Immortal-Stage Ink Treasure
"Master, your disciple has arrived."
Mo Huazhi sat quietly in front of Lu Changsheng, speaking softly.
While Lu Changsheng was away from Azure Cloud Peak, Mo Huazhi read books, practiced calligraphy, and tended to flowers and plants, and her cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds.
A month after his master returned, he finally remembered him.
"During my time down the mountain, I selected a precious ink for you called Profound Dragon Radiant Ink. Using this ink in your cultivation will make your efforts twice as effective."
Lu Changsheng took out a piece of ink stick.
Mo Huazhi accepted the ink stick with both hands. The ink stick was decorated with a golden dragon, exuding a magnificent aura. "This ink stick is of extremely high quality. As far as I can remember, before our family was raided, we only had one other ink stick of similar quality, which our ancestor treasured and never showed to anyone or used. Isn't it too wasteful to give such a treasure to me for cultivation?"
"Don't worry about using it. You'll have plenty of this kind of precious ink in the future. You just need to focus on improving your cultivation."
It's just a precious inkstone worth 200,000 Spirit Stones, isn't it?
Lu Changsheng really didn't care.
He could obtain a million Spirit Stones simply by casually taking out a Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pills.
When you run out of precious ink, I'll just buy a few more.
"This disciple is deeply grateful."
Mo Huazhi thought Lu Changsheng had forgotten about her as his disciple, but she didn't expect him to give her a top-grade inkstone so readily. A warm feeling welled up in Mo Huazhi's heart.
Her master still remembers her.
That being said, it is truly a luxury to give a Profound Dragon Radiant Ink Golden Core Realm disciple a precious ink of this caliber for cultivation.
[Ding! You have bestowed the Profound Dragon Radiant Ink upon your Disciple "Mo Huazhi", receiving a reward of 20,000 times the normal reward: the Immortal Stage treasure "Immortal Emperor Five-Dragon Ink"].
What?!
Immortal Stage treasure?!
Not good!
Lu Changsheng suddenly turned pale.
The items returned by the system will appear in Lu Changsheng's Dao Palace Minor World.
Lu Changsheng's Dao Palace could accommodate ordinary treasures, but the Immortal Qi contained in Immortal Stage treasures might cause Lu Changsheng Dao Palace to collapse.
Within Lu Changsheng's Dao Palace Minor World, a precious inkstone emanated Immortal Qi, causing the Dao Palace to tremble violently under its Immortal Qi force.
This precious inkstone is decorated with five golden dragons pulling a carriage.
Lu Changsheng had no doubt that if this precious inkstone were to appear, it would cause a sensation in the Academy of Letters of various countries, and even Yu Xuanji, the Master of Crouching Dragon Temple, might come to seek the treasure.
Immortal Stage ink has little use for sword cultivators like Lu Changsheng, but for literary cultivators, it is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity.
With Mo Huazhi's current cultivation level, her brushstrokes are not yet able to unleash the full potential of Immortal Stage precious ink.
Even the precious ink could not be ground.
The Profound Dragon Radiant Ink is enough for Mo Huazhi to use until she reaches the Nascent Soul Realm.
Lu Changsheng then rewarded Mo Huazhi with paper and an inkstone.
He bestowed upon the recipient "White Deer Paper" and returned the "Heavenly Silkworm Cocoon Paper".
He bestowed upon the "Ice Jade Inkstone" as a reward, and returned the "Dragon-Tail Inkstone."
Lu Changsheng provided his disciple with all four treasures of the study: Four Treasures of the Study, ink, paper, and inkstone.
Even the Great Xia Academy of Letters wouldn't be willing to provide such luxurious facilities to Confucian Scholars at the Golden Core Realm.
Of course, Lu Changsheng did not forget to Transmission Empowerment to Mo Huazhi.
[Ding! You have transferred 20 days of cultivation to your Disciple "Mo Huazhi". Mo Huazhi actually received 5 days of cultivation. You have received Apprentice-Teaching Hundredfold Return Reward: 500 days of cultivation.]
Mo Huazhi, who is at the Fifth Layer of the Golden Core Realm, can only withstand Lu Changsheng's current cultivation level of 5 days.
"I will teach you the Complete Tang Poems."
After some deliberation, Lu Changsheng decided to teach Gu Huaxia, a disciple with the Literary Sage Physique, the poetry, which would also put Lu Changsheng's mind at ease.
"The Complete Tang Poems? Why have I never heard of such a book?"
"This poem comes from an ancient dynasty called 'Tang.' That era was a Literary Sage geniuses."
"Yes, this disciple will definitely take it to heart and try to understand its meaning."
"The first Tang poem I will teach you is a poem by a poet named Li Bai, titled 'The Knight-Errant.'"
"Zhao's guest, adorned with a silk tassel on his robe, his Wu hook sword gleaming like frost and snow. His silver saddle reflects on his white horse, swift as a shooting star. He kills a man in ten steps, leaving no trace for a thousand miles. His deed done, he dusts off his clothes and departs, concealing his person and name..."
Lu Changsheng discovered that the Literary Sage of this world could materialize poems, songs, and articles using Righteous Qi, and the poems and songs he had memorized before finally came in handy.
Mo Huazhi listened intently, her eyes growing brighter with each word.
"Um?"
Lu Changsheng was explaining Tang poems when he discovered that Mo Huazhi's cultivation had unknowingly broken through to the Sixth Layer the Golden Core Realm.
The Literary Sage Physique is truly wondrous; one can break through to a higher level simply by comprehending the artistic conception of Tang poetry.
It seems that I can teach Tang and Song poetry from time to time in the future, and Mo Huazhi's cultivation may be able to catch up with her senior brothers and Senior Sisters.
After discovering the special way to enhance the Literary Sage Physique, Lu Changsheng decided to teach his Third Disciples Tang and Song poems every now and then to improve their cultivation as quickly as possible.
"I have taught you enough today. Go back and contemplate it. Come back to me in ten days."
"I'll allocate another 30,000 Sect Contribution points to you; you can freely exchange them for books in the Scripture Repository."
Lu Changsheng doesn't really need Sect Contribution points. He only needs to exchange for a batch of low-level Cultivation Method and reward them to his disciples to get high-level Cultivation Method in return. There's no need to go to the Scripture Repository to exchange for high-level Cultivation Method.
"Master's kindness and virtue are beyond repayment."
Mo Huazhi was deeply moved by the numerous treasures and Sect Contribution points bestowed upon her by Lu Changsheng.
Her master not only remembered her as a disciple, but also treated her exceptionally well.
After Mo Huazhi left, Lu Changsheng closed his eyes and sat in meditation, refining the Spiritual Qi returned by the system.
"If I were to dedicate one day each month to teaching Mo Huazhi ancient Chinese poetry and prose, I wonder what her future achievements would be?"
Lu Changsheng thought of something.
He re-enacted the life of his Third Disciple Mo Huazhi.
[Ding, you have changed the conditions. The system is now simulating Mo Huazhi's life trajectory.]
[Number of simulations available today -1.]
[Simulation begins:]
[At 22 years old, Mo Huazhi's cultivation advanced rapidly after studying poetry and prose with you, breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm.]
[At 25, Mo Huazhi encountered the murderers who had wiped out her family during her training, and avenged them using her own cultivation.]
[At 26, Mo Huazhi stayed at the Hanlin Academy in the Yue Kingdom to pursue worldly spiritual cultivation.]
[At age 27, Mo Huazhi encounters a strange man. You suddenly appear and reveal that the man is the son of the Hehuan Sect Master. You then kill the man.]
[At 28, Mo Huazhi successfully School of Thought in the Yue Kingdom, broke through to the Dao Palace Realm, and returned to Mount Shu.]
[At 32, Mo Huazhi was attacked by the Hehuan Sect in a battle. Outnumbered, she escaped using her Tang Poetry Combat Art.]
[Ding, due to insufficient cultivation, you can only simulate one hundred years of the disciple's life.]
[Simulation ended.]
"My disciple's fate has changed."
Lu Changsheng was surprised to discover that his choice could change his disciple's fate.
The original simulation results showed that Mo Huazhi Nascent Soul Realm at age 25 and the Dao Palace Realm at age 29, Hounded by Misfortune.
If Lu Changsheng had taught her the poetry and songs of ancient China, Mo Huazhi have Nascent Soul Realm at 22 and the Dao Palace Realm at 28, and would have escaped death multiple times within a hundred years.