Chapter 150: Being a Teacher's Student is So Hard (Third Translation)

Ye Qin’s mouth twitched. Dad, you actually followed me! How bored can you be? Were you bullied by Mother and decided to take it out on your son?

Wait—could it be that Dad wasn’t following me at all... but was following... Oh heavens!

“Dad, I did exactly as you told me. Didn’t you say yesterday that I’d lost out on those ten thousand gold coins? I’m only trying to earn them back.”

Dongmen Meng slowly turned to Ye Ming. “That sounds like something you said. And you were even laughing at our son!”

“I... I was only giving an example!”

“Dad, your tone didn’t sound like you were giving an example. It sounded as though you were carefully teaching him.”

“Shut up! Do you even have the right to speak?” Ye Ming was furious. It was bad enough that he could not defeat his wife. Was he now unable to handle even his own son?

Dongmen Meng gave Ye Ming a look that clearly said they would settle accounts later, then turned to Ye Qin. “Qin Qin, you’re a grown man now. Playing around is fine, but don’t take it seriously, understand? She is, after all, a woman from a pleasure house.”

Ye Ming immediately looked at Dongmen Meng, as if asking why he was not allowed to play around.

Was the difference between father and son really that great?

Dongmen Meng gave him another look: If I let you go, would you dare?

Ye Ming understood and resigned himself to his fate.

“Mother, I understand,” Ye Qin said, cupping his hands.

“Good. Now tell us what happened today. Since you can’t go to Taijing Academy, your mother will think of another way for you. Don’t worry, understand?”

Ye Kun and Ye Qin nodded.

After they dispersed, Ye Qin asked curiously, “Brother, didn’t you tell Mother about establishing the academy?”

“I’m going to collect the governor’s seal tomorrow morning. Then I’ll tell Father and Mother and give them a surprise.”

“I see. Then I’ll go rest and won’t disturb you and your sisters-in-law.” With that, he flashed a mischievous grin.

Ye Kun could not resist kicking him, but Ye Qin twisted aside and dodged.

Looking at the state his younger brother was in, Ye Kun let out a deep sigh. “He’s finally back to normal! It really wasn’t easy!”

“Was he not normal before?” Yan Muer asked in confusion.

“Oh heavens, we never noticed!” Ye Li cried out.

Ye Kun was speechless. These girls’ minds were far too lively. “You two go back to the room first. I’m going to use the latrine.”

“Why do you go to the latrine every night?” Ye Li asked suspiciously.

“I eat more at night. Otherwise, I’ll end up passing gas under the blankets.”

His two wives looked at him with disgust, rolled their eyes at him, and returned to the room first.

In the bushes beside the latrine, Dong Ci and Da Ci were already waiting.

“Dong Ci, why do you think Master chooses to discuss important matters beside the latrine every time?” Da Ci asked solemnly.

“Perhaps the surroundings are pleasant, and the feng shui is good.”

Da Ci glanced at the latrine not far away and the faint unpleasant odor drifting through the air. This was what he called pleasant surroundings and good feng shui?

“Da Ci, don’t try to guess at Master’s thoughts. You’ll only upset him!”

Da Ci nodded. It was better not to speculate about Master’s intentions. He would have to understand them for himself.

Ye Kun arrived soon after.

“Master!”

“Master!”

“Mm. I have something to ask you.”

Oh no, Master was setting them a question to test them! Dong Ci and Da Ci did not dare act carelessly. They immediately became extremely serious.

“Please ask, Master.”

“How can one defeat a powerful opponent without revealing one’s strength?”

Dong Ci fell silent.

Da Ci fell silent.

A true master was indeed a true master!

Even his questions were the sort that had no solution!

This was far too profound. Their learning was shallow, and such a question lay beyond the bounds of heaven and earth.

“You don’t know?” Ye Kun asked in confusion. They were students of a Celestial Venerable, after all. Their knowledge was vast. How could they not know?

Master seemed displeased by their answer. They had better come up with something.

Da Ci immediately thought of an answer. He cupped his hands and said, “Master, move the powerful opponent with truth, goodness, and beauty.”

Ye Kun’s expression became this: (ŎдŎ).

“Master, defeat the opponent with a gaze of overwhelming might,” Dong Ci offered.

Several black lines appeared on Ye Kun’s forehead. How had they even come up with answers like these?

Dong Ci and Da Ci, meanwhile, both wanted to ask weakly: Master, how did you come up with such a question?

But even Master’s cultivation was no simple matter. He possessed strength but could not use it, and therefore had to find a way to defeat an opponent while having no strength at all.

Had Master’s cultivation of the heart already reached such a terrifying level? He was actually creating difficult problems for himself!

“Forget it. I’ll think about it myself.”

“May the blessings of heaven be upon you, Master. Your students are foolish.”

The two hurried to express their apologies. They were deeply ashamed that they could not help Master. It was mainly because his cultivation was too profound. They simply could not manage it.

Ye Kun sighed faintly and turned to leave. Then he suddenly remembered something.

“Oh, right. Have a suit of silver armor made for me. Make it sturdy and completely airtight. I also want a red cloak.”

The two brightened at once. This was easy.

“Rest assured, Master! We will certainly accomplish it!”

Ye Kun felt somewhat relieved.

As soon as he had gone, Dong Ci and Da Ci hurried back inside. Anything Master had instructed them to do had to be handled immediately.

The two exchanged a deep look.

Then, with a light wave of their hands, the entire room filled with weapons and protective gear of every color. There was everything one could imagine, all of it collected over the course of their lives.

“Not bad,” Da Ci said.

Da Ci smiled faintly. “You’re not bad yourself.”

The strange thing, however, was that most of the items Dong Ci produced were magical artifacts from the side of the Cihang Celestial Venerable, while most of those Da Ci produced came from the side of the Ten Thousand Evils Celestial Venerable.

This showed that each of them had killed quite a few people from the other side. Otherwise, they could never have looted so many possessions from their bodies.

“Put everything away except the silver items and the red cloaks.”

“All right.”

Before long, only more than twenty magical artifacts and three red cloaks remained on the floor.

All three cloaks belonged to Da Ci. The followers of the Ten Thousand Evils Celestial Venerable loved wearing cloaks. They seemed to think cloaks made them look especially formidable.

“Which of these three cloaks do you think is best?”

Dong Ci rubbed his chin and said gravely, “Master doesn’t like gaudy patterns. I think the plain red one in the middle is quite good.”

“Indeed. I heard this cloak was sewn personally by your Celestial Venerable. His needlework is impressive.”

Dong Ci fell silent.

“You must know what it’s called, right?”

“Blood Red.”

Da Ci nodded and put the other two cloaks away. “Even now, I have no idea what this cloak is supposed to do.”

“Could something made by my Ten Thousand Evils Celestial Venerable be ordinary? This Blood Red Cloak can grow large or small, fly through the heavens, and burrow beneath the earth. Most importantly, it can withstand magical attacks. It was stolen by a cunning fellow years ago.”

Da Ci’s heart jolted. When Master had given the cloak to him back then, he had not described it that way at all...

It seemed he would have to take the blame for this one.

Da Ci hurriedly changed the subject. “Let’s choose the other items.”

Dong Ci looked at him with utter disdain.