"In this world, there are always some people who don't live up to their names. Sadly, the world only looks at titles, which cheapens some people, wearing a top hat, and swaggering everywhere. But ah, a mouse is a mouse after all, and a tiger skin is also a mouse. Hey, you see, we also have a mouse in Qingteng Garden, and it's still so big. Bing Jian said loudly, laughing with the people around him.

Hearing Bingjian's ridicule word for word, Pang Jiushan still walked into the classroom without changing his face and found his place to sit down.

Bing Jian glanced at Pang Jiushan, laughed disdainfully, and said loudly: "Have we not even comprehended the trick of ginseng bamboo for three days in our Qingmei Garden?"

"Hey, Senior Brother Bingjian, don't say it, it's really not!"

"That's a shame for our green plum garden!"

"Is there such a person in our Plum Garden......?

Except for Chen Nanping, who was like a cold pool, everyone in the room looked at Pang Jiushan slightly, trying their best to hide their ridicule while expecting him to respond. Pang Jiushan turned a deaf ear, smiling, and sat quietly.

Sima E walked into the classroom at this time, habitually put his stack of books on the table, and said, "I just heard someone ask Qingmei Yuan if he hasn't found the trick of ginseng bamboo for three days?"

The classmates in the class suddenly sat up straight, lost their voices, and looked at Sima E in unison.

"Now I tell you, there is such a person in the green plum garden, and that is me, I have been participating in bamboo for three years. ”

The class suddenly became quieter, and the wind stopped.

"My qualifications are dull, I never have the essentials in cultivation, I only know how to practice hard, and I am only in the Three Realms now. Cultivation is indeed the most important thing in this world, and I can't reach the height of Senior Brother Shang in this life, and it is difficult to even break through the four realms. But what are you afraid of, the practice is endless? Every inch of progress will be an inch of fun. Cultivation is always self-cultivation, so what does it matter to others?"

There was no shame on Bingjian's face, there was no smug look on Pang Jiushan's face, and the faces of the other students only became slightly solemn.

Sima E continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, I still hope that you will put more of your mind into cultivation. Do one thing, end up with one thing. Everything else is irrelevant. Okay, let's continue to participate in bamboo today, and let's start. ”

Yang Keqing raised his hand, and after getting Sima E's eyes agreeing, he said, "Teach Xi, I seem to be able to participate in bamboo......

"Sima Jiaoxi, I seem to be able to do it too. ”

"Sima Jiaoxi, I just have some questions on the last point, and I want to ask you about it......"

Of the five freshmen, Chen Nanping needless to say, Yang Keqing and others have also joined the bamboo, but Pang Jiushan alone has made no progress. Although it was Ning Du who was admitted instead of Pang Jiushan, it was not that Pang Jiushan had never tried to practice, and he really couldn't do it in things, no matter how hard he tried. Some things, if they don't work, they just don't work.

"Good, keep up the good work. "Sima E has never been partial to his students, and answers all kinds of questions without discrimination.

Pang Jiushan closed his eyes and spent the morning calmly. Ning Du was also outside the window, holding a broom, looking at the white clouds all morning.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the path of cultivation is endless, not in fast or slow, but in perseverance. Don't be arrogant if you make fast progress, because you will meet someone stronger than you one day, and don't be discouraged if you make slow progress, because you are slow that you have to work harder than others. ”

Sima E picked up his book and left.

Chen Nanping also left without looking at anyone, and the same was true for Pang Jiushan. Both of them have attracted the attention of many people, but the meaning of their gaze is different. No matter how weird Chen Nanping is, others will look at her with respect, and no matter how Pang Jiushan is, others will look at him with ridicule.

Everyone knows that the top spot of Pang Jiushan has been changed, but this top spot does not have the slightest real talent and learning, which student of Qingteng Garden is willing to obey? The outside world has criticized Qingteng Park for accepting bribes, and it is already a trivial matter for students to laugh at it.

Bing Jian looked at Pang Jiushan coldly, and mocked: "Tiger skin and rats, there is no skill in eating millet." As soon as the squeak was revealed, the pit escaped. ”

Countless ridicules.

Pang Jiushan glanced at Ning Du without changing his color, and the two walked out of the garden together. Pang Jiushan, who was like a talker on weekdays, was silent all the way, and only after a long time did he say: "Brother Ning, do you know, I have a breath in my heart." ”

"If you have one, don't spit it out. ”

"Okay!

Hearing such ridicule, which teenager does not have a breath in his heart? But which teenager can hold it back? In the face of ridicule, it is nothing more than silently enduring and fighting back angrily, and how many of them can be engraved in their bones, chew the aftertaste slowly, and remind themselves at all times? Teenagers can't bear it, teenagers can endure it.

Pang Jiushan quickly smiled and said, "Brother Ning, I'm also very angry. ”

"What are you angry about?"

"I'm angry with the people now, I'm angry with this era! This era is propagating every day what miracles a certain genius has created, and whoever has ascended to the sky in one step. Shortcuts have become the norm, geniuses have become the norm, and how many of them are down-to-earth? I really admire Sima E's teaching! Presumably he is more angry than me, except for Chen Nanping, all of the people in the class have formed gangs and formed factions under the class, and they have become popular by comparison, and which one of them is really here to do learning and real cultivation?

"You're angry, I'll go first, Hu Ran is still waiting for me to eat at home. Ning Du said lightly.

Pang Jiushan didn't have time to say more, Ning Du had already left, he looked at Ning Du's back, and shouted: "Brother Ning, I believe you!" Ning Du raised his hand and waved, without looking back.

What Bing Jian said, the laughter in the classroom, how could Ning Du, who was standing outside the window, not hear it? Pang Jiushan knew Ning Du, that should be the most arrogant person he had ever seen, and it was absolutely impossible for this person to bow his head. Pang Jiushan held his breath in his heart, why not Ning Du? But Ning Du could still be peaceful and still laugh.

Walking alone in the streets and alleys, Ning Du thought about "ginseng bamboo". The first step in the practice is "ginseng bamboo", which is nothing more than emptying the impurities in one's body. Ning Du didn't know anything, so naturally there was no possibility, but that didn't mean he couldn't cultivate, what if the Yuan Qi contained in his body was enough?

If his own vitality is enough, then what he participates in will determine where his future peak is! Hu Ran said a big fish, but Ning Du felt that it was not big enough, but he couldn't think of a bigger one for the time being.

Heaven and earth have no boundaries, that is, they have no specific form, so how can they be imagined? This is naturally not in Ning Du's consideration. What could be bigger than a big fish that can be grilled over a charcoal fire for 3,000 miles?

Ning Du transferred to Chen Tangji, bought a pack of snacks for Hu Ran as usual, went to Wuxiangzhai to buy lunch, and bought three catties of stubble cucumbers and two heads of garlic from an old woman by the way.

After turning around in the streets and alleys, Ning Du met a poor scholar and a lean old man at the mouth of a remote alley.

"Are you sure this is the answer sheet to the last question of Pang Jiushan, the top of the Qingteng Garden?" The poor scholar suddenly found Ning Du coming over, and immediately shut up, and withdrew his hand in a panic, but he happened to shake the exam paper out.

Ning Du glanced at it, saw the exam paper with a ball of ink, and said casually: "Pang Jiushan's exam paper has two balls of ink, not one. ”

The poor scholar let out an "ah", shook off the exam paper in his hand, and then scolded: "Fake test paper! You dare to ask me for three taels of silver for such a thing!"

The lean old man was suddenly angry, took a step, and wanted to catch Ning Du, scolding: "Stinky boy, you dare to do my good thing!" The poor scholar grabbed the old man and scolded angrily for money.

Ning Du glanced at it again and walked away.

——

The first three exam questions of Qingteng Garden have already been discussed, and various analyses are endless, but the general idea is still not out of Chen Nanping's test papers, which is almost the most perfect explanation, only because Qingteng Garden teaches everyone to have too tricky tastes, so they did not give a grade.

Shang Chonggu forcibly changed the top of the list, and arrogantly blocked other teachings, but he still did not give a definite reason.

Today, Pang Jiushan's painting test paper was placed in front of the table of Gu Daozhi, the director of Qingteng Garden, for the second time, and the first time he looked at the test paper, the calm director agreed with Shang Chonggu's approach.

Gu Daozhi looked at it for a long time, looked up at Shang Chonggu, and asked, "What do you think?"

"Divine pupils, or Dao bodies. ”

"Not necessarily. ”

Shang Chonggu affirmed: "I've checked, but it's not." ”

"So how do you explain it? A person who has never practiced can perfectly perceive and replicate the Yuan Qi Rotation, and can transform it on this basis, turning a simple 'Water Reservoir Pattern' into a flood beast. The former may be able to do it in the three realms, but the latter is difficult to do in the five realms. ”

Shang Chonggu was silent for a moment and said, "Tianzong Wizard. ”

Gu Daozhi smiled: "You have commented like this, it seems that he has won the top spot." However, this matter is not so simple. ”

"The junior brother said that he hadn't participated in bamboo for three days, and his cultivation talent was not high. ”

"You want him to repair your 'Flying Sword'. ”

"My sword, let him start, best. As for the apex, it's his own ability. ”

"You want me to force him to open his mind. ”

"It only takes twelve tricks! I promise, this kid will be the strongest person in the history of our Qingteng Garden!"

Gu Daozhi smiled, thought for a moment, and said, "You are too anxious. ”

Shang Chonggu was silent for a moment and said, "I know that it was my fault last time I asked you to use 'Yi Tiangong' to forcibly change that child's fate, which not only cost you ten years of skill, but also led him astray. But this time, I can't be wrong!"

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Because I'm afraid. ”

Gu Daozhi examined Shang Chonggu's eyes and was silent, he understood what Shang Chonggu was afraid of, because it was also what he was afraid of.

"You can wait. Gu Daozhi said after being silent for a long time.

"Okay, but I can only wait until tomorrow, tomorrow he can't go to the bamboo tomorrow, just do as I say!"

Gu Daozhi looked out the window and said calmly: "This child may be different from the previous one. ”