"Upstairs, what's this all about? Did you wander into the wrong movie?"
"..."
The news spread so quickly that it was no longer limited to Beiwu University; nearby universities also heard the rumors.
If this incident hadn't only gone through one day of fermentation, the sensation it caused would have been even greater.
Even so, the two teaching assistants in charge of setting up the venue, standing upstairs looking at the surging crowd below, still felt their scalps tingle.
"What do we do now? At this rate, the classroom we prepared is clearly not enough!"
"I don't know either, let's ask the dean."
After discussing it for a while, the two decided to abandon the idea of opening the venue now and went to Cheng Shanhe's office.
Although Cheng Shanhe is only the vice dean, the dean of the School of Pharmacy is concurrently held by the dean of the Huaxia Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and it is more of a nominal position. So, in reality, Cheng Shanhe is the one who calls the shots in the School of Pharmacy.
When Cheng Shanhe heard that hundreds of people had gathered downstairs, he was taken aback, then smiled, as if he found the scene quite amusing.
He looked down again at a notebook lying open on the table.
The notebook came from Wei Sijian, but the answers to the ten questions about alchemy on it came from Shen Qian.
If it weren't for this thing, even if Wei Sijian had said with certainty that he would jump into Weiming Lake if Cheng Shanhe didn't agree, Cheng Shanhe would never have compromised.
The spiritual energy revival has only lasted for a little over two hundred years. If we exclude the initial chaos, the martial arts path has actually been on the right track for less than two hundred years.
As a subordinate discipline serving martial arts, alchemy has an even shorter history, only about 170 years at most.
For a serious academic discipline, 170 years is only considered to be in the exploratory stage.
Even Cheng Shanhe himself had far too many unanswered questions.
And no one can tell him these answers.
Because he himself was already among the first group of people to take the lead.
There are countless books on alchemy, but many of their theories have not been proven. In fact, many of these theories are extensions of medicine, and once fantastical elements are added, they become full of errors.
As one of the pioneers of Chinese medicine, Cheng Shanhe felt a great sense of responsibility.
Many of the questions recorded by Wei Sijian were also uncertain to Cheng Shanhe; otherwise, Wei Sijian wouldn't have needed to ask Shen Qian.
As for the answers given by Shen Qian, Cheng Shanhe spent nearly a month verifying them one by one.
The final result shocked Cheng Shanhe immensely.
All correct.
Or to put it more precisely.
Although these problems are not particularly profound and are not recognized as difficult problems in alchemy, they can still be considered niche and unpopular.
Even if Shen Qian spent a lot of time researching in order to deliberately cater to Wei Sijian, the results were enough for Cheng Shanhe to acknowledge the other party's talent and ability.
This is the real reason why Cheng Shanhe agreed to Wei Sijian's "unreasonable request".
Of course, Cheng Shanhe didn't really think that Shen Qian was capable of being a lecturer.
His true intention was to use this opportunity to make Shen Qian back down, to put down his pride, and then to naturally bring him under his wing.
...Hmm, perfect.
"Let's move to the large lecture hall," Cheng Shanhe said with a faint smile, pulling himself out of his thoughts.
"ah?"
Both teaching assistants were taken aback, never expecting that Cheng Shanhe would not only fail to suppress the impact, but instead make the situation even bigger.
“Teaching dozens of people is teaching, teaching hundreds of people is also teaching. Since you want to become a lecturer at Beiwu, you must have this kind of ambition.”
Cheng Shanhe smiled meaningfully, picked up his notebook, and walked out the door.
"Dean, where are you going?" someone asked, bewildered.
"Of course, we'll go grab seats first," Cheng Shanhe said irritably. "Do you expect me, the dean, to fight with the students for seats later?"
...
"The Grand Staircase?"
Shen Qian, who had just entered the Beiwu campus, was also somewhat surprised when he heard the message from Wei Sijian, "Why did the location change?"
These past two days, Ding Yi took Shen Qian on a tour of Beidu, enjoying what is known as a romantic getaway for two.
Shen Qian, who was so engrossed in his pleasure that he hadn't paid much attention to Bei Wu's movements, was naturally unaware that his plan to hold a lecture had already caused quite a stir.
Upon hearing this, Wei Sijian immediately became stammering.
He was afraid to reveal the truth, in case he backed out at the last minute before sinking.
"It's probably because the original venue was temporarily rescheduled."
Wei Sijian made up a random sentence and, without waiting for a reply, dragged Shen towards the large lecture hall of the Pharmacy Department. "Brother Shen, we're going to be late, let's hurry!"
He was practically dragged and pulled by Wei Sijian until they arrived at the large lecture hall. Only when he saw the sea of heads through the doors and windows did he realize something was wrong.
"...Does your School of Pharmacy have this many people?"
Shen Qian exclaimed in surprise.
"Ahem, maybe some people are just here to watch the show."
Wei Sijian chuckled dryly, saying that even if he had complete confidence in Shen Qian, having knowledge was one thing, but teaching others was another.
The large lecture hall has 500 seats, but judging from the current situation, it is almost full, and it seems that quite a few people are even standing.
This scene is simply too exaggerated; even a lecture by the dean might not be on such a scale.
While Wei Sijian was not wrong, there were indeed many people who came to watch the spectacle, or rather, to wait and see Chen make a fool of himself.
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