Chapter 1693: Chapter 43: The Difficult Professor

Amidst the ethereal mist, Immortal Cranes soar together, and Rainbow Deer wander through the mountains and forests, resembling a legendary Immortal Realm.

Xuanyuan Palace.

In the grand hall of discussion, the royal Princess attentively listens to the debate between the Xuanyuan Clan descendants of the Qian and Kun Factions and their attempt to incorporate the demons.

The debate has been relentless… lasting almost an hour now—yes, Xuanyuan Palace still uses the ancient way to track time.

Watching the usually gentle and amiable big shot of the Kun Faction, Gui Qianyi, unexpectedly roll up his sleeves ready for a fight, the Princess is reminded of those shameless human congresses.

Seeing that the time had come, the Princess suddenly rose, grabbed a cup, and threw it.

What a resounding crash… everyone was startled.

Yet, the Princess said nothing, merely snorted coldly and waved her sleeve as she left, frightening the big shots of the Qian and Kun Factions into silence.

“Mr. Gui… What does the Princess mean by this? Are we attending this Management Bureau invitation or not?”

“Whether happy or unwilling, we still must attend this invitation.” The Old Fool Gui stroked his beard and said, “This matter involves worldly Transcendent forces, and Xuanyuan Palace has long served as the Guardian of China, how can we show weakness before foreign Transcendent powers?”

“Then what does the Princess mean by throwing the cup?”

“Isn’t it just because you and I stubbornly tangled over the matter just now? My Kun Faction’s child merely fought with your Qian Faction’s child in the school! Kids fighting is a common affair, yet you exaggerate it.”

“Bah! Old Fool! The child of my Qian Faction was beaten almost into depression, three days without eating or drinking, and you call this a trivial matter?!”

“Tch! Do you think my Kun Faction child wasn’t injured? He had a whole fingernail flipped over! Look how severe that wound is!”

“Gui Qianyi, Old Fool, how dare you insult me!”

“Come on, if you’re not convinced, let’s fight!”

Indeed, the big shots of the Qian and Kun Factions were indeed arguing over the children’s fight in the grand hall, which is Xuanyuan Palace’s daily assembly routine—as for this Management Bureau invitation… just attend, and stand strong if provoked.

…

As soon as the Princess returned to her sleeping chamber, she dismissed the attending maids, then immediately took off the cumbersome phoenix robe and sat down in frustration… After removing a bead from her body, her face suddenly changed—Jessica.

“This is still Xuanyuan Palace; you’d better not casually remove the bead your elder sister gave you.” Suddenly, a shadow emerged in the room and stood before Jessica, “You mustn’t let anyone know you’re an impersonator.”

Looking at the Ghost Baby in front of her, Jessica shook her head with a bitter smile, “I now truly understand why the owner never wanted to stay here.”

The Ghost Baby said nothing; he also didn’t want to stay here… even though it was quite peaceful.

Jessica shook her head again and said, “This time going out… will I be exposed?”

The Ghost Baby replied indifferently, “Leaving the palace this time, it’s certain the Qian and Kun Factions will accompany you; you can stay secluded most days, and none shall dare peep at you.”

“Hope so.” Jessica sighed, then put the bead back on—instantly, she returned to the appearance of Su Zijun.

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Undersea City.

The qualifying round for the Fietuo Tournament has concluded for about a week now… and the finals of the Fietuo Tournament are still three weeks away.

This means that Lei Yaz has been staying in the imperial palace for the sixth day now.

Progress in academic performance has been average, evidently not a prodigy… Professor Jin Kailun even revised the teaching plan, slowing down the progress—even though he saw Lei Yaz certainly striving hard.

Yes, indeed, there are people who exert several times the effort of others, barely keeping up, but once relaxed, they soon fall behind.

Professor Jin Kailun calls such hardworking students: [Dunce].

With another day’s teaching tasks over, Professor Jin Kailun was tidying up his things, preparing to leave the imperial palace… these few days, he hasn’t found the chance to stay in the palace after finishing the teaching tasks.

He needed to find something; for this purpose, Konghai had already drawn up the map of the palace’s routes… agreeing to Liuge’s request for this teaching task was due to many reasons, this being one of them.

“Professor, why don’t you stay over this afternoon?” Lei Yaz came to Professor Jin Kailun with enthusiasm after class, “This afternoon, I don’t have to attend the lesson with that woman!”

“Oh?” Professor Jin Kailun’s heart moved, but his expression remained unchanged, “Is there something happening?”

Lei Yaz replied with excitement, “This afternoon, His Majesty wants to practice Fietuo with me, so the lesson with that violent woman is canceled for the afternoon!”

“The Emperor plans to compete with you in Fietuo?” Professor Jin Kailun couldn’t help frowning, unsure what this Emperor was planning.

After Kaia returned from the palace that day, Professor Jin Kailun hadn’t stopped inquiring about the base’s news; he sent Konghai to investigate, and later, Konghai returned verifying that the base was indeed annihilated.

This left Professor Jin Kailun deeply anxious… he didn’t know whether the Kingdom Government had uncovered his true identity—only, he had never used the real appearance of Jin Kailun in his activities with the Destiny Organization.

Master Karen and Professor Jin Kailun’s appearances are different.

—No living witnesses, the only consolation being there weren’t many people left at the base… but it seems your Destiny Organization cannot endure many more such exterminations.

—Kaia’s corpse was not seen.

This was the message from Konghai upon his return.

Professor Jin Kailun was almost sure the Lady Kaia he saw at Tianchen Courtyard was genuine, not an impersonation… yet she didn’t acknowledge him, likely due to being under the Emperor’s surveillance.

Bringing Lady Kaia here, the Emperor might have forced her… perhaps to keep Lei Yaz steady—as long as Lei Yaz’s vastly different attitudes in learning were noted, Professor Jin Kailun could already make some assumptions.

Could it be, Louis XXXIX really intends to cultivate Lei Yaz as a successor?

This is quite a mad idea… The Undersea City Emperor has always been succeeded by royal bloodline, and in history, never has anyone been chosen from the commoners—even though this matter has not yet been publicly disclosed, even inside the palace, the guards and servants don’t know Lei Yaz’s real identity.

Yet, the Silver Moon Witch carelessly blurted out this matter in front of him… this left Professor Jin Kailun puzzled.

He didn’t believe his identity as a prominent scholar of Undersea City warranted the Silver Moon Witch divulging such a matter.

Regrettably, since that day, the professor had no further means of contacting Lady Kaia. He rubbed his brow, feeling increasingly difficult to operate under the surveillance of the Kingdom Government.

“Professor?” At this moment, Lei Yaz gazed at him dazedly, “Don’t you want to go?”

“Oh… how could that be.” Professor Jin Kailun hurriedly shook his head, “I also quite like Fietuo tournament sports… Since His Majesty is personally attending, one shouldn’t miss it.”

“Great! Then let’s go together!” Lei Yaz said, clapping his hands.

All shall go together.

Professor Jin Kailun instinctively looked at the two auditing students in the classroom… Apparently, they already knew about this matter—Professor Jin Kailun secretly shook his head.

For the past few days, he still couldn’t figure out the identity of these two people… He couldn’t subtly inquire, lest he aroused suspicion.

But whether it was an illusion or something else, the professor always felt that every time the blonde girl in the black and white dress looked at him, her gaze was somewhat peculiar.

This made the professor think of customers buying meat at the market.

The customer looking at the meat on the rack, deciding which piece to ask the butcher to cut, seemed to have this kind of look—in general, it’s a look of ill intention.

But the professor didn’t know when he had offended this excessively beautiful woman… He didn’t know and dared not ask.

The professor sighed, suddenly feeling the frustration of trying to clap with one hand… Nowadays, in the Destiny Organization, there isn’t anyone capable of shouldering great responsibilities. Longgang is also imprisoned by the Kingdom Government, making things extremely difficult.

It’s so hard for me!

…

Professor and Konghai stayed at the Tianchen Courtyard for lunch, and after a short rest, they arrived at the Emperor’s exclusive Flywheel race track along with the guards.

Louis XXXIX was the most fond of Flywheel events among the past emperors… Flywheel competitions have always existed, but reached an unprecedented scale here at XXXIX.

The Emperor even directly marked out a plot in their own imperial palace to build a track.

They had just arrived, only to see the Emperor already waiting here.

Louis XXXIX had been waiting here early, wearing a special black Flywheel competition battle armor… That girl Liuge, who scared Lei Yaz, was also here, dressed identically to the Emperor.

Standing together like a couple.

Lei Yaz suddenly felt this out of nowhere… But soon, his attention was diverted by something else!

“Asla!” Lei Yaz exclaimed with surprise and ran over—at this time, several different models of Flywheels were parked not far from the Emperor, including the Flywheel he rode the other day.

The Emperor glanced at Lei Yaz, who was now rubbing his face against Asla, and smiled, saying: “This isn’t your original one. I had someone reconstruct it… However, most of the parts on it are scattered from the original one… except its core—of course, now the power system is top-tier.”

“I can feel it!” Lei Yaz, riding the new Flywheel, looked at the parameters on the panel, his eyes glowing.

Asla White Kirin, although powerful… but it’s so powerful it makes Lei Yaz somewhat afraid—this familiar data and operating system made him truly love it from the heart.

But this comment was actually directed at Boss Luo and Ms. Ren.

The Emperor sighed and said: “Truly remarkable technology. My research institute has been fully engaged these days but the progress in cracking it has remained at zero… You two don’t mind if I keep researching it for a few more days, do you?”

Luo Qiu smiled and said: “Since it’s something the Emperor intends to purchase, we naturally want the Emperor to understand it thoroughly.”

“That’s quite generous.” The Emperor casually smiled and then pointed at the new Flywheels lined up nearby, “I wonder if either of you are interested in playing around too?”

Boss Luo had some interest in these Flywheels, which were quite cool unless modified inexplicably, and readily agreed.

“There are some specialized suits over there; you can go pick them out.” The Emperor pointed to a rest area nearby.

Boss Luo indicated, and Ms. Ren walked over.

“Would the professor like to join us?” The Emperor suddenly turned to ask Professor Jin Kailun.

The professor hurriedly waved his hand: “Emperor, my body can’t withstand the excitement of Flywheel. I’d rather quietly be a spectator.”

“Then let this young man join us too.” The Emperor casually glanced at Konghai beside the professor, “Young people ought to experience the thrill of Flywheel.”

Konghai was about to refuse when Professor Jin Kailun suddenly agreed, “Since the Emperor has invited… Konghai, accompany the Emperor well; it’s a rare opportunity.”

Konghai said nothing and directly walked toward the room to choose clothes.

“Emperor, I’m not changing; can I try it now?” Lei Yaz said excitedly.

The Emperor mysterious smiled: “No hurry, today’s track isn’t here.”

Lei Yaz froze, instinctively looking at this spacious and gigantic track in the Emperor’s garden… already big enough, isn’t it?

“Today’s track is outside.” The Emperor said, clapping his hands, and suddenly, a gap opened in the climate system above the Undersea City, revealing a giant shadow now parked outside the Undersea City.

Louis XXXIX smiled and said: “Today, we’re leaving the city, heading for the Sonam Trench.”

Lei Yaz blinked… Apparently, he had no idea where this trench was.

Professor Jin Kailun’s face subtly changed, exclaiming… He knew the location of this trench.

It was one of the junction points closest to the Sea Demon Clan within the Undersea City range. It used to be a mine in the Undersea City, exhausted of resources and abandoned, but now commonly visited by the Sea Demon Clan.

In the Undersea City, there is a dangerous occupation specialized in scavenging, where the People of the Underwater City often venture into relatively dangerous places or abandoned places in the deep sea to find overlooked materials.

In the Sonam Trench, occasional attacks on scavengers by the Sea Demon Clan would occur.

“Emperor, this is inadmissible!” Professor Jin Kailun hurriedly stepped forward.

“Don’t worry.” The Emperor smiled, “The Undersea City’s Third Legion has already departed this morning; by now, it should’ve been cleared clean.”

Professor Jin Kailun couldn’t help frowning, and his face changed slightly. He almost wanted to scold as a faint-hearted ruler… This Emperor, for the sake of a Flywheel game, actually mobilized the Third Legion of the Undersea City, which is simply draining the resources!

“Come on, let’s board the ship first… they’re back.” The Emperor said, proceeding to the descending small transport Flywheel.

Just then, Ms. Ren returned with two pieces of the Flywheel competition’s special suits.

Lei Yaz glanced at them, oh… the same white style!

“This… it doesn’t look like an Undersea City warship?” the professor suddenly commented.

The Emperor turned his head back and smiled: “Hmm, this ship is called Sapphire. We found it outside some time ago, with a lot of surface human technology on it. If you’re interested, professor, feel free to research it.”

“What! Surface humans already have the technology to detect here?” Professor Jin Kailun’s face instantaneously changed.

The Emperor calmly replied: “As fellow humans, why can’t surface humans develop their own technology… Professor, do you think, as descendants of the Limoria civilization, we are truly nobler than anyone else?”

“Emperor—!” Professor Jin Kailun’s face turned again.

If these words come from a commoner’s mouth, it would already be treasonous!

The Emperor did not respond, stood on the transport ship, waved his hand, and said aloud: “Board the ship.”