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March 20th.
Sand Scorpion was truly a mystery.
Yesterday, he was talking and laughing with Master Xue Yuanxin, and Master Xue praised him as a promising young man. But today, he had become the biggest joke in the world!
I led him to the library of ancient books of the Refining Department in the morning. All the ancient books of the Flying Star Sector in the past ten thousand years were stored inside. Normal teachers and students had to be specially approved to enter the library. Only the most experienced specialists and scholars were allowed to enter, but they were not allowed to lend the ancient books out. They could only read them in the library.
But Sand Scorpion, after reading more than twenty ancient books at an amazing speed, suddenly tilted his head and fell asleep!
What kind of place was the library of ancient books? Sleeping in such a place immediately attracted the attention of many experienced refiners!
When they learned that he was the 'barbarian' from Iron Plateau, they immediately burst into laughter. Someone couldn't help but mock him. "Barbarians are barbarians indeed. You know nothing about ancient books, yet you are pretending to be a scholar!"
I couldn't have been more embarrassed. I meant to defend Master Sand Scorpion, but he fell into a deep sleep and wouldn't wake up at all. He did not wake up until more than three hours later, when he finally woke up and stretched himself in satisfaction. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at all.
The incident soon spread out. In the afternoon, everybody in the Refining Department had learned about it. Everybody considered him a joke.
However, when his research plan was announced at four o'clock in the afternoon, and everybody found out that he had joined Master Xue's Ares Laboratory, their expressions couldn't have been more marvelous!
I happened to run into a refiner who mocked him in the library in the morning. I knew that the refiner had been applying to join the Ares Laboratory, only to be turned down by Master Xue.
The refiner's face was darker than the bottom of a pot. I held back my laughter for a long time!
Many people were discussing in private whether or not Master Xue had decided to cooperate with the magnate from Iron Plateau because he was short of funds after the major setback in his research.
Of course, I knew that was not the case. However, Master Sand Scorpion was in a deep sleep in the library in the morning. It was a fact, too.
I really didn't know what to say about the man.
March 22nd.
I'm going to die. I'm going to die.
Master Sand Scorpion had been doing his own thing for the past two days. He would sleep in the library for three hours in the morning, go to the Ares Laboratory in the afternoon, and train in seclusion at night.
The whispers grew louder and louder, saying that someone was sleeping every day in the library of the highest level in the Flying Star Sector. What the hell!
But nobody dared to whisper in front of the 'best warrior of the six tribes of Iron Plateau'.
Of course, I couldn't help but mutter a few words in my heart. Perhaps he saw through it. Today, he's playing tricks on me!
He said that he had found a secret technique from an ancient book that could mutate the Purple Ring Sword Ants and increase the pain level of their bites. Of course, it would be more effective for training.
I foolishly believed him and refined the Purple Ring Sword Ants according to his secret method.
In the end, how was it an increase of "one point?" The degree of pain was completely doubled! It hurts so much!
Best warrior of the six tribes of Iron Plateau? Master? That was too petty! To think that I've been running around helping him these past few days!
However, could it be an illusion? After training, my hand speed increased. It seemed that he had really improved … just a little?
March 30th.
I was shocked!
As it turned out, Master Sand Scorpion was not really sleeping when he went to the library every day. He was training in deep sleep!
Today, I accidentally discovered that he could memorize quite a few ancient books. After I asked him, I found that he had digested and absorbed one-tenth of the ancient books in the library after only one week. It was terrifying!
Cultivating while in deep sleep, what a marvelous skill!
In my excitement, I blurted out and asked him if he could teach me.
He put on a mysterious smile and said that he would teach me the secret technique when I could resist ten mutated Purple Ring Sword Ants and bite me at the same time.
What the hell? The Purple Ring Sword Ants that had been modified by his secret technique were even more ferocious than tigers. How was it possible to resist ten of them at the same time?
However — however, I wouldn't give up. It might be impossible for normal people, but I'm an idiot. I was told that idiots are always scared of pain!
Well, now that I think about it, he did say that …
April 25th.
Hooray!
Hahahaha. Hahahahahaha. After more than a month, I was finally able to resist the bite of three mutated Purple Ring Sword Ants at the same time without changing my expression. I could even sing while twitching!
Seeing Master Sand Scorpion's dumbfounded face, I couldn't have felt better. The pain of more than a month was completely gone. It was worth it!
Master Sand Scorpion fulfilled his promise.
Although he did not teach me the secret technique to train in deep sleep, he did teach me two basic skills, one named 'Art of the Swallowing Whale' and the other named 'Chaos Wind Hammer'.
Master Sand Scorpion said that, although he was a visiting scholar, he would like to teach a class if he had the chance.
However, he had never been a teacher before, and he was not sure if he could teach me well. Therefore, he decided to test it on me first.
After all, my skin was thick enough that I shouldn't be damaged.
Hehe. What are you talking about? What do you mean by 'my skin is thick enough'?
Speaking of which, the two basic skills were not very complicated, although they were more difficult to practice. They did not seem to be as drowsy as other arts.
Master Sand Scorpion said that it was a secret art that he had simplified and improved countless times based on my wisdom.
Why did this sentence sound so awkward?
May 29th.
Qua! Qua! Zhang! Qua!
Before I knew it, Master Sand Scorpion had been in Flying Star University for more than two months.
He had always kept a low profile. I was used to his identity as a refiner and almost forgot that he was also the 'best warrior of the six tribes of Iron Plateau'.
But today, a professor named 'Mo Tianlu' from the Combat Department came to challenge Master Sand Scorpion!
I know Teacher Mo Tianlu. He's a pure battle-type Core Formation cultivator. It's said that when he was young, he once encountered a pirate ship and killed over a hundred pirates with a single slash of his saber. He's a ruthless person through and through. He's also one of the devil teachers that the students of the Combat Department are most afraid of!
As it turned out, the two of them entered a world fragment and had a competition. Ten minutes later, Professor Mo Tianlu was limping and coughing with sweat all over his body.
But Master Sand Scorpion was as calm as before. He saw the guy off with a smile!
After seeing them off, something even more appalling happened. Master Sand Scorpion found quite a few abandoned armor and punched them into perfect iron balls with his bare hands!
I was dumbfounded. I asked him why he did that. He said that his fighting will had been aroused by Professor Mo. But because of the relationship between the two of them, he could not be too brutal and could only vent his anger by making some armor.
Good heavens! He beat a Core Formation Stage Cultivator to the point that he was limping and covering his face when he left! What did he look like when he was being brutal?
Later, after chatting with him for a long time, I learned that the professors of the Combat Department, the Flying Sword Department, and the Battlesuit Department had come to challenge him every few days.
I asked him what was the total number. He tilted his head and thought for a moment. He said casually, "Thirty to fifty. I can't remember the specific number."
To be honest, although he was very strong, his casual expression made me, as a student of Flying Star University, feel like punching him.
June 22nd.
Something weird happened today.
Ever since Master Sand Scorpion came to the Refining Department, Sister Long Yunxin had been acting weird.
She had always been pretty. She liked to dress up.
But she had become prettier, more elegant, and more noble.
She often came to my place and had meals with me and Master Sand Scorpion.
However, Master Sand Scorpion did not like to have meals with her.
Or rather, except for me. Except for Master Xue Yuanxin, Master Sand Scorpion did not like to waste his time on other people.
He was either studying or training every day. Or, well, he was torturing me with all kinds of tricks.
Today was Sister Long's birthday.
She did not invite anybody else. She only asked me to pester her and ask Master Sand Scorpion to come with her no matter what. The three of us were having dinner in a very expensive restaurant on campus. The Flower Eagle Chicken in the restaurant was so delicious!
She was very, very, very beautiful today. Well, I'll repeat the important words three times.
However, while I was enjoying the food with the Art of the Swallowing Whale, she talked to Master Sand Scorpion in a lot of weird words that I did not understand.
She asked about Master Sand Scorpion's free life first and whether or not he had a girlfriend.
Master Sand Scorpion said that he did not have a girlfriend. Sister Long seemed very happy.
However, Master Sand Scorpion said that he had a fiancée who was waiting for him in his hometown. Sister Long frowned and drank in silence.
The conversation that followed was even weirder.
Master Sand Scorpion was having a bowl of beef noodles. Sister Long picked up a piece of lobster and put it into Master Sand Scorpion's bowl. She said, "There are a lot of delicious food in the world. If you like beef noodles, it doesn't matter if you have lobster now and then."
Master Sand Scorpion replied casually. He did not have a big appetite. A bowl of beef noodles could fill him up for a long time.
What?
His appetite was obviously much bigger than mine. I once saw him gulping down twenty bowls of beef noodles without changing his expression.
Besides, he enjoyed lobster and crabs very much in his daily life, too!
Sister Long poured wine for him and said, "You are so strong that you can't even eat one more piece of lobster?"
Master Sand Scorpion said that it was not a matter of whether or not he could eat it. The beef noodles were delicious, and so was the lobster. However, if the two foods were mixed together, the flavors would be different. It would be an insult to the beef noodles, the lobster, and his stomach.
Sister Long was even more disappointed. She kept drinking.
She was a Cultivator, but she intentionally did not use her spiritual energy to neutralize the alcohol. When she was drunk, she said, "Your fiancée is still in your hometown. Are you never lonely?"
Then, Master Sand Scorpion said the most profound and incomprehensible thing that I had heard all night.
He opened his hands, palms facing up, and looked Sister Long in the eyes. He said solemnly, "As you can see, I am an awesome refiner.
"All my kung fu is in these hands."
"There are 34,482 muscle bundles on my hands. I've trained 78% of them.
"These hands are already more flexible than any of your organs. As long as I think about it, they will be able to do whatever I want, and they will be able to do anything."
"My hands can do everything that you can do.
"What my hands can do, you may not be able to do."
After he said that, Sister Long's face turned from red to white, from white to blue, and from blue to purple. She seemed to be vomiting blood because of heavy wounds. She pushed the table away and ran away.
Sister Long has always been very intellectual and elegant, I have never seen her so flustered and exasperated.
While chewing the drumstick, I asked Master Sand Scorpion what he meant by that.
Master Sand Scorpion smiled but did not say anything.
Later, I went to Sister Long. She was crying in her dormitory.
I comforted her for a long time, and she finally stopped crying.
Then, I asked her the same question. A person is a person, and a hand is a hand. How can a living person be compared to a pair of hands?
Sister Long cried again.
Her tears were like a broken dam.
This time, I couldn't persuade her at all.
I had no idea what those smart people were talking about. It was better to be a little idiot. At the very least, I would not have so many worries and could focus on refining.
I felt that I had made a lot of progress in the past two months. Maybe I could surpass Sister Long one day.
Even if I could only surpass her by one day, one hour, one minute, or one second, it would be good enough! (To be continued.)
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