Chapter 396: The Downtrodden Genius Changes His Fate

The Demon Ancestor’s secret method is really good!

Three days later, Zheng Facai walked out of his yard, still savoring the past.

Creak~ The door to the next yard suddenly opened, and Senior Sister Yuan's round head stuck out from the crack of the door. She looked at Zheng Fa with a pair of eyes full of great wisdom, seeming a little angry.

"Senior sister?"

"How is your cultivation?"

“…”

Zheng Fa didn't know how to describe it, so he just raised his hand and patted Senior Sister Yuan on the head.

Feeling that Zheng Fa's spiritual power was even more powerful than last time, Senior Sister Yuan frowned and looked like she was about to cry.

"Junior brother, you are cheating!"

Obviously, Zheng Fa's rapid progress in cultivation stimulated this silly and happy senior sister.

“…”

Senior Sister Yuan was crying.

"Senior sister originally lived with me!"

"I also want to practice dual cultivation with Senior Sister!"

Senior Sister Zhang came out from inside, obviously having heard what was said.

Senior Sister Yuan looked at Senior Sister Zhang expectantly, but Senior Sister Zhang ignored her.

"Senior Sister, this man and woman are Yin and Yang, so they can practice together..."

Zheng Fa explained with a smile.

"Your transformation." The ignorant Senior Sister Yuan became smart at this moment, "Can I become a man? Or Senior Sister can become..."

Senior Sister Zhang stared at her, her eyes clearly showing her unwillingness.

"Senior sister, you are biased!"

Zheng Fa actually started to think about it, can the transformation of Tiangang and Disha be able to change gender?

In other words, is dual cultivation really so rigid about gender? Why can't the Xuanwei Realm be more diverse?

But Senior Sister Zhang was definitely not a person with a diverse personality. She just looked at Senior Sister Yuan without saying a word, causing the chirping Yuan bird to gradually lower its voice. There was some disappointment on her face, but she didn't say anything.

Senior Sister Zhang nodded to Senior Sister Chao Yuan and Zheng Fa, and flew towards Tiangong Island.

"Senior sister is so busy, she ignored me."

Senior Sister Yuan muttered.

Zheng Fa also nodded silently.

Uncle Pang is busy outside, so it is not a good idea for him and Sister Zhang to enjoy themselves every day.

In fact, he thought he knew a lot: compared with the old land of the Hundred Immortals Alliance and the sea, it was naturally their foundation.

But the Nine Mountains Realm is the fundamental place!

In the first fifty-year plan, the planning for the Nine Mountain Realm actually took up two-thirds of the content.

His and Senior Sister Zhang's main task is to sort out the Nine Mountain Realm.

In terms of division of labor, Zheng Fa, with the help of modern technology, pays more attention to scientific research and education, and most of the time, he is on the nine islands of Tiangong.

And most of Senior Sister Zhang’s attention now is on the mortal world of the Nine Mountains Realm.

According to the first fifty-year plan, Zheng and Fa actually had quite different positioning for these places:

The nine islands of Tiangong are more responsible for talent training and research functions.

In the mortal world of the Nine Mountains Realm, there are two parallel roads: one is agriculture, which concerns the population of the Nine Mountains Sect and the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

The first is industry, which is the part that Zheng Fa attaches the most importance to. Even if he is confident, he should try to place it in the Nine Mountains Realm.

As for the Baixian League and the sea area, at the beginning, Zheng Fa could only regard them as markets and sources of raw materials.

It's probably a three-layer cake structure.

Zheng Fa is in charge of the Nine Islands of Tiangong and is like the brain of the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

Senior Sister Zhang is the limbs of the Hundred Immortals Alliance, or in other words, the chief accountant and executor of the Jiushan Sect.

When it comes to being busy, he is probably the busiest person in the sect.

Seeing Sister Zhang leaving in a dusty manner, Zheng Fa was also preparing to walk towards the University Island, when he suddenly felt his sleeve being tugged. He turned around and saw Sister Yuan looking at him with her wise big eyes.

"Um?"

"Junior brother, have you achieved the golden elixir?"

Zheng Fa nodded.

Sister Yuan suddenly asked again: "How did I treat you in the past?"

Zheng Fa was even more confused and looked at Senior Sister Yuan in confusion.

"Senior Sister Zhang doesn't want to, if you have formed a baby... can you help me?"

Senior Sister Yuan's voice suddenly became softer.

But Zheng Fa's eyes widened.

Senior Sister Yuan can save the country in a roundabout way?

Senior Sister Zhang and I are like, um, um, um, and Senior Sister Yuan is with me again... Am I not just a tool for transferring my cultivation?

Could it be that Senior Sister Yuan is really a genius! Senior Sister Yuan saw his dull expression and thought she was clever: "Senior Sister Zhang is smart. She found such an easy way to practice..."

"Don't worry, I can also learn the secret method of the Demon Ancestor!"

"If she doesn't help me, why don't you help me, Junior Brother?"

Zheng Fa took a deep breath.

"Senior sister?"

"Um?"

When Senior Sister Yuan came back to her senses, she saw Zheng Fa looking at her from behind without saying a word.

"chapter……"

Looking at Senior Sister Zhang with a sullen face behind Yuan Xiaoniao, Zheng Fa nodded silently, using only his eyes to prove his innocence.

But Sister Yuan screamed:

"Brother, save me!"

Zheng Fa didn't dare.

No matter how good Senior Sister Zhang had been to him before, he believed that if he dared to speak out, Senior Sister Zhang would let him see the fighting power of the former number one talisman genius of the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

He had used the rainbow transformation method many times in his life, but never once had he felt so grateful for possessing this magical power! ...

He flew all the way to University Island, and only heaved a sigh of relief when he no longer heard Sister Yuan's desperate cries.

When I turned around, I saw a true genius - Gu Chang.

Gu Chang was a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old. When he saw Zheng Fa, he bowed respectfully and said, "Master."

"Why didn't you go out with Uncle Pang?"

Zheng Fa asked with a frown.

He was very impressed by Gu Chang:

This boy entered Jiushan Sect together with his younger sister Zheng Shan, and was the top student in mathematics that year.

You know, after several years of teaching by me, my younger sister still lost to this person.

At that time, Zheng Fa noticed this disciple.

Gu Chang's background is also quite interesting. He was born in an ordinary farmer's family, but by some strange coincidence, he entered the Paradise Island in Jiushan Realm.

Because he has no background in the Nine Mountains Realm, his life is also average to lower level.

But this person had an extremely good talent in mathematics. After attending school for half a year, he began to show his talent. Later, he was admitted to the Jiushan Sect in one fell swoop, which changed his destiny.

In Zheng Fa's opinion, this person was a bit like a combination of himself and Senior Sister Zhang, so he always remembered him.

Later, Gu Chang also showed a talent that was not very common, but surprised Zheng Fa a little - topological talent.

Although Senior Sister Zhang is also talented in topology, her most important talent may be in computing or algebra.

She often has a headache when it comes to abstract things like topology.

Zheng Fa could only say that he understood it very well! However, what Gu Chang showed in topology made Senior Sister Zhang feel ashamed. In the topology exams, he always took the top spot.

With Gu Chang’s talent for mathematics, shouldn’t he have been taken away by Uncle Pang?

Therefore, when Zheng Fa saw him here, he was a little confused. Then he thought about it again, and remembered that Gu Chang was not among the three hundred disciples.

"My disciples' cultivation is too low..." Gu Chang lowered his head, a little ashamed, and said, "The Grand Elder thought that this mission was a bit dangerous, so he only allowed disciples above the third level of Qi training to go."

After hearing what he said, Zheng Fa realized that Gu Chang was still at the Qi training level.

This is quite slow.

"Disciple... has four spiritual roots." Gu Changjian said to Zheng Fa with a look of sudden realization, and whispered, "In the past, I was obsessed with mathematics and accumulated very little good deeds."

Zheng Fa had nothing to say.

To be honest, the fact that a person with four spiritual roots was able to enter the Jiushan Sect was due to his excellent mathematical talent. It can also be said that this person changed his destiny with his talent and hard work.

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But this change will eventually come to an end.

Zheng Fa looked at Gu Chang carefully. Although the clothes on this disciple were not tattered, they were quite old.

Among the disciples of Jiushan Sect, he should be among those with the lowest cultivation and the least wealth.

He also understood that as soon as Gu Chang entered the Jiushan Sect, he faced a problem that all cultivators would face - the limitation of his spiritual roots.

The Jiushan Sect was a sect that was not so demanding on spiritual roots. It could even be said that Gu Chang would not have had the possibility of cultivating immortality in any other Xuanwei Immortal Sect.

However, the Jiushan Sect could not completely get rid of the characteristics of the Xuanwei Immortal Sect. A disciple with mixed spiritual roots would always have a harder life and be poorer than a disciple with a single spiritual root or even a Taoist body.

Gu Chang lowered his head, appearing quite inferior.

Zheng Fa didn't say anything.

It is true that he prefers disciples who are good at mathematics or have insight, but he is also unwilling to give them inappropriate rewards or help because of this preference.

"No, what have you been doing recently?"

Gu Chang hesitated for a while, then spoke: "Disciple...I am interested in going to Paradise Island to be a teacher."

Seeing that he hadn't finished speaking, Zheng Fa didn't say anything and just listened quietly.

"Practicing is very expensive, and I have poor talent. I thought that I could accumulate some good deeds to use for my own practice, or to marry and have children..." Gu Chang said this, his face still slightly red, "I am also old enough, and my family is looking for a marriage for me."

This choice...can't be said to be bad.

Even though Gu Chang had a miserable life in Jiushan Sect, he was still an official disciple of the sect after all.

A teacher like him has earned a lot of good deeds.

Even Zheng Fa could imagine that the marriage that Gu Chang's family had arranged for him would definitely not be a girl from a small family. The most likely candidate would be a branch of some disciple of Jiushan Sect.

But on the other hand, this choice is likely to place the hope of changing fate on the next generation.

In other words, once a child with superior qualifications is born, the accumulated resources will be used to cultivate him/her and give back to the family.

This is indeed a way, and even the way of survival for many families in the Xuanwei Realm.

Just by looking at Gu Chang's expression, one can tell that this decision is not an easy one to make - after all, it can be said to be giving up one's own path.

Seeing Gu Chang lower his head in silence, Zheng Fa thought for a moment and said, "Follow me."

"Um?"

Zheng Fa did not explain, but took him to a small courtyard with two entrances.

This small courtyard is deep in the university island, extremely secluded. There is a doorplate nailed to the gate of the courtyard, with a line of ink characters written on it: "Editorial Department of "Xian Dao""

Entering the main hall of the courtyard, you will see a very long black wooden table. The table is so big that it divides the entire room into a strange shape of the Chinese character "日".

On the wooden table were various jade tubes and envelopes, all of which were manuscripts submitted recently by these disciples.

Gu Chang stood in the main hall, confused and at a loss as to what to do.

Zheng Fa tidied up the clutter on the table, took out a sample magazine and handed it to Gu Chang.

"Master...what is this?"

"Have you heard of "The Immortal Way"?"

Zheng Fa asked him.

"I've heard of it..." Gu Chang said hesitantly, "I can't afford it. I heard that even those in the Qi Refining Stage can't understand it."

The journal "Xian Dao" costs money, and it's quite expensive. The money is mainly used to pay the contributors for the manuscript. Of course, the bulk of the manuscript fee is still the reward for good deeds within the sect - but no matter what, this journal is not free.

In Zheng Fa's view, there is no contradiction between the value of knowledge and the need to spread knowledge. In fact, only when everyone recognizes the value of knowledge will people learn old knowledge and create new knowledge, which in turn will lead to the widespread dissemination of knowledge.

On the other hand, most of the articles in journals today have little to do with the Qi Refining Stage.

Zheng Fa also does not agree with forcing things to happen. In his opinion, in the early stages of practice, the focus should be on consolidating basic knowledge and learning research methods.

Now Zheng Fa showed this publication to Gu Chang just because he felt a little emotional - because of Old Man Bai and Tang Lingwu, he had an undeniable preference for people with better mathematical talent.

"I'll pay for this book." Zheng Fa said to Gu Chang.

"Yes, thank you, Master."

Gu Chang took the sample copy blankly, and then heard Zheng Fa say:

"I give this to you in the hope that you understand two things—"

Gu Chang looked at Zheng Fa.

"First, aptitude is not everything in my Jiushan Sect. In my opinion, wisdom and knowledge are more important than aptitude. If you want to have a disciple, it is too illusory to rely on luck to change your fate. I hope you cherish your talent for mathematics... No matter what profession you are in, it is best not to give up learning. Sometimes, knowledge can also change your fate."

Gu Chang opened his mouth and whispered, "...Yes."

He seemed to feel that his talent was so low, and Zheng Fa, as the head of the sect, was so earnest in his advice, and his expression was quite moved.

He was just feeling touched, but Zheng Fa's tone became stern at this moment:

"Secondly, the profession of teacher should not be a choice you make out of helplessness."

"It's fine to hope to gain merit through this profession, and that's what you should do...but your mentality doesn't meet my requirements for teachers on Paradise Island."

Gu Chang nodded: "Master..."

"Me, Senior Sister Zhang, and even all of you Supremes, we are all teachers on the University Island. Have you ever looked down on us?"

Gu Chang pursed his lips and lowered his head, as if he had some ideas but didn't dare to say them.

"I know, you mean, the island of Paradise is full of mortals... so I gave you this journal."

"The importance of many of the articles here, the thoughts and wisdom, is far greater than cultivation and qualifications." Zheng Fa explained, "If you can fully understand these research methods, if you can pass these concepts on to the disciples of Paradise Island."

"This is the foundation of my Jiushan Sect."

"It is much more important to the Jiushan Sect than having a single spiritual root or having any kind of Taoist body."

Zheng Fa never concealed his emphasis on education, especially after the first fifty-year plan came out, the number of talents needed in all walks of life was simply a big black hole.

Education is the most important and fundamental part of the first fifty-year plan, and it is also the part that Zheng Fa plans to focus on personally.

This is actually the reason why I gave Gu Chang such advice.

Seeing that Gu Chang seemed to have realized something, Zheng Fa continued, "You may not know that in the future, the sect will invest more resources in education. Your responsibilities are extraordinary."

Gu Chang's face tensed up, and he said to Zheng Fa seriously, "Disciple understands."

Zheng Fa nodded and said to him, "You can go back."

Watching Gu Chang slowly walking away, he felt a little regretful - no matter what, this disciple was probably delayed by the matter of his spiritual roots.

This matter actually had a great impact on the development of Jiushan Sect, but there was no clue as to what was going on.

…

On the Paradise Island, Gu Chang leaned over the lamp, reading the sample magazine given by Zheng Fa.

To be honest, he really couldn't understand most of the things, but apart from some unfamiliar terms, many of the ideas were very simple and straightforward.

"Knowledge..." Tired of reading, he looked up at the street lights in the distance outside the window with a dazed look, "Change your destiny?"

"Can the spiritual roots be changed?"

Thinking of this, he first laughed and shook his head, as if he didn't believe it either.

Later, I couldn't help it, so I took "The Way of Immortality" and started reading it article by article.

(End of this chapter)