AMRWFA -Chapter 403 The Master Appears

“Get lost!” Ruan Yaoyao said with a look of disgust. “If there’s anything good at home, have I ever not thought of you? Haven’t I spoiled you enough?”

“Then why didn’t you take me along for cultivation?”

“Didn’t I already tell you? You’re in school—school! Do you not understand that? Your school isn’t some cultivation academy. Am I supposed to rewrite your curriculum?”

“I don’t even learn anything at school…”

Before Xu Hongye could finish, Ruan Yaoyao snapped at him.

“Shut up! If you’re not learning anything, that’s your own problem—it has nothing to do with the school. Your school has produced so many outstanding people—why are you the only one who can’t make it? Why don’t you reflect on yourself?”

Just mentioning this made Ruan Yaoyao furious.

Among all her children—biological or not—every single one of them was capable and presentable.

Yet when it came to her fifth child, he turned out to be completely useless.

Being useless would’ve been one thing, but he wasn’t even motivated. All he did was eat, drink, have fun, and coast through life waiting to die.

As he himself put it, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Even if he never worked hard, he could live comfortably for the rest of his life—so why bother wasting energy?

Ruan Yaoyao felt like cursing.

What the ancestors left behind belonged to the ancestors—what did it have to do with him?

Precisely because he benefited from that legacy, he should work even harder. Otherwise, what about the next generation? If he could loaf around, could his children do the same? And their children too?

Dream on.

Not only did Xu Hongye get thoroughly scolded, Ruan Yaoyao also laid down a strict rule: until he successfully graduated from university with good grades, he wasn’t allowed to touch cultivation at all.

She even warned the entire family—if anyone dared to secretly help him behind her back, she would cripple them.

The Xu family: “……”

No way!
We wouldn’t dare!

Xu Hongye: “……”

Sob, sob… I’m definitely not her biological child. Maybe she picked me up from somewhere!

Of course, he didn’t dare say that out loud. If he did, not only would his mother beat him, but his brothers and sisters wouldn’t let him off either.

His eldest and second brothers had long been jealous of his biological status. If he dared question it, they’d show him what “Seven Wolves” really meant.

They always said the eldest brother was like a father—so while the eldest wouldn’t hit him, he’d definitely cover things up while the second brother did the beating.

Thinking of this, Xu Hongye felt even more pitiful.

Waaah… I’m so miserable!
Why is my life so tragic?!

On his way back, Xu Hongye ran into a “master.”

—

“The fifth one started cultivating?”

The moment Ruan Yaoyao saw Xu Hongye’s smug social media post, she immediately gathered the family and asked if anyone had helped him.

How would Xu Lianghan and the others dare admit it? They all shook their heads frantically, practically ready to swear to the heavens.

“If not you, then who?” Ruan Yaoyao swept her gaze over them sharply. It didn’t seem like something they’d dare to do either.

【They probably don’t have the guts, right?】

Everyone nodded crazily in their hearts: Right, right—we definitely don’t!

“Really not us!”

“Then who?”

“Could it be some opportunity he found on his own?” Xu Lianghan guessed.

Ru Anzhi wasn’t so sure. Based on what they knew, the only true “wild cultivator” was Ruan Yaoyao herself. But hadn’t a few people with special constitutions appeared before?

What if Xu Hongye had encountered someone like that?

Ruan Yaoyao assigned them a task—get information out of Xu Hongye and figure out what he was up to. They had to make sure he wasn’t being scammed.

The Xu family all contacted Xu Hongye. Unexpectedly, as soon as he answered, he started boasting proudly, saying that even without them, he could still cultivate.

He even told them to wait—his master had said he was a “once-in-a-century cultivation genius” who would surpass everyone and astonish the world.

“When the time comes, I’ll be waiting for you all to kneel and beg me!”

After making his declaration, Xu Hongye hung up with a loud snap.

Ru Anzhi quietly went to Minister Qin and asked him to investigate who Xu Hongye was learning from.

Minister Qin: “…This is a bit hard to say.”

“Is he really a master?”

“Not sure. The people we sent checked him—there’s no sign he’s cultivated, nor does he have any special constitution. But… he did successfully summon a spirit and let someone see his deceased wife.”

“Summon a spirit?!” Ru Anzhi quickly asked, “Could he be a Descender?”

Minister Qin shook his head. “We checked—he doesn’t have a Descender mark, nor a travel ticket.”

“So he might actually be a local Taoist priest?”

“We may need your mother to take a look. No one else can be certain.”

…

They had already investigated all other reported strange phenomena, but this particular “master” that Xu Hongye encountered left them uncertain.

Upon receiving the task, Ruan Yaoyao wasted no time. She brought Ruan Zhihe along and headed to Xu Hongye’s city.

Coincidentally, she also wanted to see what kind of “master” her son had taken as his teacher.

At first glance, Ruan Yaoyao didn’t see any “label-like” existence above the master’s head.

She examined his physiognomy again.

He didn’t seem to have any special constitution either. So how exactly did he manage to summon spirits?

Soon, information about the master and her son was delivered to her. She reviewed it repeatedly but found nothing unusual.

After all, her son had only just become his disciple. The master was still “testing” him and hadn’t started teaching real skills yet.

For now, Xu Hongye was just undergoing physical training—running, stretching, backbends, lifting weights, and so on.

He had previously practiced taekwondo and jujitsu, so his physical foundation was decent. He had just slacked off after entering university.

Well, children grow up and become independent.

Ruan Yaoyao could guide him, but she couldn’t force him to do something he didn’t want.

In the end, she shifted her attention to the master’s fortune-telling abilities.

Since both of them were fortune-tellers, even though Ruan Yaoyao could only see “detailed pages” for a few people, after cultivating for so long, she had learned some physiognomy and could read certain things from people’s faces.

So she decided to follow him secretly—maybe she’d uncover something.

After staking out for half a day, she noticed the master only met a few clients each day, seemingly all referred by acquaintances.

The questions people asked were always the same—work, relationships, or when they’d get rich.

Ruan Yaoyao: “……”

【What he’s saying isn’t even correct!】

【That man can’t find a wife because of the sins he committed in his past life. And in this life, his foul mouth scares away whatever romantic prospects he has left.】

【What woman would want a man who keeps calling women “gold diggers”? What exactly are they digging from him? He won’t even buy a cup of milk tea, and even expects to split the bill for a bowl of spicy hotpot—who would want that?】

Then she listened to what the master was saying—one moment claiming the man had the fate of wealth but bad luck with women, the next saying something was wrong with the feng shui in his home and needed rearranging.

【Tsk, tsk… He’s even better at scamming than I am!】

【At least when I scam people, I’m actually trying to solve their problems!】

【Isn’t this guy just cheating people out of money?】

Ruan Zhihe stared blankly.

Was this really a master?

Or was he a hidden expert deliberately acting this way?