Chapter Seven: The Foolish Disciple

Too abstract!

Is this possible?

Are you a time traveler after all? Or am I a time traveler?

I have seen people committing suicide, but I have never seen someone so capable of seeking death!

Although Ren is not from this world, he also knows how difficult it is to create your own magic.

In just one day, his good apprentice (eldest) brother (son) touched the switch, discharged the electric claw, created magic, and a series of crazy operations, which almost scared his master to have a heart attack.

Ren said to himself: “I’m not talking about you! Downs, a guy like you who wants to die, if you put it in an online novel, if you don’t have some luck, you won’t survive three chapters!”

Ren was really scared that his apprentice was so defiant.

If he hadn’t discovered that the teaching points in the system also have a mall that can strengthen teachers, Renn would really have given up his responsibility.

Hi! I’m really not coveting the achievement rewards of imperial masters and divine masters. I’m just curious to see what [20cm] with the question mark in front of it is.

But, a disciple who is so desperate for death can only teach at noon.

Because sooner or later something will happen!

While Downs is still here, squeeze out as many points as you can.

Ren seemed to have seen his eldest disciple’s death. After mentally building himself up, he began to deal with it coldly.

Not long after, when he saw the eldest disciple rushing towards him, wanting to take credit and offer his treasures, Renn did not show any good looks to him.

“Master, I just…”

“Can I not know about your trivial matters?” Without looking back, Ren’s cold words made Downs’ facial muscles stiffen.

Originally, such words are quite hurtful. In Ren’s imagination, this was no less than a bucket of cold water poured on Towns’ head.

Downs’ eyes widened, a little in disbelief.

What he was thinking about was another thing: the place where he practiced the protective shield was at least five hundred meters away from the edge of the pond! It’s so far away that you can’t hear even if you shout loudly, right? The master’s magic perception is so terrifying?

“I……”

A certain master who was so angry that he didn’t realize his mistake at all was like those bastards in online games who don’t even act. He didn’t turn around and continued to maintain his fishing posture. He was scolded: “Although he is a little clever.” It’s better than not being smart at all, but being too smart can kill you.”

“Yes!” Downs quickly lowered his head.

As luck would have it, those silly and cute fish in Tanshui, who didn’t know the dangers of human beings, got hooked again. As soon as Ren’s hand shook, a big fish weighing at least two kilograms was hooked by the fishing line and flew out of the water, and fell in front of Downs.

Looking at the fish splashing and jumping on the ground, Downs was momentarily distracted.

“Next, don’t mess around with your bad magic. Do the chores for me until I’m satisfied. I’ll remove the scales and bones from these fish, and then roast them. Remember! A scale or a fish bone will Don’t leave any left! Also, don’t burn the fish like last night.” Ren pointed to the fish on the ground and the fish he had caught and put in the basket.

To put it bluntly, Ren was afraid that the monster Downs would be too evil, perform miracles continuously, and come up with something to scare him, so he decided to give this guy a try.

As everyone knows, as a modern Chinese, he really doesn’t know how to mess with people.

When he was a knight apprentice, Downs even had to help the knight empty the toilet and wash the toilet. Now doing some chores is nothing!

“Understood! Master!”

Looking at his good disciple’s excited and slightly excited eyes, Ren’s heart skipped a beat and he couldn’t help but ask: “Do you really understand?”

“I really understand.”

Although he was slightly worried, fearing that this evil disciple might have another wrong idea, but… he couldn’t get anything out of getting a fish, right?

​Probably…maybe…

No! There will be no problem!

Renn patted his butt and ran away.

I ran back to the abandoned village and found the shade of a big tree to enjoy the coolness. If a creature like an apprentice is not used to command, isn’t it meaningless?

Downs, who stayed behind, looked at the fish and thought to himself: What did I do wrong just now? Is the magic shield I trained bad? No! It’s definitely not a bad thing. If I really have a problem, Master will definitely stop me on the spot, just like I touched that electric switch last night.

Master doesn’t allow me to study magic. What does this mean?

Downs couldn’t help but think of Lane’s teachings: “Basic knowledge is the most important. Without a good foundation, all superstructures are just things built on floating sand and will collapse at any time.”

Also, Tang Si suddenly discovered that when his master left, he did not leave him the knife he used to scrape the fish scales last night.

etc! How can I scrape the fish scales without a knife? Do I have to pull the fish scales off piece by piece with my hands?

“No! How could a person as careful as Master forget to leave a knife behind!?”

Downs, who was a little confused, didn’t know that this time, Ren really forgot.

Ren also discovered this when he was enjoying the cold, but he had no intention of correcting it: “Hey! Just treat it as a master and make things difficult for the apprentice. When he asked me for the knife, I gave him a few more words. Hehehehe! Pick up the master How cool is it to vent your anger on your apprentice?”

This is exactly the same as “beating a child on a cloudy day, if you are idle, you will be idle.”

When we got to Downs, the painting style was distorted again.

“Master is the best at teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. Master said that I am the worst class he has ever taught. I am not as talented as my brothers and sisters. I have to understand magic, but the foundation is not good, and I cannot achieve any ‘comprehension’ . I was able to sense the wind element last night when I was almost overtime, and I realized [Electric Claw] this morning, and I just learned the ‘Thunder Shield’. Master didn’t give me a knife but asked me to remove the scales. Could this be…”

When he reached this point in his soliloquy, Downs suddenly became excited and his eyes widened, full of surprise.

“Master! I understand!”

The shouts of the good disciple echoed by the pond.

“Master! You want me to use [Electric Claw] to remove scales before learning more advanced magic, so as to practice the control of elements!” Downs was so excited that tears burst out of the corners of his eyes: “Master !you are so kind to me!”

Just do it if you think of it.

This operation may not be difficult in Downs’ imagination, but in practice, it is extremely difficult.

This world is based on the four elements of earth, water, fire and wind. Among the wind elements, thunder and lightning are undoubtedly the most active and least controllable elements.

To use a leaping electric snake as a knife to remove scales is exponentially more difficult than simply using a knife.

But this extremely strong young man did it in a hurry.

He first wrapped his right index finger with an air shield to prevent the current from returning to him. Then he worked hard to control the current on the tip of his index finger and shrink it into a ‘small knife’ less than two centimeters long.

It took him almost half an hour just to maintain the output of this element, neither strong nor weak.

Tang Si was sweating profusely from the torment and almost collapsed.

After resting for fifteen minutes, Downs officially started to remove the scales.

You can’t burn the fish skin, but you also have to remove the scales. This is a more exaggerated operation than carving on an egg shell!

It took ten minutes to remove one piece at first. After getting familiar with it, Downs became faster and faster. Finally, he could use five fingers to peel off the scales at the same time.

After taking care of the fish, Tang Si immediately worried about his master’s next request.

“What you don’t want to scorch means… I have to use my mental power to control the fire element so that the fish can be heated evenly!?”

I have to say that Downs truly has enterprise-level understanding.

Tang Si discovered that Master’s teachings were useful in daily life, and his admiration for Master deepened.

He began to manipulate his remaining mental power to influence the flames in the fire so that they could spread as much as possible over the fish on the fork.

It took a lot of fussing until about two o’clock in the afternoon before Downs brought the grilled fish.

“Why does it take so long? My teacher is almost starving to death.” Ren muttered dissatisfiedly. Seeing that the fish was grilled very fragrantly, with no scales left, and no burnt parts, Ren didn’t get angry or anything.

Faced with his master’s dissatisfaction, Downs did not refute. Instead, he confirmed his previous assumption: My talent is indeed not as good as those of my senior brothers and sisters.

He bowed very sincerely: “Master, I’m sorry! My disciple is stupid!”

End of Chapter Seven