This humble Taoist priest wants to take the college entrance exam.

Chapter 263 It's charged!
Having learned his lesson from almost blowing up the lab, Chen Shi'an has become more disciplined and has moved his 'magic charging' experiment outside.

Of course, it wasn't made at home.

It's not done in the city center.

Taking advantage of his early mornings, Chen Shi'an would ride his bicycle to the desolate mountains outside the city to conduct experiments, setting up a magical barrier in advance to prevent any possible explosions...

Magic power is a variable he can control, but the reverse reaction in the battery is not something he can easily control.

To this end, Chen Shi'an conducted numerous data analyses and tests, consulted a great deal of literature, and, within the rigorous framework of scientific experiments, constructed a scientific yet mystical implementation process through observation, hypothesis, variable control, data recording, and so on...

Chen Shi'an didn't know that this was actually probably a kind of academic paper.

However, if such a paper were published, people would only think he was crazy...

After damaging more than a dozen power banks, Chen Shi'an finally succeeded in charging the power banks with magic power by etching arrays on them to help control the strength, stability, and properties of the magic power input.

He then tried to replicate this experimental principle on a mobile phone.

I'm using the old cell phone I brought down the mountain with me.

First, draw the formation on the back of the phone, then control the input and conversion of magical power...

The anticipated scene of the old phone sacrificing itself for science did not happen. The green charging icon lit up, and he finally successfully charged the phone!

Although the charging speed is not fast, even slower than normal, the energy conversion is stable, which is sufficient.

Only at the very end did he take out the new phone that Sister Wanyin had given him, and he also drew a formation on the back, and the green charging icon lit up!

A metaphysical scientific experiment that lasted more than 20 days has finally come to a perfect end, fulfilling a childhood dream.

As for the notebook filled with various conjectures, experimental data, and experimental procedures, Chen Shi'an did not throw it away but carefully preserved it.

Although it has no significance to publish, it must be an epoch-making breakthrough in combining metaphysics and science, right?

Ha ha.

I'll try something new another day.

For example, putting AI intelligence into puppets controlled by puppetry?

Or could we use electromagnetic communication technology as a bridge to achieve 'sound transmission over long distances' and 'visual transmission over long distances'?
Master, oh Master, times have truly changed!
While Chen Shi'an was conducting all sorts of bizarre experiments and attempts, campus life continued as usual.

The class monitor has been feeling rather resentful lately.

That stinky Taoist priest never listens to the lectures in the morning; he just buries himself in writing and calculating things. Then, in the afternoon, he goes to the lab, leaving her alone at her seat with nothing but an empty desk...

Fortunately, he would come back obediently after evening self-study, otherwise Lin Mengqiu would really have to shut down his laboratory.

Fortunately, Chen Shi'an has successfully achieved his small goal of charging his phone with magic. He has been going to the lab less often lately, since the school's lab equipment is limited and his high school level of knowledge is not enough to support him in doing more research. He should just come back and brush up on his knowledge.

……

Time flies, and it's already the last day of December.

December 31st, sunny, temperature 5~11℃.

Tomorrow is the last day of 2023, and we will soon welcome 2024.

In previous years, when he was on the mountain, Chen Shi'an usually used the lunar calendar as a way to keep track of the days. On days like this, when the Gregorian calendar year is about to arrive, he rarely makes any special preparations. He just spends the year peacefully on the mountain with his master and Fei Mo.

In Chen Shi'an's eighteen years of life, the two most significant events were the day his master found him and took him back to the Taoist temple, and the day his master passed away...

Before I knew it, almost half a year had passed since I came down the mountain.

This was also the first time Chen Shian had spent New Year's Eve at the foot of the mountain.

Looking around, on the last day of 2023, he was accompanied not by a Taoist temple or a master, but by his roommate, Fei Mo, Xiao Zhi Liao, the class monitor, a bright and clean classroom, and a classroom full of teachers and classmates.

Young men and women who grow up in such an environment can hardly understand Chen Shi'an's otherworldly state of mind.

Whether it's his social circle, lifestyle, or living environment, everything is completely different from before. Sometimes Chen Shi'an feels a bit dazed, as if he hasn't come down the mountain, but rather as if he has traveled from the old era.

Fortunately, I've adapted quite well.

Different environments, different lives, and different people bring different kinds of fun, and even now, there are still so many things that feel new to him.

Also on the last day of 2023, Yunqi No.1 Middle School celebrated its 20th anniversary.

……

Chen Shi'an got up early again today, doing some handicrafts in the yard, quietly preparing New Year's gifts for Li Wanyin, Wen Zhixia, and Lin Mengqiu.

Li Wanyin woke up around 6 a.m. when they were getting ready to leave for school.

"Shi'an, are you going to class?"

"Hmm, Sister Wanyin, you got up so early today? Didn't you say you weren't going to set up your stall today?"

"No, I'm used to waking up early; I naturally wake up at a certain time."

Since Li Wanyin hired a girl to help with her stall last month, she has had a much easier time. With someone helping with preparation and packaging, she can focus on making milk tea, and her stall is much more efficient than before.

The New Year's Day holiday is just around the corner. Although today is still a workday, Li Wanyin has given herself and her 'employees' an early holiday and will not be setting up her stall today.

Last time, Lin Mengqiu gave her an alumni invitation to the Yunqi No.1 Middle School anniversary celebration. Li Wanyin is going to the school today to join in the fun.

"Wanyin, are you coming to school with me now?"

"Haha, you guys have classes in the morning, right? Mengqiu's invitation says that you can only enter and sign in at 1 p.m., so I'll go over in the afternoon."

"Okay, then just come find me when Sister Wanyin arrives this afternoon."

"Okay! I happen to be free today, how about I bring you some lunch?"

"Okay, Sister Wanyin, if you don't make too much, she should be able to get to school at noon. Then we can eat together." "Okay!"

"Then I'll go first."

Chen Shi'an climbed over the fence and leisurely rode his bicycle away from the community.

He rode all the way to the steaming bun shop, where the girl waiting there jogged over, skillfully hung the large bag of breakfast she was carrying on the front of his bike, and then lifted her leg up and demurely straddled the back of his bike.

"Taoist priest, did you bring your costume? Don't forget it, it's the one you're going to wear."

"Yes, I brought it. It's in my backpack."

The so-called 'performance costume' is the old school uniform that Chen Shi'an, the protagonist who 'traveled from thirty years ago,' has to wear. He's the only one among them who needs to change his clothes.

In preparation for the school anniversary arts performance, everyone has been rehearsing a lot over the past month. After the preliminary selection, they have been rehearsing even more diligently, going to the activity room to rehearse almost every afternoon after school.

Yao Jingyan and the others who only participated in the skit were fine, but Chen Shi'an really didn't get any rest. Today he was rehearsing a skit, tomorrow he was rehearsing "You Were Once a Teenager" with Xiao Zhi, and the day after tomorrow he was rehearsing "My Deskmate" with the class monitor...

The two rode and chatted. When they rode out of sight of the steamed bun shop, the girl on the back of the bike quickly tucked her small hands, which were gripping the frame, into the warm pocket of the Taoist priest in front of her.

"Taoist priest~"

"Ok?"

"Tomorrow will be 2024! We'll have known each other for two years!"

"Huh? Is that how it's calculated?"

"Yes, that's how people calculate their age using the traditional Chinese age system."

"Wow, that's amazing! I've known Xiaozhi for two years already."

"So, have you prepared any New Year's gifts for me?"

Wen Zhixia chuckled, gently pinching the soft flesh of his waist with her small hand in her pocket, and asked expectantly.

"Don't tell you."

"...Oh! So there is! Isn't that right! I guessed right!"

"Don't tell you."

"What gift is it? Tell me, tell me quickly!"

"Don't tell you."

"There must be some, right?"

"Hey, hey, don't sway around too much in the car."

"Right, I knew it was ice... Your class monitor's cycling skills are terrible. Even when I'm wobbling like this, you still ride very steadily."

"..."

Chen Shi'an dared not comment.

The clever girl had already guessed that Chen Shi'an must have prepared a gift for her, and kept pestering him to reveal what it was, but the stinky Taoist priest just wouldn't tell her.

The girl, whose appetite had already been whetted, was not about to give up easily.

"Let me guess where you hid your gift... in your pants pocket, right!"

"Hey! Don't touch me like that!"

A slippery little hand suddenly reached into Chen Shi'an's pocket, causing the car, which had been steady, to shake.

Unfortunately, Wen Zhixia didn't find a gift in his pocket, but she did find his phone.

The girl took out his phone and glanced at its screen.

Suddenly, he said with some surprise, "Hey, Taoist priest, is your phone broken? Why is it showing as charging for no reason?"

"It's just charging."

"what?"

Wen Zhixia looked confused, but the girl wasn't interested in a phone that could automatically charge; she continued searching for gifts.

"If it's not in my pocket, then it must be in my clothes, right?"

"Hey hey!"

Sure enough, the longer they knew each other, the less tactful they became. Seeing that the girl was about to continue searching, Chen Shi'an was also afraid of her and slapped her mischievous little hand in annoyance.

"Why did you hit me, Taoist priest?!"

"..."

The class monitor was the most honest; he didn't dare move after being hit once.

Seeing that Xiao Zhi wouldn't give up until she got the gift, Chen Shi'an had no choice but to stop his bicycle first, and then unzip the backpack hanging in front of his chest.

Wen Zhixia looked like she suddenly understood:

"Oh! It was hidden in my schoolbag! No wonder I couldn't find it for so long!"

Chen Shi'an: "..."

Shouldn't the first thing a normal person thinks of is a schoolbag?

(End of this chapter)