Chapter 291: Chapter 47 Lici! Deputy Dean, I’ve decided to support you_2
This chubby-faced woman is naturally none other than the eighth generation of the Wang Family, Miss Wang Lici.
She had just shown her face at the recruitment conference when this middle-aged senior brother talked her into believing that he was recruiting on behalf of the vice-dean of the Academy.
Once she confirmed that meals and lodging were included, she gleefully followed him.
Who would have thought that she would be waiting for two days in this shabby yard without even meeting her Master?
The senior brother, who kept insisting that the dean was in seclusion and that the vice-dean wielded the most authority in the Academy, only offered her cold mantou to eat.
How could someone of Miss Lici’s stature be so unfortunate?
Unable to withstand her hunger, Wang Lici began to nibble on the cold mantou with tears in her eyes.
Those few mantou were gone after just a few bites.
"Senior brother, I’m hungry," Wang Lici looked at her senior brother with teary eyes again.
"Ah?" The senior brother, startled, opened his half-closed eyes, "You finished them already?"
Then, he took out a few more mantou: "Lici, eat slowly, don’t choke."
With that, he closed his eyes to meditate again.
However, no sooner had he closed his eyes, than he heard Wang Lici’s tearful voice say: "Senior brother, it’s not enough, I’m hungry."
A little while later.
"Senior brother, I’m hungry."
"Senior brother, I’m hungry."
...
A quarter of an hour later.
The voice, like a magical chant, seemed to have brainwashed him.
He didn’t dare to close his eyes anymore because as soon as he did, the adorably pretty junior sister would pitifully say: "Senior brother, I’m hungry."
All the food he had stored for a month had been completely devoured by his junior sister.
Yet she was still calling out in hunger.
The senior brother’s expression started to look unnatural, this junior sister seemed to have quite an appetite.
The Yunyang Lineage had always emphasized self-discipline and reducing external material needs to train the mind and achieve the state of unity between man and nature.
He had just returned from a mission outside and happened to encounter the Academy recruiting new disciples. Coincidentally, he saw Wang Lici and discovered her exceptional talent, reaching the Upper Grade C celestial pride level.
Furthermore, upon conversing with her, he found her naturally simple, without blemish or mischief in her heart, most fitting with the Yunyang Lineage’s temperament. He was overjoyed to find such a treasure and accepted her on behalf of his master, bringing her up to Yunyang Peak.
However, at this moment, he had a vague sense of foreboding.
This junior sister.
It seems like he might have been a bit hasty in accepting her.
Just as he was about to ask a few questions, a profound and resonant voice came from the old buildings within the courtyard.
"Mingda, you mentioned in your message that you’ve recruited a celestial pride as pure as jade. Is it this young lady?"
As the words fell.
An elder in coarse cloth and linen clothing appeared in the old stone pavilion.
The elder had a gaunt appearance, an ethereal manner, and his deep eyes held a gentle, wise expression.
As soon as he appeared, his gaze fell on Wang Lici.
With just a casual glance, he seemed to understand Wang Lici completely.
"Good, good, good! Thick bloodline, simple gaze, truly a rare fine talent!" A joyous expression appeared on his face, "Mingda, you have great luck to be able to seize such a talent from the hands of various peaks and lineages; I shall commend you for this."
Mingda cautiously reminded, "Master, our junior sister seems to have quite an appetite."
"Has quite an appetite?" The elder was indifferent, "Young people, you see, having a big appetite is a blessing, who hasn’t been through this? Mingda, you also had quite an appetite when you were young, and did I not still raise you well?"
Then the elder looked at Wang Lici, appearing more and more satisfied as he said, "I am Master Yunyang, humbly serving as the vice-dean of the Academy. Are you willing to take me as your master? With your talent, with just a little effort, you could inherit my teachings."
He was full of confidence, thinking Wang Lici would surely agree wholeheartedly and bow in acceptance.
However, Wang Lici shook her head repeatedly: "I’m not willing."
"What?"
Master Yunyang was stunned.
Such a response was obviously illogical. Besides, this was merely a formality. In reality, the paperwork was done, and this girl was already part of the Yunyang Lineage.
Without waiting for them to speak, Wang Lici shook her head and said: "Our lineage is too poor, the house is so rundown. Eating cold mantou all the time and not even getting full, I don’t want that."
"Senior brother Mingda lied to me, saying that I could eat as much as I wanted if only I could manage it."
"This." Master Yunyang and his disciple looked at each other in dismay, did this girl have to be so blunt?
Master Yunyang’s face immediately grew serious as he said, "Mingda, this is your fault, how could you let the junior sister eat cold mantou?"
Then Master Yunyang, with warmth and confidence, said: "How could your master, being a Purple Mansion Ascendant and also the dignified vice-dean, possibly not manage to properly take care of a little girl like you?"
"I promise you, as long as you can eat, eat as much as you want."
"Really?" Wang Lici widened her eyes, slightly skeptical, looked around hesitantly, and said, "Our place here looks a bit impoverished."
"I am a dignified Purple Mansion Ascendant, and your senior brother Mingda has long been a Celestial Human Realm Cultivator." Master Yunyang said confidently, "Raising a little girl like you is hardly a challenge."
Saying this, he waved his hand and tossed a bag of spirit stones to Senior Brother Mingda: "Mingda, here are a hundred spirit stones. Take your junior sister to the Celestial Food Pavilion inside the Academy, and have a good meal. Feast to your heart’s content, and don’t save money for my sake. Use the remaining spirit stones to purchase fresh ingredients from the Eternal Spring Valley to serve as your junior sister’s meals."