Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 59 - The Addict
Chapter 59: Chapter 59: The Addict
Chapter 59 -59: The Addict
Zheng Family’s grand hall, Zheng Fa looked at the young girl in front of him, her calm and indifferent face still resonated in his heart due to her unique hobby.
Last time Zheng Fa heard someone mention solving math problems to alleviate boredom was before a holiday in the modern world, when a math teacher entered the classroom with a stack of test papers almost as tall as a person and uttered similar words:
If you get tired of memorizing words during the holidays, just do a set of math papers to relieve the boredom.
He was sure that at the time, not a single student understood the logic behind this statement, or rather, they were logically questioning in their hearts: why would I ever solve math problems to relieve boredom?
But now, in another world, Zheng Fa found the kindred spirit of that math teacher!
He couldn’t help but ask a question that came from the depths of his soul: “Where is the joy in solving mathematical problems?”
The woman dressed in green lifted her eyes, as if she had never considered this question, and after a while she replied, “Perhaps, because it’s somewhat challenging?”
“Is anything challenging joyful?”
“Are there many challenging things in this world?”
Looking at her earnest face, Zheng Fa had nothing to say, he could only return an envious yet twisted smile.
The woman in green raised her right hand, displaying a white jade bracelet shimmering with a bright treasure light, and then a scroll about the length of a forearm appeared in her hands.
A Storage Magic Treasure?
Zheng Fa remembered the green phoenix that obscured the skies and roughly guessed that this person must be an associate of Miss Zhao—As for why it’s not Miss Zhao herself, unless the Seventh Young Master slandered her wrongly, her hobbies should lean towards cudgel techniques rather than mathematics.
“You use this book to test your talent in talismanic magic, right?” The woman pointing at the “Junior High School Mathematics” book said, “Many talismanic magic grandmasters like to first test the mathematical talents of their disciples.
Although I’ve never seen this book, my master also threw a math book at me back then, and only after I had solved all the problems in it did he formally take me as a disciple.”
…Someone’s stealing my brain-sifting method!
Fair enough, this world might not have modern mathematics, but that doesn’t mean they are unaware of the significance of mathematical talent for talismanic magic.
The woman placed the scroll on the table, which slowly unfolded to reveal a blank surface.
“But later my master said that it was just a formality, even if I couldn’t do it, he would still take me as a disciple.
After finishing that book, I found the problems quite interesting, and when I later became my master’s disciple, I continued to enjoy solving tough mathematical problems.” With a flick of her finger, the woman made a problem appear on the scroll: “For this purpose, I even had this Magical Artifact made to collect interesting problems.”
There’s a collector for this too?
And specifically had a Magical Artifact made to collect them? fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
What an extravagant maniac!
“In recent years, I’ve read every math book in our sect, searched for ancient mathematical texts everywhere, and to this day, I’ve read all the math books I could find, and it’s been a long time since I encountered a problem I couldn’t solve.” The woman looked at Zheng Fa with bright, excited eyes that she couldn’t hide: “The problems in your book are not difficult, but I haven’t seen them before and the methods of thinking are quite unique, just somewhat unsatisfying; do you have more difficult ones?”
Zheng Fa felt that talking about having read all the mathematical books didn’t sound like something a human would say.
He kept thinking that there must be exceptionally mathematically talented individuals in the Xuanwei Realm, and this woman in front of him was certainly one.
Modern mathematics is based on a complete set of axiomatic systems.
When he wrote “Junior High School Mathematics,” he had intentionally avoided content in that domain.
Yet with his current level of mathematics, he inevitably left some traces—this was what the woman meant by feeling somewhat unsatisfied.
Seeing Zheng Fa’s hesitant expression, the woman generously said, “I’ll exchange other difficult problems with you!”
…Who wants to exchange that?
Remembering her bright Cultivator identity, considering her determination in specifically seeking him out, and most importantly, being very afraid of her abnormal hobby…
Zheng Fa still spoke: “I do remember some math problems, not sure if you’ve seen them before.”
He took out paper and pen and wrote down a relatively simple fill-in-the-blank problem from a previous monthly test.
“This problem…” The woman buried her head to look at the problem Zheng Fa had written down, her brow slightly furrowed: “It’s quite a bit more difficult than the ones in that book.”
While talking about it being difficult, Zheng Fa clearly saw an excitement in her eyes, like a predator spotting its prey.
After nearly the time it takes one incense stick to burn, the girl solved the answer.
Zheng Fa checked it; the method was non-standard, but the answer was correct.
That is to say, she was using the mathematical knowledge of this world to think about and solve the problem, and she actually got it right.
After the woman finished the problem, her eyes narrowed with visible enjoyment.
She asked Zheng Fa, “Is it correct?”
“Right.” Zheng Fa nodded.
“Let’s do a harder problem!”
Zheng Fa: “…”
Yet he wrote another problem.
“Any more?”
“…”
“One last question!”
“…”
“Problem!”
Facing the demanding young girl, Zheng Fa rubbed his forehead and felt his brain empty.
This is the first time he’s met an addict who could completely drain someone else!
…
Miss Zhao met her mother and then rushed to the Seventh Young Master’s yard.
“Zhao Jingfan!”
She burst into Seventh Young Master’s study and shouted loudly.
On the desk, a disheveled head looked up blankly.
“Where is Zhao Jingfan?” the Miss asked.
“Sis?”
“Who are you?
Zhao Jingfan!” the Miss widened her eyes, staring at the somewhat familiar face in front of her: “What happened to you?”
“Sis!
You finally came!” Seventh Young Master rushed to hug his sister’s arm, wanting to cry: “I called for you before, why did you ignore me?”
The Miss extended a hand and pushed Seventh Young Master’s tear-streaked dirty face away, seemingly afraid that his tears and snot would stain her clothes.
She looked Seventh Young Master up and down, her eyebrows furrowed, seemingly unable to recognize him.
“Are you really my brother?”
“Sis!
You’ve forgotten my face after so many years?” Seventh Young Master sounded hurt.
“I can recognize that ugly face of yours.” the Miss shook her head, looking towards the desk piled with talismanic diagrams: “This hardworking look of yours, I can’t recognize!”
Hearing this, Seventh Young Master felt even more aggrieved.
“Sis!
I called for you to save me, and you’ve only come now!” he complained: “Zheng Fa took the cane mom gave him and forced me to study these talismanic diagrams…
If you had come back two days later, your brother wouldn’t either be dead or gone mad!”
“I didn’t know it was so bad for you before…”
The Miss shook her head with some regret.
“If I had known, would you have come back sooner to save me?” Seventh Young Master asked expectantly.
“If I had known, I would have stayed in Qingmu Sect for a few more days!” the Miss patted Seventh Young Master’s shoulder with a sigh: “Mom said Zheng Fa was a talent, I didn’t believe it, but now I do.
He has done great service for our Zhao Family, he deserves a reward!”
Seventh Young Master: “?”
“Enough!
Forget about Zheng Fa, I’ve asked Zhang to come back for you, she is a grand master of talismanic Dao, you better learn well from her these two months, got it!” the Miss said earnestly.
“Talismanic Dao grandmaster?” Seventh Young Master was a bit confused, turning his head towards the unanalyzed talismanic diagrams on the desk: “What about these diagrams?”
“Forget these too!” the Miss waved her hand: “I’ll take you to listen to Teacher Zhang’s teachings when the time comes, it’s definitely better than your current study method, she’ll make sure you progress faster!”
Seventh Young Master seemed to understand: “So, I don’t need Zheng Fa to teach me anymore, let Teacher Zhang teach me?”
“Yes!” the Miss asked smilingly: “Isn’t it great to escape this suffering?”
“I’m not going!” Unexpectedly, the Seventh Young Master who was just complaining refused decisively.
