Enlightenment: Attaining the Dao at Age 8

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As the crowd of engineers and research scholars murmured amongst themselves.

Steady footsteps echoed from outside the encrypted classroom, and a figure both familiar and unfamiliar soon appeared before them.

When they saw the figure’s face, the eyes of every engineer and scientist present widened involuntarily.

The reason was simple. To their utter astonishment, they realized their instructor was not some great mind from the world of scientific research, but the Reincarnator who was supposed to be high above them all, looking down on the Mortal Realm—their very own City Lord, Lord Li Chang’an!

After their brief shock at seeing that the person who arrived was Li Chang’an, the engineers and research scholars quickly came to their senses. ’City Lord Li must be here to give us a pep talk,’ they thought. ’The real instructor will probably show up after he’s done speaking.’

Everyone present held Li Chang’an in high regard, not just because he was young and accomplished, but also because he respected knowledgeable scholars and had provided them with excellent living conditions.

In fact, in Cangxuan City today, everyone from the highest-ranking administrators to the ordinary citizens felt a sense of gratitude and awe toward their legendary City Lord.

After all, before Li Chang’an’s arrival, Cangxuan City had been stagnant and lifeless, with unemployed people a common sight on every corner.

Since Li Chang’an took charge, Cangxuan City had become the most popular city in the entire Linjiang region, even drawing in many talented individuals who might have otherwise gone to seek their fortunes in the megacities.

Therefore, after suppressing their initial shock, the scholars’ faces all flushed with excitement. They rose to their feet, bowed respectfully to Li Chang’an, and called out in unison, ”Lord City Lord!”

Li Chang’an waved a hand at them, a smile playing on his lips. ”You are all elite talents, loyal to both Cangxuan City and the Night City Military Technology Group. There’s no need for such formalities!”

Seeing how approachable Li Chang’an was, the fervor in their eyes grew even more intense.

As the saying goes, a true scholar will die for one who recognizes his worth. To these engineers and researchers, Li Chang’an was just such a person.

However, just when everyone assumed Li Chang’an was about to give them a typical leadership speech, his next words left them all stunned, wondering if they had misheard.

They watched as Li Chang’an produced a nano-chip, seemingly from his breast pocket, and inserted it into the classroom’s built-in computer. As he began importing the course materials, he said, ”For the foreseeable future, I will be lecturing you on some cutting-edge science and technology in the field of military weapon design. You are all experts in your respective industries and have signed non-disclosure agreements. I hope that at least a few of you will be able to understand my lessons...”

Once they were certain they weren’t hallucinating, the crowd came to their senses and simply stared at each other in confusion.

’So this so-called ’Elite Talent Training Program’ in Cangxuan City is actually being taught by City Lord Li Chang’an in person?’

The contrast was so jarring that many of them struggled to accept it.

But Li Chang’an clearly had neither the patience nor the inclination to explain. He dove straight in, presenting the various advanced, cutting-edge technologies he had learned aboard the Liyang Empire’s Hengyu-class Battleship. He broke them down, introduced their concepts, and elaborated on the underlying formulas and principles.

At first, the elite talents in the room were completely dumbfounded.

After all, it was hard for them to accept their own esteemed City Lord stepping so far outside his field to lecture them on their own areas of expertise.

But as Li Chang’an continued to lecture, skillfully moving from simple concepts to profound ones and back again, the assembled talents slowly realized something astonishing. ’This guy actually knows what he’s talking about!’

He was covering highly advanced, cutting-edge fields that the Main World’s current technology had yet to explore, or had only just begun to scratch the surface of!

’So this is a Reincarnator?’

Discovering that Li Chang’an possessed such a profound mastery of technology, the elite talents were beyond astonished.

’Making comparisons like this is just infuriating!’

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For the next several months, Li Chang’an did not attempt another reincarnation, instead focusing all his energy on bringing these elite tech specialists up to speed.

After all, Chang’an’s current Evolution Level was already increasing fast enough.

Going from a Newcomer with nothing to his name to his current status as a Tier Seven Peak Martial Arts Evolver, Li Chang’an had completed a journey in just three years that took most ordinary Reincarnators decades.

This was also a good opportunity to take a brief pause and properly consolidate his rapidly expanding combat power.

Three months passed. Li Chang’an had taught the engineers and researchers the principles behind some of the relatively simpler advanced technologies from the Liyang Empire’s Hengyu-class Battleship. He then ordered them to inspect Cangxuan City’s current production lines and identify what they lacked to move in that new direction.

Like a troop of monkeys emerging after being tempered for months in Taishang Laojun’s Alchemy Furnace, the released researchers were all rubbing their hands in glee, ready to finally do something big and show the world what they were capable of.

Meanwhile, as time went on, the first batch of buyers who had purchased the Super Electromagnetic Cannons and Energy Particle Beam Cannons began to receive their shipments one after another.

After testing the firepower and durability of the two weapons against several Dark Tide incursions, the Reincarnators were stunned to find that the performance parameters of the weapons produced by Cangxuan City were far superior to what they had anticipated!

Both the Super Electromagnetic Cannon and the Energy Particle Beam Cannon offered incredible value for their cost.