Chapter 384: Teacher Chen

April 9th, Yujing Academy.

Ancient Cultivation Building laboratory.

The students were divided into small groups, and under the guidance of their teacher, they were using Modern Spell Design Principle to design a spell on their own that could rapidly heat up an object. Each group was assigned one Spell Simulator.

Everyone was discussing enthusiastically.

Naturally, there were no poor students who came here; even those who were poor students compared to their classmates were top students if placed outside. Therefore, there was no situation where only one or two students in a group knew how to do the work while the rest just coasted. At most, they divided the work into primary and secondary tasks based on ability, with the capable doing more work, but the ideas proposed by the students responsible for the main module design were often questioned by other students.

There was only one person who had nothing to do—

Chen Shu sat in the corner of the classroom, resting his chin on his hand, watching everyone busy from afar, yet his gaze had no focus, his heart filled with his own Great Blazing Sun Art.

Now he could already use the Great Blazing Sun Art.

However, there was no place to test it.

This was the drawback of Spirit Cultivator methods.

If a Ming Sect Martial Cultivator promoted to the Seventh Stage wanted to test their Indestructible True Body, a small room was enough. If a Wangting Sword Sect cultivator tested their Ultimate Sword Dao, at most a space the size of a Sports Field was enough. If it were a Traditional Sword Cultivator, the space required would be larger, but it would not cause much damage.

But if a Seventh Stage Spirit Cultivator wanted to test the Great Blazing Sun Art, the commotion and the range of impact would be too great.

Furthermore, the Great Blazing Sun Art possessed the Blazing Sun True Flame; this thing was supplied purely by Spirit Power, burning whatever it touched—soil, stone, and even water could be burned. Its destructive power to the environment was immense, so even Yuan'an Temple strictly prohibited testing the Great Blazing Sun Art in the mountains.

Chen Shu could only wait until he had time to return to the Spirit Sect to try it.

It just so happened he wouldn't need to take a flying car; he could fly back himself.

The Flying Spell after promoting to the Seventh Stage was equivalent to having switched to a new, large-displacement motorcycle; surely he had to go out and run the mountains?

"Big shot."

A classmate came to Chen Shu with a tablet: "Is it better to use 'Thun 0311' or 'Thun 040901' here?"

Chen Shu glanced at the Rune Group in the classmate's hand. Although he didn't want to move at all at this moment, he still gathered his spirits to avoid making the classmate feel he was being perfunctory, or even making other classmates feel embarrassed to come ask him if they had questions later.

The so-called 'Thun 0311' and 'Thun 040901' were both serial numbers for Runes, which could also be called their names.

In the most ancient times, the number of Runes was very small, with only fifty-seven Basic Runes. At that time, the ancients, for the sake of recording and addressing them, assigned an exclusive pronunciation to every Rune, and the pronunciations were all single-syllables. Later, in the era of First-level Runes, there were over five hundred First-level Runes; at that time, the Spirit Sect still assigned an exclusive pronunciation to every Rune and also designated a Chinese character to represent them, which was equivalent to giving each of them a name.

Spells at that time were also simple, using very few Runes, and the structure was simple; people could even read out and memorize a spell just like reading a textbook.

It was just that it sounded obscure and tongue-twisting to laymen.

However, insiders knew the patterns and understood the methods, so it was relatively much easier to read and memorize.

Or, according to the patterns of Spell Principles, one could extract the representative Runes and compile them into a mnemonic, which could also prevent forgetting.

Preventing forgetting was a major matter for ancient Spirit Cultivators.

However, as the era progressed, there were thousands of Second-level Runes, and Third-level Runes were far more numerous than commonly used Chinese characters. Spells became increasingly complex, and the appearance of the Thousand Machine Art meant people no longer needed to memorize spells, so the practice of giving each Rune a separate name gradually became inapplicable. Thus, the modern Spirit Sect took the lead in reforming it, using the evolutionary relationships between Basic Runes and First, Second, and Third-level Runes to assign a regular, unique serial number to each Rune, so as to adapt to the habits of modern Rune designers and also facilitate recording and viewing on computers.

This standard was now used globally.

For example, the Rune 'Thun 040901'.

'Thun' corresponds to fire, and is also read as fire; it initially represented that Basic Rune which could emit light and heat.

Among the subsequent Runes, the vast majority of high-level Runes that produced flames, high temperatures, and some that produced light and explosions were derived from it.

'Thun 04' is a First-level Rune derived from 'Thun'. 'Thun' derived a total of 13 First-level Runes, from 01 to 13, and the sorting method is based on the intensity of the Rune, so 'Thun 04' is not particularly violent among the Runes that emit light and heat, mainly providing high temperature.

'Thun 0409' is the same, derived from 'Thun 04', but it is considered very violent among the Runes derived from 'Thun 04'.

'Thun 040901' is different.

The sorting method for Third-level Runes is based on the order in which they were discovered, not by intensity. Because when this standard was established, the Third-level Runes that people had found were still very few, and even now, Third-level Runes have not necessarily been fully discovered.

So, seeing this Rune serial number, one understands that this is a Rune mainly used to create high temperatures; the temperature rise is very intense, but it will not explode.

The other one is a Second-level Rune.

"Of course it's 'Thun 040901'."

"Ah?"

"If there is a usable Third-level Rune, as long as the function is suitable and it doesn't cause principle conflicts, just use it without thinking; it's better than a Second-level Rune no matter what."

"I feel the connection is a bit..."

"Not suitable? Overcome it! Change the interface! You must be brave enough to make concessions for high-level Runes!"

"Okay, okay, I was just saying..."

The classmate hugged the tablet and left, going back to discuss with the group members.

Chen Shu continued to rest his chin on the desk, his peripheral vision catching a glimpse of Teacher Shi Qian, who was leisurely drinking tea on the podium. As if sensing his gaze, Teacher Shi Qian even raised an eyebrow at him, as if laughing at him for being disturbed.

"..."

Chen Shu shook his head secretly.

This person, he takes a teacher's salary, yet tells the students to ask him if they don't understand anything, while he sits up there drinking tea and shaking his legs.

He had to make him treat him to a meal this noon.

Chen Shu thought as much, his thoughts drifting away.

"Ding-a-ling~~"

The bell for the end of class rang.

Chen Shu finally stood up and went over to Teacher Shi Qian: "I've worked hard, Teacher Shi Qian, what are we eating for lunch?"

"Clear broth goose."

"Why do you always eat clear broth goose?"

"I topped up a membership at that shop."

"???" Chen Shu was full of question marks, "That hole-in-the-wall place, and you can even top up a membership?"

"Why can't you? Just register a phone number."

"But why did you top up a membership there?"

"It's delicious."

"..." Chen Shu twitched the corner of his mouth, "I feel like that stuff is tasty when you first eat it, but it gets a bit cloying if you eat too much."

"Then what do you want to eat?"

"Let's just have clear soup goose! I'm not picky!"

"Let's go!"

Teacher Shi Qian had a heavy financial burden, so he didn't waste words.

However, just as they reached the entrance of the corridor, they saw a woman dressed in a sweet and beautiful style standing outside, standing on tiptoe and stretching her neck to look inside.

Chen Banxia.

Chen Shu walked over, puzzled: "Why are you here?"

"I've already been hired by the school! I'm a teacher at the Pharmacy College now! The Pharmacy Building is right next to your Ancient Cultivation Building!" Chen Banxia said, reaching out to point at a Teaching Building nearby, "I have class right next door, I just finished, and since you said you were in class, I came to wait for you to eat!"

"Impressive, impressive..."

"Call me Teacher Chen."

"Hello, Teacher Chen."

Chen Shu called out symbolically, but it felt strange.

But there was no time to think too much; he hurriedly pointed to Teacher Shi Qian beside him: "Uncle Shi Qian, do you see him?"

"Oh! Hello, Teacher Shi Qian!"

Chen Banxia bowed involuntarily.

Chen Shu watched with his mouth twitching; aren't you a teacher at Yujing Academy now too?

Does your mindset still haven't shifted?

"Hello, hello."

Teacher Shi Qian remained gentle and refined, saying to them: "Since we've run into each other, let's eat together."

"Okay, okay."

Chen Banxia was a bit nervous.

"Eat clear soup goose."

"Okay, okay."

Chen Shu felt that if he said "eat dog shit" at this moment, she might also say "okay" for the first half, and only then realize what she said.

Because Chen Banxia was older than Chen Shu, her childhood memories of this Uncle Shi Qian were much clearer, and she had seen him a few times while studying at Yujing Academy, but her familiarity with this uncle was ultimately not as deep as the current Chen Shu's. This led to the fact that she originally had many smug things to say to her younger brother, because she was now not only his older sister but also a teacher, a status one level higher than her brother's, yet because a real, qualified teacher was present, she had to behave herself.

"Banxia, when did you pass the school's recruitment?" Teacher Shi Qian asked with concern, as an elder.

"Last week." Chen Banxia was cautious.

"Have you started teaching already?"

"I'm going to watch how other teachers teach; I won't start until next semester." Chen Banxia said honestly.

"So you're still auditing classes," Chen Shu said.

"!"

Chen Banxia glared at her brother.

Teacher Shi Qian also smiled and continued to ask: "What were you hired as? Not just a regular teacher, right?"

"I'm a researcher at the Modern Pharmacy Teaching and Research Office of the school's Pharmacy College." Chen Banxia didn't even dare to move her chopsticks while speaking, "I mainly do research, but I also have the title of Assistant Professor, so I have to teach, though very little."

"That's reasonable..."

Teacher Shi Qian nodded repeatedly.

Although their fields were unrelated, he had heard of the name Chen Banxia; he knew she was a genius in pharmacy and a master of the younger generation. For such a person, even if she had just received her Doctoral Degree, it would be unreasonable to hire her only as a regular teacher. Furthermore, using her talent entirely for teaching would be a waste.

Research as the primary focus and teaching as secondary was the right path.

After the meal, the siblings said goodbye to Teacher Shi Qian. Only after they had walked a few dozen meters away did Chen Banxia suddenly come back to life, grabbing her brother's arm:

"Hurry up and call me Teacher Chen!"

"Are you sick?"

"Hurry up, call me!"

"I won't!"

"Call me! Our Lao Chen family finally has a teacher!" Chen Banxia looked expectant and proud, "Hurry up and call me that!"

"?? Where do you put Chen Jiaoshou?"

"Oh, I forgot about him."

"Well done."

"Hurry up and call me! If you call me that, I'll buy you a Game Capsule!"

"Then I want the JZ-300 from Yangma Company."

"??"

"What's wrong?"

"Tell me the truth! You've been wanting this for a long time, haven't you?"

"Yeah, I looked at the 100, then the 200, and then the 300, but I never dared to buy it, fearing it would affect my cultivation; my self-control is poor to begin with."

"Then I'm not buying it for you after all."

"Tch..."

"Let me tell you, today when I went to class..."

"Auditing!"

"Ugh, you're so annoying!" Chen Banxia hit him, "Anyway, today when I went to class, the students all called me teacher. Hahaha, you don't know, in that instant I felt so light and airy, I felt like I was about to master a Flying Spell ahead of time."

"Thanks, I don't want to hear it."

"You want to hear it!"

"Fine, then you continue."

"That teacher even introduced it to the students; as soon as Chen Banxia's name came out, everyone immediately went 'wow', hahaha..."

"Then study your teaching well; don't just know how to do research. Your teaching is the same as just reading from a script," Chen Shu said, "Don't let the students down."

"You're so annoying!"

"What is it now?"

"You can't lecture me!"

"..."

Chen Shu revealed a helpless expression.

----------Author's Note----------

It's the college entrance exam today, but Moli has decided to brave the college entrance exam to type out updates for everyone; it's truly moving...