Li Qianjun's Estrangement

Meeting Li Qianjun went smoothly. On the surface, he was very enthusiastic towards Zhang Zhi, but having grown up in an orphanage since he was a child, Zhang Zhi was very good at discerning genuine feelings from fake ones.

Beneath Li Qianjun's enthusiastic facade, he sensed the underlying distance emanating from him.

After leaving Li Qianjun's mansion, Li Fan enthusiastically took Zhang Zhi to the Academic Affairs Office to complete the enrollment procedures.

On the way to the Academic Affairs Office, Zhang Zhi roughly understood the reason for Li Qianjun's aloofness.

A World Master capable of opening up a Small World could indeed be considered one of the top one or two geniuses in Qingshan Dao, but if this scope were expanded to the entire Domain, they could only be considered among the top tier of geniuses.

Of course, his Small World was very different from the Small Worlds opened by other geniuses. For one thing, in terms of Mortal Transformation Realm cultivators alone, his Small World now had nearly thirty, and there was even Fang Yun, who was already searching for the path to the Extraordinary.

This was something other geniuses would need years, or even over a decade, to catch up to.

But the situation within his Small World was currently only known to him.

It was only because he came from an orphanage that the title of a genius who opened a Small World held more weight. Otherwise, Li Qianjun might not have been willing to give him another chance later on.

He was indeed quite appreciative of him at first, but as a World Master of a Thousand World, Li Qianjun naturally had his own pride.

As a World Master with Deity-like existences within his Small World, he certainly had the capital for his pride!

But, he had initially refused his goodwill.

For a World Master like him, who had just opened a Small World and whose strongest combat power was merely at the Mortal Transformation Realm, he was not much different from an ant in Li Qianjun's eyes.

An ant refusing the goodwill of a Deity – for that Deity not to casually crush the ant was already considered merciful.

The reason he was willing to give him another chance later was partly, as he said, because he believed that coming from an orphanage meant he was inevitably short-sighted, and going to other schools would be somewhat of a waste.

The other reason was the Principal's relationship with him, which was definitely extraordinary. Otherwise, even if he had more compassion, he wouldn't give it to an ant that had refused his goodwill.

And now that he had entered Seven Dragons Academy, he felt he had given the Principal an explanation and also given himself, this 'genius,' a chance to prove himself.

Before he proved his ability, he would definitely not pay him any mind again.

Zhang Zhi believed that if he turned back now to visit Li Qianjun again, he absolutely wouldn't even be able to get through the door!

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhi sighed inwardly, thinking that he owed the Principal a huge favor.

Upon arriving at the Academic Affairs Office, the Immortal Crane set the two down and flapped its wings, leaving.

Li Fan led Zhang Zhi into the Office Building. Seeing Zhang Zhi still looking at the departing Immortal Crane, he smiled and said, "Those Immortal Cranes were given to the school by a Your Excellency. They're a bit proud, and I can only occasionally ride them a few times by using the name of the Academic Affairs Office."

"Most of the time, I take the campus shuttle just like you."

The campus shuttle is free; you just need to show your Student ID.

With Li Fan, someone from the Academic Affairs Office, handling things, the process was naturally very fast.

Zhang Zhi was slightly surprised when he received his Student ID.

The photo on the Student ID was actually his real-time appearance. Whatever expression he had, that was the expression on the Student ID.

This thing seemed to be a product of the fusion of technology and cultivation?

It had a hint of Cultivation to it!

After hurrying along, by the time Li Fan led Zhang Zhi to his living quarters, it was already a bit late.

Looking at the ancient-style house that occupied at least four or five mu, Zhang Zhi finally understood why the school grounds were so large.

However, on second thought, although it was said that everyone in this world could open a Small World, in reality, only about one-third of people could actually do so.

And the students of Seven Dragons Academy were the top 1% of that one-third who successfully opened Small Worlds, the most talented among them.

This type of person would definitely be the backbone of humanity in the future. For such people, neither the relevant departments nor the major forces would be stingy.

Otherwise, would you really make a World Master live in the kind of dormitories Zhang Zhi had in his previous life, with eight or ten people, and no air conditioning or hot water?

It would be strange if they didn't rebel.

After handing the key to Zhang Zhi, Li Fan rushed back in a hurry. He even politely declined Zhang Zhi's offer to treat him to dinner as a thank you, saying he had too many things to do and they could do it after school started.

Remembering that Li Fan had been buried in writing documents when he registered and then accompanied him everywhere afterward, he figured Li Fan genuinely had a lot of work piled up, so he didn't insist on keeping him.

Zhang Zhi had dinner at the school Cafeteria. The taste was average, but it was free, which was a plus.

There were also things in the Cafeteria that weren't free, such as various graded Monster Fish, Monster Beast meat, and even White-grade Spirit Rice, available without limit.

However, the prices of these items were not appealing to Zhang Zhi.

But he was currently in a period of rapid development. As long as he was given some time, whether it was Spirit Rice, Monster Beasts, Monster Fish, or even Spirit Beasts, Spirit Fish, he would be able to eat whatever he wanted.

Especially fish. With the existence of the Dragon Gate Card, he might even be able to eat Monster Dragon meat then.

After dinner, he took the campus subway and began to familiarize himself with the school environment.

The subway here was literally a subway, meaning an underground railway with internal combustion locomotives.

After wandering around important places like the Library, Trial Tower, Simulation Battlefield, Academic Building, Combat Practice Ground, Student Activity Center, and Logistics Management Office, Zhang Zhi returned to his living quarters and went to bed early.

The places at Seven Dragons Academy that interested him the most, besides the Trial Tower, were naturally the Library.

The Library at Seven Dragons Academy was definitely much larger than the one at Yizhou Elementary School.

Although the upper echelons of this world severely monopolized knowledge, especially knowledge related to Small Worlds, a force like Seven Dragons Academy could already be considered a part of the upper echelons. In the Library here, he might be able to find out what the few patterns on his World Bead actually represented.

School enrollment still had two days left, and he planned to spend both days holed up in the Library.

He arrived at the Library bright and early the next day.

When he took the Subway and got to the Library, he found there were far more people inside than he had imagined.

In any world, there are always people with Talent, and there are always people who have both Talent and diligence.

This world doesn't have computers, so to search for information, you can only do it through the Book Catalog.

Since the patterns were related to the World Bead, when Zhang Zhi opened the Catalog to look for books about World Beads, he unexpectedly spotted a book in the Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasure section of the Catalog titled "Several Speculations on the Transformation of Flat Peach Trees into Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasures."

This book seems to be related to Flat Peach Trees?

(Please vote with your Monthly Pass! During this new book period, I urgently need ranking exposure. The more Monthly Passes, the higher the chance of being seen by others.)

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