Chapter 92
Chapter 92
The elder said angrily, “When I run into a stubborn disciple like this, who spends all day having other people do her homework for her, I truly don’t know what to do! Sect Leader, do you have any method of instruction?”
Gu Liuxian said airily, “The method is very simple.”
The elder said, “Please enlighten me, Sect Leader.”
Gu Liuxian said, “If you don’t assign homework, won’t she stop needing other people to do it for her?”
The elder: ?????
What?
D-Don’t assign homework?
The elder thought he had misheard and couldn’t help confirming, “Sect Leader, are you saying this is my fault?”
Gu Liuxian nodded. “This matter is indeed your fault.”
The elder: ???
Gu Liuxian said, “Why doesn’t Ye Piaoling do her homework? It must be because she doesn’t know how! If she doesn’t know how and you insist on assigning it anyway, aren’t you obviously making things difficult for the child?”
The elder said, “…?”
I… I actually can’t refute that?
Gu Liuxian advised him earnestly, “A teacher’s duty is to impart knowledge and guidance, not to add pressure to the disciples. Those outdated rules of yours really do need to change.”
After hearing this, the elder was speechless for a long while.
Fine. It really is my fault. My fault for coming to you today…
Swallowing his anger, the elder cupped his hands in farewell.
“Very well. Then I won’t have them copy texts anymore. I’ll change it to reciting in class. If they can’t recite it properly, I’ll make them stand as punishment!”
With that, he turned to leave.
“Wait.”
Gu Liuxian called him back.
“You just said you’d make someone stand as punishment. Who are you punishing?”
The elder said resentfully, “Of course whoever can’t recite it gets punished. I’ll have Ye Piaoling recite first. If she can’t, she can go stand!”
“Then I have to say a few words about this.”
Gu Liuxian pointed at him and said with heartfelt gravity, “We must care for our disciples’ hearts and minds. Corporal punishment is unacceptable… Take Ye Piaoling, for example. Such a clever, sensible child. Could you really bear to physically punish her?”
“…??”
Hearing this, the elder nearly began doubting his entire life.
If he remembered correctly, every time Ye Piaoling had been punished to stand before, Gu Liuxian would even glare at her twice when he passed by…
Gu Liuxian said solemnly, “Making someone stand won’t solve the problem, and it’s not beneficial to a child’s growth. Don’t punish them by making them stand anymore.”
“…”
The elder was speechless to the extreme.
All the major sects severely punished unfilial or undisciplined disciples. A gentle method like standing as punishment could barely be considered punishment at all.
“If they cannot be punished, then what if they refuse to study diligently?”
“If they don’t study, then they don’t study!”
Gu Liuxian waved a hand. “Those cultivation ideology lessons you teach, to be blunt, aren’t all that useful. The heart of cultivation depends on personal enlightenment. It’s not something one can understand just by reciting and copying.”
The elder could bear it no longer and widened his eyes. “Sect Leader, how can you say such a thing! How can you say what I teach is useless?”
Gu Liuxian said, “I observed carefully today. The disciples are all very serious when learning sword techniques, spells, and alchemy. Only in your theory class do they fall asleep… That must mean there’s something wrong with the way you teach, which is why they don’t want to listen.”
The elder left in high spirits.
He couldn’t let him keep talking. If this went on, he feared he would lose his job…
…
As for the matter of using Ghost Infant Grass to refine pills, there was soon a result as well.
With Gu Liuxian’s strong efforts to facilitate it, the imperial court had approved handing over the Ghost Infant Grass confiscated from Duke Anguo’s Mansion to the Bing-le-me medical clinic for use in alchemy.
And just like that, Ye Piaoling obtained a license to operate with contraband.
Xiao Mei, on the other hand, was given a fierce scolding by Duke Anguo.
“Foolish! Why would you bring matters concerning the Duke’s Mansion to Tianwen Sect and talk about them there?”
Ghost Infant Grass fetched an extremely high price on the black market. After Duke Anguo’s Mansion seized it, they claimed in name that it would be destroyed, but in reality, it would all be transferred back to the black market and sold for money.
Well, this was just great. Bing-le-me had openly taken it all away.
Once the Youth Restoration Pill was released, it sold out in no time.
With Divine Physician Ximen Wuming personally endorsing it, the princes, dukes, and nobles of the imperial capital rushed over in droves.
No gifts for the holidays this year-if you’re giving a gift, give the Youth Restoration Pill.
Ye Piaoling earned money hand over fist, and her whole bearing became that of someone with deep pockets!
Before, she could only go spend money at Chonghua Palace once every two or three days. Now, she could go every day…
Counting on her fingers, she would only need two months to complete the mission of sleeping there a hundred times.
Ye Piaoling lay on the Regent King’s Bed and let out a smug laugh. “Kekeke, ke…”
Di Xiulan’s lips curved slightly.
This little thing came to warm his bed every day like some adorable pet. It seemed… not bad.
He raised a hand and tucked the blanket around her.
Ye Piaoling suddenly remembered her conversation with Granny Li and asked, “Your Highness, if you get married in the future and your wife wants to get into bed, will you ask her for money too?”
Di Xiulan said, “Oh?”
Ye Piaoling said, “I’m just worried you’ll get used to charging people, and you’ll still be like this after starting a family… With your bed’s pricing, most people really couldn’t afford it.”
Di Xiulan said mildly, “Aren’t you able to afford it?”
Ye Piaoling snorted coldly. “Where would you find a second sucker like me? One thousand per night-even the top courtesan at the Joyous Red Pavilion wouldn’t dare charge that much… And they at least provide special services. Unlike you. You don’t provide any services at all!”
“Services?” Di Xiulan smiled faintly and said gently, “Perhaps I could provide them for you as well.”
Ye Piaoling sat up at once. “You said it yourself!”
Di Xiulan said, “Mm. Tell me what services you want.”
Ye Piaoling said excitedly, “Start by doing a striptease for me!”