King of Ten Thousand Years

Along the way, Chen Yuan frequently tried to curry favor with Luo Xiaoting, but she remained cold and aloof.

Soon, the group returned to Chuyang Tower in the Celestial Blade Institute.

Luo Xiaoting and Chen Yuan walked into Luo Tian’s classroom, their faces frozen in disbelief.

‘Such a cramped classroom, and with only one student inside?’

‘What kind of teacher have I ended up with?’

Chen Yuan had thought that since Luo Tian could recruit Luo Xiaoting and Guan Hongfei, he must have other elite students as well.

As it turned out, Luo Tian only had these two students.

‘No, wait. Now I’ve fallen into the same trap.’

“Greetings, Mentor.”

Guan Hongfei said respectfully.

Luo Xiaoting sighed and shook her head. Guan Hongfei was handsome and talented, having placed third in the Chuyang Tower assessment, but he wasn’t very sharp. He’d been so thoroughly duped by Luo Tian that he was now completely docile.

‘Chen Yuan, too, is as dumb as they come.’

‘Only I, clever and sharp-witted, was forced into becoming Luo Tian’s student against my will.’

“Why don’t you all get to know each other for a bit,” Luo Tian instructed.

He was still two students short of the five-student standard.

Of course, Luo Tian’s goal wasn’t just five students.

The more students a Mentor had, the better their resources and compensation.

The same was true for the students’ performance!

Luo Tian had also learned from Hu Chao that if two of his students managed to enter Zhengyang Palace, he would receive bonus points for his promotion assessment to Middle Level Tutor!

‘Among the students I’ve taken, Guan Hongfei and Luo Xiaoting probably have the best aptitude…’

Luo Tian didn’t expect to recruit any students with more talent than them.

Guan Hongfei wasn’t a problem. With a little guidance, he could smoothly enter Zhengyang Palace in two or three years.

As for Luo Xiaoting, she was a considerable problem.

Luo Tian glanced at his three students.

Chen Yuan was fawning over Luo Xiaoting and Guan Hongfei with a smile plastered on his face.

Guan Hongfei was easygoing but quiet, his mind focused solely on Martial Arts.

Luo Xiaoting, meanwhile, was staring blankly into space, listless.

“Fatty, stop bothering me! Get away from me.”

Suddenly, Luo Xiaoting, fed up with Chen Yuan’s pestering, snapped angrily.

‘This girl’s explosive temper isn’t good for student unity…’ Luo Tian thought to himself.

“Luo Xiaoting, come here,” Luo Tian called out.

Luo Xiaoting walked over impatiently. “What is it?”

She was short-tempered with her fellow students and disrespectful to her Mentor, looking like she was annoyed by everyone.

The key point was that Luo Xiaoting was a disciple from one of the Five Ancient Clans!

But Luo Tian had a trick up his sleeve.

WHOOSH!

A cloud of black smoke billowed out, and a jet-black, shockingly ugly Crow appeared on Luo Tian’s shoulder.

“Ugly Bird, I’m leaving this student of mine to you. She has a bad temper. Your singing should help her cultivate her character,” Luo Tian instructed.

“Back in the day, this god had a billion underlings! A little thing like this is a piece of cake!”

The Crow cawed loudly and landed on Luo Xiaoting’s head!

Luo Xiaoting’s face instantly darkened!

Girls care about their appearance, and this bird was incomparably ugly. Just one look at it was enough to make her cringe.

What’s more, the Crow was now perched triumphantly on her head!

“Don’t you worry, little girl, this god is about to start singing… ‘Oh ugly one, oh ugly one, can you please not turn on the light…'”

As the Crow began to sing.

Veins bulged on Luo Xiaoting’s forehead as fury surged through her. She reached up to strangle the Crow.

But there was no way she could catch the Crow!

“Stop singing…”

Luo Xiaoting roared.

The Crow was completely immersed in its own wonderful singing, lost in self-admiration, and didn’t hear her at all.

After several failed attempts to stop the Crow, Luo Xiaoting prepared to flee.

But Luo Tian simply shut the door.

He closed his eyes slightly and began his Inference.

He wanted to know why Luo Xiaoting’s cultivation speed was so slow when her Destiny Chart showed such great promise.

Luo Xiaoting was from the previous year’s class, yet she was only at the Earth Element Realm Eighth Layer, the same as Guan Hongfei.

“Hm?”

Luo Tian had thought that performing an Inference on Luo Xiaoting’s specific situation would be easy, but he encountered some difficulty.

His consciousness entered the Celestial Book World, and after asking his questions, everything became clear!

“So that’s how it is!”

Luo Tian’s expression changed slightly, looking as if he had just found a hidden treasure.

“Luo Tian! Mentor… open the door!”

Luo Xiaoting’s pleas for help came from within the classroom.

Luo Tian opened the door.

Luo Xiaoting immediately ran out, shot Luo Tian a vicious glare, and vanished from Chuyang Tower in the blink of an eye.

WHOOSH!

The Crow flapped its wings and followed her.

Inside the classroom.

Guan Hongfei and Chen Yuan, looking utterly terrified, gazed at Luo Tian with newfound respect!

‘That Crow was horrifying. We must never provoke Luo Tian in the future.’

「An hour later.」

Luo Xiaoting returned, looking like she had been tortured to the brink of madness. She begged Luo Tian for mercy, “Mentor, spare me! Please be merciful and call back your Spirit Pet!”

Her already explosive temper had been pushed to its limit; the Crow’s torture had been absolute agony.

“Crow, stop singing!”

Luo Tian said calmly.

The Crow feared neither heaven nor earth, but it was terrified of Luo Tian sealing it in the Celestial Book, so it immediately shut its beak.

Luo Xiaoting instantly breathed a sigh of relief, but then her expression turned fierce, as if she wanted to eat Luo Tian alive.

“If you were a bit more obedient, your mentor here wouldn’t mind helping you solve that little illness of yours,” Luo Tian said nonchalantly.

“Illness? What are you talking about?”

Luo Xiaoting froze for a moment, then spoke in a panic.

“If you think I’m talking nonsense, then so be it. But if your condition continues, your Cultivation will stagnate completely within three years. In five, you’ll be a cripple!”

Luo Tian’s tone was light, but his words were spoken with absolute certainty.

Luo Xiaoting felt as if she had been struck by lightning!

She did have an ailment, but Luo Tian’s description of its severity terrified her!

‘I’ll become a cripple within five years?’

Luo Xiaoting’s expression changed instantly. She didn’t completely believe Luo Tian’s words, but she still held onto a sliver of hope.

She calmed herself and asked, “Mentor, do you know the specifics of my condition?”

“I have a general idea, but I’ll need to diagnose you to be sure,” Luo Tian said calmly.

Luo Xiaoting was skeptical of Luo Tian’s medical skills, but he had seen through her condition. Maybe he really did have a solution.

She didn’t want to endure the torment of her illness, and she certainly didn’t want to become a cripple, so she agreed to the diagnosis.

Luo Tian reached out and placed his hand on Luo Xiaoting’s spine.

Luo Xiaoting was very cooperative.

The Martial Vein is the bridge that communicates with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi; it is the foundation of a Martial Artist’s Cultivation!

The Martial Vein is located near the human spine.

“Master Luo…”

Just then, Master Ye Shuiyun appeared outside the classroom.

She saw Luo Tian’s action at a glance, and her limpid, autumn-water-like eyes widened!

“Master Luo, what are you doing?”

Ye Shuiyun demanded!

Luo Tian slowly withdrew his hand, looked at Ye Shuiyun, and said calmly, “I’m diagnosing my student.”

Ye Shuiyun’s face darkened.

‘How could I believe such a flimsy excuse!’

In her eyes, Luo Tian was clearly a swindler taking advantage of his female student!

‘If Luo Xiaoting were really sick, wouldn’t she have sought out a famous doctor?’

‘Luo Tian is so young, how skilled could his medical arts possibly be?’

‘I can’t believe Luo Tian is this kind of person, preying on his own beautiful student. It’s utterly depraved!’

‘Someone like him doesn’t deserve to be a Mentor. His status must be revoked, and he must be expelled from the Saint Institute!’

“Master Ye, my Mentor is indeed diagnosing my illness,” Luo Xiaoting said.

She was anxious to know if Luo Tian really had a way to cure her.

Ye Shuiyun was taken aback.

‘Luo Xiaoting is actually defending him?’

Even if she reported it, with the victim herself defending Luo Tian, he would surely escape punishment.

“Student Luo, don’t be fooled by him!” Ye Shuiyun warned.

“Don’t worry.”

Luo Xiaoting considered herself quite sharp, at least more astute than Guan Hongfei and Chen Yuan.

Ye Shuiyun was helpless and could only leave.

‘I’ll have to keep an eye on this Master Luo from now on…’ Ye Shuiyun thought to herself.

She could not tolerate Luo Tian harming a student.

She would gather evidence of Luo Tian’s crimes and bring him to justice.

…

“Mentor, what’s the verdict on my illness?”

Luo Xiaoting asked, her brow furrowed with a mixture of urgency and anticipation.

“Your condition is caused by a conflict between your Martial Vein and a special constitution!” Luo Tian said.

“A special constitution? Mentor… are you saying?”

Luo Xiaoting was shocked, her expression filled with disbelief.

“That’s right. The Luo Water Body!”

Luo Tian nodded.

Luo Xiaoting stood frozen on the spot, her mind reeling.

The Luo Water Body! It was a legendary constitution that only disciples of the Luo Race had a chance of being born with, and the probability was extremely low!

As far as Luo Xiaoting knew, only two or three people in the younger generation of the Luo Race possessed this constitution!

“Your Luo Water Constitution is quite unique. It’s in a state of slow awakening, so most people can’t detect it, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t there.”

“Unfortunately, your Martial Vein is of the Fire Attribute.”

“The Water Attribute power released during the awakening process of your Luo Water Body is clashing with your Fire Martial Vein. This conflict between water and fire has slowed your Cultivation speed and causes frequent, sharp, burning pain in your meridians and bones…”

Luo Tian explained methodically.

At first, Luo Xiaoting didn’t believe she could have awakened the legendary constitution of the Luo Race; the odds were simply too low.

But Luo Tian’s description of her condition was perfectly accurate, without a single mistake!

This was precisely why Luo Xiaoting had grown to fear Cultivation. Her efficiency was average, and over time, it had affected her personality.

Luo Xiaoting grew excited and asked with great anticipation, “Mentor, is there a way to treat my condition?”

“The first method is to halt your Cultivation. Wait for the Luo Water Body to fully awaken, at which point you can control it. The effect on your Martial Vein will weaken, and the ailment will resolve itself.”

This might take several years, causing her to miss the prime period for Cultivation.

Furthermore, the Saint Institute had rules and assessments. If she made no progress for a long time, she would be expelled.

“The second method is to accelerate the awakening of your Luo Water Body. At most, it can be sped up by thirty to forty percent, but it would be very expensive.”

These were the answers given by the Celestial Book. The second method would cost at least four to five million Spiritual Essence Coins.

“The second method…”

Luo Xiaoting hesitated, leaning more toward this option.

“There’s also a third method, which is relatively simple!” Luo Tian added.

Luo Xiaoting was a little speechless. ‘Couldn’t he have just said everything at once?’

“You just need to switch to a Cultivation Technique that cultivates both water and fire powers. It will harmonize them, and the ailment will resolve itself.”

Cultivation Techniques for the Path of Water and Fire were extremely rare, but this was the Wuji Saint Institute. Finding three or four of them wouldn’t be a big problem.

After hearing this, Luo Xiaoting was completely stunned.

‘Just switching my Cultivation Technique is enough?’

‘In the end, the illness that has tormented me for years can be solved so easily?’

No!

It wasn’t easy at all. The famous doctors who had examined her before had never thought of this solution.

If she hadn’t met a profound and unfathomable master physician like Luo Tian, the rest of her life might have truly been ruined!

‘This girl… she’s a peerless, buried genius!’

Luo Tian couldn’t help but feel emotional.

Once Luo Xiaoting’s problem was truly solved and her Luo Water Body awakened, her talent and potential would surpass even Guan Hongfei’s!

He had really struck gold this time. If Liu Lu knew the truth, he’d probably die of anger.