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Chapter 120 Stirred up a hornet's nest

The world of Lotus Lantern!

"Attend class!"

Shen Yi strode into the classroom. His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an air of authority that made people instinctively straighten their backs. Yes, he had learned it from his teacher.

"stand up!"

Liu Chenxiang, who was sitting in the center of the first row, jumped up reflexively and shouted at the top of her lungs. A dozen or so teenagers stood up in unison, bowed and saluted, their movements were so uniform that they looked like they had been trained countless times.

Hello, students.

"Hello, sir."

Shen Yi stood on the podium, his gaze sweeping over the young faces below, and nodded slightly.

The school was small, constructed entirely of bamboo and wood, and clearly not a wealthy one. However, it was clean and tidy, with plain white paper covering the windows, allowing sunlight to filter through the gaps, making it quite bright.

On the podium was a black wooden board, which he had made himself, covered with a layer of tung oil. As for the chalk, it was charcoal that he had made himself.

Looking at the orderly figures below, Shen Yi felt a surge of indescribable emotions.

Back when I was in school, I often complained about how Chinese education was superior, because it was indeed true. Chinese education is rigid, oppressive, and cramming-style, and students are essentially mass-produced parts on an assembly line.

But now that I'm standing on the podium, the one holding the pointer—all I can say is, Chinese education is truly amazing!

All that talk about happy education and unleashing one's true nature is nonsense.

If you let a bunch of teenagers let their nature run wild, they might tear the roof off the school. You have to discipline them ruthlessly, you have to keep them in check, and make them channel all their boundless energy into their books. Otherwise, just look at the consequences of their predecessor, Master Cui.

In truth, his becoming the teacher of Liu Family Village was also a matter of chance.

Six months ago, Shen Yi woke up to find himself transmigrated into the body of a scholar who was neither poor nor rich, and was preparing to take the provincial examination to become a successful candidate in the imperial examination.

At first, he was quite happy. After all, in ancient times, a scholar who passed the county-level imperial examination at least had a degree, was exempt from kneeling before officials, and was exempt from corvée labor. If he could pass the provincial-level imperial examination, it would be like a carp leaping over the dragon gate, reaching the sky in one step.

Just as he was about to activate his "King of Scrolls" mode and buy more lanterns to work through the night, the lantern seller made his pupils shrink, and he almost blurted out: "It's you, Fahai!"

Shen Yi initially thought it was just a resemblance, but after asking the other person's real name, he realized that the other person was not Fahai, but Liu Yanchang.

Shen Yi:

Looking at Liu Chenxiang, who looked exactly like Chen Wenjie, in the lantern shop, Shen Yi finally realized that he had not transmigrated to an ancient world, but a mythological world!

After returning home, Shen Yi decisively extinguished his dream of becoming a successful candidate in the imperial examinations or even the top scholar. In this world, even if he were to become the top scholar and enter the cabinet as a prime minister, he would still be nothing more than a fleeting mortal in the eyes of those gods.

Cultivating immortality is the only way out!

It's good to have this dream, but he has no connections, no master, and doesn't even know what conditions are needed to cultivate immortality. Where can a schoolteacher from a poor, remote village find an immortal to become his disciple?

In this world, cultivating immortality shouldn't require spiritual roots, right?

Shen Yi racked his brains trying to recall if this world was a mythological world mixed with TV dramas, but a world based on the TV drama storyline. So, what method of immortality is there in "The Lotus Lantern"?

As a childhood classic, Shen Yi knew "The Lotus Lantern" very well. He was even tricked into watching "Life's Regrets Flow Eastward" by someone. So he quickly came up with the simplest, most difficult, and most reckless method: to eat the wick of the Lotus Lantern in Liu Yanchang's house, just like Xiaoyu did.

However, while consuming it will certainly change one's constitution, making one a prodigy, it also has a small drawback: one is easily captured by Yang Jian and bled.

Moreover, if someone with ill intentions approaches the Lotus Lantern, they are very likely to be exposed by it, just like Xiaoyu's grandmother.

Shen Yi was self-aware and knew that although he was not a bad person, it was impossible for him to be as simple-minded as Xiao Yu.

Did they steal the powerful pill from the agarwood?

It's also possible that he'll be stabbed to death by Yang Jian and used as a sacrifice for the Heaven-Opening Axe.

After eliminating all the methods that would require risking one's life, Shen Yi finally came up with the safest way to achieve immortality.

He remembered that at the end of the TV series, Gou Dan's mother from Liu Family Village asked Xiaotianquan what would happen to their Book of Life and Death. Xiaotianquan replied that the Heavenly Court had recently changed its rules and had many things to do, so he couldn't remember for the time being.

It's important to understand that what happens in Heaven in a short time can mean days or months in the mortal realm. As for why the Celestial Hound dared to say it outright, it's not that Heaven couldn't remember, but rather that Liu Family Village has Liu Chenxiang, a true immortal who has attained enlightenment. The Jade Emperor has to give him face, just like Yang Jian's three thousand bandit soldiers. Although they are not gods, even the King of Hell wouldn't dare to take their lives.

Simply put, as long as his household registration is in Liujia Village, even if he does nothing, he may no longer be subject to the limits of life and death!

Even if I do die in the end, at least I'll gain several hundred years of lifespan for free. With these hundreds of years as a foundation, I can slowly look for the path to immortality. Wouldn't that be the safest way out?

Without hesitation, Shen Yi sold his house, packed up his belongings, and moved to Liujia Village. He told others that he felt Liujia Village was a beautiful place with clear waters and green mountains, and the people were simple and honest, making it a perfect place to devote himself to his studies.

Although Liujia Village is mostly inhabited by people from the Liu family, there are also outsiders, such as Liu Yanchang, who, although also surnamed Liu, is not actually a local of Liujia Village.

Not to mention, Shen Yi didn't have the arrogant attitude of ancient scholars. He never put on airs and greeted everyone he met. He was happy to help anyone write a letter or a couplet. In less than a month, he became a familiar face in the village.

Making conversation with Liu Yanchang was even easier than expected. This failed scholar didn't have many scholar friends in the village, so he was naturally willing to befriend a rare scholar.

As for agarwood, Shen Yi did not deliberately try to get close to it.

On the one hand, there is an age gap; it doesn't seem right for an adult scholar to play with a half-grown child. On the other hand, Chenxiang is currently just an ordinary country boy, mischievous and energetic, a far cry from the enlightened immortal who split the mountain to save his mother.

Shen Yi's strategy was simple: cultivate a good relationship with Liu Yanchang, and when Chenxiang left to seek immortality in the future, he would accompany Liu Yanchang as an elder and friend to chase after him. Along the way, he would naturally have the opportunity to come into contact with all kinds of gods and monsters, and perhaps he could even get a chance to become an immortal.

This plan wasn't perfect, but given his situation as a mere mortal scholar, it was the best solution he could come up with. After all, following Chenxiang was dangerous; he might get eaten by some little monster, like the fox demon grandmother. What if she got a craving for his body?

However, some time ago, agarwood stirred up a hornet's nest—yes, literally stirred up a hornet's nest.

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