Sweet Dreams Are Easily Awakened
"I'm suffering. I'm suffering so much."
A few afternoons later, Ji Jue finally couldn't hold back and began wailing once again.
By the time he had painstakingly crawled out of the library, filthy and disheveled, he was already on his last breath.
He was like every child who, near the end of summer vacation, foolishly began looking forward to school starting again. Once the initial joy had vanished without a trace, he was once more pinned to the ground and ruthlessly ground down by schoolwork.
Before this, he had thought he had at least gotten started in Modern Alchemy.
Then Professor Ye used practical action—along with relentless questioning and pressure—to tell him: no, he hadn't. He was still far, far from it.
After testing him, she tossed him a paper she had generously given a score of fifty-nine, then handed him a reading list large enough to bury Ji Jue alive. She told him that his task for the next few months was to finish every book on it, write reports based on his own understanding, and submit to Professor Ye's irregular inspections and beatings.
An Introduction to the Four Great Elements of Alchemy, A Discussion of Alternative Theories on the Path of Ascension, Modern Alchemy fundamentals I, II, III, IV, Analysis of Registered Artisan Examination Questions from Years 300–400, A Few Discoveries Regarding Waste Recovery Through Water Quenching Treatment...
At first, Ji Jue had worried about how he was supposed to find all those books in such a huge library. Then Ye Chun took him to a corner, pointed at six bookshelves, and told him there was no need to look. He only needed to finish everything on those shelves. They were all there.
Once Professor Ye realized that Ji Jue's comprehension was sufficient