Chapter 61: The Exile's Gift

Since that day, I promised Ke Lai to teach her martial arts.

Luo De's daily life became more enriching.

Besides teaching Ke Lai some basic training.

The chicken coop and pigpen at home need cleaning, feeding, ventilation maintenance, and adding ice mist flowers to keep the indoor temperature.

The seeds planted in the test field also sprouted successfully.

Using grass slime to substitute Fertility Blessing in the experiment yielded very good results.

As for the windbreak forest, needless to say.

The date palm trees obtained at great cost of Mora and time, and even specially treated with Fertility Blessing to prevent accidents—if they had no effect, that would be a huge loss.

The growth of the quicksand eel is also not bad.

However, it hasn't reached breeding season yet, so for now it's not time to harvest the sand-fat pupae.

In short.

Luo De's money this time wasn't wasted; the initial results are far stronger than when he previously cluelessly fumbled around.

Kantisi is also very concerned about Luo De's test field.

During daily patrols, he always comes to take a look several times.

He hears other guards say.

Sometimes at night he also sees Kantisi sitting under the date palm tree resting in the test field.

But these are nothing much; at most it's just that his efforts finally show some results.

What truly makes Luo De grin all day long.

Is a book A De Ba Yi gave him.

The cover has no title.

Opening it, inside are one experiment report and paper after another, content detailed and rich, from theory and experimental results of plant hybridization and grafting, to the possibility and inferential argumentation of animal hybridization, all of which are the knowledge Luo De currently needs most.

"What are you looking at? This is your payment."

"I am indeed disabled now, but I haven't sunk to the point of free meals."

"You've won, kid."

"This is the experimental result I painstakingly researched for over ten years at the Academy."

When he said this, A De Ba Yi was very proud.

Thinking back to those days.

He was devoted to studying botany, but because he didn't understand the twists and turns of interpersonal relations, spoke too bluntly, and repeatedly offended other scholars at the Academy.

This also led to his funding applications for deep research being either rejected or given only a small portion each time.

When he finally exhausted all his efforts to complete his paper, he was again exiled to A Ru Cun by A Zha Er.

Originally, A De Ba Yi was of the "break the pot and stop caring" type.

Anyway, you've already judged me guilty, so I might as well research whatever the Academy forbids, just to piss off you lot of sages and discipline officers!

With such a rebellious mindset.

A De Ba Yi continued his unfinished research from the Academy in A Ru Cun, and even expanded it to animal hybridization theory.

This is also why Luo De can see so many strangely shaped plants in his yard.

As for animal hybridization.

Due to lack of materials, many of A De Ba Yi's conclusions are inferences based on theoretical research.

After reading through all the experiment reports and papers he handed over to me once.

Luo De was extremely shocked to see a hypothesis from within.

That is, inbreeding should be avoided, whether in plants, animals, or humans.

This is a bit beyond the curriculum.

Although this is merely a theory A De Ba Yi inferred from observation and knowledge gathered from the void during his hybridization experiments, and hasn't been truly confirmed.

But his paper is sound and evidenced, with each experimental step having detailed theoretical support and experimental proof.

It's a pity.

At that time, A De Ba Yi was under the harshest suppression; after submitting this paper, it vanished like a stone sunk in the sea—not to mention his funding request, even any other feedback was completely absent.

"Tsk—"

"What the hell are you doing?"

Even though he had scolded the Academy many times, Luo De himself was too lazy to scold them, but unexpectedly he still couldn't help feeling the urge to lash out again.

What a damnable academic research organization!

Is that how you research?

A De Ba Yi's paper is so detailed and solid; if only funding were granted and he allowed to research freely, he would surely produce a whole new knowledge system.

So what's the result?

Because A De Ba Yi has the "leader picks vegetables I shift tables" personality, this paper, which is absolutely a weighty piece in the raw theory faction, was thus buried for nothing.

Annoyed.

How infuriating the two words "annoyed" are.

"These things I give you are yours."

Regarding Luo De's angry face at this moment, A De Ba Yi is happy and openly says that the papers he wrote at the Academy have already been submitted, which Luo De must not randomly publish, but the papers he wrote in the desert during this time have not been seen by anyone, so Luo De can freely take them to publish.

As for the signature, just write Luo De.

"How can this be!"

A De Ba Yi's words Luo De does not accept: "What's yours is yours; if I derive new results from your research reports, those are mine, but these are yours, and no one can take them away!"

Who can take it away?

Hahaha—

Hearing Luo De's words, A De Ba Yi seemed to have heard some incredible joke, laughing until he bent forward and backward, and only after a while did he recover enough to say: "You little fool, the Academy has long been corrupt, long since ceased to be the Academy that wholeheartedly followed the Tree King and devoted itself to scholarship—who could take it away? Humph, if your paper is outstanding enough, you might become my classmate in the next second, or even my advisor!"

Luo De's breath caught instantly.

Academic plagiarism!

A chaos that has never been eradicated from modern times to this other world.

Then he suddenly realized why A De Ba Yi had said that, and immediately frowned and spoke in a low voice: "Have you been plagiarized?"

Mm.

It's all something from long ago.

A De Ba Yi spread his hands, wearing an indifferent expression, and said: "Back then I hadn't yet obtained the Scholar degree; because of this matter, I was delayed by a year before finally becoming a Scholar."

That plagiarist?

Back then he was a Scholar, and now he is a Senior Scholar.

I

Luo De felt suffocated in his heart.

A plagiarist became a Senior Scholar, second only to the Sage in the Academy, while the true original author was ultimately suppressed and exiled to A Ru Cun.

How unreasonable!

Truly how unreasonable!!!

Although he had just scolded it once, Luo De still wanted to scold the Academy harshly again.

Luo De.

I know you don't like the Academy.

But hear me out: take my paper and apply to the Academy.

This is the second time someone has advised Luo De to apply to the Academy in his presence.

The reason is the same as well.

The Academy's knowledge is greatly beneficial for developing your Vision; this is an advantage you cannot obtain elsewhere.

Saying this, A De Ba Yi added: "For now you don't even need to try for the Scholar degree; being a visiting student like an Imperial Visitor will suffice."

Speaking of schools, you have an ice-element Vision, so the knowledge of the Elementary Theory School is more suitable for you.

Mm, with my paper, passing the examination of the Life Theory School poses no problem.

By then you will major in the Life Theory School and minor in the Elementary Theory School; besides, you don't plan to stay long at the Academy, so just studying their research on elemental theory in the Elementary Theory School will do.

When you have stayed enough at the Academy, or whenever you encounter an insurmountable bottleneck, you can use your status as an Imperial Visitor to travel to other countries, broaden your horizons, enrich your experience, and thus hope to break through this stage's bottleneck.

Of course.

If conditions allow, you should still strive to take exams for higher degrees.

After all.

Only scholars with higher status can obtain richer knowledge.

Saying this at the end.

A De Ba Yi solemnly reminded Luo De: "Remember, do not attempt to use the Void Terminal to connect to the World Tree—remember this well! Remember this well! You must definitely not try this!!!"

(End of chapter)