Chapter 42 The Tower Spirit with a Unique Personality

After waving goodbye to his parents, Achen was led by his instructor, Professor Chang, to complete the enrollment procedures.

Having had a few months of boarding school experience, Achen didn't feel any discomfort about living alone away from his parents.

Professor Chang was secretly worried that he was too young to leave his parents, and he was thinking about how to comfort him.

Then he saw the child skipping and jumping behind him as they entered his dormitory.

"A villa for each person? Instructor Chang, is your Shifang Academy really that extravagant?" Achen was utterly shocked as he looked at the small two-story building with a garden in front of him.

"Not everyone gets this; it's a privilege reserved for the top three students in the entrance exam," Instructor Chang explained with a smile.

"Does that mean if my ranking drops in the next assessment, this dormitory will go to someone else?" Achen immediately grasped the key point.

"Hehe, that's right. The next assessment will be in six months, so Zuo Chen, you'd better work hard from now on!"

Ah Chen felt that Instructor Chang's smile was becoming more and more like that of an old fox.

"I will try my best to stay here until I graduate and leave." Ah Chen nodded vigorously. How could he bear to give up such a nice villa to someone else?

"By the way, mentor, can I let my friends stay here?" Achen asked. It would be such a waste for one person to live in such a big villa. He really wanted Aunt Lele and Brother Jin Liu to stay here.

"The trainees' accommodations are divided into Shangqingyuan, Qilingyuan, and Zhuluyuan, all based on their assessment scores."

The place you are currently living in is called Shangqingyuan. There are three small courtyards here, which are prepared for the top three in the assessment.

Apart from the three of you, no one else is allowed to come and go freely.

If you want your friends to move in, that's fine too.

If you rank in the top three in next month's monthly exam, you will be eligible to apply for two attendant certificates.

With a servant's pass, your friend can enter this Shangqing Garden.

Of course, if your performance in the following month falls outside the top three, you will have to surrender your attendant's certificate.

When Ah Chen heard these ridiculous rules, he almost cursed.

If the top three get a servant's certificate, but fail to make it into the top three in the next assessment, they will have to hand over the servant's certificate, which will definitely make them lose face in front of their friends!

With such a rule, it's estimated that only extremely arrogant people would dare to apply for a servant's certificate, and they wouldn't give the certificate to friends, but at most to their household servants.

In this way, even if I don't do well on the next exam, it won't be too embarrassing to hand over this attendant certificate.

After settling Achen in, Instructor Chang left reluctantly.

Looking at the two-story villa that occupied 300 square meters and had a building area of ​​over 200 square meters, Ah Chen couldn't help but worry about cleaning it.

No, he needs to learn how to make cleansing talismans as soon as possible, otherwise he won't be able to keep up with cleaning such a big place every day.

And the flowers and plants in the yard, I wonder if anyone takes care of them?

Forget about that for now; he needs to familiarize himself with some basic cultivation knowledge of this world as soon as possible.

The best way to familiarize yourself with common sense is to go to the library.

The library of Shifang Academy has a peculiar name: the Ten-Story Tower.

According to Instructor Chang, the ten-story tower has ten floors. You can enter the first floor at will, but to enter the second floor, you must answer two questions posed by the tower spirit; otherwise, you are not allowed to enter.

Do you think you can memorize the two questions, consult your tutor and classmates, and then answer them?

Haha, you're being too naive!

Because every time you come to the entrance of the second floor, the tower spirit will ask you different questions, and of course, the answers to these questions can be found in the books on the first floor.

To put it simply, the tower spirit wants you to thoroughly study the books on one level before moving on to the next.

Ah Chen was very interested in this magical tower spirit, so he took the opportunity of learning about cultivation to meet it.

Each student received a student card. Ah Chen arrived at the entrance of the ten-story tower and used his student card to stick the Jiao Tu beast ring on the heavy stone door. It fit perfectly, not too big or too small.

The next second, the door opened automatically, Ah Chen stepped in, and the door closed immediately afterward.

Then he heard a lively old man's voice: "Oh! A little kid has come? Come here, let this old man test you!"

Ah Chen was stunned: "Didn't you say we only had to answer questions on the second floor?"

"I'm in a good mood today, so I'll change the rules. Is that not allowed?" A phantom image of an old man suddenly appeared and said.

His hair and beard were all white, and he was hunched over, but his eyes were very bright, and his pupils kept rolling around when you talked to him.

“It’s your territory, you’re in charge. Change it however you want!” Ah Chen looked up at him and answered seriously.

"Hehe! It's my territory, I'm in charge. Very good, very good. This answer suits me perfectly!"

"I'll give you a special favor today. Tell me, which floor do you want to go to?" the old man said with a smile.

"I just want to stay on the first floor today and look for books about cultivation basics and fundamental spells. I don't want to go to higher floors," Achen said honestly.

He felt that the higher the level, the more profound the cultivation techniques and secret manuals must be. Given his current state as a novice in cultivation, he probably wouldn't understand them even if he looked at them, so why waste his time?

"Oh my! You're just the kind of kid I like! It's so rare to find a student as reliable as you!"

"However, I am very satisfied with your answer just now, so I have decided to give you a reward." The old man stroked his beard as he spoke.

Ah Chen found it somewhat amusing; it was clearly a phantom, and he couldn't touch anything, yet it still made such human-like gestures.

This seems to be a very unique tower spirit.

Then he saw the old man move as fast as a blur, shuttling back and forth between dozens of bookshelves on the first floor.

During this process, whenever the old man came across a book he liked, he would pick it up and toss it, and the book would land right at A-Chen's feet.

Ah Chen thought the tower spirit was really amazing. It was clearly a phantom, and he couldn't even touch his own beard, but it could touch the books on the bookshelf.

In no time, a dozen or so thick books were neatly arranged in front of Achen, their height just level with his head.

Ah Chen had reason to suspect that this was the Tower Spirit's perverse sense of humor.

"Alright, all the books you wanted are here. You can go now!" the old man said with a smug look on his face.

Achen: ...

He came in without even deciding which book he wanted to read, and he hadn't even gone through the borrowing process, so how could he just leave?

However, considering that the tower spirit could not be communicated with in the usual way, he obediently put the book into his storage ring.

Then he politely asked, "Sir, may I ask your name? How should I address you next time I come?"

"Am I that old?" the tower spirit asked irritably.

"Alright, since you're the first child in fifty years to ask me my name, I'll reluctantly tell you."

"My name is Xiao Shi. It's not the 'Shi' from Shifang Academy, but the 'Shi' from bending down to pick something up. Got it?" the tower spirit said earnestly.

“Understood, Senior Shi!” Achen replied.

"It's 'Senior Xiao Shi'! If you get it wrong again next time, I won't even let you enter the first floor!" The tower spirit seemed very angry, and a powerful force came and threw A-Chen out.

After landing and regaining his footing at the door, Ah Chen belatedly realized that the door hadn't been opened at all, so how had that Senior Xiao Shi thrown him out?