Cultivating Immortality Begins with Selling Oneself

Chapter 56 Keeping Secrets
It's just a teaching for two disobedient and badly behaved students.

Master Shangguan would naturally agree.

Shen Fuyu nodded. He could understand Master Shangguan's choice.

If it were her, she would make the same decision as Master Shangguan.

"Don't worry too much. Murong Yue and Li Xinrong's wounds haven't healed yet, yet they have to come to the academy for classes. Master Shangguan doesn't allow them to bring their servants or servants with them. At most, he'll have a doctor come to apply medicine to them every day."

Murong Yue and Li Xinrong will have an extremely difficult life until their wounds heal.

Cheng Ziqi's face was full of gloating.

"Hmph!" Shen Mengwu clenched her fists and said angrily, "Murong Yue and Li Xinrong better not mess with me, otherwise, I will definitely beat them to a pulp."

"Don't worry." Cheng Ziqi said with a smile: "Murong Yue and Li Xinrong won't dare to cause trouble in the short term."

As they talked, time passed by little by little.

Everyone prepares to go to class.

"Shen Fuyu, I remember what you promised me."

Shen Fuyu made an OK gesture.

When we arrived at the school, Master Shangguan was holding a book and talking about knowledge and understanding while shaking his head.

When there was still some time left, Master Shangguan put the book away.

"Everyone, what is the purpose of your studies?"

The students rushed to answer, and the cacophony of voices made the classroom particularly noisy.

Master Shangguan waved his hand, signaling them to be quiet, and then called a student.

"To gain a good reputation."

"In order to stand out, I want to give those who once looked down on me a slap in the face."

"My family asked me to study, so I came here."

Various answers reached Master Shangguan's ears.

Look at the expectant eyes of these boys and girls, they seem to be waiting for the teacher's praise.

A sigh escaped from Master Shangguan's lips. He was always teaching them great truths.

Teach various kinds of knowledge.

But we forget the simplest thing about being a human being.

It was his dereliction of duty.

Master Shangguan stood in the middle with his hands behind his back, "None of your answers are correct."

"In my opinion, studying is not for the purpose of passing exams, nor is it for the purpose of becoming successful."

"It's to learn how to be a good person, to know etiquette and integrity. Only by understanding morality can one be a good official and truly serve the people."

"If a high-ranking official cannot put himself in the shoes of the people, he will not go far in his career."

Master Shangguan spoke in a gentle and persuasive tone.

In ancient times, scholars treated their teachers with great respect and were not as rebellious as they are today. Therefore, they would listen to whatever the teachers said.

"Master, I come from a poor family. My family worked hard to support my education so that I could pass the imperial examinations and be proud of myself."

Master Shangguan nodded and said, "It's not wrong to be proud of yourself in order to stand out from the crowd."

"But the premise of all this is that one must understand propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame. Writings represent one's thoughts."

"Onlookers need to do practical things for the people. If someone's mind is not right, the opinions in the article they write won't be very good, and naturally no one will like it, let alone participate in the imperial examination."

“Only by having the right position and mindset can you produce better articles.”

Master Shangguan knew that many people took the imperial examinations just to gain fame and fortune, so he started from this perspective, and the scholar soon accepted Master Shangguan's idea.

They all suddenly realized.

Master Shangguan touched his beard. Fortunately, most of the students in the school could straighten their beards. Otherwise, if they became Murong Yue and Li Xinrong, Master Shangguan would be so angry that he would vomit blood.

"So there can be some healthy competition between students, but they absolutely cannot harm others' lives or do anything despicable."

Master Shangguan warned, "Otherwise, if I find out, you will be expelled from Qinghe Academy."

Shen Fuyu glanced at Master Shangguan with a half-smile, presumably taking the opportunity to pass on the news to Murong Yue and Li Xinrong. The Master could tolerate this for the benefit of the underprivileged students, but if Murong Yue and Li Xinrong didn't repent, Master Shangguan would never give them another chance.

"Most of you come from noble families and have never suffered any hardship. This time, we are letting you stay here so that you can study better."

Master Shangguan spoke for a while before letting them go to eat.

Shen Fuyu immediately pulled the Shen sisters to the dining hall.

Shen Fuyu had gained a lot of experience from his many years as a student, but towards the end, he had less and less good things to do.

Shen Fuyu relied on his thin body and was extremely flexible to squeeze in. He took out three servings of rice from the plates and Shen Mengwu and Shen Mengning took them.

"Shen Fuyu, you are so amazing! We can't even get in."

After all, she was born into a noble family, so she was a little pretentious.

Shen Fuyu pursed her lips and smiled, her eyes full of pride, "You will get used to it slowly in the future."

Shen Mengwu looked at the noble lady who was squeezed outside the crowd and stared at them eagerly, and she raised her head and chest unconsciously.

The three of them finished their meal quickly.

Shen Fuyu quietly poured the leftover rice into the bamboo tube.

"Little Brown hasn't eaten yet, we have to bring him some food."

Raw meat will go bad if left for too long, so Shen Fuyu only brought enough for one meal.

"Oh, that's right." Shen Mengwu slapped her head in frustration, "Shen Fuyu is really thoughtful. I forgot about that."

The three of them returned to the room in a mysterious manner. Shen Fuyu took a quick look around to confirm that no one was there before closing the door.

"Little Brown, Little Brown."

The little wolf cub cried out and crawled out from under the bed.

"Have a meal."

Shen Fuyu poured the rice aside and looked at the little wolf cub wolfing down the food with a doting look in his eyes.

"Xiaozong is so cute!" Shen Mengning couldn't help but reach out and touch the little wolf cub's head.

"Great! You actually brought a wolf into the academy!"

The sudden male voice startled the three of them.

Shen Fuyu reacted quickly and turned around, seeing Cheng Ziqi at a glance.

Cheng Ziqi narrowed his eyes, as if he had found something to hold against Shen Fuyu.

"Guess what, if I tell the Master about this..."

"You dare?" Shen Mengwu's eyes widened as she threatened, "Brother Cheng, if you dare tell the Master, be careful that someone might quietly put a sack on you while you're walking on the street at night."

Shen Mengning calmly blocked Xiao Zong behind her, her eyes alert.

The three of them looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy, as if Cheng Ziqi was some extremely evil person.

The corners of Cheng Ziqi's mouth twitched, and a smile appeared on his chubby white cheeks. "I was just teasing you guys."

"I won't tell the Master, but you three are really brave."

Shen Fuyu remained calm and asked, "Which of the academy's rules strictly prohibits bringing pets?"

Cheng Ziqi: “…”

My brain raced, and it seemed that the college really had no explicit regulations.

Exploit loopholes.

Shen Fuyu is obviously taking advantage of a loophole.

"I don't care. Shen Fuyu, as a reward for keeping the secret, you have to make me another barbecue." Cheng Ziqi shamelessly cheated.

Shen Fuyu smiled wryly, "Of course."

"But...if any news about Little Brown gets out in the academy, I'll think it was you who did it."

Cheng Ziqi's eyes widened, "You're taking me on a pirate ship!"

(End of this chapter)