novelraw Chapter 245: Wanting to Study
Chapter 245: Wanting to Study
Chen Muxue had no idea that being raised in the Qian Ding Sect, in the eyes of the nanny, was no different from wandering harshly outside. She solemnly handed the envelope to Xiaohua.
"Keep it safe. Later, you’ll need to write letters to your nurse. If you lose it, you won’t be able to talk to her," Chen Muxue instructed.
Xiaohua flipped her hand, and like a magic trick, the envelope disappeared.
"Sect Leader, why doesn’t Mother come to see me?" Xiaohua, unable to get an answer from the nanny earlier, couldn’t help but ask now.
Chen Muxue was silent for a moment, then patted her head and said, "In the Snow White story I told you, when Snow White ate the apple, didn’t she fall asleep?"
"Yes! Later, the prince kissed her, and Snow White came back to life!" Xiaohua was clearly much happier upon hearing the princess’s story.
Chen Muxue managed a difficult smile. "But you see, your mother married a bad man, not a prince. Without a prince’s kiss, your mother can’t wake up and has to remain in slumber."
Xiaohua tilted her head: "Then Xiaohua will go find the Crown Prince to kiss Mother!"
Chen Muxue stopped, crouched down to Xiaohua’s height, "But there’s one thing that wasn’t said, that if she doesn’t wake up within the stipulated time, she can never wake up again. Because when the time comes, she turns into a star in the sky and flies away, and stars that are too high can’t come back."
"Did Mother turn into a star too?"
"Yes, your mother might be watching you from the sky right now!"
Xiaohua looked up at the sky sadly, her face suddenly fell, looking as if she was about to cry.
Chen Muxue also looked up and then fell into silence...
Weren’t there just a few clouds earlier?! When they came, the moon was barely covered, and now it’s full of clouds, completely blocking the stars?!
"Ahem, stars need to rest too. Look, if you stand here all night, you’d get really tired, right? So, your mother can’t always be watching you..." Chen Muxue said awkwardly.
Xiaohua pouted, looking like she reluctantly accepted this explanation, and didn’t ask more.
On the other side, Changgui was flipping through a book and a dictionary, his head almost steaming.
It was too difficult; there were many words he couldn’t recognize, many phrases he didn’t understand...
Changgui racked his brain for a while, and suddenly a thought popped into his head—
He wanted to read!
Usually, with Immortal Cultivation Sects that weren’t too small or impoverished, they would have their academies. Even in cultivation, there were elders who excelled in various fields to impart knowledge.
It’s just that the Qian Ding Sect had reached such a level before, so they didn’t have this practice.
Like Xiaohu and Changfu, they also didn’t recognize many words, so reading was quite a headache. Furthermore, they didn’t have much talent in alchemy, thus they didn’t delve deeper into the Elixir Secret Manual of the Qian Ding Sect. They weren’t as stubborn as Changgui, determined to figure it out on his own.
But the deeper he looked, the more he found himself unable to comprehend the secrets written in the manuals with his limited knowledge, so Changgui now had the desire to study.
Moreover, he very candidly, during breakfast the next morning, shared this idea with Chen Muxue.
At that time, Chen Muxue was using ice to soothe Xiaohua’s eyes. Although Xiaohua didn’t say anything, she indeed cried secretly by herself at night. In the morning, her eyes were red and swollen, looking quite funny.
Hearing Changgui’s idea, Chen Muxue scratched her head, "Indeed, you are all still kids; you should be reading."
The spoonfuls of porridge in Xiaohu and Changfu’s mouths suddenly caught with a "honk" sound.