Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 49 - Differences
Chapter 49: Chapter 49 Differences
Chapter 49 -49 Differences
“I…
I didn’t mean to keep it a secret on purpose, I was hoping to enter the Immortal Sect thanks to the Immortal Item Meeting, and you don’t need to.” Seventh Young Master argued with a flushed face, “Aren’t you favored by a great power?
Isn’t entry into the Immortal Sect a mere formality for you?”
Zheng Fa blinked his eyes, finally confirming in his mind that Seventh Young Master has probably decided there must be some mysterious benefactor behind him—judging by the common knowledge in the Xuanwei Realm, that seemed pretty reasonable, with plenty of such stories around.
The kind where a poor kid is noticed by an Immortal passing by and suddenly becomes an Immortal himself.
“What exactly is this Immortal Item Meeting?”
Zheng Fa thought that this was probably still his best chance to enter the Immortal Sect.
“You don’t know?” Seventh Young Master looked at Zheng Fa with a bit of surprise: “Oh, you don’t need to know.”
He didn’t hide it any further: “There are actually two ways to get into the Immortal Sect—one is to be as lucky as you, Zheng Fa, a lucky dog, noticed by a great power and taken as an apprentice.”
Zheng Fa: …I’m not, you’ve got the wrong person.
“The other is through the Immortal Item Meeting.
The meeting assesses your Spirit Root aptitude, and then looks at your accomplishments in alchemy, array patterns, talismanic symbols, or artifact refining.
Based on a comprehensive assessment, they will rank you, and those with higher ranks may enter the Immortal Sect.”
Zheng Fa kind of understood—it was like being spotted by a great power was similar to independent recruitment, roughly the traditional master-apprentice model.
This Immortal Item Meeting sounded more like the national college entrance exam.
“So…
why is the Immortal Item Meeting being held early?”
Seventh Young Master sighed: “The Immortal Item Meeting is once every ten years.
My sister was able to enter the Immortal Sect by participating in the last one.
According to the schedule, this Immortal Item Meeting should have been held after the New Year, but my sister suddenly sent a letter saying that the Immortal Item Meeting will be held two months earlier.”
Zheng Fa finally understood why Seventh Young Master had suddenly started working hard.
This Immortal Item Meeting, Seventh Young Master had probably been waiting for ten years—although Seventh Young Master is lazy, he has always been serious about the talismanic Dao.
The talismanic diagram looks dizzying, and after staring at it for a long time, everything seems distorted.
Yet Seventh Young Master has almost been studying it every day over these ten years.
He said he’s been a bit negligent, but by the standards of Gao Yuan, the top student, with his character, to persist for ten years is not easy.
His desire to enter the Immortal Sect was clear.
“Actually, if it weren’t for you being noticed, not needing to go to the Immortal Item Meeting, with the two slots available to the Zhao Family, I would have wanted to give one to you.”
Seventh Young Master suddenly said.
“Slots?
There are quotas?”
Seventh Young Master said in amazement: “Of course, otherwise everyone could go?”
Zheng Fa nodded, this was probable the reason why the Zhao Family had stood for a thousand years.
…
“I still have to remind you that this book won’t improve your comprehension of the talismanic Dao in a short time, it’s just the basics of the basics.” Hearing that Seventh Young Master would be participating in the Immortal Item Meeting two months later, Zheng Fa felt that “junior high school mathematics” probably wouldn’t be much help to him.
“I know.” Seventh Young Master nodded, calmly responding, “If the secret techniques of the Immortal Families were so easy to understand, would they still be called such?
‘Spiritual Crane Body’ is already difficult to practice, let alone this secret technique you got from the great power…”
“So, Young Master, you?”
“I’ve hit a bottleneck in the talismanic Dao…” Seventh Young Master showed a bitter smile, “These past few years, although I have continued to study ‘Complete Understanding of Talisman Diagrams,’ I’ve hardly made any progress.”
In this world, interpreting the Primordial Talisman relies on just one thing—intuition.
Put elegantly, it’s called enlightenment; put plainly, it’s called guessing.
For true geniuses, guessing is also a method, but for ordinary people like Seventh Young Master, this method always leads to a dead end eventually.
“So, I might as well take a shot in the dark.” Seventh Young Master pointed at the Primordial Talisman diagram on Zheng Fa’s desk, “At least, your secret technique gives me a glimmer of hope.”
“But two months…”
“If two months aren’t enough, then ten years.
If ten years aren’t enough, then twenty years…” Seventh Young Master looked up at Zheng Fa, his eyes showing a determination Zheng Fa had never seen before in him, “I can wait!”
Seeing the look of astonishment on Zheng Fa, Seventh Young Master suddenly laughed: “I’m just saying, I don’t intend to rely on this book to get into the Immortal Sect.
Ten years ago, if it weren’t for the Zhao Family being short of a slot, my Dual Spirit Roots would have been enough to enter the Immortal Sect, talismanic Dao was just to increase the odds of success, I studied it in preparation for after entering the Immortal Sect.”
He appeared quite confident.
“Actually, I studied talismanic Dao because my sister requested it in her letter, with some urgency,” said Seventh Young Master, frowning in confusion, “Let’s not talk about this, tell me about this secret technique.”
Zheng Fa was about to start explaining to Seventh Young Master when out of the corner of his eye, he saw Gao Yuan standing at a distance in the corner of the study, looking over in this direction.
There was an unfocused look in his eyes, his face tinged with loneliness.
“Gao Yuan.”
“Hm?”
Gao Yuan snapped back to reality.
“Would you like to learn?”
“I…” Gao Yuan glanced at Seventh Young Master, “I don’t have any talent in the talismanic Dao.”
Seventh Young Master treated Zheng Fa quite differently from the two of them.
Zheng Fa had a talent for talismanic Dao, so he would follow him to study “Complete Understanding of Talisman Diagram.”
Gao Yuan mainly followed Mr.
Shen to read books and learn accounting in the office.
The training direction was clearly different.
“This book isn’t about talismanic Dao for now, it’s a kind of mathematics,” Zheng Fa said to him, “If you want to learn, come over.”
Gao Yuan glanced at Seventh Young Master.
Seventh Young Master had no particular expression on his face.
Seeing him looking, he pursed his lips: “This secret technique belongs to Zheng Fa, what are you looking at me for?”
Gao Yuan hurriedly ran over.
In the evening.
Zheng Fa walked out of Seventh Young Master’s study, with Gao Yuan following behind.
Upon reaching the courtyard gate, Gao Yuan suddenly asked, “Why?”
“Why what?”
“Why are you willing to teach me?”
Because I want to see if your brain can be of any use…
After thinking for a while, Zheng Fa still gave another reason: “If I can teach it to Seventh Young Master, of course, I can teach it to you.
It’s not really an immortal secret technique as the young master said.”
“How can Seventh Young Master and I be the same?”
“How are you not the same?”
“The things he can learn, I can’t.”
Zheng Fa stopped walking, looked at Gao Yuan’s expressionless face and said, “Is there a difference?
Both have a nose and two eyes, if he can learn it, so can you.”
“That’s not what I mean, the difference I’m talking about is…” Gao Yuan’s gaze settled on Zheng Fa’s face, slowly saying, “He is a young master, I am an Attendant Student, he is the master, and I am the servant.”
“Uh-huh.”
“Just an ‘uh-huh’?” Seeing him not speaking, Gao Yuan pressed on.
“In my eyes, there’s no difference,” Zheng Fa turned and continued walking.
“No difference…” Gao Yuan was silent, watching him walk a distance ahead before jogging to catch up, his tone somewhat complex, “Who taught you all this?
Have you always been like this since you were little?”
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Another moment of silence passed, with Zheng Fa hearing Gao Yuan mutter softly, “Full of rebelliousness, aren’t you scared I’ll snitch?”
Zheng Fa smiled without saying a thing.
Seventh Young Master probably understands this even better than you.
The two didn’t talk again until they were about to part ways when Gao Yuan suddenly said, “Actually, there is still a difference.”
“Oh?”
“If he scolds me, I wouldn’t dare to retort.”
Hearing this, Zheng Fa sincerely offered him a suggestion, “If he scolds you once, scold him ten times in your heart.”
“This…
that’s difficult for me to do.” Gao Yuan slowly furrowed his brows, his face showing difficulty as he hesitatingly said, “I usually scold him a hundred times in my heart, ten times just isn’t enough to vent.”
Zheng Fa glanced sideways at Gao Yuan.
And you say I’m full of rebelliousness?
“Now you can also snitch, neither of us dare to tell on the other,” Gao Yuan said to Zheng Fa with a grin.
…
At night, the three members of the Zheng Family were dining when suddenly the door to their small courtyard was knocked.
Zheng Fa opened the door and saw Housekeeper Gao and Gao Yuan standing at the entrance.
“Mr.
Gao, what brings you here…
to freeload a meal?”
