Chapter 554 - Hearts beating as one
Five days later, Sima You Yue went to Teacher Ge Lang Ge’s office.
There were people in the office when she came this time. A few students stood inside and it seemed as if they were researching a certain problem.
She initially thought of waiting outside, but Ge Lang knew that she was outside, so he stopped the students in the midst of their discussions and said, “Come in.”
Sima You Yue pushed the door open and entered. She placed the books on the table and said, “Returning this to you.”
“You’re done reading it?” Lang Ge asked as he cast a glance over at the book.
“Yes.” Sima You Yue replied, “I’m done reading it.”
“Then I’ll begin testing you. Each of you shall find a question in the book and test him on it.” Ge Lang said to the students who were sitting across her.
“Yes, Teacher Ge.”
The few students took the book respectfully and each of them randomly chose a question from inside the book and tested her. No matter whether it was about medicine ingredients or illnesses, Sima You Yue answered the questions flawlessly.
They didn’t know much experience she had, but they knew that she was rather good at this knowledge.
Ge Lang had always been a fussy person, but even he couldn’t hold a candle to Sima You Yue’s craziness.
“Have you read this book before?” He asked as he kept the book away.
“Nope, but I have already seen the contents of the book before. That was why I managed to go through it a little quicker.” Sima You Yue said, “I also know of those ingredients already, so I didn’t need to spend too much time on that either.”
“You are an honest one.” Ge Lang said, “Take this book and study it. You can come and ask me again if you have anything you don’t understand.”
“Yes, Teacher Ge.” Although Sima You Yue really wanted to tell him about Ximen Feng’s condition, she saw that there were people here, so she took the book and left. As she was leaving, she head Ge Lang say, “There are many medicinal books in the library. You can go there and take a look as well. I’m rather busy recently.”
“Understood. Thank you, Teacher Ge, for your pointer.” Sima You Yue replied as she left the office. It seemed as if she had to rely on herself to solve this problem.
When she returned, Wu Lingyu was still relaxing in the sun with his eyes closed in the courtyard. Seeing that Sima You Yue had returned, he asked, “You’ve returned so quickly?”
“Yea.” Sima You Yue took out the book and sat in her seat to study it.
“You’ve got another book in exchange?” Wu Lingyu asked.
“Yeah. He got me to come back and study this, then ask him if I had anything I didn’t understand.” Sima You Yue said.
“The teachers here are all the same. You’ll be fine once you get used to it.” Wu LIngyu said, as if he was consoling her.
“I understand.” Sima You Yue said, “Actually, this is better for me. I can search for materials based on Dear Feng’s condition. Teacher Ge said that he would be busier for now, so he told me to head to the library if I needed any resources for any of my questions.”
“The library is a good place. You can go and take a look.” Wu Lingyu said.
Sima You Yue turned around and looked at Wu Lingyu and asked, “When you were here studying, what did you learn?”
She had never seen him perform alchemy, craft spirit tools nor tame beasts. He didn’t seem to know about arrays either, so what did he study here? He couldn’t have just purely cultivated right? She wouldn’t believe it.”
“I learnt… it’s a secret. Not gonna tell you.” Wu Lingyu said enigmatically.
“You-” Sima You Yue grit her teeth, “Even if you don’t’ tell me, I’ll find out. However, since you’ve been here for a few tens of years, you should know the inner sect well right?”
Wu Lingyu raised his head and stared at her. Seeing how curious she was, he asked, “You want to go to the inner sect?”
Sima You Yue shook her head, “The vice principal said that there are no medicinal sects in the inner sect, so it’s better for me if I stayed here. However, I am curious about the inner sect. Tuoba Han and the others went straight to the inner sect.”
“Once you’ve healed your brother fully, you can head to the inner sects to look around as well. Once you go there, you will be able to grow stronger at a quicker pace.”
“What’s the inner sect like?”
“Nothing much, actually. It’s just that those who head there are more talented and tend to be stronger. The resources are more abundant there. Apart from that, there isn’t much difference.” Wu Lingyu said, “The sect selects the best students once every ten years. After two years, the inner sects will have an inner selection of the best students as well. As long as you meet the criteria, you will be able to go to the inner sect.”
“Do only the best new students enter the inner regions?”
“Nope, there are a few seniors as well. In the past, those who were not able to enter the inner sect by being selected, could participate in the selections later on. It’s just that there is a limited quota for those in the inner regions. Not just anyone can enter. There are those who have stayed here for a few hundreds of years, but have never entered the inner regions.” Wu Lingyu explained, “That’s why, two years later, you can choose whether or not you want to enter the inner regions.”
“I still have two years.” Sima You Yue touched her chin, saying, “It would be best if I could cure Dear Feng’s illness in two years.”
As she spoke, she kept her book away, then stood up to walk outside.
“When you meet the old guard of the library, show him a bit of respect.” Wu Lingyu’s voice came from behind.
Sima You Yue halted her steps, then she walked off without looking back.
She was heading to the library, but how did this guy know that? Was he a tapeworm living in her belly?
“I’m not a tapeworm. This just means our hearts are beating as one.” Wu Lingyu’s voice once again drifted lightly from behind her, almost causing Sima You Yue to fall down in shock. As she walked out the door, she could still hear his muffled snickering from behind.
She grit her teeth and refused to do as he said. She turned around and returned to her courtyard. She didn’t expect that Wei Zi Qi and the others would be round. Thinking about how she wasn’t in a rush to head to the library right now, and she had not seen them for such a long time, she got Fatty Qu to call Sima You Ming and the others to gather together.
Sima You Ming and the others came over, but Little Tu was not with them.
“Where’ Little Tu?”
“He’s been taken away by the vice principal. He said that he was to nurture him personally.” Sima You Ran said, “I’m thinking that the vice principal has realised the spirit beast bloodline in him.”
“Vice principal? Sima You Yue thought about the old man with the apparently kindly-looking eyes that shone brightly, and also heard the assessment that Wu Lingyu gave him, so felt that it wouldn’t be a problem if Little Tu went with him.
When everyone had gathered together, everyone said that they wanted to head back home to take a look, so they all prepared to leave the school and head back. They had just reached the school gate when they saw a group of people walking into the sect.
“Eh, isn’t this Bei Gong Tang, who killed her entire clan? What is she doing here too?” A lady dressed in pretty and flirtatious clothes said with a high pitched voice when she saw Bei Gong Tang, “Tsk tsk, a whole group of guys with you as the only lady. Are they all your type? You’re so good at seducing men. I wonder whether this is how your mother found someone to help her escape the Bei Gong Clan?”
When they heard this, Sima You Yue and the others halted. The looked at the group of people with ugly expressions.
“Ling Er, is this the Bei Gong Tang you were talking about?” A male within her group asked.
“Isn’t this them?” Su Ling Er looked disdainfully at Bei Gong Tang.
“Sigh, what is the meaning of a beautiful lady such as this, hanging around little boys who still smell of their mother’s milk? Why don’t you come with us? This Lord will definitely let you…”
“Bang-”
Before that person could finish speaking, he was sent flying.