Your Teacher I, am Hella Rich

 Chapter 19 - He Deserves To Stay Single For The Rest Of His Life!

All things considered, Ji Xiaoli was still a college student who attended a civil service exam remedial class once. After realizing that he unceremoniously blocked YueJian ChunHe, his brain churned itself into a slurry. Ji Xiaoli suddenly sobered up after spending a brief period in a muddled state.

His eyes lit up as he idly typed.

【PM】Teacher Orders a Salute: Ah, my hand slipped so I accidentally blocked you. Boss Yue, are you alright? Are you ok?

Boss Yue watched as the blue-clothed swordsman stood up and circled twice around him as he explained himself.

Boss Yue suddenly found it a tad comical, and he burst out chuckling, attracting a look of surprise from a female junior nearby. 

【PM】YueJian ChunHe: It’s ok. 15,000. Sell? This region’s highest offer.

Ji Xiaoli was relieved. The hard part was over.

You have to be humble when you are trapped in a situation where you’re inferior. If he was not in the Emperor Pavilion guild, he would’ve just blocked this trash of a man.

But, this scum seemed rather daft to have believed his words just like that.

However, returning to the subject at hand, Ji Xiaoli expressed some hesitance as he glanced at the Millenium Dark Steel kept safely inside his bundle. He pondered on what to do with the item when he suddenly received more PMs in his mailbox. The two individuals at the very top of the list rendered Ji Xiaoli mute as he hurriedly clicked them open.

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【Jade Starship: 12,000. Are you selling?】

【Borrowing Heaven’s Sword: I won’t elaborate. 13,000. No one besides YueJian ChunHe can possibly bid a higher price than me. If you want to sell it to him, that’s alright with me as well.】

Just like the joke of a substitute had said; the Millenium Dark Steel looks expensive, but that’s all there was to it.

The cost of making a sacred weapon is so high that no one in the entire game, except for the top 20 big shots on the leaderboard, would be willing to spend a fortune to make such an item. Moreover, the Millennium Dark Steel was only a material for forging sacred artifacts, and was not a true sacred artifact. The most desirable option for a Ji Xiaoli would be to sell the material to a big shot. It was worthless to him. 

If he looked purely at the monetary gains, he would sell it to YueJian ChunHe. But Ji Xiaoli felt disinclined: “I would rather throw it away than sell it to that slag man!”

Further down the line is Borrowing Heaven’s Sword. However, Ji Xiaoli didn’t have a good impression of him either.

And there’s Jade Starship.

Jade Starship is “Knight Errant Road” first region’s Wudang da shixiong, and ranked second. His cultivation only lagged behind YueJian ChunHe by 3,000 cultivation points. Ji Xiaoli was not familiar with this person, so selling it to him was no big deal. But Ji Xiaoli hesitated for a prolonged period and did not reply to the other.

【PM】YueJian ChunHe: What are you doing?

Ji Xiaoli subconsciously blurted out:【Jade Starship and Borrowing Heaven’s Sword have also bid a price.】

Just after he made his statement, he recognized that there was something amiss and hastened to remedy the situation:【No, the prices they offered weren’t as high as yours.】

【PM】YueJian ChunHe: I know.

Ji Xiaoli: “???”

What do you mean by you know?

【PM】YueJian ChunHe: Do you want to sell it?

【PM】Teacher Orders a Salute: I don’t know…

YueJian ChunHe stayed stoically silent for a moment.

【PM】YueJian ChunHe: First of all, do you want to forge a sacred weapon? Sacred weapons require 50 Millenium Dark Steel and various other materials that would add up to around 60W. Secondly, do you have anyone you want to sell to? Price is not a problem, and you don’t lack in the financial department. Whatever you want to do, whether you want to sell it or not, Xiaoli, no one is going to force you.

As he parsed YueJian ChunHe’s words, enlightenment dawned on Ji Xiaoli; though he failed to register the opposing party’s term of address for himself.

Yeah. It’s not like I’m strapped for cash!

Firstly, he wasn’t interested in forging a sacred weapon. He was still a weakling with far too much room for progress. Presently, there was no need for him to wield a sacred weapon.

Besides, he had no desire to sell it to YueJian ChunHe. On top of that, he also didn’t want to sell it to Borrowing Heaven’s Sword. As for Jade Starship…

【PM】Teacher Orders a Salute: I don’t want to sell.

【PM】YueJian ChunHe: Ok.

Ji Xiaoli was in disbelief.

Just like that?

【PM】Teacher Orders a Salute: You won’t ask me why?

【PM】YueJian ChunHe: Like I said, no one will force you.

Reading the words on the monitor, Ji Xiaoli had mixed feelings and was at a loss for words. A silent, female Emei came to mind. The female Emei, like his disciple, spoke little, was insouciant, never clung to her shifu for equipment, and did not whisper on the World channel like most female players.

Aside from cheating the affections of others, there was nothing wrong with that female Emei.

And YueJian ChunHe, there was nothing wrong with him except that he was a liar.

Suddenly, a message notification jolted Ji Xiaoli out of his thoughts.

【System】”YueJian ChunHe” has sent you a friend request. Accept or Reject.

Before Ji Xiaoli could react, the other party had sent a certain string of words.

【PM】YueJian ChunHe: Slip of the hand?

Ji Xiaoli: “…..”

His hand was not going to slip again!!!

Within the next second, Ji Xiaoli added Boss Yue as a friend, fulfilling the dreams of countless players in the game.

Understanding that Ji Xiaoli did not intend to sell the Millenium Dark Steel, YueJian ChunHe sent a message in the team channel, “He does not intend to sell”. After informing Braised Pigeon and Lao Wan, he went offline.

Braised Pigeon did not expect Ji Xiaoli to not sell off the Millenium Dark Steel.

【Braised Pigeon: No way, young man. If you’re not selling it, does that mean you’re planning to forge one yourself? Oh yeah, your cultivation is quite high. You should have the funds. But, the Millenium Dark Steel is truly too difficult to gather. You would not be able to buy it even if it were put up on the market. It’s all monopolized by YueJian ChunHe and the others.】

【Teacher Orders a Salute: Hahaha, thanks for the reminder, Boss Pigeon. But, I really have no intention of selling it.】

Braised Pigeon was magnanimous:【No problem, tell me next time when you get it again. I’ll bid it for the same price~】

The crowd disbanded from the team and left Baituo Mountain Village.

Milk Tea Small Crisp mounted his steed and prepared to leave. The female Emei had only taken two steps before she found her shifu still standing in place, with no attempt to follow. How puzzling. He dismounted and walked toward Ji Xiaoli.

【Teacher Orders a Salute: I’ll give you the Millenium Dark Steel, disciple.】

There was a pause in Milk Tea Small Crisp’s motions. She ambled to Ji Xiaoli’s side after a split second.

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: Why?】

Ji Xiaoli was very forthright:【I’m your shifu. Am I not allowed to gift something to my disciple?】

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: I can already leave the sect when I got to Level 100. I just haven’t been able to do the quest to end my apprenticeship.】

【Teacher Orders a Salute: …..】

【Teacher Orders a Salute: Scoundrel disciple! You dare end your apprenticeship! Don’t you want to be this master’s disciple for the rest of your life? Don’t you want to be this master’s little baby? Don’t you want to be protected by this master for the rest of your life?!】

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: …Little baby?】

【Ji Xiaoli: cough, I’m just saying.】

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: Oh, so you’re protecting me?】

【Teacher Orders a Salute: ……】

Ji Xiaoli was aggrieved, but conscientiously gave in: 【Ok, fine. It’s the disciple who is protecting this master.】

Milk Tea Small Crisp:【Why did you give it to me? You want to sell it to me because you didn’t want to sell it to YueJian ChunHe? Okay, I can buy it off of you.】

Ji Xiaoli:【I already said I’m giving it to you.】

【?】

The blue-clad swordsman polished his sword and gazed far into the distance:【My disciple, take this precious treasure I have gifted you and give it to whomever you want.】

Milk Tea Small Crisp:【???】

What the hell!?

When Milk Tea Small Crisp was unwilling to accept the Millenium Dark Steel, Ji Xiaoli could only say:【Disciple, you’ve helped me so much before. Like, when you set a bounty on One Wet Hand for me. What’s wrong with me giving you a Millenium Dark Steel? Just keep it. Are you really a man? So coy!】

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: …..】

This time, Milk Tea Small Crisp finally accepted the gift.

Ji Xiaoli thought to himself. I can only help you so far, disciple!

Ji Xiaoli was moved by his actions for days.

It was only a few days later when Braised Pigeon was eager to take another group of players to do their daily tasks. Among them was Ji Xiaoli. Ji Xiaoli looked at the Tianshan da shijie’s lofty and domineering back and started beating around the bush:【Boss Pigeon, you want to forge a sacred weapon too?】

【Braised Pigeon: That’s right. But I’ve only collected three shards of Millenium Dark Steel. Alas, it has been a month since I received one. When would I be able to forge a sacred weapon!?】

Ji Xiaoli: “….”

The heck?!

Ji Xiaoli rushed to find his disciple.

【Teacher Orders a Salute: !!! Disciple, did you sell off the Millenium Steel?】

He didn’t sell the Millenium Steel to Braised Pigeon at a low price? Or even give it to her?

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: Why would I sell it?】

【Teacher Orders a Salute: The fuck? Why are you keeping it if you’re not gonna sell it?】

【Milk Tea Small Crisp: Coincidentally, I want to forge a sacred weapon too.】

Ji Xiaoli: “…..”

This straight man is hopeless!

Ji Xiaoli was so impressed by his disciple’s emotional intelligence that he was at a loss for words. He quit the game and made an update in his WeChat Moments.

『Roasted Psyduck: A straight man with low EQ can’t be remedied no matter how high his IQ is!』

Three seconds later.

『Cyril has liked your post.』

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… You still have the nerve to like the post!!!

Ji Xiaoli was determined not to speak with his disciple for a day. What a low EQ, foolish disciple. He deserves to stay single for the rest of his life!

Seeing the college classmates group lighting up, Ji Xiaoli tabbed in to check through it.

【Xia Xiao: Congratulations, Old Liu, the first of our class to be married. When are you treating your fellow classmates to your wedding feast?】

【Liu Hao: Hehe, next Saturday. Everyone who has time should come to attend the wedding feast.】

【Li Fengshao: Where is it taking place?】

【Liu Hao: Shanghai.】

【Li Fengshao: Oh goddamn, that’s close by. Everyone can come. If I recall correctly, Xia Xiao and Liu Yan are in Shanghai. Ji Xiaoli and Shen Yu are at Suzhou. Some others are located in Nanjing and Hangzhou or something. They can all come.】

【Ji Xiaoli: Next Saturday? I think I have time. Congrats.】

【Liu Hao: Thank you, my fellow classmates. Come grace us with your presence next Saturday if you’re free!】