24: stand up

Long Yuan watched the fishmongers butcher the mutated Bighead Salmon with great interest. He suddenly remembered what Qin Third Master had just said and pondered, "Qin Third Master is celebrating his elder brother's son. Could the person who tested with B-grade Aptitude be Qin Gui from my class? Hmm, it must be him. He only tested with B-grade Aptitude in the combat system yesterday, and they're holding a celebration today. This Qin Family truly has Face. No wonder they're one of the five great Families in Fengyang County. However, it's only B-grade talent. Is it necessary to make such a big fuss? Or does this mean that B-grade talent is already considered a cut above the rest in a place like Fengyang County? It seems that's really the case; I can indeed see this from the memories of the original body, Zhu Deyuan..."

As he thought, he carefully watched the fishmongers cut the Bighead Salmon. They all used specialized tools, which were said to be cutting knives specially made by Artifact Refiners. Each knife had a slightly different style and function, but each was quite expensive. Some were for chopping bones, some for prying open scales, some for cutting large chunks of meat, some for finely slicing meat, and some particularly slender blade threads were for cutting fish intestines...

Don't underestimate the intestines of this Bighead Salmon; they are especially rich and delicious, but also very tough. Only when cut into thin strips and slowly cooked, or used for hotpot, are they absolutely a top-grade delicacy.

Long Yuan saw the thin blade thread and suddenly thought of a terrifying killing technology on Earth: the use of threads made of nano-level Materials, as thin as atoms, to directly cut targets!

Such threads are almost invisible to the human eye. The target doesn't even feel anything after being cut, only realizing they've been killed after the severed part completely separates...

"I wonder what level of technological capability this Otherworld Daming has reached, or rather, what kind of fine threads these Artifact Refiners can refine. If they can reach the nano-level, they could probably perfectly cut an opponent's enemy ship, right?"

Long Yuan was pensive. He suddenly felt that he should quickly understand the technological situation of this Daming, because the Dao of technology was also a direction for his Breakthrough. In the future, he could completely design and manufacture Advanced technological products, so he wouldn't have to personally go into battle and shout to kill every time. He could easily eliminate enemies by using such invisible killing weapons...

"It seems I need to use that library card from Fengyang No. 1 High School soon, and I also need to quickly read through the books in the Heavenly Dao Space's Treasure Pavilion. They will definitely benefit me greatly!

Thinking of this, Long Yuan couldn't sit still. He quietly left and found a supermarket nearby, where he began to shop extensively...

After pushing out the shopping cart, he found a corner with no surveillance and no people, put the items into his spatial storage, returned the shopping cart to the supermarket, and then went to other stores to shop. He also found opportunities to put the purchased items into his spatial storage, and then returned to Hengbi Garden with a large bag of food...

"Buying so many things doesn't even cost a few xuan stones. Mortal items are really cheap. If I wanted to just lie flat, I could live like this indefinitely without earning money. But this kind of life is too decadent. As a sixteen-year-old hot-blooded youth, I find this idea of lying flat shameful. I still need a little ambition! Besides, if my martial power isn't high, what will I do if enemy nations or exotic beasts attack in the future? Relying on others to protect my safety is impossible and unreliable..."

Back home, Long Yuan quickly organized all the food and supplies. Looking at the full kitchen and storage room, his heart was immediately filled with a sense of security and happiness. Next, it was time to strive again; he would read some books first...

March in the Southern Kingdom was precisely when spring was warm and flowers bloomed, but with Long Yuan's current physique at the Martial Apprentice extreme, he already felt a bit stuffy and hot. It was still more comfortable in his spatial storage. With a thought, he directly entered the Treasure Pavilion and began to browse.

This browsing almost completely stumped him!

"On the Principles and Applications of Controlled Nuclear Fusion," "Automatic Iterative Evolution Control of AI Intelligent Robots," "Discussion on the Principles of Brain-Computer Interface," "Principles and Applications of Genetic Potions," "Combination of Body Refining Warriors and Mechs," "Improvement of Remote Lasers," "Refining Methods of Super-Nanomaterials," "The Significance of Nanorobots for Longevity," "On the Reality and Virtuality of the World," "Design and Principles of Super Starships," "Mutual Generation and Restraint of Black Holes and White Holes"...

This series of dazzling and heart-stirring book titles suddenly appeared before his eyes, making his blood surge and boil. Heavens, weren't these all cutting-edge scientific and technological fields that were being researched on Earth but struggled to achieve Breakthroughs?

Had someone already thoroughly researched all of them?

If he could thoroughly understand all of them, then one day when he returned to Earth, he would undoubtedly be a super scientist of Einstein's caliber...

Thinking of this, he plunged into this vast sea of books without hesitation...

Fengyang No. 1 High School originally had two Elite Classes, namely the Advanced and Intermediate Elite Classes, with thirty people in each class. However, after the new batch of 16-year-old youths had their Aptitude Awakened, an Elementary Elite Class was also established, with thirty people. The class teacher was Yun Yi, whose cultivation had reached Martial Master (Mid-stage). This was a strong individual who could serve as a Family Head of a third-grade Family, and he was a prominent figure in Fengyang County. However, he was indifferent to fame and fortune, and enjoyed teaching and nurturing young people, which is why he remained teaching at Fengyang No. 1 High School.

Yun Yi appeared to be a young man, with black hair, a handsome Face, and a sturdy physique, giving people a vibrant and energetic youthful impression. However, he was actually nearly sixty years old. Today, he was leading this class of new students for a concentrated lesson in the specialized training ground. His gaze swept over them, and his expression couldn't help but darken slightly. There were only twenty-eight people; two people were absent on the very first day of class!

However, he knew about one of the absentees: Ye He from the Ye Family, now an S-grade Genius youth known throughout the country. It was just a pity that his talent was attacked and he became a cripple only minutes after it was revealed. But at the strong request of the Ye Family, the Elementary Elite Class still reserved a spot for him. This was a wise choice by Fengyang No. 1 High School. Firstly, it wouldn't offend the Ye Family, as Ye He was attacked on the school campus. Secondly, what if the Ye Family could really cure Ye He?

If a miracle occurred and Ye He was truly cured, he would definitely return to No. 1 High School and to the Elite Class. Then, reserving a spot for him now would become a favor and a bargaining chip, which would greatly benefit the future of No. 1 High School.

But besides Ye He, who was the other person?

"Attention! Right dress! Eyes front! Roll call!!!" Yun Yi called out powerfully.

"Ye Xuan!"

"Luo Ying!"

"Qin Gui!"

"Wang Yu!"

"Zhang Li!"

"Long Xiangning!"

"..."

"Where is Long Yuan?!" Yun Yi asked fiercely.

The entire place was silent...

Qin Gui, Wang Yu, and some of the usually arrogant Family disciples all showed a hint of schadenfreude on their Faces, thinking that Long Yuan, who had stolen all the thunder at the Awakening ceremony, was about to suffer now, right?

To dare to stand up the teacher on the very first day of class, to dare to make Yun Yi lose Face, he was simply tired of living!