Chapter 43: Not Collecting Any

“I said I won’t take you as my student!”

Zhang Xuan shook his head and repeated what he had just said.

Who was he?

The esteemed World’s Teacher, countless billions on the Master Teacher Continent desired to be his disciples. Although he was quite ordinary in the Source World for now, he was not someone who would simply accept anyone as a disciple.

“Say that again if you dare!”

She hadn’t been too angry at first, but upon hearing him speak so decisively, Liu Mingyue felt her chest heaving and her whole body bristling with anger.

The Dean doesn’t accept me… fine!

After all, the Dean ranked as the second-best martial artist in Baiyan City, with unfathomable cultivation.

And who are you? A servant with no cultivation, a Miscellaneous Duties Teacher if you enter Baiyan Academy… By what right do you refuse? What qualifications do you have to refuse?

I offer to become your disciple and you should be grateful and honored, shouldn’t you?

Seeing her aggressive approach, Zhang Xuan rolled his eyes, stretched lazily with an air of speechlessness, “Even if I had no ability, I would dare to say it again. I won’t take you as my disciple! Stop deluding yourself!”

Liu Mingyue felt like she was about to grind her teeth to pieces: “Deluding… myself?”

You, a servant, how dare you utter such words?

I am a renowned beauty of Baiyan City, a famous prodigy in history, the legitimate daughter of Patriarch Liu… Whichever identity I claim, would bring countless admirers. To think that I offer to become your disciple and you dare refuse…

And you freaking refused me three times in a row!

Furious and about to explode, Liu Mingyue said furiously: “Fine, fine… Today, I won’t ask anyone else, I must become your disciple, whether you agree or not, you will have to agree…”

Zhang Xuan shook his head: “What a sweet dream you’re having!”

“…”

Liu Mingyue trembled slightly, feeling a darkness before her eyes.

As the young lady of the Liu Clan, she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth, almost always getting what she wanted.

Today, she had been humiliated by Yu Xiaoyu and was already upset about having to ask a coachman to be her mentor. But now… not only did he refuse, but he also accused her of dreaming…

An intense rage surged to her head, making her feel like she was about to burst.

“This guy… is fierce!”

“How dare he humiliate Miss Liu like this?”

“I don’t understand…”

The onlookers were all dumbfounded, looking at the young man again with admiration.

Miss Yu’s so-called request to become a disciple was meant to make fun of Liu Mingyue. All you had to do was ignore it, and this would have been over. Instead, he refused three times in a row and even told her she was dreaming…

Without even thinking about it, everyone knew this guy was in for trouble.

“I’m going to kill you…”

The crowd’s murmurs became the final straw breaking the camel’s back, and with a furious shout, Liu Mingyue strode toward Zhang Xuan.

Seeing her so enraged, Zhang Xuan also frowned deeply, full of displeasure: “Even if you kill me, I still won’t take you as my disciple.”

What kind of person is this!

Accepting a disciple is about the exchange of formal documents and ceremonies, respect, and deference. Look at you, ready to kill because I don’t agree… How rude!

In the Master Teacher Continent, you would have been expelled from school immediately, never to be admitted again.

“Aaaahhh…”

Unable to hold back any longer, Liu Mingyue was about to charge at him to teach this ignorant man a lesson when Yu Xiaoyu stood in her way.

The city lord’s daughter herself was equally embarrassed at this moment.

Her suggestion that Zhang Xuan take her on as a disciple was intended as a jest, never expecting it to cause such a commotion…

Grabbing the furious Liu Mingyue, Yu Xiaoyu hastily said: “Look… Mingyue, I was just joking earlier. It wasn’t intentional. Even if the teacher won’t accept you as a disciple, Dean Wu would, or Elder Ran, Elder Wu, any of them… There’s no need, really no need…”

“Step aside…”

Liu Mingyue continued to move forward, raising her hands and pushing forward.

“Are you going to attack me?”

Yu Xiaoyu wrapped her arms around herself, instantly dissolving the other’s strength.

Although she had just activated her Source Pool, as the daughter of the city lord, she had practiced plenty of martial arts and battle techniques, and ordinary three or five strong men would hardly get close to her, otherwise, she wouldn’t have gained the reputation of a genius.

“That’s enough!”

Seeing that the two of them were about to fight at any moment, Mo Yanxue couldn’t bear to watch anymore and stepped in front of them, “Mingyue, Xiaoyu really didn’t mean it just now, I apologize to you on her behalf! As for the teacher, it’s best to choose the one who suits you, there are so many master teachers at the academy… With your talent, whoever you want to take on as your mentor would probably agree happily…”

Liu Mingyue raised her delicate eyebrows, “Are you planning to gang up against me?”

Mo Yanxue shook her head and smiled slightly, “We are all classmates, how could we bully you? We’re just helping you find the right teacher! I’ve heard that you like palm art, and you’ve practiced the Liu Clan’s ‘Turning Butterfly Palm’ for less than a year and have already achieved a Minor Accomplishment… In that case, you could become a disciple of Dean Wu. His ‘Flowing Wave Palm’ is quite famous throughout Baiyan City.”

“This…”

Liu Mingyue fell silent.

Wu Yunzhou’s strength might not be on par with Dean Lu Mingrong, but it wasn’t far behind. In terms of mentorship, he was indeed a better fit. The reason she wanted to apprentice under the latter was because the two before her had succeeded, so why couldn’t she?

It was truly frustrating.

“Don’t hesitate!”

Seeing her hesitation, Mo Yanxue knew the other party was wavering and quickly looked over at Wu Yunzhou, who wasn’t far away, with a sweet smile, “Dean Wu, Miss Mingyue has absorbed 24 strands of Yuan Power from the Fifth Grade Source Pool, she might become your disciple…”

“This…”

Wu Yunzhou glanced at Dean Lu Mingrong and then at Zhang Xuan not far away, struggling within himself.

This girl thought of Zhang Xuan as nothing more than a coachman, unworthy of consideration, but… he knew that Zhang Xuan was a supreme talent, destined for limitless achievements as long as he did not fall!

Not to take such a person as a disciple, and then taking another instead, wouldn’t that mean offending him?

Internal strife was not about fighting and killing, but about giving and receiving favors.

“Dean Wu?”

Not expecting his hesitation, Mo Yanxue looked over again, puzzled.

“Oh!”

In a flash, Wu Yunzhou made up his mind, waving his hands, “Sorry, if Teacher Zhang Xuan doesn’t accept, then I won’t either!”

Right, better to curry favor first!

After saying this, he grinned at Zhang Xuan from a distance, his smile full of friendliness.

“???”

Mo Yanxue was taken aback.

What do you mean that if Zhang Xuan doesn’t accept, then you won’t? Isn’t Liu Mingyue a genius?

Since when do we have to look at a coachman’s face?

“Dean Wu…”

Liu Mingyue swayed again, feeling an even stronger sense of humiliation.

The third-ranked genius of Baiyan City, rejected five times in a row…

“Don’t worry, Mingyue, Dean Wu might be in a difficult position. Right, Elder Ran, he’s the First Elder of Baiyan Academy and has already reached the Jade Bone Realm, his strength is like a dragon or a tiger… Becoming his disciple wouldn’t be much different!”

Mo Yanxue comforted her again.

But before she could finish speaking, Ran Qingxu was already waving his hands from not too far away, “I respect Teacher Zhang Xuan’s opinion, I won’t accept either…”

Joking aside, I don’t want to offend anyone either!