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Chapter 1687: Chapter 37: The Fragrance of Truth

In a space full of stairs, corridors, and chaotic inverses, a figure in white was floating and meditating.

In front of her, an ancient sword was hanging straight, occasionally emitting slight resonance.

Too much silence can drive one mad… The sound of the sword’s song was, comparatively, a good thing.

Qin Chuyu stopped after exploring this space for a long while… She could not find an exit, nor could she figure out a way to solve it, yet she still maintained a peaceful state of mind.

However, within this special space, there wasn’t any Spiritual Energy… But in contrast, the power within her body would not dissipate for no reason.

With her cultivation, fasting was but a trivial matter… Remember when Gongsun Wuwo and Gong Fanxing were imprisoned for five hundred years in the Penglai Treasury, neither eating nor drinking, yet still remained vigorous.

Qin Chuyu slowly came back to her senses from her state of meditation, a trace of peculiarity flashed in her eyes.

“It’s unexpected that this place, which isolates Spiritual Power, would allow my cultivation technique to reach a higher possibility…” Qin Chuyu pondered in thought.

Accompanied only by the sword song of the Green Lotus Sword.

“Perhaps, it’s because this irregular environment serves well as a touchstone for the restive Taoist cultivation technique…”

“Then…” she already had a plan in her heart, “Let me comprehend the sect’s cultivation technique, and understand the master’s Green Lotus Sword Tome here.”

As it is said, one sword breaks ten thousand techniques… Since there is no way to escape this mysterious space, why not wait until the three-foot longsword in hand is sharp enough?

She is a Taoist, also a seeker, indeed she can cultivate anywhere… Every day is a day for cultivation.

The mundane world is splendid, dangers are also fine.

The White-clothed Fairy closed her eyes again, gradually forgetting both herself and the environment.

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A pair of eyes on the ground was indifferently watching the octahedron floating high above… The girl wearing a silver robe.

After a while, a voice came from behind, it was the voice of a maid from the imperial palace.

“Lord Liuge, Professor Jin Kailun has arrived,” the maid respectfully said, gazing at the silver-robed girl ahead.

“I know, directly send him to the Tianchen Courtyard,” Liuge arranged her hair casually, instructing indifferently, “Tell Jin Kailun his teaching time is only in the morning… Before leaving today, ask him to submit a teaching task to me.”

“Understood, Lord Liuge,” the maid immediately responded.

“Did those two foreign guests have any reactions?” Girl Liuge suddenly asked.

The maid replied, “They didn’t have any special reaction, nor did they make any special requests, just said they don’t need servants.”

“Did they really not make any requests?” Girl Liuge frowned slightly.

The maid thought for a moment and said, “Well, they did ask about some fresh ingredients, nothing else.”

“Really?” This time, Girl Liuge even turned around, staring directly at the maid.

The maid felt a bit flustered, yet managed to maintain her statement.

“Alright, go do your thing,” Girl Liuge shook her head, “Remember, record everything those two foreign guests say or do, without letting anything slip. If they ask about His Majesty, just say His Majesty is busy these days and will summon them when the time is right.”

“Understood.”

“Go ahead.”

The maid left, leaving Liuge alone here—this was the courtyard where Qin Chuyu was previously accommodated by Louis XXXIX.

Liuge lay directly on the grass… Seemingly feeling weary, the girl slowly fell asleep.

—One day, I will have this green spread across the streets of the Undersea City, letting the fragrance of flowers fill the air, wouldn’t that be nice.

She suddenly opened her eyes, sat up swiftly, looked around, and murmured softly, “Louis…”

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The identity of the Prince of the Undersea City and the first in line for succession has not been made public.

Not even the servants and maids in Tianchen Courtyard knew this—yet everything here was designed to almost match the Emperor’s residence standards, those working here naturally dared not neglect… of course, the guards here were also second to none within the imperial palace.

Therefore, even when seeing the student he needed to instruct appear before him, Professor Jin Kailun did not know about Lei Yaz’s identity as a prince.

“Well then Lei Yaz, this is Konghai, my personal assistant,” Professor Jin Kailun adjusted his glasses before speaking slowly, “He will accompany me in completing your studies.”

Lei Yaz sat silently in the wheelchair, nodding quietly.

He actually didn’t want to take these classes, but ultimately he came—this was a suggestion from that mysterious elder brother.

Boss Luo said there’s no harm in learning more things, it may come in handy at a critical time in the future.

Lei Yaz actually thought, how could there be so many coincidental things in the world?

Yet he still came—moreover, Boss Luo and the servant girl were also present at the moment… As auditors.

Professor Jin Kailun was somewhat surprised by this, but didn’t object—the elder man, with white hair and a frail demeanor, spoke with such slowness that Lei Yaz felt no interest from the start.

“I specialize in the history of the Undersea City, and conduct research on the community structure of the Sea Demon Clan,” Professor Jin Kailun slowly said, “Since this lecture is arranged by Lord Liuge, I will mainly teach you these two courses… Let’s start with the historical evolution of the Undersea City.”

“Alright,” Lei Yaz responded weakly.

At this moment, Professor Jin Kailun was not concerned about Lei Yaz’s perfunctory attitude, “So, Lei Yaz, what do you know about the history of the Undersea City… if possible, please briefly explain the birth of the Undersea City.”

Reya Yaz continued weakly: “During the Limoria Era, a terrifying disaster struck. All the citizens of the Limoria civilization contracted a strange disease. A special kind of ray present in sunlight caused the cells of the Limoria people’s bodies to collapse, leading to death. Because of the unexpected outbreak of the disease, Limoria people failed to respond promptly, resulting in a mortality rate as high as ninety percent. To effectively avoid this harmful ray in sunlight, Limoria people were forced to initiate the Undersea City plan. It took them nearly a hundred years to build the prototype of the Undersea City, after which the remaining Limoria people moved into the Undersea City, thus saving themselves.”

Professor Jin Kailun nodded and then said, “So, do you know what caused this terrifying disaster among the Limoria people?”

Reya Yaz replied, “The textbooks don’t say, how would I know?”

Professor Jin Kailun laughed, “Such matters are of course not mentioned in the textbooks…but you can learn about them from me. So now, do you have a bit more interest in this course?”

Reya Yaz thought seriously for a moment and then solemnly said, “Very well stated, but I still choose…Flywheel Maintenance and Modification Studies, do you offer that here?”

Professor Jin Kailun couldn’t help but frown, “Flywheel Maintenance and Modification? With such studies, no matter how much you learn, at most you’ll become a technical staff member of the Kingdom Government. I’m not saying technical personnel are not valuable, but the fact is, the Kingdom Government already has an abundance of technical talents, it doesn’t really need one more of you…don’t you know how many technical talents are forced to take other jobs due to saturation? Were it not for the citizen aid grants the Undersea City provides, a lot of so-called technical talents could only stay at home living off their parents’ generosity?”

Reya Yaz was annoyed, determined to become a master of Flywheel maintenance and modification, his inner Flywheel soul was blazing, “Are you looking down on technical people?”

“I don’t mean that.” Professor Jin Kailun shook his head, “Without these technical personnel, Magic Energy Technology wouldn’t have developed. I’m merely saying, this type of talent is already abundant. However, over the years in the Undersea City, there have been persistent vacancies in those pursuing other fields of study and research, such as historical research—do you think it’s useless?”

“Besides using it to argue with others, what other uses does it have?” Reya Yaz shook his head.

Professor Jin Kailun replied, slightly angry, “Studying history isn’t just about learning book knowledge, nor is it simply to argue! You need to know, learning history is much more about arming your mind with historical knowledge, not accumulating basic knowledge, but applying historical knowledge, including certain thoughts, practices of ancestors, abandoning the dross and absorbing the essence! Once you understand history, you can see future paths from it! You can develop your advanced ideas! Then, you can take up a high position in the Kingdom Government, providing decisions to the Emperor, perhaps even alerting the Emperor! You might even create more beneficial changes for the Undersea City from within the system, staying behind the scenes, strategizing, isn’t this better than the monotonous existence of a technical person working nine to nine daily? Don’t you realize, despite the developments in Magic Energy Technology today, we still haven’t solved the problem of hair loss—a major issue?”

Reya Yaz looked back, sadly gazing at Boss Luo and the Maid sitting quietly at the back table, his face full of a desire to skip class.

But Boss Luo gave a gentle smile.

Reya Yaz sighed, “Alright alright, Professor…please tell me what caused this disaster.”

Professor Jin Kailun took a sip of tea passed by Konghai, caught his breath, and then slowly said, “According to records, the formation of the disaster was due to the excessive application of Magic Energy Technology. Studies show that the use of magic can alter the internal genes of Limoria people…this alteration led Limoria people to gradually evolve supernatural abilities beyond technology. Before Undersea City, Limoria civilization had evolved to a point where Limoria people could produce magic power without using a magic core. But this alteration ultimately destroyed Limoria people’s ability to survive on the surface…so, the real cause of the disaster was the development of Magic Energy Technology.”

“Can’t they wear protective suits?” Reya Yaz furrowed his brows and asked.

Professor Jin Kailun shook his head, “A protective suit can protect you temporarily…but can you guarantee you’ll always wear it, never taking it off?”

“Large shields and the like?” Reya Yaz pondered, “Our technology can absolutely achieve that, right…you see, in the Undersea City’s army, there are specialized magic shields to repel Sea Demon Clan attacks, aren’t there?”

“After the great disaster, the earth’s plates started to move, and magic minerals can now only be mined in the deep sea.” Professor Jin Kailun shook his head, “If we still lived on the surface now, once the supply of magic minerals was cut off…wouldn’t those inside the shields have no choice but to wait for death?”

Reya Yaz opened his mouth, unable to find a reason to refute.

“Please tell, who would cut off the supply of magic minerals?”

The question was posed by Boss Luo…it was sudden, naturally, Luo Qiu followed the classroom questioning principle, raising his hand.

Professor Jin Kailun glanced unexpectedly at him, then calmly said, “Sea Demon Clan.”

“Why would the Sea Demon Clan do that?” Boss Luo curiously asked again, “The Sea Demon Clan should also be part of the Undersea City…logically, they should initially not do such a thing. Would the Sea Demon Clan not die from the deadly rays in sunlight?”

“This question will be addressed in another course later.” Professor Jin Kailun waved his hand, “Not discussing this topic today…also, you have too many questions, be self-aware as auditing students!”

Boss Luo smiled gently, nodding slightly.

Saying this, Professor Jin Kailun directly threw a book at Reya Yaz, “This is a textbook I compiled myself…today, I’ll narrate the life of the first Emperor of the Undersea City, Louis I. Pay attention, I’ll be checking your homework tomorrow!”

Reya Yaz pursed his lips, opened the textbook, while listening to the professor enthusiastically lecturing in front of the classroom, and began drawing stick figure comics at the bottom right corner of the pages.

A morning passed quietly just like this.

In the afternoon, Professor Jin Kailun left the imperial palace with his assistant Konghai, followed by the afternoon course—this time, Boss Luo and the Maid were denied auditing.

Because teaching Reya Yaz in the afternoon was Girl Liuge.

“What can you teach me?”

“Royal bloodline, the use of Blue Blood Power.” Girl Liuge directly tossed a sword at Reya Yaz, “Today I’ll teach you how to kill.”

Reya Yaz immediately widened his eyes in surprise.

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Deep ocean, somewhere.

A submarine not much smaller than the Nautilus slowly sailed into a huge trench in the deep sea.

Not long after, the submarine launched a small probe ship, slowly entering the trench…it passed through a long and dark cave before finally reaching its destination.

It emerged from the water…here in the rock layer extending from the seabed, was a space with dry land.

When the hatch of the probe ship opened, the current Emperor of the Undersea City, Louis XXXIX, slowly stepped out.

The Emperor walked onto the land, moving forward—the path ahead was dim, but with each step he took, the sound of heavy breathing was heard from many around him.

And, there appeared a multitude of scarlet eyes.

Seemingly some kind of creatures…they approached Louis XXXIX, as if about to pounce on prey like hunters…some even placed their claws on Louis XXXIX’s body.

He seemed accustomed to such a situation…even though at this time, quite a few things stretched out their tongues, licking his body, he remained unmoved.

Finally, he slowly arrived before a long staircase.

Right here, a tremendous force suddenly struck Louis XXXIX…a furious lash, directly producing a horrifying scar on the Emperor’s back…it was a black tongue like a whip.

In the darkness, a piercing voice slowly echoed, “Louis, you misunderstand the rules again…crawl up! You pitiful slave!”

The Emperor slowly exhaled, then silently knelt on the ground…starting to crawl up the staircase.

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