Fantasy: I'm Really Not A Supreme Master!

Burial God Wasteland, a small mountain village.

In the courtyard, the sunlight was just right; Li Fan lay beneath the peach tree, enjoying the cool shade of summer, drinking tea, calm and at ease, in a state of utter contentment.

"I wonder how Jiang Li and the others are doing..."

As Li Fan sipped his tea, he pondered; it had been over a month since Jiang Li and the others left, and there was still no news.

Could something have happened? After all, the place they went to was said to be teeming with ghosts...

However, the ghosts in this world were all quite kind... hmm, maybe they were too busy helping them pull out teeth?

There shouldn't be any problems.

He didn't give it too much thought and set down his teacup, scanning the many disciples in the courtyard who were all busily and orderly engaged in their own tasks.

Nan Feng was playing the qin, performing the Oblivion Melody more and more spiritually, with clear and melodious music that allowed one's thoughts to soar with the notes, adding to the interest of the summer day.

Zi Ling was focused, with a lifelike hen almost taking shape under her brush.

Not far away, an old hen dared not move and obediently acted as Zi Ling's "model."

Lu Rang kept his gaze fixed on the peach tree; whenever leaves fell with the wind, he would immediately dash over to pick them up with great care, placing them into his own grass basin.

That patch of grass was growing better and better, having sprouted only three leaves after a period of withering but now boasting eight full leaves.

Lu Rang's realm had also soared with the help of this grass, reaching the Eighth Layer of Divine Mastery.

"Eat more."

Long Zixuan was daily concerned about the little black fish in the pond. Under his careful care, the little black fish had grown to the size of a little finger and was now swimming lively in the pond, frolicking with the koi and others.

Qing Chen swung the broom, driving away spiders and ants, but sometimes he seemed to be "lazily" sleeping. Once he sat down and closed his eyes, it meant half the day would pass, and even if spiders crawled over his face, he wouldn't stir in the slightest.

Dugu Yuqing was sweating profusely, copying stone tablet inscriptions, and finally, the Mysterious Secret Tower Stele was complete!

His calligraphy had reached a deeper level.

His cultivation level had also reached the Nine Heavens of Godmaster!

Next to Dugu Yuqing, Yun Xi also held a brush in hand, learning calligraphy.

She had a wide range of interests. During this time, she followed Li Fan to learn chess and Go, studied painting with Zi Ling, learned to play the qin with Nan Feng, and now she had begun to study calligraphy.

However, the script she wrote was completely different from that of Dugu Yuqing; what Li Fan taught Dugu Yuqing were mostly forceful and vigorous strokes, but what Yun Xi practiced was a delicate small script calligraphy model that Li Fan had taken out from the System.

It was more suitable for girls to learn.

"Great Demon King, I'm done writing, come look."

Yun Xi stopped writing and called out to Li Fan.

Li Fan smiled, got up, and walked over; Yun Xi had completed a short poem in her own hand.

What she wrote was a short poem:

"During the season of yellow plum rains, the sound of frogs is everywhere. If you have a date and don't show up after midnight, the vain clicking of chess pieces is heard beneath the lantern light."

Li Fan glanced at it and was somewhat surprised because Yun Xi's writing was natural and fluent, creating her own style, and moreover, a fresh and refined air naturally exuded from her strokes, making it quite distinctive.

Even Li Fan felt... Yun Xi was exceptionally talented!

"Quite good; from now on, you don't need to focus on copying inscriptions or calligraphy models. They should merely serve as a reference. Just write what you feel in your heart," Li Fan said.

He thought that having Yun Xi copy calligraphy models would instead be a restraint.

She just needed to constantly view various famous calligraphy works, and she would likely form her own way of calligraphy.

"Okay!" Yun Xi was very delighted.

Elsewhere, Su Baiqian was taking care of her medicinal field, fully focused; the "beast medicines" were thriving.

Seeing this, Li Fan couldn't help but nod in approval; Bai Qian definitely was a promising student of medicine.

"Bai Qian, from today, you can try to learn to diagnose diseases," Li Fan immediately took out two yellowed books and said.

"These two books, one thoroughly explains the causes, pathology, and symptoms of various diseases, and the other is about compounding and formulating medicines. You take them and familiarize yourself with them first."

Su Baiqian was extremely pleased to hear this and accepted the two yellowed books.

Classic of Diseases.

Classic of Medicine.

She gently flipped them open.

"Classic of Diseases, comprehending the principles of illnesses from the movements of nature and fate, and understanding the logic of flourishing and declining, existence and extinction."

"Classic of Medicine, gathering the foundational medicines of the natural world, refining life-giving and life-taking miraculous elixirs!"

Su Baiqian was just briefly browsing through them and was already extremely shocked.

Because these two books touched upon many profound truths of the universe.

The Pathology Scripture encompassed all phenomena, reaching the deepest layer of principles, the cycles of life and death, resonating with the way of creation...

She felt that if she could fully grasp the Pathology Scripture, her understanding of the way of the universe could reach an extremely terrifying level.

The Pharmacopoeia Scripture was divided into two parts: poison and medicine!

Poison rules death, medicine grants life, endlessly variable, with boundless medicinal principles.

Moreover, within the Pharmacopoeia Scripture, besides various medicinal principles and supreme formulas, there was also a cultivation method contained: the Longevity Medicine Decree!

By consuming miraculous elixirs, one could attain eternity, living forever without aging.

Clutching the two books in her hands, Su Baiqian suddenly felt a shiver; she sensed she was facing the true hall of the medical path!

The medical path could also reach the very end of the road, owning its own heaven and earth.

Stepping into it would mean entering the world she yearned for.

"Thank you, Master!" she immediately bowed in gratitude.

But Li Fan said:

"There's no need for formalities."

He thought for a moment and still cautioned:

"Within the Classic of Medicine, you must pay particular attention to the section on poisons; they can easily kill people if misused..."

After all, poison was much more dangerous than medicine.

Su Baiqian nodded and replied, "This disciple will obey!"

On the other side, Xinning was teaching Little Heavenly Spirit to recite ancient poetry.

"If you can't recite this poem by today, you're not allowed to eat watermelon," Xinning threatened while teaching, holding a bamboo stick in her hand.

Sometimes when Little Heavenly Spirit became distracted and playful, Xinning would smack her on the palm.

Little Heavenly Spirit, upon hearing this, felt both afraid and aggrieved, and could only wipe away her tears and continue reciting her poem:

"Leaving home young and returning old, the native accents unchanged, the hair at the temples gray... Sister Xinning loves to hit people, laughing and asking the guests where they come from... Waaah..."

Li Fan, seeing this, couldn't help but chuckle. Xinning was still just a child after all, and her teaching Little Heavenly Spirit seemed rather adorable.

"The braised potatoes are ready!"

At this moment, Gong Ya came out from the kitchen, holding a pot of potatoes.

The fragrance wafted out, instantly attracting everyone in the small courtyard.

"It smells so delicious..."

Zi Ling finished her last stroke, her eyes sparkling.

"Ah, are the potatoes we dug up braised now?"

Yun Xi also put down her brush and walked over with anticipation.

Immediately, a group of disciples were all waiting to start lunch.

—These potatoes were recently dug up by Li Fan and everyone.

Gong Ya lifted the lid of the pot, and the aroma of the braised oil immediately spread out, with everyone holding their bowls, picking up the potatoes, and starting to eat.

"Master."

Gong Ya served Li Fan two pieces, and Li Fan, smiling, accepted them and took a bite, quite pleased.

Gong Ya's culinary skills were clearly improving.

"Master, we're back."

At this time, there was a knock on the door from outside the small courtyard.

It was Jiang Li's voice.

Immediately, everyone in the small courtyard was delighted, looking towards the courtyard door.

"Come in,"

said Li Fan.

Right away, Wu Dade, Jiang Li, Lin Jiu Zheng, and Big Black Dog walked in.

"Paying respects to Master!"

Jiang Li and the others stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

Li Fan said, "No need for formalities. How was it? Did everything go smoothly on your trip?"

Jiang Li replied,

"Reporting to Master, everything went smoothly."

"Master, look, this is a rare plant!"

Right then, he took out a bamboo shoot!

Li Fan looked over to see the bamboo shoot was only as high as a palm, looking like it had just sprouted... very tender indeed.

"Bamboo shoot? Very tender, perfect for stir-frying with meat..."

Li Fan said instinctively.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li was stunned. Stir-fry with meat?

The Master actually wanted to stir-fry and eat this bamboo shoot??

However, Li Fan had already continued:

"But, it's too little to even make one dish, let's just let it grow for now."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li finally breathed a sigh of relief, but after thinking it over, he felt a bit scared...

Why did it feel like the Master meant to wait until it grew bigger before stir-frying it??

Feeling fearful in his heart, he still braced himself. If Master really wanted to eat it after it grew, worst case scenario, they could cut off half to stir-fry with meat...

"Ah Master, you are eating good stuff."

Meanwhile, Wu Dade was already drooling over the aroma of the braised potatoes.

"Hungry from the journey? Come and eat together."

Li Fan also smiled and said,

"Lu Rang, after eating, plant this bamboo shoot."

Lu Rang answered, "Yes, Master!"

Right then, Lin Jiu Zheng, Jiang Li, and Wu Dade all started eating with their bowls.

"Woof woof woof!"

Big Black Dog, seeing this, grew anxious and barked at Wu Dade; its dog bowl was still empty!

Wu Dade, relishing the food, picked up a golden, oily braised potato and said:

"Dead Dog, wait a moment, you can have the leftovers."

Upon hearing this, Big Black Dog's eyes immediately filled with resentment.

And at this time, Sister Cat was quietly eating the potatoes Li Fan had given her and meowed a few times at Wu Dade.

Seeing Sister Cat speak up, Wu Dade reluctantly gave all the potatoes from his bowl to Big Black, while muttering:

"A dog relying on cat power... Dead Dog, you have no shame."

Big Black Dog, however, gave Wu Dade a disdainful look, then wagged its tail at Sister Cat while enjoying the potatoes!

Soon after, everyone had their fill.

"The potatoes are so tasty!"

"The braised potatoes are absolutely delicious!"

Yun Xi and the others, full and content, had happiness written all over their faces.

Li Fan, rubbing Sister Cat's belly, couldn't help but laugh and say:

"There are so many ways to eat potatoes, braised, boiled, fried... all excellent, and of course, they're the main course in 'hot pot' too."

Li Fan had always been particularly fond of potatoes, and he had a soft spot for hot pot.

"Master, what's hot pot?"

Zi Ling asked curiously.

Li Fan explained,

"It's cooking potatoes, stinky tofu, beef, pork belly, and other ingredients together in an iron pot... It's very nice. When there's a chance, I will let you try it."

As he said this, he suddenly remembered something and turned to Gong Ya and asked:

"Gong Ya, is the meat about to run out?"

...

Just finished hot pot, so fragrant, continuing to write the next chapter.