My Mysterious Left Hand

"A planet?"

Li Chen was surprised: "Teacher Huang, are you saying we're on a planet now? Is that confirmed?"

"That's natural. This planet is four or five times larger than Earth. With Earth's current technology, it's quite easy to detect the planet's shape."

Huang Weixing laughed and said, "You'll see soon enough; the situation here is far more complicated than you imagine."

After the two left, people from afar came to the playground and saw the additional names on the boundary markers.

"Second place? Holy crap, the vice principal got pushed down to third place."

"Li Chen? Only second in the fifth realm?"

"Who is this Li Chen? He actually managed to squeeze into second place with only the fifth realm cultivation? Isn't that a bit too outrageous?"

More and more people have come to know Li Chen's name. Although it was only his first day here, Li Chen has become famous overnight.

On the other side, led by Huang Weixing, Li Chen arrived outside a building.

"This will be your residence from now on. Since ordinary door locks are useless here, they are all protected by array formations."

Huang Weixing said, "Take out your teacher's certificate, and you can control the formation of this building."

"Was this arranged in advance?" Li Chen asked curiously, while taking out his teacher's qualification certificate.

"You could say that, but you also could not."

Huang Weixing explained, "Each teacher's certificate is registered in advance. This house corresponds to the teacher's certificate you hold, not to you personally."

"I see." Li Chen suddenly realized.

At this point, he also figured out how to control this formation.

This array not only functions as a door lock, but it can also block sound, preventing disturbances and eavesdropping.

This is more convenient than door locks and soundproof rooms.

"Would you like to rest now, Teacher Li Chen, or would you like me to show you around the city?"

Huang Weixing spoke again: "This city is not yet completed. Many places are still under construction and will become a resting place for students who are adventuring here in the future."

"I'll skip browsing; I'm quite interested in studying magic."

Li Chen said, "Could you please take me to the Institute of Magic Research, Teacher Huang? I think I can go and see it, right?"

"You're a specially recruited teacher, so you should naturally be able to participate. Teacher Li, please come with me."

Huang Weixing turned and left, saying as he went, "But I need to remind you, brother, that the Magic Research Institute is almost entirely staffed by old-fashioned Taoists and Buddhists. They don't like being told what to do."

"I understand, I won't interfere with their research," Li Chen nodded.

The city isn't very big, perhaps because it's not yet fully built.

Therefore, the two walked for only four or five minutes before arriving at the foot of a huge building.

The building has only three floors, each floor is over six meters high, and the total height is about twenty meters.

Perhaps because almost everyone who comes here is a teacher, and all of them are cultivators above the fifth realm of mortals, there is no need for powerful guards.

Huang Weixing pushed open the door and led Li Chen inside.

The first floor is very spacious, with many tables and chairs. Various antique papers, parchment, and even bamboo slips are placed on the tables.

The walls were covered with LCD screens, and below the screens were various instruments, many of which Li Chen had never seen before.

However, it looks a bit like a supercomputer or something.

The people inside ignored them, glancing at them before continuing their studies.

Li Chen discovered that there were also Taoist priests and Buddhist monks among them, and these people were completely different from the researchers in white coats he had imagined.

Everyone was disheveled, engrossed in operating instruments, frantically calculating something, or constantly forming hand seals, trying to cast spells they were researching.

"puff……"

Suddenly, a Taoist priest spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed.

Li Chen was startled and quickly looked over.

"Master Li..."

"Did this spell fail again?"

"It seems this direction is wrong."

Everyone rushed over, some to feed the old Taoist priest medicine, some to revise their calculations, and some to ponder the problem with furrowed brows.

Huang Weixing explained in a low voice, "Researching magical techniques is extremely dangerous because it involves the conversion of energy attributes. One wrong move could cause damage to the meridians or even lead to qi deviation."

Li Chen nodded slightly, curiously leaning over to look at the parchment in front of the old Taoist priest, and immediately raised his eyebrows.

"Palm Thunder?"

The parchment records the legendary Maoshan magic technique called "Palm Thunder".

The principle behind this spell is to use one's own magical power in combination with special hand seals, but perhaps because the rules of heaven and earth have changed, it can no longer be used.

Next to the parchment were piles of papers with various revised ideas.

"The various magical techniques in this world are very different from those on Earth. The techniques here are almost all derived from various scriptures, and they rely heavily on talent."

Huang Weixing continued, "Many powerful individuals only have a few techniques, and they need to be combined with the attributes of their cultivation methods and the characteristics of their grotto-heavens to develop them. Even if a person's cultivation reaches the grotto-heaven realm, they may only have a dozen or so techniques. Their attack methods are very monotonous. People in this world rely heavily on their physical bodies."

"So, the academy plans to develop a spell that can be cast independently?" Li Chen asked.

"That's right."

Huang Weixing nodded: "This idea is theoretically feasible, and there have been successful cases before."

At this point, he couldn't help but ask, "Does Professor Li Chen have any ideas?"

He felt that since Li Chen could rank second on the Two Realms Stele with the cultivation of a mortal at the fifth level, his comprehension must be outstanding, and he might have even better ideas.

"I'll give it a try."

Li Chen immediately looked at the original contents of the palm thunder and the various modifications and speculations next to it, trying to simulate it in his mind.

Half a minute later, his eyes lit up, and he said to the old Taoist priest who had just coughed up blood, "I think this spell can be simulated using an array..."

"Go away, go away! I told you to watch quietly, don't give orders!" The old Taoist priest couldn't help but scold, interrupting Li Chen.

Huang Weixing quickly introduced, "This is Teacher Li Chen."

"Do you think I'm blind? The only person who can cross the boundary marker is a teacher."

The old Taoist priest said impatiently, "But unless you're a professional, don't give any bad advice, or I'll complain to my superiors."

Huang Weixing frowned and helplessly shrugged at Li Chen.

Li Chen glanced at the old Taoist priest, then immediately formed a hand seal, using his source energy to construct a miniature magic array in his palm.

"Hiss hiss hiss..."

Thin, fine electric snakes darted across the miniature magic array, drawing everyone's attention.

Li Chen's hand seal changed again. The miniature magic array twisted and turned, transforming into the character "雷" (thunder) in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, he gently slapped the stool next to him, and the character "雷" (thunder) in his palm turned into lightning and shot out.

"boom!"

The stool shattered into pieces, and tiny electric snakes crackled and sputtered, instantly paralyzing the old Taoist priest next to it.

However, the old Taoist priest paid no attention to his body, which was stiff from the electric shock, and stared blankly at the stool that had been shattered into pieces by the lightning.

"Palm Thunder?"

"Holy crap, it worked?"

"This is the Palm Lightning?!"

Everyone in the room looked at Li Chen in surprise. After a few seconds of stunned silence, they all showed expressions of ecstasy and were about to come over to ask Li Chen how he did it.

Even Huang Weixing was taken aback and looked at Li Chen in disbelief.

How long has it been? This guy succeeded already?

However, Li Chen turned around and left immediately: "Let the professionals handle the professional matters. I, an outsider, won't give any unsolicited advice."

"No...!"

Immediately, everyone's expression changed drastically, and they hurriedly chased after them.

However, Li Chen took a single step, as if shrinking the distance between them, and disappeared from their sight in the blink of an eye.

"What...what kind of method is this?"

"Shrinking the earth to an inch? Could it be the legendary magic of shrinking the earth to an inch?"

"Who exactly is this young teacher?"

Everyone looked surprised, and then they couldn't help but look at Huang Weixing, who had brought Li Chen in.

At this moment, the old Taoist priest also came to his senses and quickly grabbed Huang Weixing: "Teacher Huang, what did you say was the name of that young teacher?"

"His name is Li Chen."

Huang Weixing was also somewhat annoyed by this pretentious old Taoist priest, but he pretended to be calm and said, "All I know is that he is currently ranked second on the boundary marker."