Translator: ChuRen/ YuQiChen
On the street paved with blue bricks, a young child with flowing hair hopped and skipped while nibbling on a sugar figurine, clapping his hands and singing incoherently, “Beauty bead, tears of beauty, how many dream of meetings with the beauty. Father and mother as matchmakers, a marriage proposal crosses the doorstep.”
At this moment, a slender hand touched the little child’s head, and a playful voice sounded from the side, “You’re so young, and you already know about seeking marriage?”
This scene flashed through Su Ling’s mind.
However, upon closer thought, he couldn’t recall anything else.
Coming back to reality, Sheng Ze was still standing in place, quietly watching him, his eyes filled with indescribable tension.
Su Ling shook his head, clearing the scene from his mind, and explained, “I seem to have heard it from a nursery rhyme.”
Sheng Ze was surprised by this answer and paused for a moment.
Su Ling scratched his head casually and said, “I’m probably not the only one who’s heard it; all the children on the street are singing it.”
Sheng Ze couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed.
With so much time passing, it is unknown how many cycles of reincarnation that person he thought of went through, he couldn’t say he was feeling particularly sad, more so melancholic.
Su Ling blinked curiously and asked, “Is this a token of love from someone else to you?”
—According to the nursery rhyme, this seems clearly to be used for a marriage proposal, right?
Sheng Ze chuckled suddenly and flicked Su Ling’s head, “What nonsense are you thinking? It’s just that I was injured back then, and that person gave me the Pearl of the Medicine King to save my life. Later, when I recovered, I didn’t need it anymore.”
Su Ling rubbed his head, “Oh,” and puzzledly said, “I really haven’t heard that it’s a medicine.”
Sheng Ze thought for a moment and patiently explained, “Actually, more accurately, we call it the Medicinal Jade. It’s a type of resin that is obtained from ancient wood, solidifying into a jade-like substance when cooled, suitable for medicinal use. That’s why we call it a Medicinal Jade. The Pearl of the Medicine King is essentially the largest piece of solidified resin, blended with a few other materials.”
“It sounds reasonable, but being able to cure even diseases from the womb, this Pearl of the Medicine King is quite powerful,” Su Ling marveled.
Sheng Ze smiled, “Indeed, after the Medicine King died, instead of reincarnating, he lived in that small mountain valley next to the Three Lives Stone.”
Su Ling paused, “Wait, the old Chinese doctor living in the small mountain valley next to the Three Lives Stone, isn’t that him?”
Sheng Ze raised an eyebrow, “You know him?”
Su Ling didn’t know what to say, “More than that. He still owes me quite a bit of money for drinks. You know, nowadays Western medicine is more advanced, and ghosts don’t really focus on health, so his clinic business isn’t doing so well…”
Sheng Ze suddenly realized, “No wonder, he often reminisces about the chaos in the underworld during those years.”
Su Ling nodded in agreement, “After all, there were many fights back then, and plenty of ghosts ended up missing limbs.”
“Hey, are you talking about the old Chinese doctor ghost?” Meng Xiaoman’s voice chimed in.
Su Ling turned to look and saw Meng Xiaoman, Wu Pan, and Shi Kongzang, who never slept at midnight, all coming to join the fun.
“Once, my head fell off, he helped me reattach it,” Meng Xiaoman said.
“Oh, he also helped me with my eyes, my nearsightedness got better,” Shi Kongzang added.
“He also fixed my face,” Wu Pan said.
Su Ling: “…Wait, fixed your face?”
The gazes of the ghosts towards Wu Pan turned a bit subtle.
Wu Pan said indignantly, “Why are you all looking at me like that? So what if I let him help me repair my injured face? It’s not like I got plastic surgery!”
“Cough, cough,” Su Ling nervously looked away, glanced around at the ghosts, then curiously asked, “Where’s Xiao Wu?”
Chang Bai leaned against a small tree, yawning boredly, “Got taken away by a ghost.”
Su Ling was puzzled, “Where did he go?”
Chang Bai replied, “To the library.”
“Was it the shadow ghost from earlier? So he brought us to the small forest to lure us away?” Su Ling was very impressed by the intelligence of this shadow ghost.
Chang Bai furrowed his brow uncertainly, “Is that so?”
Upon hearing this, Sheng Ze suddenly chuckled.
—Instantly attracting the attention of all the ghosts present.
Sheng Ze casually pinched the back of Su Ling’s neck, chuckling, “Come to think of it, this ghost really looks quite similar to you.”
Su Ling wrinkled his nose disapprovingly, “What are you talking about? He’s so skinny, and I’m so sturdy.”
Sheng Ze’s gaze swept over someone’s slender figure, raised an eyebrow noncommittally, “Do you know why he came to the small forest?”
“Because he, like you, got lost,” Su Ling joked.
Chang Wu walked cautiously along the path on the back hill.
The shadow ghost took advantage of his distraction once again, whispering confusing words in his ear. Chang Wu, not one to be fooled easily, pretended to be deceived, following the voice quietly as he made his escape.
However…
It had been over half an hour of wandering in the back hill. Would this ghost ever stop?
Impatiently pursing his lips, Chang Wu decided to allow it to roam for another ten minutes. If it didn’t leave by then, he would directly use the Soul-Locking Chain to bind it up and interrogate it.
Nine minutes later, Chang Wu finally exited the range of the back hill.
“Finally out!”
A faint but exasperated rant sounded in Chang Wu’s ear.
Chang Wu was a bit speechless.
After coming down from the back hill, the ghost’s navigation skills seemed to improve significantly, leading him around the school for two hours until they finally found the library.
It was truly a mix of emotions!
Once Chang Wu entered, the library’s doors immediately closed.
The surroundings were pitch black, with only a path leading to an unremarkable desk.
“Welcome to the test,” a stern voice echoed in the space.
“This test has a full score of 100, with a passing score of 60. Only students who pass the test will have a chance to leave.”
Chang Wu sat expressionlessly in the chair, looking down to see—
“National High School Unified Exam Practice Questions (Comprehensive Volume)”
“You have 2 hours for the test. Submit your paper immediately after time is up. Test takers, please manage your time well. Those unwilling to answer will receive zero points and be confined to the dark room for three days,” the voice reminded calmly.
Chang Wu picked up a black pen and quickly began answering the questions.
An hour and a half later, Chang Wu handed in his paper.
A minute later, the library’s shadow ghost exploded in anger.
“Zero points! All wrong! Lockdown!” the shadow ghost raged uncontrollably.
Chang Wu furrowed his brows, puzzled, “It’s impossible. Xiao Bai said the probability of choosing options B and C in multiple-choice questions is the highest. There’s no way I got none of them right.”
The shadow ghost almost dropped dead on the spot, angrily retorting, “But I gave you fill-in-the-blank questions!”
Question 1:
As shown in the diagram, given points O and A…, find the length of OP: ___________.
Chang Wu’s answer: C
Question 2:
If the intersection of A and B is…, then the relationship between A and B is ___________.
Chang Wu’s answer: B
After a moment of silence, Chang Wu said seriously, “Take a look at the essay questions; those are the ones I did myself.”
The shadow ghost took a deep breath, barely suppressing his anger, and continued reading.
The next moment, the shadow ghost was so infuriated that he spat out blood on the spot.
—Ghosts don’t actually have blood, but what he spat out was indeed real essence!
Essay Question 1 (Physics):
In a semicircular uniform magnetic field with a radius of R, an electron with mass m and charge q… Find: the direction and velocity of the particle upon emission.
Chang Wu’s answer:
Based on life experience, if it were in the human world, the direction of the particle should be like this…
But if it were in the underworld, the direction of the particle might be… or even… and it could even be… The key is whether it’s in the Yama Hall, the Administrative Hall, or the Ghost King’s Hall.
Of course, I believe as a particle, it shouldn’t misbehave like that. So if it suddenly has a change of heart midway, it might end up stationary.
The shadow ghost felt like he, a ghost, was being driven to heart disease out of anger, clutching his chest in pain and frustration, “You can’t handle physics, let alone chemistry. Look at the equations you wrote, what’s this? Turning stones into gold, really?”
Chang Wu pondered seriously for two seconds and nodded, “I can do it.”
Shadow ghost: …
Unable to bear the infuriating Chang Wu, the shadow ghost threw him into the dark room.
The shadow ghost became anxious, “If you stay here, you won’t be able to eat, sleep, or even play with your phone.”
Chang Wu remained unfazed, “I don’t need to.”
“You, you will regret this!” The shadow ghost left in anger.
When not studying, the dark room was just an empty expanse of pure white. Only when Chang Wu entertained the thought of studying, did the bookshelves around him reappear.
Chang Wu sat calmly in the center of the room, closing his eyes to rest.
After a while, Chang Wu suddenly opened his eyes. His eyeballs had turned blood-red at some point, and now he stared at the towering wall with the same indifferent expression on his face.
—Just now, the room suddenly became several times heavier, almost suffocating.
Chang Wu’s mind shifted, and he closed his eyes again.
The gravity in the room gradually decreased, and then, the air suddenly became extremely hot.
…
After a long while of struggling, the shadow ghost, watching Chang Wu still calm and silent, began to doubt the life of a ghost.
Chang Wu raised an eyebrow and suddenly smiled.
But this smile carried an indescribable sense of malice.
“Your soul is unstable, can only rely on someone else’s shadow, so sealing me in such a small room has already drained all your spiritual power,” Chang Wu’s cold voice lazily rang out.
“By keeping someone here, you won’t be able to tempt other students anymore, right?” Chang Wu’s blood-red eyes stared intently at a spot in the void, forcing the shadow ghost to reveal its form.
The shadow ghost fell to the ground, angrily… and begged, “Can I let you out?”
“No.” Chang Wu said stubbornly, “If I can’t pass, I’m definitely not leaving.”
Shadow ghost: ???
With your level of academics… Just say it outright that you want to take over the dark room!
Author’s note:
Shadow ghost: What kind of test is this? Can something fall freely without being affected by gravity?
Chang Wu: I can do it.
Shadow ghost: And in chemistry, turning stones into gold?
Chang Wu: I can do it.
Shadow ghost: Then how about biology, how can different species produce offspring?
Chang Wu: Why not? Even human-ghost relationships exist.
Shadow ghost: …I regret it. I was wrong to believe in the saying “Teach the young”. Some ghosts, they really can’t be saved.
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