Chapter 83: My precious disciple is a genius among geniuses!
At this moment, Old Master Tang rushed out excitedly, shouting loudly: “Precious disciple! Precious disciple! Beloved disciple! Beloved disciple!”
Zhang Ruohua’s body trembled slightly with excitement. Seeing Old Master Tang, she excitedly ran up to him: “Thank you for your guidance, Old Master Tang!”
Old Master Tang is indeed a formation master renowned throughout the Four Kingdoms. She felt that this time, she would definitely be able to take first place in the first round of the Four Kingdoms Formation Master Competition! She would definitely be able to lead the Chu Kingdom team into the final competition, and continue to win the final competition!
It had been many years since the Chu Kingdom had entered the final competition of the Four Kingdoms Youth Formation Master Competition. This time, she would definitely succeed!
This way, she could become famous in one fell swoop and be known throughout the world!
And bring glory to the Chu Kingdom.
However, there was still one place she didn’t quite understand. She took the blueprint and handed it over, asking: “Old Master Tang, there’s one place here that I don’t understand.”
Actually, she felt that it was wrong and deliberately reminded Old Master Tang!
Only then did Old Master Tang remember that she was still there.
He was in a good mood, so he took it and looked down. Seeing the familiar small dots, he knew that this was the formation that his precious disciple had modified.
He couldn’t help but look at it seriously. Hmm~ “My precious disciple is truly a genius, simply a genius! She has a high level of comprehension! Haha, the waves behind drive on those before. She’s simply even more talented than this old man. Not bad, very good.”
Zhang Ruohua’s face flushed slightly.
Old Master Tang’s continuous praise made her feel embarrassed!
Although she knew she was extremely talented, “Old Master Tang, you flatter me. Ruohua cannot compare to you. You are the leading authority in the field of formations!”
She didn’t expect Old Master Tang to say that she was even more talented than he was back then!
Could she really be that talented?
Zhang Ruohua became even more excited: Was Old Master Tang praising her like this because he wanted to take her as his disciple?
He must have realized that he had misjudged her back then, right?
At this moment, Zi Wu landed in the open space, carrying Xingnong.
Zi Wu had heard Old Master Tang’s shouts, so he brought Xingnong up.
Seeing Xingnong, Zhang Ruohua subconsciously shielded the blueprint.
But then she thought of something and moved her body aside.
This lowly commoner had only been learning formations for how long? Even with the blueprint in front of her, she wouldn’t be able to understand it!
Really, what was she worried about?
Zhang Ruohua glanced at Xingnong coldly, and then deliberately asked: “Old Master Tang, if I take this formation to participate in the Four Kingdoms Youth Formation Master Competition, what place do you think I could get?”
Old Master Tang, “This formation is, of course, first place.”
Zhang Ruohua grinned, subconsciously glancing at Xingnong.
“However, you just said there was a part you didn’t understand?”
If there was a part she didn’t understand, it meant she hadn’t fully grasped the formation. If she took it to the competition, she wouldn’t even be able to set it up! How could she compete?
Zhang Ruohua pointed to a place she thought was wrong: “Here, isn’t this part wrong?”
Wrong?
Old Master Tang was rendered speechless by her stupidity: “This is the most ingenious part!”
Zhang Ruohua: “Old Master Tang’s formation is too ingenious. Please enlighten me, Old Master Tang!”
Her face felt a little hot. It was a bit embarrassing to be told this by Old Master Tang in front of a lowly commoner.
But she didn’t expect that the even more embarrassing part was yet to come.
Old Master Tang beckoned to Xingnong: “Precious disciple, come and explain it to her!”
Zhang Ruohua was stunned for a moment, then she immediately took back her formation blueprint, looking at Xingnong nervously, “Old Master Tang, this is the formation blueprint I’m using for the competition. It’s not appropriate to show it to her, right?”
If she showed it to her, what if she stole her ideas?
Not appropriate? Hearing this, Old Master Tang looked at her as if she were an idiot: “This formation blueprint was modified by her. If you use this formation blueprint for the competition, you’ll have to write her name in the ‘Guidance Master’ section. How is it not appropriate?”
Xingnong frowned. That formation blueprint was hers?
She felt disgusted!
She should have known better than to modify it!
Zhang Ruohua: “…”
“How is that possible! She’s only been learning formations for a few days? How could she possibly modify this formation blueprint?”
She didn’t believe it at all!
Formations are so difficult. She started learning at the age of three, and it took her ten years to even grasp the basics.
It was only in the past few years that she had been able to design formations, and only this year had she gained some insight!
Hearing this, Old Master Tang boasted: “Because my precious disciple is a genius among geniuses!”
Zhang Ruohua: “…”
Old Master Tang continued: “If you want to use the formation that my precious disciple helped you modify for the competition, I’ll have her teach you a simpler one. This one is too difficult, you won’t be able to set it up. And also, my disciple guiding you is just guidance, it doesn’t mean she’s taking you as her disciple!
When you participate in the competition, you can only write her name in the ‘Guidance Master’ section, not in the ‘Master’ section, understand? My disciple has a bright future, she can’t take on a mediocre disciple like you. People would laugh at her!”
Zhang Ruohua: “…”
Mediocre aptitude? People would laugh at her for taking her as a disciple?
She finally understood the extent to which words could hurt!
Old Master Tang was ruthlessly trampling on her dignity in front of that lowly commoner bastard!
For the first time, Zhang Ruohua felt utterly humiliated!
But why?
At this moment, Xingnong spoke: “Master, I won’t guide her. She’s not worthy.”
Some people learn too much, and it becomes a curse.
Zhang Ruohua: “…”
What did this lowly commoner say?
She actually said that she was not worthy of her guidance?
This was simply preposterous!
Ugh!
“I don’t want your guidance! You’re the one who’s not worthy, don’t flatter yourself!” She looked Xingnong up and down.
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What kind of trash dared to say such things in front of her?
She was furious!
Hearing this, Old Master Tang took the formation blueprint from her hand, directly erased Xingnong’s handwriting, and returned it to her: “Since our master and disciple are not worthy to guide you, then get lost!”
Old Master Tang could guarantee that with her level of comprehension and brain, she would definitely not be able to remember the formation his disciple had modified. Even if she could remember it, she wouldn’t be able to set it up!
Zhang Ruohua: “…”
She angrily took back her blueprint and used her lightness skill to descend the mountain.
She was so angry!
It’s not like Old Master Tang was the only formation master in the world.
He was just a defeated underdog!
With her maternal grandfather’s power, she could definitely find a formation master who was even more skilled than him.
Then she would defeat this lowly commoner bastard!
She didn’t believe that someone who had only been learning formations for a few days could design a formation, no matter how talented they were.
There was only one possibility!
Old Master Tang wanted to take this opportunity to use the formation she had designed to elevate that lowly commoner’s reputation!
Write her name in the ‘Guidance Master’ section? Who was he trying to insult? Don’t even think about it!
Ugh, she would not do someone else’s bidding!
Don’t even dream about it!
Thinking of the oil-saving lamp, she thought of another possibility.
Hmph, if she dared to use a similar formation to hers in the formation competition, she would find a way to ruin both that lowly commoner and Old Master Tang’s reputation!
Stealing from others had become a habit for her!
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After Zhang Ruohua left, Old Master Tang excitedly looked at Xingnong: “Precious disciple, how did you design a wind-attribute formation?”
Xingnong: “I used arithmetic to calculate it.”
Old Master Tang: “…”
This could also be done with arithmetic?
It seems that Old Man Kong’s arithmetic wasn’t completely useless after all!
Hmm, his disciple was a genius, a genius! A double genius!
He really didn’t expect Xingnong to be able to design a formation with an illusionary realm, and a wind-attribute illusionary realm at that.
The hidden attribute was wind. The wind would blow away the mist, allowing one to see the path. This would create an illusion, making people think they were going the right way, when in fact they were sinking deeper and deeper.
Wind is derived from the water attribute in the five elements. There wasn’t a single formation master in this world who could manifest wind.
He had been researching it for years, but had not succeeded.
The incomplete formations he had given Xingnong included several wind-attribute formations that he had partially deduced. However, they were all unsuccessful, or rather, half-finished products, each just a little bit off.
He didn’t expect his precious disciple to succeed!
She was even younger than he was when he had researched and developed the mist formation.
If this were to spread, it would definitely be a shocking event in the world of formations!
Actually, he vaguely knew that his eldest disciple had also been close to success back then. Snow and ice were both created by him. Then he started researching wind, but unexpectedly, tragedy struck, and his world suddenly collapsed.
He knew that his eldest disciple had felt guilty all these years, thinking that it was because he had come to learn formations that so many lives in the Marquis’s Residence had been lost. So for all these years, he had stopped researching formations and devoted himself entirely to finding evidence.
This matter concerned the survival of the Chu Kingdom, so he could only let him be.
Now, out of wind, cloud, mist, ice, frost, rain, and snow, only cloud remained to be researched.
Old Master Tang encouraged: “Hmm, not bad, keep working hard, strive to manifest cloud soon!”
Xingnong pointed to the chessboard: “Master, are you talking about that?”
Old Master Tang: “…”
He quickly rushed over and stared intently at the chessboard. After a while, he burst into laughter: “Haha.”
We’re rising!
We’re rising!
“Haha.”
Damn it, they had been suppressed for too many years!
Old Master Tang looked in a certain direction with red eyes. He wanted to ask if the registration for this year’s Youth Formation Master Competition was still open!
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