He found the book by following the cataloged section where it was located.
When he opened it, he found an introduction to the three ranks of Flat Peach Trees known to the author.
Just as Zhang Zhi had previously guessed, the Flat Peach Tree in his Small World truly counted as a Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasure.
The effects of the Flat Peach Trees described in the book finally let him understand just how heaven-defying the Flat Peach Tree in his Small World really was:
The Ordinary Realm Flat Peach Tree had no special effects. He had known that for a long time.
Next came the Elite Realm Flat Peach Tree.
Speaking of realms, one had to mention grades. Each realm was divided into nine grades. Grades one through three were the early stage, grades four through six were the middle stage, and grades seven through nine were the late stage.
An Elite-grade Flat Peach Tree bloomed once a year, bore fruit once a year, and ripened once a year. It bore nine peaches, and the effects of those peaches were truly heaven-defying.
They could raise a cultivator's cultivation to the same realm as the Flat Peach Tree. Each peach could raise them by one grade.
In other words, the peaches of an early-stage Elite Realm Flat Peach Tree took three years to ripen, and each peach could raise an early-stage Elite Realm cultivator by one grade.
The peaches of a middle-stage Elite Realm Flat Peach Tree could raise an early- or middle-stage cultivator by one grade.
The peaches of a late-stage Elite Realm Flat Peach Tree could raise an Elite Realm cultivator by one grade.
Moreover, if an Ordinary Realm cultivator ate an Elite Realm peach, then as long as they could withstand its medicinal power, they could advance to the Elite Realm!
The cultivation increase after eating a Flat Peach ignored both aptitude and talent! This was the most heaven-defying aspect of the Flat Peach Tree.
After the Elite Realm came the Mortal Transformation Realm. The Mortal Transformation Realm Flat Peach Tree was somewhat similar to the Elite Realm one.
The only difference was that the early stage of the Mortal Transformation Realm bloomed once every three years, bore fruit once every three years, and ripened once every three years, producing nine peaches.
The middle stage bloomed once every nine years, bore fruit once every nine years, and ripened once every nine years, also producing nine peaches.
The late stage bloomed once every twenty-seven years, bore fruit once every twenty-seven years, and ripened once every twenty-seven years, still producing nine peaches.
The effects of the peaches from early-, middle-, and late-stage Mortal Transformation Realm Flat Peach Trees were not much different from those of the Elite Realm. Each peach still raised one's cultivation by one grade, up to the realm corresponding to the Flat Peach Tree.
The highest-ranked Flat Peach Tree recorded in the book was the Transcendent Realm Flat Peach Tree.
The Transcendent Realm Flat Peach Tree was extremely special. It was not divided into stages, and its maturation period was extraordinarily long. It bloomed once every ninety-nine years, bore fruit once every ninety-nine years, and only ripened after another ninety-nine years. It produced eighty-one peaches: twenty-seven Transcendent Realm peaches, twenty-seven Mortal Transformation Realm peaches, and twenty-seven Elite Realm peaches.
Among the twenty-seven peaches for each realm, nine corresponded to the early stage, nine to the middle stage, and nine to the late stage.
In other words, a single Transcendent Realm Flat Peach Tree could directly elevate three ordinary people to the late stage of the Transcendent Realm.
At this point, Zhang Zhi could not help secretly exclaiming, "No wonder it can be classified as a Heavenly Material, Earthly Treasure. What a treasure."
If not for the excessively long maturation time, the Flat Peach Tree could practically be said to have no flaws.
After calculating it in his head, he found that the current time ratio between his Small World and the Main World was 30:1. In other words, in just over a month in reality, the early-stage Elite Realm peaches in his Small World could ripen once.
And after roughly ten months, the early-stage Mortal Transformation Realm Flat Peach Tree would ripen as well.
Ten months after that, as long as he wished, his cultivation could directly leap to the Mortal Transformation Realm!
To advance to the Mortal Transformation Realm in less than a year after Opening a Small World—that speed was truly frightening!
Besides, although White Rank Flat Peaches could not be considered Heavenly Materials, Earthly Treasures, to someone who had only recently opened a Small World, they were nearly as valuable.
When the time came, if he went to the Student Activity Center and set up a stall, would they not be snatched up immediately?
The most cost-effective option was still to use Mental Power to upgrade the Flat Peach's Plant Card to White Rank and Green Rank!
Unfortunately, Plant Cards with that kind of talent and aptitude were something one could only encounter by chance.
Seeing that the author had pointed out at the end that Flat Peach Trees above the Mortal Transformation Realm were likely key cards for certain world paths, Zhang Zhi felt deeply regretful that the author's limited knowledge prevented him from deducing which paths they were.
He slowly closed the book in his hands.
From these Heavenly Materials, Earthly Treasures, such as the Flat Peach Tree, one could see just how quickly a Realm Lord's cultivation could rise if they themselves wanted to cultivate.
And Seven Dragons Academy truly lived up to its name. If he had not found this book in the library, Zhang Zhi would never have been able to figure out the effects of the Flat Peach Tree on his own—not even in several decades!
Thinking of this, he could not help missing the information explosion of his previous life.
The information barriers in this world were simply too thick!
Returning to the library's cataloging area, he continued searching for information related to the patterns on his World Bead. At a glance, he saw nothing but books on how to make rational use of the World Bead's projection function, the one hundred ways to use a Faith Path World Bead, and similar topics concerning the use of the World Bead's abilities.
After flipping through books for half a day without finding the slightest clue, he simply went to the section containing books related to World Beads and began turning through them one by one.
Even when the school officially began, he still had not found the slightest thing related to that pattern.
Zhang Zhi had originally planned to choose the Immortal Cultivation Path. However, when he had visited Li Qianjun, Li Qianjun had given him some advice after hearing his plans: he should not rush to choose the Immortal Cultivation Path, but should first spend a year at the Human Academy.
The Human Academy offered a far broader range of instruction than the Immortal Cultivation Academy. He should spend a year or so at the Human Academy, gain a preliminary understanding of the entire human world system, and then decide whether to follow the Immortal Cultivation Path and how to follow it.
Zhang Zhi was fairly receptive to advice. After pondering it for a long time, he felt that he indeed needed a complete understanding of the entire human cultivation system before deciding which path to take next.
Therefore, he chose the Human Academy.
On the day school began, Zhang Zhi discovered another use for the Student ID: it could automatically announce the updated information on the Student ID.
After listening to the Student ID automatically announce the class he had been assigned to and the location of the classroom, he put it away.
Although the Student ID was still far inferior to information-processing terminals such as the mobile phones on Earth, it did seem quite interesting.
Following the Student ID's directions, he arrived at his classroom and met the class mentor.
The students of Seven Dragons Academy were basically the most elite group among Realm Lords. Its teaching methods differed greatly from the Primary Education Zhang Zhi had encountered before, though they were somewhat similar to the universities of his previous life—of course, only somewhat.
A class at Seven Dragons Academy had around twenty students and was assigned a class mentor. The class mentor was not responsible for teaching and was more like a life teacher.
Seven Dragons Academy had no grades. It only divided courses by rank. Students had to choose their courses based on the curriculum provided by the academies and the actual circumstances of their Small Worlds.
After all, managing a Small World well required learning far too many things. The students had to learn how to make choices.
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