Chapter 298 This person must be a master at slacking off
Xiao Qingque also knew that her answer was not very appropriate. She was about to explain to Bai Qiuning that she was not a pervert when she suddenly heard a voice outside.

"Dear guests on the plane, Lord Ning Qing invites you to come over."

Xiao Qingque had no choice but to end the topic and took Tian Xuanxing and Bai Qiu Ning away from the plane.

An officer led the three people. He must have realized that they were distinguished guests of the Astrology Palace, so he behaved very respectfully and basically answered every question.

On the way, he also conveyed Shen Cheng's instructions to the three of them, mainly to Tian Xuanxing and Bai Qiu Ning. If they didn't want to meet, they could go to the residence that had been prepared for them to rest first, and the laboratory would be rebuilt for them after a while.

This is because they all have some social anxiety and are unwilling to talk to people they don't know.

Tian Xuanxing and Bai Qiu Ning certainly would not refuse and immediately chose to rest. To them, socializing with irrelevant strangers was a pure waste of time.

Only Xiao Qingque was left, and he raised his hand and pointed at himself: "What about me? I am also socially anxious, I want to rest too!"

"That gentleman also mentioned you."

"He told me to go back to bed, didn't he?"

"No."

The officer looked a little embarrassed: "That gentleman said that he would tie you up even if he had to."

"I won't go over. Go back and slap him for me."

"Please don't joke."

Xiao Qingque had anticipated this situation. If Tianxuanxing and Bai Qiuning were both beautiful antiques that could be displayed for appreciation, then she, Xiao Qingque, was Shen Cheng's urinal. She would take it when needed and kick it away when not needed.

But a urinal is just a urinal. Xiao Qingque doesn’t really care about this kind of thing.

She followed the officer who led the way through the Astrological Palace, looking around like a tourist, and soon arrived in front of a palace.

The officer did not dare to enter the palace gate, and a maid took over and led the way.

Finally, Xiao Qingque came to the deepest part of the palace. He thought there would be some trouble waiting for him, but instead he saw a happy scene.

Ji Chan was holding Yan Qiuli's hand affectionately and asking her questions. She also stuffed a bracelet into her hand: "Good child, this is a gift from your sister."

"Thank you sister."

"good!"

Xiao Qingque knew that this was due to Yan Qiuli's habit of receiving gifts when they met for the first time, so she was not envious at all.

After all, she is already a mature adult and there is no need to compare her with a child.

Seeing Xiao Qingque coming in, Shen Cheng waved and asked her to come over.

Ji Chan and Leng Li's attention was still focused on Yan Qiuli.

After giving the gift, Ji Chan liked Yan Qiuli more and more. He couldn't help but hold her hand and asked, "You like divination, and I like divination too. Are you interested in becoming my disciple?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Ning Qing, who was standing next to him, showed a surprised expression.

Ji Chan's personality is very troublesome. He is the type who would rather not deal with things if possible, and he has no interest in teaching any apprentices.

Therefore, ever since she became a prophet, she has never accepted a single disciple.

Countless people, including Luo Yue and Xin Xuan, had tried to become Ji Chan's apprentice, but were all rejected by her.

Now she actually wants to take the initiative to accept disciples. It is really like the sun rising from the west and setting in the south.

Ning Qing couldn't help but look at Yan Qiuli. Apart from her extremely beautiful appearance, she really couldn't see anything special about her.

Beneath those lively eyes, there is a cunning that is difficult to detect.

Leng Li on the side frowned and glared at Ji Chan: "Didn't you agree that I would be the one to teach? Why are you trying to steal someone away?"

Ning Qing's eyes widened, her mouth almost unable to close. Although Leng Li had accepted many apprentices, what was her status? In a sense, Ji Chan was also one of her apprentices.

If Leng Li accepts Yan Qiuli as his apprentice, wouldn't he be of the same generation as Ji Chan?
However, Shen Cheng heard other meanings in Leng Li's words.

Agreed in advance - meaning that before they came to the Astrology Palace, Leng Li and Ji Chan already knew about Yan Qiuli's existence and decided to take her in as their apprentice.

No wonder when these two people saw Yan Qiuli, they presented her with gifts and expressed their closeness. It turned out that they had been eyeing her for a long time.

But like Ning Qing, Shen Cheng also felt that Yan Qiuli had nothing special except for her superb divination skills.

When you look at your own children, you will see flaws everywhere.

Facing Leng Li's accusation, Ji Chan not only did not feel ashamed, but instead argued: "You have so many disciples, giving this to me will not lose a piece of meat."

Leng Li stared at her coldly: "Can you teach? You are not cut out to be a teacher."

Ji Chan raised his chin and refused to give in: "If you don't know how, I can learn."

"By the time you learn, they will have grown up. You are misleading the young people."

“I can teach as I learn.”

"Aren't you just taking off your pants to fart? You might as well let me do it."

Right in front of everyone, the two people with the highest status in the Astrology Palace actually quarreled over who would accept a disciple, which left Ning Qing dumbfounded.

Why do I feel that you two value Yan Qiuli, a child, more than Shen Cheng, the reincarnation of the Eternal Emperor?
Even Xiao Qingque, who had just made up his mind not to compare himself with the child, couldn't help feeling jealous at this moment.

Did you call me here specifically to see how you pamper Yan Qiuli?
It was really murderous and heartbreaking. Xiao Qingque couldn't tell that Yan Qiuli was someone else's child.

"Grandma, sister, stop arguing."

Yan Qiuli finally spoke, and said very politely: "Thank you for liking me, but I already have a master."

Originally, I thought that this sentence would make the two give up the plan of taking her as their apprentice, but in the end, neither Ji Chan nor Leng Li showed any surprise.

Ji Chan even smiled and said, "Your master is that kid Pei Mu, right? He learned divination in the Astrology Palace, and he even tried to become my disciple, but I rejected him, hahahaha."

"really?"

Yan Qiuli opened her eyes wide in surprise: "But Master never told me this?"

"Because he was a troublemaker in the Astrology Department and was a very restless guy. In the end, he was kicked out before he graduated. Of course, he won't tell you this embarrassing story."

Ji Chan said to Yan Qiuli in a tempting tone: "Your master wanted to become my disciple but failed, and he thought it was a regret in his life. Do you want to fulfill his dream?"

Leng Li's voice came from the side: "Pei Mu is just like you, he is also a guy who misleads young people."

Yan Qiuli suddenly became unhappy.

Although her master's divination skills may not be as good as those of the two in front of her, he is not only her master, but also her father, and he will never allow anyone to slander him. Facing Yan Qiuli's unhappy eyes, Leng Li said indifferently: "When Pei Mu was teaching you divination, did he just throw a book to you and let you learn it? When you have questions, ask him. If he can't answer some questions, he will say that you are not ready yet and you don't need to learn it for the time being."

Yan Qiuli uttered an "ah" and a look of confusion appeared on her little face: "How did you know that?"

Leng Li snorted coldly, "When Pei Mu was studying at the Astrology Palace, I could tell at a glance that he was not cut out to be a teacher. I also warned him not to mislead students in the future. If it really doesn't work, just throw a book to the child and let him learn on his own. If he encounters a problem he can't teach, just tell him not to learn for the time being. This method is better than him teaching randomly."

Everyone was surprised that Leng Li and Yan Qiuli actually had such a connection. Strictly speaking, Leng Li was using Pei Mu's hand to guide Yan Qiuli remotely.

Yan Qiuli was even more confused. Her teacher, whom she respected like a father, turned out to be so unreasonable? Even the educational policy was just copied from the suggestions given to him by others.

Leng Li's evaluation of Pei Mu was not slander at all, but the truth.

Shen Cheng was also somewhat surprised and asked: "In Yan Qiuli's case, is she...self-taught?"

Leng Li nodded: "That's right, Yan Qiuli's current divination skills are completely self-taught, and she has not received any systematic education."

As she spoke, she reached out and stroked Yan Qiuli's head, her eyes looking at a piece of unpolished jade that was already shining without being carved: "Have you felt that you have reached a bottleneck recently and can't go any further?"

Yan Qiuli nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, what's going on, grandma?"

Her divination skills had been stuck in a bottleneck for a long time, and no matter how much she trained, she could not improve.

I felt a little depressed, thinking that this was my limit.

Leng Li's eyes were full of kindness. "This is normal. Since you have no access to new knowledge, there will be a limit to your self-study no matter how hard you try. Fortunately, you are still very young. As long as you receive systematic education, your future achievements will be limitless."

She added silently in her heart that she might even become a prophet of the next generation.

This is also the reason why she and Ji Chan attach so much importance to Yan Qiuli.

They are not just looking for apprentices, but also looking for the next master of the Astrology Palace.

The mystical science of divination is actually similar to mathematics. If you know how to do it, you know it, and if you don’t, you don’t know it. Talent is the most important thing.

A prophet cannot be produced through education alone.

Therefore, they definitely don't want to miss out on a one-in-a-million genius like Yan Qiuli.

Ji Chan made a teasing sound at the side: "Pei Mu's ability to teach people is not very good, but his ability to find apprentices is quite good."

Leng Li rarely agreed with Ji Chan's opinion, and then kindly asked Yan Qiuli: "Come and learn divination with me, grandma. I will teach you everything I have learned in my life."

"Follow me."

Ji Chan at the side didn't dare to give up: "Follow me and enjoy the delicious food and drink spicy drinks."

Leng Li glanced at her angrily and said, "You don't understand what I'm saying, do you? Following you will only waste her talent."

Ji Chan said stubbornly: "I haven't wasted my own talent, so how could I waste hers?"

Leng Li couldn't help but say: "That's because I'm teaching you."

Ning Qing already vaguely understood why Ji Chan insisted on accepting Yan Qiuli as his apprentice even though he obviously had poor teaching ability.

Not every generation of the Astrology Palace will have a prophet. On the contrary, the number of prophets throughout the ages is extremely small and rare. Moreover, all the prophets' apprentices have not been able to surpass their teachers, and most of them are unknown.

Yan Qiuli's talent is enough to make Leng Li and Ji Chan compete for it. She also said that she will achieve unlimited success in the future. There is a great possibility that she will become a new prophet.

If Ji Chan can successfully accept Yan Qiuli as his apprentice, it will make history and become the first master and apprentice in the history of the Astrology Palace where both the master and the apprentice are prophets.

The Prophet and Leng Li were still arguing, when Shen Cheng suddenly said, "Why don't you two accept her as your apprentice and teach her together."

"Okay, let's do it!"

Ji Chan agreed without hesitation. All she needed was a master-disciple relationship. If she was really asked to teach, she might even find it troublesome.

Leng Li frowned slightly, but did not object in the end.

Although she had taught Ji Chan, they were not in the position of master and disciple, so it would not be considered a violation of the seniority if they both accepted the same disciple.

Moreover, she does not value fame and only hopes to cultivate the next generation for the Astrology Palace.

Yan Qiuli was very smart. When she heard that she had the opportunity to become stronger and fulfill Pei Mu's last wish, she no longer refused to become the apprentice of these two.

Seeing that the two had reached a consensus, she immediately stood up and thanked them: "Thank you grandma and sister, I will definitely study hard."

She is very familiar with pretending to be well-behaved, and she is confident that she can coax these two adults into handing over all the treasures they have hidden in their closets.

Ji Chan responded with a smile, but Leng Li suddenly became dissatisfied: "What did you call me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, her originally thin body quickly became plump and tall, the clear wrinkles on her face also faded quickly, revealing her smooth and delicate skin, and her silver hair turned into black hair in an instant.

In just a blink of an eye, Leng Li transformed from an elderly woman into a young, beautiful and cool queen.

This sudden transformation made Yan Qiuli stunned: "Sister, sister?"

Leng Li, who had transformed into a cool and arrogant queen, reached out and touched Yan Qiuli's head: "Be good, now you should call me Master."

"Master, you are so beautiful."

"Good boy, you have such a sweet mouth."

Leng Li knew that Shen Cheng and Ji Chan had something important to discuss next, so he grabbed Yan Qiuli's hand and said, "Come with the master. I will take you to do a little test to test your current level."

"Okay, brother, sister Qingque, see you later."

After Yan Qiuli exchanged glances with Shen Cheng, she stood up obediently.

Ji Chan also instructed Ning Qing who was standing beside him: "Go and take a look. Don't let my apprentice get bullied."

If she wasn't a prophet, she would be beaten for this statement alone.

Ning Qing also left, and in the end only Shen Cheng and Xiao Qingque, who felt like an outsider, were left in the reception room.

Shen Cheng then pointed at Xiao Qingque and said to Ji Chan, "Take a look, how do you feel?"

Ji Chan began to look Xiao Qingque up and down.

Xiao Qingque also subconsciously looked at her. When their eyes met, they were both slightly stunned, and the same thought emerged in their minds at the same time - this person must be a master at slacking off.

Ji Chan looked at Xiao Qingque with great interest, as if he was looking at some interesting toy.

Xiao Qingque, however, felt uneasy, as if he had become a commodity on the shelf, being wantonly ravaged by the customers' gazes.

(End of this chapter)