I'm Just Making Up The Exercises, My Disciple, Have You Really Mastered Them?

Chapter 10: Disciple's Broken Engagement (Please Collect and Continue Reading)

On the first day after Xu Yan's departure, Li Xuan woke up early and went out, but he didn't see the figure of Xu Yan who had been diligently practicing, and there was no one to cook for him. He had to feed the chickens and tend to the vegetables himself.

He felt uneasy all over.

On the second day after Xu Yan's departure, Li Xuan started to worry again.

"Could my foolish disciple have died in the Evil Demon Forest?"

"He has come twice before and returned safely, so he should be fine this time too."

...

On the fifth day after Xu Yan's departure, Li Xuan went to the hill outside the village and looked in the direction Xu Yan had left, but he didn't see anyone coming.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Even if I'm exposed and they come to catch me as a fraud, they won't arrive so quickly."

"Will I be discovered after all?"

"Ah, Xu Yan, this foolish kid, his brain doesn't work well. There must be someone with a sharp mind among his well-off background."

"If I'm found out, then I'm done for."

Li Xuan's mind was in chaos, filled with worry.

...

On the tenth day after Xu Yan's departure, Li Xuan stood on the hill, ready to hide and run away if he noticed something was wrong.

"This disciple of mine, could he have died in the Evil Demon Forest or not returned home?"

"Or perhaps he has been forbidden to leave?"

The more he thought about it, the more chaotic Li Xuan's mind became. He cursed inwardly, "Damn it! It's not like I forced him to believe me. It's his own fault for having a poor brain. Why should I be blamed?"

"I'm really doing a terrible job. It's embarrassing!"

Li Xuan sighed. As a transmigrator, he was really losing face!

...

On the eleventh day, Xu Yan finally returned.

"Master, the disciple has returned!"

Looking at Xu Yan respectfully greeting him, Li Xuan felt relieved that he was the only one who came back and there was no group of people to capture him as a fraud.

"Well, it's good that you're back!"

His expression was calm and unchanged, as if he had already known that Xu Yan would return.

"Master, this is a small token of appreciation from the disciple."

Xu Yan placed two long boxes on the table.

"You're thoughtful!"

Li Xuan remained calm and composed, raising his hand to open one of the boxes.

Inside was a sword, with a golden scabbard engraved with auspicious clouds and mythical beasts, and embedded with nine red, white, and blue gemstones, a total of nine pieces.

What a precious treasure!

At a glance, Li Xuan was excited. His foolish disciple's background was even wealthier than he had expected.

His face remained calm and unchanged, seemingly unmoved.

He reached out and took the sword from the box, feeling its weight.

The scabbard was adorned with eighteen gemstones on both sides, which alone were of considerable value.

On the hilt, there were two larger red gemstones.

Li Xuan drew the sword slightly from its sheath, and a golden light appeared before his eyes. It was a sword made entirely of gold!

He sheathed the sword and put it back in the box.

On Li Xuan's seemingly calm face, his heart was actually trembling with excitement.

"I'm going to make a fortune. This sword can be passed down as a family heirloom. I won't have to worry about escaping to Wu Country in the future."

A hint of approval appeared on his face as he said, "You have such intentions, and I'm glad. Although this sword is ordinary, it's still good to play with."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yan became extremely excited and said, "Master, as expected, you are a hidden expert. Even though this sword is extremely valuable, you are not moved at all. You only think it's good to play with."

His admiration for his master reached new heights in his heart.

Li Xuan opened the second box, inside of which was a flawless jade ruyi. His eyes lit up slightly, clearly recognizing it as a treasure!

"Not bad!"

Nodding, Li Xuan expressed his satisfaction.

"Master, I also brought some precious medicinal herbs."

Xu Yan took off the package and said.

Li Xuan raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, "He also noticed that his body improved after taking these rare medicinal herbs? Does he think it's beneficial for cultivation?"

"These medicinal herbs are the same as usual, you can weigh them and put them away."

Li Xuan glanced at them, there were no Nine-Leaf Yuanzhi or Thousand-Year Mountain Ginseng, but there were two Five-Leaf Yuanzhi and three Hundred-Year Mountain Ginseng, which were also rare medicinal herbs.

"Yes, Master!"

Xu Yan put away the medicinal herbs and began to tidy up the room, preparing to cook.

Li Xuan was satisfied in his heart. This disciple was sensible, as soon as he came back, he knew how to get things done.

"Hmm? What's wrong? He looks disappointed, did something happen?"

Suddenly, Li Xuan noticed that although Xu Yan was working, his expression was quite downcast. His heart couldn't help but skip a beat. Could it be that someone reminded him during his return home and made him doubt something?

Or perhaps, after a long time without sensing qi and blood, without entering Skin Refining, he encountered some setbacks at home and felt discouraged?

"I can't let him stay down like this. We've come this far, if we don't continue deceiving, it'll be easy to stumble."

"I must boost his confidence!"

Thinking this way, Li Xuan spoke up, "Disciple, why are you feeling down? Is it something related to cultivation?"

Xu Yan paused in wiping the table, and with a dejected expression, he said, "Master, it's not something related to cultivation. It's... it's that I... I was broken off from my engagement this time I went home!"

Hmm?

Broken off?

Li Xuan was stunned, thinking to himself, "Broken off? Your name is Xu Yan, not Xiao Yan, so it's fine, there's no possibility of a counterattack. It's truly a sad story!"

"What happened? Why did the engagement get broken off?"

Showing a concerned expression as a master, Li Xuan asked.

Xu Yan looked dejected, hanging his head low, and said, "She said my brain doesn't work well, and it's embarrassing to be with me."

What she said is not wrong, your brain really doesn't work well!

Li Xuan thought to himself.

He stood up, patted Xu Yan's shoulder, and regardless of the situation, he still needed to comfort his disciple.

"You are my disciple, breaking off the engagement means she lacks insight."

"Master is right, that's what I think too."

"Did you shout at her, 'Thirty years in the east of the river, thirty years in the west of the river, don't bully the poor youth'?"

Li Xuan coughed and asked.

Xu Yan looked at his master with confusion and said, "Master, I'm not poor!"

Damn it!

Li Xuan's eyebrows twitched, feeling like his heart had been pricked!

Immediately, he said seriously, "Disciple, where are you not poor? Did your master say you're poor in terms of money? No! It's poor in cultivation, poor in strength, poor in knowledge of Martial Dao!"

Xu Yan immediately looked ashamed and said, "Master is right, I'm poor, I'm very poor!"

Then he continued, "But don't worry, Master, I haven't lost my ambition. Although I didn't shout 'don't bully the poor youth', I did say to her, 'Today you mock me, insult me, abandon me, one day you will regret it, and you won't be able to climb up!'"

At the end, Xu Yan raised his head slightly with a determined look in his eyes!

Li Xuan's mouth twitched, thinking to himself, "This kid, why does he give off a feeling of being a Son of Fortune? It must be an illusion!"

"Well, your ambition is commendable, my disciple."

Seeing that Xu Yan still had some despondency in his eyes, Li Xuan continued, "Breaking off the engagement might not be a bad thing for you. Remember, setbacks are necessary for one to rise bravely."

"The heroes of old all rose from setbacks."

"On the path of cultivation, it's about enlightenment, a clear state of mind, and self-realization!"

Patting Xu Yan's shoulder, Li Xuan said seriously, "Disciple, there's a saying, 'With no woman in the heart, cultivation is divine.' Now that you've been broken off from the engagement, with no woman in your heart, no thoughts, you will surely make great progress!"

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