The next morning, inside the mottled brick tower.
On the second floor, in the central bedroom facing the sun, Tang Qi slowly woke up on a soft crescent-patterned carpet.
Before opening his eyes, Tang Qi saw in his mind the hazy void space and golden specks like dust that had increased in number overnight—the results of Tang Qi's cultivation all night. Strangely enough, he sat cross-legged here cultivating all night yet did not feel the slightest bit of tiredness.
After waking up, he felt spirited.
He had also tested the time limit for practicing the [Golden Furnace Meditation Method] once. Except for the special state of the first time, in subsequent cultivations, it was about an hour at a time. When his brain felt irritated, he had to stop.
Rest for half an hour, continue to practice for another hour.
Repeated over and over, the whole night passed.
Of course, Tang Qi was still exploring how to properly arrange cultivation time.
What really troubled Tang Qi was that he had not found a way to use the spiritual power gained from meditation.
To find cultivation methods for supernatural powers was obviously not simple. For Tang Qi, who was still in the "adaptation stage" in this new world, it would take some time.
What Tang Qi had to do now was to play the role of a ninth-grade student well.
Although sealing off his luxury villa and living alone in high school without anyone's care were quite different from his original self, Tang Qi felt that he still needed to work hard to play the role of a student and take the opportunity to study some common knowledge.
With this in mind, Tang Qi immediately got up, cooked breakfast for himself, took the books and class schedules he received yesterday, and was about to go out.
Just as he was about to walk out the door, as if suddenly remembering something, he turned and entered the storage room next to the living room.
He directly reached into the cramped room and dragged out a wooden box. Opening it, the things inside caught his eye. They were the witchcraft notes, some witchcraft trinkets, and the Soul Swap Scale that Tang Qi had seized from Old Morgan.
Last night, Tang Qi had thrown these things in here.
Abandoning the witchcraft notes and the Soul Swap Scale was naturally not because he lacked decisiveness and was obsessed with justice and evil.
From beginning to end, there was only one reason: caution.
Although these things could give a person considerable power, using these witchcrafts would provoke an old witch family, which was not a wise choice for Tang Qi now.
Especially after Tang Qi obtained the Golden Furnace Meditation Method, these things became even more useless.
At this moment, although it had only been one night, Tang Qi didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the evil aura on these things seemed to have weakened somewhat and was continuing to weaken.
"Could it be useful?"
Tang Qi muttered to himself, looking directly at the scale at the bottom of the wooden box.
Immediately, a ripple surged in his field of vision, and a special interface appeared again.
Among these things, it seemed that only the scale and the meditation method that had not been restored reached the level that could trigger Tang Qi's ability of "understanding all things" or so-called golden finger.
Artifact: Soul Swap Scale
Information Fragment 1: This is an evil artifact that can swap souls.
Information Fragment 2: Due to the special environment, it is being suppressed by the power of light and is continually weakening. The likelihood of successfully initiating the ritual is very low.
"Useful!"
Seeing the changed information fragments, Tang Qi exclaimed with joy.
The diary was right. There really was a power of light that suppressed witchcraft within St. Hawthorn High School.
Even if it wasn't human, just an evil artifact, it would be suppressed within range.
After verifying this point, a big stone in Tang Qi's heart fell immediately.
Sealing all these things back in a hurry, Tang Qi's mood relaxed even more. He turned and opened the door, walked down the stone steps, followed his memories from yesterday, and walked along the tree-lined path towards the real campus area.
St. Hawthorn High School, the facade was the white brick and stone square in front and the Hawthorn Church with a history of hundreds of years.
But it was just a facade. Behind it was an extremely vast campus.
Deep in the campus, there was even a not small park.
The huge campus of St. Hawthorn High School was divided into five magnificent towers as the main teaching buildings in the central campus area. On both sides were buildings for administrative staff and student dormitories.
Tang Qi was in a secluded corner on the left side.
As he walked towards the main campus area, he casually glanced at the clock tower area very close to his small building a few times.
That is to say, the only downside of this secluded brick and stone building mentioned by Pastor Simbani was that it was too close to the "Asceticism Club" and one would often see some bizarre scenes, especially during the early hours of the morning.
However, this time Tang Qi saw nothing.
"Could it be that I woke up late?"
He shook his head and muttered.
Tang Qi took out a book from his arms, opened it and slowly walked towards the main campus area while reading it.
There was still a long way to go, which was enough for Tang Qi to review some common knowledge, especially history.
For example, the page Tang Qi opened at random described the history of the establishment of the Eagle Empire.
Before seeing the text, what caught Tang Qi's eye first was a conspicuous image depicting a seaside metropolis with a huge statue that seemed to stretch into the clouds.
Tang Qi knew that the metropolis was Gail City, the second largest city in the Eagle Federation.
And that statue was actually a idol.
It wore a wide robe, a crown on its head that seemed to radiate light, held an unknown book in one hand and a cold ancient long sword in the other. At its feet, on the tall black stone base, were carved countless bas-reliefs in the shape of shattered monsters and demons.
With the naked eye alone, it was difficult to see how high the statue was, let alone more details.
However, at the bottom of this page, there was an introduction about this statue.
The Lord of Hawthorn: A gift from the Eurobar Union to the Eagle Federation after the Great Calamity. The crown on its head represents the endless radiance bestowed by the Lord of Light. The book in its hands is the Hawthorn Code, representing the most strict and fair law. The long sword in its hands and the bas-reliefs at its feet represent the countless monsters defeated by the powerful forces during the establishment of the Eagle Federation.
It is rumored that Eurobar's gifts also included a pair of Wings of Freedom to match the idol of the Lord of Hawthorn. Unfortunately, they mysteriously disappeared on the way to delivery and have not been found for hundreds of years, becoming one of the greatest mysteries in the long history of the Eagle Federation.
"Why not the Statue of Liberty?"
Seeing the slightly familiar scene, Tang Qi couldn't help but sigh.
Although everything was different, in some details, the scene depicted on this page of the history book was indeed very similar to the Statue of Liberty on Earth in the previous life.
But the relevant history was completely different.
It should be known that this history book clearly recorded the official history.
The appearance of things like the Lord of Hawthorn and the Code was understandable, but describing monsters in a truthful tone puzzled Tang Qi.
He was not puzzled by the existence of monsters. After all, Tang Qi's experience on the day of his rebirth made it impossible for him to deny the existence of supernatural powers. Since the devil, the Soul Swap Scale, and witchcraft could exist, the appearance of monsters was a matter of course.
What Tang Qi really couldn't understand was that the existence of supernatural powers was denied in the open.
Like Earth in the previous life, this world had developed modern civilization.
Although there were still many bizarre and exaggerated myths and legends, passed down in various books, films and television works or by word of mouth, compared with Earth, the legends of this world seemed particularly numerous and too realistic in details.
For example, the deepest impression in the original brain's memory was that a great calamity had occurred in this world thousands of years ago. That unknown war or disaster was linked to various complex terms such as gods, monsters, doomsday, etc., sweeping the whole world.
The Eagle Federation, now one of the most powerful political groups, was established at the end of the Great Calamity.
In theory, such a huge event should have detailed records passed down, but according to the original brain's memory, the truth of this great event seemed to have been concealed by those great powers for some common tacit understanding.
For things that were really impossible to cover up, polluted information was used to successfully bring the whole world into a harmonious modern civilization atmosphere, even better than Earth in the previous life.
However, if those supernatural powers, monsters or gods, could really appear, even if the major powers concealed them together, they could not block everyone's mouth and eyes.
The reason for this situation, Tang Qi found the answer on the next page.
Or rather, a possible answer.
It turned out that a century ago, a magical meteor streaked across the Origin Planet, and overnight, all supernatural phenomena disappeared.
Replacing them was the vigorous development of science.
In just a short century, the entire Origin Planet made more brilliant achievements than in the previous thousands of years. Except for local areas and the Sahara Continent where there were occasional wars, most areas of the Origin Planet were very civilized and prosperous.
In view of this, many regimes or races used a completely new calendar after that meteor, including the Eagle Federation.
That was why Tang Qi saw the words "102 years of the Eagle Calendar" on his admission notice.
The Eagle Calendar here was actually the New Eagle Calendar.
If calculated according to the old calendar, that number would have to be added by at least thousands of years.
The fractured and wonderful historical process of the Origin Planet fascinated Tang Qi. He didn't notice that he had already entered the main campus, and voices and shadows came and went around him.
At this moment, Tang Qi suddenly felt a pain in his forehead, his body swayed and almost fell. When he finally stood still, he saw out of the corner of his eye that the person he bumped into was about to fall to the ground. Tang Qi unconsciously reached out a hand and pulled the person's waist.
"Ah!"
A crisp and pleasant exclamation entered his ears, and Tang Qi also felt the soft and warm flesh sensation transmitted from his palm.
"It's a girl!"
Tang Qi immediately made a judgment in his heart.