Scholar World

As a Star-level existence, the learning ability of Lu Yan'an was terrifying. As he flipped through the books on his optical computer, he would leave an impression in his memory with a single glance, and after reading them carefully once more, he could basically recite them by heart. However, he did not "skim" the books relying solely on his formidable memory; instead, he ensured that he memorized all the text he saw before contemplating it multiple times.

In just seven days, he had finished reading and fully memorizing and understanding all seven books, gaining many new insights along the way.

"Your progress is mediocre!" Lord Shen sat nearby, watching Lu Yan'an's learning pace and teasing him.

"But it's barely a pass, I suppose! Tsk, after all, you're just a little Star-level fellow; your life level is too low." Lord Shen felt it was still underwhelming, though it didn't say anything to discourage Lu Yan'an. One had to know that as an Immortal intelligent lifeform, it could have finished and memorized those seven books with a single sweep of its spiritual energy! However, it clearly realized the gap between them and said nothing more.

"I am only at the Star-level, after all. Once I break through in the future, I believe my learning ability will improve," Lu Yan'an said, following Lord Shen's lead.

"Actually, I should have waited until you were a World Lord before letting you learn these things, but by then your path would have been set, and you wouldn't be able to walk the path of an Illusion Martial Artist. Starting now, while the efficiency might not be as high as a World Lord's, it doesn't matter; you can learn slowly later. After all, learning is a lifelong endeavor," Lord Shen began its daily rambling again.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the Virtual Universe for the next stage of learning!" Lord Shen waved its hand, indicating it was time to log on.

Turning its head, it saw Lu Yan'an wearing a pained expression, his face full of resistance. It immediately realized what was wrong and said to him with a smile: "Don't worry, the time has passed; the state of incontinence only lasts for seven days."

Having said that, without waiting for his reaction, Lord Shen logged on directly. Beside it, Lu Yan'an took a deep breath, gritted his teeth with a tragic expression, and clicked the log-on button...

Virtual Universe.

Scholar World.

This was the place Lord Shen had brought Lu Yan'an to.

"Scholar World is the number one virtual world among all knowledge-based worlds." Walking down the wide streets, Lord Shen said, "The academic atmosphere here is rich. We don't care about strength, only your academic level. It can be considered a rare anomaly among the worlds of the Virtual Universe!"

Seeming to recall something, Lord Shen added: "But don't go around offending people here, you hear me?"

Seeing Lu Yan'an nod obediently, it continued its introduction, "Although strength doesn't matter here, you must know that only Immortal powerhouses can possess eternal life. To ensure their research isn't hindered by their lifespan, the vast majority of scholars have attained extremely high realms through their own cultivation or by relying on heaven-sent treasures."

"Walking down this street, if you were to throw a stone at random, you could hit a Domain Lord, several World Lords, or even an Immortal powerhouse!" After a pause, Lord Shen said in a teasing tone.

"I've purchased a course for you." Lord Shen tapped on its personal system interface, spending quite a few Immortal Coins (the currency between Immortals) to buy a set of courses.

"The human race of the universe is an extremely vast group, and when there are many people, they encounter all kinds of life dilemmas. Therefore, how to deal with 'life dilemmas' is a very popular course. The set I bought is taught by a Great Scholar! The quality of instruction is excellent."

Lord Shen explained to Lu Yan'an. It had really splurged this time; in the Scholar World, any course with the "Great Scholar" label was never cheap. Moreover, one could only purchase courses after arriving in the Scholar World. Once a person left this virtual world, all purchased courses would be automatically destroyed by the Virtual Universe system to prevent infringing on the interests of the Great Scholars.

A Great Scholar is someone in the Scholar World whose knowledge level in a certain field has reached a certain height. Furthermore, every Great Scholar is an Immortal-level figure. In the Scholar World, one could say that every Great Scholar is an Immortal, but an Immortal is not necessarily a Great Scholar!

Lu Yan'an nodded and looked at Lord Shen with gratitude.

There were many channels for learning in the Scholar World. Which channel to choose? What kind of courses were needed? What kind of teachers? Without Lord Shen's guidance, Lu Yan'an might have been drowned by this massive flood of knowledge! Now, by following its guidance, Lu Yan'an could theoretically maximize his efficiency.

"Hello, I am the teacher for your 'Solving Life Dilemmas' course!" A man with an elegant temperament who looked as refreshing as a spring breeze appeared before Lu Yan'an and said with a smile, "In the coming time, I will provide you with one-on-one instruction, and I hope you can find your own solution to life in my course."

Lu Yan'an nodded.

The two appeared on a beach.

The elegant man said to Lu Yan'an: "As members of the human race in the universe, different people will encounter all kinds of different dilemmas throughout their long lives! How to solve these dilemmas is a very important subject."

"To possess the ability to solve life dilemmas, first, you must have very strong logical thinking skills; this is the foundation for you to solve problems," the elegant man said.

"Logical thinking skills?" Lu Yan'an thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

Logical thinking skills can be considered the foundation for solving problems. Just like reading a book, you must first read it before you can judge whether it is good or bad. Without this prior act of "reading," you cannot distill, judge, or summarize your own views. You can only follow behind others, parroting what they say.

"You need to analyze your dilemma and determine which factors caused it! Then, think about what conditions you can utilize and what conditions you can create to ultimately solve the dilemma," the elegant man said. "All of this requires logical thinking skills. And what most people lack is precisely this ability! This is the first step, and also the most important step!"

After a pause, the elegant man continued:

"Direction is the most important point in solving a problem. If the direction is skewed from the start, no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain."

Lu Yan'an was very fortunate that just after entering the Scholar World, he had such a Great Scholar to plan his path as a scholar. Although he didn't know how many coins Lord Shen had spent, Lu Yan'an felt it was worth it. This was just the beginning, and Lu Yan'an had already found his path as a scholar from the few words at the start of the course; he truly lived up to the title of Great Scholar!

Then, the Great Scholar continued:

"Before we begin the next part of the course, you need to supplement your basic scientific knowledge. I have already prepared a knowledge outline for you. You need to complete the tasks on the outline according to my requirements before we can continue with the explanation!"

With that, the Great Scholar waved his hand and sent all the basic knowledge Lu Yan'an would need, along with an outline, to his optical computer. Then, the Great Scholar left...

At this moment, standing on the beach, Lu Yan'an looked at the list with a helpless expression. He realized he was about to return to the compact life of his student days on Earth. The knowledge on that list was extremely comprehensive, ranging from simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to building a spaceship with his bare hands. Even with his Star-level brain, he felt a bit dizzy looking at all this information.

No choice, just study until you drop! However, Lu Yan'an was not someone who didn't know what was good for him; he understood that if he completed the training of "the ability to solve life dilemmas" by following this Great Scholar's course, he would definitely welcome a huge breakthrough! Although it might not be a change in terms of raw strength, it would definitely be a leap forward for his cultivation as an Illusionist!

So, time to grind! Lu Yan'an's own aptitude was not bad, and combined with a Star-level brain, the synergy made his efficiency in absorbing knowledge exceptionally high.

Time flew by during his days of study...