"Hey, Lin Li, let quiz you. In Su Shi’s ’Song of Jiangchengzi: Hunting in Mizhou,’ what does ’yellow’ an in the line ’Old man, in a youthful madness, I clutch yellow to the left, gripping blue to the right, donning brocade cap and sable fur, leading a thousand riders over flat hills’?"
"A. A yellow dog."
"B. A bronze sword."
"C. A daring spirit like storming Huanglong."
"D. Su Shi’s friend, Huang Tingjian."
As they walked shoulder to shoulder towards the school gate on a Friday afternoon, Qin Zeyu looked at Lin Li and asked.
"This question is a bit tricky,"
Lin Li frowned slightly at the question, rubbing his chin, but that mont only lasted for a second. In the next mont, he t Qin Zeyu’s eyes with a cold stare, a hint of knowing disdain flickering in his eyes:
"The tricky part is that you... didn’t even provide the correct answer in the options!!!"
"What——" Qin Zeyu elongated his voice dramatically: "Then tell , what’s the answer!"
"Haha, I studied this poem back in middle school, and the teacher made it clear: the ’yellow’ is a phonetic loan character for ’emperor,’ aning the emperor.
This poem expresses Su Shi’s grand ambition of clutching the emperor in one hand and a hawk in the other, trotting the emperor to the battlefield before thousands of cavalry, a sentint truly exemplary for us."
"Huh?"
"Hahahahaha——"
Qin Zeyu was stunned for a brief mont and then burst into laughter uncontrollably.
He seriously doubted that if Lin Li had presided over the Wutai Poetry Case, instead of demoting officials, Su Shi would have been at least sentenced to death nine tis over.
Make that ten tis.
Every ant nest at ho would have to be scalded with boiling water.
"Any problem?"
"No problem."
"My car’s parked over there, I’m heading that way now."
With a playful look, Lin Li thumbed sideways, indicating he was leaving as they approached the gate.
"OK, I’m going ho to enjoy a perfect weekend..." Qin Zeyu nodded, stretching his arms high and then laughing: "Hey, Lin Li, you seem to only have one and a half days of weekend. Haha, it feels even better~"
The reason Qin Zeyu said this was naturally because after progressing to the semi-finals of the Knowledge Wisdom Cup, the school would arrange for a teacher to provide an additional tutoring session on Sunday afternoons.
The results of the preliminary round were announced on Thursday, and it was only logical that Lin Li passed.
With the results ca the completion of Task Four.
The reward for the preliminary task was [Physical Improvent: Enlightennt increased by 20%; Random Ability*1; System Currency*150].
As for the ability gained, it was useful but not particularly powerful.
[Hardening: For one hour after usage, you can expend stamina to significantly harden your body as a whole or in part; the stamina consud correlates positively with the extent and degree of hardening.
This ability can be used once every 8 hours, with a maximum storage of 3 uses.]
Seeing this ability for the first ti, Lin Li imdiately thought of a certain crucial part of his body.
After trying it out, how should I put it, it was indeed feasible to so extent.
Even if the young guy had been beaten to spit out his essence, it would still hold its head high with pride, never bowing down or bending.
Coupled with the now excellent recovery ability, it won’t take long to reload another round.
It’s incredibly resilient and unyielding.
Aside from this specific use, in a proper context, this ability is also practically useful in modern self-protection.
Foundation Establishnt already enhances the body, and on this foundation, Lin Li only needs to expend a little stamina to achieve a degree of hardening that renders areas impenetrable by knives and swords—these "guns" refer to cold weapons.
It should theoretically prevent high-speed bullets from penetrating the body, but does not entirely neutralize less powerful firearms.
Much like modern bulletproof vests are not about hardness but about dissipating bullet energy, completely eliminating bullet damage requires hardening a large area behind the point of impact to prevent internal injury.
But anyway, the future holds promise.
Lin Li always feels that one day he can watch a runaway ton-heavy truck sliding toward him and leisurely say to his friends beside him, "It’s all their responsibility, what are you afraid of."
There is a negative impact on the flexibility of the hardened areas, similar to "Solid as a Rock."
But "Hardening" is more flexible, as you can choose to exclude joints or areas that need to move by simply deactivating hardening on those parts.
This only adds more stamina and willpower cost, without any real drawbacks.
Being part of a series of tasks, now that the preliminary task is completed, the current task on Lin Li’s system panel naturally concerns the Knowledge Wisdom Cup semi-final.
[Task Four: Achieve the highest level of evaluation in the Knowledge Wisdom Forum.]
[Task Reward: Title: Path Seeker; Physical Improvent: Enlightennt increased by 20%; Random Cultivation Technique*1; System Currency*150]
[Path Seeker: Increases Enlightennt by 20% when equipped; Enhances power and effects of techniques used by 100%, calculated independently from Physical Improvent enhancent.]
The task requirent is quite straightforward, as the Knowledge Wisdom Cup doesn’t separate preliminary and semi-final into different events; the latter two rge into one, with final awards determined after the semi-final concludes in mid-month, ranging from Special Prize, First, Second, to Third Prize.
The Special Prize, being the top, is the ultimate goal of this task.
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