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Chapter 22 - The first thing is actually to teach her to read and write.

The almighty Lord of the Star Spirits was astonished after a long absence. Everyone in the Star Spirit Continent practices cultivation. Ordinary people usually complete their literacy enlightenment before having their star meridians tested at the age of eight so that they can start cultivating immediately after their aptitudes are measured. Even the people at the lowest level would have learned what they should by around the age of ten. How could there still be an illiterate person here? Xing Zhi couldn't quite believe it and said, "Didn't you read 'The Complete Guide to Pinglan Star Academy' when enrolling?" Lan Zhi showed an embarrassed yet polite smile and said, "I don't know all the characters... I learned a little when I was a child. I could probably understand about one-third of that book, and for the rest, I just guessed." Xing Zhi slightly raised his eyebrows and with a slight movement of his divine sense, he directly looked into her childhood through her eyes. In a bright and clean schoolroom, the teacher was enlightening the children of the Tianyi Family. Lan Zhi was hiding outside the window of the schoolroom, eavesdropping. The children of the Tianyi Family were writing with brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, while she was squatting under the window, scribbling with a twig. Xing Zhi fell silent. No matter in what way, she was still receiving enlightenment after all. He had made a deal with her to send her on missions to other continents, which interrupted her enlightenment and led to her becoming illiterate when she returned. It was his responsibility. Never had he expected that the first thing she asked of him when he came to the human world was to teach her to read and write. However, it was impossible for him to teach her in person. He was the law of this world. His words carried the force of law, and what he said would become the law of heaven and earth. If he pronounced certain characters and thus changed the laws, it would most likely cause turmoil in the world. Lan Zhi had no idea about his concerns at all. Seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, she said again, "I just need to know how to pronounce each character and what it means. I can learn to write by myself. It won't take you much time." Xing Zhi refused, "No." Lan Zhi immediately felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over her and said dejectedly, "Alright, I'll go back and think of other ways." She had just turned around to leave when Xing Zhi suddenly said, "The Star Spirit Scroll." Seeing that Lan Zhi stopped in her tracks, he explained, "The Star Spirit Scroll can teach you to read." Originally, the Star Spirit Scroll didn't have such a function, but since he said it could, it immediately could. This was the power of his words becoming law. The Star Spirit Scroll happily rolled around in his sleeve and silently attached its consciousness to the scroll totem on Lan Zhi's body. Lan Zhi dubiously attached her soul power to her fingertip and gently tapped on the totem on her wrist. Golden light burst out, and the scroll unfolded in front of her, but it was empty, without a single character on it. Lan Zhi blinked blankly, and then she heard Xing Zhi say, "Write the characters you want to know on the scroll." Lan Zhi's illiteracy was only limited to the Star Spirit Continent. She had received education on other continents, so it wasn't difficult for her to write a character. After thinking for a moment, she wrote the character "nuǎn" (warm) of "Chūn Nuǎn Táng" (Spring Warm Hall) on the scroll with her fingertip. As soon as she finished writing the last stroke, the pronunciation, meaning, and stroke order of the character "nuǎn" appeared on the scroll. It also listed the evolution of the character and very considerately formed phrases and made sentences with it, all using very simple characters that she could understand at a glance. Lan Zhi's eyes widened with joy and she exclaimed, "It really works!" She examined the functions of the scroll left and right and asked, "Can it read it aloud for me?" Xing Zhi's voice was calm and unruffled, yet faintly carried the power of the origin of heaven and earth as he said, "You just need to tap the character or sentence you want to hear with your finger, and the Star Spirit Scroll will read it out." Lan Zhi did as he said. Sure enough, she heard a clear and standard young voice. Lan Zhi was so pleasantly surprised and said, "I didn't know until today that Scroll Scroll is actually a treasure!"