

Rui was

back and review your books." Su Ming picked up a scroll

calm profile, feeling like he'd punched cotton, half his pent-up anger instantly deflating. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end could only mutter resentfully, "You, you're really a

He left, crestfallen.

lifted from the scroll, watching Zhao

Angry? Of course.

Disappointed? That too.

these emotions, washed over by that bucket of icy well water and a night of cultivation last night, had long been scoured away and refined. What remained was only a

courtyard gate was

at the door was a servant from the Zhou residence,

Director Zhou requests

stirred. What was coming had finally

the atmosphere was completely different from the previous two

was the intimidating pressure of the first meeting, and the solemnity of the master-disciple ceremony. Zhou Wenhai sat behind the desk, holding not a scroll, but a

filled with a faint

Wenhai pointed to

and took his seat, his back still

pushed a cup of freshly brewed hot tea towards him. The tea liquor was clear yellow, its fragrance pure

"Try it, pre-rain Longjing."

up the teacup

Wenhai glanced at him, put down the teapot, and slowly began, "The matter of your policy discussion, Professor Liu

flat, as if discussing

you feel very disappointed, very

before replying,

there to be puzzled

picked up his own teacup,

you presented is a good plan benefiting the country and people. In their eyes, what you presented is endless trouble. Surveying, land acquisition, allocating manpower, managing

Magistrate's. Something goes wrong, the blame falls on

even more blunt and exposed than

Su Ming's heart sank.

thought

it yet." Zhou Wenhai took a sip of tea, his gaze distant, as if piercing

the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works could bicker for three years. A memorial, from submission to receiving a reply, going through the processes of the Six Ministries, would take forever. I've seen far

The capital?

Ming's heart shook

his background! The capital! He's just a County School Director, how would he know the details of Six

right! He's not a simple local snake, he's probably retired from that dragon's pool