Chapter 652: Careful Calculation

At this time, they had already walked into the second courtyard. The main buildings of the academy were all here, each more imposing and solemn than the government office, and there was even an exquisite halberd gate. Sun Fuling said that Panlongcheng spent a lot of effort to build the academy, so that the students who entered here would understand the weight of knowledge. "It's this late, I didn't expect there to be so many people in the academy."

In the past, the academy closed on time in the evening. Later, Panlongcheng reached a trade cooperation with the Earth Cave Spiders, and the fluorescent spores of the Ghost Needle Stone Forest were also sent into the academy. Since then, the academy had opened evening classes, and the students who signed up were basically adults who worked during the day and came to the academy to listen to lectures at night.

Therefore, the academy in the night was still brightly lit, and teachers and students were coming and going.

Sun Fuling smiled: "This is nothing. I heard that the academy in the capital of Beijia gathers students from all directions, and there are sages lecturing and debating every day, and it is noisy all day long; I really want to go and observe it."

Lingxu City is world-famous, and talented people come to worship and seek wisdom every year and every day.

He Lingchuan gave a "hehe": "The reputation is better than the reality."

Speaking of which, he had been busy with intrigue during his time in Lingxu City, and besides visiting three or five scenic spots and looking at places of debauchery, he hadn't had the opportunity to carefully observe this capital city.

Master Sun's words reminded him; after finally walking into the world's number one city, how could he leave empty-handed?

Standing for six hundred years, besides the accumulated ills, Lingxu City must also have a lot of advantages to be able to attract talents from all over the world.

Sun Fuling said sternly: "Do not criticize the strengths of the enemy."

Denigrating the strengths of the enemy will not make you stronger, only blinder.

He Lingchuan sullenly: "Master is right."

Passing through the Bell and Drum Tower, they reached the third courtyard, which was the office space of the academy, and idlers were not allowed to enter.

Entering here, the air suddenly became quiet.

Sun Fuling led him into a teaching office: "Ahead is the deliberation hall; I'll go find the Dean, you wait here." After saying that, she walked out quickly through the corridor behind.

On the side was the ancestral courtyard, with lotus ponds, snow pines, and various sculptures in the courtyard.

Among them was a sculpture of a big-mouthed monkey, covering one ear with one hand, grinning at people, and missing a big tooth in its mouth.

Fluorescent spores hung on the branches in the courtyard, and the soft light shone on the monkey sculpture.

He Lingchuan felt familiar when he saw it, and after looking at it for a few more times, he suddenly remembered:

When he entered the ancient city ruins in the Panlong Desert with Sun Fuping, Nian Songyu, and others, he had also seen this monkey sculpture!

At that time, he felt that the monkey was smiling wretchedly, and he kicked it, so he had a deep impression.

So, so the position he was in at that time was Shumin Academy! The scene of reading aloud and quiet years today would only be left with yellow sand and loneliness, and the sound of wind wailing more than a hundred years later.

He Lingchuan let out a long breath and looked up at the night sky.

The Heavenly Luo Star was there, shining brightly at him.

Not long after, Sun Fuling returned, followed by a high-crowned scholar, who was Xu Shichu, the Dean of Shumin Academy.

He Lingchuan had listened to his public lecture in the Questioning Hall, so he greeted him and bowed: "Dean Xu!"

"It's you!" Xu Shichu looked at him and was startled, then smiled, "We have met, um, at, at..."

"Questioning Hall."

"Right, right, at the Questioning Hall. You also asked me about Zu Ju!" Xu Shichu nodded repeatedly, "There are many children who like to dance with knives and guns, but few who can concentrate on asking for the Dao. Little Sun said, you have something to ask me?"

Sun Fuling interrupted at this time: "You two talk first, I still have an evening class to teach, I'll go first."

"Go, go." Xu Shichu waved his hand, Sun Fuling smiled at He Lingchuan, and turned away.

He Lingchuan didn't go around in circles and asked directly: "I ask Dean Xu, can the path of the Heavenly Luo Star be calculated?"

"Heavenly Luo Star?" Xu Shichu was startled, looked up at the night sky, "Eh, why is the Heavenly Luo Star out tonight?"

"If I want to calculate its path in real-time, what method is there?"

"It has always been a hidden star; as long as it hides in the night sky, there is no way." Xu Shichu shook his head, "The number of times the Heavenly Luo Star appears can be counted on one's fingers; for the literature I have read, the research on it is not deep." It is not easy to be observed, so statistics cannot be made, and it is not easy to study.

He Lingchuan felt his heart sink.

If he couldn't take the air route, did he have to find a way to sneak into the Star-Plucking Tower?

There should be a teleportation array there that goes directly to the array eye of the Spirit Gathering Array, but under the noses of the Heavenly God and the Duyan Envoy, the difficulty of sneaking in is probably super five-star, right?

"What if the Heavenly Luo Star in the night sky keeps flickering?" He Lingchuan thought for a while, "Can you calculate its position and distance relative to the Nine Stars of the Big Dipper?"

"Relative to the Nine Stars of the Big Dipper?" Xu Shichu smiled, "What's difficult about that? It's just a calculation. However, if your reference object is the Nine Stars of the Big Dipper, it is equivalent to changing a perspective, no longer observing from the ground where we are, right?"

"Exactly!" Not worthy of being a Dean, he caught the point immediately. "It's equivalent to standing on the Nine Stars of the Big Dipper to judge the distance and position of the Heavenly Luo Star."

"That still needs to be calculated." Xu Shichu pondered, "The nine stars are separated, which is equivalent to nine starting points, all of which must be calculated well. In fact, the method is the same; replace the Heavenly Luo Star with other stars, and apply the same formula to calculate it. You ask this, what is the specific purpose?"

"I encountered an array in the mission, and the other party set it up according to the Ten Stars of the Big Dipper, and set the Heavenly Luo Star as the array eye." He Lingchuan said sternly, "To break the array, I must find the position of the Heavenly Luo Star."

"Very clever, but how do you know when the Heavenly Luo Star will shine brightly?"

He Lingchuan lowered his voice: "It's not easy to say much, but the Red General has a way."

"Okay, I know." As soon as he used the Red General as a shield, Xu Shichu really didn't ask any more questions, just looked up at the celestial phenomena again, "Taking advantage of it shining now, I will try to deduce it. Counting the time for verifying errors... um, in a few days, I will write out the formula and let Little Sun bring it to you."

He Lingchuan was overjoyed and bowed to him: "The Dean is really learned and unfathomable!" Then he presented the souvenir.

Xu Shichu smiled as soon as he saw the cloud cakes and tangerine tea: "Did Little Sun tell you to buy these?"

"Uh, yes." Sun Fuling said that Dean Xu had recently become obsessed with new tea and couldn't extricate himself.

"She is really attentive to your affairs." Xu Shichu looked at him again.

Is a gentle and elegant old scholar also so gossipy? He Lingchuan puffed out his chest, but then remembered one thing: "Dean, I have one more thing to ask for advice. If there is a defensive array designed by the Heavenly God, and it can mobilize massive primordial power or profound crystals, do we have any possibility of breaking this array?"

"Designed by the Heavenly God?" Xu Shichu smiled, "Compared to human design, it's just a bit more thorough. But no matter how mysterious the array is, the strength is ultimately limited."

Xu Shichu continued: "In the current environment, ancient arrays are hard to appear again. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth has declined and cannot support the primordial power they need."

"If this array is crucial, can't it be topped with profound crystals?"

"It might be possible in the short term, but the materials for building the array are also far inferior to the past, even if you have massive profound crystals. For example, the protective mountain array built by the ancient immortal sect Piaomiao Sect used Barbarian Dragon Bones. Where can you find such materials now?" Xu Shichu smiled, "How many ancient rare treasures can be left now? Looking at the universe, which of those famous ancient arrays is still there?"

"If the Heavenly God wants to build an array in the human world, it must follow the laws of the human world." Xu Shichu continued, "They might be able to destroy the world in their own world, but in the human world, they must also consider the reality. I think it's nothing great to build a top-level array with top-level materials; it's true ability to make a stable and sustainable array with limited materials and controllable costs. Therefore, there is no such thing as an unbreakable array in the human world."

He Lingchuan said sternly: "Taught!"

Xu Shichu was very busy and left after talking about business.

He Lingchuan strolled around the academy slowly until Sun Fuling finished class.

At this time, the bright moon was high, and the night was deep. He Lingchuan hadn't walked close yet, when he heard another master say to Sun Fuling: "Master Sun, shall I send you back?"

A man, quite tall, a little white face, and smiling very diligently.

Before Sun Fuling could reply, He Lingchuan "whoosh" stood by her side and stuffed a paper bag into her hand: "Sorry to keep you waiting, shall we go?"

Warm to the touch. Sun Fuling looked down and saw it was a warm, white, and fluffy Poria cake, with several fat dates lying on it.

"I asked Fatty Aunt for the piece with the most dates."

Sun Fuling smiled.

"Master Qian, see you tomorrow." She nodded to the master and turned to walk out.

The helpless Master Qian stood on the spot.

Seeing Master Qian staring straight at himself, He Lingchuan waved goodbye to him, grinning with a mouthful of big white teeth, smiling particularly exaggeratedly.

Little guy, you shouldn't have that thought! Master Qian could still hear him say to Sun Fuling: "Share a date with me?"

"Take it yourself."

Master Qian found that Master Sun, who had always been cold and drew a line with others—

Turned her face!...

The next day, before dawn, He Lingchuan woke up.

He was awakened by the Soul-Taking Mirror, which was noisy at a high decibel in his ear: "Hey, hey, hey, don't sleep, how can you sleep so long at your age!"

He Lingchuan blocked his forehead with his arm and slapped the mirror surface: "You'd better have something!"

He was sleepy and had a big temper.

"Look out the window, look at the sky!" The mirror was so excited that its voice changed a bit, "Bright, bright! The Heavenly Luo Star is shining endlessly!"

Bright? He Lingchuan was startled, climbed up and pushed the door out.

It was almost dawn, most of the stars had hidden, but the Big Dipper in the night sky was still holding its position. He Lingchuan counted, one to ten.

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