The Disciple's Diligence Makes the Master Seem Lazy - Chapter 2

[Chapter 2: The Apprentice is Really Capable]

“Let’s go back to the academy and change clothes.”

Li Xu wanted to get back to the academy as quickly as possible, so he grabbed her neck and took a step forward.

“Master, you’re so fast.”

Daxu was like a chicken, being carried by Li Xu with one hand. The ground seemed to become shorter under her feet. With one step forward, the mountains and rivers retreated, and the surrounding scenery disappeared quickly.

A smile appeared on Li Xu’s face. This is a fifth-grade Taoist method that shrinks the earth into an inch. How can it not be fast?

“Master, you can be even faster. Do you want to try it?”

“Okay.”

Daxu smiled with her eyes curved, and her fox ears moved. This master is really amazing, but it hurts a little.

The speed was too fast, and the wind blew up her hair, cutting her chubby face, making her feel a little painful.

“Master, you should slow down, I can’t stand it.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Master, I haven’t practiced yet, and the wind cuts my face, it hurts.”

“I didn’t expect this.”

Li Xu slowed down a little, but he still appeared at the entrance of Taixu Academy soon.

On the left side of the entrance, there is a small pavilion, and on the right side of the entrance, there are old trees with tangled roots.

It was a huge old banyan tree, with countless aerial roots at the base of the tree, and flocks of birds chirping on the branches, as if welcoming Daxu’s arrival.

Li Xu reached out his hand, took Daxu’s hand, and said:

“Let’s go in.”

“Yes.” Daxu grabbed her master’s hand and stepped into Taixu Academy.

Under her feet were green jade steps, with grass on both sides and flowers not far away. There were colorful butterflies in the flowers. Daxu was so excited that she wanted to roll on the ground.

Continue walking forward, you can see the garden, lotus pond, ten miles of peach forest, flowing waterfalls, Guangjing Lake, there are flying white cranes in the lake, pairs of mandarin ducks, a few willow trees on the shore, and many rare birds and animals.

Walk a few dozen steps.

There are countless pavilions, magnificent palaces and library.

“Master, Taixu Academy is so big and beautiful, you have accepted thousands of disciples?”

“Just you.”

“Ah? Really just me?” Daxu stared at Li Xu blankly.

“Hmm.”

Daqi was puzzled: “But they haven’t accepted any disciples, where do they get the money to make the academy like a fairyland?”

“In the past few years, the Imperial Academy has spent manpower, energy and material resources to rectify education, formulate new rules, and change some irregular Taoist temples or Buddhist temples. They changed them to have the word “Academy” at the end of their names, and they were all under the management of the Imperial Academy.”

The Imperial Academy is an organization that specializes in teaching ascetics to practice Taoism.

“This place used to be called Bad Taoist Temple. After the new rules were introduced, I changed the name to Bad Academy. It didn’t pass the approval of the Imperial Academy because it was not proper. So I changed the name to Taixu Academy and it passed the approval.”

“Since the name was changed, a large amount of funds were obtained. It was originally used to repair the academy and recruit more disciples, but I didn’t want to recruit disciples. I just hired a lot of craftsmen to develop all the hills around Taixu Academy, and it became what it is now.”

Daxu nodded and said, “I see.”

Li Xu took Daxu to his room, took out a white dress that he had never worn from his closet, sat on a chair, took out a pair of scissors, and began to cut clothes suitable for little Daxu according to her height.

“It’s not very good-looking, you can just wear it, change your wet clothes, and your room is next door.”

“It’s good, thank you Master.”

“Go.” Li Xu waved his hand.

Daxu trotted to change clothes.

Li Xu smiled and wanted to wait for her to come back and ask her to cook for him. He was a little hungry.

However, she didn’t come back. Li Xu stood up and wanted to see what she was doing. After walking a few steps, the system displayed a line of prompts.

[Clean the chairs, reward 100 diligence points]

[Arrange the chairs neatly, reward 100 diligence points]

[Clean the table, reward 100 diligence points]

[Remove the spider webs, reward 100 diligence points]

[Fold the quilt, reward 100 diligence points]

[Wipe the window, reward 100 diligence points]

[Mop the floor, reward 100 diligence points]

…

“This plump… Diligence…”

Li Xu, who originally wanted to ask Daxu to cook, stopped and sat back silently. The system’s prompts never stopped and floated out quickly.

Moreover, some diligence points will appear repeatedly every once in a while, such as the exercise of mopping the floor.

[Mop the floor, reward 100 diligence points]

It should be Xiao Daxu who is mopping the floor repeatedly.

An hour later.

[Clean the door, reward 100 diligence points, balance 12200 diligence points]

At this point, the system’s prompts no longer appear.

“Disciple, my Diligence Points are depending on you. Don’t stop, please increase your efforts.”

Daxu continued to work on her room, but no more Diligence Points were generated. Li Xu suspected that there must be some kind of limit, just like you can’t gain experience by spawning monsters in the same place in a short period of time.

Originally there were 200 Diligence Points, which means that Daxu generated 12,000 Diligence Points in 2 hours, 100 Diligence Points per minute.

Li Xu could only call him an expert, and his expression was excited:

“Disciple is really capable.”

[Do you want to consume 10,000 Diligence Points and then exchange them for Taoism?]

Li Xu nodded without hesitation.

[10,000 diligence points have been consumed, and the first-class Taoist method of picking grass and

breaking trees has been successfully exchanged. The balance is 2,200 diligence points] [How to use it, just pick up a piece of grass on the ground, break a branch, and use it as a weapon. It is a one-time weapon, and you can pick grass and break trees repeatedly]

Thump thump thump…

Dahu suddenly walked out of the room, ran to Li Xu, touched her belly, and blinked her eyes and said:

“Master, I’m so hungry, are you hungry? I’ll cook for you?” The white fox ears on Dahu’s head moved. She was very happy today and wanted to make a delicious meal for her master.

“Hungry.”

“Master, do you have a big appetite?”

“I have a bowl of rice, how about you?”

Dahu lowered her head and looked at her toes. A faint blush appeared on her chubby face. She said a little embarrassedly:

“I… I… three bowls…”

Li Xu was stunned.

It was just a waste of food.

Eating so much didn’t make him taller, and his height was less than square root of two.

This apprentice might eat himself out of money.

Li Xu looked at her flushed face and the fox ears moving on her head, and found it very interesting. This little creature is so amazing, even if it is poor, it doesn’t matter.

“Master, then I will go to the kitchen to cook. My cooking is super delicious. Whatever you want to eat, I can make it.”

Li Xu thought for a while: “Small pheasant stewed with mushrooms.”

He then added: “The pheasant should be more than two years old, natural, without additives, and the mushrooms should be fresh.”

Daxu asked with a dark face: “Do you have pheasants in your kitchen?”

Li Xu shook his head: “No.”

Daxu asked again: “Are there mushrooms?”

Li Xu still shook his head: “No.”

“That can’t be done.”

“Didn’t you say you can do anything?”

Li Xu thought she had a cooking god system that could make all kinds of ingredients, but it turned out that she had to prepare the ingredients herself.

Daxu touched her head and said, “Master, I can’t conjure up ingredients out of thin air. I can only process the existing food.”

“Then go and see for yourself. What’s in the kitchen? You can cook it yourself. Don’t worry about the master. Your master has a good stomach and can eat anything, except rotten bananas mixed with spoiled milk.”

“Okay.”

Daxu just entered the kitchen and started working, and she broke two eggs into the bowl.

When washing rice, she almost overturned the pot, and she almost fell into the water tank.

After a long time of struggling, her little face was black. Finally, she cooked the meal, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, squinting her eyes, and laughing happily.

[Cooking rice and vegetables, reward 1000 diligence points, balance 3200 diligence points]

(End of this chapter)