Chapter 278 All Past Events Disperse
Shen Tianxue answered the telepathic call and asked, "Dean Zou, are you looking for death?"
"I just brought you some new gadgets from the Communication Research Institute to play with, why are you so angry?" Zou Qian said listlessly.
With a flick of her finger, Shen Tianxue shattered the Listening Wind Ruler in her hand.
Pei Daiqing picked up the second wind-listening ruler from the ground, answered the telepathic call, and heard Zou Qian say without any surprise, "I knew you would definitely want to check the quality of our wind-listening rulers, so I sent you a few more. Feel free to try them out."
"Why are you doing this?" Pei Daiqing couldn't help but laugh.
“Among our nine colleges, only your agricultural college doesn’t have a saint in charge. It’s all left to the instructors. I’m afraid the students below won’t be satisfied,” Zou Qian said. “It’s fine if either of you comes back, but it would be even better if both of you come back.”
“Isn’t Ou Rushuang not completely dead yet?” Shen Tianxue said. “Why don’t you just move him back to the town’s farmhouse?”
The word "town" is used very aptly.
Zou Qian lay back in the chair and stroked her chin. Shen Tianxue certainly dared to think that way.
“Ou Rushuang’s reputation is already ruined. As a member of the Xuan Kui Hundred Bandits, how can he still be in charge of the Taiyi Agricultural Academy? Wouldn’t the students below just tear the academy down?” Zou Qian said. “The Agricultural Academy doesn’t only have Ou Rushuang as its dean. Since you two are the Twenty-Four Saints of Taiyi, you should do something for Taiyi.”
Shen Tianxue snorted, "If I don't teach the students of the Agricultural College to become ruthless Rakshasa sorcerers, I'm doing a good deed for Taiyi."
Zou Qian: "Then have Dean Pei come back."
Pei Daiqing smiled good-naturedly and said, "That won't do. I can't leave Xue's side for even a moment. The three deans of the Yin-Yang School basically don't need you. Why don't you go and take charge of the Agricultural College?"
"Have you two gone mad from playing around outside?" Zou Qian sat up and said, "I am a Yin-Yang Master, how could I teach the Nine Schools of Farming Techniques?"
Shen Tianxue said, "It is your incompetence that you cannot teach farmers the nine arts of the peasantry."
Zou Qian: "Can you teach the Nine Schools of Yin-Yang Arts?"
Shen Tianxue: "Why not?"
Anyone can teach verbally.
“Great!” Zou Qian clapped her hands and said, “Then you can become the dean of the Yin-Yang Academy, and I can reluctantly help you temporarily manage the Agricultural Academy.”
Shen Tianxue: "..."
Seeing that Shen Tianxue was about to destroy the Wind-Listening Ruler he was holding again, Pei Daiqing quickly advised, "Ah Xue, Ah Xue, why are you paying attention to this drunkard? Drunk people like to talk nonsense. Just listen and let it go."
Shen Tianxue then stopped and turned to look at Wei Ren, who was eavesdropping at the kitchen window.
Wei Ren quickly pulled his head back.
Pei Daiqing and Zou Qian said, "If so many instructors from the Thirteen Realms can't control a group of students, then let Taiyi Agricultural Academy disband."
Zou Qian thought to herself, "You're even more ruthless. If you don't want to care, fine, but you're going to break up the entire farm."
Zou Qian asked, "Give me a straight answer, what do you want for you to come back?"
“The Farmhouse Academy can’t even find a Saint-level Dean, what’s the point of keeping it?” Pei Daiqing sighed. “Disband it.”
Zou Qian: "..."
After giving his explanation, Pei Daiqing hung up the telepathic message and went to coax Shen Tianxue. Once Shen Tianxue had forgotten about the incident, her mood improved, and she pointed to the kitchen and said, "I want to eat salted duck and sweet and sour carp today."
Wei Ren then poked his head out of the window: "Dean Shen, where did we get these ducks and fish?"
Shen Tianxue said, "You figure it out yourself, I'll just eat."
Having spent time with her, Wei Ren had come to understand her temperament better. Shen Tianxue was so domineering that if he said anything more, he would be the one to suffer.
Wei Ren could only look at Pei Daiqing.
Shen Tianxue is a domineering, indiscriminate, and capricious demon, while Pei Daiqing is a kind-hearted, gentle, and cheerful person who is the only one who can keep the demon in check.
Wei Ren was able to survive Shen Tianxue's clutches entirely thanks to Pei Daiqing's protection.
Seeing Wei Ren's pleading look, Pei Daiqing smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to catch fish."
The wooden cabins and courtyards at the foot of the snow-capped mountains were like a paradise in Taiyi. Pei Daiqing led Wei Ren away from the snow-capped mountains, across a large expanse of green grass, and to a stream.
Pei Daiqing pointed to the stream and said, "Right here."
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and went into the water, which was almost up to his calves.
Wei Ren watched him and followed suit, taking off his coat and shoes, rolling up his sleeves and trouser legs. After getting into the water, he felt that the water was icy cold, but after staying for a while, he felt that the water was warm.
Pei Daiqing said, "There are fish in the water ahead of the Bodhi tree, but you have to be careful, otherwise it will be hard to catch them. The fish in this stream are so clever, they run very fast."
Shen Tianxue forbade Wei Ren from using the Nine Streams Technique, saying that seeing him use it annoyed her, and that if Wei Ren used it, Shen Tianxue would kill him.
The headmaster of the Taiyi Farming Clan said he would kill him, a disciple of the clan. The thought was terrifying, so Wei Ren decided to be obedient and listen to Shen Tianxue.
The water was wide enough for three adults to stand side by side. Wei Ren and Pei Daiqing stood on either side of him, both holding their breath and focusing intently on the changes in the water, their hands hidden underwater, waiting for their prey to approach.
Watching the water ripple, Wei Ren suddenly recalled his memories of catching fish with his bare hands.
That was a long time ago.
He was only nine years old when, along with hundreds of other children, Ji Shuyan released them into a deep, man-eating forest to fight each other. Only those who survived to the end were qualified to be taken out by Ji Shuyan.
Wei Ren remembered that the first time he caught fish with his bare hands was on a snowy day. The mountains and forests were covered with thick snow. He was seriously injured and exhausted. He crawled and crawled in the snow until he reached a river that was not frozen. He recovered by drinking the stream water.
During that period, he lived a life worse than a pig or a dog.
Lost in his memories, Wei Ren didn't notice the carp darting past his hand. Pei Daiqing shouted, "Fish!"
Wei Ren then came to his senses and tried to grab down with both hands, but he missed and fell into the water with a splash, scaring away the fish on Pei Daiqing's side.
Pei Daiqing looked at the splash of water as the boy fell and laughed, "Why can't you use the Nine Streams Technique? You can't even catch a fish?"
Wei Ren wiped his face somewhat awkwardly, sat in the water, and looked up at Pei Daiqing: "Why won't Dean Shen allow me to use the Ninth-Rank Technique?"
This was the umpteenth time he had asked this question.
Pei Daiqing: "Do you think the Five Elements Light Cores in your body are normal?"
One sentence silenced Wei Ren.
He twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, knowing better than anyone that the Five Elements Light Cores within his body were abnormal.
This Five Elements Light Core should not exist.
On the deserted island, Zhang Xiangyun pierced Wei Ren's chest with a claw, pulled out his Five Elements Light Core and shattered it. The pain of that moment was unforgettable for Wei Ren.
He clearly remembered what he had lost, but when he woke up, he found that what he had lost was still there.
From shock and surprise to bewilderment, Wei Ren had no idea what was going on.
Wei Ren sensed that although the Five Elements Light Core could still absorb and transform the Qi of the Five Elements, Shen Tianxue forbade him to use the Nine Streams Technique.
Shen Tianxue's words didn't sound like a joke. Wei Ren didn't dare to take the risk and truly had never used the Nine Streams Technique, not even the Eight Trigrams Life Technique.
Wei Ren stood up from the water and pondered, "My wretched life was saved by the two deans. The two deans are very knowledgeable and must know what kind of injuries I suffered at the time, and they also know that my Five Elements Light Core was dug out."
On that deserted island, he was certain to die.
But fate only gave him a brush with death before he returned to the world of the living.
"It's unheard of for a new light core to grow after the original one was dug out. That's why Ah Xue saved you." Pei Daiqing shook the water droplets off his hands. "He even said that after you woke up, he would peel you open to see what was going on."
Upon hearing this, Wei Ren couldn't help but laugh: "Then why didn't you take action?"
“As you know, Xue is capricious. One moment she’s thinking about peeling you open, and the next she’s forgotten about it.” Pei Daiqing stepped forward in the water, gesturing for Wei Ren to follow. “But now that things have come to this, I can tell you the truth: I did peel you open and look at you.”
Wei Ren's smile froze, his eyes trembled, and he looked at the person walking in front of him in disbelief.
Pei Daiqing smiled and said, "The wound on your chest is not only proof that your core was ripped out, but also proof that I peeled open your chest."
Wei Ren grabbed his clothes and ripped them open, looking at the long, diagonal scar on his chest. Beneath the scar was his beating heart and the still-functioning Five Elements Light Core.
“At first, Ah Xue and I didn’t know you had grown a new light core, but we were curious about how you could still gather energy without it dissipating.” Pei Daiqing patiently explained to him, “After all, your light core was dug out, and most of the energy in your body was escaping, but there was always a small amount of energy that remained stable. During the days you were unconscious, the five elements of energy in the world would be absorbed when you breathed, so we were very curious and peeled you open to take a look.”
"Wow, this is incredible! A flawless Five Elements Light Core is functioning perfectly within your body!"
No, are you two serious?!
At this moment, what shocked Wei Ren even more than the fact that Shen Tianxue and Pei Daiqing had actually peeled him open was the fact that he possessed a flawless and intact Five Elements Light Core.
Shen Tianxue and Pei Daiqing were unaware that Wei Ren had damaged his own light core realm, so his Five Elements Light Core was damaged.
The light core within Wei Ren's body is now flawless and undamaged, even more perfect than his previous Five Elements Light Core.
"This is quite a strange thing, that's why Xue spared your life." Pei Daiqing's eyes lit up with a smile when he talked about Shen Tianxue. "Xue said that it was thanks to you that she learned that in the future, when killing someone, it's not enough to just dig out the core, you also have to cut off the head and dig out the heart for safety."
Wei Ren: "..."
There's no need for that.
"What did the two deans find in my body?" Wei Ren took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down.
"We've discovered you have a new light core." Pei Daiqing turned around and asked疑惑地, "Anything else?"
Wei Ren was confused by his question; how would he know?
"This light core of mine... was it really not given to me by the two deans?" Wei Ren asked tentatively.
Pei Daiqing pointed at him and said, "Do you know what giving someone a light core means?"
"Or do you believe that this new Five Elements Light Core was given to you by someone else?"
Because you know it can't be your own power.
If even the person themselves denies its existence, it can only be the power of others.
Wei Ren genuinely didn't know, nor did he believe, that it was his ability; he even thought that the new light core was created by Pei Daiqing and Shen Tianxue.
A few fish swam past the two of them without disturbing them.
"I really don't know," Wei Ren said helplessly, while observing Pei Daiqing's expression and tentatively suggesting, "Perhaps if I go back to the academy to investigate, I might find some clues."
"You still want to go back to the academy?" Pei Daiqing was even more surprised. "Knowing that there are people at the academy who want to kill you, you still want to go back?"
Wei Ren remained silent.
Pei Daiqing didn't want him to leave. He wanted to enjoy Wei Ren's days of doing laundry and cooking a little longer, so he said, "Anyway, in their eyes you are definitely dead. The academy is very busy with the Xuan Kui Lan poison right now, and the people in the agricultural college have even less time to care whether a little disciple like you is dead or not, or where you died."
"Just pretend you're dead, wipe the slate clean, and from now on, live a carefree life."
A breeze from afar rippled the clear water and made the grass on the bank sway from side to side.
In the cool breeze, Wei Ren was momentarily dazed.
Perhaps they all thought they were dead, that Ji Shuyan was dead, and that Nangong Sui had successfully destroyed the Lan Du organization in Taiyi. When Zhang Xiangyun captured him, he said nothing. In the matter of the Lan Du organization, he had neither merit nor demerit.
His parents are dead, and there is no one left in the world who would most likely want him to come back alive.
Ji Shuyan is dead, and there are no more people who want to continue using him.
Although Nangong Sui is not dead, he may not be happy for him to go back.
He seemed to have no reason to return to Taiyi. The reason he came to Taiyi was to monitor Nangong Sui, but now that reason was useless.
Although he was from the State of Yan, those momentous events had little to do with him, a nobody, as the overall situation of the world was beyond his control.
He was as insignificant as dust, destined to rise and fall with the wind.
All past events have faded away; from now on, I will live a carefree and unrestrained life.
It seems pretty good.
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