Brother Chen, Can You Stay Away From Me? - Chapter 6
Chapter 6: Grandmaster, I Want You
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Chen Shaojie performed induction training for three days in a row.
He was not the only one who found the induction training satisfactory. The group of servant disciples did too.
Chen Shaojie was satisfied with the fact that the servant disciples had learned quickly. They already had a rough grasp of Arabic numerals and Chinese pinyin after three days. They were not very proficient yet, but it was already good enough to put to use.
The servant disciples were satisfied with the fact that they had only attended classes for three consecutive days and did not have to work. It was too easy, so easy that they were actually a little worried.
When Chen Shaojie saw this, he immediately assured them that he would bear all responsible for any consequences. That finally put the servant disciples at ease.
After learning Arabic numerals and Chinese pinyin, they started learning some simple bibliographic classification techniques, the production of labels and lending cards, as well as other tasks.
The training lasted for five days before the Book Depository officially entered the transformation phase.
On the fifth day, the mysterious “Grandmaster Qing Zhu” had paid them a visit. When he saw that nothing had changed in the Book Depository, he called for Chen Shaojie.
“Five days have already passed. Why have you not started to organize the books in the Book Depository yet?”
Chen Shaojie replied calmly, “It’s like this, Grandmaster. There’s a saying in my hometown: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe”. I must first teach my fellow disciples what they have to do, so that when they actually get to doing it, they can work more efficiently and make less mistakes.”
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe…”
Grandmaster Qing Zhu’s eyes brightened at those words. After reciting the line a few times, he could not help but nod. “A saying among the commoners unexpectedly contains so much truth. Well said, well said.”
After saying that, he dashed away again in that supernatural manner of his.
His gaze following after the Grandmaster’s fleeting figure, Chen Shaojie was extremely envious.
In the future, if he were to succeed in cultivation and was able to develop such a powerful movement technique, he would definitely pay the dormitories of the female servant disciples a visit.
After that, Grandmaster Qing Zhu did not visit them again for a long time. He seemed to be leaving the matter entirely in Chen Shaojie’s hands.
And so, in addition to morning cultivation, Chen Shaojie’s job every day consisted of organizing the books in the Book Depository together with the servant disciples of House A Class 2. His days were packed and busy.
In the blink of an eye, a month had passed…
The transformation process of the Book Depository was slowly coming to an end.
Except for a few scattered books that were still waiting to be organized, the Book Depository had basically acquired a brand new look.
On the bookshelves, the books were arranged according to different categories and were neatly put away.
Each book was labeled with a handwritten number and had a borrowing card inside. As long as one used the relevant information to query at the front desk of the Book Depository, one could easily find the corresponding book.
Everything in the Book Depository had taken a turn for the better, but Chen Shaojie was still not feeling very satisfied.
Compared to the libraries on Earth, the conditions here were too lacking, so many of his ideas could not be realized. He could only make such a primitive and low-level library.
But this feat was already shocking enough to the people of this world.
While they worked, the servant disciples marveled at the Book Depository that seemed to be transforming every single day. It felt amazing to them.
The way they looked at Chen Shaojie was also starting to change.
At first, they had no choice but to follow to Chen Shaojie’s instruction because it was the steward’s order.
But after a month, they had gradually gained a little respect for Chen Shaojie.
Even Wu Fulai was subconsciously starting to follow Chen Shaojie’s lead whenever a problem arose.
On the last day of the one-month period, Grandmaster Qing Zhu came again.
He slowly walked into the Book Depository and surveyed the place that had transformed greatly. Everything felt new and novel to him. This made the old man completely lose control of his normally-stoic facial expression. He face was constantly expressing excitement and awe.
“Good, good, good…”
After a round of inspection, Grandmaster Qing Zhu was very satisfied with this new-look Book Depository. He called for Chen Shaojie. “I can’t believe you’re actually capable of organizing the Book Depository. Good job.”
Chen Shaojie pretended to be modest. “You flatter me, Grandmaster. I do not deserve such praise.”
After he thinking for a while, Grandmaster Qing Zhu took out a small jade bottle. “You have done well. Here are ten Qi Attracting Pills. Consider it your reward.”
Hearing the words “Qi Attracting Pills”, gasps could be heard among the nearby servant disciples who were listening in to the conversation, as if they had heard something shocking.
Chen Shaojie had no idea what the pills were – there was no such thing in the original Chen Shaojie’s memory – but the reactions around him gave him a hint. He hurriedly walked over to the Grandmaster to accept the small jade bottle.
But to his suprise, right at that moment–
*Crunch*
[A friendly reminder from the Bask-in-the-Glow System: Tie Liancheng’s body contains a super-grade Earth Spiritual Root. When you are close to him, your cultivation speed can become 10,000 times as fast. Would you like to bask in his glow? (Yes/No)]
Ten…ten thousand times?
Chen Shaojie was so shocked that his hand jerked back. Gauging the distance between himself and Grandmaster Qing Zhu, he quickly retreated back to his original position.
“You…”
Grandmaster Qing Zhu stared at Chen Shaojie in surprise. He was wondering why the servant disciple had stepped back.
‘I don’t want the Qi Attracting Pills, I want you…’ thought Chen Shaojie.
Chen Shaojie looked at Grandmaster Qing Zhu like he was looking at a priceless treasure. He quickly put his brain to work and said, “I don’t want the Qi Attracting Pills, Grandmaster. Can I change the reward?”
Grandmaster Qing Zhu scrutinized Chen Shaojie. His face became expressionless all of a sudden. “What do you want, then?”
He had been cultivating for two thousand years since he joined the sect. He had seen countless people.
Among them, the ones he disliked the most were those who were greedy and were never satisfied.
Ten Qi Attracting Pills was already a very generous reward. He only offered them because he was really satisfied with the transformation of the Book Depository.
But the servant disciple had actually rejected them and wanted something else instead. That quickly dampened his enthusiasm.
Chen Shaojie said sincerely, “I’ve been in the sect for a year now, and I’ve been staying in the lower court all this time. I’ve never been anywhere else in the sect other than when we were sent away for errands. I wonder if I can visit your residence, Grandmaster. I’d like to see what kind of place someone like you lives in.”
Grandmaster Qing Zhu was visibly stunned. He did not expect Chen Shaojie to make a request like that.
‘Go on, say yes…’
Chen Shaojie stared at the Grandmaster nervously, afraid that he would refuse.
When Grandmaster Qing Zhu saw that, could not help but laugh. What an interesting young man, he thought.
The young man did not want the Qi Attracting Pills but wanted to visit his residence instead… Did he have any idea what he was missing out on?
But it was a testament to his pure heart. He did not care about the gains and losses.
When the Grandmaster did not say anything for a long time, Chen Shaojie thought that the Grandmaster must be unwilling to let outsiders into his residence. Chen Shaojie felt that he had been too reckless to make such a request. He must be careful not to offend the Grandmaster.
Therefore, he quickly backed down. “If you feel that the request is inappropriate, then it’s alright…”
“Okay!”
Before Chen Shaojie could finish his sentence, Grandmaster Qing Zhu nodded and said, “There’s no harm letting you visit my residence, but that means you won’t be getting these Qi Attracting Pills as a reward anymore. Are you sure? Do you really want to change the reward?”
“I’m sure, Grandmaster. I’d like to change the reward!”
Chen Shaojie was unwavering.
Are you kidding? If he could connect to the Grandmaster’s “WiFi”, even for a short while, it would probably be worth way more than these ten Qi Attracting Pills or whatever they were called.
