Kapitel 11: Fearless Lin!
Sun Moon Federation
Skyorder City.
Skyorder Star Ocean Academy.
Morning.
Fan Lin was stopped on his way to his classes by Teacher Xing who took him to a secluded room and passed the Mysterious Heaven Method to him.
"Your spiritual power was found to be to high for you to control and that's why you have a different curriculum than the other students now." [Teacher Xing]
"You don't need to attend the combat assessment classes anymore, use that time for meditation. The rest of your classes remains the same but," [Teacher Xing]
"...now you have to go to the Mechanic association to learn from your seniors again. From the moment your classes end to 10 pm in the night, everyday, even Sundays. Mandatory." [Teacher Xing]
"One of your previous senior there will teach you Mecha Designing and you have to patiently learn it. Don't slack off, okay? Your semester exam results will be given by them. You are not taking the normal exams that your classmates take." [Teacher Xing]
"Don't save your money for your spirit soul. If you qualify for the second part of the semester exams, you will get a better opportunity that if you don't want, you can exchange it for a spirit soul, which is a waste but your choice." [Teacher Xing]
"But now, spend the money on your secondary occupations, trust me, you won't regret it." [Teacher Xing]
"If I did?" [Fan Lin]
"I will pay you the amount spent, okay?" [Teacher Xing]
"Also, make sure to properly apologize to your seniors, it might improve your time there." [Teacher Xing]
"Okay~, should I use the money and rent the special cultivation room for increased meditation rate." [Fan Lin]
"Nope, you don't need one now. Just practice 5-6 hours everyday and you will be rank 20 in 6 months. No need to waste money in that. Just use the money on secondary occupation jobs." [Teacher Xing]
"If remember the headaches you often get during spiritual power test, they are because of your high spiritual power. Mecha Designing can help you control it and you will no longer face those headaches if you succeed in control your spiritual power so swallow your pride and listen well to your senior." [Teacher Xing]
"Understood?" [Teacher Xing]
"I do. So I have to meditate in the morning instead of combat classes, attend the rest of the classes, go learn Mecha Designing at the Mecha Mechanic association, then meditate till the morning when I return from there. And in my free time, focus on the Mecha Mechanic rank 1 jobs to earn some grub." [Fan Lin]
"Exactly." [Teacher Xing]
"When would I review the other subjects then?" [Fan Lin]
"Ignore the other subjects for now (Mei Lien and the rest will re-educate you in the next semester). You can review some things in the class or on Sundays or on your way to the association and back. Proper students can learn anywhere." [Teacher Xing]
"Your sentences are contradictory but I understand." [Fan Lin]
"Good, now you should leave and meditate." [Teacher Xing]
Teacher Xing said and went to teach his students. Fan Lin looked at the book on his hand and returned to his dorms backyard.
He memorised the Mysterious Heaven Method and began to cultivate with it. His base meditation speed improved by 2.5 times but he silently meditated.
The little bit of happiness of getting a better technique failed to hold against how he was going to face his seniors who created a special (costly) gift for him after pooling their hard earned money and time and he had sold that a day after getting it.
....
A few hours later.
Fan Lin was on the bus to the Mechanic association after his classes had ended.
'At least, now I don't have to waste a week skimming books in the library. I now know the reason and the remedy, I will just bear their power harrasment a little longer.'
He thought while counting the trees on the road to the association. Reviewing his books in a vehicle full of unknown people was something he didn't want to do.
'What if they started a sudden conversation with me?'
Nope, definitely no to that.
Fifteen minutes later, Fan Lin got off at the bus stop and had just turned around to look at the direction of the Mecha Mechanic association building when he heard a familiar voice.
"You are on time."
One of his seniors said to him.
"You were waiting for me here?" [Fan Lin]
"Well, I thought you might have second thoughts and return... let's go."
The senior said with a smile as his put his arms around Fan Lin, making sure he doesn't run away now.
"I am not the type to run away." [Fan Lin]
[Aunty Zhang's soul in the afterlife disagrees!]
"Time will tell about that. Also, do you know, Huan Huan saw an exact flying jetpack that we gave you as a gift in the store catalogue of the association. You know something about that."
The senior said with a dashing smile on his face.
"I sold it." [Fan Lin]
"I know. Thanks for being truthful but I am asking what do you have to say about that?"
The senior asked again.
"Need of money, that was the most rational choice at that time." [Fan Lin]
Fan Lin answered truthfully. His voice as calm as he could produce.
"You could have asked us for money, we might have vouched a good loan for you and your needs."
The senior said in a calm manner as well.
"I am not planning on being in debt again. It hurts my self respect." [Fan Lin]
"Oh, do you know how hurt Huan Huan was when she found that you sold the gift and didn't talk about anything with us. You think you are the only one with emotions or self esteem?"
The senior chastised him in a low voice. They reached the lift and boarded it to their floor.
"I don't like to involve others in my problems. I was indeed thrilled and happy for the gift but I have more important things that I needed to take care off. And that was the only thing that I could sold as the others weren't brought."
"I am sorry for hurting your emotions but circumstances doesn't allow me to take liberty of my situation." [Fan Lin]
"So you are saying you are not wrong then?" [Senior]
"I never said that. Neither do I think. I said it was the rational choice not the choice I wanted but one that I had to make for my situation." [Fan Lin]
"You do realise you sound like a scumbag?" [Senior]
"I could be. But money is necessary na." [Fan Lin]
"*Sigh* You go there and make sure to apologise to her properly. The others have already put it aside but their evaluation of you has dropped down so you will be facing some hard times. Everything has a price to pay, be it rational or emotional." [Senior]
"I know." [Fan Lin]
"You don't. Trust me, you don't. You have not seen the world of jealousy filled teenagers who are on the brink of adulthood." [Senior]
"... I will remember that." [Fan Lin]
"You better do, it's a life lesson." [Senior]
"Who will be teaching me Mecha Designing among you?" [Fan Lin]
'"I will. I am a rank 4 Mechanic and my Mecha Designing abilities are above rank 3 Mecha Designers. The others are all rank 3 Mecha Mechanic and are focusing on increasing their rank." [Senior]
"Not a rank 4 Mecha Designer?" [Fan Lin]
"That's what you focus on? Well, yeah, not a Rank 4 Mecha designer but only for now. Once I have gained more experience and such, I would be able to contend against normal Rank 4 Mecha Designers." [Senior]
"Not the peak?" [Fan Lin]
"Not the peak. That's the truth of us Mecha Mechanics, we know both the occupations but can not best them in the same rank." [Senior]
"I know that." [Fan Lin]
"Then don't ask." [Senior]
"Here we go." [Senior]
The lift stopped at the desired floor and the Senior took Fan Lin to his workshop. This time however, Fan Lin was free and walking behind him.
[I would like to skip this part]
The senior opened the door to his workshop and inside it were three other people whose eyes were fixated on Fan Lin.
"I am sorry senior Human. If the others have any problem with me, I will leave." [Fan Lin]
Fan Lin bowed down and said. This was the words that he thought after nearly four hours of thinking.
The Senior looked at the face of his friends and said nothing. The rest of the seniors were also blankly looking at Fan Lin before leaving in silence.
Fan Lin escaped the emotional turmoil scene but had his evaluation drop to the rock bottom in the eyes of two people while the third one was just disappointed in him.
A few seconds later.
"Is this your 'I don't run away from troubles' method." [Senior]
"I don't have the time to become their personal grudge toy at the moment. I will bear that later. Time is of essence." [Fan Lin]
"That was smart but *Sigh* You will lose someone you don't want to if you keep that attitude. Girls prefer a better personality over edgelord emo. But I can't say I don't understand where you are coming from." [Senior]
"You still made Huan Huan sad so prepare yourself for the worst." [Senior]
"I told you I don't run away from troubles."
[???]
[How? When? Where?]
"Whatever." [Senior]
"Let me properly introduce myself. I am Li Hao. Your current Mecha Designing teacher. Disappoint me and you will fail your semester exams and don't even think I will go easy on you at all." [Li Hao]
Li Hao introduced himself for the readers. What will Fan Lin do?
"Where do I start?" [Fan Lin]
Fan Lin expressionlessly asked, he was ready to do mass murder if it can help him cure his spiritual power headaches, this was just hardwork.
[You sure?]
"Here, an engraver, first learn how to properly control a stable flow of spiritual power into it." [Li Hao]
"And here, some books that you have to memorize before you can start."
Li Hao passed the things to Fan Lin and went away to start on his repairing task.
Now it depended on Fan Lin and how fast he could properly use the engraver and learn the basic knowledge related to Mecha Designing before he could do practical work.
Before that no matter how much Li Hao taught Fan Lin, it would be almost impossible for Fan Lin to learn since an engraver was used in spirit engineering and advanced Mecha Maker.
.....
Some shady area.
"We have been hiding in the city for so long. How much longer do we have to hide? Where is the handler?"
"I don't know! I am trying to find him for the past weeks as well."
"He told us that he will meet us here. Now three months have passed since then. We can't even leave the city now."
"Those damn Enforcers! One day, I will kill them all."
"Calm down. We just got unlucky. The most likely situation is that the handler is down. We now need to find a new one and escape this place."
"How!? Don't you see the Enforcers circling the street everywhere. How?"
"We need to lie low for a few more days, maybe even weeks before we can exit."
"... Okay then we will wait. The Enforcers seem to be on the lookout for some other people so till the time we don't purposefully create a ruckus, we will be fine. Just wait a little bit more."
....
Night-time.
Fan Lin dumbfoundedly got down from the bus and walked towards the Star Ocean Academy.
He had finished his first day of Mecha Designing training and it was weird. From the moment he had gone to the time he had left, all he did was try to control the spiritual power in the engraver while reading books.
And he failed the task for today. To get a stable flow of spiritual power into the engraver.
And do you know something special, the engraver wasn't even a part of his Mecha Designing training. It was acquiring knowledge of the different design ideas, symbols and basic knowledge of how and why it worked.
Engraver was typically used by Spirit Engineers and Mecha Makers.
'I am a Mecha Mechanic who does the work of both but that doesn't mean I have to... Forget it.'
Fan Lin sighed. His first day that he thought was going to be a hell was slightly hellish in its own way, just like his life.
'Am I turning into a Masochist or something?'
[You know what that means?]
"Whatever. I need to take a bath and meditate now."
"What am I doing with my life? This isn't what I wanted!"
In the windy night sky, a boy's scream resounded throughout street in front of the Star Ocean Academy.
[That definitely scared some younglings in the park]
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