bookpub Chapter 18: Who is the real mentor?
Chapter 18: Who is the real mentor?
Liu Bochuan's question was not based on mere conjecture, but rather on the fact that no one at Tiannan Beast Taming University understood better than him just how difficult cross-species research on the ground mushroom was.
It wasn't that he didn't believe in the research findings, but rather that he couldn't believe they came from a mere teenager.
In Liu Bochuan's eyes, Lin Yi and his students were like newborn calves, unaware of the dangers. So when he learned about the research results on cross-species skills education for free-range mushrooms, Liu Bochuan thought of many possibilities.
His first reaction was that this achievement probably did not belong to Tiannan Beast Taming University.
He even had good reason to believe that this was a research result that other Beast Taming Universities had not yet made public, but had been leaked and even taken to Tiannan Beast Taming University.
The person who brought this achievement here is most likely the young man in front of us.
If that's the case, then this is an absolutely earth-shattering event.
Regardless of whether the national level allows it, once the Beast Taming University learns of this, it will definitely come to demand an explanation, which will then implicate the entire Tiannan University.
Beast Taming University is not just a decorative institution; each member is a primordial beast lurking in various places and operating according to rules. Historically, there have been many similar bloody incidents.
Therefore, Liu Bochuan had to be cautious. So, upon receiving the news, in addition to shock and disbelief, he was also filled with endless worry.
"Lin Yi, I'll ask you one last time, are you sure you really wrote this paper on cross-species skills education?"
Liu Bochuan looked up, his eyes filled with a suffocating pressure.
Upon hearing this, everyone's attention turned to the new student.
Their initial focus was on the incredible nature of the matter, unlike Liu Bochuan who considered it on a higher level.
Was that paper actually his own research result?
"Don't worry, Mr. Liu. I dare to guarantee with my life and Bai Deheng's life that this was absolutely done independently by me."
Lin Yi was absolutely confident in this. His perfected cheat skill, "Educational Paper," could make the content easy to understand and simplify complex concepts. It involved an extremely large number of reasoning, verification, and substitution methods, many of which were paths that had not yet been discovered by the scientific community.
All of these things were transformed into Lin Yi's own through the Golden Finger, as if they were truly deduced and perfected by him, without any difference.
Normally, when a beast tamer obtains this skill paper, they can use it to train not only sword spirit grass beasts but also mushroom beasts, but they cannot explain "why".
Lin Yi himself is the only person in the world who can tell you "why," and he's not afraid of being questioned.
As expected, although Lin Yi's answer was firm, Liu Bochuan would not hastily trust him just because of his attitude. He immediately selected some profound questions related to the study of spiritual plants and pretended to ask Lin Yi, feigning ignorance while knowing the answer.
The question, seemingly unintentional, is actually a test to see if it reflects your work.
When Liu Bochuan asked the question, Tang Xinyi's heart almost stopped. She was afraid that the freshman would not be able to answer it. After all, he was a student in her class, and if a problem occurred, she, as the class teacher, would also be held accountable.
Fortunately, Lin Yi answered Liu Bochuan's probing questions fluently.
With each correct answer Lin Yi gave, Tang Xinyi's heart sank a little further.
Gradually, as more and more questions were answered, the seriousness in Liu Bochuan's eyes slowly dissipated, and he became somewhat certain that this research result was most likely something this kid had come up with on his own.
However, as Liu Bochuan delved deeper into the paper, more and more questions arose.
To others, this paper simplifies complex concepts, making it easy to learn and understand. However, as a researcher, Liu Bochuan was studying the theoretical substitutions, theorem derivations, data verifications, and so on behind the "simplification."
He gradually discovered that the extraordinary knowledge points involved in this skills paper were astonishingly extensive, and even the most "unscientific" parts were completely incomprehensible to him, a five-star mentor.
Thus, the hypothetical question became the real question.
"How did you arrive at this conclusion regarding the structure of the Blade Spirit Grass and the way their extraordinary evolutionary power operates?"
Lin Yi remained calm and composed, making no attempt to hide anything. He immediately launched into a lengthy discussion, becoming so engrossed that he even walked to the nearby saline-alkali ground, took a wooden stick, and began to scribble and draw on the ground as he spoke.
"Old Liu, this was deduced based on the 'Third Theorem of Extraordinary Beast Pet Evolution' combined with the 'Sword Spirit Grass Extraordinary Structure Operation Theorem' and the 'Research on the Structure of Mushroom-type Beast Pet Spirit Plants'..."
"You see, this is the superspecies computational science of skill execution and enhancement mentioned in the 'Third Theorem of Evolution.' The thirty-nine theorems and formulas involved are mutually deduced and verified, and it is not difficult to find commonalities..."
"Actually, it's about substituting and changing variables to derive a more accurate and simpler new formula, then verifying it, and combining the twenty-six derivation formulas of mushroom structure research theory with existing conclusions to continue the twelfth transformation..."
"However, simply extrapolating these points is far from sufficient. Many other factors need to be considered, such as the microscopic overlap of genes that create species barriers... and so on..."
Within the saline-alkali land, as Lin Yi continued his deductions, the ground gradually appeared with a dense array of astronomical numbers of extraordinary formulas, theorems, and breakthroughs in biological barriers. In less than half an hour, the saline-alkali land was completely replaced by written data that ordinary people could not understand.
Liu Bochuan's attitude gradually changed from initial doubt and worry to astonishment, disbelief, and finally to extreme seriousness. He listened intently, like a student absorbing new knowledge, nodding from time to time and suddenly realizing something.
As time passed, Liu Bochuan seemed to forget his identity, immersing himself in the extraordinary academic discussions and verification process.
This left Tang Xinyi and the other two, along with Lao Bai, speechless, yet they dared not approach to disturb them.
Tang Xinyi and the others could keep up with the earlier parts, but as they went deeper, their thinking started to fall behind, and eventually they were completely lost.
But judging from Liu Bochuan's constantly changing expression, it's not hard to tell that the new student really does seem to know it.
However, the scene at this point becomes somewhat comical.
A dignified five-star instructor from Tiannan Beast Taming University followed the young man like an attentive student, completely focused, agreeing and nodding repeatedly, "So that's how it is."
For a moment, no one knew which of the two was the student and which was the mentor.
After the entire paper has been fully interpreted.
Liu Bochuan stood in the saline-alkali land, staring at the research process written all over the earth, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
The shock I felt intensified.
Some things cannot be examined a second time; the more you try to examine them, the more intense the shock and horror become.