What truly surprised him was the blackboard displaying a diagram of human anatomy, where gene helices spiraled upwards from the left and right hemispheres, ultimately intertwining to form a perfect closed loop.
This is... the Spiritual Gene Double Helix!
On the left was a towering ancient tree, while on the right was a withered lotus flower.
The ancient totem was drawn in chalk, yet it possessed an eerie charm, rich in nuance.
Gu Jianlin never expected to see such things in a course at the Central Spirit Core Institute.
This was a major lecture in the Alchemy and Archaeology Department, attended by over six hundred people. Since the lecture hadn't officially started, the student's whispering was rather noisy, but the lecturer stood on the podium, seemingly oblivious.
The lecturer was a hunched, elderly man with sparse, grizzled hair and a face lined with age. His simple attire evoked a sense of antiquity, and standing in the sunlight, he resembled a decaying old tree.
