Watching Father Ma get more and more into his speech, Mother raised her eyebrows: "Enough! Shut up!"
"Your little bit of life experience might not even compare to our son's!"
"Our son finally ca ho, and it's not to listen to your preaching!"
Father Ma was angry but didn't dare speak. After muttering under his breath, he just lowered his head to drink and made no further comnts.
Mother skillfully demonstrated the face-changing act from Sichuan opera.
After scolding Father Ma, she turned around and smilingly put two pieces of at on Ma Ran's plate, softly advising: "Son! That girl nad Su is pretty, not much worse than you, sweet-talking, and very well behaved."
"Do you think she gives your dad and gifts because she's tattling for us to scold you?"
"That's not it!"
"She's interested in you, you know that!"
"Listen to your mom, wise up early, don't miss such a good match."
"Bring her ho soti and have a al."
"I often watch romance dramas, I won't be like those vicious mothers-in-law on TV, I'll definitely get along with that girl, you don't have to worry about the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship!"
"You two are just a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman, harmonious like music, a couple destined to fly together as gods..."
Blah blah blah.
Ma Ran felt a throbbing in his temples as he listened.
Beautiful, sensible, well-behaved, polite...
Does Grass Hut Academy have soone like that?
Heh.
He talked with his parents, gritting his teeth, about this and that, sharing his experiences at Grass Hut Academy in a classic "report the good news, not the bad" way.
After eating only four bowls, Ma Ran put down his chopsticks, pulled out two copies of "Burning Martial" from his suitcase, and tossed them to his parents.
"The first eight hundred words are the introduction to Inner Qi, you must rember them."
"Tonight at seven, after dinner, I'll help you refine your first strand of Inner Qi."
Ma Ran glanced at the wall clock: "There are eight hours left, with your intelligence, you can definitely do it."
"Good luck!"
With that, Ma Ran slowly walked back to his bedroom and closed the door.
The feeling of giving howork to his parents...
It's complicated.
But...
It's for their own good, isn't it?
Ma Ran's lips curled up, chuckling softly.
...
Early the next day, Ma Ran went to his old high school and t Teacher Zhu in the teacher's office.
They hadn't talked long when the head teacher and Principal Zhao arrived together.
"Ma Ran! Hahahaha! You've finally co back!"
"Even though I always knew this kid would make a na for himself, I didn't expect it to happen so soon..."
"The 'Prophet' ntioned on the news broadcast is you, isn't it? Though they didn't show a clear face, I've taught you for over two years, I'd recognize you right away!"
The three of them were extrely enthusiastic, like it was just yesterday.
In their eyes, Ma Ran was still the excessively clean boy, without much change except for his increasingly strong presence.
Today, Ma Ran maintained his consistent persona.
From hair to fingertips, there wasn't a speck of dirt or dust, clean and refreshing, giving off a pleasing and absolutely clean vibe.
"Hello, Teacher! Hello, Principal!"
The class representative delivering howork placed a stack of notebooks on Teacher Zhu's desk, but his gaze kept fixating on Ma Ran, unable to move away.
After leaving the office, taking three steps and looking back repeatedly, his voice imdiately rang out outside.
"Hey hey! That super genius from class two who pretended to be diocre for over two years is back!"
"It's Ma Ran, right?"
"And the Qiangwei Goddess is back too?"
"Heh, does she even know you? Why are you so concerned?"
"Hey! I was just asking casually! Do you have to react like this? What's wrong with you?"
"I... I'm just sour! You know what? I suspect Ma Ran has already beco an Extraordinary One! He has such a strong aura now! Super strong! Stronger than a current celebrity!"
"Standing next to him, I feel like a stray dog!"
"That kind of feeling where I truly think of myself as a stray dog, you wouldn't understand!"
"You wouldn't know, I just saw the head teacher, Teacher Zhu, Principal Zhao, and Ma Ran standing together, and compared in terms of presence, those three imdiately looked sleazy, diocre, insignificant! The difference is too great!"
"I just don't know whether Ma Ran practices Inner Qi Martial Arts or has awakened a Superpower?"
"Seven Vortex Swordsmanship?"
"You're not really going to believe those hearsays, are you?"
"Cangming Star Sword Master Lin Qiubai or whatever... never mind that, I just have one question—has it really beco 'Unified asurent of All Heavens, Universal Mandarin of All Worlds'?"
"From the news broadcast, Lin Qiubai hasn't even been on Earth for a month! How did they solve the language issue? Telepathy?"
The voices gradually faded away.
Ma Ran looked up, expressionless, at the three educators who were described as "sleazy, diocre, insignificant."
From their flushed faces tinged with black, it was easy to guess that the class representative might have a tough ti in the coming days.
Not enough to be outright targeted, but doing a few hundred extra sheets of howork was quite possible...
"Unified asurent of All Heavens, Universal Mandarin of All Worlds."
Ma Ran's eyes glimred slightly.
He really liked this phrase.
So...
He rembered it.
After a brief chat, Ma Ran gifted a copy of "Burning Martial" to each of the head teacher, Teacher Zhu, and Principal Zhao.
Typically, giving a book you wrote yourself can be awkward.
But for one, Ma Ran had thick skin, and two, this book was different from others; it was extrely valuable to those who hadn't entered the Extraordinary Domain.
"After the Super Bureau is established, people can use their IDs to get a free copy of these books."
Ma Ran said calmly: "However..."
"These three have so differences compared to the versions circulating in the market."
In fact, they simply included content on the Tenth Rank and Eleventh Rank of Inner Qi.
The public edition, focusing on ordinary people, of "Burning Martial" "only" outlined the cultivation thod for the first Nine Ranks of Inner Qi.
The two Tiers Ma Ran had developed were not publicly disclosed.
Calling the revised versions in the provinces abridged wouldn't be accurate.
After all, any Chinese citizen who could cultivate to the Ninth Rank of Inner Qi, and passed the academy's assessnts without harboring anti-societal or anti-humanity thoughts, wouldn't have a difficult ti accessing thods for the Tenth and Eleventh Ranks of Inner Qi.
Let's just say, Ma Ran gave the three of them a special edition with added content, saving these educators so steps.
But...
I wonder if they could reach the Ninth Rank of Inner Qi in their lifeti.
For regular people, cultivation resources aren't the biggest issue.
"Lack of self-discipline" is actually the biggest barrier to advancing Inner Qi.
After receiving the book, Principal Zhao was quite excited, trying to get Ma Ran to give a speech to motivate the students.
He was quickly and easily convinced by Ma Ran's reasoning: "Everyone hasn't begun stepping into the Extraordinary Domain yet; giving a speech now would be superficial and not very helpful to the students, there's always next ti" to hold off.
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