AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 215 - 100 "The Cultivation of Art"_2

Chapter 215: Chapter 100 "The Cultivation of Art"_2

Lin Yi remembered that this Art Student was the first one to step forward, and then protected that young man behind him.

"It’s been a long time since I’ve come across a student with talent like yours."

"You look unfamiliar, are you new here?"

Mao Feiyang was startled for a moment, his mind pondering the meaning of the talent mentioned, when he saw the other party had already extended his hand.

"Let’s get acquainted, Mu Daxian."

"Uh, I..." Mao Feiyang was still a bit constrained.

"You can sense that I have a Student Souvenir Coin, right?" Mu Daxian said with a smile, "If you have a Student Souvenir Coin, we are all friends here. Don’t be afraid, we’ll look after our juniors."

"Uh... My name is Mao Feiyang."

"Welcome to the Art Building, Junior Brother Mao."

Mu Daxian gave Mao Feiyang’s hand a firm shake, then noticed that Mao Feiyang seemed a bit anxious, glancing at the clock and the door of the classroom from time to time.

Mu Daxian immediately understood, "Do you want to go to the Cafeteria to eat now?"

"Yeah..."

"Forget about it at this time," Mu Daxian shook his head, "Even if you go, you would have to wait until night to come back at least."

"Huh?"

"At this time, it’s daytime over in the school area," Mu Daxian explained, "It’s not easy to encounter abnormal weather conditions."

Mao Feiyang was still recalling the details of the rules in his head in order to understand Mu Daxian’s words, while Lin Yi had already understood.

He glanced at the Art Classroom and noticed that only a few Art Students had left the Art Classroom.

And the row of girls in sailor uniforms were all absent from the classroom.

’That’s right... I saw her at the entrance of the Cafeteria at lunchtime today...’

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes, thinking that those people had gone to the Cafeteria to eat by now, but according to his memory, he had met the girl in the sailor uniform twice that day.

Once was at lunchtime, and once was at dinner time. According to Mu Daxian’s statement, there should have been no way for the sailor uniform girl and her companions to come back after they went to eat.

He really wanted to ask Mu Daxian what was the status of the sailor uniform girl and her companions now, but he was merely replaying it in his dream and had no real agency.

And Mao Feiyang, quite obviously, was still not over it, with his mind in a daze.

"So, should I wait until dinner to eat?" Mao Feiyang’s gaze flickered, he said tentatively.

With a smile and a shake of his head, Mu Daxian said, "Why fixate on eating? We bathe in radiance, and actually, even if we don’t eat, it won’t really matter."

"But the rules don’t say that," Mao Feiyang stated, shaking his head unconvincingly.

Mao Feiyang thought about the original words on the Art Student Rules: [Please arrange your time to dine reasonably, ensuring that you can have a meal within 24 hours.]

A hint of a sly light flickered in Mu Daxian’s eyes as he raised his eyebrows slightly, "The rules, huh... heh."

"Abiding by the rules isn’t bad either, hmm... not bad," he said, patting Mao Feiyang on the shoulder with his other hand. Then, as if suddenly thinking of something, he couldn’t help but ask, "By the way, how did you end up in the Art Classroom at that time?"

In Mu Daxian’s memory, before he began to immerse himself in Art cultivation, Mao Feiyang wasn’t in the classroom, and after that strange Art Teacher had taken those people on a forceful visit, apart from those who were led astray, there was also an additional Mao Feiyang in the classroom.

He wouldn’t have noticed Mao Feiyang, but it was hard to ignore how very absorbing Mao Feiyang had been.

Proper Art Students like themselves had stopped their Artistic cultivation several hours ago, but Mao Feiyang didn’t come to until the starlight had faded.

The conservative estimate for the time he absorbed starlight was four to five times theirs...

"Please, even forty percent more is already abnormal, how could it possibly be four or five times?!"

"It’s like when everyone goes to a buffet hotpot together, some people feel full after ten plates of meat, some after twenty, but Mao Feiyang is the one who not only eats eighty plates of meat but also drinks the soup from the hotpot."

"This is no longer outrageous; it’s absolutely standing out like a crane amongst chickens, impossible not to attract attention."

Mu Daxian had been restraining himself, otherwise, he would have definitely asked if this guy was reincarnated from a sea monster that drowned out at sea...

"I... someone brought me here," Mao Feiyang hesitated for a moment, subtly concealing some information.

Unexpectedly, Mu Daxian didn’t press further, but seriously nodded his head, "We were also brought here by the security guards, no matter what, since the Student ID card can’t be found, just settle down here for now."

"To be honest, there are still many chances to go back, as long as you don’t rush and get led astray by those peculiar teachers just now, you’ll be able to return sooner or later."

"Of course, you know what I mean by ’going back,’ right?" Mu Daxian looked earnestly at Mao Feiyang.

Mao Feiyang was startled; he actually didn’t know, but still nodded, "Uh-huh."

However, Lin Yi had grasped the meaning behind Mu Daxian’s words—going back.

It wasn’t simply about returning to the layer of S City University. If it were just going back, one could rely on the pathways mentioned in the Art Student Rules.

What Mu Daxian meant must have been ’going back’ on the Transformation Pathways—from an "Art Student" back to an "Experience Student"!

"So Art Students really can be transformed back into Experience Students!"

But Mao Feiyang hadn’t yet realized this, so he didn’t ask further about it, and therefore Lin Yi couldn’t find out what this pathway was all about either.

However, Mu Daxian’s words did clue Lin Yi into a pathway for transforming from Experience Student to Art Student:

[Experience Students who lose their Student ID cards will be brought to the Art Building by security guards and become Art Students.]

"The specific details or some hidden conditions still need to be supplemented, but generally, the transformation pathway is just as so."

This was extremely useful information—no, to be exact, the entirety of today’s dream was invaluable information, as long as he completed the information exchange with Hetian Bufan, they could deduce a whole bunch of clues!

After remaining silent for a while, Mao Feiyang then said, "So I should just go to have dinner and then take the elevator back to the Teaching Building later?"

Finding abnormal weather when it gets dark is actually quite easy, and since Mu Daxian said there wasn’t enough time now, he would just go in the evening.

"Do you really have to eat in the cafeteria?" Mu Daxian frowned, seemingly averse to the cafeteria.

But that’s what the Art Student Rules require... Mao Feiyang thought to himself, yet seeing Mu Daxian’s expression, he kept silent too.

Mu Daxian squinted at Mao Feiyang for a while and then showed a smile, "We’re free at this time anyway, how about I take you around the classroom to get familiar with the equipment a little?"

"Equipment?"

"Art supplies, like drawing boards, for us Art Students, are collectively referred to as equipment. Want to take a look?"

"Uh... sure," Mao Feiyang nodded, now that he’d become an Art Student and had an Art Student senior to lead him, wasn’t that perfect?

"Follow me." Mu Daxian then led Mao Feiyang towards the edge of the Art Classroom.

There were many doors in the Art Classroom, and right beside them were some bookcases and tool racks that Lin Yi hadn’t noticed at first due to lighting and focus; he’d thought they were some sort of relief.

"The bookcases have some art-related books, but frankly, they’re not very helpful. You’ll soon discover that our ’art classes’ are nothing like the art classes you’re imagining."

"Compared to art-related books, some books on mythology might be more useful to you."

"As is well known, mythology often serves as an important source of inspiration and theme for artistic and cultural creation. Artists and writers frequently draw inspiration from mythological stories, presenting characters, scenes, or themes from myths in their creations, which can be paintings, sculptures, literary pieces, and more..."

"Over there on the tool rack, we have drawing boards, paper, pencils, paint, and such. Take what you need, but remember, do not touch the green pens and paints... We don’t use that color for sketching here."