What are the shortcomings that can be exchanged for a better outcome? I'm lacking everything!

Chapter 33 Pride and Prejudice, the Great Test of Porcelain Making

"Senior sister, you're so diligent! You got up so early!"

Bu Che greeted him with a smile.

Bu Che was generous with his smiles towards these diligent people who were accumulating their hard work, since he still needed to continue to take advantage of his senior sister.

"Ah Che, it's you again." Lin Qiuyue put down the pumpkin hammer in her hand and looked at Bu Che.

"You're here again." Lin Qiuyue's peach blossom eyes showed a hint of surprise.

She couldn't help but recall the scene from the day before when Bu Che casually smashed the two porcelain statues of ghosts and gods.

"Junior brother, are you going to break the porcelain?" Lin Qiuyue asked.

Bu Che nodded repeatedly: "I love broken porcelain."

"Love my foot! What's so great about breaking porcelain? Once you join the porcelain-breaking workshop and become a formal porcelain-breaking worker for the Xue family, you'll have a fixed porcelain-breaking task every month that you can't escape. Otherwise, who would want to break porcelain every day and get tainted by ghosts and gods?"

Lin Qiuyue rolled her beautiful peach blossom eyes, not believing Bu Che's nonsense.

Bu Che simply smiled gently, after all, he was telling the truth; he really liked broken porcelain.

"Go and choose two yourself. Remember, you can only choose two!"

Lin Qiuyue glared at her with her peach blossom eyes: "Don't do anything reckless."

Bu Che could only nod hurriedly: "Don't worry, Senior Sister, I know what I'm doing."

After that, Bu Che stopped talking, selected two porcelain statues of ghosts and gods, took out a ram's horn hammer from his waist, and struck them twice.

After absorbing the soul from the porcelain statue of the ghost god, Bu Che got up with satisfaction.

"Senior sister, please continue. I'm going out to practice martial arts."

Bu Che smiled and greeted them before leaving the Broken Porcelain Courtyard. Shortly after he left, the two porcelain statues of ghosts and gods shattered.

The situation was exactly the same as it was early the day before yesterday.

"That kid..." Lin Qiuyue looked at Bu Che's figure disappearing into the wind and snow, her peach blossom eyes flickering and slightly narrowed.

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Perhaps because the Battle Body Fist Hammer was directly enhanced with four years of Diligence with the help of Steward Liu's sip of wine, Bu Che stopped practicing the Battle Body Fist Hammer in the training ground.

He then switched to practicing the Hunyuan Step, hoping to improve his footwork.

The stronger one's stride, the better one's ability to escape; Bu Che understood this very well.

After receiving the Boiling Blood Porcelain Powder, Bu Che spent the entire morning practicing his footwork, thus completing a year's worth of diligence bonuses.

Without the added benefit of the medicinal wine, Bu Che no longer felt that exhilarating sensation, which left him quite disappointed.

After another year of diligence was used up, Bu Che only had two years left of the eighteen years of diligence he had obtained from his long-legged senior sister.

A trip to the black market is imperative!

"Senior Brother A-Che!"

Just as Bu Che was practicing his footwork, Tang Sang walked over, looking spirited and dressed in her brand-new formal work uniform.

Tang Sang, who had only been working there for a few days, was actually promoted to a full-time employee?

Why? Because of his seven-element martial arts foundation... then it's alright.

Bu Che glanced at it and then looked away.

"Senior Brother A-Che, you'll be next. You're also a disciple of the teacher. Once you've worked for thirty days, the teacher will naturally approve you as a full-time employee!"

Tang Sang said with a smile, her tone full of pride and boasting.

Bu Che's expression softened slightly, and he nodded gently. Seeing that Bu Che didn't seem interested in chatting with him, Tang Sang lost interest and instead went to a fellow apprentice, where they chatted casually with their arms around each other's shoulders.

Bu Che stared at Tang Sang's retreating figure without saying anything.

Arrogance and prejudice are things you will inevitably encounter in your interactions with others.

Perhaps if Bu Che were to demonstrate his advanced cultivation level, he could erase this arrogance and prejudice, but there's no need for that. The current environment is enough for Bu Che to develop peacefully.

What he lacks now is diligence. He needs to be diligent enough to gradually improve his liver blood and qi qigong and strive to achieve mastery!

Although Bu Che was very envious of the Hunyuan Battle Body Fist and the Refining Spirit Method in Old Zhou's hands, he knew that one must take things one step at a time.

Nowadays, there are not many people who are skilled in these two martial arts. Even if they master them, it is difficult to enhance and improve them with the power of diligence.

Therefore, Bu Che was not in a hurry.

Within his chest, the fishing spirit seemed to resonate with his current state of mind, trembling slightly, bringing him inner peace and tranquility.

Play it safe and don't overextend!

In this world, death is commonplace, and those who like to stand out are naturally the first to die!

Even going to the black market tonight isn't a very prudent move.

Ke Buche really needs to find a stable way to obtain broken porcelain.

The discarded porcelain statues of ghosts and gods are controlled by official kilns and major families, and Bu Che is unwilling to provoke these behemoths.

It would be ideal to obtain it from the black market.

Tiger Lord's possession of the token and map to enter the black market indicates that he is qualified to enter the black market with his Entry-level cultivation. There is no reason why someone at the same Entry-level cultivation level would not be qualified. In addition, with the Shadow Serpent characteristic, he can protect himself if he is careful.

He did not leave the Broken Porcelain Workshop because Kong Ci had reminded him yesterday that Elder Zhou would arrange a meeting for the inner disciples today.

Bu Che naturally stayed behind to wait. Just past noon, Tang Sang came looking for him again: "A Che, Master wants us to gather in the inner courtyard."

Tang Sang stopped calling Bu Che "Senior Brother" and her tone became colder.

He originally wanted to befriend Bu Che, thinking that since they were both newcomers, they could support each other in the inner courtyard and form a team. However, he did not expect that Bu Che would not pay any attention to him at all.

Since that's the case, Tang Sang naturally wasn't willing to give her a friendly look.

Bu Che stopped practicing the Hunyuan Step, changed into clean clothes, and then entered the inner courtyard with Tang Sang, who was waiting impatiently.

Inside the courtyard, large tables were set up, laden with steaming hot cooked beef, pork, and other meats, their aroma filling the air.

Many senior students were busy going in and out of the kitchen.

When Bu Che and Tang Sang arrived, Kong Ci saw them immediately and pulled them to sit at the back of the long table.

"Please sit down first. Now that everyone is here, I will go and invite Master out," Kong Ci said with a smile.

Bu Che looked around curiously. All the inner court disciples had gathered, and with Bu Che and Tang Sang, there were a total of fifteen people. In other words, Elder Zhou had taken in a full fifteen inner court disciples.

You must understand, these are true disciples, not the apprentices from the outer academy. They require resources to be drawn from the treasury every month, and that expenditure alone is extremely substantial.

Old Zhou soon came out leaning on his cane. He sat in the main seat, his gaze sweeping over the crowd with a gentle smile, before his eyes fell on Bu Che and Tang Sang.

"These are my two newly accepted disciples for the inner academy, Tang Sang and Bu Che."

"Tang Sang is your junior brother. You should take good care of each other and support one another in the future. I hope that you can become porcelain masters. I hope you can achieve good results in the 'Tianmu Porcelain Refining Grand Examination' in two months."

"Asang, come here and sit next to me. You have the best talent. Although you have only just started cultivating, you are the most promising. You have good physique and great potential. You must cultivate diligently."

Old Zhou smiled and waved towards Tang Sang's location.

"Thank you for your trust, Master. I will study diligently and assiduously to cultivate myself! I will strive not to disappoint you!"

Tang Sang's lips were as sweet as honey as she spoke with unwavering conviction.

Afterwards, Tang Sang moved a chair and sat down next to Old Zhou. Undoubtedly, Old Zhou did not hesitate to show his affection.

Despite being newly accepted disciples, Tang Sang and Bu Che received vastly different treatment.

Lin Qiuyue sipped her wine, glanced at Bu Che sitting far away at the back, and then looked at Tang Sang, who was vowing to work hard.

Thinking of how Bu Che came to break porcelain before dawn, while Tang Sang only came when the sun was high in the sky and only talked about it.

She couldn't help but purse her lips in disdain.