Visiting the Academy Again

Qingshan Academy.

Lu Mingyuan walked through the campus that had accompanied him for twelve years with a relaxed gait.

He reminisced as he walked.

On the south side of the Academy was a pond, surrounded by weeping willows. In the pond stood a grass pavilion, shaped like a mushroom, named the Wind and Rain Pavilion. It was named after a quote from "The Analects · Xianjin": "Bathing in the Yi River, enjoying the wind at Wu Yu, and returning home singing."

The environment here was tranquil and free, a good place for the students of the Academy to relax and entertain themselves.

On the west side of the Academy was a purple bamboo forest, where scholars and poets often gathered to exchange poems and form societies for reading.

There was also the peach blossom forest on the east side...

Lu Mingyuan was exceptionally familiar with every scene and every object, every blade of grass and every tree here.

Unfortunately, he probably wouldn't be able to come here often in the future.

Just then, a deep voice echoed over. He had arrived at a schoolhouse.

"Yesterday, we learned how to use the List Method to solve the Chicken and Rabbit in the Same Cage problem. However, the List Method has a limitation: the number of animals cannot be too large, otherwise it would be very troublesome."

"So today, we will learn another simple method—the Assumption Method."

"From yesterday's List Method, we can discover a pattern: for every rabbit removed and every chicken added, the total number of legs decreases by two. Through this..."

Hearing this suddenly, Lu Mingyuan smiled knowingly.

He hadn't expected that his own Qingshan Academy would start vigorously teaching arithmetic. It seemed the influence of his divine power was quite significant.

He remembered that back then, not many people were willing to delve into arithmetic.

After all, even within the Numerology School, there were few who specialized in it. How could others dare to invest in it?

What if it all amounted to nothing? Wouldn't that be a waste of both time and life?

Lost in these thoughts, Lu Mingyuan soon arrived at a simple and elegant loft.

This was the Academy's Shuban Hall, which managed all the Academy's scrolls and archives.

A moment later.

"Lu Mingyuan, disciple of Cui Xiuwen, Old Master Cui, your divine power is [Agricultural Tool Encyclopedia], correct?"

In the hall, a young woman in a plain skirt sat at a desk, carefully examining the file in her hand.

"Yes, that's right!"

Lu Mingyuan stood before the desk and nodded in response.

After confirming the information, the woman in the plain skirt dipped her brush in ink and quickly finished registering the information. She then stood up and led Lu Mingyuan to the back pavilion.

The arrangement in this back pavilion was quite peculiar. It was very spacious, with no furniture at all. Only in the center stood an ancient-looking stone mirror.

This stone mirror looked quite old. It was so weathered and rough on the surface that it couldn't even reflect a clear image.

Seeing this, Lu Mingyuan, who was following the woman in the plain skirt, frowned slightly. Why had she brought him here? To see a treasure?

Uh, no, wasn't he here to register his divine power?

Perhaps sensing his confusion, the woman in the plain skirt explained, "This mirror is the 'Heavenly Mirror of Identification'."

"Heavenly Mirror of Identification?"

Hearing the name of the stone mirror, Lu Mingyuan became even more puzzled. He was here to register his divine power, what did this Heavenly Mirror of Identification have to do with him? Did he have to rely on this stone mirror?

Also, why had he never heard of this mirror before?

Heavenly Mirror of Identification, the name was indeed grand.

Jiantian, could it really identify heaven and earth?

Wait, identify, could it be what he was thinking? The kind that often appeared in games, the kind that could dig up all your secrets?

If that were the case, then he would be in danger. No, perhaps he was overthinking it.

Lu Mingyuan looked at the ordinary-looking stone mirror before him, lost in his thoughts.

The woman in green, unaware of Lu Mingyuan's fleeting thoughts, continued to explain:

"This Heavenly Mirror of Identification has a divine power solidified upon it—[Jiantian].

This divine power is connected to the Heavenly Dao Virtual Net and can identify any divine power that has appeared on the Heavenly Dao Virtual Net."

Hearing this, Lu Mingyuan was stunned.

Wait, there was this step when registering? How did he not know?

And more importantly, could it identify his other divine power?

What if it could identify it, what would he do?

Thinking of this, Lu Mingyuan secretly glanced at the slender woman in green with the surname Yun in front of him. Seeing that she wasn't paying attention to him, he squinted his eyes and scanned his surroundings, wondering if he should escape.

If he were to escape, should he just run, or should he knock out this Yun Shuban first, and then run?

Or perhaps find an excuse, say he felt unwell, and come back next time?

Uh, wouldn't that make him seem guilty?

And after running away, abandoning family and friends to live in seclusion in the mountains?

And can you really get away?

Just as Lu Mingyuan's heart was filled with mixed emotions and a thousand thoughts, Yun Shuban's gentle voice reached his ears.

"Alright, Lu Mingyuan, is it? You can now start releasing the divine abilities you've created."

Hearing this, Lu Mingyuan's heart suddenly steadied.

So what if I'm exposed? I haven't done anything bad anyway. And after being exposed, maybe the academy will protect me. After all, I'm a big spender.

Uh, a big fat sheep.

As for the advanced techniques used in the Supplement to Divine Abilities, those were all invented by me...

Uh, no, they were taught to me by an old grandpa with a white beard.

Thinking this, Lu Mingyuan prepared to release his new divine ability, [Agricultural Tool Encyclopedia].

Only then did he discover that, at some unknown time, the stone mirror before him had changed. Its entire body was emitting a soft treasure light.

This appearance was more like a treasure.

As for its previous ordinary look, no one would even pick it up if it were thrown on the ground.

In a moment, a sickle abruptly appeared in Lu Mingyuan's hand, while he stared blankly at the treasure mirror before him.

But if one looked closely, a hint of joy was hidden deep within his eyes.

Several lines of text appeared on the Heavenly Mirror of Identification:

Divine Ability: [Agricultural Tool Encyclopedia]

Uploader: The Road is Under My Feet, Real Name: Lu Mingyuan

Price: 100 Luck Points

Upload Time: Human Race, New Yuan Calendar, Year 1118, April 2nd

Race: Human Race

Household Registration: Human Race, Da Gan Dynasty, Changfeng City, Osmanthus Lane, Number 36.

"So powerful, it can even identify household registration and real names?"

Seeing that there was no other unexpected information and that he hadn't been exposed, Lu Mingyuan felt relieved, then pretended to be surprised and exclaimed.

To be honest, the fact that the Heavenly Mirror of Identification could even identify household registration had indeed exceeded his expectations.

On the other side, Yun Shuban ignored Lu Mingyuan. Instead, she formed a magic gesture, and instantly, the text and brilliance on the Heavenly Mirror of Identification dispersed, returning it to its original, ordinary, ancient stone mirror appearance.

Only then did Yun Shuban speak, "It's not that powerful. This household registration was actually filled in uniformly when you enrolled in the academy."

Lu Mingyuan then understood. So it was manual. But this was still very powerful, almost comparable to the electronic household registration and facial recognition of his previous life.

Through further conversation, Lu Mingyuan learned that this Heavenly Mirror of Identification was actually networked.

Networked meant that the information in all the Heavenly Mirrors of Identification around the world was interconnected. They all used the same divine ability, the [Jiantian] divine ability.

Moreover, Yun Shuban said that any registered divine ability had to go through this Heavenly Mirror of Identification, whether through the academy, the government, or even the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Hearing this, Lu Mingyuan secretly rejoiced in his heart. Fortunately, he hadn't thought of forging anything, and out of caution, he had created a new alias. Otherwise, he would have been completely exposed today.

After being exposed, he wondered what the academy's attitude towards him would be?

Would they protect him? Or would they cut him down first?

Finally, under Yun Shuban's warning, "Do not tell anyone about the Heavenly Mirror of Identification," Lu Mingyuan walked out of the Shuban Hall with mixed feelings.

He was certain that there were experts stationed around the room where the Heavenly Mirror of Identification was placed.

And that Heavenly Mirror of Identification was there to trap people. And it never missed.

If it weren't for Lu Mingyuan's naturally cautious nature, he would not have escaped this calamity.

If he hadn't escaped, his life would have been completely different from then on.

It seems I still need to quickly join the Agrarian School, let the Agrarian School help promote my new divine ability, and then, with Luck Points, quickly buy a divination divine ability to test it.

See if this divination divine ability is really that miraculous?

Is it as exaggerated as the books say, capable of even calculating the past and future?

However, if it really can, then his exposure is only a matter of time. Or rather, he's already exposed.

Suddenly, Lu Mingyuan shook his head, casting aside the random thoughts in his mind.

I can't panic.

Now that registration is complete, the next step is to join the Agrarian School.

This should be easy. The academy has Agrarian School lecturers. When the time comes, I just need to find an Agrarian School lecturer, pass the test, and I can join the Agrarian School.

This time, Lu Mingyuan plans to visit an Agrarian School lecturer named Su Jin.

Teacher Su Jin is straightforward and very patient with his students, so students often come to him for guidance on Agrarian School matters.

Even with Lu Mingyuan's recent improvement of the plow, Teacher Su had provided guidance.

Qingshan Academy, Agrarianism Branch.

Before Lu Mingyuan stood a dignified middle-aged man, Teacher Su Jin.

"Mingyuan, as you know, to join Agrarianism, you must either improve a farming tool or create an Agrarian supernatural power.

Have you finished improving the plow you mentioned earlier?"

Although the student before him had a good relationship with him and was quite intelligent, making him suitable for Agrarianism, Su Jin couldn't bend the strict rules of the school. He had to adhere to the requirements.

"Teacher Su, I've finished it!"

Following that, Lu Mingyuan summoned the hand-pulled plow.

Upon seeing the hand-pulled plow, Su Jin's eyes lit up. The structure indeed seemed suitable for being pulled by hand.

Su Jin paid no mind to the fact that this hand-pulled plow was summoned from a supernatural power.

Lu Mingyuan had indeed intended to turn the plow into a supernatural power. Su Jin had even advised him against it when he heard about it, but Lu Mingyuan clearly hadn't listened.

In Su Jin's opinion, a plow would cost at most twenty to thirty taels of silver. The minimum price for a supernatural power, however, was at least one hundred Luck Points, which translated to nearly two hundred taels. Who would buy that?

Moreover, a good plow could be passed down to the next generation, and the generation after that.

Unlike supernatural powers, which vanished when the person died.

But since the other party was insistent, Su Jin couldn't do anything about it. Still, this hand-pulled plow was quite interesting.

On the lawn in front of the door, Su Jin tested it for a while and discovered the advantages of the hand-pulled plow.

"Mingyuan, if your hand-pulled plow is combined with a supernatural power that increases strength, it would be even more effective than a curved-beam plow, and much more flexible."

Lu Mingyuan knew this as well, but doing so would increase the cost. Furthermore, there was another problem.

"Teacher Su, I'm only using ordinary steel materials. If too much force is applied, it's prone to breaking."

Hearing this, Su Jin waved his hand, unconcerned. "That's simple. After joining Agrarianism, you can learn the construction methods for advanced materials. You can replace the materials then."

"Does that mean I can join Agrarianism?"

Lu Mingyuan asked with a delighted expression.

Although he was confident he could join Agrarianism, hearing Teacher Su say he could join now still made him unable to suppress his joy.

As for improving the plow with advanced materials, he didn't feel much about it. The construction methods for advanced materials certainly wouldn't be free, and replacing the materials would also incur costs. He'd worry about that later.

"Of course. Come, I'll take you now."

With that, Su Jin handed the hand-pulled plow back to Lu Mingyuan and walked out of the academy.

If the recommendation was successful, he would also receive Contribution Points.