Chapter 127 - Eating His Own Shoes (1/2)

”Ahem!” Elder Yao suddenly cleared his throat loudly, trying to relieve some of his anxiety, but alas, it barely helped him keep calm.

”W-Welcome, disciples. F-For today's lecture… I will be… giving a lecture… on...” Elder Yao spoke in a trembling voice, feeling as though he was a child with stage fright while standing on the stage for the first time, and he could barely complete a full sentence without stuttering.

When the disciples saw this, they silently looked at each other with their eyebrows raised and their gazes full of questions. Why was Elder Yao acting so weird? It seemed like he was on the verge of a breakdown from the disciples' view.

”Are you okay, Elder Yao? You don't look so good.” One of the Inner Court disciples there decided to ask him.

”I am fine… Just feeling a little under the weather…” Elder Yao responded a moment later.

'Feeling under the weather?' The disciples became even more puzzled after hearing such words.

Why would a sect elder willingly give a lecture when he's sick? Furthermore, can Cultivators even feel 'under the weather'? Clearly, it was something else that was bothering him, but these disciples didn't dare to probe any further and accepted his lie as the truth, as they didn't dare to offend Elder Yao who was known for being a ruthless sect elder.

The disciples then patiently waited for Elder Yao to get himself together before continuing with the lecture.

A few minutes later, once Elder Yao calmed down enough, he began giving the lecture, and it was about random things that made no sense for a lecture, but the nervousness and uncertainty in his voice did not go away and remained for the rest of the lecture. In fact, his voice only became weirder and harder to listen as the lecture went on.

The disciples participating in the lecture were greatly baffled by the bizarre situation with some of them even thinking that they were being pranked by Elder Yao. After all, no sane sect elder would call this mess a 'lecture', as it was more of a babbling session with the topic constantly changing abruptly.

However, none of the disciples spoke up nor complained regardless of the unusual situation, nor did any of them decide to suddenly leave the lecture abruptly, as they were still afraid of offending Elder Yao.

The 'lecture' by Elder Yao lasted for an entire hour, but for the disciples, it felt like they were being punished for an eternity.

'F.u.c.k! Why am I wasting my time here?! I could've been listening to Fairy Ling's lecture by now!'

'What the heck is Elder Yao doing? Has he lost his mind? I want my precious time back!'

”Damn it! I want to leave now but what if I offend him? I have heard about his reputation and I don't want to be the first one to leave!'

The disciples there cursed inwardly, and most of them silently hoped for another disciple to leave first so they can follow! But alas, because all of them were thinking the same thing and waited for someone else to act, none of them left and stayed for the entire lecture!

”This is the end of my lecture…” Elder Yao said to the disciples at the end of the lecture.