Painting of the Nine Immortals

“Please.”

After a soft word, the entire atmosphere was ignited. Everyone felt a gush of warm blood rushing up their heads.

All of these repeating students were once punished by Dong Fang Yu and had endured some hardships. Therefore, they were somewhat mad at her. However, her identity, her status, and her cultivation levels were higher than theirs.

Therefore, they never dared to say anything bad.

Yet here sat Ling Xian. Not only did he publically overstep Fang Dong Yu, but he also questioned her capabilities. Why wouldn’t everyone’s blood boil at this?

“Good, very good.”

Dong Fang Yu crossed her arms before her chest. Her face was completely of coldness, “You are the first person to publically challenge me.”

“So I should be honored?” Ling Xian smiled. He didn’t expect things to take such a turn.

But since Dong Fang Yu had made a move, he couldn’t just run away.

So what she was his teacher?

He had nothing to fear!

“You sure are gutsy. I hope your capabilities match it.”

Dong Fang Yu snickered and said, “If you have capabilities, you are known to have courage. If you have no capabilities, you are known to be stupid.”

“Am I courageous or am I stupid, why don’t you try and find out.” Ling Xian smiled. His expression calm, displaying his fearlessness.

“Alright, if you cannot answer my question, or if you get it wrong, you’ll receive my punishment.”

Dong Fang Yu’s face was turning pale, “If you get it correct, I won’t bring up what happened today ever again. Also for all my future classes, I will allow you to do whatever you want.”

“Alright, it’s a deal.”

Ling Xian had a faint smile by his lips. Though today was just the first class, he was already certain that what Dong Fang Yu had to say was utterly useless to him. If he had the time, it would be better for him to learn the Immortal of Crafts’ inheritance. This was proven by the fact that he turned into a Ninth Realm Craftsman after simply one night.

Therefore, what Dong Fang Yu suggested suited his desires.

“Alright, then I will begin my questions. Don’t worry, I won’t ask you anything too hard. I will only ask you questions of the ninth realm.” Dong Fang Yu crossed her arms before her chest. Her face was full of confidence as she asked her first question.

“My question is, what is the most important stage when brewing a ninth realm craft?”

Hearing this, Ling Xian frowned immediately. Because he didn’t know how to answer.

Though he was certain that he was now Ninth Realm Craftsman who could make ninth realm treasures, he was unaware of the traditional ways craftsmen operate.

Therefore, he didn’t know anything in theory.

In other words, he couldn’t answer this question.

At this, Dong Fang Yu mockingly grinned, “What is it? You can’t answer me? I thought you had the guts to question me but you are ending up to be an idiot.”

Hearing this, everyone erupted into soft chuckles.

“I thought he was capable, I didn’t know he was just an idiot. Now he is a dead man.”

“What a moron! If you don’t know why would you challenge her? Just wait for her punishment.”

“He just wanted people’s attention. Hehe, to publically question the teacher, if the news got out he will be famous.”

Everyone chimed in their opinions with disdain and sarcasm in their voices.

Originally, they really thought Ling Xian had real capabilities and were waiting for him to humiliate Dong Fang Yu. Yet he couldn’t even answer this one question. Why wouldn’t everyone be disappointed?

Xiang Ru Gu shook his head in disappointment. However, since he places much importance on friendship, he didn’t say any words of mockery.

However, against everyone’s disdain and mocking, Ling Xian remained calm and didn’t have a change of expression. He knew very well of his own capabilities. He simply didn’t learn craftsmanship the traditional way.

Seeing how calm he was, Dong Fang Yu wasn’t too happy. She snickered, “You couldn’t answer such a simple question yet you can remain this calm. How thick is your skin?”

Hearing this, Ling Xian didn’t respond. He was thinking of how to get out of this situation.

If he couldn’t counter strike using hard facts, then he truly would end up being an embarrassment here today.

“Why aren’t you speaking? Are you uncertain of yourself?”

Dong Fang Yu’s eyes flashed with teasing, “How about this. I will give you another opportunity. If you can answer it, then I will forget what happened.”

Ling Xian shook his head. He didn’t need to listen to know he wouldn’t know the answer.

Because he was utterly useless against the traditional way of craftsmanship.

However, Dong Fang Yu didn’t care for his agreement. She asked the second question right away.

The result was the same as last time. Ling Xian didn’t know.

This intensified Dong Fang Yu’s mocking expression. Everyone else here was thinking less and less of Ling Xian now.

“Trash, idiot! I don’t even know how to describe him anymore. He can’t even answer the teacher’s questions yet he dared to challenge her!”

“This man is gonna end up dead. The ruthlessness of professor Dong Fang Yu is famous throughout this Sect. He is dead meat!”

“He deserved it! He had no abilities and he dared to question Dong Fang Yu. Is he asking for his own demise?”

Everyone was being sarcastic and at the same time, they were looking at Ling Xian with pitiful eyes as if looking at someone who was about to die.

With all the laughter by his ears, Ling Xian was silent. He wasn’t sure what to say.

First, it wasn’t that he had no abilities. Second, he didn’t question Dong Fang Yu. He simply thought her material was useless to him.

So, he was just being honest.

In everyone else’s eyes, however, he was provoking her. And now he couldn’t answer any of her questions, he became a symbol of stupidity.

“Interesting. I thought you were somewhat capable.”

Dong Fang Yu smirked, “I didn’t think you would end up being a giant piece of trash who is all talk. My statement was right after all. It’s not courage, it’s stupidity.”

Hearing this, Ling Xian smiled helplessly but remained silent.

His lack of back talk was admittance to his own stupidity in other people’s eyes.

Therefore, the look of disdain intensified on everyone’s eyes. Even Xiang Ru Gu couldn’t help but to sigh excessively and shake his head. However, he didn’t say anything bad.

Though He and Ling Xian didn’t have a great start, he knew that he had no right to be that angry, so he didn’t really pursue the matter further.

Dong Fang Yu continued her taunting, “I guess I will not even bother asking the next question. If you cannot answer these two simple ones, the next questions you won’t know either.”

“It looks like I have won. Shouldn’t I determine your punishment?”

Dong Fang Yu smiled, and her face was stern. She was already imagining what kind of cruel tricks she could play to punish Ling Xian.

Everyone else was reacting the same way. They all thought there was no way Ling Xian could make a u-turn now. He is about to die pitifully.

Dong Fang Yu’s name was prominent throughout this path. Who didn’t know her? Ignoring the pupils, even other teachers didn’t dare to provoke her.

Yet Ling Xian had angered her and couldn’t back out of his current situation. What awaited him was pretty clear.

Death… not exactly. But it would be something worse than death!

“It seems like there is only one way for me to get out of this.”

Ling Xian sighed. The situation before him was very clear. Everyone thought he was a piece of trash that was all talks and no action. Plus, he truly couldn’t answer Dong Fang Yu’s questions, which meant he had to be punished.

So he had pondered and there was only one way out.

Ling Xian softly sighed. The situation was very clear and everyone was thinking of him as a liar who could only talk big. Since he couldn’t actually answer Dong Fang Yu’s question, he was destined to be punished.

After thinking about it for a while, there seemed to be only one way to break free.

He needed to make a ninth realm craft straight away.

Since he couldn’t answer Dong Fang Yu’s questions, then this was the only way left for him to counter strike her and the rest of the people here.

Since everything Dong Fang Yu was asking about was about ninth realm crafts, if he could make a ninth realm craft before them, then he would be able to prove himself to be a Ninth Realm Craftsman.

If he could make a ninth realm craft, the questions would appear insignificant in comparison.

Therefore, Ling Xian decided to make a ninth realm craft here and now. He would use facts to speak!

Without hesitating anymore, and without any more words, he took out a round-and-black rock from his storage pouch.

The Rock of Crafting.

It was a seventh realm material, perfect for beginners to practice making crafts with.

He acquired this rock from the Immortal Palace and it’d been in one of the piles in his storage pouch. If he didn’t decide to start learning crafts, he never would’ve realized how there was a Rock of Crafting there.

Since he had it, then obviously it would be convenient for him to use it.

“Let us begin and use facts to talk.”

Smiling, Ling Xian formed a hand seal and displayed one of the crafting techniques recorded in the inheritance. Then the Flame of Purity began to rise and burn, engulfing the entire rock.

At this, everyone was a little startled but quickly understood the situation. However, they weren’t surprised at this, and instead, were laughing sarcastically.

“He sure overestimates himself. Hasn’t he been embarrassed enough? He couldn’t answer even two questions yet he is trying to make ninth realm crafts? How laughable!”

“This is too funny. Did that man lose his mind? Even us older students cannot make ninth realm crafts. I wonder where he’s getting his confidence from.”

“It’s obviously because he hasn’t been shamed enough.”

“Interesting. I sure what to see what kind of trash you will produce.” Dong Fang Yu teased but didn’t stop Ling Xian.

To her, he was simply struggling one last second before death. She did not believe that a person who couldn’t even answer her questions could produce a ninth realm craft.

Xiang Ru Gu sighed helplessly. He didn’t even know what to comment about this roommate of his anymore. He admitted that Ling Xian’s capabilities were insane. But he didn’t believe his roommate could make a ninth realm craft.

It was something obvious to him. If he couldn’t answer even two questions, how would he make crafts?

How would they know that Ling Xian had the inheritance of the Pioneer of Crafts? Not only would his method of crafting be more simplified, but the crafts he made would also be sturdier.

This was why Ling Xian felt like everything Dong Fang Yu was teaching was useless to him.

Currently, Ling Xian was holding his breath, focusing, and fighting against the Rock of Crafting with his Flame of Purity.

Slowly, the rock began to change in shape and was forming into a round dial as he wanted it to.

Then, he took out a few more different materials and began to combine them to the dial as recorded in the recipe from the inheritance.

One has to admit that Duan Shan He’s techniques were unparalleled. Using a normal method, this craft would take two to three hours. But Ling Xian only needed minutes.

Though this was his first time making such a craft, he had been practicing in his head. Plus the Immortal of Crafts’ heaven-defying information allowed him to finish this very quickly.

After merely half an hour, this craft was done.

When the round dial began to emit blinding lights, everyone was in shock and the whole classroom was deadly silent.

There was absolutely no sound.