Hot air balloons weren't a big deal for the first few batches of students at Black Bamboo Academy, but the students in the last two years hadn't seen them much.
There were too many ferocious beasts in the sky, unlike on Earth where there were mostly small birds, and golden eagles with wingspans of two meters were rare.
Giant beasts with wingspans of more than 10 meters were often seen in the sky of this world. They were at the Man Wheel level and could reach the Earth Wheel level.
Such a sky was extremely dangerous for most people.
Only Spirit Wheel experts had the ability to protect themselves in the sky.
Therefore, Ren Baqian wasn't prepared to promote hot air balloons in this world.
After making hot air balloons for Li Fu, the other two hot air balloons in the academy were made by Li Fu. Even the last few batches of students hadn't seen them before, let alone the people of the Yun Nation.
It was already the morning of the next day, and everyone was eagerly watching the students of Black Bamboo Academy prepare the hot air balloons outside the city.
The weather was beautiful. Although the sun was blazing, there wasn't much wind.
After two hours, the hot air balloon was ready, the brazier below the hot air balloon was lit, and a few students were chosen to go up. The others looked around enviously.
As time passed, the hot air balloon gradually expanded.
"It's up, it's up." Everyone stared at the hot air balloon as it gradually left the ground until the rope below it snapped straight.
"Senior, thank you for your trouble!" Ren Baqian greeted Li Fu.
"When is your daughter going to learn martial arts from me?" Li Fu squatted down and looked at the hot air balloon and then at Ren Baqian.
"I can't forget! How old is she? Three years old! "Ren Baqian raised three fingers to emphasize.
"How does she look like she's three years old?" Li Fu smacked his lips.
"That's still three years old!" Ren Baqian reiterated.
Li Fu sighed faintly. In any case, he was the most powerful expert in the world! In order to teach that little girl, he didn't even have the title of master and disciple. He even had to beg him to teach her.
"I'll have to trouble you to take care of those students. If anything happens, bring Shi Yu back alive." Ren Baqian reiterated his request.
"Pfft, your students are lives, but others aren't?" Li Fu spat and didn't care about his image at all.
"Alright, I'm going up." Li Fu couldn't be bothered to listen to what Ren Baqian had to say and strolled to the bottom of the hot air balloon. Before the others could see clearly, they saw that there was an extra person in the basket below the hot air balloon.
"Isn't this the gatekeeper of the Black Bamboo Academy?"
"He's actually an expert!"
Many students only knew that this person was very powerful, but they did not know exactly how powerful he was.
On the contrary, those Earth Wheel experts were aghast. They couldn't even see the other party's movements clearly. How strong was he exactly?
The people below loosened the rope, and the hot air balloon slowly rose into the sky. The few people standing on the hot air balloon could not hide their excitement.
In fact, apart from Shi Yu and Li Fu, only four students could fly into the sky.
However, the hearts of the people below were surging with excitement, and their eyes were shining.
It wasn't until the hot air balloon had become a small dot in everyone's eyes that many people's necks were sore and swollen that they retracted their gazes.
Trucks, tractors, and trains were the three most powerful forms of transportation on land. Now, there was a tool that could carry people into the sky.
Many people looked at him. This Zhao Prince Consort was truly a celestial being!
At this rate, they did not know what Dayao would look like in 10 or 20 years.
After more than an hour, the hot air balloon slowly descended from the sky again. It actually rose and fell from the same place without deviating from its position at all.
Many students who had never been to the sky didn't know what the problem was and thought that it was just like that.
Only Ren Baqian and a few other students knew that this was because of Li Fu. This ingenious use of power was worthy of being called a top expert in the world.
"Brother Zhihua, how do you feel? How does it feel to look from the sky? Can you see the celestial palace? "
As soon as everyone came down, they were immediately surrounded by people.
One of them was Xu Zhihua from the Jiangling Academy.
"Wait … Retch!" Xu Zhihua's face turned pale, and he quickly raised his hand to stop the crowd from approaching. He couldn't hold it in any longer and vomited on the spot.
As the second group of people rose into the sky in the hot air balloon, the few people who had finally recovered began to answer the questions of the others.
Naturally, there was no celestial palace.
Looking down from the sky was similar to looking down from the top of a mountain.
Cold! They had always thought that the higher they went, the closer they were to the sun, and the hotter it would be. They didn't expect that the higher they went, the colder it would be.
Most importantly, there was another problem.
Xu Zhihua had a complicated look on his face as he said, "The earth is indeed curved."
Xu Zhihua didn't say that the earth was round, but that it was curved. However, this was enough to explain some problems.
The higher they went, the further away the horizon was. Although it could be seen from the mountains, it wasn't as visually impactful as the horizon getting further and further away as they went up in the hot air balloon.
No matter how much they didn't want to admit it, they had to admit that the earth was indeed curved.
The question was, was the earth a circle or a semicircle?
No matter how much they struggled with this point, at least Shi Yu and the others had achieved their goal.
As for whether it was a circle or a semicircle … In this world where it was difficult to circumnavigate the world, it was impossible to get everyone's approval in a short period of time.
On the contrary, Ren Baqian had some ideas. It was about time to start exploring the situation overseas.
He didn't know what the turbulent zone was like.
What other dangers were there in the sea?
What kind of scenery would he see after crossing the sea?
Although Ren Baqian wanted to find out, he knew that things had to be done step by step.
He had to settle this group of students first, then try to collect as much information as possible about the sea, and then design and build ships.
Ren Baqian pondered his ideas as he returned to the city.
The hot air balloon's ascent outside the city hadn't ended yet. According to the plan, there were still two more groups of people, but he didn't have that much time to wait.
Not long after he entered the city, someone caught up from behind and asked to see Ren Baqian.
"Students from Wangjing Academy?" Ren Baqian wasn't very interested after hearing who it was. He wasn't interested in this academy at all.
However, he could give the other party a chance and listen to what he had to say.
Ren Baqian found a restaurant, ordered people to clear the second floor, and sat at a table to wait for the guards to bring the person up.
"Chang Lu greets Your Highness!" The person who came was a young man in his twenties. The deepest impression that Ren Baqian had was his pair of eyes that were like reptiles, emitting a gloomy and gloomy aura.
Although he stood respectfully in front of Ren Baqian, he was like a venomous snake that could bite him at any time.
"If you have anything to say, say it!" Ren Baqian didn't let the other party sit down. Instead, he poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and said faintly.
"Your Highness, Wangjing Academy is rotten to the core." Chang Lu's words made Ren Baqian slightly interested.
"Continue."
Seeing that he was interested, Chang Lu's confidence was boosted, and she felt that this trip was a success!
As Chang Lu explained, Ren Baqian gradually understood the other party's intentions.
Although Chang Lu's first sentence made Ren Baqian a little interested, the rest of the content was lackluster.
It was nothing more than Wangjing Academy being controlled by a group of old teachers, and it exuded a rotten smell from top to bottom.
Although it was still the head of the five major academies in name, its reputation was declining day by day.
Chang Lu's uncle was the mountain chief of Wangjing Academy, below the dean and above the ordinary teachers.
This time, he didn't send these students to compete with the other academies, but to let Ren Baqian understand the current situation of the academy. He wanted to use Ren Baqian's leadership to implement reforms, sweep away those rotten old fellows, and correct the style of learning.
Simply put, he wanted to use Ren Baqian's hands to seize power.
"No need to say more." Ren Baqian waved his hand and didn't even bother to listen to the other party's report.
The other party was relying on the reputation of one of the five major academies and felt that he would care about this academy.
Previously, he had already learned about the various academies, such as Xiaojiang Academy and Jiangling Academy, which were indeed useful and worthy of the title of the five major academies.
However, what they learned in Wangjing Academy was suitable for the Yun Nation's written examinations, but it was no longer suitable for this fast-developing era.
Five major academies? Forget it!
Although those old fellows in the academy exuded a rotten smell, Chang Lu's uncle wasn't a good person either.
He actually wanted to use Ren Baqian to seize power? And he even sent these seven students?
If it weren't for these seven people, Ren Baqian would at most ignore them and let them gradually fall behind this era before finally being buried in the dust.
However, after looking at the examination papers of these students, Ren Baqian had already made up his mind.
This academy, which was hostile to the aboriginals, had no value at all.
The reputation of the five major academies was worthless in front of him.
"It's time for Wangjing Academy to become history. There will be no such academy in the future!" Ren Baqian got up and left after saying this. He didn't even have the mood to listen to what the other party had to say. He felt that his time had been wasted.
Since there was an empty spot in the five major academies, it was better to use Zhitai Academy.
As for the people from Wangjing Academy and the scholars who had graduated from that academy, how would they react? Ren Baqian didn't care at all. If they dared to cause trouble, he would behead them.
By limiting the scope to Wangjing Academy, the other scholars would certainly have some reaction, but it could also be limited to a certain range.
It was better than keeping a group of writers who were hostile to the imperial court.
Chang Lu was stunned and flustered. "Your Highness!"
However, before he could chase after them, he was blocked by the guards.
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