Let Me Test You

For three days and two nights, Su Ziyang buried himself in his studies.

Such opportunities are rare, and Su Ziyang cherished this hard-won chance.

People like Qi Chu basically live the life of a god.

This kind of person only likes one thing.

Clean and quiet.

If it weren't for the long-standing friendship between Mr. Mengfei and Qi Chu, Qi Chu wouldn't have bothered to say so much in one go.

A teacher teaches students, the students love to learn, and the teacher teaches with great enthusiasm.

It's like a chef being happy to see someone finish the food he's made.

That's about enough.

Qi Chu chuckled and glanced at Su Ziyang, who was counting the sixty Jiazi (a Chinese sexagenary cycle) on his fingers with his head down.

"I've basically grasped everything you've explained. I'll just review and study it a bit more! Review, review."

Su Ziyang used several words in a row, which made Qi Chu laugh.

"What's wrong with you, kid? Lacking confidence?"

Qi Chu patted Su Ziyang 'Su Ziyang shoulder and massaged it a couple of times to help Su Ziyang relax.

"Haha, you need to give me some time to absorb all that intensive learning in such a short time. You're really something, giving me so much fertilizer all at once! Aren't you afraid of burning me to death?!"

Su Ziyang was clearly being hypocritical, having gotten the better deal. He put the pen away and chuckled.

"Logically, using your brain a lot should leave you exhausted, but I feel refreshed and energetic, even my toes feel great. Why is that!"

Su Ziyang stretched and yawned as he spoke.

"Smack!"

Qi Chu threw the notebook he was holding onto the table. "I've found out! I'll get myself killed by you two sooner or later. Do I owe you anything?"

Seeing Qi Chu's dark face, Su Ziyang pretended not to understand. "Brother Chu, what are you saying? I don't understand!"

"You're really good at pretending, aren't you? You look so refreshed? Of course you'd look refreshed! What have you been eating these past two days?! Your girlfriend has practically used up every single edible, precious medicinal herb in my medicine cabinet. And you..."

Brother Chu could remain calm while lecturing, but now he was getting a little exasperated.

"Brother Chu, I'll make it up to you, I'll make it up! No, I'll even cover your lodging and food expenses!"

Su Ziyang continued to tease Qi Chu with his usual cheeky manner.

Upon hearing Su Ziyang's words, Qi Chu became even angrier, slamming his fist on the table and shouting, "Enough of that! Five-colored lotus seeds only appear once every 50 years!"

Seeing that Qi Chu was getting anxious, Su Ziyang chuckled and said, "Brother Chu, it's like this: In ancient times, a teacher could teach you a single word or a single matter. Besides, you've taught me so much, so I should respectfully call you 'teacher.' As the saying goes, 'A teacher for a day is a father for life.' If a son eats something good from his father, why should we be so particular about it?"

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Not Qi Chu speechless, but Fairy Li was also speechless, and Mr. Mengfei, who was standing to the side, covered his face and went to his bedroom.

A short while later, Fairy Li helped Qi Chu, who was so angry he was almost fainting, out of the house.

"Brother Chu, calm down. Don't take it to heart. Calm down!"

Fairy Li handed a bowl of mung bean porridge to Qi Chu.

What does it taste like?

Qi Chu smelled the aroma from the bowl.

"Ah! I saw you had some colorful lotus seeds and water caltrop seeds. I added them to the porridge!"

Qi Chu glanced at Fairy Li, took a deep breath, then gulped down the bowl of porridge in two large gulps, placed the bowl in Fairy Li's hands, and turned to leave.

Playing is playing, and making a fuss is making a fuss.

Qi Chu was quite concerned about Su Ziyang's studies.

After lunch, Qi Chu moved the blackboard into the living room and then pulled Mr. Mengfei and Fairy Li to be his audience.

The three of them wanted to listen to Su Ziyang's lecture.

Qi Chu gave Su Ziyang a question: use the Five Movements and Six Qi theory to deduce the cause of epidemics.

Actually, with Su Ziyang's current level, explaining things to others is not difficult at all.

But looking at the three people sitting on the sofa, Su Ziyang felt a little apprehensive.

Two masters, one diviner.

With the three masters staring intently at him, Su Ziyang genuinely felt his throat go dry...

"Teacher Su, start your performance! Don't just stand there!"

Qi Chu urged Su Ziyang on.

When Qi Chu set out this question, he had already told Su Ziyang that if Su Ziyang could pass this derivation, then he would have mastered it.

If it doesn't pass, it will definitely need to be reworked...

Su Ziyang took a breath and swallowed to moisten his throat.

"Ahem, I'm starting!"

"Hurry up and start the IV drip!"

"Hurry up!!!"

Qi Chu had another requirement: treat the three of them as novices. Su Ziyang's explanations had to be so understandable that even novices could comprehend them, only then could it be considered that Su Ziyang had truly learned something.

This is called explaining profound concepts in simple terms, achieving a state of profound mastery.

"First, let me tell you about the origin of the theory of Five Movements and Six Qi. This theory comes from the book ' Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon ' (The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic). There are seven chapters in the book known as the ' Seven Chapters on Movements and Qi,' namely: The Great Treatise on the Five Elements Cycle, The Great Treatise on the Five Elements Cycle, The Great Treatise on the Six Subtle Principles, The Great Treatise on the Great Transformation of Qi, The Great Treatise on the Five Constant Policies, The Great Treatise on the Six Primordial Cycles, and The Great Treatise on the Essentials of Ultimate Truth."

Su Ziyang cleared his throat and began to speak, "Strictly speaking, we should actually add two additional Treatise on Acupuncture Methods ' and 'Treatise on the Treatise on Root Diseases,' making it a total of Nine Treatises on Yunqi."

After saying those few words, Su Ziyang looked at the three people's serious eyes and felt a little excited.

It feels great to be a "teacher" to my mentors.

"Tsk, teacher, hurry up and tell us! We're waiting to hear it!"

Fairy Li was in charge of creating a commotion and taking photos.

"Hey, this is internal information, so please don't share it!"

Su Ziyang warned in a serious tone.

"Alright, alright!" Fairy Li replied cooperatively.

"Alright, let's continue listening!"

Su Ziyang said on the blackboard, "Today, we'll mainly talk about something called plague. This thing is quite mysterious, so I'll explain it slowly!"