"I asked."
"What did he say?" Liang Yuan asked curiously.
"..." Ning Hao's hand paused as he held his brush, then he sighed and said, "Mr. Shen doesn't want to teach me."
"Why not?"
"Mr. Shen said that if he taught me, I wouldn't pass the monthly exam, the academy promotion exam, or even the county exam."
"Huh?" The more Liang Yuan listened, the more confused he became.
"You're not the only one confused, I am too." Ning Hao turned to glance at Chu Ming's room. "Mr. Shen said Junior Brother Chu is clever."
"Junior Brother Chu is clever?" Liang Yuan recalled how clumsy Chu Ming looked when practicing painting, and shook his head with a smile: "I barely see it at all."
...
Inside the room.
Chu Ming sat at his desk, quickly flipping through "Poetry, Politics, and Military."
After reading for two hours, he closed his eyes to infer cultivation techniques. The progress of [Tiger and Python Blood Refining Technique·Blood Activation (Great Success)] slowly increased.
