In the eyes of the two attendants, Dugu Tian is just a tutor at Tianyi Academy.

Now, he's been defeated by a student under him. Even if there are reasons, his reputation is still in tatters.

In front of him, what's the harm in being a bit arrogant?

But saying these words and being heard by Prince Qingyuan is not very good.....

Especially at this time, with Prince Qingyuan visiting Dugu Tian, could it be that he values him...

The faces of the two attendants turned pale, their bodies seemingly petrified, not knowing how to move.

Yet Prince Qingyuan just smiled, gently patted the two of them, indicating they should leave.

Upon receiving this order, the two hurriedly fled.

In the room, only Dugu Tian, Prince Qingyuan, and the accompanying Uncle Fu remained.

Since arriving at Tianyi Academy, relying on some talents, Dugu Tian has been consulted by many tutors at the academy.

Over the past half a year, he has become increasingly arrogant.

Prince Qingyuan came today to ridicule him.

Doesn't he often belittle Tianyi Students? Today, let's see how he lost~

"Mr. Dugu, are you alright? Are you injured?"

With a hint of a smile, Prince Qingyuan asked knowingly.

"No big deal, right?"

"Thank you for your concern, Prince, it's no big deal..."

Dugu Tian's face looked unpleasant, yet he continued to respond insincerely.

"Of course, Shen Han is just a young student of our Tianyi Academy, just a student after all, how could he possibly harm Mr. Dugu~"

The sarcasm in this sentence was very evident.

Dugu Tian's expression changed slightly, but he still wanted to defend himself: "Yesterday's examination, I was just momentarily careless.

If it weren't for the disruption of my meridians, I wouldn't have been like that..."

Upon hearing Dugu Tian's defense, Prince Qingyuan also put on a concerned expression.

"Mr. Dugu, you make a fair point. Once you recover, I will arrange another match between you and that young Shen Han.

Next time, please do not be careless."

After saying this, Prince Qingyuan laughed loudly twice more.

His heart was filled with a sense of joy.

When calculating the age, Dugu Tian had practiced for more than thirty years longer than Shen Han.

As a predecessor, an academy tutor, to have to compete with a junior.

This insult was indeed quite severe.

Hearing such mockery from Prince Qingyuan, Dugu Tian no longer attempted to maintain any basic decency.

He glared at Prince Qingyuan.

"So what if Shen Han beat me? I, Dugu Tian, am just a miserable person with disrupted meridians.

If he's so capable, let him go and compete with the students of Mountain Sea Academy?

There are so many students of his age. If he dares, let him try.

Tianyi Academy cannot compare to Mountain Sea Academy, this is a fact as solid as iron; can't I, Dugu Tian, speak it?

If Dugu Tian shuts up, can this fact change?"

Originally, Dugu Tian wanted to use Mountain Sea Academy as a fig leaf.

But upon hearing this, Prince Qingyuan wanted to laugh even more.

"It seems Mr. Dugu is somewhat uninformed.

Do you know a student from Mountain Sea Academy named Qianmu Fan?"

Qianmu Fan, a descendant of the Qianmu Family.

Of course, Dugu Tian knows him; his chess skills have reached the Peak of Grade Seven, although not top-tier, still considered excellent.

"So, Prince, are you planning to offer treasures to recruit Qianmu Fan to Tianyi Academy?

If you ask me, Prince, it would be better not to mislead young people.

Bringing others to Tianyi Academy will only harm them~"

Hearing Dugu Tian's words, Prince Qingyuan's face still wore a smile as he waved a finger in front of Dugu Tian.

"Mr. Dugu overthinks, Tianyi Academy is full of talents, with no interest in recruiting students from Mountain Sea Academy.

Mentioning Qianmu Fan to you is because this student from Mountain Sea Academy has already competed with Shen Han.

A crushing defeat, without any suspense at all.

If you don't believe it, go inquire yourself, at Shen Family's clan examination.

Qianmu Fan did better than you, at least he didn't lose as badly, nor was he injured so severely.

In the meantime, gather up your sparsely left teacher's ethics.

As a tutor, you have lost your character and morality; people like you, having anyone under you, is what truly misleads young people."

After finishing his rebuke, Prince Qingyuan left Dugu Tian's room with a flick of his sleeve.

In the courtyard.

Shen Han rose early again, getting ready to head towards the Book Collection Pavilion.

Before stepping out of the courtyard, he bumped into Chai Haifu carrying several plates of breakfast.

Always preparing food for himself...

Shen Han didn't let down his classmate's goodwill and the two sat down together to eat breakfast.

While eating, they discussed matters concerning secret realm training.

So-called secret realm training, to put it bluntly, mostly focuses on the experience it brings.

Hoping to gain benefits from the secret realm is nearly impossible.

The secret realms sent to by the various academies have long been explored countless times.

Bringing academy students is merely to let them learn about the world's secret realms.

So that, in the future, when on their own, they can better handle them.

As for the internal mechanisms and traps, they've been long understood and thoroughly researched.

"When can we go training?"

"It should be... the eighth of next month."

Next month on the eighth, calculating the days, there are still a full eleven days left.

After breakfast, Shen Han mentioned it to Chai Haifu, then headed to the Book Collection Pavilion.

The schedule over this period has been like this: reading in the Book Collection Pavilion by day, and continuing Martial Path training by night, patiently awaiting the arrival of the secret realm training.

In the pavilion, Shen Han found another quite good book.

The book primarily elaborated on the path of cultivation for scholars.

Scholars' cultivation involves cultivating the heart, courage, destiny, and the grand way.

And there's more than one path to follow these cultivations.

Music, chess, literature, painting, conversation, writing...

Seeing these, Shen Han realized the many paths for scholar cultivation.

Thinking about it, Qianmu Fan probably cultivated the heart through chess, following the Chess Path.

Many of the ideas in the book resonated with Shen Han, and he vaguely sensed a convergence of different paths leading to the same destination.

The cultivation of the Martial Path actually requires the cultivation of Spiritual Power as well.

The method introduced in the book, regarding cultivating Spiritual Power through the Martial Path, how is it different from music, chess, literature, and arts?

Upon finishing the book, Shen Han focused his thoughts and removed the [Concise and Essential] tag he had applied.

The contents of the book restored themselves, and he placed it back onto the shelf.

After placing it back, he continued searching for the next one.

As soon as he picked it up, a middle-aged man briskly approached from a distance.

With slightly furrowed brows, the man snatched the book from Shen Han's hands.

"Reading as you do, it might be better not to read at all.

Skimming over, you might not grasp even the most basic essences.

Reading like this is a waste of the sages' hard work."

After speaking, the man directly returned the book Shen Han was about to read back onto the shelf.

"Sir..."

Shen Han felt a bit speechless; someone actually concerned about how others read...

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