novelraw Chapter 675: Can’t Even Write “Overwhelming Might” Properly—And You Think You Deserve Pride?
Chapter 675: Can’t Even Write “Overwhelming Might” Properly—And You Think You Deserve Pride?
"I'm not a saint, don't hold me to such... such strict standards, I... I can't do it."
Lu Ding frowned.
If he hadn't promised Teacher Shu Mochou to give her a little time,
Lu Ding would have gone up there right then and there, slapped Pan Fusheng's head and smashed it to pieces.
Can't do it? If you can't do it, then you die!
Giving you an excuse to use to ease the pain brought by the emotions in your heart, and you not only show no appreciation, but your words are laced with resentment and complaints.
Was that Teacher Shu's meaning?
She was telling you not to overthink it, since you're going to die anyway, just drink this wine properly and suffer less pain.
"Hahahahaha Pan kid, you're right, what's the point of following so many damn principles? Reading books isn't about reading them to death, you have to learn to live them, learn to apply them!!!"
"Today, Teacher Yang will teach you what it means in this society that having the bigger fist is the ironclad truth!!!!"Hum!!!
The sea of learning sailed forth, ink surged to the heavens.
An anomaly enveloped a portion of the world.
A radiantly glowing academic boat came riding the wind and breaking the waves.
Its design was simple yet not simplistic.
On the mast, all four sails were fully raised, shining with white light that illuminated the heavens and earth with four large characters.
Devour, Mountain, River!!!
Waves of righteous aura surged and crashed from these four large characters, like towering, overwhelming waves.
This was the Confucian's innate character.
Qi Refiners cultivate the Five Restrictions;
the ultimate limit is five anomalous phenomena, but basically ninety-nine percent of people only have one anomalous phenomenon.
As for Confucian cultivators cultivating the Five Restrictions, the ultimate limit is five innate characters, and just like Qi Refiners, most Confucian cultivators also only have one innate character.
Those who can have three innate characters are either geniuses focused on by a major academy, or foundational teachers of a major institution of learning.
And Devour, Mountain, River.
These three characters also revealed the identity of the newcomer.
The Confucian cultivator teacher of Xuehai Academy, Gai Yan Song Qiufeng, Yang Sui.
This person was formerly Shu Mochou's old rival.
Especially during the implementation of nine-year compulsory education.
The two factions they belonged to, one agreed, one opposed;
both of them were at the forefront of the tide at that time, each displaying their brilliance, verifying their own beliefs.
One believed that nine-year compulsory education lowered the threshold, allowing all sorts of demons and monsters, people with unworthy temperaments, to defile the principles of the sages and worthies, and besides, where is it written that girls should study? A small number is fine, but the majority? No!
One believed that nine-year compulsory education lowering the threshold allowed everyone under heaven to have books to read, to learn the principles within books;
one couldn't demand everyone learn well, but at the very least, it could allow those facing forks in the road of life to find the correct path through the principles in books.
And since it's compulsory education, girls studying is also an obligation!
Later, when Shu Mochou successfully condensed her fourth innate character due to vigorously promoting nine-year compulsory education,
Yang Sui was somewhat broken.
When later, Shu Mochou entered the God Ascension realm through promoting nine-year compulsory education, Yang Sui was utterly broken.
From then on, he developed a heart demon, his cultivation stagnated, forever trapped at the Five Restrictions Late Stage.
Otherwise, he would have long since ascended to the God Ascension realm.
Although his cultivation hadn't grown these years, his scheming mind had been growing all along;
not to say he was terribly evil.
He just liked to teach Shu Mochou's students, using opposing theories to compete with Shu Mochou.
After all, the knowledge in books isn't uniform.
'Knowing there are tigers in the mountains, yet heading toward those mountains' is in books.
'The gentleman does not stand beneath a dangerous wall' is also in books.
Among these, Pan Fusheng was one of their shared students.
The difference was, one was open and aboveboard, the other was sneaky and secretive.
Yang Sui stood on the deck of the academic boat, dressed in white robes, displaying his Five Restrictions Late Stage cultivation.
"Lu kid, give me some face, let me take him away. I can guarantee to you, he will absolutely never again commit any illegal or disorderly acts in the future."
His words were filled with an overbearing, unrefusable arrogance.
If Pan Fusheng's experiences were written as a novel, this would be the highlight moment, the background, the backing, the old master.
Overbearing protection of one's own.
Unfortunately, on this blank page of the new city, Lu Ding's name had already been written at the very beginning.
"Lu kid..."
Lu Ding repeated these three words.
Beside him, Qian Jin hurriedly adjusted his bodycam;
he had noticed earlier that the Grand Guardian wasn't wearing the thing.
So he had silently adjusted the angle earlier, to make it convenient for the Grand Guardian to handle matters.
But now...
He had to adjust it back!!!
Lu Ding listened to these three words, and the more he heard them, the more displeased he became.
Do we know each other?
Who are you?
Even Elder Deng and the Crooked-Mouth Old Man, people he respected, had never called him that.
This person, however, just opened his mouth and it was 'Lu kid'.
Lu Ding didn't turn his head, just raised his hand to the side without the slightest warning.
The [Way of the Jinche] shot out directly, beheading Pan Fusheng on the spot, freezing the look of pleasant surprise on his face due to Yang Sui's arrival at that moment.
Originally thinking that with Yang Sui's arrival, he had a chance to survive, 'as long as the green hills remain, there'll be no shortage of firewood', just waiting for revenge in the future, biding his time.
Who knew his arrival directly accelerated Pan Fusheng's death, hastening his demise.
Shu Mochou did notice, but she didn't move, only supporting Pan Fusheng's head as it tilted and was about to fall after the [Way of the Jinche] sliced through his neck.
Immediately following, she said: "Thank you, Grand Duke Lu, for showing mercy."
Although she had no prior interaction with Lu Ding, she also knew that normally, people who died by Lu Ding's hand had no whole corpses left.
After all, his nickname was Corpse-Shattering Taishui.
In this current situation, this was already giving her a lot of face.
Lu Ding nodded, looking at Yang Sui on the deck: "Face?"
He paused for a moment, then directly went for the jugular: "A waste who can't even spell out the four characters 'devouring mountains and rivers' completely, you think you deserve face?!"
Since others showed him no respect, then Lu Ding wouldn't respect others either.
Raising his hand, he curled four fingers back in a beckoning motion: "Come, let me see just how big your fist is, that you dare rely on preaching the 'ironclad truth' of obstructing law enforcement."
'Having the bigger fist is the ironclad truth', this statement isn't problematic in itself.
Under absolute overwhelming force, Lu Ding would definitely first avoid the sharp edge to improve his cultivation, and they'd meet again next time.
However...
Those who could force him to that extent were absolutely not someone like Yang Sui, a Five Restrictions Late Stage cultivator with an incomplete heart realm.
Although the Five Restrictions Late Stage wasn't easy to deal with, it wasn't like he couldn't fight it.
Lu Ding absolutely wouldn't indulge him!
Such vastly different treatment made the anger in Yang Sui's heart burn even fiercer.
Treating Shu Mochou with equal courtesy, calling her 'Teacher' repeatedly, selling her all sorts of face, but treating me with 'waste' repeatedly?
Yang Sui, enraged to the extreme, instead laughed: "Fine, fine, fine, you impudent brat, it seems you haven't read many books. Today, I'll teach you what it means to respect teachers and uphold the Way!!!"
Raising his hand and lifting a brush, jade shaft with golden threads, using righteous aura as ink.
[Suppress]
A suppressing force crashed down with a roar.
Just as Lu Ding was about to step forward,
Shu Mochou stepped up, pressing Lu Ding's shoulder.
"Grand Duke Lu, please wait a moment. Allow me to capture him, as a return courtesy to you."
The so-called 'offer a peach, receive a plum in return';
Shu Mochou wasn't someone particularly wealthy.
Her money, every year, who knows how much she subsidizes impoverished students, how many hope primary schools she builds, so she couldn't offer anything valuable. This Yang Sui who came obstructing law enforcement was just perfect to return the courtesy.
Righteous aura clashed.
She didn't even need to lift a brush.
Shu Mochou's mouth contained heavenly decrees;
her words became law.
"Disperse!"
Yang Sui's Suppress character scattered with the wind.
Shu Mochou charged upward, both hands circulating qi to 'convince' with virtue, her words becoming law to 'convince' with reason.