First Episode: Acquiring Abnormal Abilities in Three Kingdoms Data...

  "Activating skill Longevity......" No response.

  "Foreknowledge for five hundred years, afterwards to five hundred generations......" Still no reaction.

  "...Special Skill Set Star..." still no response.

  "Calendar......"

  "March 23rd, 184, 11:18 AM."

  Just as Nan Yan was about to give up hope, another skill finally reacted. When he used the "Calendar" skill, the phone's image appeared in his mind. The screen clearly displayed the date and time, just like when he normally uses his phone to check the calendar.

  "Ah ha ~ It seems that the mobile phone has also run into the brain and become a superpower. However, this date is not very accurate, and I don't know how to adjust the time. Let me try the dictionary skill again!" Nan Yan didn't mind the date on the calendar and directly activated the dictionary skill.

  This time, the image in his mind was still that of a mobile phone screen, and the dictionary software function had already been activated on it. No matter what word Nan Yan thought of, the dictionary could provide an accurate explanation of the term, just like when he normally used an electronic dictionary, except that he didn't need to manually input the words.

  "This skill is great! Cheating on the exam has become so convenient!" Nan Yan was overjoyed in his heart. Next, he tried out the skills of Xian Xing, Xun Xing, Cun Xing and Qu Xing, and this time, a combination image of mobile phones and U disks appeared in his mind, but all of them prompted that there was no target and the skill could not be used.

  "Control!" Xing Yan, who was in a state of excitement, had already tried out his last two skills.

  "Target required! Require control stick!" The mind prompted.

  "Treasure Card: Stellaluna Handle. Release the seal!" With his experience summoning the bicycle, Nan Yu effortlessly summoned the treasure, Stellaluna Handle.

  This so-called control star handle is just the wireless handle that Nan Yanxin bought, but with many more symbolic patterns and buttons on it, and the material has also changed. It's engraved with the two seal characters "Tai Ping". After fiddling with it for a while, I found that there was nothing strange about it.

  "Control yourself!" Since controlling others is impossible, I might as well try controlling myself again. But do I still need to control myself?

  "Self-control skill activated, control star handle automatically retracted and merged with divine consciousness." In the instant the prompt appeared, Nan Yan discovered that his soul had suddenly escaped. He felt as if he had become a ghost, holding the control star handle and floating above his own body, while his body stood there stupidly, not moving at all.

  "What...what's going on? Am I really going to die like this?" Nan Yan's heart panicked, he had heard that many people's near-death experiences were the soul leaving the body.

  Nan Yan didn't want to die, he hadn't confessed his feelings to Xiao Ying yet. Thinking about the many uncompleted Three Kingdoms games, Nan Yan's mind was made up, and he thought: "Release control!"

  "Woohoo! I've finally made it through again!" As the restriction on his skills was lifted, Nan Yan discovered that his soul had returned to its rightful place, and he let out a sigh of relief.

  After exercising his limbs, Nan Yan found that there was nothing unusual about his body. His thoughts became active again. As a science student, he knew how unscientific the idea of the soul controlling bodily functions was. But what is science? Science is empirical evidence! Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. Since the fact that the soul had left his body was already an objective reality, then even if it wasn't scientific, it became scientific.

  If the soul is in control of the body, then how does it control the body after leaving? The skill "self-control" should mean controlling oneself, not losing control of one's own body. Is it to say...

  "Control yourself!" Nan Yan thought for a moment with his head down, then decided to use the "Control Yourself" skill again. Just like before, his soul instantly left his body and floated in mid-air. On his spiritual body, there was only one thing - a control star handle.

  Nan Yan found that the body standing on the ground had lost control, but the soul in the air could still move, only its range of motion was controlled within a very small range and could not be too far away from the body.

  "Forward! Backward! Left turn! Right turn!" Nan Yan's soul tried to manipulate the direction stick on the handle. His body indeed moved as expected.

  "This is unscientific! This is too unscientific!" When Nan Yan discovered that his body could be manipulated by a controller like a character in a game, he almost went crazy. This was even more unbelievable than a soul leaving the body.

  Controlling his own body like a game character was an absolutely novel and interesting experience, but Nan Yan didn't dare to play too much with it, after all, that was his own body. Although he had the confidence to use the controller to make his body perform high-difficulty movements such as Thomas full spin and Li Ning crossover, who knew whether he would fracture, dislocate or strain muscles afterwards? So he just tried out various functions of the controller buttons and cancelled the control skill, riding his bicycle along the mountain road.

  Zhongshan Da Shang Su Shuang and Zhang Shi Ping went to the north to sell horses every year. Recently, due to the Yellow Turbans' rebellion, they returned halfway. When they arrived at the foot of Mount Fang in Youzhou, they saw a monk riding alone on an iron horse.

  The attendants were shocked and knelt down, calling out "Immortal!". Only Su and Zhang, who had seen much and knew a lot, dared to look straight at the monk. They saw that this monk was quite young, over seven feet five inches tall, with short hair like a mustache, a face as smooth as jade, no beard under his lips, wearing a magnificent kasaya robe made of neither silk nor hemp. The iron horse had no head or tail, but only two wheels which galloped like flying.

  Su and Zhang treated them as if they had encountered a hermit from the mountains, a high-ranking Taoist master, and hastily ordered everyone to move their carriages to the side of the road, fearing that they would block the immortal teacher's divine carriage...

  In the distance, he saw a group of people driving horse-drawn carriages and rushing to block the road. It seemed that someone was even kneeling down and kowtowing in his direction. He was worried that no one would ask about the road, but now it's fine. He stepped on the brakes twice and stopped the carriage in front of a group of people.

  "Excuse me, uncle, may I ask if the road to Shengshuiyu village is this way?" Nan Yan asked with a smile. Where did these people come from? Except for the two leading the way in front and one other person who looked normal, the rest were all pale-faced and thin, with long hair and beards.

  "No! We ordinary people have never heard of any sacred water or spring here. If you, Master, want to seek immortals and ask about the Tao, the mountain above is a good place to go. Why don't you go up the mountain and ask?" Su Shuang replied with a bow, neither humble nor arrogant. Although this monk's tone was somewhat strange, he could still tell that the other person was asking for directions.

  "Master? What master? Are you talking about me? Uncle, can't you stop being so wordy?" Nan Yan suddenly felt a bit off, this group of people not only dressed strangely, but also spoke strangely, how could they still be so garrulous?

  "Is the little monk sending a message like a spark and having supernatural powers to ride an iron horse, isn't he a Buddhist master?" Zhang Shipei asked from the side. He could understand the first half of the sentence, but the latter half's classical phrase he really didn't know what it meant.

  "What kind of Buddhist masters are you? What kind of people are you? What nonsense are you talking about? I don't understand what you're saying!" Nan Yan's headache was unbearable, finally finishing the college entrance exam and not having to deal with classical Chinese anymore, who would have thought that he'd run into two old men speaking in classical Chinese.

  "Master: A title of a degree, only those who can understand and explain Buddhist teachings to others can be called masters. In Buddhism, monks who can preach Buddhist scriptures are called masters. In Taoism, Taoist priests who are proficient in scriptures and rituals, lead ceremonies, and guide people into the Tao are also called masters. In Western literature, it usually refers to those who can wield supernatural powers as a profession, also known as magicians. And in games, characters that mainly rely on magic values for output or survival are often called mages." Just then, Nan Yun's headache suddenly triggered his dictionary skill, and he gave a perfect definition of the word "master".

  Nan Yan was stunned after receiving this information. These people claimed to be Buddhist masters, did they think he was a monk? This is ridiculous! What does he look like a monk?

  "My surname is Su, my name is Shuang. This person is my good friend Zhang Shiping. May I ask how to address the Venerable Master?" No wonder Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping would mistake Nan Yan for a monk. At that time, it was the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and apart from monks, no one else cut their hair short.

  Buddhism had already been introduced to China during the Han Dynasty, and the first ancient temple in China, White Horse Temple, was built in the 11th year of Yongping (68 AD) in the Eastern Han. At the end of the Eastern Han, Buddhism was not yet popular, and it was already insightful for Su Shuang and Zhang Shipei to recognize Nan Yan as a great virtuous monk; however, those behind them simply classified Nan Yan as a god or a monster.