The Disciple's Diligence Makes the Master Seem Lazy - Chapter 30

[Chapter 30: The Apprentice is “Pregnant” Again]

“Master, wait for me.”

Daxu clenched her little pink fist and chased Li Xu from behind, but she was still getting farther and farther away from him. She was about to disappear in front of her eyes. She was so anxious that she shouted again:

“Master.”

“Hurry up.”

Li Xu stopped and looked at the tiny Daxu. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. This little apprentice was quite fun.

“Finally caught up with you.”

Little Daxu ran to Li Xu, waving her claws and teeth, her fox ears moving, and suddenly jumped on Li Xu, blushing slightly and said:

“I’m so tired, Master, can you carry me back to the academy?”

“Yes.”

Li Xu carried her on his back and walked towards the academy step by step.

The two walked on the way back to the academy. The golden rays of sunlight dragged their shadows very long, and the ground reflected a beautiful picture.

…

On September 22, Li Xu did not find the “way” of little Daxu.

On September 23, Li Xu did not find the “way” of little Daxu.

On September 24, Li Xu still hadn’t found Xiao Daxu’s “Dao”.

For three days, Li Xu helped Xiao Daxu find the Dao from ten in the morning to five in the evening, but he just couldn’t find the Dao that suited her.

Xiao Daxu didn’t get tired of it, but Li Xu felt that this was not a solution.

He thought that Xiao Daxu could communicate with the heaven and earth, and it would not be difficult to break through the realm in the next step. Unexpectedly, the difficulty was in finding the Dao. It seems that the system’s five-grade Dao method is not so easy to obtain.

In these three days, after completing the small tasks issued by the system, three first-grade Dao methods were obtained, namely “fixing the body”, “sealing the acupoints” and “unlocking the acupoints”.

So far, the system has accumulated an astonishing 160,300 diligence points. Looking at the daily increase in diligence points, Li Xu always marveled:

Really capable!

September 25 and 26 were Saturday and Sunday, and it was customary to rest for two days.

After breakfast, Li Xu sat at the door of the hall, and his eyes drifted to the Green Crow, Dean Qinglian, Tang Sheng, An Zhiyu and Xiao Daxu in the academy to see what they were doing.

The book in front of Luwu opened automatically, and he was obviously studying Taoism, but why was he glowing green?

The elderly Dean Qinglian had a white beard and gray temples. He closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on a huge rock to form a seal and practice Qinglian Dao.

Tang Sheng practiced sword in the academy, his figure dancing, and comprehending new Taoism.

An Zhiyu sat on the grass in a daze. She had recently stared at the lotus pond to comprehend the first-grade Taoism, but she had not found inspiration for a long time. She also asked her master, Dean Qinglian, who handed her several books related to the first-grade Taoism.

There were sword-controlling techniques, lotus balls, lotus flying knives, lotus leaf picking, lotus fantasy world, etc.

But none of them were the first-grade Taoism she wanted. She had no interest at all, let alone comprehending them. She wanted to comprehend something different.

Dahu sat next to An Zhiyu. At first she wanted to read a book.

As a result, she always wanted to doze off while watching. She felt that she couldn’t go on like this and had to find something to do. She poked An Zhiyu’s snow-white thigh and said,

“Let’s play in the water at the lake.”

The master gave her two days off to relax. Besides, she was too tired to practice after being tossed around by the master for five days and just wanted to play.

“Okay.”

An Zhiyu stood up without thinking.

“Wait for me.”

Dahu ran to the master and said, “Master, let’s go to the lake to play in the water. Do you want to go?”

Li Xu shook his head and said, “I don’t like playing in the water.”

But Dahu still pulled him up and pushed him from behind, like an elderly “old man” slowly pushing a carriage.

In the end, she couldn’t push it. An Zhiyu, who was far away, also ran over, and the two pushed Li Xu to the lake.

Li Xu was helpless and looked at Tang Sheng and Dean Qinglian: “Why don’t you take care of your junior sister and your apprentice?”

Tang Sheng paused for a moment, looked at Li Xu, just smiled and didn’t say anything, and continued to practice sword.

Dean Qinglian only opened one eye and couldn’t see.

An Zhiyu asked, “Master, do you want to go to the lake to play in the water?”

Dean Qinglian shook his head. He was not a child, and he was not as childish as them.

“You go ahead.”

Dean Qinglian felt that An Zhiyu, Daxu, and Li Xu were a bit like children.

Especially Li Xu, who was obviously 200 years old, but his mind was almost like a teenager, and the 300-year-old Jiuwei Daxu was almost like a 9-year-old child. It was really strange. Then he looked at Tang Sheng and said,

“You go and play with them.”

“I won’t go.” Tang Sheng shook his head.

“Why?” Dean Qinglian asked.

“It affects my sword practice.”

Tang Sheng said calmly. Since seeing how powerful Li Xu was, he yearned for the sword way even more. If he was not worried that the thieves would deal with his master, he would have entered the state of retreat and breakthrough.

Dean Qinglian was speechless. This disciple was really devoted to the way.

Neither of them went, but Li Xu was forcibly pushed by Dalu and An Zhiyu to the lakeside. There was a 300-foot waterfall on the lake, and the water seemed to be pouring down from the sky.

This was a waterfall lake that Li Xu had hired someone to design at a high price.

The lake is divided into two areas, upstream and downstream, with the upstream occupying three-quarters of the area.

The upstream is the area where the waterfall directly lands, and the water is very clear and suitable for playing.

The downstream is a gathering place for spiritual beasts. There are several pairs of mandarin ducks flirting, egrets spreading their wings and standing on the dead wood of the lake to take care of their feathers, and there are crabs, sloths, pelicans, white cranes, swans and other spiritual beasts playing in the mud and sand.

There are also crocodiles that open their mouths wide and let the birds pick their teeth.

Whether it is upstream or downstream, there is a willow tree every three feet on the shore.

This is the overall structure of the waterfall lake. The person who designed this structure at the time designed it according to the specifications of an ordinary academy. At that time, Li Xu thought that it was useless to divide it into upstream and downstream, but the designer said that it must be used.

Sure enough, the designer was right.

Daxu and An Zhiyu were picking up beautiful stones in the lake upstream, laughing happily from time to time.

Li Xu did not play with them childishly. He took out a chair with a backrest from his storage bag and looked at them.

The splashes from the waterfall in the distance quickly soaked their dresses.

An Zhiyu’s dress was crimson purple, wet by the water, and there were glistening water droplets on her hair, revealing a piece of white, and her curves could be seen faintly.

Daxu’s white dress was stained with water, and it was also faintly visible.

Li Xu suddenly stood up, staring at little Daxu, and suddenly remembered something:

“You are not suitable for practicing the ‘Waterway’, are you?”

Daxu in the lake looked back:

“Master, what are you talking about? I can’t hear you. The sound of the waterfall is too loud.”

“Come here.” Li Xu said loudly.

Daxu ran out, leaving An Zhiyu alone picking up stones.

“Let me see if you are suitable for the waterway?”

Li Xu acted quickly, performing the first-grade Taoist method of “sealing acupoints”, tapping the acupoints on her body, and said:

“I have successfully sealed your acupoints and meridians. You who could swim have now become a landlubber. In this case, if you can also successfully control the water, it means that you are suitable for practicing the ‘waterway’.”

Da’er stammered: “Master, if you play like this… I will drown…”

Li Xu didn’t listen to her and threw her directly into the lake.

Plop!

She fell headfirst into the lake like a stone, struggling constantly, and the water gradually submerged her feet.

The water splashed all over An Zhiyu, soaking several large pieces of her dress. Water droplets flowed down her neck, and a large piece of snow-white appeared on her collar…

(End of this chapter)