Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

"That's a good question."

Liu Ziqian only praised him but did not answer him immediately.

Instead, just like when Zhu Yunhuan taught them the first time, he picked up a piece of rice paper with neatly arranged small squares drawn on it, which had been prepared long ago, from the podium and nailed it to the wooden board behind him.

In the small squares on the rice paper were written in order: [Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium, Calcium...], and many other words that no one had ever seen before.

Those who are selected by them, in addition to having suitable talents and qualifications, must also possess some basic qualities, such as being able to recognize some words.

But the things on the paper still made everyone look confused.

Even those who looked like scholars in the documents and records frowned in embarrassment and awkwardness.

"This...what is this?"

"There seem to be some words in these little squares, but they are not words I can recognize. I have never seen them before!"

"..."

Everyone was already feeling fresh and curious, and now when they saw something they had never seen before, which was like a heavenly book, their faces became even more confused, and they couldn't help but talk about it in a low voice.

Qin Kui, who had quietly sat at the back of the classroom, was also completely clueless.

"How come I can't even recognize all the words? What...what...what...what...boron!"

After mumbling four words in a row, Qin Kui's eyes lit up and he finally saw a word he could recognize: "Hmm! Boron from borax!"

But then he sighed again.

He was filled with frustration. "No! Why should I be happy? I, Qin Kui, was admitted to the government through the imperial examination. I'm considered one of the most talented scholars in the world. I only know one of the five characters. Why should I be happy?"

In fact, it’s not their fault.

After all, many of the characters in the periodic table were temporarily created based on the periodic table introduced from the West.

As for some metal elements, they were taken from the Zhu family tree. The Zhu family had only reached the third generation when it came to Zhu Yunhuan, and the characters with the gold radical had not yet been created by Zhu's descendants.

Just when Qin Kui was feeling frustrated.

Liu Ziqian, sitting on the podium, tapped the blackboard behind him. His eyes narrowed slightly, his expression filled with unconcealed excitement and pride. He said loudly, "Today, I will take you into the true nature of this world!"

"The essence and true face of heaven and earth?" Everyone murmured in uproar.

Qin Kui, who was sitting in the back, looked stern and sat up straight unconsciously, staring at Liu Ziqian intently.

He didn't know what its so-called essence was, but he knew that it had infinite power and could do things that seemed impossible to do!

On the podium, Liu Ziqian, still imitating Zhu Yunhuan's previous actions, began to explain in detail under the curious gazes of the crowd: "These strange characters you see are called 'elements'!"

"..."

at the same time.

The surface of Qinhuai River.

Compared with the bright lights, graceful singing and dancing, and soft voices at night, the Qinhuai River seems particularly quiet in the morning. After all, the work done on the pleasure boats starts at sunset and ends at sunrise.

However, this morning, on the river that should have returned to calm, a large pleasure boat broke the usual rules. The music of stringed instruments and pipes coming from it floated gently along with the ripples on the river, mixed with the intoxicating laughter of a woman.

In the pleasure boat were the noble dukes and generals in the army, led by Duke Lan Yu of Liang and Duke Chang Sheng of the founding dynasty.

Everyone was sitting in their seats, drinking happily with wanton smiles on their faces.

Each person was holding one, two, or even several beautiful ladies.

"Come on! Drink!"

"Yesterday was so frustrating! Today, I'm here, just drink to my heart's content!"

"Oh! This little girl is so pretty! Her waist is as soft as a water snake, and she's got plenty of sex appeal. Madam! Hurry up and call her up to pour some wine for me! Hahahaha!"