PEA – Chapter 3

President’s Exclusive Alchemist

Chapter 3 – Learning

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translator: Nana

The taste of the dishes of Yi Pin Wei was worthy of its staggering prices. When eating, Ming Wuxiang, who hadn’t eaten food for a long time, brightened his eyes.

In the world of cultivation, everything was good. However, it is hard to say the same about food. Especially because immortal cultivators don’t need to eat after building the foundation. Therefore, unless it is spiritual food with rich spiritual energy, they seldom eat ordinary food.

During the meal, Li Jiahua, who hadn’t seen his friends for more than a month, talked to Yi Xing about Ming Wuxiang’s idea for Yanhuang University. Before Yi Xing had time to be surprised, Dong Zhiming, who had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two, spoke first.

“Really?”

Li Jiahua and Yi Xing were busy talking, while Dong Zhiming and Ming Wuxiang were busy eating. The scene was very harmonious. Hearing Dong Zhiming’s question, Ming Wuxiang swallowed the braised prawns in his mouth and nodded.

“My grandfather always wanted me to be admitted to Yanhuang University.”

Hearing Ming Wuxiang mention Grandpa Ming, the three suddenly fell silent. Dong Zhiming spoke again, “Then let’s work hard together!”

When Dong Zhiming said this, his eyes became hot, as if a red flame ignited on his body. 

Seeing Dong Zhiming’s reaction, Ming Wuxiang remembered that Dong Zhiming, the student bully in their dormitory, was admitted to the Department of Computer Science at Yanhuang University. Before graduation, he cooperated with Yi Xing, the rich second generation, to develop. In the same year, it was such an unreliable studio that launched a new office system that simplified office procedures.

At that time, Dong Zhiming also appeared on the National Taiwan Science and Technology column, which made him famous overseas while he was still a student.

Ming Wuxiang glanced at him and thought about Dong Zhiming at Yanhuang University. He couldn’t help but sigh. As expected, Dong Zhiming was indeed a top student. Although his birth was not very good, with Yi Xing protecting him, his future development was absolutely extraordinary.

This interruption made the three other people listen quietly to Dong Zhiming, the school’s tyrant. Looking at Dong Zhiming, who was talking eloquently, the three people were suppressed for the first time. They didn’t expect that besides studying or reading, Dong Zhiming still had such a side…

Although Father Yi was a rich man, he attached great importance to Yi Xing’s education. Therefore, it was impossible to find a backdoor to go to university if his grades were not good. Moreover, Father Yi made it very clear that he would only pay for the tuition of four years of university once. As for other expenses, Yi Xing had to rely on his own efforts.

It was not easy to do so. Otherwise, Yi Xing wouldn’t urge Dong Zhiming to set up a studio together without graduating from university. It was all forced out. The tuition fee and his small investment were enough to support the initial operation of their studio. After the office system was developed, the money earned could easily make Yi Xing wake up laughing when dreaming.

Li Jiahua did well in the college entrance examination and was admitted to a first-class university. His school was not far away from Dong Zhiming and Yi Xing’s school. From the four people in the dormitory, only Ming Wuxiang entered a third-rate university, and the location was still west, very far from the other three.

If he wasn’t from the same village as Li Jiahua, Ming Wuxiang might have broken up with these friends.

Now back to the year of the college entrance examination, sitting in the bright classroom with Teacher Tao lecturing on the platform. Ming Wuxiang looked down at his fingers with only a little thin cocoon, which was left behind by collecting his grandfather’s herbs. He tightened his hands and once again focused on listening to Teacher Tao’s lecture.

Three days had passed since the beginning of the new semester. In these three days, the teachers of all subjects were reviewing the content from last semester. This let Ming Wuxiang, who had spent so many years in the cultivation world and forgot all he had learned in high school, breathe a sigh of relief. At least he still had time to recall what he had learned that year.

At the same time, these three days made Ming Wuxiang very surprised. After reading the textbooks he had learned before, he discovered that he had a photographic memory. 

After looking at the last page of the second year’s Chinese textbook, Ming Wuxiang let out a sigh.

When he passed through the world of cultivation, he crossed with his real body. As for returning to the age of eighteen, although he could not bring back the body that had been cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, his soul still had the strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

It was easy to write down the knowledge in these textbooks. There was also a feeling of killing chickens with a knife. Ming Wuxiang quietly took out the Chinese textbook of the third year of high school and opened the first page——

This way of learning was really cool, wasn’t it?!

In this non-human way of learning, in just three days, Ming Wuxiang had memorized all the textbook knowledge of the third year of high school.

At the same time, Ming Wuxiang put the cultivation plan on the agenda.

He had the soul of a master at the Nascent Soul stage, but his body was only better than ordinary people. This was the result of Grandpa Ming’s medicated bath when he was a child.

Ming Zhenchang, Ming Wuxiang’s grandfather, was a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. Of course, his medical skills were not comparable to those masters of Chinese medicine. But he was very famous in the area of Ming Wuxiang’s hometown.

It’s just that Ming Wuxiang’s father had no interest in this ancestral medical skill, and even the ginseng and tian qi were foolishly confused.

For Father Ming, Grandpa Ming gave up long ago and turned his attention to Ming Wuxiang after he was born. Fortunately, Ming Wuxiang was interested in traditional Chinese medicine. Although his talent was ordinary, Grandpa Ming still carefully taught the young Ming Wuxiang. He hoped that Ming Wuxiang could inherit the Ming family and become a traditional Chinese medicine doctor.

Grandpa Ming hoped that Ming Wuxiang would be accepted to Yanhuang University. The reason was that he wanted him to be admitted to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Yanhuang University.

The bell rang for the end of the lesson, and today’s class ended here. Ming Wuxiang packed up the books. All the contents of these books were recorded in his mind and would not be forgotten. However, Ming Wuxiang carefully packed them up and could review them when he was free.

Li Jiahua, sitting in front of him, packed up his things and turned to Ming Wuxiang and asked, “Master Dao, are there any activities for tomorrow and Sunday?”

The teaching philosophy of the No.2 Middle School was a combination of work and rest. So although they were students in the third year of high school that would take the college entrance examination in less than half a year, they still had holidays.

Hearing Li Jiahua’s words, without waiting for Ming Wuxiang’s answer, Yi Xing, who was sitting on the left side of Ming Wuxiang, leaned over like a loach. Then he showed a look that you understand, and I know. He winked at his friends and said, “There will be a beauty contest in Hua City’s hall tomorrow. There are both handsome men and beautiful women.”

In response to someone’s eyes, there were three pairs of disdainful eyes. Yes, it was three pairs. Dong Zhiming also came over with a book in his arms.

Being despised by his friends, Yi Xing immediately yelled, “The saints also have desires, I don’t believe you are not interested!”

Ming Wuxiang, who had already packed up his things, ignored Yi Xing and walked directly to Li Jiahua. Dong Zhiming raised his hand and patted Yi Xing’s shoulder, and strongly advised, “We are now senior high school students. We have to study hard and focus on the college entrance examination.”

After Dong Zhiming finished speaking, he quickly caught up with Ming Wuxiang, who had already arrived at the door of the classroom.

Yi Xing, who was thrown aside by his friends, didn’t know if he should marvel at Dong Zhiming’s ability to tease people or be sad that his friends left him behind.

“Hey, wait for me!”

In the dining hall, Li Jiahua asked Ming Wuxiang once again if he had any plans for the weekend. As for Yi Xing’s proposal to go to the beauty contest, he ignored it directly.

“I’m going to Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) Street tomorrow.”

Hearing that Ming Wuxiang was going to TCM street, Yi Xing also forgot the handsome men and beauties in the beauty contest. Before Li Jiahua could speak, he interrupted, “Why are you going to the medicine street? Are you sick?” He asked as he looked at Ming Wuxiang.

Yi Xing was not a doctor, but he could still see that Ming Wuxiang didn’t look like he was ill. Dong Zhiming, on the other side, also looked over with concern.

Li Jiahua’s reaction was not as big as the other two. He knew the identity of Grandpa Ming, so it was no surprise that Ming Wuxiang wanted to go to TCM street.

Sure enough, Ming Wuxiang explained, “I’m not sick. I just want to buy some medicinal herbs there.”

Re-cultivation, not to mention pills. Now this body must first wash the tendons and cut the marrow to absorb and contain the spiritual energy better.

Fortunately, although the world’s aura was not comparable to the world of cultivation, it was not considered a desert world. It was no problem to support him to cultivate the Golden Core stage. As for the next aura problem, there was a miraculous medicine in the white jade space. It was too early to say if he could practice again to the Nascent Soul stage.

Without Ming Wuxiang’s explanation, Li Jiahua talked briefly about Grandpa Ming’s identity. Hearing that Grandpa Ming was a Chinese medicine doctor and that his skills were not bad, Yi Xing immediately looked at Ming Wuxiang with bright eyes. Leaning close to Ming Wuxiang and hugging his shoulders, he showed a flattering expression.

“Hey, Master Dao, do you think your family is a hermit family or something? Perhaps this is the truth, but you don’t have the cultivation technique. Maybe you could learn to catch ghosts. Otherwise, your name wouldn’t be so misleading, right?”

Ming Wuxiang’s name sounded really misleading, especially the ‘xiang’ part. [In Chinese, the character for ‘xiang’ in Ming Wuxiang’s name is 相; the sound is very similar to 次元 (cì yuán),  which means dimension. Yi Xing talks about catching ghosts because they are from a different dimension.]

If it were back then, Ming Wuxiang would surely shake his head and let him close the brain hole. However, after two deaths, the white jade let him cross to the cultivation world and then wear it back, so Ming Wuxiang didn’t know what to say for a while.

Could it be said that the most impossible speculation was the truth?

However, the Ming family should not be a hermit family. The medical skills were handed down from the family, but Ming Wuxiang knew that the Ming family’s medical skills had not reached a stunning level. As for the grandmother’s family, Grandma Ming passed away when Ming Wuxiang was very young. Even when she was there, she didn’t have any contact with her family. What’s more, when she died, it was even more impossible to contact her family.

However, judging from the inheritance of the white jade, the grandmother’s family may be a hermit family. He didn’t know if there were any descendants, but the decline of the family was beyond doubt. Otherwise, the inheritance of the white jade wouldn’t be so simple and straightforward to say that a woman must inherit. It was just because women were more likely to awaken the wood and water spirit roots.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind quickly. As for Yi Xing’s expectant look, Ming Wuxiang pushed him away decisively.

“Young Master Yi, I’m a third-year high school student, and I have less than half a year to go to the college entrance examination. As a college entrance examination candidate, I have to study hard and make progress every day. It’s better to read fewer novels.”

“…” Yi Xing, who was pushed aside by Ming Wuxiang, curled his lips. To tell the truth, he didn’t believe that Ming Wuxiang’s family was a hermit family. He just wanted to tease his little friend.

However, in the future, those who knew the truth would be able to think back to today and could only blow up their hair; what do you mean by studying hard every day! Master Dao had no companionship at all, he had such an amazing secret and didn’t tell them!

Even though he was despised, Yi Xing followed up on Sunday’s TCM street activities. Li Jiahua was also present. As for Dong Zhiming, the school tyrant said that even if it was a holiday, he couldn’t relax. Dong Zhiming’s persistence in learning, even if it was easy to do so, they admitted defeat when they thought about studying in their free time.

There were only three people, but the atmosphere was still very lively. It should be said that as long as Li Jiahua and Yi Xing were there, there would be no chance of silence.

Sitting in the co-pilot’s seat, Li Jiahua didn’t forget to tease Yi Xing, who was responsible for driving. “Young Master Yi didn’t go to see handsome men and beautiful women today?”

Concentrated on driving, Yi Xing glared at Li Jiahua when waiting for the traffic lights. Then he said majestically, “How can handsome men and beautiful women compare with my brother? It’s not easy to go to TCM street on Sunday.”

The traffic situation in Hua City on holiday was maddening. Driving was ok. If you were waiting for the bus, let alone the traffic jam, getting on the bus was already hard enough.

“Yes, yes, yes. I’m going to trouble Young Master Yi as a driver today.”

Ming Wuxiang, who was sitting at the back, watched the two people in the front bickering all the way, and the smile on his face didn’t fade.

An hour and a half later, the car finally reached TCM Street.

Although TCM Street was an old street, its surroundings were very modern. It was easy to find a parking space during busy hours; it was just a little farther away. Yi Xing parked in the parking lot of the commercial building nearby.

The three people got out of the car. The temperature today was very comfortable, which was suitable for sightseeing. Therefore, even if they walked for about ten minutes to TCM Street, they didn’t sweat.

However, standing at the corner of TCM Street and looking at the people who were coming and going, Yi Xing stopped and decided to ask Ming Wuxiang.

“Master Dao, what kind of herbs do you want to buy?” It would be better if he already had a target or selected store. Yi Xing felt that even if the temperature was comfortable, he would lose a layer of skin when walking around the medicine street.

Noticing Yi Xing’s sorrowful heart, Ming Wuxiang chuckled, “Don’t worry, I’m familiar with a shop in TCM Street. I just need to buy herbs there.”

The Louye Village, where Ming Wuxiang lived, was located in a mountainous area. Grandpa Ming would go up the mountain to collect herbs and plant some common herbs, but some herbs had to be purchased.

Louye Village was not far away from Hua City. In addition, Grandpa Ming had a friend who ran a shop in TCM Street. Therefore, all the herbs he needed were purchased from his friends.

Yi Xing exaggeratedly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that there was no need to wander around the medicine street. Li Jiahua, who was watching on the side, said amused, “Yi Xing, you won’t find a girlfriend like this.”

“Cut, who said that all girls love shopping? And in the future, I will not necessarily be looking for a girl. I can also find a man.”

Yanhuang Country allowed same-sex marriage. Seeing Yi Xing’s proud look, Li Jiahua didn’t know what to say.

“Stop it, let’s go.”

The author has something to say:

Young Master Yi: What about a good friend’s love!? ( ㄒ o ㄒ )

Master Dao: (← ← )

President Gu: ^_^

Young Master Yi: I have made a mistake. Mr. Gu, please forgive me _(:з」∠)_

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