Xi Shi's real name is Shi Yiguang.
She was originally an ignorant young girl from an ownerless land between Xuan Yong Country and Jixia.
Once, Shi Yiguang picked up a small puppet and sold it for one silver dollar in the black market.
Before she could celebrate, the cannon in the little puppet's hand suddenly went off and burned the entire black market.
Because of this, Shi Yiguang owed a huge debt.
One time, in order to avoid a debt, she escaped into an abandoned ancient ancestral hall.
In the ancient ancestral hall, he picked up a light gauze with demonic patterns drawn on it.
It was a magical veil that would help her bind all her enemies.
With the light gauze, Shi Yiguang avoided debt collection time and time again.
After the debt collectors discovered the magical ability of the gauze in Shi Yiguang's hand, they realized that it was a treasure. Therefore, they set up a trap to capture Shi Yiguang.
He obtained the treasure along with the person!
Coincidentally…
Zhuang Zhou, one of the three sages of Jixia, happened to pass by and saved Shi Yiguang, taking her as his disciple.
After Shi Yiguang learned of the purpose of the debt collectors, he decided to conceal his identity, leave the Land of No King, and head to Jixia Academy.
The ownerless land was located west of Jixia Academy.
In order to commemorate his hometown, Shi Yiguang changed his name to Xi Shi.
……
This time, Zhuang Zhou had followed the old teacher to Chang 'an to open a branch academy. He had only brought a few teachers and Dongfang Yao as a student. Most of the other students had stayed in Jixia Academy's headquarters...
After all, the headquarters of Jixia Academy still had the Miracle Tower to protect. It was impossible for all of their manpower to be transferred to Chang 'an.
Xi Shi was also one of the students who had been arranged to stay behind at Jixia Academy's headquarters. However, she had relied on her own abilities to travel thousands of miles from Jixia Academy to Chang 'an.
Xi Shi had originally wanted to report to Zhuang Zhou at the academy, but she did not expect that today would be the day when the Chang 'an Branch College was recruiting new students.
A few prospective students mistakenly thought that Xi Shi was deliberately cutting the queue with her pretty face, so they jumped out to criticize her!
Until Pu Qianye appeared in front of Xi Shi.
……
"Hehe, this girl actually said that she's a student of Jixia Academy and Sage Zhuang Zhou?! I laughed! How could Sage Zhuang Zhou have such a weak student?”
"This girl is so young, but she doesn't even blink when she lies!”
"How dare you swindle people in front of the teachers of Jixia Academy!”
"That's right. A mere beginner Silver Rank rookie dares to impersonate a student of Jixia Academy? Everyone knew that Jixia Academy's minimum requirement for accepting disciples was Gold rank!”
"Teacher, I suggest you capture her and interrogate her!”
The prospective students who had quarreled with Xi Shi began to mock and ridicule him. They even suggested that Pu Qianye arrest him.
"I'm not lying!"
"My teacher is Zhuang Zhou…"
Xi Shi was so anxious that she was about to cry. She was only a little girl of fifteen or sixteen years old. Moreover, she had just become her disciple not long ago. How could she argue with these prospective students who were deliberately targeting her?
"Tsk! Still stubborn! Which student would call their teacher by his name?”
"That's right. How rude of you to call Sage Zhuang Zhou by his name!”
"I wonder where this wild girl came from!”
"Hurry up and get lost. I won't make things difficult for you if you leave this place!”
The prospective students did not believe Xi Shi's words at all.
At this moment…
Pu Qianye said,"
"Shi Yiguang, come with me!"
"You, how do you know my name?”
Xi Shi looked at Pu Qianye in shock, her eyes filled with disbelief.
The few prospective students who were arguing with Xi Shi were all stunned when they saw this scene.
No way!
This handsome tutor from Jixia Academy actually knew that little girl?!
Could she really be a student of Jixia Academy?
Sage Zhuang Zhou's disciple?
"Your master mentioned it to me before…"
Pu Qianye found a random excuse." Don't worry. I'm very familiar with your master. I won't harm you!”
Xi Shi stared at Pu Qianye suspiciously for a while and finally nodded.
She had been at the scene for a while and knew that Pu Qianye was indeed a staff member of the academy.
Moreover, Pu Qianye was extremely handsome. He shouldn't be a bad person!
Thus, Xi Shi followed Pu Qianye out of the group.
The few prospective students who were still desperately attacking Xi Shi were dumbfounded.
"No way, she really is a student of Jixia Academy!”
"We're done for. We've offended Sage Zhuang Zhou's student!”
"Will she hold a grudge? Can we give up on the assessment?”
The prospective students were worried for a long time, but they finally realized that no one cared about what they had done.
No one hated them.
He didn't even know his name…
……
Pu Qianye brought Xi Shi back to the recruitment office.
Zhuge Liang looked at Xi Shi with a surprised expression."
"Eh, isn't this the new female disciple that Teacher Zhuang Zhou has accepted? What's her name again?”
Zhuge Liang had only met Xi Shi a few times before he followed the Three Sages to Chang 'an, so he did not even remember Xi Shi's name.
"Hello, teacher. My name is Xi Shi."
Xi Shi naturally gave her a fake name.
"Shouldn't you be staying at the academy headquarters?”
"Why did you come to Chang 'an?"
Zhuge Liang asked subconsciously.
Although he was not a teacher who specialized in discipline, it was still reasonable for him to ask a little.
"This…I…"
Xi Shi hesitated.
To put it bluntly, she had been brought back to Jixia Academy by Zhuang Zhou.
After Zhuang Zhou came to Chang 'an, she felt that the atmosphere there had become a little unfamiliar. She was not used to it, so she followed him here.
It was very normal. As Zhuang Zhou's disciple, Xi Shi's strength was only at the early stage of Silver Rank. It would be strange if she was not ridiculed and despised by her classmates…
"Alright, Student Zhuge, you can go ahead with your business…"
"Leave her matters to me.”
Pu Qianye knew that Xi Shi had something she couldn't say, so he helped her out.
Xi Shi looked at Pu Qianye gratefully. She felt a warmth of being protected.
Hearing Pu Qianye's words, Zhuge Liang did not ask further."
"Then let Mister Pu handle it…"
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A little bit of a spoiler: the little puppet that Xi Shi picked up back then was very likely the No. 7 Luban that was lost by Master Luban, a student of the Jixia Academy's Traps Art.
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