The One Hundred Ninety-Sixth Chapter: Teacher Ma

The following day, the Mysterious Bookstore reopened as usual.

The trio didn't show up today, and the copy of "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" in the Bookstore was snatched up by other cultivators. The remaining Yellow Quality books were also taken away, leaving not a single one.

However, what puzzled Ma Feifei was that even though Bookstore now had so many Yellow Quality books, the probability of triggering the world within the book had not increased. The last time he triggered the world within the book was last year when Liu Ying read "The Legend of the Swordsmen of Shu Mountain" and yesterday's "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles". That was it.

The Diamond Sutra is practically dead; it's unclear what the point of copying it was.

Besides curing illnesses, the only other thing about the "Prescriptions Thousand Gold Formulas" was that the old man at the Spirit Saint realm had comprehended some kind of 'secret acupuncture technique'.

Since Ma Feifei used the "One Book Multiple Travels" function, no one has been able to travel into Pokémon.

The Art of War is even more ridiculous. It's been out for so long and it still has no presence at all. Ma Feifei has almost forgotten about this book.

"Han Feizi" is a task book and cannot be put on the shelf for the time being; it is lying in the drawer.

All things considered, these few Yellow Quality books in the Bookstore are becoming increasingly difficult to comprehend.

Even the current Yellow Quality books can't compare to those Blue Quality books. At least every day, Ma Feifei sees readers excited about reading Blue Quality books. Without even thinking about it, Ma Feifei knows they must have gleaned some valuable insights from them.

For those who enjoy reading Yellow Quality, the situation is awkward. They desperately try to find them every day, only to be disappointed at night, leaving them feeling quite disheartened.

But these days, there are so many stubborn people! They always think that just because others can't understand it doesn't mean they can't! So, even though these Yellow Quality books haven't had any special effects for a long time, their popularity remains undiminished, which makes Ma Feifei a little amused and exasperated.

"Speaking of which, we should probably activate the 'One Book Multiple Travels' skill again in a couple of days," Ma Feifei mused.

It has been more than a month since the last time the skill of "One Book Multiple Travels" was used. At present, there are more than a thousand cultivators who own Pokémon. However, according to the information from Wantong Trading Market, only more than eight hundred cultivators have signed up to participate in this Pokémon Championship. Therefore, Ma Feifei must open the Pokémon world again to increase the number of cultivators who own Pokémon in order to gather a team of a thousand participants.

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei got up and ran towards the Wantong Trading Market again.

However, Ma Feifei was unable to meet Gongsun Qiong today; Zhao Xiaodao was in charge of the Wantong Trading Market today.

After listening to Ma Feifei's explanation, Zhao Xiaodao nodded and said, "Then I'll have someone post a notice on the market bulletin board: the Mysterious Bookstore will open the Pokémon world the day after tomorrow."

After saying that, Zhao Xiaodao glanced at Ma Feifei and asked, "Do you know anything about what's happened recently regarding the little elves?"

Ma Feifei sat in a chair, teasing Zhao Xiaodao's Chansey, and shook his head, saying, "I don't know, what's wrong?"

"According to recent news from the Pokémon Tavern, the cultivators there are all discussing how their elves can't grow any stronger," Zhao Xiaodao said with a puzzled look.

"Breaking through from fourth to fifth rank?" Ma Feifei pinched Chansey's ear and said.

"Didn't you say you didn't know?" Zhao Xiaodao rolled his eyes.

"Oh my, you're so cute, little guy." Ma Feifei held the Chansey and couldn't help but give it a kiss.

"Lucky!" Chansey seemed Astonish, her pink face turning red. She broke free from Ma Feifei's grasp and ran into Zhao Xiaodao's arms.

"You scoundrel!" Zhao Xiaodao scolded.

With a 'whoosh,' Zhao Xiaodao took out Poké Ball and recalled Chansey.

Ma Feifei rubbed his nose and said, "Your Chansey is only level one! Why don't you take her to level up?"

Zhao Xiaodao shook his head and said, "The Chamber of Commerce has too many things to do every day, and we also need to keep an eye on the tavern. Where would we find the time? Besides, there are frequent incidents of people Snatch little elves in the Nine Heavens Mountain, so it's not very safe."

"So you're just going to keep it at level one?" Ma Feifei asked.

Zhao Xiaodao said matter-of-factly, "There's nothing wrong with that. Huahua is so cute, it's not suitable to be a pet, so why not keep it as a pet?"

Ma Feifei shrugged, speechless.

"Don't change the subject. The little elf came out of the books in your Bookstore, you must know why, right?" Zhao Xiaodao asked.

Ma Feifei nodded and said, "I know, but there's no solution yet. The Bookstore won't be able to come up with a solution until after this Pokémon Championship."

Ma Feifei had already thought this through in his spare time. He didn't have any Pokémon right now, so he couldn't participate in the Quartz League tournament in the Pokémon world. Therefore, he could only wait until the Pokémon Championship ended and the system rewarded him with a Divine Beast Pokémon before he could take it to the Quartz League Competition.

Furthermore, Ma Feifei also considered that since everyone obtained their Pokémon at different times, if the solution were revealed too early, it would only widen the gap in rank between the later-released Pokémon and the earlier-released ones.

Therefore, the fact that this Pokémon has encountered an advancement bottleneck is undoubtedly bad news for the upcoming Pokémon Championship.

The early-released Pokémon are stuck at level four and can't break through, giving the newly released Pokémon enough time to catch up. By the time the Pokémon Championship starts, Ma Feifei believes that most Pokémon will be back on the same starting line, and the level advantage will be minimized.

"Does it really take that long?" Zhao Xiaodao asked, puzzled.

The Pokémon Championship is in May, and it's only February now, so there are still three months to go. This is truly agonizing for those who are struggling to advance their Pokémon's levels.

"There's nothing we can do but wait until that day comes," Ma Feifei shrugged, indicating that he was powerless to do anything about it.

Zhao Xiaodao nodded and said nothing more.

"By the way, did you sign up for the introductory lecture I organized?" Ma Feifei suddenly asked.

Zhao Xiaodao glared at him and said, "What? You want to be my teacher?"

Ma Feifei pouted and said, "What's wrong with being your teacher? Am I not qualified? Let me tell you, things are different now. I'm no longer the Ma Feifei who couldn't catch up with you back then."

Upon hearing Ma Feifei mention that matter, Zhao Xiaodao couldn't help but blush and retorted, "Who told you to bring that up?"

For Zhao Xiaodao, that incident was anything to be proud of. Stealing other people's things! A stain on his reputation for life.

"Go ahead and sign up, you might Harvest; as for being my teacher, you're overthinking it, I don't acknowledge you as my students," Ma Feifei said.

Ma Feifei spoke from the bottom of his heart. This world values seniority and experience quite a bit. Respecting teachers and valuing the Way is a great virtue, especially for cultivators. Once you enter a sect and become a disciple, or become someone else's apprentice, your life will be intertwined with them.

This situation has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that you can receive help from your master and grow rapidly; the disadvantage is that you will be subject to many restrictions, and if you want to rebel, it will be considered disloyalty to your master and ancestors, and you will not be tolerated by the world.

Of course, if a disciple does something wrong outside, it will also bring shame to the sect; these are all two-way issues.

Ma Feifei is a celebrity now, how could he let something like this happen to him? Out of three thousand students, who can guarantee there won't be a few scoundrels among them?

Therefore, the teacher-student relationship does not exist.

"What Harvest? Did you learn any advanced cultivation techniques or martial arts skills? Did it increase your cultivation level? Or did you get a high-level spiritual weapon?" Zhao Xiaodao asked, his eyes shining.

Ma Feifei rolled her eyes, stood up, and said, "You can participate or not, it's up to you. Anyway, I've kindly reminded you. Goodbye."

"Hey, don't go!" Zhao Xiaodao shouted from behind.

Ma Feifei pretended not to hear and slowly walked out of Zhao Xiaodao's private office.

Zhao Xiaodao stared blankly at Ma Feifei's disappearing figure for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

"Teacher Ma?"