107 Summer Silently Arrived While Exchanging Letters (1/2)
Chapter 107: Summer Silently Arrived While Exchanging Letters
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There were lots of people around the old library, while the upstairs was quiet as usual.
On the bookshelf lay some precious spiral-bound cultivation books, and inside the books were the ordinary thin paper the Academy students usually used. On the desk beside the west window, a brush, ink, and inkstone quietly lay there. Near the east window, the female professor carefully practiced her small and regular characters. Ning Que, sitting on the floor with his legs crossed, was absorbed in contemplating, except for making some notes on the paper and then tucking them into his book occasionally. When the night came, another fat lad would appear on the second floor and then, after viewing the notes, he would reply with a few sentences or a long comment beside the west window.
Their handwritings, elegantly beautiful or unlimitedly free, were left on the paper. Ning Que and Chen Pipi, two lads who did not know each other, kept communicating by writing letters. The late-spring and early-summer days quickly, but peacefully and happily, passed, accompanied by their every stroke and laugh.
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”Mr. Nobody, do you have some ways to make the sword strength in the book softer?”
”Idiot! How could it be called the sword strength if it was soft? By the way, that math problem about cows on the grassland you offered yesterday was... very weird. What do you mean by the quantitative relation?”
”You idiot, please don't call everything you can't understand weird. Besides, isn't there really another way to make acupoint work? I still can't believe Haotian would be so unfair to a genius like me!”
”Indeed, there is another way, but I advise you not to count on that. Usually, there is just a short distance between a genius and an idiot. However, if someone counts on such hope, he will be a poor fool at last, no matter what he was before. What's more, I have to repeat that the math problem you raised yesterday was truly strange and lacks beauty.”
”I heard that the approach Devil's Doctrine applies is different from others. Instead of resorting to the connection with Breath of Nature, they attempt to absorb Breath of Nature into their body forcibly. Is it a possible way to cultivate for those failing to activate their acupoint? Besides, I will offer you the third math problem in the following. Please think deeply about it and don't always ask me for the answer.”
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”This problem is very elementary! Are you insulting me? About the Devil's Doctrine, I have to warn you not to mention the two words, no matter if you are in or outside the Academy. Otherwise, you will tragically be chased and killed by the just and mighty men all over the world. What's more, I have to smilingly tell you that even if for the way of the Devil's Doctrine, it also requires the activation of acupoint, because only in this condition can the Breath of Nature connect and flow inside your body.”
”What a pity! I thought that maybe there was another available way.”
”Given that you could deconstruct the character by way of Eight Strokes Calligraphy of Yong, you are an unusual guy. I really worry about you trying the way of the Devil's Doctrine if you can't find other ways. Actually, you should feel lucky, but not pitiful. Otherwise, perhaps I will have to cleave you into three parts someday if you resort to diabolism.”
”To be honest, your words make sense, but I feel very disappointed.”
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”I think we are kind of pen pals, right? But why didn't you ever ask me who I am? Aren't you curious about it at all? Don't you feel that it is a great lucky chance for you to communicate with me?”
”I am not curious about others all the time. Besides, you haven't asked me about my identity, either.”
”Well, who are you? Where are you from? Which classroom in the Academy? Are there some beautiful sisters in your family?”
”I am Ning Que from the City of Wei, a student from Classroom Three in the Academy. There is just a black handmaiden in my family... Who are you and where are you from? You hate women so much because you already have a ferocious wife or concubines?”
”I am Chen Pipi, from West Hill. That's all.”
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”I heard that a candidate from West Hill got an A+ in six courses five years ago, and that all the instructors of the Academy ran out to crowd around him because that's the best in the past century. You are that guy?”
”Exactly! So are you revering and adoring me right now?”
”I got three A+, two D-, and I abandoned one test. It is said that this is also a unique result in the Academy in the past century. In which case, why should I revere and adore you?”
”... Three A+, two D-, and one abandoned. It is, indeed, rare and excellent. OK, you are kind of a terrific figure and I temporarily admit that you have the qualifications to talk equally with me.”
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