Above the Great Dao
Chapter 550 - 256: Scholar with Mud-covered Legs_3

Chapter 550: Chapter 256: Scholar with Mud-covered Legs_3

Chen Shi was the youngest, and since he was injured, he received a lot of care from the others, who gave him all the tasty and fun things.

Chen Shi thought to himself, "These children of noble families aren’t bad, not all of them are terrible people."

On the postal road, there were quite a few Scholars on foot, their bookcases piled with various sundries: replacement garments, dried food, drinking water, bedding, and items such as books, inkstones, brushes, and ink, the piles towering two to three heads higher than themselves, wobbling precariously.

These Scholars often wore hemp clothes, and even if they wore cotton, they might have two or three patches. They traveled in groups of three or five along the postal road.

Whenever they encountered the convoy of Chen Shi, Zhou Qianying, and others, they would stand by the roadside, slowing down to avoid getting hit.

Chen Shi turned to look at them, seeing a Scholar in front whose shoes had split open, stopping to tie straw sandals, but as he squatted down, his bookcase tilted and the tied items tumbled out onto the ground.

That Scholar didn’t bother with his straw sandals, frantically picking up his belongings, but a gust of wind scattered his handwritten manuscripts everywhere.

That Scholar hurried into the middle of the road to pick up the scattered manuscripts.

"Stop the cart," Chen Shi said.

The wooden cart stopped, and Chen Shi got down to help the Scholar gather his belongings from the ground.

The rest of the convoy also stopped, watching the two busy themselves.

Chen Shi helped the Scholar pick up his belongings and stuff them back into the bookcase, and the Scholar repeatedly expressed his gratitude.

Chen Shi waved his hand dismissively and climbed back into the cart.

As the convoy set off again, those Scholars in the convoy looked at Chen Shi differently.

Zhou Qianying couldn’t help but voice the confusion in everyone’s heart, laughing, "Little Brother Chen, why did you help him?"

Chen Shi said, "His belongings were scattered on the ground, if I didn’t pick them up, wouldn’t it block the road?"

Zhou Qianying laughed, "He himself would have dodged. Our convoy was coming, so he stood by the roadside, waiting for us to pass, then he can pick up his belongings. Why should you degrade yourself? Next time something like this happens, you should not get involved, otherwise, people will laugh at us for being the same as those country Scholar!"

Chen Shi was astonished.

Then, a Scholar from another noble family laughed, "Miss Zhou makes sense. Little Brother Chen is just young and doesn’t yet understand. Once he is told this principle, he’ll understand."

Another noble family’s son named Wang Ping, only a few years older than Chen Shi and also very young, laughed, "Little Brother Chen, we are different from them. Most of these country Scholars come to the capital without much scholarship, failing to become Advanced Scholars, only serving as a backdrop. Helping them is fruitless effort, at most you get a word of thanks."

Chen Shi was utterly puzzled and asked for advice, "Why is this?"

Wang Ping laughed, "It’s about status! Think about it, while we are studying, it’s all fine, we all cultivate the Heavenly Heart Righteous Qi Technique and refine the Meridian Evil Slayer Sword. But after becoming Scholars, those country Scholars continue to cultivate the same Righteous Qi Technique and Evil-Slaying Sword, and at most they can reach the Golden Core Realm. If they are lucky, they might reach the Nascent Soul. But us? We cultivate our ancestral Cultivation Techniques; reaching Golden Core, Nascent Soul that’s just the beginning!"

Zhou Qianying laughed, "Even if you give those country Scholars a Cultivation Technique, without someone to guide and teach them, they cannot achieve anything. Moreover, Cultivation Technique is just the foundation, the other differences are even greater between them and us."

Another noble family’s Scholar said, "I have to eat Spiritual Beast Meat worth five pieces of Silver daily and take Stabilizing Pills worth five pieces of Silver. The teacher who instructs me in Spell and Skill cultivation charges seventeen pieces of Silver per month. Apart from Spell and Skill cultivation, I also practice real combat and have hired another teacher. I also practice calligraphy and painting, and for that, I have another teacher. I even have a music teacher, who teaches me to play the guqin and se. All this money, for a country Scholar, might be half a lifetime’s fortune in their eyes."

Zhou Qianying said, "Helping them organize their bookcases, you lower yourself, needlessly throwing away your own face!"

The crowd of Scholars nodded in agreement, laughing, "Country Scholars arriving at the Western Capital, what can they compare to us? Scholarship? Taoist Skills? They are not equal in any."

"For thousands of years, there has not been a top scorer from the country folk!"

Chen Shi’s expression grew dark, interrupting them, "My grandfather was a country farmer."

"What?" The group didn’t hear clearly.

Chen Shi continued on his own, "My grandfather was a country farmer, I am a country farmer. Are Sun Yisheng and Chen Tang country farmers?"

Sun Yisheng, worried about offending these noble family children, but with a surge of anger in his heart, still said, "They are country farmers."

Chen Shi stood up in the cart, looking around with a sickly appearance but a voice filled with power, "Our family for three generations have been country farmers. This year, the country Scholar will become the top scorer! I, young master, said so!"

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