amaotonovel Chapter 240 Fu Xuan: When did work become so easy?
Chapter 240 Fu Xuan: When did work become so easy?
"Fu Xuan, don't listen to Jing Yuan's nonsense. He used a similar excuse to skip classes back then, and he said the same thing after I caught him. I didn't expect that he is still the same after so many years. Fu Xuan, don't learn from him." Jing Liu said to Fu Xuan in the tone of an elder.
Fu Xuan: Is this what it means to be a generation apart?
"Master, what happened in the past is in the past, let's not mention it again." Jing Yuan said somewhat embarrassedly.
"I'm not afraid that you might corrupt others. I actually think Fu Xuan is a good candidate to be a general, but he still needs more work. Fu Xuan, how old are you this year?"
Fu Xuan felt a little flattered when he heard Jing Liu praising him like this. He glanced at Jing Yuan and said, "I'm 238 years old this year."
"Well, that's quite impressive indeed! Being able to take on the position of Grand Diviner at such a young age is proof of your exceptional ability and talent. However, it's still too early for you to ascend to the position of general. After all, the talent pool on the Immortal Ship is dwindling, and those who can be entrusted with important tasks are extremely rare. So, Fu Xuan, you might as well wait a little longer. When you or Jing Yuan can successfully cultivate an outstanding talent like Yan Qing, that will be the perfect time for you to ascend to the throne of the next general! By then, I will certainly speak well of you in front of the Marshal."
Jing Liu's words were like a ray of dawn, instantly illuminating Fu Xuan's heart. She felt as if she could see the glorious moment of herself donning military uniform and holding the helm of the army was just around the corner. At the same time, Fu Xuan's mind couldn't help but recollect the hundreds of letters she had meticulously crafted impeaching (cross out that word) Jing Yuan—or rather, requesting his resignation. Recalling the responses to these letters, which ranged from the bland "It's too early" to the vague "We'll talk about it later," and other such confusing and ambiguous statements, a nameless anger welled up within her, and she glared at Jing Yuan once more.
Fu Xuan finally felt that someone understood him, but he didn't know that Jing Liu's words could be translated into just one sentence: You are too young, and the position of general is too complicated, you can't grasp it.
Jing Yuan whispered to the mirror: "Master, it still has to be you."
Jing Liu responded coldly, "If you had been more diligent back then, you wouldn't be in this situation today."
Jing Yuan's smiling face suddenly froze, but Fu Xuan didn't notice because she was still fantasizing about the day when she would become a general.
Fu Xuan, who was immersed in fantasy, blushed a little, and then suddenly realized something was wrong and coughed, then hurriedly said: "This is not a good place to chat, let's go to Shen Ce Mansion."
After returning to Shen Ce Mansion, Jing Yuan found that there were many documents waiting to be reviewed on his desk.
Jing Yuan suddenly felt that he had come back a little too early.
"Mr. Fu, is this the workload for the three days I'm away?"
"Of course, and this is an extremely important document left after I have reviewed a batch of unimportant documents." Fu Xuan was a little dissatisfied. He had dealt with many more documents than this in the past few days, and he had not rested for two days and two nights.
"Jing Yuan, stop looking for excuses to slack off. Have you always been like this all these years?" Jing Liu's tone became increasingly cold. This was how Jing Yuan was when he was learning swordsmanship from him. Did he just ask him to swing the sword 30,000 times every day after training, and then run three laps around the entire Changletian?
After each training session, Jing Yuan would always find various excuses to escape. Once, he even said that a sea patrolman saw that he was very talented and took him to travel around the Milky Way. Finally, Jing Liu found Jing Yuan eating with a greasy mouth at a stall in Jinren Lane.
"Master, how is that possible? I just feel like there are a few missing files, haha..."
"That's better! Fu Xuan, if you find that Jing Yuan adds tasks that should belong to him for various reasons, then notify me. I also want to test whether his martial arts have improved over the years." Jing Liu said to Fu Xuan.
Fu Xuan hurriedly agreed, but Jing Yuan, who was processing documents, couldn't help but shudder. Master, oh master, you are treating me like a relative from a different generation.
It will be troublesome if you want to be lazy again in the future.
Jingyuan couldn't help but feel regretful when he thought about the time when he could get up at 8 o'clock, start work at 11 o'clock, take a walk and eat at 12 o'clock, work at 4 o'clock, and go home at 5 o'clock.
In contrast, our General Feixiao gets up at 6 o'clock, finishes his meal, shower, and packs up at 6:30, starts working at 7 o'clock and works until 12 o'clock. After eating for half an hour, he simply trains for half an hour, and then continues to work until 5 o'clock. After get off work, he practices swordsmanship and physical fitness for 3 hours, and finally eats, washes up, and goes to bed.
Well, comparing people will make you die, and comparing goods will make you throw them away. Jing Liu decided in his heart that he must let Jing Yuan return to his normal work and rest (Fei Xiao's work and rest), otherwise his physical condition will get worse and worse, and it will be troublesome if he falls into the devil's Yin early.
"Okay, okay, Jingliu Sword Master." Fu Xuan thought about the intensity of his daily work, which was 7 or 8 hours a day. It had been like this since he became the Grand Diviner.
The next day, after Fu Xuan finished reviewing his last document, he checked the time. "Huh? Why is it only noon?"
"Come here, are these the documents we have today?"
A strategist then said, "Master Taibu, this is the workload for today."
Fu Xuan was extremely puzzled. Was his work speed increasing again? He was actually working four hours earlier?
Fu Xuan looked at the pile of documents on the table and fell into deep thought.
The strategist was also puzzled. Why didn't Yanqing come to deliver the general's documents today? Could it be that today was the Grand Astrologer's birthday?
This isn't right, is it? In the past, Taibu's birthday was always a half-day holiday.
How strange, how strange!
At this moment, Jing Yuan looked at the three piles of documents and shed tears of regret in his heart. The last time he had to deal with so many documents was last time.
If I had known this earlier, I should have been more secretive. It would have been much safer to reduce two-thirds of my workload to one-half and give it to Fu Xuan.
Knock knock knock, there was a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
Bai Lu walked up to Jing Yuan with a bowl of steaming tonic soup and said, "This is the tonic soup Sister Jing Liu asked me to bring you. Sister Jing Liu said that after you finish processing these documents, you can go to Yuque Xianzhou to find her for training. I have a patient to take care of, so I'll leave first."
Jing Yuan responded numbly.
Bai Lu handed the tonic soup to the general's secretary and turned to leave.
(PS: The Yuque Immortal Boat and the Luofu Immortal Boat are now close together. They can be reached directly in a few minutes by flying on the most ordinary Star Raft. As for why Bai Lu didn't call Jing Yuan "General", it was Jing Liu's special permission, and his disciple Jing Yuan couldn't refuse.)