NOVEL WEB Chapter 37: Self study session
As my classroom was further to the cafeteria than Sui-er's, he was the one waiting for me this time. Due to the weather, the cafeteria was crowded. Most of them would use the hall to eat their own food though.
“Hi Sui-er. Did you bring food or do you plan to order?” I asked
“I have food. My dad gifted me a better dimensional space pouch so now he does not need to cook early in the morning. He just needs to do it the night before” He said with pride.
Most dimensional space items had 100 cubic meters or less and time was the same as outside. The ones with bigger space, time delay or time stop were way too expensive for kids our age to have. To give you an example, Patriarch Yu, as the head of the Yu family - medium family from the AnNan city’s standard- had a pouch with 300 cubic meters with no other features. My ring was special with one thousand cubic meters and a time stop.
“Well, no more reason to eat cafeteria’s food” I said teasingly
“There are too many people here” and too many were looking at us “How about we go to an indoor pavilion?” I asked
“Most of them are already reserved in advance for lunch” answered back Sui-er
“I know one that should not be” I replied with a mysterious smile
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“Wait Shin-ge that pavilion…are you sure you want to eat there?” asked Sui-er when we arrived
The pavilion had a gloomy look from the outside and was in a windy area so there were always some weird noises surrounding it but that was not the reason for everyone avoiding it. It was used to punish students by copying X number of times some books so it was deserted during lunch time. I used it often in the past as no one talked to me.
“Ok. Let’s get in and eat” my food was made by grandma Li this time. I even had some egg custard she practiced making a few days ago. We ate our lunch quickly and had time to chat while savoring the dessert. This was how I learned about the cheating scandal from his standing point. I also learned that I was famous due to the achievement award. The bookstore I visited before the exam was now advertising it and increasing its customer’s base. Uncle Qui’s stores were advertising giving me a 20% discount and I promised Sui-er to visit his dad’s store next time I went out - He conveniently gave me a list -
As for that stupid rumor my cousins started, it was unanimously dispelled after my achievement reward, Yu family cheating scandal and me breaking ties with them. In everyone's eyes, having cheating cousins starting rumors by order of my own grandmother was a good enough reason to break up with them. Reputation was second to power in this world and having it lowered by an elder was shocking for everyone. As for how my grandmother’s involvement was known by all, I had uncle Huai and aunt Yan to thank for.
Finally, I learned about which students were expelled and which family left the city in disgrace. Based on some of their names and my first life, I knew that there would be less problems and scandals arising in the city in the next few years. Students and their parents willing to bribe and cheat never made honest cultivators anyway.
Recalling the past, it was amazing how it deviated that much because I upset my she-wolf cousin one morning. That day she talked badly against master Huo to vent her frustration which made him take a different decision than the first life. That was a heck of a butterfly effect. It saved me so much time and resources to stop some of the problems. It also made me understand how a small change, one wrong move or one sentence could change the fate of one or multiple lives. I had the chance to be on the first row to see it thanks to my time regression. With this thought I felt something shift in me, I was not sure what yet but knew it was something good. I continued to chat with Sui-er until we had to return to study.
In the afternoon's self study, teacher Wei could not find books about Meridians or Dantian that I did not read so she suggested to me to try teacher’s Hong’s next class to get an introduction to arrays or teacher Fei’s training to mimic natural elements with spiritual power.
“The library clerk told me that you were reading books about the city’s history last time you were there and you seemed very interested so I bought the first 3 volumes with me in case you want to pass the time today” Teacher Wei offered. Her professionalism and dedication was incredible. After I thanked her, she took a look at my body’s energy to give me some pointers for improvement
“You have already started creating a path I see. Take your time to do that as it is an important step. You need a calm mind but you are still a bit tense. Meditation should help, teacher Qin is known for that if you need pointers… Your spiritual energy is very pure. A family technique I presume… Yes I know, not the Yu’s… Your roots are pretty good, even if you have three.
Eight days from now I plan to teach how to use root elements with spiritual energy in case you are interested. It is a popular lesson so register early if that is the case” She said all that with a sound barrier. Personal cultivation and weak points were never to be shared publicly.
After she was done, she went to see another student to take care of. In the meanwhile, I went to the tea table, took out a teapot filled with water, heated up the water with my internal energy and put in some green tea leaves.
“It looks like teacher’s Fei’s lessons will be easy for you” said teacher Wei when she saw me heating up the water. Then she turned back to focus on another student