Chapter 32: Wait a Moment
“What? You’ve already mastered it?” Yin Tieyan, the one with thick eyebrows, was also astonished to hear that Shi Feizhe had mastered the technique.
“Indeed!” Shi Feizhe said confidently, “The 《Sun Moon Concentric Formula》 expands the spirit, dividing it into two. It’s truly profound!”
Yin Tieyan couldn’t understand the situation either. He was one of the Sect Leader’s direct disciples, ranked third. Many years ago, his master had arranged for him to work on this matter secretly with Elder Hua.
Over the years, he had seen people driven mad by practicing it, driven foolish, driven half-mad and half-foolish, but he had never seen anyone succeed!
“Truly remarkable! Then congratulations, Junior Brother!” Yin Tieyan kept his doubts and surprise to himself and said with a smile, “It’s late today. How about we go to Elder Hua together tomorrow for verification?”
“Alright!” Shi Feizhe nodded, seeing that the sky had darkened.
“Since Junior Brother has already succeeded in cultivation, I will arrange a separate room for you, so that you can have some peace and quiet!” Yin Tieyan added.
“Thank you very much!” Shi Feizhe clasped his hands in gratitude.
“You have already started your cultivation, so we are family now! You should thank Senior Brother Yin!” Yin Tieyan pretended to be displeased and said jokingly.
“Thank you, Senior Brother Yin!”
“You’re welcome! Senior Brother will teach you a trick. Within our sect, you must pay attention to seniority!” Yin Tieyan said, “Although the sect is small, you must be careful in your words and actions.”
He didn’t know whether Shi Feizhe had truly mastered it or not. He also didn’t know whether Shi Feizhe would become a confidant of the Sect Leader or Elder Hua after joining the sect, so he did Shi Feizhe a favor.
It cost him nothing anyway.
Shi Feizhe’s face darkened when he heard about “paying attention to seniority” and “being careful in words and actions.” The memories of his dead wage-slave self began to attack him again!
Damn it, before transmigrating, he had to be careful with his words and actions in the workplace, paying attention to the preferences of his superiors and the relationships between superiors and subordinates. After transmigrating, he still had to have a sense of seniority and be careful with his words and actions after joining a sect!
What was the point of transmigrating then!
“Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother Yin!” Shi Feizhe suppressed his annoyance and said.
“Let’s go, Senior Brother will take you to choose a quiet chamber!”
So Shi Feizhe returned to his small room, took his luggage and long saber, and moved to a room near Yin Tieyan. Although he had changed rooms, he was still in the same courtyard!
“Brother Fan, I’ll treat you to a drink in a couple of days!” Shi Feizhe said to Fan Jianqiang after packing his things.
“No problem, no problem!” Fan Jianqiang lay on his bed and waved his hand casually, saying, “With you moving out, I’ll have the room to myself! How comfortable~”
“We’re all in the same courtyard, let’s keep in touch!”
“Sure, sure!” Fan Jianqiang said.
I’ll have to see how you, the imposter, play this out!
After assigning Shi Feizhe a room, Yin Tieyan immediately rushed to the Martial Arts Hall. Candles were lit in the hall, and Hua Wushuang was reading a scroll.
“What? He mastered it?” Hua Wushuang was also shocked.
The Sect Leader had asked him to pay close attention during the day, and now there were results in the evening.
Was it too much of a coincidence?
According to their meticulous deductions and experiments, although this version was likely the final one, no one had been able to master it in the past few months. It made him wonder if there was something wrong.
But today, a newcomer came and mastered it in half a day.
“Could there be something fishy about this person?” Hua Wushuang suspected.
He couldn’t be blamed for being suspicious. Dozens of people had failed to master it in a few months, and suddenly someone mastered it in half a day?
It was too unbelievable! Could this person have ulterior motives?
“Martial Uncle Hua, even if there’s something fishy, he wouldn’t be this stupid, would he?” Yin Tieyan said after thinking about it all the way.
Hua Wushuang thought carefully after hearing Yin Tieyan’s words. He was right. If someone had ulterior motives and mastered it in half a day, wouldn’t they be asking for suspicion?
“Could he really be a genius?” Hua Wushuang muttered to himself.
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“This disciple wouldn’t dare to comment!” Yin Tieyan replied.
“Hmm…” Hua Wushuang pondered, and after a while, he said, “Let’s not tell your master about this yet! This person’s origins are unknown, and his cultivation is progressing so rapidly. I’m afraid it might be a trick! We still need to observe him for a few days! After we’re certain, we’ll report it to the Sect Leader, so as to avoid him being overjoyed for nothing and blaming us!”
“Then how should this disciple respond to him?”
“You can tell him that I and the Sect Leader have something to attend to and will be out for a few days. After a few days, we’ll personally test him upon our return and accept him into the sect!” Hua Wushuang casually made up an excuse.
“Yes! This disciple will reply to him in this way and stall him for a few days.”
“Hmm~ You need to observe him closely these few days and see if there’s anything unusual about him. If he wants to go out for a walk, let him. There’s no need to restrict his movements. You can just observe him secretly!” Hua Wushuang gave detailed instructions.
“Yes!” Yin Tieyan understood. This was a strategy of appearing relaxed but being vigilant, luring the snake out of its hole.
“Go!” Hua Wushuang said to Yin Tieyan.
The next day, Shi Feizhe was quite disappointed to learn from Yin Tieyan that both the Sect Leader and the Transmission Elder Hua, whom he had met yesterday, were “away on business.”
“Then… what about the ten taels of gold?” Shi Feizhe asked.
Ten taels of gold was really not a small amount! The previous guy with the saber, his gold and silver combined were only a little over twenty taels, mostly silver.
Yin Tieyan said with a smile, “Naturally, we have to wait for Master and Elder Hua to return and test you, but if Junior Brother Shi is short of money, I can advance you some!”
“Really?”
“Really!”
“Even ten taels of gold?”
“Even ten taels of gold!” Yin Tieyan said with a smile, “As long as you are loyal to the sect, our Sun Moon Brilliance Sect doesn’t lack money!”
Although their sect didn’t lack money, they wouldn’t just give it away to anyone.
Ten taels of gold was really not a small amount.
In this era, the ratio of gold to silver was between 1:12 and 1:14, fluctuating slightly depending on the region. Ten taels of gold was equivalent to one hundred and twenty taels of silver, which was over one hundred strings of copper coins.
Don’t underestimate the purchasing power of copper coins. You have to know that when Shi Feizhe first started working at the medical clinic, he only earned twenty wen a month. In Qiuyang City, ten taels of gold could buy a three-courtyard mansion!
Therefore, this money was mainly given to Shi Feizhe to see how he would spend it, so Yin Tieyan could try to find out if he had any flaws.
If Shi Feizhe had no problems, he would naturally receive the sect’s reward of ten taels of gold in the future. If he did have problems, the sect would praise him for his efficiency in discovering the problems by spending only ten taels of gold!
“I wonder how Junior Brother Shi will spend the money once he receives it!” Yin Tieyan handed the ten taels of gold to Shi Feizhe and said with a smile.
Shi Feizhe looked at the gold and felt a bit emotional.
In this world, he had worked for over a month at the medical clinic and only earned twenty wen. He worked for seven or eight days at the Three Talents Manor and didn’t get a single penny, and he almost lost his life! All his travel expenses came from robbing corpses.
Now, he had finally earned money through legitimate means by relying on his hard work and talent. The feeling in his heart was difficult for outsiders to understand.
“How about I treat all the brothers in the courtyard to a good meal?”
Oh my god, the Corpse Robber Shi Laomo can get money without robbing corpses now!
