Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World
Chapter 330 - 205 Deep Pit

Chapter 330: Chapter 205 Deep Pit

Through the research process of the "Golden Core Project," Zheng Fa could sense that the accumulation of the Jiushan Sect was truly underwhelming.

Among the four major skills of Immortal Dao, except for talismanic magic being somewhat formidable,

the skills in Artifact Refining and Alchemy are practically blank slates.

Array skills, due to Elder Yuan’s talisman formation skills, are barely passable, but that’s also just at an amateur level.

Not to mention other even more niche knowledge.

Back when Zhang suggested the Sixth of Hundred Immortals Alliance’s Xuanwei...

He knew that HR’s words during recruitment couldn’t be taken at face value!

Looking at it now, Xuanwei ranks six seems about right.

As a junior faction still reliant on the protection of the Hundred Immortals Alliance, one could imagine the depth of the Jiushan Sect’s heritage...

He was in charge of the Jiushan Realm and was thus quite familiar with the sect’s wealth.

Simply put, inheritances at the Nascent Soul level were not lacking, but there weren’t many either.

Higher levels were, of course, nonexistent.

After all, the only Jiushan Ancestor among their predecessors who had a brush with Divinity Transformation succeeded in cultivating into an artificial idiot...

For something like the rare Secret Technique of an outer elixir, they had only heard of it but never seen it.

Without mentioning others, Xiao Yuying, who worked alone, probably possessed a stronger inheritance and treasures than the entire Jiushan Sect.

Of course, this matter did indeed need to be discussed with Zhang and even Master themselves.

"If we were to attract someone like Xiao Yuying, some relatively confidential knowledge and research would need to be shared with her."

Zheng Fa told Elder Yuan and the others.

Beside him, Master Pang slowly nodded and said,

"This person has exceptional cultivation, a profound background, and is not lacking in Magical Treasures... I’m afraid we need to offer something truly valuable..."

"Do we must acquire this person?" Junior Master Huang frowned and said.

Zheng Fa explained, "It’s not that we must have her, but comparatively speaking, I trust her abilities a bit more. If we’re going to cooperate, why not seek out the most capable person?"

Even Junior Master Huang fell silent at this.

Xiao Yuying’s reputation for treasure-seeking was such that everyone had to admit her superiority.

What really convinced Zheng Fa about Xiao Yuying was her insights on various Secret Realms—previously, he had discovered that Fairy Xiao seemed to be quite familiar with the prohibitions from different eras and had her own opinions on various inheritances, to say it was all luck was somewhat of an understatement.

"Actually, it’s hard to convince her if she’s too wealthy, but the good thing is... she won’t be easily swayed by profit and forget her principles."

Zhang seemed to have thought about this idea for a long time, now adding her thoughts on the side.

Zheng Fa nodded in agreement.

Setting personal emotions aside, Xiao Yuying was indeed generous—regardless of the reasons, generous people tend to be easier to cooperate with over the long term.

Hearing the two of them, Elder Yuan spoke up, "In terms of abilities, character, and personality, she is indeed the best choice—but convincing her will be difficult."

Everyone looked at Zheng Fa, who then said, "I’ll go talk to her; after all, it’s a mutually beneficial arrangement."

...

"The way of the outer elixir is easy to talk about, but... you want me?"

Xiao Yuying was a bit stunned after hearing Zheng Fa’s words and summarized.

Cough.

It’s a good summary, but don’t summarize like that in front of Zhang...

Standing beside them, Zhang glanced at him but said nothing.

Zheng Fa passed the box containing the Qingyun Immortal Fruits to Xiao Yuying and spoke, "Yes, Fairy, you are to study ’Electromagnetism’; you don’t need this Qingyun Immortal Fruit, just exchange it for the cultivation method of the outer elixir. However, Jiushan Realm needs someone like Fairy Xiao to be an archaeology teacher."

"Archaeology teacher?"

"That is, we hope you can share your experiences, encounters, and insights from treasure-hunting in Secret Realms or predecessors’ caverns."

Xiao Yuying seemed to roughly understand.

She didn’t speak, as if she was pondering.

Zheng Fa continued, "For this position, there’s a certain number of good deeds points every month, which can be exchanged for various spiritual materials..."

He couldn’t continue.

Xiao Yuying was quite straightforward.

She was relatively courteous and patiently listened to Zheng Fa talking about the treatment for this archaeology teacher, but her gaze couldn’t hide her astonishment, which loosely translated, seemed to say:

Are you planning to knock me out with those three coins in your pocket?

...

"If I don’t agree, does that mean I won’t be able to study ’Electromagnetism’?"

Xiao Yuying looked conflicted.

Clearly, she was reluctant, but the subject of ’Electromagnetism’ was very important to her.

"No... Fairy, you are after all an old friend of Jiushan Sect, how could I think of pressuring you... If you could give me two methods of the outer elixir, I naturally won’t go back on my word. As long as you sign a confidentiality agreement, arranging the classes will be easy."

Zheng Fa smiled, warm and kind-hearted.

Xiao Yuying’s eyes lit up with gratitude.

Zhang glanced at her, her eyes containing a hint of pity.

Xiao Yuying didn’t catch her gaze and felt rather embarrassed, stuffing the box with Qingyun Immortal Fruits back into Zheng Fa’s arms and explained, "Teaching isn’t an issue for me. I’m not unwilling to stay in Jiushan Realm; it’s just that I like wandering around... can’t settle down. If I stay, I will definitely teach everyone!"

"Understandable, understandable!"

"Keep this Immortal Fruit!" Xiao Yuying became even happier, taking out several more cases from her bosom to give to Zheng Fa.

Indeed, making a wealthy woman happy makes her generous!

Zheng Fa didn’t insist, but Xiao Yuying wasn’t ready to give up!

"Fairy Xiao, you’re too polite," Zheng Fa said. "I have a legacy video of ’Electromagnetism’ here. It’s taught by the most formidable expert in this field, directly pointing to the very source of the Great Dao! Apart from me and Sister Zhang, nobody else has seen it. How about you be the first to learn from it?"

Xiao Yuying blinked her eyes, clearly excited by the proposal.

Her gaze even held a barely containable longing.

Seeming to understand her desire, Zheng Fa proposed: "How about the Fairy starts learning it now?"

Zheng Fa took her to a classroom, where he released several spirit talismans, and a middle-aged man appeared in the classroom.

"Dear students, please turn to the Chapter on ’Maxwell’s Equations’..."

Watching Xiao Yuying, who gazed intently at the teacher, Zheng Fa gently closed the door and stood waiting outside.

He swore he hadn’t deceived Xiao Yuying—not even one bit. This teacher was one of the most well-reviewed teachers of ’Electromagnetism’ at Beijing University!

You could say that he offered Xiao Yuying the most profound ’Electromagnetism’ legacy of the Jiushan Realm!

Very sincere indeed!

Of course...

"Fairy Xiao? How was it?"

An hour later, he entered the classroom and saw Xiao Yuying sitting there with an indescribable expression on her face—

It was a look of having been overwhelmed by unfathomable knowledge.

Full of confusion and self-doubt...

"One lesson..." Xiao Yuying seemed to be gathering her thoughts, slowly starting to speak: "I think I understood about five sentences."

"?"

"Everyone can sit here, let’s skip over such simple stuff..."

"There’s no need for me to do the calculation here..."

"It’s easy to see..."

"We’ve studied this before, so I won’t go over it again..."

"Class dismissed..."

The more Xiao Yuying spoke, the more her face showed a look of not wanting to revisit the experience: "I don’t know who he was lecturing to, but it certainly wasn’t to me."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Zheng Fa, narrowing her eyes, and said coldly: "Did you do this on purpose?"

"Hmm!"

"..."

Xiao Yuying didn’t expect Zheng Fa to actually admit it!

"Fairy Xiao, I wanted you to understand that ’Electromagnetism’ is much more difficult than you imagined," Zheng Fa explained at this moment.

It was normal for Xiao Yuying not to understand.

To take this class, you’d at least need to know calculus, right?

"What I mean is, if Fairy Xiao truly wants to study this class properly, it might take some time..."

Of course, Xiao Yuying might be a real genius, but to go from having hardly studied modern mathematics to fully understanding electromagnetism, it would still take quite some time.

Zheng Fa paused.

He looked at Xiao Yuying with a smiling gaze.

His meaning was very clear—you won’t be able to learn everything in a short time, why not stay and become a teacher?

Xiao Yuying opened her mouth, but found herself speechless.

After all, she had previously said she didn’t agree to stay in the Jiushan Realm because she didn’t want to linger there for long.

More importantly, Zheng Fa was actually telling her—that ’Electromagnetism’ indeed only cost the price of outer elixir cultivation methods.

As for other knowledge... that had a different price tag!

The problem was, without that additional knowledge, she wouldn’t be able to learn ’Electromagnetism’!

"Fairy Xiao, I didn’t mean to deceive you, but to tell you. This field of study is much more profound and vast than you imagine..." Seeing her expression, Zheng Fa explained, "What you learned before is only the tip of the iceberg."

Xiao Yuying was stunned for a long moment, then furrowed her brows and nodded.

She understood what Zheng Fa meant—the harder it was, the more she could gain from ’Electromagnetism’.

"Being an archaeology teacher, I can give it a try..." It took her a moment, but she finally spoke up, then seemed reluctant as she added, "Once I’ve finished learning ’Electromagnetism’, I’ll stop teaching..."

Zheng Fa nodded with a smile, looking completely unworried.

Physics, it’s a deep pit you can’t easily climb out of...

Who says... one can finish studying electromagnetism?

Who says... electromagnetism is the source of the Great Dao?

Electromagnetism, this thing, once you start learning it, you might end up in quantum mechanics...

Too many have fallen into this pit, and Zheng Fa saw Xiao Yuying as one of them.

He thought of Xiao Yuying as the spitting image of a tenured professor...

...

"Junior Brother, why didn’t you mention the collaboration on archaeology?"

After Xiao Yuying left, Sister Zhang asked.

Zheng Fa shook his head and said, "Xiao Yuying is still half-hearted, it would have been in vain to mention it."

Hearing this from him, Sister Zhang also nodded slowly.

Xiao Yuying probably truly didn’t want to stay in the Jiushan Realm; bringing it up at this time was indeed unlikely to be effective.

"When she’s in a better mood, I’ll talk to her about it again. Actually, there’s no hurry—the collaboration on archaeology needs to wait until after the Golden Core Project."

She can’t run away...