Chapter 91: This Woman Is Unworthy Of Scheming With
Fang Shu in the seclusion quiet room, the next day at dawn.
He opened his eyes at the bottom of the well, his eyes bright and clear.
Compared to after yesterday’s fight, his cultivation at this moment had clearly surged a bit more.
It could be seen in his Dao Talisman that the text had changed to:
【Realm: Second Tribulation Refining Essence Human Immortal（Fifty-four percent）】
After fighting with those “Luo brothers” for a while, Fang Shu’s tendons and bones, qi and blood inside his body became even smoother, and his cultivation increased by three percent in total. Although not much, it was clearly stronger than arduous cultivation.
Moreover, this was only what Fang Shu gained from his own insights into the fight. Apart from some insights, he also had assist in a fight fees of fifty thousand Talisman Money, which he could use to purchase various pills in the marketplace to aid cultivation practice.
“Fighting and sparring with others does have some flavor.” Fang Shu pondered in his heart.
However, although he had tasted the sweetness, he no longer had any thought in his heart to get involved in such matters. Even if the Dojo Master drove him again, he would resist or claim illness to retreat.
After all, this time he was in the marketplace, fighting openly and fairly with others, yet he still encountered the Luo brothers trying to extort, and among them Luo Dalang even revealed Third Calamity Cultivation.
Although Fang Shu successfully beheaded the opponent’s head, this situation already carried considerable risk.
If he experienced such things a few more times, walking by the river often, he could hardly avoid being targeted.
Sorting through his thoughts, he mused in his heart: “I came to the marketplace to cultivate immortality and seek longevity. Such acts of showing off ferocity and fighting ruthlessly are not my purpose; better to do them less.”
After summarizing the fight, Fang Shu slightly closed his eyes again, planning to continue tempering his qi and blood to see if he could push it up a bit more.
Even if he couldn’t push it, he could borrow this lingering momentum from the fight to properly engage in arduous cultivation for a few days, tempering his body as much as possible.
However, when noon arrived, a note floated down from the well mouth, landing silently, but Fang Shu still noticed it.
He picked up the note and saw it was written by Du Yu Er. The content invited him to come out of seclusion. If he couldn’t make it in time, he should come promptly after cultivation ended.
Seeing this instruction, Fang Shu knew it was most likely the Dojo Master summoning him.
Seeing that the other party wasn’t urging too urgently, Fang Shu didn’t exit seclusion immediately. He planned to thoroughly complete today’s arduous cultivation and then go find the Dojo Master in the afternoon.
Meanwhile.
In the Assembly Hall, Qin Min had been summoned there by the Dojo Master first.
However, the atmosphere between this master and disciple was somewhat discordant.
Qin Min gritted her teeth, head lowered, her face showing stubbornness, while the Dojo Master frowned.
“Master, regarding the assist in a fight matter, you ordered me to yield it, and I did. Fang Shu won great fame from it.
But now you want me to go into seclusion to cultivate until the Immortal Sect people come, and no longer spar or fight with others to gain experience. Isn’t this just confining me!”
Qin Min’s voice was muffled, she said lowly:
“Disciple doesn’t understand. Why must you suppress disciple? Do you want to promote Fang Shu as the dojo’s facade? Where has disciple fallen short…”
“Enough!” The Dojo Master, hearing this, frowned even more, her expression turning stern.
She stared tightly at Qin Min, her eyes like hooks:
“When this old woman took you in, I thought you had some honest and obedient qualities. Later, occasionally hearing you at odds with the dojo’s disciples, I only thought someone was jealous and bullying you because of your background.
Why does it seem today that you are truly a restless, arrogant, and conceited person!?”
This sudden stern shout startled the stubborn-faced Qin Min, making her body tremble.
The reason was not only because the Dojo Master, who had always been kind and valued her, suddenly changed attitude, but also because when the Dojo Master spoke, her angry spiritual sense coldly swept over Qin Min.
Being targeted by the spiritual sense, Qin Min felt her whole body shudder uncontrollably, as if stared at by a predator, even her qi and blood stiffening.
Du Yu Er was also standing in the Assembly Hall. Seeing the Dojo Master like this, she realized the Dojo Master was truly angry.
“Grandma…” Du Yu Er quickly stepped forward, wanting to ease the tension between them.
But the Dojo Master raised a hand, signaling Du Yu Er not to interfere.
Then this old woman looked at the panic on Qin Min’s face and continued coldly:
“This old woman won’t hide it from you. This time, you were lucky that the dojo happened to have Fang Shu, who killed that Luo Dalang. Without such luck, it would have been you, the rising star, facing those Luo brothers.
Fang Shu clearly saved you from one disaster, yet not only did you not thank him, how could you speculate about your senior brother like this!”
Hearing this, Qin Min was stunned and recalled that this fight did indeed feel somewhat off.
But she remained stubborn and didn’t admit fault, instead gritting her teeth and saying stiffly:
“Without Fang Shu, I could still have killed the thief!”
“You!!” The Dojo Master, hearing this, raised her eyelids fully, staring straight at Qin Min, seeming about to berate her even more.
But after staring for a few breaths, the Dojo Master closed her eyes and let out a long breath.
“Forget it, Yu Er, take her back to her room. Let her properly go into seclusion to cultivate. I’ve already taught her everything she needs to learn.
Until the Immortal Sect disciples come down the mountain to select people, Qin Min is not allowed to exit seclusion.”
The Dojo Master stopped talking nonsense and directly imposed a confinement order on Qin Min.
Actually, after toppling the Dojo Master just now, seeing her truly about to get angry, Qin Min panicked inside and felt at a loss. Clearly, previous clashes hadn’t elicited such reaction.
Now seeing the Dojo Master neither berated her further nor punished her physically, Qin Min secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
As for the confinement order given, though she felt this old woman might be doing it for her own good, she couldn’t be sure there weren’t other motives, and remained indignant in her heart.
But she knew to stop while ahead, behaving obediently and not daring to speak again, silently agreeing.
“Yes, Grandma.”
Du Yu Er, at the side, responded and walked to Qin Min’s side, leaving the Assembly Hall together with her.
After the two disappeared, the Dojo Master sat alone in the Assembly Hall, staring at the empty gate for a long time.
Suddenly, this old woman’s face appeared even more aged, with wrinkled skin and white hair, even exuding a decrepit aura.
Her expression complex, she murmured in her heart: “She wasn’t like this when she first entered the dojo. Why is she like this now… Could it be that this old woman chose wrong?”
The more she thought, the more despondent the Dojo Master’s expression became, even showing a clear bitter smile at the corners of her mouth.
She shook her head, laughing at herself for being so old yet failing to see through a little girl in time.
Also laughing at Qin Min, who hadn’t even graduated or joined the Immortal Sect yet, exposing her true nature so early.
This woman, apart from her spiritual root, was truly not worth plotting with.
A thought arose in the Dojo Master’s heart and settled: “Forget it, this old woman will just handle the final stretch, send her to the Immortal Sect, and that’s it. The rest is up to her.”
At the same time, another thought also sprouted in this old woman’s heart:
“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. It’s time to value and promote the other one…”
