Why did you provoke me?

After looking at everyone, Yu Meng returned.

"Teacher Yu, are all these people alright?"

"Hmm." Yu Meng looked at the people surrounding her. "Do you all have this thought too?"

"Teacher Yu, if this method can make us stronger, we would certainly like to try it too," a straightforward person said in a low voice.

"I won't stop you from becoming stronger. I've been looking for ways to become stronger myself." Yu Meng's voice was calm, without anger or questioning.

"Teacher Yu, they're fine now, so can we use their methods too?"

Yu Meng shook her head. "Teacher Qing doesn't have any of these small particles anymore. If you want to become stronger using this method, you'll have to wait."

"Teacher Yu, we're willing to wait," one person said happily.

"Will Teacher Qing still make those little pills for us?" someone asked.

"The ingredients for those pills are very rare. We can't mass-produce them yet," Yu Meng pointed out the practical problem.

"What about after that? Can we go look for it later? We'll find it, right?"

"That might be a bit difficult. We can't enter areas where such things exist right now."

"When can we go in?"

"Should we send someone to guard that place?"

"We should designate that area as our sphere of influence, so that when we need to enter in the future, only we will be allowed in."

The cacophony of voices made Secretary Wu frown.

But clearly, Yu Meng did not reject it.

Yu Meng looked around at the people, "In the future, when you do something like this, please let us know. At least one senior bone painter should be there to look after you."

"Teacher Yu, you mean that in the future, when we need to do this, we just need to come to you? Right?"

"You just want to become stronger, why should I stop you? As long as you have a way, I will fully support you."

There was a moment of silence. Suddenly, someone shouted, "Long live Teacher Yu!"

Everyone was stirred by Yu Meng's words, "I fully support you." Their voices unconsciously rose in volume.

"Shut up, all of you. I took a nap. What are you all arguing about?" A gloomy voice suddenly rang out in the room.

The noise immediately subsided. But only for a moment, and then an even louder din arose.

"Jing San, you're awake?"

"I woke up naturally when I had enough sleep. What's so strange about that? And why are you all making such a fuss about it?"

Everyone just stood there grinning foolishly.

Secretary Wu stepped forward. "Have you had enough sleep? If Teacher Yu hadn't come, you probably really would have."

Jing San, who was on the bed, had his eyes closed when he heard Secretary Wu's voice and suddenly opened his eyes.

"Why did you come here?" she asked, propping herself up on her arm as she tried to get up.

"Not only am I here, but Teacher Yu is here too," Secretary Wu said with a smile.

Jing San suddenly looked up and saw Yu Meng standing in the center of the room.

He chuckled awkwardly and softly called out, "Teacher Yu."

Yu Meng looked at him, "How are you feeling?"

"I'm a little weak." Jing San's voice was very low. Compared to his loud voice just now, he was practically speaking from his throat.

"I originally wanted to use the withered branches to nourish your body, but I've already used up all my withered branches."

Those who were standing all took a step back. They would also use this method to become stronger in the future, and then they would also use withered branches. Since their own interests were involved, none of them stepped forward at this time.

Jing San narrowed her eyes slightly. "I still have a few more withered branches here. If Teacher Yu needs them, I can give you half."

As soon as Jing San spoke, everyone in the room lowered their heads, filled with regret. They had missed the best opportunity to curry favor with their teacher.

Secretary Wu chuckled to himself, thinking that those who could become senior disciples were no ordinary people.

Yu Meng smiled too. "Keep it."

He glanced around at the people around him and spoke again. "Please take care of those people in the next room as well. They should wake up by tomorrow morning at the latest."

"I understand, Teacher Yu, don't worry."

Yu Meng and Secretary Wu went back. On the way, Yu Meng asked, "Teacher Yu, can their methods of becoming stronger really be popularized?"

"There is a chance of failure. But the problem now is that Teacher Qing doesn't have those little pills that can expand their brain area anymore."

"Oh, what's so difficult about that? As long as we have a list of raw materials, we can just have them collect them." Secretary Wu didn't think it was a difficult task at all.

"Those stones were all in the dense forest, but now the forest has disappeared. Do you think it's difficult?"

"Huh?" Secretary Wu exclaimed in surprise. "In the dense forest. The kind of dense forest that can run away?"

"Yes, who knew there would be such useful things in there. If we had known, Xiao Wen and the others could have brought out quite a few back then."

Secretary Wu's eyes darted around. "I'll go see them tomorrow."

"Didn't you already distribute their supplies?" Yu Meng asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Teacher Yu, you haven't had much contact with them. Those rascals always leave some supplies behind when they go on missions; they don't hand them all over. I'll go ask around; maybe they still have some of those stones."

Yu Meng looked at Secretary Wu suspiciously, "Since they left it, what did you offer in exchange?"

"I have my own way, Teacher Yu. If they still have those stones, I will definitely be able to get them back."

"Let's give it a try. It would be great if Jingyi and the others came back."

Secretary Wu understood Yu Meng's words. He would go back and pin Jingyi and the others' messages to the top of his chat list. Not only that, he would set it to contact them every half hour, just in case they managed to get through one of those times.

When Yu Meng returned to her room, Niannian had already arrived.

"Fourth Sister, where have you been? I've been back for quite a while now."

"Where else could I go? To the backyard. You reckless fools didn't prepare anything and just barged in."

"They didn't do the same thing as me, did they?" Niannian exclaimed in surprise.

"Hmph, you think you're the only one who wants to become stronger? They're even more eager to become stronger." Yu Meng sat down, picked up the water glass on the table, and took a big gulp.

"So what's their situation?"

"They are all unconscious."

"Oh dear, this is much more serious than mine," Niannian laughed carefree.

"After I left, I felt like I'd forgotten something, and it wasn't until after dinner that I remembered them." Yu Meng glared at Niannian. "You didn't even remind me."

"Alright, Fourth Sister, I forgot, didn't I? It wasn't on purpose. Anyway, nothing happened to them."

"Let me know if you need anything in the future. Don't wait until the very end to contact me. You're lucky this time."

"I remember. It scared me to death back then." Niannian walked behind Yu Meng and fawned over her by massaging her shoulders.