Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World
Chapter 335 - 209: Observations at the Nursing Home, First Experiment

Chapter 335: Chapter 209: Observations at the Nursing Home, First Experiment

The nursing home welcomed a group of new visitors.

They stood outside the gate, men and women, old and young alike, staring at the main building of the nursing home, their eyes filled with curiosity, confusion, and unease.

Zheng Fa was originally discussing various alchemy furnace structures with Cheng Yun and others when Divine Sense caught sight of the newcomers, prompting him to look towards Group Leader Yang, pointing outside.

Group Leader Yang was startled, slapping her forehead and saying, "I was listening to you go on and on, I got confused myself and almost forgot about this. Didn’t we talk about it before? Today these martial arts practitioners will be coming..."

Zheng Fa wasn’t surprised but simply nodded toward Old Man Bai.

Old Man Bai perked up and scurried outside.

Group Leader Yang asked, "Are these people being handed over to Professor Bai?"

"Yes, everyone has their area of expertise... after all, he has experience and a great deal of professional enthusiasm."

Group Leader Yang paused, her face darkened:

Experience... does that mean remnants of a fraud gang?

High professional enthusiasm... refers to Old Man Bai’s seventy-year obsession with showing off?

But indeed, Zheng Fa was too busy to personally mentor these people.

No one else was interested either.

Only Old Man Bai, enthusiastically volunteered...

Watching Old Man Bai lead these people into the main building of the nursing home, Zheng Fa gently tapped his finger, and dozens of Dream Charms flew out like golden butterflies towards the main building...

Group Leader Yang now understood what these were for and chuckled:

"According to your vision, Director, we chose people of different genders and ages to come here."

"These people have various professions, some have practiced martial arts, or learned combat skills, and have also gone through extensive background checks."

"No one who shouldn’t be here is present."

Her tone was extremely sincere, implying that nobody dared to interfere with this selection.

Zheng Fa gently nodded without a word, just waved his hand in the air to draw a few strokes, and a water screen appeared in front of everyone, displaying those who were seated and dreaming.

Above their heads, one dream after another materialized.

After a moment, he pointed towards the main building a few times: "Let these people go."

Group Leader Yang’s expression turned uncomfortable...

She had just vouched emphatically for these people, and now nearly half of them were eliminated by Zheng Fa...

She didn’t blame Zheng Fa but hated herself and the inspectors for not being discerning enough...

The dreams of these people involved learning martial arts, and they had all been rather unrestrained.

Bullying men and dominating women wasn’t quite the issue since the world still had firearms.

However, participating in illegal boxing matches and taking rash actions abroad were common...

After all, having power beyond ordinary people, they thought about profiting from it, and were willing to skirt the edges of the law.

Group Leader Yang knew well, that the first group Zheng Fa chose were meant to be the initial disseminators of martial arts—the martial arts teachers.

The profit-driven nature of this group didn’t suit the job well.

Seeming to understand the sorrow on Group Leader Yang’s face, Zheng Fa showed more tolerance than before: "This isn’t your fault... Many people’s kindness is a forced hand, driven by external circumstances."

Group Leader Yang remained silent, watching as those people were escorted out of the nursing home.

...

Chen Sheng opened his eyes to find the room had half the people it did when he arrived—there were about forty people initially, now there were barely thirty.

He felt a bit nervous.

He grew up watching martial arts films and reading wuxia novels, always fantasizing about martial arts.

At about ten years old, he used connections and money to find a master—with a true sect lineage.

Then, his dream of martial arts was shattered.

Over the years, he had become a short video blogger, primarily promoting traditional martial arts, though not very popular—most of the feedback was criticism, especially since the reputation of martial arts had been completely destroyed in recent years.

"This Chen Sheng..." Group Leader Yang pointed at Chen Sheng and said, "In the realm of martial arts video bloggers, he’s not the most popular, but his reputation is quite good."

"Because he dislikes editing... He just honestly teaches and occasionally films his own practice."

Zheng Fa recalled this person’s dreams and nodded.

"Since you, Director, want to promote martial arts... we need to mobilize all kinds of talents, and short videos have significant influence nowadays..."

"You’ve been thoughtful..."

Whether the approach was right or not, Zheng Fa could tell, Group Leader Yang and her team were indeed working towards his goals.

He then shifted his gaze back to the water screen.

...

In the water screen, Chen Sheng was discreetly observing his surroundings.

He was contacted by official personnel, who initially mentioned a martial arts training class and asked if he was interested...

Chen Sheng arrived somewhat skeptical but found... everyone at this training class had a significant background.

He even addressed some older martial arts figures as "master uncle."

A few people sat very upright on their chairs, their backs far from the chair’s backrest... clearly military personnel.

There were also some female athletes... he had seen them on live broadcasts of some taekwondo competitions.

He secretly watched the people and the environment around him, realizing they were also observing him.

"Cough!"

Old Man Bai, who had led them in, gently coughed and began to speak.

Wearing a smiling and kind face, he said, "You all probably know that you’re here to learn martial arts..."

While people listened, there was unavoidable skepticism on their faces—everyone in the circle knew the current state of martial arts.

"But don’t misunderstand, what I’m going to teach you today is not the garbage you learned before!"