Starting My Cultivation With Time Management-Chapter 885 - 25: Competing with Qiu Changtian for Fame

“That makes sense.” Luo Yan certainly knew these things inside out, but since it was the clever Liuli Lady instructing, he pretended to be suddenly enlightened and nodded in agreement.

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“By the way.” Shi Liuli pulled out a stack of documents, “Take these.”

“What are these?” Luo Yan asked curiously.

Shi Liuli looked at him speechlessly:

“Husband, you recently became a new elder of Penglai, remember? You’re supposed to teach the outer disciples regularly, did you forget?”

Luo Yan: ………

I really did forget.

Thinking back, when I myself was an outer disciple, it was because I was picked up by Elder Shi Ding during his class and bombarded with questions by Shi Liuli, that I ultimately had the chance to join the Heavenly Craft Workshop.

Of course, lucky ones like Luo Yan are few and far between.

Most elder’s teaching sessions merely involve completing the task; they pay little attention to the outer disciples trying hard to show themselves.

Unless they meet a disciple with particularly good talents… which is rare. Because disciples with exceptional talents typically don’t choose to join Penglai; even if they join Penglai, it’s usually their family or elders who have arranged a master for them in advance.

Thus, most of the disciples assigned to the outer sect are those without influential backing or notable cultivation talents, simply mediocre individuals.

Luo Yan certainly didn’t want to waste time, but since it was a task handed down from the sect, he could only go through the motions.

Luckily, his thoughtful wife had prepared comprehensive lesson plans for him—mostly text materials initially compiled to educate his junior sister, Shi Qing.

With Shi Liuli’s succinct summarization and textual processing, they became a movable lesson plan. Luo Yan merely had to read from the text outside the classroom.

Upon arriving in the classroom, Luo Yan cast a brief glance over the outer disciples and started teaching with a cool demeanor.

Contrary to his expectations, these outer disciples were exceptionally well-behaved; there weren’t any overambitious troublemakers who sought to self-recommend themselves and stand out.

The class ended, and Luo Yan picked up his teaching materials and left without hesitation.

In the corridor outside, he encountered Elder Buxu, who was about to teach the next class.

“Elder Buxu,” Luo Yan greeted him respectfully.

“Jingyun,” Elder Buxu intentionally sought to foster a good relationship and stopped to chat with him. “How do you feel about your first class?”

“It was just routine,” Luo Yan shook his head, “None of these disciples are particularly promising.”

“That is to be expected,” Elder Buxu said while stroking his beard, “If there were any promising ones, they wouldn’t typically be found among the outer sect disciples.”

“This year, however, the outstanding talents joining us in Penglai are indeed fewer than before.”

“Oh?” Luo Yan asked in surprise, “Why is that?”

“I heard that Changgeng True Person of the Kunlun Taiqing Sect has recently achieved Nascent Infant,” Elder Buxu explained slowly. “With this being the year Kunlun opens its mountain gates, countless families and sects are staring eagerly, hoping to send their talented offspring there! Naturally, fewer come to us in Penglai.”

“I see,” Luo Yan feigned sudden realization and sighed, “It is fortunate for our righteous peers to have such an exceptional person. However, Changgeng’s excessive prominence might not be a blessing in the long run.”

This statement hit precisely on the delicate thoughts of Elder Buxu.

It is known that Penglai has always regarded Kunlun as the elder brother, outwardly acting with deference and following its lead; meanwhile, they could not help but resent the elder brother’s dominance and muttered a few bitter words behind its back—these costless candid remarks were precisely what the Penglai elders loved to hear.

“Exactly,” Elder Buxu agreed, “Earlier, the Demon Cult besieged Kunlun, and the Guanzhong Area even briefly changed hands, showing that the Kunlun Taiqing Sect is no longer as powerful as it once was.”

“Ziwei Master is also an exceptional figure, but unfortunately, the Demon Cult produced that Demon Head Wei, who could forcefully unite the Six Paths and advance or retreat together… Changgeng True Person achieving Nascent Infant is indeed good news, but I fear that once Demon Head Wei learns of this, there will definitely be targeted counters.”

Although expressed with a tone of “I’m really worried about Kunlun,” it also subtly implied “Do you think you are that impressive?” Luo Yan quickly understood and joined Elder Buxu in speaking ill of Kunlun, thereby quickly strengthening their rapport.

After their casual talk, Elder Buxu left to give his class. Luo Yan was preparing to return to the Heavenly Craft Workshop, when suddenly a disciple sent by the Master of Xuandu came to summon him to a high-level meeting in the rear hall.

In the rear hall, several high-level elders had already gathered with the Master of Xuandu, discussing the recent sudden change: none other than the matter of Changgeng of Kunlun achieving Nascent Infant.

Listening for a moment, Luo Yan learned that due to the confirmation of Kunlun’s next Sect Leader, the number of elite disciples coming to Penglai had nearly halved by fifty percent.

For instance, Ge Juan of the Ge Family, who is eloquent since birth, had initially sounded out the Master of Xuandu, hinting at her wish to join Penglai… But now, she directly reneged, saying she greatly admired Elder Changgeng and thus would probably have no fate with Penglai.

What no fate? Clearly seeing the powerful potential of Kunlun, they are rushing to cozy up!

Penglai and Kunlun are old allies, with a relationship as solid as the Eastern Emperor Realm’s Xuan Gui and Jiaolong clans, and thus they could not openly criticize Kunlun, but only discuss how to deal with the sharp decrease in disciples.

Luo Yan remained silent on the side: not because he had no ideas, but because this idea was just…

He was unwilling to speak, but the Master of Xuandu opened up for him, saying:

“Kunlun has its cultivation prodigies. Don’t we also have a Second Grade Golden Core who has recently achieved Nascent Infant at lightning speed?”

“My Lord, why not use Elder Jingyun as a benchmark and properly promote our Penglai to all directions!”

Luo Yan almost choked upon hearing this.

Wasn’t having Ling Yunpo enough, now they want Luo Yan to compete against Qiu Changtian too?