Chapter 105: Sworn Duty of a Cultivator
Translator: Ash Editor: Geoffrey
The middle-aged man was surprised for a mont. Noticing his own image being projected above Li Yao's wrist, he could not help but smile. He nodded and said:
"Hello! Yes, I'm Ding Yin."
"Aweso! Professor Ding, my na is Li Yao. I'm a new student of the Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Departnt. I am an ardent fan of your books and have collected all four of your books, which I’m currently reading. I feel that your theories are easier to understand than others, and the data is very detailed as well—they are truly rare monographs of theories!"
Li Yao was extrely excited.
Although Master Refiner Ding Yin of Hidden God Valley hadn't refined any shocking masterwork weapons, in the refiners community, he was a theorist that was second to none. He had done in-depth research about refining theories and had written several important books.
The most valuable part was that the books he wrote were mainly targeted at teenagers, thus many basic theories had been explained in detail, making them very suitable as introductory textbooks.
Li Yao had learned and benefited a lot from his books.
Who would have expected that the prominent theorist of the refiners community would be dressed so ordinarily? Li Yao was completely at a loss as he spoke incoherently:
"Professor Ding, you see, I'm reading this book of yours. This, this is an original book, and your remnant telepathic thought spirit mark is still in here..."
Amused by Li Yao’s words, Ding Ying smiled and said:
"Student Li Yao, you don't need to show , I have already sensed it. Our eting must be destined. If you don't mind, can I sign it for you?"
"A-aweso!"
Li Yao happily handed over his mini-crystal processor. Ding Yin's eyelid drooped down as he muttered so incantations. Suddenly, his pair of eyes overflowing in brilliance opened widely, and a golden radiance flared and shot like lightning towards the hologram!
"Well, Student Li Yao, you have pretty good hands; their foundation is very solid. They are good materials for a refiner!" Ding Yin laughed and said.
In fact, in his heart, Ding Yin had so misgivings.
Judging from Li Yao's hands, it was quite clear that he had practiced very hard and had a very solid foundation. He could very well be from a very ancient aristocratic family of refiners, but how could he go to the Grand Desolate War Institution, which was like a local school in refining?
The Grand Desolate War Institution was famous for its combat departnt. If he wanted to study refining, it was better to go to Deep Sea University!
However, after a mont of thinking, he rembered that the Deep Sea University's Refining Departnt was the star departnt of the entire federation, thus its cut-off marks were very high. He reckoned that this little guy wasn’t able to get in and had settled for less, choosing the unpopular Grand Desolate War Institution's Refining Departnt; he must have had no other alternative.
Ding Yin was a refiner of a cultivation sect and was not a mber of the "Nine Elite Universities". Usually, he would be busy with theoretical research and would rarely pay attention to what was going on in society. The news of Li Yao challenging the Deep Sea University had not yet reached his ears.
He was an experienced old man. Naturally, he was not going to poke Li Yao's scars; on the contrary, he encouraged him from the bottom of his heart.
Taking out his mini-crystal processor, Li Yao, once again, opened the virtual book. At the bottom of the title page were additional, calligraphic golden characters written in a small font that was as flamboyant as flying dragons and dancing phoenixes: "Refining the Endless Starry Sky—Presented to Young Friend Li Yao!"
Li Yao's gaze was fixed on those small characters. Suddenly, his vision blossod as if there were countless stars rotating. He sensed an unfathomable aura of telepathic thoughts.
Li Yao knew it was Ding Yin's soul markers, which authenticated that this was his “personal autograph”, sothing which others were unable to imitate.
He didn't expect for such a master to be so amiable and easy to approach. Li Yao restrained the excitent in his heart and cautiously asked:
"Professor Ding, thank you for your kind encouragent, but I'm lacking in the basics. In your book, there are so places which I don't completely understand. For example, in the 7th chapter, you said that it is possible to use a double-layer folding glyph arrays architecture for the spiritual and chanical energy conversion in weapons that are similar to the chainsaw sword. However, by doing so, the number of parts would increase. Not only would this increase the manufacturing costs, it would also greatly increase the rate of failure as well. If I may ask, what are the benefits actually?"
“Oh?”
Ding Yin's interest was also piqued. He did not expect for such a young man like him to have such a tricky perspective. Nodding again and again, he said with a smile, "Student Li Yao, you are very good. Most of the young people your age would first determine whether the magical equipnt's strength is strong or weak. They usually believe that the stronger the magical equipnt, the more formidable it is. I didn't expect for you to actually take into account the refining costs and the rate of failure. Good, pretty good! Co, turn the book over to that paragraph. I will explain. Using the double-layer folding glyph array architect, you can greatly reduce the energy loss during the conversion of spiritual energy to chanical energy, and also, as long as proper refining techniques are used, the rate of failure would not increase too much. See? Especially this..."
The old and the young—the two heads bumped into each other as they burst into a heated conversation; they had completely lost themselves in the discussion.
At the beginning, the two kept each other at an arm’s reach; they were a little bit reserved.
Gradually, their conversation began to pick up. The two looked exceptionally solemn, and their tone beca increasingly intense. From ti to ti, they would sketch so ghost-like structure in the hologram, yet the sketches would be as flamboyant as flying dragons and dancing phoenixes. “Lone Star Master Formula”, “Rock Reverend Formula”, or “Star Magnetic Rotational Forces Hypotheses”—one by one, words which seed to have co from so book of heaven to the ordinary people were popping out of their mouths as if they were popcorn, and the passengers next to them, upon hearing, were surprised; it was as if they were looking at two madn.
Like water overflowing from a broken dam, Li Yao could not be controlled and continuously threw strings of questions one by one as if he were firing a cannon. From ti to ti, Li Yao would praise him in his heart, "A master is a master. Generally, the problems which I could never understand even after contemplating for 10-15 days were solved with a few words in a way that it gave
a clear understanding. Moreover, thinking about it, he simply didn't use the concepts that were beyond my knowledge. One truly has to admire him greatly—he is really aweso!"
Little did he know that at this mont, Ding Yin had broken into cold sweat.
Because he found that this little guy was too abnormal!
Nine out of ten questions put forward by Li Yao were very basic, and Ding Yin could thoroughly answer with ease.
But after nine ordinary questions, he would often throw an extrely tricky and abstruse question. Upon hearing it at first, it would sound average, but after carefully pondering for a bit, you would find layers upon layers of stratagem inside; it was full of traps.
Ding Yin's entire body was drenched in cold sweat. He had to put forth his full concentration and use all his computing power to get the answer. Often, in his heart, he would feel unconfident as he pondered over whether his answers were complete or not.
As if the two were fighting, after a flowery fist with fancy footwork[1], he would suddenly throw one or two "trump cards
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