The Metaphysics Prodigy Was Reborn in the Eighties

[Metaphysics + reborn + feel-good story + period setting] The metaphysical master of days gone by opened her eyes to find that the world had changed completely.

Ruan Jiaojiao saw the words “Believe in science” painted on the village wall and listened to her teacher warn them against feudal superstition. It felt as if the sky had fallen.

In this era of dwindling spiritual energy and declining metaphysics, was all her hard-earned skill really going to waste?

One day, a peace talisman suddenly set the once stagnant world of metaphysics abuzz. Everyone wondered which reclusive master had finally emerged.

Little did they know that the reclusive master herself was stumped by a math problem: If three people make three lanterns in three days, how many lanterns can nine people make in nine days?

Ruan Jiaojiao tossed aside her pen and picked up a piece of wood. “This is so annoying!”