Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World
Chapter 289 - 175 New Group Pet of the Jiushan Sect

Chapter 289: Chapter 175 New Group Pet of the Jiushan Sect

Jingzhou City.

"Shan’er," Mrs. Zheng called, "Come here quickly, your brother has sent another letter!"

Running out of the courtyard, little sister Zheng Shan of the Zheng family took off toward the outside.

"Miss," Huang Yu stood at the entrance, smiling as he watched her, "Have you finished the homework, the young master assigned?"

"..."

Zheng Shan glanced at the sky outside the gate, her gaze reluctant, as if saying farewell to her happiness, and with a drooping head, she slowly walked back inside the courtyard.

Zheng Fa had left Jingzhou City nearly two years ago, and Zheng Shan was fast approaching eight years old, now standing a whole head taller than before, albeit with a round chubby face indicating that she had been well-fed, not stinting on food.

"Why are you running? When you write back to your brother later, also send him the homework he left in his last letter."

"..."

With a twist of her mouth, Zheng Shan looked at the thick envelope in her mother’s hands, her eyes filled with despair.

When her brother first left, she missed him terribly... she had cried for a whole month.

Barely a month after leaving home, Zheng Fa sent a letter, which was first given to Madam Zhao of the Zhao Family, who then passed it on to her mother.

Initially, Zheng Shan was happy to receive her brother’s letter...

But her happiness didn’t last long.

In his letter, her brother had specifically assigned her a test paper, and instructed her to attach the answers in her reply for him to see.

She cried again for another half a month...

Since then, she embarked upon what her brother called a correspondence study regime.

She no longer looked forward to his letters.

"This letter is quite thin."

Perhaps knowing her resistance, Mrs. Zheng smiled and said, "Moreover, the lady mentioned she had also received a letter from your brother. Come on, read it to me."

Zheng Shan took the letter from her mother, opened it, silently read through it once, then suddenly exclaimed: "Mom, brother says he’s going to bring us to the Jiushan Sect!"

"Ah?" Mrs. Zheng was delighted and asked hurriedly, "Your brother said it? To get us?"

Zheng Shan nodded: "He said someone from the Jiushan Sect would come to pick us up soon."

"Don’t get it wrong, read it from the beginning to the end!"

Mrs. Zheng urged excitedly.

Zheng Shan read the letter aloud, only then did Mrs. Zheng truly believe it, her joy could not be concealed.

Mrs. Zheng began to count with her fingers and suddenly said, "Your brother has been gone for five hundred and fifty-three days..."

Zheng Shan was stunned; she hadn’t expected her mother to remember so clearly.

"Finally, we will see your brother. I wonder if he has lost weight and how he is faring at the Jiushan Sect..."

Listening to her mother’s mutterings, Zheng Shan’s face changed expressions and she placed the letter down, then ran towards the gate.

"Where are you going?"

"To school!" Zheng Shan ran swiftly without looking back: "My brother will definitely test me when he sees me!"

"..."

The Zhao Family was not short of money; the school was quite large with many students.

Because Zheng Shan was a young girl, she only needed to attend classes in the morning.

Older students had lessons in the afternoon as well.

Her arrival at the school at this time drew considerable attention—since the Zhao Family school taught different subjects for boys and girls, with rites and regulations governing their education, they were generally taught separately.

Therefore, Zheng Shan’s classmates were all girls.

Seeing Zheng Shan arrive, a few of the older girls gave her a look, their gaze somewhat rejecting.

Zheng Shan didn’t care about their looks but took out her math book, circled the problems she got wrong, and then proceeded towards the math teacher’s study.

Passing by those girls, she heard a light snort.

Zheng Shan had already grown accustomed to this—

Ever since she first came to the school, she felt these girls subtly ostracized her.

Initially, she didn’t quite understand why, but later it was the family steward Huang Yu who found out that these were the illegitimate daughters of the Zhao Family Head, who previously had a dispute with the Seventh Young Master.

Because her own brother was friends with the Seventh Young Master, naturally, she was also the subject of their animosity.

At first, Zheng Shan was a bit worried about being bullied.

Later, she realized that these people would only dare to say strange things, especially after the Zhao Mansion’s Madam Zhao invited her mother for tea every month, they didn’t even dare to speak out, only huffing...

She devoted herself to reading and studying every day for the homework assigned by her brother.

They even slandered her behind her back as trying to please the teacher and working hard to show off to others.

This she found particularly unjust...

If anyone dared not care about the homework, not to mention her mother, even Madam Zhao would ask the teacher a few questions...

Who could endure this?

To be honest, if she wasn’t busy with her routine, she might care about these people.

But she simply didn’t have the time...

...

Upon leaving the teacher’s room, Zheng Shan noticed that there were a lot more people in the academy—

All the students and teachers had come out.

They gathered together, bowing their heads, respectful and silent as if a multitude of crows.

Zheng Shan was taken aback, looking forward, her heart even more surprised:

All the masters of the Zhao Mansion were there.

Mrs. Zhao was at the forefront, with a pale-faced man beside her—could this be the Zhao Family Head?

Zheng Shan had never seen him leave the house.

Behind them were the masters of the second and third houses, whom Zheng Shan had seen occasionally.

The person standing in front of Mrs. Zhao was a stern-faced middle-aged man.

Zheng Shan recognized him, the Prefectural Governor who oversaw the jurisdiction of thousands of miles around Jingzhou City, and he seemed to be a disciple of the Immortal Sect.

The biggest lord of Jingzhou City!

Could it be that because the Prefectural Governor came to the Zhao Mansion, all the masters there went to receive him?

That also seemed possible...

But Zheng Shan soon denied this conclusion.

Even the Prefectural Governor was bowing his head, seemingly not daring to look ahead, also appearing very submissive.

In front of her stood a stern-faced woman who looked as though she could not smile.

The woman’s face was actually very beautiful, but the expression on her face and the look in her eyes made no one dare to comment on her beauty.

"The Immortal’s grand arrival, this disciple... has prepared some simple tea and food..."

Zheng Shan heard the Prefectural Governor say, his tone was full of sycophantic warmth.

"No need, I belong to Jiushan Sect, you are from Hundred Immortals Alliance..."

The Prefectural Governor’s face stiffened, but he dared not say anything else.

Others could hear that this woman was not easy to please and seemed to have a very high status, thus they didn’t dare to raise their heads.

The Prefectural Governor then made a few other flattering suggestions.

All of them were words of sycophancy and bootlicking.

But this woman not only didn’t fall for this, after a while, impatience appeared on her face, which made people dare not speak anymore.

The others were even holding their breaths and keeping their voices down.

Zheng Shan was shrewd, how could she not see that this woman was a person of extremely high status, and seemed rather unapproachable?

After her brother left, Mrs. Zheng had repeatedly instructed her not to cause trouble when outside.

So she didn’t want to go over.

She held her book, bowed her head, quietly circled around the crowd, trying to leave without drawing attention.

But after only a couple of steps, Zheng Shan felt multiple gazes on her; her body tensed up, and as she looked up, she saw that important person staring at her intently, her eyes filled with contemplation.

Those girls who didn’t get along with her looked at her sideways, the corners of their mouths revealing a trace of schadenfreude, as if they thought she had gotten herself into trouble.

"Is your surname Zheng?"

The woman suddenly spoke.

"Yes..."

Zheng Shan was stunned, guessed something, and then snapped back to reply.

The woman who had not shown a hint of a smile no matter how the Prefectural Governor tried to please her suddenly smiled warmly.

The crowd listened as she said softly, "My surname is Huang, I am your brother’s Junior Master Huang, and I am here to pick you up."

The yard of the study was silent, all gazes were on Zheng Shan, filled with complex expressions that the young Zheng Shan could not understand.

The Prefectural Governor scrutinized Zheng Shan from top to bottom, the expression on his face seemed to contain a bit of fear of her?

Junior Master Huang approached Zheng Shan, looked at the book in her hands, and twitched the corner of her mouth, as if recalling something and then said, "Your brother is a simple soul unaware of the wickedness of people, leaving you and your mother here... Have you suffered any grievances these past two years? I will decide for you!"

Her tone was slightly stern.

The Prefectural Governor, along with the upper and lower members of the Zhao Family, all turned as pale as death.

Zheng Shan looked at those few girls and saw them bowing their heads, trying to hide behind others.

"Can the Immortal really help me no matter who bullied me?"

Zheng Shan thought for a long time and then asked.

The Family Head of the Zhao Family trembled all over, almost unable to stand steady.

Junior Master Huang looked at them and nodded coldly.

"My brother!"

"Hmm?"

"Immortal, since you are my brother’s Junior Master Huang, can you persuade my brother to stop testing me..." Zheng Shan held up her arithmetic textbook, making a mournful face, "I can’t finish it..."

"..."

"Excluding your brother..."

Junior Master Huang fell silent for a while, remembering the news that came from Jiushan Sect, she said, "This Jiushan Sect, almost ruined by your brother..."

"I can’t help it..."

"..."

...

Junior Master Huang took Zheng Shan’s hand, leading the large group, and met up with Master Pang’s disciples.

Master Pang had taken thousands of disciples.

She also brought tens of thousands of people related by blood or marriage to Jiushan Sect.

"Junior Sister Huang!"

Master Pang glanced at her and then at Zheng Shan’s face, his eyes held a bit of excitement.

"What are you calling me?"

Junior Master Huang hooked the corner of her mouth, her expression a mixture of a smile and not.

"...Senior Sister Huang! This is..."

"Zheng Fa’s sister."

Junior Master Huang pointed at Master Pang and said to Zheng Shan, "This person is also your brother’s Junior Master Huang, um, a bit slippery, but treats his disciples well."

Seemingly pleased by the title of Senior Sister, Junior Master Huang actually praised Master Pang a few words.

Master Pang’s face showed some gratitude as he looked at the clueless Zheng Shan.

He fumbled in his bosom, taking out a translucent Treasure Bead, offering it to Zheng Shan with a beaming smile.

Zheng Shan looked up at the smiling Master Pang, not knowing what to do.

"A meeting gift, it’s not valuable," Master Pang said cheerfully, "Keep it to play with."

Behind him, Jiushan Sect disciples twitched their lips.

Their gazes towards the Treasure Bead were filled with eagerness—

This thing was a Magic Artifact!

It was also a treasure that could stabilize the mind and aid in cultivation.

In the workshop, it couldn’t be obtained for less than three hundred Spirit Stones!

Zheng Shan looked at Junior Master Huang, who nodded at her.

Only then did she accept the Treasure Bead and politely thanked Master Pang.

...

"This child, though she has no Taoist Body, but has a lone Spirit Root, her potential is not bad."

As they watched Zheng Shan playing with the Treasure Bead, Junior Master Huang transmitted her voice.

"And I asked on the way, Zheng Fa has been teaching her for the past two years, and her foundation is exceptionally solid..."

Master Pang listened, his mouth curling higher and higher, as if he couldn’t help but laugh.

"If it weren’t for Wuyi, this child, no way would I let you have her for a bargain..."

"Senior Sister!" Master Pang said, "In the future, our Jiushan Sect with three Nascent Souls, you’ll be the Senior Sister!"

"And what about the Sect Leader?"

"That one who snatches disciples, can he compare to you, who gives and receives disciples? Ptui!"

"..."