novelraw Chapter 1553: Very Good at Teaching Disciples
Chapter 1553: Very Good at Teaching Disciples
Feng Qi saw she was planning to sleep indefinitely and shook his head helplessly.
Ghost Sister floated out from the Horse-Faced Bell, her body appearing somewhat transparent under the sunlight, "Master, aren’t you going to wake Little Taotie? She has school today and will be late."
Feng Qi flicked his large tail: "Late is late. She went to bed late yesterday, let her sleep a bit longer."
"But..."
"Studying is important, but health is more important." Feng Qi lazily said, "Not doing well in school won’t kill you, but ruining your health will."
Ghost Sister opened her mouth but ultimately said nothing in response.
Indeed, nothing is more important than health.
"Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling, the early bird gets the worm! Ding-a-ling, ding-a-ling, be a diligent little bee..."
The alarm clock sang a children’s song, the voice sweet and adorable.
It’s a song from a very popular children’s cartoon nowadays, beloved by many kids. During the school anniversary, lots of children compete to perform, and among the submitted programs, eight out of ten are singing this song.
After this little alarm clock was bought, its starting music was this song. Little Taotie hasn’t changed it. She rarely hears the alarm, because she gets up before it rings. When the alarm does ring, she’s already downstairs having breakfast.
Feng Qi mocked, "Why do people want to become birds and bees? Can’t they just be people? I hate these kinds of songs!"
Ghost Sister was quite helpless with her very old but mentally immature master and could only patiently explain: "It’s just an aspiration."
"Aspire to what? To eat worms like birds or to be led by a bee and forced to gather nectar every day?"
"Uh... Master, it shouldn’t be understood like that."
"Then how should it be understood?"
"It’s just aspiring towards diligence, promoting a virtue."
"Being diligent is a virtue?"
"It is, on Blue Star."
Feng Qi rolled his eyes: "We don’t subscribe to that in Qingqiu. Want to know what’s popular in Qingqiu?"
"Yes." Ghost Sister nodded very cooperatively, giving her master a chance to brag.
Feng Qi proudly raised his chin: "Diligence equals being a laborer. In Qingqiu, only the lowest tier of Little Beasts would do hard labor. Our ruling class in Qingqiu would never praise diligence, nor consider it a virtue, even thinking people who work themselves to death and lack innovation are fools!"
"Uh... Qingqiu still needs innovation?"
"Of course. Take our Fox Clan for example. The damage from a claw strike varies, so the technique varies too. For instance, horizontal versus vertical claw swipes differ in intensity and angle, impacting their lethality. Slightly hooking with a sharp claw can peel a layer of flesh, vastly increasing the damage. We need to develop more new moves to make us stronger."
"This... seems somewhat reasonable."
"It’s the truth. Take this example: our existing moves are available for all Fox Clan members to train. If a conflict arises among foxes, everyone knows each other’s moves and strategies. Without innovation, wouldn’t you just be delivering yourself as prey, and be smashed by opponents in seconds? If you understand innovation, slightly altering moves confuses other foxes and allows easy victory! Studying the text is certainly important, it indeed requires continuously imitating with effort, practicing countless times a day earns one the label of diligence. But what’s after diligence? For a true master, innovation is needed, along with brainwork, not just blindly exerting effort!"
Ghost Sister bowed deeply: "Disciple has been taught."
Feng Qi flicked his large tail, feeling smug inside: I’m quite good at teaching apprentices too~ Hehe~~~