Bored with his business classes, Tsai once more shut the door on formal education. He joined an art club and used the library as his classroom, reading all kinds of books on art. Outside of class, he would roam the used bookstores on Liuhe Street looking for discarded magazines from the news operations of the American Institute in Taipei.
面對乏味的商業課程，蔡百峻再度關閉學習的窗，加入美術社，把圖書館當教室，廣泛閱覽各類美學書籍，課餘便往六合路的舊書攤跑，尋找美國在台新聞處淘汰的雜誌。