Chapter 250 Cultivation
Inspired by the stimulation from both Shen Qi and Mengyu, Wu Jiangsheng developed an unprecedented enthusiasm for studying, and his academic performance steadily improved.
Zhang Shuiyu’s grades were not bad, but she always loved to dress up, spending a lot of time on her appearance.
Now, seeing Wu Jiangshan catching up with such determination, she felt an unprecedented sense of crisis and began to dedicate herself to her studies as well.
Mengyu formed a study group not only for academic purposes but also for cultivation.
Staying in the dormitory in school made it difficult to fully commit to cultivation. At Wu Jiangsheng’s house, Wu Jiangshan and Shen Qi shared one room, while she and Shuiyu shared another, which made cultivation much more convenient.
Fortunately, the houses from that period had small living rooms and large bedrooms, with each room being sixteen square meters, making it no problem to fit two beds.
When Mengyu cultivated at night, Shuiyu also wanted to learn, and Mengyu had intended to guide Shuiyu in cultivation practice anyway. In this way, even if her father falls back into his old habits and is led to gamble and tries to use her as a collateral, she would have the means to refuse. Thus, she readily agreed.
Shuiyu and Mengyu cultivated together at night, and Mengyu accidentally made a breakthrough from Martial Artist Level 2 to Martial Artist Level 3.
Wu Jiangsheng, originally a bit dull-witted, soon noticed something different. The next day, he eagerly looked at Mengyu: "Mengyu, I also want to follow your cultivation. Please teach me."
Shen Qi also wanted to learn, but how could one easily impart such master’s cultivation techniques?
Mengyu thought that teaching one was no different from teaching two and so she agreed: "Alright, I will teach you."
Shen Qi was greatly surprised: "Does your Master allow you to teach others?"
Mengyu nodded: "My Master wants me to spread his techniques far and wide."
Shen Qi was overjoyed.
However, he thought more deeply than Wu Jiangshan. This casual teaching couldn’t be the same as becoming a disciple, so he knelt before Mengyu with a thud: "Mengyu, my fellow student, I am willing to take you as my Master. Please teach me."
It was then that Wu Jiangsheng remembered the principle of not transmitting techniques lightly and was quite embarrassed to have casually asked Mengyu to teach him.
Yet to take Mengyu as his Master also felt somehow unsatisfactory—it would widen the distance between them.
But then he remembered Mengyu’s fiancée was Gu Dongxing, and felt that he no longer had any hope; it might be better to become a disciple.
Moreover, Shen Qi had a sharper mind than him, and if he was taking her as his Master, it surely meant being a disciple was better. Thus, he too knelt down: "I also wish to take Mengyu as my Master."
Mengyu, seeing both of them kneeling before her, was caught between laughter and tears: "Why go through the formality of taking a Master? I can just teach you as is."
However, the two of them refused to get up, saying in unison: "Please accept us as your disciples, Master."
This time, the two rivals were united in their plea.
Seeing that the two male students had taken her as their Master, Shuiyu realized that to learn a cultivation technique one must take a master first, so she also knelt down behind the two male students: "Mengyu, I will take you as my Master too."
Mengyu helplessly said: "Rest assured, even without taking me as your Master, I will still teach you wholeheartedly."
But the three insisted on taking her as their Master. In the end, all three simultaneously became Mengyu’s disciples and agreed to only address each other as Master and disciples during cultivation practice, and as fellow students at other times.
Of course, she only taught them the Witch Body Technique, since they did not possess a Spirit Root and couldn’t learn the Wood Immortal Skill.
Shuiyu didn’t realize the specialness of the technique, but Shen Qi and Wu Jiangsheng, both coming from military families, were well aware of the value of the Witch Body Technique, and they were overjoyed and felt fortunate to be able to learn such Internal Cultivation Methods.
Thus, the four of them divided their time, practicing cultivation in the morning and evening, and reviewing during the day.
On Sunday, Mengyu took some time to return to the village and pay a visit to the village chief with gifts, intending to start repaying the kindness of her mentor from now on.
At this time, the village had just implemented the household responsibility system, which left the chief, who had always led the village towards common prosperity, somewhat lost.