Galaxy Domination Guide-Chapter 489 - 477 Lecturing

Bai Zhongqi held a ceramic cup, savoring the sweet liquor brewed by the village, and marveled that this place had a bit of a utopian charm.

The name of the village was so simple that one might find it thoughtless — Riverside Village. It was named after its location by the river. The population in this area was sparse, mainly mountain people, with a few patches of flat land and very fertile soil, which contributed to its utopian-like scenery.

As a former guest, when the villagers heard of his visit, they all came to see him, many bringing their own food. Even though none of it was particularly valuable, it showed the villagers' heartfelt welcome. Bai Zhongqi particularly enjoyed the sweet liquor brewed in the village, made by fermenting sweet melons and wild fruits. It was a sweet wine with low alcohol content and a fantastic taste.

Sitting in the courtyard of his grandmother's house, the air was cool but comfortable at night. Bai Zhongqi looked at the stars filling the night sky and felt that by choosing the path of a Chancellor, he had also given up a simple, peaceful life.

Yet, if Bai Zhongqi were to choose to live such a stable and comfortable life forever, he was unwilling to do so.

Of course, on Yimoduoya Star, a peaceful life was merely an illusion. The dragons' visits every sixty years brought constant danger to the people of this planet. Bai Zhongqi looked at the villagers laughing and chatting in the courtyard. From his high position, he knew that the forces deciding the fate of the planet and civilization were beyond these humble folk's resistance. Yet, when he saw their smiling faces and kindness, Bai Zhongqi could not help but feel compassion.

Two youngsters slightly younger than Zang Murenqing and Ze Pei sat in the courtyard, listening with fascination to the stories told by the visitor from afar.

"...Every star in the sky, except for a few nearby planets, is a stellar body, which is a sun," Bai Zhongqi explained to the two students, and the village youth Gang Naj and the girl Xu Erli.

He felt a bit like returning to his university days, when he worked as a teaching assistant at school. Bai Zhongqi enjoyed being a teacher, passing on knowledge and experience, and found it a satisfying endeavor. After becoming a Chancellor, he felt he might have become even more stubborn about his own or others' fixations. Perhaps a better way to advance individuals or civilization was to personally teach, rather than let them develop wildly.

Ze Pei was more interested in learning. He, too, was a descendant of the Nobility, having received some education, which included learning the script of Yimoduoya and some arithmetic. Books were highly revered in Yimoduoya, and he had only read four in his lifetime.

"Teacher, this is truly magical. We used to say that the biggest things in the sky were the sun, then the moon, and finally the stars. To think that so many stars are actually like the sun," Ze Pei said, without any doubt about the truth of Bai Zhongqi's words. Bai Zhongqi had already demonstrated vast knowledge, and his method of teaching by verification helped students remember better.

Zang Murenqing exclaimed, "I really wish we could fly to other stars to see what they're like."

Bai Zhongqi said, "Humans gain capabilities far beyond what their bodies can achieve through understanding and mastering science. In my civilization, a wise man once said, 'The noble man is skillful in employing tools,' meaning that to achieve a goal, one must select appropriate tools or methods. To chop down a tree, you use an axe, not your hands and feet; to cook, you use a pot, not your own body. If you want to go to the universe and see other planets, there are methods to do so, involving crafting transportation tools capable of crossing vast distances, and protecting oneself from dying in the vacuum of space."

The things Bai Zhongqi taught were very straightforward and simple, essentially science popularization. Yet it had opened the eyes of several youths who had never encountered such things.

The village youth Gang Naj admiringly told Bai Zhongqi, "Mr. Bai, your knowledge truly exceeds that of all the people in the village combined."

Zang Murenqing laughed and said to the young man in his early twenties, "The teacher not only possesses knowledge as dense as the sea of stars but is also very powerful. He is a real dragon slayer."

Hearing the words 'dragon slayer,' Gang Naj's expression became even more reverent.

"Dragon Slayers are heroes who protect ordinary people and battle evil dragons. So, Teacher Bai is a dragon slayer, that's really impressive. If I were as powerful as Teacher Bai, I too would bravely protect the village," Gang Naj said.

Bai Zhongqi smiled and said, "There are many ways to guard one's hometown; even if you can't fight the evil dragons, there is always something you can do. Do not disdain small deeds of goodness; if you want to help everyone, you must put it into action."

The young people nodded their heads in agreement. Zang Murenqing knew that his teacher came from a mysterious place with very different cultural customs. Yet the teacher's hometown anecdotes, every one of them made sense, expressing even his long-held vague thoughts in a very simple way.

This was actually the charm of Chinese culture, where long history has accumulated too much experiential wisdom. The ancients walked various paths and turned them into anecdotes, passing them on to future generations.

A little younger, but with a dashing heroic air about her, the girl Xu Erli then teased Gang Naj, "You're the least useful of us all, you can't even win a fight against me."

Blushing, Gang Naj retorted, "Your family is the only one in the village that teaches martial arts, none of the adults in the village can beat you either."

Xu Erli ignored her playmate, turned her face away, and with sparkling eyes looked at Bai Zhongqi and asked, "Teacher Bai, are you really going to fight the evil dragon? That's very dangerous."

Bai Zhongqi nodded and said, "Probably, but the existence of dragon slayers is for slaying dragons. Without someone to slay them, everyone would suffer, your village, other people's villages, all the same. So, someone has to stand up."

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These words made Bai Zhongqi himself deeply resonate with this fictional identity of a dragon slayer. Deep down he knew that on Yimoduoya Star he couldn't save everyone, but he still hoped to protect this planet as much as possible, allowing more kind-hearted people like the villagers to live well on this planet.

Zang Murenqing loudly said, "We will definitely follow the teacher, no matter what risks there are, we will surely join the teacher in slaying the evil dragon."

Xu Erli was also somewhat fired up and exclaimed, "I also want to slay dragons."

Bai Zhongqi dismissed it with a smile, the spirited village girl indeed had some combat power, but obviously, against a powerful dragon, she wouldn't stand much of a chance.

And the number of dragons was becoming more and more numerous.