Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 276: City of Wisdom

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The next day, January 16th.

There was a meeting in the morning, a meeting of the Department of Literature, which was considered a departmental meeting. There weren't many people anyway.

Adding Su Yuduo’s 56 students from the Department of Literature, and including Wu Lan, there are 57 people in total.

The Polytheistic Academy is not small, with many buildings, and the meeting is held in the Combat Skills Hall.

When Su Yu and Wu Lan arrived, they almost thought they had come to the wrong place.

The combat skills hall is fully equipped with tables, chairs and benches.

There are many melon seeds and candies.

You can smell the wine outside!

When you enter the door, you will see people eating melon seeds, chatting, eating melons, eating candies, playing with birds, raising dogs... there is everything.

There were only a few dozen people, but the noise was no less than that of hundreds of people.

Some people even recited poems and couplets. When they saw Su Yu and his companions coming in, some students shook their heads and said with a smile, "There are two people coming in. They have two heads and four arms. I have never seen them before. I am shocked when I look closely..."

Su Yu said nothing and didn't interrupt, just walked in.

What a leisurely time!

Over there, Huang Feng was chatting with someone. When he saw Su Yu, he waved and said, "Su Yu, come and sit over there. That's the seat for the students!"

Is Su Yu considered a student

Not really.

A junior researcher is nothing more than a trainee.

Su Yu turned his head to glance at Wu Lan. Just as he was about to speak, Wu Lan said casually, "Go ahead. I'll get to know the students here and see if there are any geniuses. Forget about the trash!"

Her voice was loud, as it always was, without any scruples.

He is a genius, and we can all communicate with him.

It's trash, she doesn't bother to pay attention to it.

As for those who are more talented than her, she generally ignores them, because she would feel embarrassed unless she could catch up with those who are better than her.

Su Yu smiled, nodded, and walked over there.

Many students were also looking at him and talking in low voices.

"Is this Su Yu?"

"He looks quite gentle, but how come he killed so many people?"

"It's very fierce, everyone be careful."

"I heard that they specialize in killing geniuses. They kill them whenever they see one. We are all geniuses, so everyone be careful..."

"… "

Su Yu was too lazy to pay attention. These students from Daming Prefecture were all talkative and would start a chat with anyone they met.

Go to the front and there is a big table.

Including Huang Feng, there are 10 people in total.

There are 4 Lingyuns and 8 Tengkongs, so there should be 12 researchers, but two are missing.

These are the entire teaching staff of the Polytheistic Literature Department, and there is also a dean.

Huang Feng said with a smile: "Su Yu, let me introduce him to you!"

As he spoke, he introduced the other nine people to Su Yu, six men and three women, all of whom looked quite young.

However, there are a few who are probably not young anymore.

Soon, Huang Feng introduced a man and a woman, both of whom were young, handsome and beautiful.

"You need to get to know these two people carefully!"

Huang Feng smiled and said, "These are the two youngest students of the dean. They have only been in school for a few years. This is Junior Brother Hou Liang, the youngest son of Director Hou of the Education and Strengthening Bureau! This Junior Sister is Yunzhi, the daughter of the eldest princess."

The eldest princess refers to Zhu Tiandao’s eldest daughter.

Zhu Tiandao has two daughters, and Yunzhi is Zhu Tiandao's granddaughter.

The boys can jump to the sixth level, while the girls are a little stronger, jumping to the seventh level.

This is also the most outstanding two people in the Polyshenwen system in recent years. They are not very old, under 30 years old, and can be considered to be of Bai Feng’s generation.

Hou Liang smiled and said, "Hello, Junior Brother Su!"

He didn't call him classmate. Hou Liang is now an assistant researcher, and Su Yu is also a researcher. He doesn't regard Su Yu as a student.

"Hello, Junior Brother Su!"

Yunzhi also smiled and didn't say much.

Su Yu nodded slightly and greeted them. He knew these two people.

The Eight Horses of Tiandu Prefecture.

He had made some inquiries about the Eight Horses, and found that these two were among them, as well as a few others, including the fat man Zhu Hongliang, the beast in human clothing Bai Junsheng, and a few others from the War Academy.

They are all students of the academy, and people like Zhu Hongwen are not included.

The so-called Eight Horses... are eight young men from aristocratic families, who are quite capable and famous.

I didn't expect that you two were in the Polytheistic College of Literature.

Of course, there was another person Su Yu also knew, and the eighth princess of the Zhu family, Zhu Qingyan, was also one of them.

Zhu Hongliang and Zhu Qingyan were also in the Civilization Academy, but not in the Polytheistic Literature Department. One was in the Beast Taming Department, and the other in the Puppet Manufacturing Department.

Su Yu didn't say much. The others at the table looked at him with great interest. One of them was the oldest and the strongest, an old man who had reached the ninth level of Lingyun. He smiled and said, "Brother Su, now that you are in Daming Mansion, don't be reserved. To be honest, you have published several exercises, and we are all very interested in them. The Soul Devouring Art, the Merging Acupoints Art, and the Purifying Essence Art are all very interesting. I took a look and found some traces of the exercises of all races in them."

The old man's name is Wen Zhong. He has followed Hu Xiansheng for many years. He is not young, nearly 300 years old. He is too old, and the mountains and the sea cannot be united as one. I am afraid there is no hope for him to be with the mountains and the sea.

Wen Zhong didn't care much about these, and said with a smile: "I took a look at it. The Pure Yuan Jue and the Soul Devouring Jue are probably adapted from the same clan's skills, but in the Heqiao method, I saw the shadow of many skills!"

The old man exclaimed, "To be honest, the Soul Devouring Art and the Purifying Art really require time to deduce and modify. Even if I were to do it myself, it would take years. I think I can figure it out. But the Merging Acupoints Art is very subtle. The first version was just average. In the second version, I saw the shadows of the Red Frog Tribe, the Flying Eagle Tribe, the Human Tribe's "Fusion Art" and other races' skills..."

After that, he asked doubtfully, "But I don't think the main body of it is these, but a transformation from the skills of a powerful race. I can't figure out which race it is for the time being..."

As he spoke, the old man hesitated and said, "It feels a bit like the talent of some powerful race, but I'm not sure. The Tianlong race... This race is naturally strong and easy to merge. This shouldn't be a natural skill, right?"

He fell into deep thought, and Su Yu was shocked!

I met a master!

What a master!

Yes, his method of combining acupoints integrated the skills of many races, but that was the skills of all races, and the acupoints were completely different from those of the human race. He converted them and changed their appearance. To be honest, Su Yu could not tell anything at all.

Wen Zhong, however, saw a lot, and even saw some shadows of the Tianlong clan.

You know, there are only two types circulating on the market now, and there is no highest version. Of course, Su Yu has made some simplifications to the other two types. The second one is actually the Tianlong clan's innate method of integrating the acupoints.

Wen Zhong has a wide range of knowledge!

"teacher… "

Just as Su Yu was about to speak, Wen Zhong regained his composure and said with a smile, "No, just call me Senior Brother. When it comes to research, everyone has their own specializations. You are also an accomplished person, so let's be friends as equals. There are differences in how we learn the Dao, and we are all for the sake of the Dao, so there is no need to be superior or inferior."

Su Yu took a deep breath and said quickly without any hesitation: "Brother Wen, you are right. The Heqiao method is indeed based on reference. I am an integrator, not a creator..."

Wen Zhong smiled and said, "Don't underestimate yourself! There are so many acupoints and so many exercises. Don't we know about them? We know! But why can't anyone integrate new and useful exercises? Each acupoint has its own unique function. It depends on whether you can discover it. You may use different ways to operate the same 36 acupoints, and create different exercises with different effects. You can't say that we use the same acupoints, and the exercises you created are plagiarized from mine, right?"

Huang Feng laughed and said, "Brother Wen, you have strayed from the topic."

Wen Zhong smiled and ignored him. He looked at Su Yu and said, "I heard that the original purpose of your establishment of the Yuanshen Research Institute was to study the Yuanshen acupoints, right?"

Su Yu nodded.

Wen Zhong smiled and said, "Then you can communicate with me. I have actually been doing research on this over the years. Do you know Bai Tianhao?"

"Yes, my master's ancestor."

"Yes, Bai Feng..."

Wen Zhong smiled and said, "Bai Feng is also a genius. I thought about taking him in as a student in the past, but Bai Feng didn't think highly of me. He wanted to go to the place where the Fifth Generation was and take a look. He wanted to find a different path..."

"Brother Wen, you also call it the fifth generation?"

Su Yu was surprised, Wen Zhong smiled and said: "The Polyshenwen in the world is one family, everything comes from the Great Xia Mansion. The first generation created the Polyshenwen, the third generation carried it forward, and the fifth generation laid the peak... Of course, if we really count according to the Polyshenwen, the fifth generation is just three generations."

He didn't say much, and quickly said: "It's good that you know Bai Tianhao. In the battle before his death, Bai Tianhao burst out with great power. Lingyun Nineth Level killed Shanhai Seventh Level. I have studied it for a long time in these years..."

Wen Zhong thought for a moment and said, "Actually, there is one thing that I am very confused about. According to what you said, the Yuan Shen Acupoint is a critical point between the Yuan Acupoint and the Shen Acupoint, but... Bai Tianhao is a warrior!"

Su Yu frowned, and Wen Zhong smiled and said, "When you proposed this concept before, there was no such thing as Yuanshenqiao. I originally named it 'Zhoutianqiao'!"

Su Yu's eyes moved slightly and he said, "Brother, what you mean is that there are 360 Yuan Acupoints, forming the Zhoutian Acupoints, not the Yuanshen Acupoints I mentioned."

"yes!"

Wen Zhong nodded, and soon became interested and said, "But I think what you said makes sense, and Bai Tianhao actually didn't open 360 acupoints. His Zhoutian acupoints may have opened 180 acupoints? Or 270 acupoints?"

"… "

The two of them quickly started a discussion, and the others saw that they were discussing enthusiastically, but were unable to get a word in.

At the table, another middle-aged man sent a voice message to Huang Feng: "Senior sister, Senior Brother Wen did have a discussion with this kid. Do you think this kid is capable?"

Huang Feng smiled and said, "Of course there is. You will know after listening. I have not seen or understood other aspects of Su Yu, but his understanding of Yuanqiao is incomparable to you and me. Moreover, he has too many Yuanqiao. I have seen that there are at least 320 of them. People like him are really practical, while we can only be considered theorists."

"Not only that, Su Yu can easily master those techniques. This kid must have studied at least 800 techniques, if not a thousand."

Huang Feng still recognized Su Yu as not a fool. It was hard to say about his other aspects at the moment, but in terms of the way of warrior, he was an expert.

For a civilization teacher, mastery of one aspect is enough.

There are not so many perfect people!

Su Yu is still so young!

Su Yu was chatting with Wen Zhong when someone outside the door said with a smile, "They're all here!"

The next moment, Hu Xiansheng came in.

"Hello, Dean!"

"Morning, Dean!"

"… "

The students greeted him one after another, and others at the table called him "Dean" or "Teacher". It was more like Hu Xiansheng's private dojo than an academy.

Because Tengkong and Lingyun were both taught by him!

"Everyone, take a seat!"

Hu Xiansheng said with a smile: "This year, our academy has two more geniuses, which is a cause for celebration! Su Yu, needless to say, everyone knows him! That one is Wu Lan, a genius student from Daxia Mansion, and one of the Wus in the "Double Wu Combined Acupoint Method"... "

In the hall, Wu Lan listened and felt a little guilty. The old man's smile was so obscene!

Hu Xiansheng said a few words with a smile, and then said seriously: "The new semester has begun. The first purpose of holding this meeting is to meet two geniuses! The second is that everyone has to work hard. If we don't work hard, we will go bankrupt!"

Hu Xiansheng sighed, "Everyone has to work together! Baidao Pavilion still has to make a breakthrough, otherwise the college will have no funds! What's the use of relying on such a small amount of funds allocated throughout the year? Everyone should work harder, it will be good for you and me, how great it would be to build the Duoshen Liberal Arts College together?"

Su Yu didn't say anything, but Hu Xiansheng looked at him and said with a smile: "Su Yu, you know Baidao Pavilion, right?"

Su Yu nodded, "During the founding of the palace, the King of Daming, at the request of the head of the palace, called on several civilization masters to build the Assessment Building together! It is extremely magical and even more precious than the secret realm. Daming Palace does not have a top 100 list, but a ranking list of 100 Dao Pavilions. It does not simply look at strength, but at the ranking of 100 arts and 100 Daos!"

Hu Xiansheng smiled and said, "That's right! This is also a manifestation of fairness. Otherwise, how can those civilized teachers with weak combat effectiveness become famous? How can they stand out? How can they get enough resources? Is this fair? Those who make pills will be tested on pills, and those who tame beasts will be tested on beast taming... Baidao Pavilion was built on this basis!"

“This is true for students and teachers alike!”

"There are 100 floors in Baidao Pavilion. You can enter the first 20 floors for Yangxing, the first 40 for Tengkong, the first 60 for Lingyun, the first 80 for Shanhai, and the 100th floor for Riyue..."

Hu Xiansheng smiled and said, "A Tengkong instructor who cannot enter the 21st floor will have no benefits, no rewards, no salary, and no merit throughout the year! If you enter the 21st floor, you can get 210 merit points that year. By analogy, if you enter the 30th floor, you can get 300 merit points that year. If you enter the 31st floor, you will get 50 points per floor. If you reach the 40th floor, you can get 800 merit points a year!"

"This is what you personally gain, and the academy will allocate the same amount of merit to the college. This is the source of the college's extra merit."

"Of course, there are many more rules. You can take a look at them. Since you are new here, you can try from the first level. And every time you break through a level, there are some rewards. This is extra. For example, if you are new here and enter the tenth level, you may get some other rewards..."

Su Yu nodded. He had seen this, but he had just entered the mansion yesterday and had no time to try it.

Hu Xiansheng smiled and said, "The Hundred Dao Pavilion is an assessment of students and teachers, including me! For example, I am at the seventh level of the Mountain and Sea Realm, and the Mountain and Sea Realm enters the 60th to 80th levels. I am at the high level of the Mountain and Sea Realm, so I must at least enter the 71st level. Otherwise, I can forget about getting a dime from the academy!"

Su Yu asked curiously, "Dean, is this Baidao Pavilion difficult?"

"That's hard to say. Everyone has different experiences."

Hu Xiansheng smiled and said, "For example, a beast tamer may encounter some professional tests in Baidao Pavilion, such as beast taming. Baidao Pavilion is considered an illusion, but not really, half real and half unreal. This thing is very precious. To be honest, it is a top-level civil weapon of the heavenly rank, and it is also the most precious treasure of our Daming Civilization Academy and even Daming Prefecture!"

"Some people are quite strong, but once you enter, the Baidao Pavilion may make some judgments. For example, a Divine Spell Master will mainly fight and let you kill. That will be troublesome. It will be difficult for you to kill them. The requirements for Divine Spell Masters are quite high. But if you are an alchemist, you may still need to cultivate your nature, but you can refine the alchemy to more than 20 layers..."

Su Yu nodded and understood!

Magical treasure!

It feels fairer than the top 100 list of Daxia Mansion. Of course, the combat requirements seem to have been weakened. Daxia Mansion actually also has some alchemy lists, but except for the people in this academy, outsiders hardly know about it.

"Dean, that means that if no one in a college goes to challenge the Hundred Dao Pavilion, there will be almost no other extra income throughout the year?"

"right!"

Hu Xiansheng smiled and said, "So our Polytheistic College of Literature has very few allocations. For example, this semester, we have 30,000 merit points allocated, which is actually a combination of the previous semester's rewards!"

There are 44 students, who usually hang around on a few or more floors. On average, each person is on the 10th floor, which means 100 merit points. For 44 people, that means 4,400 merit points as rewards.

As for the levitation, below the 30th floor, it is 10 points per layer, and above the 30th floor, it is 50 points per layer.

As for Ling Yun, below the 50th floor, each floor has 50 points, and from the 50th to the 70th floor, each floor has 100 points.

All in all, these Ling Yuns actually have a pretty good annual income.

If you can climb to the 60th floor of Lingyun, the 31st to 50th floors will each be 50 points, and the 51st to 60th floors will each be 100 points of merit, a total of 2000 merit points, plus the 300-point reward from the first 30 floors, your annual income will be 2300 merit points.

The Ming Dynasty Prefecture provided considerable sponsorship to civilized institutions.

For example, a strong man like Chen Yong, without any other additional rations in Daxia Prefecture, would not be able to obtain many merits in a year.

"It seems that I have to take a closer look at the rules of Baidao Pavilion. It's good to earn a little money. I can't just live off my savings."

Su Yu was thinking about it. Hu Xiansheng did not mention it again and continued, "Bai Dao Pavilion, everyone has to go through this. It is a must. If you don't go through the building, no one will have any income. You can't rely on your family! In addition, there are some tasks issued by the school. Everyone should try to complete what they can and gain some merit points..."

As soon as this was said, someone in the audience got anxious. "Dean, can we get more easy tasks? Every year we have those very difficult tasks, such as clearing out wild monsters or arresting members of the Ten Thousand Races... These are the tasks of warriors, not ours! Look at other academies, their tasks are so easy, maintaining roads, repairing flower gardens, providing some wine, repairing riding beasts... They are countless times easier than ours!"

Someone complained for a while!

We want these quests too!

Hu Xiansheng sighed, "Aren't we Divine Spell Masters? We are the Divine Spell Masters with the strongest combat power. The purpose of the academy is to give us Divine Spell Masters more combat power. There are also many combat missions for the Divine Spell Department alone."

Above and below, Su Yu and Wu Lan looked at each other in bewilderment.

Is this task difficult

Not too difficult, right

The tasks assigned to the students should be some simple arrest and hunting tasks, which are actually not uncommon in Daxia Prefecture. Of course, Su Yu has never taken any, except for the last time he went to Nanyuan to clear out the monsters.

But from what the students said, they all think it is difficult. Should they take on some daily tasks, such as repairing mounts

Su Yu was still in a daze when Huang Feng sent a voice message: "Excuse me, Junior Brother. Our school doesn't have many combat missions. Most of them are supporting missions that match the divine texts."

Su Yu smiled and nodded. Every profession has its own expertise. Maybe you are right.

It is not easy to train a civilized master, and letting a divine alchemist fight may be a waste of talent, although the divine alchemist he knows, such as Wu Yuehua, seems to be a fighting maniac.

Hu Xiansheng didn't care about the noise. He quickly handed everyone a jade talisman and said with a smile, "This is our assignment for this semester. Everyone must complete it before the end of the semester! Only when you complete it, can you rest assured for this semester. Otherwise, we will be criticized by the school!"

"Complete the mission and you'll get a reward, so stop looking like that!"

After Hu Xiansheng finished speaking, he looked at Su Yu again and said with a smile: "Su Yu, your Yuan Shen Research Institute has just opened. Do you need to recruit some people in the academy?"

Create some opportunities for everyone to make money, otherwise many students will not be able to support their own practice.

Su Yu smiled and said, "Not for now. If you need me, I will send you a task!"

"Oh well!"

Hu Xiansheng felt a little regretful that he was so stingy!

This guy is so rich, but he is still reluctant to pluck the hair.

"That's all for today's opening meeting. Let's go!"

"Su Yu, please stay for a moment!"

Su Yu was a little surprised, but still nodded and glanced at Wu Lan over there. Wu Lan ignored him and walked away on her own. Su Yu laughed, thinking that he didn't have to worry about it anymore.

After everyone else left, Hu Xiansheng said, "It's like this. Didn't you tell the Palace Master before that you needed some help? Knowledgeable people. There are quite a few old people in the academy now. Do you want to select a few to study with you?"

Su Yu thought about it and said, "Does Senior Brother Wen count?"

"… "

Hu Xiansheng was speechless, "Wen Zhong? He is at the ninth level of Lingyun, his strength is not weak..."

"Brother Wen is quite capable, but he is old. He may not have a chance to enter Shanhai. If my Heshenqiao method is revealed, Brother Wen may be able to enter Shanhai first. What do you think, Dean?"

Hu Xiansheng fell into deep thought. Su Yu continued, "I just chatted with Senior Brother for a few words. I found that Senior Brother has done in-depth research on Yuanqiao and Shenqiao, but he spent too much time on these and didn't pay attention to his own acupoints and combined acupoints. Now that he is old, if he continues like this, he will die in a few years!"

Hu Xiansheng sighed, "Yes, Wen Zhong actually has a strong foundation and good aptitude. He has been behind me for hundreds of years, but he has been reluctant to enter the mountains and seas. Now his body is old and his sea of will has gradually degraded with the passage of time. If this continues, there is no hope for him to enter the mountains and seas. He may die in a few decades!"

Thinking of this, he looked at Su Yu and said, "Can you let him enter the mountains and seas?"

"have no idea."

Su Yu said calmly: "I am just cultivating my nature. The method of combining the divine orifices is just a concept and has not been developed yet. I can't guarantee that it will work!"

Hu Xiansheng thought of Su Yu's Fire of Civilization, hesitated for a moment, and nodded: "Okay, I will persuade Wen Zhong. He has gradually fallen into a bottleneck over the years. After developing the "Fusion Technique" a few years ago, he has not done any more research..."

Su Yu was stunned for a moment!

What the hell

"The Secret of Fusion"

He knows this!

When he was deducing the method of Heqiao, he had also learned that the human race had two good books of Heqiao, one was called "The Method of Heqiao" which opened 15 acupoints, and the other was called "The Fusion Secret" which opened 24 acupoints!

Speaking of "Fusion Secret", the effect is quite good, comparable to Su Yu's first version of the Heqiao method. However, Su Yu's first version opened 18 acupoints, 6 less than "Fusion Secret". So when the new Heqiao method came out, everyone was more willing to practice Su Yu's version.

But it doesn’t mean that “Fusion Secret” is useless!

On the contrary, Su Yu gained a lot of inspiration from this book of exercises, including the operation and derivation of the 36 acupoints in the later period, which were actually borrowed from this book of exercises. After all, this is the exercise of the human race and is more in line with some of the habits of the human race.

Su Yu was really a little dazed and quickly took out a book from his storage ring.

Soon, I turned to the title page and saw the name of the creator of "Fusion Secret" - Wen Zhong!

Su Yu was slightly shocked. I was wondering why this sounded familiar!

It turns out to be this person!

This is considered a big shot!

Hu Xiansheng didn't care and said with a smile: "Why, you thought I was lying to you? Wen Zhong has been focusing on the research of Yuanqiao and Shenqiao in recent years, and he is considered an expert in this field. However, when your Heqiao method came out, Wen Zhong gave up. In fact, before that, he was also improving the "Fusion Secret", but unfortunately, he didn't succeed before your version came out. I heard that you also have a version with 36 acupoints, is it true or false?"

"real!"

Hu Xiansheng thought for a moment and said, "You want Wen Zhong to work for you. It's actually not that difficult. It depends on whether you are willing to do so or not. Show him that version of the Heqiao Method. He will work for you for free until he dies!"

For Wen Zhong, the Heqiao Method was the result of a hundred years of creation and a hundred years of hard work. However, his hundred years of achievements were not as good as what Su Yu achieved in just a few days.

At this moment, Su Yu finally understood the meaning of Wen Zhong's previous words.

For the first edition, Wen Zhong said that if he was given some time, he could figure it out, and it was very average.

Although Su Yu didn't say it before, I felt that this old man... was a bit of an afterthought. I figured it out, so of course you said you could figure it out.

But now knowing that the other party had once created the "Fusion Secret", Su Yu could only say that the other party was really not bragging.

I have even learned some skills from him!

"Can!"

Su Yu also agreed readily and said hurriedly: "Then I will go back and talk to Senior Brother Wen, and the dean can also help me talk to him. I am afraid that Senior Brother Wen will not agree, after all, he is a powerful man of Lingyun Nine Layers."

After saying that, he suddenly moved slightly and said, "Dean, is Senior Brother Wen the elder?"

"Honorable!"

Hu Xiansheng said casually, and then laughed, "He relied on the Fusion Technique to achieve this. At the beginning, most of the human race used this, so he was considered to have made a contribution and became an honorary elder... But when your Fusion Technique came out, he was too embarrassed to face anyone. You slapped him really hard."

Su Yu shook his head and said, "Senior Brother Wen has real strength, but I am different. I stand on the shoulders of Senior Brother Wen and others, and I am processed later. There is still a big gap!"

Su Yu felt that Wen Zhong was really a good candidate.

Even if he came up with some skills in the later stage, he could still have Teacher Zhao Li to help deduce them in Daxia Mansion. But here, Su Yu felt that Wen Zhong was a good candidate and more suitable than Zhao Li, because Zhao Li was not an expert in this area after all, but Wen Zhong was!

Sure enough, although there are not many strong people in Daming Prefecture, Su Yu discovered that this place might really be a city of wisdom and creativity. Here, he might be able to absorb enough nutrition to develop himself and become stronger.