Chapter 121: Lesson Content
Mark really was a pitiful guy. Clearly the number one disciple of the Cultivation Academy, with such a noble status, yet he had to suffer one hardship after another.
One day, he would become strong and be admired by many people. At that time, if Mark told them what he had been through, there was a high chance that not a single person would want to take his place.
"You’re absolutely right. A cultivator absorbing cosmic energy also means absorbing everything in the world to nourish their own body and spiritual soul. If you absorb everything, how could you possibly be a picky eater?"
This time Nexus completely agreed with the system. He did not care about the nonsense it said and only paid attention to the wonderful reasoning part.
[Exactly. So I think we should let Mark continue drinking tea. Moreover, he has to keep drinking until he can taste its deliciousness. At that point, we can heal him and then head to the American Hunter Academy.]
The system was still very reliable when it seriously thought things through. It was just that Mark was about to suffer. Just swallowing the abstract taste of that tea was already difficult, and actually tasting the deliciousness in it would be tens of thousands of times harder.
"Then quickly inform him."
As soon as Nexus nodded, the system’s voice had already sounded in Mark’s mind. This work speed was truly unrivaled in the universe.
[Mark, listen carefully. The content of your third lesson is to drink that tea until you can taste its deliciousness. Only then will this lesson end.]
After giving the notice, the system immediately disappeared, leaving poor Mark dumbfounded because he thought he had hearing problems.
But could Mark even have hearing problems now? If he was already deaf, how could he have hearing problems on top of that? This was clearly an extremely serious notice from the system.
Master, system, are you two messing with me? You dare call this damn thing tea? It would be more believable if you said it was waste or some kind of poison.
Mark roared inwardly, continuously cursing the system as a bastard. Of course, he was cursing the system and could not possibly curse his master. After all, with this kind of cursing, the system would not hear him... probably.
Although Mark still felt quite shocked by the content of the third lesson, when he seriously compared them, the third lesson was much easier than the first and second lessons.
"What the heck? Why did you suddenly become so obedient? Could it be that you died?"
Emily frowned when Mark suddenly stopped struggling. After checking, she found that he was still alive, and it even seemed like he had given up resisting.
With her thinking going haywire whenever tea was involved, Emily’s genius brain immediately came to a highly suspicious conclusion.
"Could it be... you finally felt it? Has someone else finally understood this wonderful flavor?"
Seeing that Mark was not only not resisting but was even actively swallowing the tea, and at a slow pace as if he was trying to clearly savor the flavor, Emily’s face flushed slightly with happiness.
She had studied the flavor of tea for so long, and finally she met someone willing to appreciate the tea she brewed instead of just swallowing it to recover his injuries and energy.
"Do you actually believe what you’re saying?"
Nick eavesdropped from outside and muttered while shuddering. Why were such demonic words coming out of the mouth of a beautiful lady?
"You little brat! Do you think I’m deaf? You’ve been secretly badmouthing me behind my back quite a lot."
The happiness she felt from finally having someone acknowledge her efforts was immediately ruined when Nick’s whispering interrupted her, making Emily furious.
So she rushed outside to grab Nick and force him to drink the tea, but Nick had already run away first.
"Don’t even think about forcing me to drink that stuff! Just smelling it makes me feel like something’s wrong."
Nick was very serious about his work, but with Emily here right now, taking a temporary break shouldn’t count as abandoning his job. Moreover, that extremely abstract tea smell was enough for Nick to imagine how horrifying the flavor was, so he would have to be crazy to stay and let Emily torture him.
Huh? Is it over already? Looks like the system and master still have a little conscience.
Emily suddenly leaving made Mark mistakenly think that this was temporarily over. So he stuck out his tongue and spat out everything he could.
No, I absolutely cannot let my guard down. Based on what I know about those two, something this easy absolutely cannot count as a lesson.
After only three seconds of relief, Mark immediately became alert. He had already gone through two damn lessons, so if he really thought the third lesson would be easy, then he truly was an idiot.
"Hmph, what a short-sighted brat with no taste for tea. Mark, let’s continue."
Emily once again brought the teapot over to Mark. Unlike her attitude at first, she was now smiling like a flower. For the first time, she felt that Mark was actually quite good-looking, quite handsome. Could this be what they called the beauty of having good taste in tea?
Sure enough, here it comes again. I knew there was no way it would end so easily.
Feeling the spout of the teapot placed into his mouth once again, Mark cried inwardly. There had been times when he had to look for food in trash cans before, but he had chosen carefully, so the taste was not that bad.
He admitted that the taste of this tea was something even more horrifying than the worst flavor his brain could imagine.
[Audacious mortal! What right does a brat like you have to secretly curse this great system? Very well, then don’t blame me for increasing the difficulty.]
Of course, the system knew everything Mark was thinking. With its arrogant personality, it naturally would not let this go. But it could not take the initiative and do it without asking Nexus, so it looked at Nexus.
"No problem. As long as it does not stray from the goal of the third lesson."
After receiving Nexus’s nod, the system immediately revealed a sinister smile.