Comprehensive film and television: Youyou Biography

Chapter 168 [Flower Bone 12]

After the apprenticeship ceremony, Youyou brought the two disciples back to Yuqing Palace and let Ni Mantian and Qingshui choose a room to live in. He gave them the skills they were practicing and asked them to study them carefully. He would formally teach them the Xiaoyao Sword Technique a week later.

Ni Mantian likes this kind of teaching very much. Her master is not that strict and the rest of the time after practicing is her own.

Qingshui also likes this teaching method, which is just right for a poor student like her.

Shuofeng and Hua Qiangu entered the Jueqing Hall and began to practice. Bai Zihua taught them the "Nine Yunxiao Styles". Hua Qiangu's comprehension was too low and it was difficult for her to grasp the essence in a short period of time, but Shuofeng understood it immediately.

Although Bai Zihua had known about Hua Qiangu's comprehension for a long time, he was still a little disappointed with the result. Fortunately, Hua Qiangu was only a junior disciple, not a senior disciple, and his senior disciple's comprehension was still very high.

So, Bai Zihua asked Hua Qiangu to practice the moves repeatedly, no more than once, until she became proficient. As for the essence, it depended on how much Hua Qiangu could understand.

A week later, after Youyou passed on the Xiaoyao Sword Technique to the two, he said to them, "Qingshui, Mantian, your master is going to travel and will not be back for sure. I will leave Yuqing Palace to you. These two jade whistles are for you two. Just blow them sometimes and your master will come over as soon as possible."

"But, Master, you've only been back for a short time, why are you going out again?" Ni Mantian said.

"Master can't sit still. If I hadn't accepted you two, I would have left long ago. After I'm gone, you two must practice well and not be lazy. I will check on you when I come back. Don't quarrel between you two. Don't think I don't know about your usual quarrels. I'm just too lazy to talk about it." Youyou said.

"Master, I know I was wrong." Ni Mantian and Qingshui said.

"Okay, I don't care about what happened before. You two are my disciples, and I will hand over this Yuqing Palace to you two in the future. Mantian, your master knows that you are still the young island master of Penglai, but don't forget that you are still the eldest disciple of me, the Yuqing Immortal. If you are bullied outside, just tell me your master's name. If you are bullied, just fight back. Your master will protect you. What are you afraid of? Just let them come to me. Qingshui, you too, just like your senior sister. If you are afraid of being bullied outside, just tell me my master's name." Youyou said.

"Thank you, Master. We understand." Qingshui and Ni Mantian said.

The two people really like this master, and the master really protects them, unless they really make a big mistake. Small mistakes are all trivial. With this master, they really saved the galaxy in their previous life. If you make a mistake with other masters, it is wrong and you must be punished.

"By the way, if you two don't understand something, you can go ask your fourth uncle and the head uncle. As for your first uncle, forget it. I don't get along well with your first uncle. We always quarrel whenever we meet. Of course, you can also ask Luo Shiyi. It's up to you to do whatever is convenient. I will have talked to them. If you have any questions, just ask them. They will also take good care of you." Youyou said.

"Okay, Master." The two replied.

"Okay, that's it. I'll go say goodbye to your uncles, and you two can do as you please." Youyou said.

"Yes, Master." They said.

After leaving, You You did not go to see the three senior brothers, for she was afraid that after meeting them, they would not let her leave, so she went to find Luo Shiyi.

Youyou said, "Eleven, you must give these three letters to your master, Ruzun and Zun Shang, tomorrow. Remember to do it tomorrow."

"Yes, Junior Master Uncle, are you planning to travel again with this outfit?" Luo Shiyi said.

"Congratulations on getting the answer right. I'll ask you to take care of Mantian and Qingshui. This is your reward. There are some pills I made in the storage bag." Youyou said.

"Junior Master, there's actually no need for that. I would have helped even if you didn't ask." Luo Shiyi said.

"Okay, take it. Maybe it will come in handy someday." Youyou said.

"Okay, then I'll accept it, Junior Master." Luo Shiyi said.

"That's almost right." said Youyou.

On the other side, Bai Zihua saw that Shuofeng and Hua Qiangu had learned almost everything, so he gave the Seven Quatrains to them and asked them to take turns reading it. He gave them a year to learn everything on it.

Hua Qiangu thought that she could finish reading this thin book in one day, but her master actually gave them a year. That was too much time. However, after Hua Qiangu read the Seven Wonders, she realized how outrageous her previous thoughts were. Even if she read the book alone, she might not be able to finish it in a year. Plus, she had to take turns reading it with Shuofeng. So, it would take her only half a year to finish the book, which was not enough to finish it.

There was no other way, Hua Qiangu could only learn and memorize at the same time. She was more interested in perfume making. She heard that the best perfume maker was Immortal Zixun, but Immortal Zixun had the best relationship with Yue Zun, so usually when she came to Changliu she would only go to find Yue Zun.

The Jueqing Palace seems to be not far from Yue Zun's Yuqing Palace. I can go there often and communicate with Qingshui Mantian. But I have to give a gift when I visit someone. I am quite poor and have nothing to give.

Hua Qiangu knew that her only skill was cooking, but there seemed to be no ingredients in the Jueqing Hall, so Hua Qiangu went to look for ingredients in the Jueqing Hall.

Hard work pays off. Hua Qiangu found a pond of lotus in the back hall. The lotus flowers looked crystal clear and delicious. Hua Qiangu picked one and smelled it. It smelled very good and must be edible. Seeing there were so many, she picked a basket full. Little did she know that these were thousand-year-old ice lotuses that Bai Zihua transplanted back from an extremely cold place. They had finally bloomed, but now they were almost destroyed.

After Hua Qiangu finished making the soup, she tasted one bowl herself, gave one bowl to her senior brother Shuofeng, and kept one bowl for Tang Bao. There were four bowls left, three of which were for Yue Zun, Ni Mantian and Qingshui, and the other one was for the master to taste. She kept the master's bowl warm and asked Tang Bao to watch over it, warning her not to eat it secretly. She gave the other three bowls to Yue Zun, Ni Mantian and Qingshui first.

Hua Qiangu took three bowls of thousand-year-old ice lotus soup and left the Jueqing Palace and went to the Yuqing Palace. Unfortunately, she arrived too late because Youyou had already gone traveling.

Hua Qiangu had no choice but to give the prepared soup to Ni Mantian and Qingshui, and said, "Mantian, Qingshui, I made some delicious food, you guys try it. I wanted to give it to Junior Master Uncle, but she's not here. You guys try it, how does it taste?"

Qingshui smelled the tempting taste and took a big bite, saying, "It's delicious, really good, Senior Sister Mantian, try it quickly, Qiangu. Where did you get the ingredients from?"

"Wow, it's really good, but this smell is a bit familiar. I seem to have smelled it somewhere. It smells a bit like lotus, not like ordinary lotus. Qiangu, where did you get the ingredients from?" Mantian said.

"Well, I saw a pond of ice lotus in the back hall of Jueqing Palace, so I picked a basket full and cooked them all." Hua Qiangu said.

"What? I was wondering why it looked so familiar. Could this be a thousand-year-old ice lotus? It's not easy for it to survive. Qiangu, you wouldn't have picked all the ice lotuses in the pond, would you?" Ni Mantian realized something was wrong and asked worriedly.

"No, there are probably two or three left. I'm afraid there will be none left after I pick them all. I'll wait for it to grow longer and then make some delicious food." Hua Qiangu said.

"It's over, Qiangu, you might be in trouble. This ice lotus is extremely difficult to survive. Your master must have worked so hard to keep it alive, and now you have picked it all." Mantian said.

"What should I do?" Hua Qiangu finally realized that something was wrong, but they had all been cooked by her.

"By the way, Qiangu, how many bowls do you have left? Who did you give them to?" Mantian said.

"I gave one bowl to my senior brother, one bowl each for you two, and one bowl for Tang Bao. I ate one bowl myself, so there are two bowls left." Hua Qiangu said.

"I got it. You can give these two bowls, one to the Buddha and one to the Confucian Master. Everyone has eaten it anyway, so let's share the misfortune together." Ni Mantian suggested.

"This isn't a good idea." Hua Qiangu said.

"What's wrong with that? As the saying goes, it's better to let my fellow Taoist die than to let myself die. We all participated. In the end, the Lord will definitely not blame you. You were right to listen to me, Qingshui, don't you think so?" Ni Mantian said.

Qingshui nodded, agreeing with Mantian's statement.

So, Hua Qiangu gave the remaining two bowls to the Confucian Master and the Buddha.

Bai Zihua eventually discovered the decrease in the number of ice lotuses. After learning about this series of events, he felt both amused and angry. He treated his treasure as something that ended up being eaten by everyone, leaving himself behind. The culprit was his junior sister's disciple. He couldn't control Ni Mantian and the others, so he made up an excuse and asked Ni Mantian, Qingshui and Hua Qiangu to copy books together.