Earth is Round!

The commotion surrounding the Thirteenth Young Master's memory had gradually subsided. After all, how strong one's memory was couldn't compensate for certain other shortcomings.

It had now been replaced by something else entirely.

At this moment, the Thirteenth Young Master was at a critical juncture in his life, facing a major decision about his future development. Should he pursue a nominal profession as a scholar, a civil servant, or something else?

The reason for a nominal profession was simple: no one expected the Thirteenth Young Master to actually hold a position or perform any duties. They merely needed a title, something that sounded good. To put it more plainly, it was a matter of prestige.

Of course, this decision was made by his parents. It was a problem that troubled Ye Chengtian and his wife, as they didn't know how to handle it.

Given the Thirteenth Young Master's memory, becoming a scholar with extensive knowledge wouldn't be difficult, even if he couldn't necessarily articulate what he knew.

However, Ye Chengtian and his wife didn't need him to explain anything to others. So, they hired a renowned scholar to teach the Thirteenth Young Master.

And so, a strange thing happened. After teaching for a period, the scholar immediately submitted his resignation to Ye Chengtian and his wife, asking them to find someone else. His reason was that his abilities were insufficient to teach the Thirteenth Young Master.

At first, the couple thought the Thirteenth Young Master was dull and unteachable, leaving the scholar with no starting point. So, they had to find another scholar, this time also a very famous one.

This time was even faster. In less than three days, the scholar made the same request, asking the Ye Family to find someone else.

Several more scholars followed, but none of them could last. The duration they stayed became progressively shorter. The last one only lasted half a day before he left with a look of terror, seemingly on the verge of collapse, and told the couple one thing.

"Your son is a genius beyond compare. I cannot teach him. Perhaps only a god in this world can."

This situation made Ye Chengtian and his wife realize something was wrong. Even if he were exceptionally slow, these scholars had known the situation beforehand and must have had corresponding countermeasures. They shouldn't have left in less than half a day.

Furthermore, under normal circumstances, the scholars should have become stronger as they progressed, and the time they stayed should have increased. Why was it the opposite, becoming shorter and shorter?

Thus, with this confusion, Ye Chengtian and his wife went to coax and question the Thirteenth Young Master, wanting to know what had happened between him and those scholars that caused them to behave so strangely.

They didn't know until they asked, and when they got the answer, they immediately abandoned the idea of hiring more scholars. They also stopped insisting that the Thirteenth Young Master become a nominal scholar.

"Thirteenth Young Master, today let's begin by understanding the origin of the continent. Before the Divine Calendar, there were no living beings on the earth. Gods descended upon this world, giving life to the land, and also creating us, the Human Race, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, and other intelligent life forms."

"And among the many races, we, the Human Race, are the closest to the gods. This is because the gods created us, the Human Race, in their own image, so we are the most intelligent among all races..."

As the scholar proudly spoke of his race's superiority, the Thirteenth Young Master, who was listening nearby, zoned out for a moment before making a statement.

"Humans were not created by gods. That's just a myth. Humans evolved from apes. This is what the Theory of Evolution states."

The scholar didn't want to know what the Theory of Evolution was. He was simply shocked by the Thirteenth Young Master's statement, which questioned the gods. Thus, he immediately began to correct him.

However, as he corrected him and stated that one could not question the existence of gods, the Thirteenth Young Master raised another question: "Why can't we question? Have you ever seen a god? Are you sure gods truly exist?"

This caused the scholar to immediately pack his things and leave. He was afraid that if he continued, he would be implicated.

The subsequent scholars encountered similar situations. For instance, the Thirteenth Young Master said the earth was not flat but a sphere, just that it was so large that they couldn't perceive its curvature.

He also said that the sun was a giant ball of fire called a star, and that they revolved around the sun, not the other way around.

There were many such things. To the people of this world, these statements completely overturned the existence of gods. If the church found out, they would immediately investigate, even if it were just innocent childhood talk.

Therefore, after learning about this, the scholars immediately extricated themselves, not wanting to bring trouble upon themselves.

After Ye Chengtian and his wife learned of this, their expressions changed. They unanimously decided not to hire any more scholars. If the Thirteenth Young Master were to utter more astonishing theories, who knew what would happen.

However, they were very puzzled. "Chengtian, where do you think he learned all this nonsensical stuff? He hasn't left the house a single step since he was born," Long Anqi said, perplexed. Her youngest son, due to his special circumstances, had never left the Ye Manor, making it impossible for him to encounter such things.

"Yes, since he was little, only a few maids have taken care of him, besides us, and then there's..." Ye Chengtian was also confused. As he spoke, he thought of a possibility.

"Ye Lanyu!!"

"What?" Little Lanyu looked at her parents with confusion. She noticed her parents seemed a bit angry and wondered if she had done something wrong today.

"You little troublemaker! It's fine if you're usually mischievous, but how could you tell your brother all that nonsensical stuff? You know he can't discern truth from falsehood. He'll believe whatever you say."

"What?" Lanyu didn't understand. What she didn't understand was, which incident were they referring to?

Clearly, she had tricked her brother more than once.

However, after she understood the whole situation, she said with certainty:

"Dad, Mom, it's really not me this time!!"

This incident caused Ye Chengtian and his wife to temporarily abandon the scholar development plan. From then on, they let the Thirteenth Young Master read books on his own, to avoid another sensational public outcry.

For this purpose, they specially collected many books of all kinds. Of course, there were absolutely no books with "subversive ideas" among them.

Since the scholar path didn't work out, they decided to try something else. They would have him try to be a lord of an empire, something he would eventually have to do. Although he might not personally take the position, someone from the Ye Family would help oversee it.