Chapter 62 Shugao Girls’ High School 22
The Moon Altar should have been quiet in the middle of the night, but the circular hall was full of people. A closer look revealed that they were all familiar faces that Jiang Yuelu recognized. Students from the Wizard Academy gathered together, looking anxious. Those who didn't know better thought that their identities as outsiders had been discovered.
Xie Xiaoya asked anxiously: "How are we going to answer him later?"
"Keep your voice down." Fu Mengru frowned. "This despicable villain, who is unworthy of being called an upright priest, actually followed us... Maybe he is spying on us in secret now."
Xie Xiaoya: Although, Mengru, you spoke even louder than I did.
"Just adapt to the situation." Xu Li sighed.
The door was pushed open and three unexpected people came in.
"Zhu Ling? Lihua?" Xie Xiaoya exclaimed, "Why are you here..."
The two girls looked extremely pale, as if they had been frightened. The fat lady followed behind them, still smiling, "Oh my, it's late at night, aren't you all asleep? It's really lively here."
Hearing her words, Zhu Ling's shoulders trembled slightly, and she walked silently to the group of girls. With the addition of the two of them, there were more people staying in the hall.
Le Mi pushed his glasses up indifferently, "Can we start now, Master Priest?"
After she brought Xie Xiaoya and others to the Moon Altar, the priest asked her to wait there. Originally she didn't know who she was waiting for, but after seeing them, she realized how many people had made mistakes tonight.
Zhu Ling actually... Regret flashed for a moment, and Le Mi quickly became hard-hearted - who made her a student of Class 3? Everyone present was Lu Yue's student. She had committed the serious crime of failing to supervise and educate properly. Even if the priest protected her, it would be useless. She would definitely be kicked out of the girls' high school.
But the adult's voice did not sound in the sky.
The Fat Lady said, "Don't be anxious, Teacher Le Mi, everyone is far from being here."
Who else?
Before he could think about it, the door was pushed open again. This time, Jiang Yuelu and Xia Yi came in. They had just returned from the deep snow forest, and the white air they exhaled was accompanied by a sharp cold frost.
"Teacher Lu Yue!" The voice rang out throughout the entire Yuetan.
Le Mi rolled his eyes, but no one could see behind his glasses. The Fat Lady's voice sounded faintly in his ears, with a hint of warning, "I advise you to respect him a little. The High Priest has high hopes for him."
Le Mi was about to snort, but she heard her say something incredible, "If you knew he was a man, you would hate him even more, right?"
"What?!" Le Mi felt like his eyes were about to pop out, "He's a man?!?!" He kept turning his head to confirm and then back to being shocked.
The Fat Lady yawned, "Oh...I shouldn't have told this secret."
"Why?"
"Of course it's because it's more interesting when Leya-sensei finds out the secret himself."
Le Mi was extremely suspicious. For the first time, she noticed that her colleague was closer to the priest than she thought. "Did the Lord tell you?"
The Fat Lady smiled but said nothing.
While they were talking, Jiang Yuelu had already come over. Zhu Ling saw the girl on his shoulders and was stunned. "She is..." The name was on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't say it out.
Jiang Yuelu said: "Xiaochun. Your good friend."
"My good friend. Yes, Xiaochun is my good friend." Zhu Ling choked up and moved closer to the sleeping girl. "I'm sorry, I thought of you and Maidong too..."
Le Mi said dissatisfiedly: "Why did you bring her back? How can we explain this to them? She is really troublesome!"
Jiang Yuelu glanced at her when he heard this. It was the first time that Le Mi saw obvious aggression on his face, although it was fleeting. Jiang Yuelu quickly put Xiaochun down and looked at Xie Xiaoya and others, "Why are you here?"
Just as Xie Xiaoya was about to speak, Fu Mengru suddenly stood in front of her, her face too serious, "I have a very important news to share with you. Let's go..."
"Everyone, please wait."
The priest came back. He still chose not to show up, and his words echoed in the huge hall. The gathering of so many people was a major incident in the school, but he didn't seem to care at all.
Le Mi stepped forward and said, "Master Priest, I found these students who sneaked out of the school when I was patrolling on campus. They went out without permission at night, ignoring school rules, and were rude and disrespectful to teachers." When she said this, her jaw began to ache. She turned around and glared at Fu Mengru, who rolled her eyes and snorted.
"And according to my investigation, the place where they ran away is..."
"I understand." The priest said, "We will deal with this matter tomorrow."
Le Mi was stunned: "Tomorrow? But..."
She had worked with the High Priest for ten years, and could tell that he was now eager to end the subject.
"What about you, Teacher Yu? What do you want?"
The Fat Lady surveyed the situation and slowly smiled, "My business is of no consequence, Master Priest. I will find out the results myself and report to you before noon tomorrow."
The priest said: "Very good."
This scheming woman! Le Mi glared at the plump and carefree female teacher. She always watched the fire from the other side of the river and made the most favorable judgment for herself, cunningly seizing the trust of the high priest.
She felt a little regretful for her rashness: "I understand. I will report to you tomorrow."
Before leaving with her students, she looked back again. Only Lu Yue and his two students were left in the hall.
She understood that the priest was eager to send them away because he wanted to communicate with Lu Yue alone. Bringing students back from the cemetery was a taboo, and it was completely different from students violating curfew. Did the priest want to punish him alone?
Before I could find the answer to the question, the door slammed shut in front of me.
Le Mi took two quick steps and walked side by side with the Fat Lady. "She brought back the offerings from the cemetery. Will she... be punished?" She didn't say who this "she" was, but they all knew it in their hearts.
The Fat Lady cleverly didn't answer, "If you did this, would you be punished?"
Le Mi said without hesitation: "Yes." Although she had never thought about it.
"I don't have that confidence either." The fat lady glanced at Yuetan subtly and said meaningfully, "Everyone in this girls' high school may be punished, but I can guarantee that only she won't be punished."
Le Mi: “…”
She immediately became hostile: "Because of what? Because she's a man?"
"Ah?" The Fat Lady seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. She burst into laughter, causing the students walking in front to turn their heads. "Teacher Le Mi, hahahaha...what are you thinking about?"
"Of course that's not the reason."
She suddenly lowered her voice and asked, "Have you heard of the heavenly book that was dug out from under the Moon Altar ten years ago?"
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There were several wooden slips placed in front of him.
Judging from the degree of wood decay, it is at least a hundred years old. The three volumes were placed side by side, and none of them were unfolded, so it was impossible to tell what was recorded. Jiang Yuelu withdrew his gaze and stopped at this point, "What is this?"
"The Book of Heaven." The omnipresent voice responded to him.
The heavenly book? An unfamiliar word. The examination room of "Shu Ren Girls' High School" did not pass the transfer station - a closed place similar to a classroom where they stayed before entering the Iron Town. He read a thick stack of test papers there, and the information he got from it saved him from danger several times.
But not this time. I don't know if it was because this exam was a spur-of-the-moment arrest operation, but before he left, he only received a list from the system, which listed several actions they needed to take after entering the exam room. For example, gathering at Xuelin, or going to Class 3 of Girls' High School...
Moon power, Zala Ma, and Sunstone Circle. They were all acquired slowly after he came here.
Now there is one more - the Book of Heaven.
"We found the prophecy book when we were renovating the Moon Altar ten years ago." After saying this, the priest refused to say more. "What is going to happen next involves the life and death of our tribe. I can only communicate with you."
Jiang Yuelu turned around and glanced at Xia Yi. He shrugged indifferently.
After thinking for a moment, he replied, "I refuse."
The priest was not angry. "Can I ask why?"
"Safety awareness." Jiang Yuelu said briefly, "You can't guarantee my safety. Yuetan is your place."
"I get it. You don't trust me."
Jiang Yuelu glanced at Xiaochun, she was still in a coma. Being in a coma was actually a kind of luck, because her friend was already dead. And the instigator of all this was not the demons, ghosts, and monsters that the teacher claimed were everywhere outside Zhalama, but the teacher himself.
"Isn't it obvious?" Jiang Yuelu replied, "Lest you forget, I just came back from Yuehe Cemetery. My eyes are intact, my vision is good, and my memory is sound. I remember you and everything you did."
The priest's tone was steady, "You are very arrogant, Mr. Lu Yue. This does not match my initial judgment of you."
He was curious, "Oh? What judgment did you make about me?"
"Restraint, caution, and a little humanity."
Jiang Yuelu said sarcastically, "You are mistaken. Maybe you should walk out of the Moon Altar and see the outside world."
The priest came to his senses and looked at Xia Yi: "Is she the reason for your arrogance? Well...she is indeed..."
Jiang Yuelu took a moment to realize that she was referring to Xia Yi. Then she heard the priest muttering to himself, "Xia Yi is very good and mysterious. I know where you came from, but I don't understand why she could fall from the sky and not be controlled by the Sunstone Circle."
Jiang Yuelu caught on: "Control, do you mean memory clearing?"
"You found it. But that's not clearing, that's too ugly. We call it 'correction'. Guiding students who have gone astray back to the right path, isn't that what we as teachers should do most?"
Xia Yi sneered: "It's a very good rhetoric package, but it's still cleared."
The priest looked at her with regret: "But we can't correct your memory. I was quite happy when Lu Yue put the sunstone circle on you."
Jiang Yuelu thought that it was because Xia Yi's memory was incomplete before that.
"Okay, let's get back to the point. I have no objection if you want to keep him."
Jiang Yuelu smiled and repeated: "Of course you won't have any objections."
"You were wrong just now. My arrogance does not come from Xia Yi, but from you, Master Priest. Your attitude towards me is so... creepy." He tried to find a suitable word, "To be honest, I was prepared to be punished when I ventured to the cemetery today. But after I came back, you treated me so well. You were not angry at all when you saw that we discovered the secret in the cemetery."
"I'm beginning to doubt whether you have really become a god without any emotions." He joked.
The priest smiled bitterly and said, "I guessed wrong again. I thought you would be easy to communicate with, but in fact, you are on par with Xia Yi. In the Sacred Temple of the Moon Altar, only you dare to say such offensive words to the priest who worships the gods."
Why not? He thought, after all, the gods had never responded to his calls.
The priest said, "But I must meet with you and discuss things with you, even if it means risking disrespecting the gods."
Jiang Yuelu asked: "Why?"
"Come forward," the priest said, "turn over the wooden slip in front of you."
Jiang Yuelu hesitated for a moment, but still did as he was told. Xia Yi was right behind him. Unlike in Iron Town, he had not scrutinized him repeatedly, and had watched provocatively. Xia Yi, who had lost his memory, had completely entrusted him with his trust, which was his trump card to stay at the Moon Altar without distraction and face the "boss behind the scenes".
He opened the wooden slip.
The words carved on the wood were obscure and difficult to understand. It was unknown which dynasty or country they belonged to, or perhaps there was no record of them in his world.
There were only two words that he saw clearly and understood.
——Deer Moon.
His name was written on a prehistoric artifact unearthed in the examination room. Is there anything more outrageous than this?
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