Chapter 493: The Academic Big Bang

In the fine rain.

One by one, people really just sat down like that.

Liu Zheng chatted from New Literature to modern mathematics, from modern mathematics to physics and chemistry, from physics and chemistry to philosophy, to geography, to biology...

"Viscount Liu, is my Longyan Dynasty really not the center of the world?"

"Are you saying that we live on a sphere?"

"It is round?"

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it! What about the 'round heaven and square earth'?"

"Viscount Liu... is that pi really calculated to be infinite..."

"Viscount Liu... are you saying that the human body can be dissected... can it still come back to life then?"

The scene exploded; these talented scholars from various fields had all gone mad. What Liu Zheng brought them today was knowledge that broke through their cognitive boundaries.

Breaking conventions!

Breaking through the past!

All of a sudden, an atmosphere of academic discussion was born.

Of course, Liu Zheng did not completely discard the traditional culture of Zhongguo, such as the twelve double-hours of Zhongguo, the twenty-four solar terms, the meridians and acupoints, and so on... These achievements were actually leading the entire world. Relying on his own understanding and cognition, he would appropriately combine some things from later generations with this ancient knowledge and then convey them to them.

At this moment.

Liu Zheng was not disappointed.

Wangbei Academy, it truly lived up to its name as Wangbei Academy; talent is indeed talent.

Many of these talents, who were extremely extreme in their respective fields, understood what he said and what he expounded upon right on the spot. Many people shouted and cheered on the spot because, under Liu Zheng's guidance, they had broken through their shackles and broken through their limits!

Shock!

One shock after another!

Rumble...

Rumble...

And so.

While Liu Zheng was lecturing, everyone watched with their own eyes as the platform on the Cloud Platform descended again and again.

"This..."

"This..."

Wang Chao watched just like that, watching these people from the Academy go from their initial mockery, resistance, and coldness toward Liu Zheng, to slowly accepting, revering, and even looking up to him.

The sky finally slowly darkened.

Liu Zheng spoke eloquently and talked freely.

He could perfectly answer anyone's questions.

Finally.

The platform that had sent him to the Cloud Platform finally descended.

It landed safely on the ground.

At first, people didn't notice.

When they suddenly discovered that they no longer needed to look up when looking at Liu Zheng, and when they felt that Liu Zheng's words were becoming more and more accessible.

Suddenly.

The noisy scene became quiet once again.

You could hear a pin drop.

Everyone was in disbelief.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay.

Boom!

Everyone's mind was a blank slate.

Viscount Liu had actually come down from the Cloud Platform in just one day?

This had absolutely never happened in the history of the Academy! The first time, the first person!

Wang Chao, at this moment, had also begun to doubt his life. He had been thinking that he could at least keep Viscount Liu on the Cloud Platform for half a month or a month...

However...

One day?

Just one day?

Pfft...

And why did he feel that, at this moment, Viscount Liu looked more like the Dean of this Academy than he did?

His heart skipped a beat.

It was out of control!

It was unmanageable!

"Young Master!"

Qin Zhangfeng and the rest of the Liangzhou Army finally breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, shouting in surprise one after another.

"What is this for... The Dean was just playing a joke on me... Put away the swords and blades, put them away..."

At this time, Liu Zheng had also just discovered that he had actually come down and returned to the high building filled with Counting Rods. He couldn't help but laugh and look at the Dean, Wang Chao: "Mr. Dean, this time, Liu Zheng is truly hungry."

Wang Chao's mouth twitched upon hearing this, but he soon burst into loud laughter: "Serve the meal, serve the meal!"

This dinner party truly became a joyous occasion for both host and guests, filled with harmony and happiness.

People had already developed feelings of worship and reverence for this Viscount Liu. At the banquet, many people raised all sorts of strange and curious questions, and Liu Zheng naturally answered everything he knew without reservation. If not for Situ Kong stopping them, I fear this meal would never have finished.

……

Returning to his own bedroom, Wang Chao wore a look of melancholy.

This Prefect Liu... he is truly formidable!

One day... in just one day, he could not even be trapped on the Cloud Platform of the Academy! If this matter were to spread back to Jinghua, wouldn't Yuan Qingming laugh himself to death at me?

What should be done?

A Method must be found!

At this moment, the door creaked open, and Situ Kong walked in.

Wang Chao then smiled and stood up: "Elder Situ, this is..."

Situ Kong laughed: "Dean Wang Chao must surely be unable to sleep, so I came over to sit for a while."

Wang Chao poured him a cup of tea; facing this Elder of the Worldly Walk who held a superior status in Longyan, he dared not be negligent. As the saying goes, one does not visit the temple without a reason, and he knew that Situ Kong must have something to say to him.

Sure enough, Situ Kong took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: "What does the Dean think of this Prefect Liu?"

As expected!

The hand with which Wang Chao held his teacup trembled slightly; he raised his eyelids and said indifferently: "Is Elder Situ here to act as a lobbyist?"

"Oh?"

Situ Kong's eyes lit up: "Could it be that Prefect Liu has already expressed his intentions to the Dean? No, no, no, Situ Kong was merely guessing..."

"Guessing?"

Wang Chao was stunned.

Could it be that he did not come to act as a lobbyist for Prefect Liu?

Situ Kong was very happy and laughed: "To be precise, it was just my subjective speculation... I just didn't expect that Prefect Liu's intentions would coincide with mine. If I am not mistaken, Prefect Liu is quite interested in our Academy, isn't he?"

Wang Chao's expression changed: "Elder Situ, what does this mean?"

Situ Kong said calmly: "Does the Dean not think that Prefect Liu is a great opportunity for our entire Academy to embark on a Worldly Walk?"

"What?"

Wang Chao was shaken: "Elder..."

Situ Kong sighed softly: "Dean, Wangbei Academy has been passed down for thousands of years and claims to be secluded from the world, yet it has never been able to truly detach from the secular. Although we are high and mighty, Prefect Liu taught us a lesson today that has given me deep insight."

Wang Chao's eyelid twitched.

Situ Kong continued: "Can Prefect Liu's words not make us feel ashamed? Scholars should know the suffering of the people; scholars should be pioneers of the People's Moral Standard; scholars should take the nation as their heaven; scholars should prioritize the state of the world!"

"Only by doing so can there be the development of scholarship!"

"Only by doing so can there be a breakthrough of limits!"

"The People's Moral Standard is the true great wisdom!"

"Instead of staying here and working behind closed doors!"

Situ Kong's eyes flickered: "Can Prefect Liu's overwhelming victory today not prove the point?"

After these words were spoken.

Wang Chao's expression could not help but show some frustration, and he fell into a deep silence.

Thinking of the extreme excitement of the students in the Academy today, thinking of the blood-pumping, heated discussions and academic collisions that took place above and below the Cloud Platform—how long has it been since the Academy, which had always been so quiet, was like this?

During the evening banquet, Jie Yu and Mo Chen did not attend because both of them had gained insights and went back to conduct research...

Although the Academy has been passed down for so long, how many years has it been since it saw such a magnificent scene?

Academic atmosphere!

Academic breakthrough!

Academic explosion!

Wang Chao, this seventy-year-old man, could not help but stand up tremblingly, walk to the window, and ponder to himself.

Has the Academy really grown old?

Do they really need to change?