Li Xiao Bai

Student Li Xiao Bai walks up the stage and greets both teachers. Teacher Jiang of this school asks if Xiao Bai has any poems, worried because this Xiao Bai is very ordinary in talent. He answers that he has a poem prepared. Before soul replacement this was just an ordinary student who lacked literary qi and talent qi. The clone Li Xiao Bai still lacks those, which is not because Fang Yuan’s own talents are lacking. He has a large number of famous poems in his memories, from Earth and from Fang Yuan’s own creations, and he chooses one to recite. Classmates say they sat beside him for three years in class. Teacher Jiang lets out a breath: the poem is quite well constructed and barely lives up to the competition. He recites again when the red flower returns to him, then a third time, and he apologizes to his classmates for taking all three chances. Great Scholar Shen uses a method to inspect literary qi and talent qi and finds ordinary talent, with no suspicions. Teacher Jiang decides he must nurture Li Xiao Bai in secret, because after this competition everyone will know that Li Xiao Bai is his student. ^{ch. 1825}

In Profound Literature grotto-heaven, Teacher Jiang is stunned to see his student’s name on the list of the ten great scholars. Li Xiao Bai asks to see him and tells everything that happened that night. After the matter, Lady Su Qi Han tested him and informed him that he will become one of the ten great scholars. He says he received Teacher Jiang’s guidance, did not dare to be arrogant, and quickly rejected her, but she had made up her mind already. Teacher Jiang says that before becoming one of the ten great scholars, competing for a spot means great danger, but now that he is already one of them, the Imperial Court will defend him. Li Xiao Bai says he still feels worried, that he is less renowned than the other nine, and that Lady Su Qi Han has been extremely strict toward him since that matter. Teacher Jiang judges that she wants him to marry into Su clan, that she nominated him after seeing some talent, and that her father is the Court’s Chancellor Su, so Li Xiao Bai gained a huge background all of a sudden. Teacher Jiang is a little unhappy when Li Xiao Bai looks down on himself, addresses him as Xiao Bai, offers recommendation letters, and decides to impart some of his methods over a few days. Li Xiao Bai bows and thanks him. ^{ch. 1877}

After losing in the world poetry competition, he bids farewell to Teacher Jiang on a mountain path. Following a book fragrance, he finds a pine tree covered with pine cones and an exquisite brown tree-house integrated into the tree, with windows but no door until he places his hand on the trunk. Information enters his mind: book fragrance spreads, talented scholars smell, and Book House inheritance shall be left to the fated. It is an information path inheritance, a peak level Gu Master inheritance with no Immortal Gu, with various rank four and many rank five Gu worms and detailed cultivation instruction forming a complete system. The pine tree itself is an exceptional mortal Gu House, Book House. Li Xiao Bai stores Book House and returns the way he came, finds his horse, and hurries back to the capital city. ^{ch. 2008}

He is dressed in white and floats in the air. A thick cocoon of triple qi layers covers his entire body. ^{ch. 2119}