Chapter 281: I Don't Have a Disciple Like You

  "Zi Mu, that's enough."

  Ju Zi could no longer tolerate someone sndering Qin Xiao so egregiously. She shouted at Zi Mu indignantly, "Do you see these arrays on the table? He's the one who carved them."

  She pointed at the arrays on the table with her small hand.

  What?

  Zi Mu looked closely. Could it be that I was mistaken?

  Is this young man actually a modestly dressed soul engineer?

  However, as Zi Mu's gaze fell on the table, his expression became peculiar.

  "Ju Zi, even if you want to speak up for this guy, there's no need to fabricate lies and deceive everyone, right?"

  "How could I be fabricating lies?" Ju Zi's expression turned somewhat astonished.

  She was very clear that what she was saying was the truth.

  Zi Mu pointed at the carving knife and the arrays on the table, and said in a loud voice, "The carving knife on the table is yours, right?

  And there are no mistakes in the process of carving these arrays.

  That is to say, these arrays were all carved successfully in one go, which proves that the person who carved the arrays must be an experienced soul engineer.

  And all the evidence indicates that these arrays were made by you, Ju Zi."

  Ju Zi: ???

  When did Zi Mu learn to reason?

  "Why would I carve a primary array? Do you think I have that much time to spare?" Ju Zi felt somewhat powerless to comment.

  "Hehe, you indeed don't have that much time, so the truth is only one." Zi Mu said, shifting his gaze to Qin Xiao, "You wanted to teach him the knowledge of soul engineering, teach him to carve arrays. Am I right?"

  Ju Zi was stunned upon hearing this.

  It has to be said that although Zi Mu's reasoning was convoluted, he actually guessed correctly.

  When Xuan Ziwen left, he also instructed Qin Xiao to learn how to carve primary arrays from her.

  But after actually getting started, she realized that she was superfluous.

  Too superfluous.

  Does Qin Xiao need someone to teach him?

  No!

  Qin Xiao just needs others to provide a pce and materials.

  And Ju Zi's change of expression did not escape Zi Mu's eyes. Knowing her well, he instantly thought he had guessed correctly.

  He couldn't give up the opportunity to belittle Qin Xiao.

  Strangely, he actually appeared very disappointed.

  "What a pity, you went to so much trouble to teach him, but he doesn't even have the ability to carve half an array."

  Zi Mu thought that as a beginner, Qin Xiao would surely have some failed and discarded arrays if he tried on his own.

  However, he didn't see any.

  Not a single failed array!

  He thought this proved that Qin Xiao hadn't done anything at all.

  "Ju Zi, oh Ju Zi, I really don't know what you see in this good-for-nothing!"

  He said with a look of deep sorrow.

  Good-for-nothing?

  Qin Xiao's eyebrows twitched. It has to be said that this Zi Mu was indeed good at making people dislike him.

  However.

  At this moment, Ju Zi stepped in front of Qin Xiao.

  "Zi Mu, that's enough!"

  Ju Zi scolded, "How dare you speak to your uncle like that?"

  "Uncle?"

  "What a strange name."

  "..."

  Behind Zi Mu, Ke Ke's surprised voice rang out.

  Ju Zi: "..."

  I was actually speechless.

  "He is a good friend of the teacher, and we all have to call her uncle."

  Despite being speechless, Ju Zi still expined to Ke Ke and the others.

  "Uncle?" Wang Shaojie's eyebrows twitched.

  "A good friend of the teacher?" Zi Mu's face was full of disbelief.

  Who is Xuan Ziwen?

  An eighth-level soul engineer, with a revered status.

  The teacher is the most top-notch soul engineer on the entire continent, known as Kong Deming, who is the closest to being a tenth-level soul engineer.

  Those who can be friends with Xuan Ziwen are not ordinary people.

  They must either be powerful soul engineers or nobles with high status.

  The young man in front of them, although neatly dressed, had clothes that were clearly of cheap material, and there was no way he could be associated with nobility.

  Moreover, Wang Shaojie, who was by his side, had royal blood from the Sun Moon Empire. In the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, Mingdu, there were few noble children that he did not recognize.

  If Qin Xiao really had a very noble status, Wang Shaojie would definitely have given him a heads-up.

  As for Qin Xiao being a powerful soul engineer, that was even more impossible.

  "It's impossible, absolutely impossible. How could the teacher have a friend like him?"

  "How could someone like him be worthy of being friends with the teacher?"

  Zi Mu immediately retorted.

  "What if what Ju Zi said is true?"

  At that moment, a voice sounded in Zi Mu's ear.

  Zi Mu ughed, "Although the teacher rarely considers interpersonal issues, the teacher is not foolish and can still distinguish who can be associated with and who cannot."

  However.

  As soon as Zi Mu finished speaking, he felt something was amiss.

  Why did this voice sound so familiar?

  Hissing.

  Thinking this way, he couldn't help but gasp.

  His body became rigid, and he numbly turned his head.

  He saw the familiar figure of Xuan Ziwen, who had somehow arrived behind him without his notice.

  "Tea, teacher, when did you come back?"

  He awkwardly smiled and asked.

  Xuan Ziwen replied expressionlessly, "When you were refuting Ju Zi and questioning your uncle."

  What?

  Uncle?

  Boom!

  Upon hearing this, Zi Mu felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

  Xuan Ziwen's words had confirmed Qin Xiao's identity.

  "What are you all standing there for? Call your uncle. Have you all gone numb from studying? Don't you even know this basic etiquette?"

  Xuan Ziwen looked at the stunned crowd and said again.

  "Uncle!"

  "Uncle~!"

  Wang Shaojie and Ke Ke immediately called out after realizing what was happening.

  At the same time, they were both very curious about what qualifications this young man had to become their uncle.

  However.

  Seeing that Zi Mu remained unmoved, Xuan Ziwen frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

  "Teacher, I don't accept it."

  Zi Mu replied directly.

  If it had been anyone else, Zi Mu might have let it go.

  But he couldn't tolerate Qin Xiao, who had been so close with Ju Zi before.

  Moreover, the words he had spoken earlier were too harsh, deeply offending Qin Xiao. Calling him uncle now would be too humiliating.

  More importantly, Ju Zi was watching right there.

  "So you're defying me?"

  Xuan Ziwen's face turned as cold as frost.

  A powerful soul power fluctuation instantly emanated from his body, as if freezing the air itself.

  Zi Mu's face gradually turned pale, and his body trembled incessantly. But even so, he still clenched his teeth and remained silent.

  It should be noted that the aura Xuan Ziwen released was mainly directed at him.

  Therefore, the pressure he had to endure was much greater than that of an ordinary person.

  "Get out of my boratory. I don't have a disciple like you."

  Xuan Ziwen squeezed out a cold voice through his teeth.

  As a teacher, being so rudely confronted by a student, he was furious.

  Damn it, with only two taels of knowledge, he had the audacity to be as rebellious as if he had twenty catties of defiance.

  If such a disciple wasn't expelled now, would he wait until he died to use him as a coffin board?

  "Teacher!"

  Zi Mu shouted, tears already streaming down his cheeks.

  "Get out!"

  Xuan Ziwen roared again, "Wang Shaojie, throw him out."

  "Yes."

  Wang Shaojie agreed, came to Zi Mu with a complicated expression, and whispered: We've known each other, don't make it difficult for me.

  Zi Mu, like a soulless body, was carried out of the boratory by him.

  "Teacher, don't be angry, calm down."

  Ju Zi, who was quick-witted, immediately poured a gss of water and handed it to Xuan Ziwen.

  Xuan Ziwen didn't refuse, and after drinking a few sips, he did calm down a bit.

  "Ju Zi, Ke Ke, you guys should go back too."

  "I want to be alone for a while."

  Xuan Ziwen waved his hand.

  For a moment, only Xuan Ziwen and Qin Xiao were left in the boratory.

  "Ah, I never expected to have raised such a rebellious disciple, making you ugh at me."

  Xuan Ziwen shook his head.

  He looked somewhat desote.

  Qin Xiao said, "If it weren't for my appearance, you probably wouldn't have broken with your student."

  "It's not the same."

  Xuan Ziwen shook his head, "Zi Mu is so envious, and with such a mindset, he won't achieve great things in the future.

  Even if he stays by my side, he might one day turn against me. It's better to cut ties now."

  Xuan Ziwen took a very indifferent view of the matter.

  Qin Xiao wasn't very surprised by this.

  In the original story, didn't Xuan Ziwen betray his teacher Kong Deming because Huo Yuhao used a Tang Sect hidden weapon to tempt him?

  So, in front of this person, feelings might not be given much weight.

  "Brother Qin, did you carve these arrays?"

  At this moment, Xuan Ziwen shifted his gaze to the alloy table and asked curiously.

  His vision was obviously not comparable to that of Zi Mu, Ke Ke, and others. Moreover, he was extremely familiar with Ju Zi's technique, and he immediately recognized that the arrays were definitely not carved by Ju Zi.

  Upon hearing this, Qin Xiao nodded and said, "Brother Xuan truly has a keen eye. These are indeed my humble works, and I apologize for any shortcomings."

  Qin Xiao also made some polite remarks.

  "I knew it," Xuan Ziwen said as he walked up to the alloy table and picked up one of the arrays to examine it closely.

  Gradually, a look of admiration appeared on his face. "Marvelous. This array is like a masterpiece, without any fws.

  If I'm not mistaken, you must have carved this in one go, right?"

  Qin Xiao didn't hide the truth. "Indeed, I carved it in one go.

  As for the term 'perfectly natural,' I wouldn't dare to accept such praise."

  However, Xuan Ziwen ignored Qin Xiao's words and praised him, "Brother Qin, your talent is even more outstanding than I imagined.

  The perfection of this array's carving would require a third-level soul engineer to achieve such an effect.

  Brother Qin, let me ask you again, have you really never carved an array before?"

  Qin Xiao helplessly shrugged his shoulders. "Do you think if I could really make arrays, I would be in this situation now?"

  Xuan Ziwen looked at the long robe on Qin Xiao, which had been washed until it was almost white, and nodded.

  Indeed.

  If Qin Xiao had been a first-level soul engineer before, he could have earned a living with his own hands. His life wouldn't be very wealthy, but it wouldn't be poor either.

  Xuan Ziwen didn't say much more after that. He looked at the arrays carved by Qin Xiao as if they were works of art.

  After a long while, he finally said, "Although I really wanted to find some fws to point out to you for improvement,

  I failed. The perfection of the arrays you carved is far beyond my expectations. With my abilities, I couldn't find any fws in your carvings.

  Qin Xiao, you are a genius—a true genius. My evaluation of you is nine out of ten, and I believe your future achievements will definitely surpass mine, and you might even become someone I look up to."

  Uh.

  Qin Xiao really didn't know what to say.

  If a normal person were praised so highly by Xuan Ziwen, they would probably be overjoyed.

  But in Qin Xiao's case, his heart was completely unruffled.

  Because his achievements would definitely surpass Xuan Ziwen's.

  Isn't that an undeniable fact?

  In fact, with Xuan Ziwen's abilities, he might not even be able to look up to Qin Xiao.

  After all, Qin Xiao came to this world with a mission, a man destined to become a god king.

  "Click."

  Suddenly, Xuan Ziwen's hand fell on Qin Xiao's shoulder.

  "Of course, don't feel any pressure because of what I said. Just follow the normal path, and you will achieve amazing things."

  Hehe, I would feel pressure? After hearing Xuan Ziwen's words, Qin Xiao's heart was still unruffled, and he even felt a bit amused.

  "Brother Qin, what are your thoughts on the next steps?"

  If it were a normal student, Xuan Ziwen would definitely help make a cultivation pn.

  But Qin Xiao is not normal.

  His talent is too extraordinary.

  Xuan Ziwen suddenly felt that if he really tried to arrange some courses for Qin Xiao, it would probably limit Qin Xiao's talent and development.

  A genius needs a special way of cultivation.

  He definitely couldn't teach Qin Xiao.

  Moreover, he also pnned to go to the Sun Moon Imperial Pace ter to see his teacher and discuss what path Qin Xiao should take next.

  As for Jing Hongchen.

  Hehe, sorry, who is Jing Hongchen?

  "Me?"

  Qin Xiao thought for a moment, "I want to look at knowledge reted to second-level soul engineers."

  "No problem."

  "Follow me."

  Xuan Ziwen led Qin Xiao to a tall bookshelf.

  There were at least a hundred books on the bookshelf.

  "These books on the shelf contain knowledge from primary to fifth-level soul engineers. You can browse them at will. There should be something you're interested in."

  Qin Xiao's eyes lit up at the sight of the bookshelf. He was very interested in these things.

  "Besides, I have other items for you."

  Xuan Ziwen took out a thick stack of notes from his spatial soul conductor and handed them to Qin Xiao.

  "This is..."

  "These are my usual records of insights into the making of soul conductors. If you're interested, you can take a look."

  Qin Xiao was slightly moved, "Brother Xuan, thank you."

  With his abilities, he naturally could tell that Xuan Ziwen was sincerely helping him.

  At this moment, he also considered Xuan Ziwen as a friend.

  Qin Xiao decided to find an opportunity to guide Xuan Ziwen, give him some chances, and help him become a titled Douluo.

  After doing all this, Xuan Ziwen said he had some business to handle and needed to leave for a while, and then he left.

  Qin Xiao, of course, didn't stop him.

  Isn't it better to have the boratory to himself?

  After Xuan Ziwen left, Qin Xiao didn't immediately start reading the books. Instead, he first took out the pills given to him by Jing Hongchen.

  There's nothing more to say.

  The body is the capital of the game master. By joining the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineering Academy so conspicuously, isn't it to enhance his strength without hard work?

  (End of Chapter)

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