Foreign languages are Lu Qing's weakest subject, the kind that even the God of Literature couldn't help her with.
Lu Qing wasn't stupid, but looking at those tadpole-like characters made her too sleepy. In her master's words, letters were like sleeping pills to her.
If you have trouble sleeping one night, just glance at a foreign language book, and you're guaranteed to fall asleep instantly.
Sure enough, while everyone else was studying, Lu Qing's snoring had already echoed throughout the entire dormitory.
Gu Fei sighed helplessly:
"This is the fifth time Qingqing has fallen asleep!"
She climbed onto Lu Qing's bed, pried open a mochi and placed it under her nose.
Lu Qing sniffed, then suddenly opened his eyes and shoved Xue Meiniang into his mouth.
Gu Fei couldn't help but laugh:
"This is the last mochi for today. You didn't even finish your test paper, but you ate all the mochi."
Lu Qing touched her hair somewhat embarrassedly:
"I fell asleep again!"
"Qingqing, you get sleepy just looking at letters. How did you take the English exam in the college entrance exam?" Cheng Yiyi asked curiously.
"Hehe!" Lu Qing said somewhat awkwardly.
"I brought a compass to the exam, and I would prick myself whenever I felt sleepy. In the end, I only got 65 out of 120 on the test."
"You only scored 60 on the English section of the college entrance exam, and you still got into Peking University? Just how incredible were your scores in the other subjects?!" Leng Wei exclaimed in surprise.
Lu Qing: "I don't really remember the scores, but I was admitted to Beijing through a special admission program."
"You were admitted through a special admission program!!" Everyone was somewhat surprised.
Although almost everyone who gets into Kyoto University is a top student, there are also the best of the best.
Those who can be admitted to Peking University through direct admission are at least intellectually superior to ordinary people.
"You're a student admitted through the guaranteed admission program, so why are you taking the college entrance exam?" Cheng Yiyi asked.
Lu Qing: "Because I was only thirteen years old when they sent out the notice. My master said I was too young, my cultivation was not yet complete, and I was not suitable to enter the world, so he didn't let me go."
"You were admitted to university without taking the entrance exam when you were thirteen?" Everyone was shocked again.
Lu Qing nodded: "Yes! I think I participated in some kind of Olympic competition, and I won first place. Then I received the notification."
Even Gu Fei, a top student, was stunned.
She always thought Lu Qing was just an average student with good grades and a high IQ, but she never expected her to be a hidden teenage genius!
"Thirteen years old! First place in the International Mathematical Olympiad!!"
Gu Fei stared at Lu Qing in shock:
"You're the real genius, the academic superstar!"
Lu Qing smiled somewhat embarrassedly:
"Actually, it wasn't entirely my credit. Uncle Wenquxing asked me for a favor and insisted on giving me something in return, so I said, 'Then you help me win a competition.'"
"Then he let me participate in that competition. With the help of Uncle Wenquxing, I found the questions to be super easy. I just glanced at the book and solved them quickly."
Gu Fei nodded: "Oh, I see!"
"It's okay. Even so, you're still very capable, after all, you took that exam yourself."
“I’ve done those problems before. It’s already impressive if you can even understand them, let alone solve them.”
"Alright, alright! Let's not talk about this anymore. I'm hungry, let's go get lunch!" Lu Qing quickly got out of bed.
Lu Qing had just eaten thirty mochi, and now he was hungry again.
Everyone was already used to her large appetite.
"Okay! Let's go out for dinner, and we'll continue watching when we get back!"
Upon hearing Gu Fei's words, Lu Qing's face immediately fell:
"Can't I take a day off? I don't want to look at those depressing letters anymore!"
“You can rest for a day, but the CET-4 exam won’t be postponed for even a day. Our school has requirements for CET-4, so the sooner you finish the exam, the sooner it’s over,” Gu Fei advised.
Lu Qing sighed: "Alright!"
While eating, Lu Qing was thinking about how to pass the CET-4 exam smoothly.
After thinking it over and over, I finally came up with one idea – let's ask Uncle Wenquxing for help!
That night, Lu Qing sat cross-legged on the bed and sent his soul out of his body to find the God of Literature.
"Uncle Wenquxing, are you there?"
Upon hearing Lu Qing's voice, the Wenquxing (a star associated with literature and scholarship) flew over from the edge of the clouds:
"It's you! Little Lu Qing, what can I do for you?"
"Uncle Wenquxing, can you help me think of a solution? I get sleepy as soon as I look at foreign language letters. If I don't get a score high enough for the CET-4, I won't be able to take the CET-6 and I won't be able to graduate." Lu Qing looked distressed.
Even the Wenquxing (a type of electronic dictionary) was helpless:
"Little girl, it's not that your uncle doesn't want to help you, but I'm simply powerless to do so!"
"Although I was the top scholar in the imperial examination back then, I only studied the Four Books and Five Classics, which are Chinese classics. As for foreign languages, I really don't understand them at all!"
Lu Qing: "Uncle Wenqu, please help me think of a way! At least let me stop getting sleepy when I look at letters!"
"This..." Wenquxing thought for a moment and said:
"Actually, it's not difficult to solve this problem. Just find something to refresh and invigorate you."
Lu Qing rolled her eyes:
"You're making it sound like I haven't tried it! I've tried everything—medicated oil, menthol, hanging my head from the rafters, pricking my thigh with an awl—but nothing works."
"Is that so? Then how about we try the Heart-Soothing Stone?" Wenquxing suggested.
Lu Qing looked up and asked in confusion, "What is a Heart-Soothing Stone?"
"It's an ancient magic weapon. If you put it in your mouth, it will keep you awake and keep you wide awake."
“When I descended to the mortal realm, I was reborn into the belly of the snake demon Bai Suzhen. Bai Suzhen was suppressed under Leifeng Pagoda. In order to make her atone for the sin of flooding Jinshan Temple, Fahai made her hold a calming stone in her mouth, preventing her from sleeping and making her chant sutras for twenty years.”
"If I could find a calming stone and put it in my mouth, I probably wouldn't fall asleep again."
Upon hearing Wenquxing's words, Lu Qing's eyes lit up:
Where is that Mind-Suppressing Stone now?
Wenquxing: "After I knocked down Leifeng Pagoda, drained West Lake, and rescued my mother, this Zhenxin Stone was taken away by the monks of Jinshan Temple. It should still be at Jinshan Temple now. Why don't you go and take a look?"
"Okay! Thank you, Uncle Wenqu!"
After thanking him, Lu Qing left in a hurry.
Wenquxing shouted, "Don't tell the monks at Jinshan Temple that I sent you to find it. If they know, they won't give it to you."
Lu Qing has disappeared; it's unknown whether he heard anything.
Wenquxing looked helpless: "This girl is still so impatient."
After returning to his body, Lu Qing immediately searched for the address of Jinshan Temple.
Runzhou, located in North China, is quite far from Kyoto.
Lu Qing glanced at the class schedule. One of her classes had just finished this week, so she would have no classes on Friday afternoon and plenty of time.
"Let's go to Runzhou together this Friday!"
Lu Qing suddenly made a suggestion, which puzzled everyone.
"Qingqing, our study time is already very tight, how can we have the mind to go out and play?"
"I'm not going out to play, I'm going to find something to solve my problem of getting sleepy as soon as I see letters," Lu Qing said with a smile.
"What is this magical thing that can cure your problem?" everyone asked curiously.
“The Heart-Soothing Stone!” Lu Qing slowly uttered these three words.
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