For the rest of the afternoon, Yu Lian kept thinking of the final moment of his previous life. His nerves were frayed, and his study efficiency took a sharp dive. Still, he had some grit. He promptly smacked himself twice and used the "Silver Dragon's Breath" to steady his emotions. Before long, he was feeling refreshed again.
He knew that if he wanted to change everything that had happened in his previous life, he first had to achieve more than he had back then. Sooner or later, he would still have to face those ancient beings. For now, he needed to keep honing himself.
Over the next two hours, the senior disciple pummeled him more than a dozen times in the shoulder, forehead, waist, abdomen, and calves. At last, Yu Lian managed to successfully defend himself once with just one arm, and the lesson was finally over.
The senior disciple hadn't noticed Yu Lian's inner turmoil, but he was very pleased with his performance. In high spirits, he had Yu Lian try drawing a circle with his left hand... No, wait, playing the piano with his left hand while solving advanced math problems with his right.
Senior Brother Tantai Jing truly was the top scholar in the sect. Despite his scholarly, old-fashioned demeanor, he had actually come up with a math problem on the spot. Yu Lian glanced over it and figured it was already at the level of a graduate student in the sciences. If he hadn't been something of a top student himself, he would have been completely lost. Even so, it wasn't something he could solve in a short time.
And that was with one hand free to play the piano.
He knew how to read sheet music, and he could play a few portable string instruments—after