Above the Galaxy
Chapter 235 - 171: What a Handsome Young Man!_2

Chapter 235: Chapter 171: What a Handsome Young Man!_2

"I understand," Tang Fei nodded, showing comprehension.

"Alright, there’s nothing else here, you should hurry back to the academy. Being away for so long, don’t let them get suspicious," the old man urged.

"Don’t worry, there were no classes at the academy today, and the students were all out doing their own things," Tang Fei said with a smile. "I have to go back and check on Little Fatty later. I’m really worried I might return to find I’ve starved him thin."

The old man said irritably, "You should let him eat less. What’s the use of growing so much fat? He might not even find a wife in the future."

"Did I fatten him up? He was already this fat back in the Old Land..."

"At that time, I told him to eat less. Did you two ever listen to me? Every time I tried to control it, you contradicted me, even accusing me of child abuse... If I was really abusing him, how could he have gotten so fat?"

"Well, I wouldn’t know about that. Who knows if you secretly smeared lard into his mouth while I was asleep..."

"You ungrateful thing, I should have stuffed you with lard instead, let all of Little Fatty’s fat grow on you, and see if Phoenix would still like you..."

The old man ranted, and the two of them reverted to their old pattern of banter from the times in the Old Land.

"You think she likes me for my looks? She likes me for my profound cultivation and noble sentiments."

"Without a good-looking face, who would bother to find out whether you have cultivation or sentiments? Little Fatty is much kinder than you, so why doesn’t she like Little Fatty?"

"Why are you suddenly insulting people? What did Little Fatty ever do to you?"

"I’m just stating a fact."

"That’s true," Tang Fei conceded earnestly.

"..."

Tang Fei stood up to leave, then thought better of it and sat down again.

He held out his hand to the old man and said, "Give me a few dozen of your Spirit Talismans, I found them quite useful..."

"If I ever need to extract information from someone, I’ll just stick one of these talismans to their Sun point..."

"You think this is like buying vegetables in the market, asking for a dozen just like that? Do you realize how much energy and money it takes me to make one talisman? Do you know how long it takes to draw one? I can only manage one a week..."

"Moreover, you don’t understand the talisman spells; what use would they be to you? You think you can just stick it on someone’s forehead and that’s it? The spell requires specific hand techniques as well... It’s not as easy as you think."

Tang Fei glared resentfully at the old man and said, "What Cultivation Technique is this? If you have such powerful methods, why won’t you teach me?"

"Lu Ban’s Book of Death," the old man no longer concealed it. "This book is the most extraordinary one in the world, divided into upper and lower volumes. The upper volume deals with Array Formation and Talisman, and the lower volume with mechanical devices... I’ve already taught you the lower volume, aren’t you satisfied?"

"Ah? You taught me how to make little birds using the lower volume of Lu Ban’s Book of Death? It doesn’t seem that great; the birds can’t even fly..."

Hearing Tang Fei dare to insult Lu Ban’s Book of Death, the old man cursed loudly, "You blame me because the birds can’t fly? Isn’t it because you’re too dumb?"

"Besides, above the Old Land, there are no tools, no parts, absolutely nothing. What do you expect me to do? Just having a few pieces of wood and being able to fly that high, don’t you think that’s already magical?"

"You’ve studied at the Mechanical Department of the military academy too. The things they teach you now... don’t they all feel vaguely familiar?"

Tang Fei pondered for a moment and said, "That’s true... could it be that they are also studying Lu Ban’s Book of Death?"

"How is that possible?" The old man looked at Tang Fei as if he were a fool, "Because their textbooks are compiled by the Lu Family, and most of their techniques and knowledge originate from the Lu Family... Being able to learn even one tenth of the real content is already pretty good. You still want to learn the original Lu Ban’s Book of Death?"

"You guys are really stingy... The school collects so much tuition from everyone but doesn’t teach anything real. Isn’t that basically scamming?"

"Teaching a student might starve the teacher. Which family would expose all their hidden tricks?"

"If the Lu Family didn’t keep their technological advantage, couldn’t be the leaders of this world, they would have been eliminated long ago... Could they have lasted a thousand years without perishing?"

"That makes sense," Tang Fei nodded. He didn’t really care if others learned the real stuff; he was just upset he hadn’t.

"Then why don’t you teach me the upper volume of Lu Ban’s Book of Death too? I think that upper half might be even more powerful..."

The old man shook his head, "It’s all flashy but impractical, learning it just makes people lazy, always looking for shortcuts and tricks..."

"Plus, it can be distracting. If you learned the upper volume, you wouldn’t endure the hardships of advancing in cultivation anymore, and you wouldn’t have achieved such success in Martial Arts..."

"If you didn’t have talent in Martial Arts, or such high ambitions, learning it would just be a nice accessory... But if you aspire to become a Grandmaster, or even a Great Grandmaster, you must stay focused, keep a steadfast heart..."

"I know, I know you must be doing this for my own good. Otherwise, you would have certainly taught it to me," Tang Fei said, smiling.