Chapter 640 - 289: Return to Alma Mater, Distinguished Alumni Speech (Part 2)

Li Younan can keep track of its whereabouts in real-time on his phone.

At the same time, it thoughtfully charges Tuantuan too, who usually only moves around at night. Compared to daytime, moving through the rural jungle at night is safer than the daytime’s fantastical scenarios.

Moreover, Tuantuan is quite wary of humans, not as absurd as the fantasy element that would boldly sneak into people’s homes to steal money.

Finally, Li Younan felt at ease to leave.

This time, Li Younan also opted to drive himself. However, instead of heading straight to a surfing locale, he planned to take Jing Chaoyi and Liu Li on a trip to Shanghai first to check out the vacation home Jing Chaoyi had acquired.

To be fair, Li Younan wasn’t too optimistic about the place Jing Chaoyi chose for opening the guesthouse.

After all, Shanghai is generally not known for its seaside scenery. Although she chose Hengsha Island, hailed as Shanghai’s last pristine ecological haven and Longevity Island, the tourist traffic here is much less compared to seaside resorts making a living off the sea.

Of course, Li Younan felt Jing Chaoyi didn’t necessarily open this guesthouse solely for profit.

The young girl was quite brave; she invested all her savings from the past years into this guesthouse in one go.

He drove the Land Cruiser and took three to four days to reach Shanghai.

The two ladies sitting in the car were already a bit dazed from the ride.

Compared to the previous trip to Route 318, Li Younan didn’t drive as long distances each day this time, but rather was in a rushing state almost entirely on the highway.

Despite this, Li Younan marked off two places along the way, acquiring two skills, both of which reached Level 2 due to skill stacking.

The first skill was aviation piloting skills.

[Aviation piloting Level 2: You can accurately correct your course amidst high-altitude flow and thunderclouds, operating dozens of precise instruments simultaneously like conducting a symphony, and even predict fault chains 0.5 seconds before engine failure, letting the plane glide like a feather across the cumulus rain curtain with intuitive operation!]

The second skill was a Level 2 bartending skill.

[Bartending Level 2: You can blindly distinguish hundreds of base liquor vintages and regions with your eyes closed, controlling the shaker with fingertip dexterity. When a customer reminisces about the taste of their childhood, you can replicate that emotional carrier within three formula iterations, making each custom mix a sensory key to cross time and space. ]

The second skill had a practical application, but the first skill was somewhat hard for Li Younan to evaluate.

Because the aviation skill didn’t directly generate an electronic pilot license like the radio operation skill had previously for Li Younan!

It means, if he wishes to pilot a plane, he still has to earn a license.

Of course, piloting a plane is not an unattainable dream for ordinary people; the minimum conditions require only being 17 years old, having a middle school or above education, passing the car license medical examination, and spending a large amount of money to take the license exam.

Of course, having a license is just the first step; next, you also need to find an airplane.

Anyone who often legally flies knows, typically, the legal routes are two: renting a plane or buying a plane.

After this, applying for a flight route... The entire process is somewhat cumbersome, so experiencing it temporarily is impractical.

But the second skill can try it during leisure time.

This skill along with the culinary skills Li Younan obtained reached Level 2 through stacking.

Level 1 culinary skills were already astonishing, and Level 2 skills allowed him to disdain most luxury restaurant chefs.

Overall, though, Li Younan wasn’t particularly fond of drinking, so after acquiring the skills, he didn’t showcase them like a boastful thing right away in front of the two girls.

This was Liu Li’s first time visiting Shanghai.

For her, a must-do when visiting is certainly marking Li Younan’s alma mater.

With graduation season approaching, Li Younan initially intended to quietly take Liu Li and Jing Chaoyi back to his alma mater to check it out but unexpectedly saw an announcement on the school forum inviting outstanding alumni to the graduation season ceremony.

In a certain sense, Li Younan is undoubtedly one of their school’s outstanding alumni.

Although his alma mater’s alumni are increasingly prestigious, boasting over two hundred academicians from the tens of thousands of talents cultivated since its founding, including national leaders and Qian Lao.

Yet this doesn’t diminish Li Younan’s importance among the younger generation of alumni.

Li Younan checked the announcement’s date, realizing it was just yesterday.

He felt slightly disappointed, for the school hadn’t contacted him.

Being invited to the ceremony would certainly be an affair filled with honor and achievement for Li Younan.

Back when Li Younan graduated, the school invited world champion athlete Ma Long and MiHoYo co-founder Cai Haoyu, these outstanding young alumni, back to participate in the graduation ceremony and even deliver speeches.

Li Younan had silently watched from below, feeling a surge of admiration looking at the distinguished speakers up on stage.

At the time, he never imagined he would have the chance to become someone as remarkable as them, and this expectation remained buried in his heart.