Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 467 - 252: Uninvited, In the Name of the Teacher_3

Chapter 467: Chapter 252: Uninvited, In the Name of the Teacher_3

The expression on that middle-aged face was extremely sincere: "Professor Bai! Happy birthday!"

"Thank you!" Old Man Bai saw the people from his old unit and was quite courteous. He shook hands with the vice principal and then heard the latter say: "This time, I’ve also brought you a gift!"

Old Man Bai was startled and saw the other party take out a certificate from a document bag.

"We at Beijing University would like to invite Professor Bai to be our honorary president..."

"This... I really don’t have the energy for that now."

"An honorary president doesn’t really have any duties to bother you with on a regular basis..."

The vice principal said earnestly.

...Since when did Beijing University have such a position that was obviously for those with connections?

Old Man Bai moved his mouth, then glanced at the old dean beside him, who seemed to have a pleading look on his face. He could only sigh lightly and accept the appointment letter.

Seeing this, the martial arts school owners even showed a hint of envy towards the two people from Beijing University.

After these two, guests kept coming one after another.

People from all quarters, including those from the Academy of Social Sciences, the military, and even officials.

Whether familiar or unfamiliar, they all took the excuse of celebrating his birthday and crowded into Old Man Bai’s daughter’s house.

Some with status even had a seat.

Those without significant status said a few words, and seeing no place to sit in the house, left with regret.

Old Man Bai’s grandson watched the house filled with people coming and going, and his innocent mind suddenly understood what it meant to have everything...

The room was full of chatter, mostly with Old Man Bai speaking and the others listening.

Then, there was a knock at the door.

Old Man Bai’s grandson bounced to open the door but suddenly froze.

"Who is it?"

Old Man Bai asked.

"A pretty sister and a tall brother!"

His grandson shouted.

Old Man Bai abruptly rose to his feet, not just him - everyone in the room stood up to look at Zheng Fa and Tang Lingwu who entered.

As Zheng Fa entered, he glanced at the clueless child—why was Tang Lingwu considered pretty, and he was just described as tall?

They ignored the others in the room and walked straight to Old Man Bai, shouting in unison: "Teacher, happy birthday!"

Old Man Bai was stunned, his eyes blinked, and suddenly they reddened a bit.

The address of "teacher"... made all three of them recall their days at Qingshui Middle School.

Back then, Zheng Fa and Tang Lingwu both attended tutoring at Old Man Bai’s house.

There was no nursing home, no cultivation, no gathering of distinguished guests; there was only the old man and the two youngsters under the lamp.

Although not much time had passed.

But in the hearts of the three, it seemed like the world had changed, as if lifetimes had passed.

Actually, on his birthday today, he was a bit unhappy:

His birthday was busier than before.

All the people in this house had ulterior motives, their smiling faces hiding their pursuit of fame and fortune. How many were truly happy for his birthday?

His daughter and son-in-law didn’t even care.

Now, when Zheng Fa and the other came again as students simply with the title of "teacher" and with unchanged smiling faces,

It actually made Old Man Bai, who was always cheerful, feel like crying.

The others, however, were unaware of his feelings. Listening to Zheng Fa’s address of "teacher," they began to gesture with their eyes, seemingly measuring the relationship between the three, especially Old Man Bai’s position in Zheng Fa’s heart.

Old Man Bai himself could feel that a single "teacher" made those dignitaries show him more reverence.

"Why didn’t you wait for me to come back?"

Tang Lingwu looked at Zheng Fa, who smiled at Old Man Bai: "Didn’t you give me a surprise before? I thought I’d also give you a surprise!"

Old Man Bai patted Zheng Fa’s shoulder and said nothing.

...

After the birthday, Old Man Bai seemed very busy.

He was hardly ever seen.

But Zheng Fa and the others were also busy trying to fuse the structure of spiritual energy in his cells with various mulberry cells, and not just mulberry cells but other plants as well—since they couldn’t be sure exactly what species Fusang was, they opened up their thinking.

The experiment slowly progressed.

Old Man Bai was still not seen, moving stealthily as if busy with his own things.

Until one evening.

"Professor Bai?"

Looking at Old Man Bai placing a tablet in front of him with a somewhat self-congratulatory appearance, Zheng Fa’s expression was also puzzled.

"Take a look!"

Old Man Bai said mysteriously.

Zheng Fa turned on the tablet, and it turned out to be a reading app interface.

There was only one book in the software, a large book with hundreds of GB.

On the book’s cover image, there was a long title: "Topology in Rune Scripts—from the Small Cloud Rain Charm."

Once he opened it, Zheng Fa understood why this file was so large.

In this book, Old Man Bai had fully integrated topology with rune knowledge.

That is to say, the main content was complete topology knowledge, but each topology topic was paired with a corresponding rune analysis method.

It even integrated various talismanic diagrams they found in recent years—hence the file size.

After looking through a few pages, Zheng Fa understood:

While this book didn’t have any new knowledge, it was a culmination of the years of rune research!

Studying this book, on one side you could learn systematic topology knowledge, and on the other side, you could learn the most comprehensive talismanic diagrams. Even in this book, these two types of knowledge had a sense of merging.

For the Jiushan Realm, this book could be said to be both practical and theoretical!

He even felt that in the current day, throughout Xuanwei, Jiushan, and even modern times, the only one who could write this book was probably Old Man Bai alone.

"Professor Bai, when did you start writing this?"

This book could not have been completed overnight.

"I was writing a textbook before, wasn’t I?"

"Yeah."

"I stopped writing." Old Man Bai said with a smile.

Zheng Fa’s eyes widened slightly in surprise. Old Man Bai had said the project was his lifetime ambition in mathematics; to think he would just give it up?

Seeing his reaction, Old Man Bai laughed: "I can’t just take the title of your teacher for nothing, can I?"

Zheng Fa then realized what Old Man Bai had been busy with lately, and his expression turned slightly touched.

"Actually, it’s not a big deal, I can write that book later..." Old Man Bai didn’t seem to like too much sentimentality and waved his hand, "I’m not dying, I can wait."

Zheng Fa nodded.

Tang Lingwu suddenly asked: "Sir Bai, you can wait, but can the editor from Beijing University Press who is pressing for your manuscript wait?"

"...Cough!" Old Man Bai puffed out his chest, "Let me introduce myself, I am the honorary president of Beijing University!"

"..."

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