Chapter 51 Book Pavilion

Ruan Jianglong is qualified to recommend people to the academy.

This is the reason why the powerful people in Bailong City are so flattering to him.

Originally, the three places for this year had been used up, but for Chen Luo, his nephew, Ruan Jianglong deliberately turned down one of the candidates, spent a lot of money to change Chen Luo's name, and even went there twice in person. Many trivial matters in the middle were saved with Ruan Jianglong's help.

It also allowed Chen Luo to truly enjoy the treatment of a person with connections.

By the time Ruan Jianglong had gotten through all the connections and sent him an identity certificate from the Bailong Academy, half a month had passed.

"White Dragon Academy, these characters don't look like something an ordinary person can write."

Chen Luo got off the carriage and stood at the entrance of the academy looking at the plaque above.

These four simple words, when you look closely, the word "dragon" seems to come alive, as if there is really a white dragon swimming on the plaque. But in the blink of an eye, the words return to the previous text without any change. It is truly mysterious.

Today, Chen Luo was wearing a pure white gown and a green scarf on his head, looking like a serious scholar.

"Brother, are you here to study as well?"

Someone nearby saw Chen Luo and asked curiously.

Since the establishment of Bailong Academy, dignitaries have been coming to study. It is said that even the princes and nobles in the capital would send their children to study here. Those who can enter the academy to study are either rich or noble. This person asked another question because he saw that Chen Luo was unfamiliar.

“I am indeed here to study.”

Chen Luo responded with a smile and entered the academy.

"Is he the son of a noble family? He looks so impressive." The scholar who asked the question looked at Chen Luo's back and muttered to himself.

What Bailong Academy has the most is the children of the powerful and wealthy. Many people come here not to study, but to build relationships.

As for seeking immortality and asking for the way, except for a small number of the top students, the vast majority of students don’t know about it.

The layout of the academy is very special, with three floors, and a huge oak tree in the middle. Following the stairs into the inner courtyard, Chen Luo found that the layout inside was not like a school, but a series of book pavilions, divided into three floors: upper, middle and lower.

The bottom floor was full of children of merchants who paid to come here to make friends. Special teachers were hired to teach, but most of the students were not focused on their studies. Many of them were chatting and exchanging contact information. It was obvious that they used this place as a social place. The teachers were used to it and only cared about studying and teaching, not asking about other things.

The second floor was much quieter. The people here were all here to study. When Chen Luo walked to this floor, he saw several students writing furiously and studying scriptures diligently.

There are even fewer people on the third floor, and together they can be used as a library.

This is the most important place in the entire Bailong Academy.

Those who can enter this level to study are all predestined people who have been allowed by the immortals, or they are the children of noble families, the sons of dukes and marquises. When Chen Luo came in, he looked around and found a seat to sit down. The specific details were told to him by his uncle Ruan Jianglong before he came in.

When the people inside saw him come in, no one came over to talk to him. At most, two curious women looked at him a little longer.

woman?

Chen Luo was a little surprised. There were no women studying in Yue State Academy, and women were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination. But the Bailong Academy ignored this. No matter whether they were men or women, as long as they were destined, they could enter the academy to study.

"Numerology, formations, astrology, and state of mind."

Chen Luo retracted his gaze and looked down at the table.

Handwritten books were placed on the table. These books should be the knowledge prepared by Bailong Academy, which were the basis for those who wanted to "seek immortality and ask for the way".

If you can't even learn the basics, there's no need to learn the subsequent immortal techniques, let alone bother the immortal master.

This is also a way to avoid offending others and keep yourself at peace.

The dean of Bailong Academy is actually a wonderful person.

"No, no, this formation needs to be deduced using the 'Star Method' and combined with the numbers of the stars, and only then can it be broken step by step."

"This is a big mistake. The Su star is dim, so we should kill the star master and destroy it with force."

Two arguing voices came from the side.

Two young men in green robes were fiddling with a chessboard on the table. At first glance, it looked like they were playing chess, but if you looked closely, you would find that the distribution of the chess pieces between them was a little strange, completely different from an ordinary chess game.

Formation?

Chen Luo looked at a book on the left, took it down and took a look at it.

I found that it was full of profound references to terrain and calculations of qi. It was a thick book with an innumerable amount of knowledge recorded in it. And this was just an introductory book on formations, so it still belonged to the 'ordinary' level.

“Is the basics so complicated?”

Chen Luo was a little surprised.

He thought that cultivating immortals was the same as practicing martial arts, and that all he needed to do was find a secret book and start practicing.

Putting down the book on formations, Chen Luo read several books on pharmacology, astrology, etc. He found that the knowledge described in each book was very complicated. For people without qualifications, it would take a lifetime to comprehend just one of the books, let alone learn it all.

“A means of screening qualifications.”

As soon as Chen Luo's mind moved, Young Master Nineteen's brain suddenly became active.

In an instant, he felt the confused feeling in his head disappear all of a sudden. When he looked at the knowledge again, it became extremely smooth and he learned it at a glance.

He flipped through the book quickly and memorized and learned a lot of knowledge in it.

This state lasted for about ten minutes. As time passed, fatigue surged out from the depths of my soul. When I looked at the words on the book again, it was as if they had come alive and began to dance in a mess.

After realizing this, Chen Luo switched back to his original royal brain.

The sense of clarity reappeared, but this time it lasted for a shorter time. After about seven minutes, the royal brain was tired.

Then Chen Luo called up all the backup brains one by one.

He discovered that every brain could learn the above content, but the length of time varied. The longest one could last for three minutes, and it was the brain of 'Old Jiang', the protector of Young Master Nineteen. The shortest one could only last for ten seconds.

By the time Chen Luo had used up all of his more than one hundred spare brains, he had almost finished reading the formation book in his hand.

He finished reading a book in one day!

"You are quite funny. You are holding a book and pretending to read it for a long time. Don't you know that the knowledge in these books is spiritual? Even if ordinary people read a lot, they can't remember the contents."

The man was wearing a dark blue gown with a light green jade pendant hanging around his waist. There was a hint of arrogance between his brows, and he was obviously the son of a powerful family.

"Those who can come here are not ordinary people. If you want to make friends with the powerful, just show your qualifications. It's better not to play such useless tricks." After saying this, the man turned and left the library.

Chen Luo was confused by the whole conversation.

However, after half a day's work, he roughly understood the teaching method of the library.

There is no teacher.

Just rely on self-study. When you think you have learned it all, you can go find a teacher.

There are many obstacles in the passage leading to the teacher's inner courtyard. These obstacles are arranged in the form of basic knowledge. Those who can pass them are all accomplished in their studies. If you don't have enough understanding, you can't get in even if someone leads the way.

(End of this chapter)