Chapter 47: Chapter 46: Nephew, Please Call Me Uncle! _1

She recognized each individual character, but once they were put together, she understood nothing at all.

As the others listened with growing fervor, she alone felt drowsiness creep in.

Her eyelids lowered continuously, and she was moments away from dozing off on the table.

"Am I a complete waste of space?"

Mao Ruxue’s mind drifted to a character archetype she remembered from ’Anecdotes of the Song Emperor,’ fittingly called ’The Loser.’

She started to question whether she was the ’loser’ Emperor Song was referring to in the book.

Propping her chin on her desk, Mao Ruxue plunged into a trance of bewilderment.

"Junior Sister, did you have a rough night?"

"Or is Elder Bai’s lecture so dull that it’s putting you to sleep?"

A voice suddenly disrupted Mao Ruxue’s musings.

Turning her head, she found herself staring at a woman wearing a celestial skirt.

She had a soft, soothing voice, and a smile strung across her face.

But to Mao Ruxue, that smile appeared hideously staged.

"And who are you?" Out of courtesy, Mao Ruxue asked.

"My surname is Li. If it doesn’t bother you, you can call me Elder Sister Li."

The woman responded casually.

"Oh, a Li? Are you perchance the Li Zhiwan everyone’s talking about?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Mao Ruxue recalled mentions of a Li Zhiwan that morning, and instantly guessed that it must be the person before her.

Furthermore, unless her memory failed her,

Li Zhiwan hailed from the same place she did.

She was the most talented woman in Jinjiang City, whereas Li Zhiwan was second.

She was the top cultivation prodigy in Jinjiang City, and Li Zhiwan was the runner-up.

She had rejected the romantic pursuits of the man Li Zhiwan fancied, but he never reciprocated Li Zhiwan’s feelings.

There was indeed plenty of grievances and tumultuous history between them.

However, they hadn’t officially met up until now.

Mao Ruxue’s understanding of Li Zhiwan was confined to her name. She didn’t know what kind of person she was.

Now that they finally met, it felt quite comical!

"Yes, I’m glad you remember me."

Li Zhiwan gave a modest smile. However, she pronounced the word ’Junior Sister’ with deliberate emphasis and satisfaction.

In fact, every time she said those two words, her body gave a little shiver of delight, as though she was experiencing mini waves of ecstasy.

Li Zhiwan then gave another faint smile and asked,

"The reason I came here is just to ask why you’re sleeping in class. Does Elder Bai’s class not appeal to you, Junior Sister?"

Huh??

Listening to Li Zhiwan’s words, Mao Ruxue’s eyebrows furrowed.

She could distinctly hear the condescending undertone in Li Zhiwan’s voice. Seemingly warm, but laden with arrogant judgment.

It was as if Li Zhiwan viewed this place as her home turf.

How ridiculous.

If I want to sleep in class, I’ll sleep in class. Even the elder didn’t interfere, so who are you to step in?

"Li Zhiwan, may I ask, what’s your relationship with Elder Bai?" inquired Mao Ruxue.

"He’s my teacher," Li Zhiwan answered with a coquettish smile.

Aha!

So, they were master and disciple!

Mao Ruxue couldn’t help but chuckle, now understanding why Li Zhiwan had showed up full of arrogance.

So, she came to gloat, huh?

"Seems like you’ve figured it out, Junior Sister."

Li Zhiwan gave a small smile, then she dropped any pretense and continued:

"Mao Ruxue"

"You wouldn’t have guessed, would you? I am now Elder Bai’s disciple."

"Do you know who Elder Bai is? He’s the Sect Master’s favored junior brother, the current Merit Hall Master of the sect, a Dharma Aspect powerhouse who has reached the peak of the Fourth Realm."

"Do you even understand what kind of a level Dharma Aspect is?"

"Even the State Preceptor of our kingdom would be no match for him!"

"Mao Ruxue, wasn’t it you who used to be high and mighty? Let’s see you act high mighty now."

"Oh, I forgot, two months ago you were taken away by some soon-to-be abandoned hill to become a disciple."

"So, the things my master taught, you have no idea about them, do you?"

"Beg me, only if you beg me will I tell you."

Li Zhiwan crossed her arms over her chest, looking rather smugly at Mao Ruxue.

From childhood to now, this was the first time she felt so great.

biubiu~!

Without realizing it, her body trembled again.

However, Mao Ruxue was too busy to argue with her, instead she leaned on the table, took out a token from her bosom and said seriously:

"I don’t know if sleeping during class is against the rules, but the only thing I know is that, niece Li, this is none of your business."

"Also, niece Li, let me remind you, according to the sect’s rules, you should call me aunt."

"Instead of calling me by my name so disrespectfully."

Eh!

Call you aunt?

"You...!"

"Mao Ruxue, have you gone mad, why are you talking nonsense?"

"Do you know who are the people that I call aunt, they are all disciples from the previous generation."

"You want to be my aunt? You must still be dreaming."

Seeing Mao Ruxue talk like this, Li Zhiwan almost burst out laughing on the spot.

In her view, Mao Ruxue had probably been driven crazy by anger to talk such nonsense.

Right away, she almost burst out laughing.

"Haha....Wha!"

However, the next moment, just after she had begun to laugh, she suddenly noticed that there seemed to be words on the token that Mao Ruxue had placed on the table.

When she clearly saw the words written on Mao Ruxue’s token, she was instantly dumbstruck.

Because the words on Mao Ruxue’s identity token clearly read:

[Tianshui Sect’s Thirty-Eighth Generation Disciple, Mao Ruxue!]

Um???!

Thirty-eighth generation disciple?

Mao Ruxue is a thirty-eighth generation disciple? What the hell?

Li Zhiwan was immediately puzzled.

Isn’t their generation of disciples the thirty-ninth? Where did the thirty-eighth come from?

Thirty-eighth, those were people in the same generation as their master!

The Tianshui sect only takes in disciples every few decades, even if Mao Ruxue started her apprenticeship in the womb, she couldn’t possibly be of the thirty-eighth generation.

What is going on?

You must know that this difference represents an entire generation gap!

Li Zhiwan very much wanted to say this was fake, that Mao Ruxue had forged this identity.

But, that was impossible.

Because the token that Mao Ruxue had brought out was nothing else but her identity token.

An identity token, in the Tianshui Sect.

From the Sect Master to the common janitors of the sect, everyone has one...

It’s the most important thing in the Tianshui Sect, from the Sect Master down to the janitors, bar none.

Also because it is very important, there is no potential for it to be forged!

That means, Mao Ruxue’s identity is real, she really is of my master’s generation???!

"So, niece, have you seen it clearly?"

"After seeing it, are you not intending to leave? Could it be that you’re waiting for your aunt to replace your master and care for you a bit?"

Mao Ruxue laughed.

Eh~!

Hearing Mao Ruxue’s words, Li Zhiwan’s face immediately darkened.

However, it was just a darkening, there were no other expressions.

Because the first rule of the Tianshui Sect was:

Respect the master and uphold the Dao.

Violators:

Will have all their cultivation abolished and be expelled from the sect!