To gain a foothold in Jiu Zhou, if one doesn't have some Opportunity or any special abilities, truthfully, it's not an easy task.
What’s more, Zhou Xin Xin is still a child.
“Have you ever moved?”
An Chen didn’t directly answer Zhou Xin Xin’s question, but instead asked this question.
“Yes, I have. We didn’t live here before. Later, my dad bought this house, and then we moved here.”
An Chen actually knew.
Zhou Xin Xin’s family moved here when he was in junior high school; at that time, Zhou Xin Xin was still in elementary school.
This house was bought by their family later; it was said they used to rent.
“Then do you like moving?”
Zhou Xin Xin thought for a long while before slowly speaking.
“Like it? That’s so hard to answer. I feel like my life is pretty good right now… And didn’t I also meet Brother Chen? Hehe…”
An Chen smiled and shook his head.
“Do you still remember how you felt during that period right after you moved? Did you feel like all your friends had left you, that you were all alone, and at the new school, everyone you faced was unfamiliar, and all around you were strange faces…?”
Under An Chen’s guidance, Zhou Xin Xin also seemed to recall that time.
“It seems that’s true. At first, I was quite depressed. There wasn’t a single person I knew around me. I didn’t know who to talk to if I wanted to chat, so I could only call my old friends at night, and sometimes no one would answer…”
Actually, it was more than that.
What An Chen remembered was even more than what Zhou Xin Xin herself did.
An Chen could still recall that just two days after Zhou Xin Xin’s family moved in, Zhou Xin Xin was downstairs, watching other children run around, while she could only sit alone on a stone stool next to the stone table where old men played cards.
No one talked to her, and no one invited her to play.
An Chen remembered very clearly that day Zhou Xin Xin secretly wiped away tears there by herself.
Adapting to a new environment requires a process even for adults, let alone a child in elementary school?
“Transmigration, isn’t it also like this? When you arrive in another world, all the familiar people around you will disappear, replaced by unfamiliar faces. They have their own circles, so they will exclude you and distance themselves from you… Compared to moving, Transmigration is an even harder thing to accept, because with the former, you still have your parents, but with the latter, you can only rely on yourself.”
Listening to An Chen’s words, Zhou Xin Xin fell silent.
“Unfamiliar with the people and places, it’s also an unfamiliar socio-cultural environment. Your living habits might even be different from theirs. Wanting to integrate into that world is much, much harder than integrating into a community after moving… Given that, do you still think becoming a Transcendent is a very interesting thing?”
An Chen finished speaking calmly and quietly watched Zhou Xin Xin.
Zhou Xin Xin looked up and met An Chen’s gaze.
“Brother Chen, is that what you think?”
“Hmm, after all, I’m not a Transcendent, I can only analyze it from my own perspective.”
“Your analysis makes a lot of sense.”
Zhou Xin Xin pouted, looking a bit downcast.
“Then my dad must have faced a lot of difficulties.”
“Hasn’t that already been resolved?” An Chen said with a smile, “Don’t worry, your dad looks quite happy today, doesn’t that prove he’s doing well in Jiu Zhou? From what he just said, he should have already established himself in that Jiu Zhou World. At least he doesn't have to worry about food, drink, or clothes, which is better than you, since you still have to worry about your homework.”
Zhou Xin Xin’s face immediately fell, but she quickly asked again:
“Brother Chen, how do I feel like you know quite a lot about Jiu Zhou?”
“I wouldn’t say I know a lot. It’s mainly that I’ve been reading a lot of news lately. Sometimes I also wonder what it would be like if I were a Transcendent, and before I knew it, I’d put myself in their shoes. So it seems like I know a lot, but actually, I’m just an outsider. Your father’s experience is that of a true Transcendent.”
Truthfully, if An Chen were to share his experiences, probably no one would believe him.
Becoming a Cultivator right after arriving in Jiu Zhou, and becoming the future of a small Sect, and even establishing connections with a First-Rate Power like the Fire Phoenix Sect…
Even Ye Xinning, who is by An Chen’s side, has a randomly recognized master who is a Peak Soul Transformation mighty figure.
These things sound like stories made up online by someone who hasn’t Transmigrated.
“I feel like if you became a Transcendent, you would definitely be amazing.”
“Is that so?”
An Chen neither agreed nor disagreed with that statement.
“Because you shouldn’t be afraid of moving.”
“Hahaha…”
An Chen suddenly laughed, then halfway through, he couldn’t laugh anymore.
Yes, he wasn’t afraid of moving.
As for Transmigration, for him, it was just another move.
“Alright, don’t think about these things anymore. Your mom said something good: the high school entrance exam is coming soon, you need to study hard.”
The high school entrance exam in Nancheng could be described as brutal.
There are many people but few high schools, so it’s not easy to even get into a high school, let alone a key high school.
Zhao Jing still valued Zhou Xin Xin’s academic performance very much, otherwise, she wouldn’t have hired a tutor to help her study.
“Oh no… I don’t want to study anymore!”
Zhou Xin Xin immediately started banging her head on the desk at the sight of the test papers in front of her.
After entering third year of junior high, all the homework became test papers, and just looking at them was annoying.
“I heard that there are Spirit Pills in Jiu Zhou that can cure all diseases, even cancer. Brother Chen, do you think there are any Medicinal Pills there that can make me as smart as you? That way, I wouldn’t have to study, and the teacher wouldn’t have to bother me!”
Zhou Xin Xin also knew that An Chen’s academic performance was so good that he never had to do homework, and the teacher never bothered him about it.
Zhou Xin Xin was quite envious.
“Perhaps… there really are?”
As for intelligence, it’s really hard to say.
Some Medicinal Pills can expand the Sea of Consciousness and enhance Mental Energy, preparing for the construction of the Primordial Spirit. Theoretically, they should improve aspects like the brain’s computational and memory abilities.
So, Zhou Xin Xin’s idea is not an impossible one.
“However, even if there are, your dad would have to be able to get them back. What you need to do now is to quickly study hard, so your dad doesn’t have any worries. It’s enough that he’s on edge in Jiu Zhou; coming back and seeing your grades also makes him tremble with fear.”
“My grades aren’t bad, alright! I can at least rank in the top few in my class! How come when it comes to Brother Chen, my grades make him tremble with fear?!”
“It was just an example, look how worked up you got.”
An Chen smiled and patted Zhou Xin Xin’s head, then pulled over the math test paper next to him.
“Alright, hurry up and study.”
He quickly scanned the questions, then circled a few with a black pen.
“Do these few first, you probably won’t know them.”