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Chapter Nine: Knowledge

The class was deadly silent before laughter rang out. Many commented on how Nie Tai dismissed the Scarlet Sunburst Pattern with thirty-eight foundation patterns, and on how she said there were over six hundred of those foundation patterns! This is simply, unbelievably ignorant! The teacher said that there were only sixty-six, how could one hit so far off the mark?

Others couldn't believe that Nie Li actually dared to call the Scarlet Sunburst Pattern weak! Shen Xiu herself said that it was a top-tier Bronze Pattern!

Unable to hold in her laughter, Shen Xiu boisterously said, "Hahaha, you two are actually so ignorant and arrogant. There are several mistakes with what you said," Shen Xiu listed the 'problems' while raising a finger with a smile for each, "First, the Scarlet Sunburst Pattern is a top-tier Bronze Pattern that is very powerful. Second, there are only sixty-six foundation patterns, not six hundred! That number is simply too far off the mark to let that comment slide. Thirdly, the Scarlet Sunburst Pattern has thirty-six of those foundation patterns in it, not thirty-eight! Lastly, concerning the Book of Divine Lightning Fire, hmph, there is no such thing!"

"Teacher must be really learned!" said Nie Tai with a smile that hid her idnignance at the teacher's ignorance, "You said that the Bronze Pattern, which could only be used to boil water, is actually a top-tier technique!" Nie Tai's cheery voice rang throughout the classroom.

"Yes! Benevolent Teacher also said that the Book of Divine Lightning-Fire did not exist! She must be very learned in order to know that books she has not read, do not exist!" Nie Li paused, his face both happy and curious. He turned to Nie Tai and asked, "Sister, do you not agree?"

Her smile was like the sun, much too bright, "Of course! Benevolent Teacher is very learned!"

During this, Shen Xiu wore a truly ugly expression. The other students barely breathed: they wanted to avoid the attention of the ill-tempered woman.

Lu Ye laughed at the exchange, "These students are truly hilarious! They actually dare to speak when knowing so little!"

While laughing, he noticed that the Vice-Principal and the elder were not. He immediately became solemn and waited for them to speak.

"There is nothing funny about this. The Scarlet Sunburst Pattern is actually made up from thirty-eight foundation patterns." the Vice-Principal spoke softly. The elder and him were both very knowledgeable of the world. He couldn't believe that two students actually said this. Could it be that they were guessing? Then what of the six-hundred that the girl mentioned?

The elder's eyes flashed with something indiscernible, but he remained silent.

Back in the classroom, Shen Xiu couldn't believe that someone would actually dare to degrade the Scarlet Sunburst Pattern, which was created by the Sacred Family!

Nie Li spoke calmly, his cheery facade fading, "The inscription pattern originated from the seventh volume of the Book of Divine Lightning-Fire."

Nie Tai spoke up when he paused, also becoming serious, "It consisted of sixty foundation patterns. It can be considered somewhat complicated, but some ignoramus went and cut out part of it, slightly changed it, and presented this as the Scarlet Sunburst Pattern. It has no combat capabilities, and it's only practicality is that it can be given to Sacred Flame Pattern practitioners to study."

Shen Xiu was barely breathing, she couldn't believe that someone would dare insult her ancestors. Hers! The Sacred Family! She pointed her finger at them angrily, "You! Both of you! How dare you speak of the ancestors like that! You dare to slander the Sacred Family's name?! There is no book such as the Book of Divine Lightning-Fire!"

At that moment, however, a commoner said, "I think that's the book I've borrowed from the library!" He dug around inside his back and pulled out the Book of Divine Lightning-Fire! It was just a copy, but it held immense weight as everyone in the room realized what this meant: if that book existed, then could the twins be right?

The three observers were not expecting this. There were hundreds of thousands of books that were left from the ancient times, and ninety percent of those books were unable to be read because no one could translate them.

When roaming the world, however, Nie Li and Nie Tai became fluent in seven languages. When pairing this with their long stay inside the Temporal Demon Spirit Book, hundreds of years, they gained an immense amount of knowledge. As such, there were very few things in Glory City that the twins could not understand.

The elder was also extremely surprised, he would have never imagined that these two young children, not even at the Bronze Rank, would be able to read and comprehend something he had not even begun to.

His voice startled Ye Sheng, "Vice-Principal, send someone to retrieve the Book of Divine Lightning-Fire!"

"Of course!" Ye Sheng glanced at Lu Ye. Lu Ye quickly ran off, not wanting to provoke the two elders.

During this time, the students were watching the commoner flip through the book with bated breath. Especially Ye Ziyun and Shen Yue: those two were the direct descendants of Major Families; as such, they had the privilege of having many tutors and books at their disposal.

The Book of Divine Lightning-Fire was untranslated; therefore, very few students wasted their time with it because they had no hope of understanding the tiniest bit.

"Let's see, Book of Divine Lightning-Fire Volume Seven."

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