In My Head There is an Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 7: Academic Genius Level Learning Capabilities
When Chu Yunfan arrived at the school, there were already many students in the liberal arts class.
In the Kunlun Era, the curriculum of each school focused on liberal arts and martial arts. The nerds who immerse their heads in books or the fools who excel at sports but are simple-minded from the Common Era are useless.
Education in the Kunlun Era aims to train students to be both in the liberal arts and martial arts. All of these modern students would be considered outstanding if one of them were placed in the Common Era.
Before the flow division, the school day is usually divided into morning and afternoon sessions. They will learn all sorts of liberal arts knowledge in the morning, and the afternoon is their time for martial arts training.
That was how they could train all-rounders in liberal arts and martial arts. Only after the division of the stream, the students had the freedom to choose what they liked.
Meanwhile, liberal and martial arts classes were held in different classrooms. The liberal arts classes are similar to those in the Common Era. Martial arts classes will take place in the arena of great debate, as these are convenient for students to cultivate.
Chu Yunfan's arrival did not attract anyone's attention. He sat down in his chair and took out the tablet.
Many years ago, paper books were discarded and replaced with such tablets. It is comfortable and eco-friendly.
All learning materials are loaded into tablets. It has a variety of practice questions, and students can search for documents online whenever they want. It's a great learning platform.
Chu Yunfan began to look at the learning materials after he utilized them. It was homework that was part of her daily routine. Since they had to focus on both areas, if he wanted to get into the martial arts flow, he also had to have great results in the liberal arts.
When that happened, he immediately realized something was different. When he read the material he had opened, he realized that he could read almost ten lines at a time. Not only that, he could also remember everything as soon as he read it. He has memorized everything. As he recalled what he had learned, he actually understood many things that he could not understand before.
Although the value of liberal arts is not too bad, there is nothing special. He can only be considered good. Nevertheless, he had read all the materials by now. When he was working on material training, it was almost too easy for him. He understands whatever he reads.
This is of course an academic genius-level learning ability.
It completely surpassed everything he had imagined!
‘It looks like my martial arts talent is not the only one that has been modified. I must have changed in all aspects. I feel like my brain has changed!’ Chu Yunfan thought to himself. His mind was clearer than before, so he could think of many things that he might not have before.
The dream-like adventure was not as simple as he thought. It had a profound influence on him.
‘No matter what, this is good for me!’
With this amazing learning ability, he could save a lot of time. Moreover, a capable martial artist needed to learn all sorts of things. They need to do more than just meditate and cultivate.
With such a gift, he could go even further!
Without him noticing, time quickly passed, and it was time for first class.
The first lesson is about seal scripts. This class is compulsory for all schools. This was because so many things in the Kunlun Era were related to the Ancient Zenith civilization. To learn more, learning seal scripts is a must.
Soon, the teacher who was teaching the seal script class arrived. He was an old man, probably older than 60, with a head full of white hair. Due to their very distant age difference, the students did not call him a teacher. Instead, they called him as Sir He, and he looked like a wrinkled pedant from the Common Era.
Whatever the case, Chu Yunfan was sensitive enough to sense the enormous vital fluctuations coming from him. Clearly, he was a Martial Dao powerhouse. Since that dream, his ability to sense such things had improved greatly.
Chu Yunfan thought to himself that one should not judge a book by its cover. He could not believe that he had never realized that Master He was a terrifying Martial Dao warrior in the past two years.
After everyone stood up and bowed, the class began.
Mr. He didn't say much when he came in. Instead, he wrote a seal script character on an electric whiteboard.
“I haven't taught you these characters. I'm letting you guess what this word means!” Master He said. Even though he looked old, his voice was strong. “As a person cultivating, learning seal scripts is a basic ability. Because, many secret notes are written directly in the character of the seal script. If you don't know the character, you won't be able to read it if you get some secret notes in the Kunlun Realm.
“I have mentioned in the previous class that the seal script is pictographic, like our Chinese words. So, can you guess what it means, judging from the character display of the seal script?”
Mr. He glanced at the students. He pointed at one of them and said, “Feng Deying, tell me. You are a class monitor, and you got good grades in the seal script class too!”
It was a young man around 16 or 17 years old. He was tall and handsome, but there was also arrogance on his face. One could tell at a glance that he was from a prestigious family. His dark blue martial arts attire was gilded and looked extremely expensive.
He was a Class 11 monitor, Feng Deying. She has a prominent family background as well as great talent. His cultivation base had reached the Tier-9 Physique Stage, Qi Nourishment. Recalling his dashing face, many of his female classmates had a crush on him, so he was the popular one in class.
Chu Yunfan looked at Gao Hongzhi next to him. He came from the second generation's wealth as well, and he also had great talent. His cultivation base was comparable to that of Feng Deying, but his popularity level was very different.
One was the Prince Charming who was popular in the class, while the other was the fat joker!
Looking at Feng Deying's cool appearance, Gao Hongzhi pouted in disdain, saying, “All he knows is just how to pose. Look at him being vain like a peacock showing off his feathers. Who doesn't know that he's pretentious ?! ”
Chu Yunfan heard Gao Hongzhi mutter and found it funny. The duo's cultivation base was top of the class among the male students. Given that Feng Deying had such an overbearing personality, it was only natural that they did not like each other.
“Mr He, I think this must be onomatopoeic. The reason for that was because it was different from all the characters of the seal script I had ever learned!” Feng Deying replied.
Master He just smiled. He then looked over the entire class and said, “Does anyone else have an opinion on that?”
“Master He, I don't think you need to ask anyone else. How do they know if I don't? My family hired a graduate who specialized in seal script research at university to teach me!” Feng Deying said haughtily. He looked down on other students.
“The best he can do is show off a little money he has. Does he think we can't afford to hire someone ourselves ?! ” Gao Hongzhi spit, “With his progress, how could he be so hard because his family gave him a tutor?”
He then added, “But this character is indeed strange. I've never seen it before!”
He thinks it's unusual. In fact, he had secretly obtained a tutor who specialized in seal scripts as well. He knew almost all of the commonly used characters and had memorized all of their meanings. Despite this, he was sure he had never seen this character.
“How about you, Tang Siyu?” Master He kept smiling and pointed at a young lady.
The girl also looks to be 16 or 17 years old. She had beautiful features and was a little chubby like a baby. Wearing his white martial uniform, he was tall and had a nice body as well.
She was the supervising representative of Class 11, and also the goddess that most men in the class liked. Her name is Tang Siyu.
Tang Siyu's background was a mystery to the class. This was because he did not enroll in the school like the others did but moved there the year before. When he arrived, his cultivation base was only at Tier-3. However, a year later, he was already at Tier-9.
Such a talent had reminded the upper echelons of the school. He even has admirers from other schools.
In Grade 11, Tang Siyu, Gao Hongzhi, and Feng Deying had the highest cultivation bases and were the top three students. They were guaranteed to enter the martial flow.
Tang Siyu got up and said in a bright voice, “Master He, I think this word cannot be onomatopoeic. Maybe a noun, maybe a creature. I can tell from the form of the word!”
At that moment, Mr. He had a faint smile on his face and said, “Is there another opinion?”
Suddenly, Chu Yunfan raised his hand. He stood up and said, “Master He, I know the meaning of this word!”
All eyes were on Chu Yunfan. This was because, considering that Mr. He had only intended for them to guess the meaning of the word, it must be something they were not expected to know.
Despite that, Chu Yunfan said he knew.
“Oh? Tell me about it then! ” Mr. He said with a smile.
“Deputy supervisor is right. The meaning of this word is a ferocious giant bird!” Chu Yunfan replied, looking confident to himself.
Although everyone else had only guessed the meaning of the seal script character, he instantly recognized the word because the Alchemy Emperor's memories were so vivid in his head. The seal script was the text used in those days.
In addition to the commonly used words, he also recognized some rare words.
“Omong empty!” Feng Deying shouted. “Chu Yunfan, stop pretending to know when you don't know. Even I don't understand, so how?!”
Gal Hongzhi jumped right away.
“Eh, I don't like what you just said. What do you mean by how he'll get it when you don't? Master He didn't say anything, so what are you doing interfering ?! ” shouts. He could not bear Feng Deying behaving like that.
“You ..” Anger burns in Feng Deying, and a grim expression flashed in his eyes. He was angry that Chu Yunfan dared to claim that his explanation was wrong. Moreover, he did not believe that Chu Yunfan actually understood what the word meant at all.
Over the past few years, he had hired a tutor to teach him seal scripts exclusively. He memorized the meaning of all the words and terms, but he did not know this one. How could Chu Yunfan, a boy born into a poor family, know?
“Alright, relax!”