Chapter 215: Knowledge and Power VIII
“...... There are cadets sleeping. ”
When Bing Lian heard this, she immediately turned her head to look at Jiao Ming, with a complicated expression. The other people in the carriage thought slightly, and also looked at Jiao Ming with Binglian's gaze, all of them looking incredulous and surprised.
"Why are you looking at me like this, I didn't sleep, I was just pretending to sleep, I didn't understand it...... Maybe someone else was caught while sleeping. Jiao Ming tried to defend himself, but this confirmed the crime.
Binglian couldn't wait to peel Jiao Ming alive, and after pinching it a few times, she still asked Evan, "Sasu is not a person who holds grudges, right?"
"As far as I know, Sassou is a generous person, but our headmaster is a ...... Well...... People with clear grievances. Evan hesitated slightly when evaluating the principal, and picked a partial positive word, but everyone understood that 'en' was foreshadowing, and 'resentment' was the point. Finally, Evan smiled and said, "So Jiao Ming, when classes resume, please don't talk to me in public at school." ”
"If I think beautifully, if I am unlucky, I will definitely pull you back. ”
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The suspension of classes due to the espionage case was a huge blow to the High School of Magic, which had only been in school for a year and a half, but the impact on all parties involved in it was different. For the school management such as Sassu and the principal, it was a political stain and a setback in popularity, and for the socially oriented students such as Binglian, it had little impact, and they still played parties and made friends. For some students who are focused on learning knowledge, the impact is the greatest, except for reading some magic codex, they can only stare dryly
Jiao Ming originally belonged to this third category, but because of Emily's 'all-weather' teaching, not only did he not have free time, but he was more fulfilling, making Jiao Ming seem to return to the life of reviewing the college entrance examination.
As the saying goes, extraordinary people must have something extraordinary, Jiao Ming finally knows the secret of Emily's promotion to the eighth ring at the age of twenty-nine, just because this woman is a standard research maniac. On the first night of the school suspension, Emily teleported directly to Jiao Ming's room again, not only interrupting the routine communication with the crocodile leader, but also unceremoniously kicking the ice lotus out of the room, and finally throwing Jiao Ming a stack of scratch paper and instructing him to arrange the vines in the room according to the pattern.
According to Emily, after thinking about it for an afternoon, she finally understood that these vines and Jiao Ming, who could stimulate the spatial power within the vines, were the best 'tools' to verify the spatial array, which could save a lot of time in carving metal plates with space magic.
"If you could replace the word 'tool' with the word 'disciple', I would be more enthusiastic about my work. Jiao Ming protested weakly.
"Oh, of course, I won't let go of such a useful 'disciple'. Emily laughed.
From this moment on, Jiao Ming obtained the status of a disciple, and at the same time began to be enslaved, but although he was instructed to be the same as coolies, his understanding of qi magic has improved by leaps and bounds.
In the short three days that the class was suspended, the two of them barely left the house, and the vines in the room were put into hundreds of postures, and they were not changed once, Jiao Ming was going to use qi magic to try the effect.
There were a few times when the effect was inexplicable, and a few times the space in the room changed in size, as Emily had expected, but more often it was still ineffective. At the same time, Jiao Ming found that the effect of one time could greatly improve the effect of spatial teleportation, and it was very easy to teleport things from the crocodile collar.
When the three-day suspension was over, Jiao Ming walked into the classroom in a daze, his eyes were full of phantoms of creeper vines, and then unsurprisingly fell asleep in class until he was woken up. In the foggy vision, I found that there were many strange magicians walking between the desks in the class, and the homeroom teacher, Ms. Keshi, and the students seemed to be angry and afraid.
"Please ask the students whose names were called to come with us and cooperate with the investigation. A voice shrill like a eunuch rang out.
Jiao Ming followed the prestige, and at the door of the classroom stood an old man with eight rings on his mage robe, thin and short, his hair was sparse and gray, and his face was densely wrinkled, only the cold light reflected in his triangular eyes was impressive. Then five names slowly spat out from the shriveled lips, echoing throughout the classroom.
When the five people were taken away, the whole class fell into a commotion, although the head teacher, Ms. Kexi, immediately maintained order and began to continue teaching, but Jiao Ming found that everyone no longer had the heart to study, Ms. Kexi kept making mistakes in the floor book, and there was no one to remind her.
It seems that this white terror-like atmosphere is also one of the means to combat the high-level magic academy. Jiao Ming thought so, and then went back to sleep again.
At lunchtime, Jiao Ming didn't wait for Binglian in the cafeteria, and when he was about to start class in the afternoon, he learned from Luohua that Binglian had been called away for investigation. On the carriage back to the castle at night, Jiao Ming, who finally saw Binglian, asked about the situation: "They didn't embarrass you, did they?"
"They dare? This investigation is purely disgusting. Bing Lian snorted coldly, obviously still angry about it.
"You are the young lord of the crocodile leader, so naturally you are fine, but a few broken nobles have seen blood. Evan added.
There is no accurate standard for the so-called 'broken aristocracy', probably to see if the ring number of the top powerhouse in the family corresponds to the title. According to the unwritten rules, the royal family of the Yu Kingdom must have a strong person with more than nine rings, and the Baron family must be a strong person with six rings. However, due to the lack of comfort in life and education, it is a common phenomenon that the previous generation on the mainland is not as good as the generation, and the guy in the sixth and seventh rings is the so-called dilapidated aristocracy with a duke title, and the earl of the third ring like Vera, this noble title has existed in name only, and no one cares.
"Execution?" Jiao Ming was shocked. But in Jiao Ming's understanding, the world's attitude towards magicians is quite a bit of 'can't be punished by doctors', so even if it is broken, it is unexpected to use torture to extract confessions.
The whole carriage was unusually quiet, except for the sound of the breeze outside blowing the leaves. Jiao Ming realized that the problem was serious, and the natives were even more so, and it was too sensational to punish the magician, and everyone waited with bated breath for Evan's answer.
"It's just a little bit of a 'pain' for a few students. ”
"Is the alchemist crazy?" exclaimed Ice Lotus, too surprised to control her voice.
"Personally, I don't think this is the order of the alchemists, you must know that those guys with waist cards are not so easy to instruct. Evan frowned as well, thinking about the circumstances and consequences of how things had come to this.
Jiao Ming's mind flashed the image of those strange magicians in the classroom in the morning, and there was indeed a black metal plate on his waist, so it seemed that this was the identity of the internal security agency of the Magicians Association.
"The simplest explanation is that there is a third party trying to exacerbate the conflict, hoping that Vice President Sasu and the alchemist will come ......out of the dog's brain," Evan said, but his brow did not stretch at all. “...... However, it is also possible that the contradiction between the two sides has really reached such a point, so the alchemist has lost his blood. ”
"It's useless to speculate too much, let's go about our lives as usual. Jiao Ming didn't like such a dull atmosphere and tried to end the topic.
He didn't seem to agree with Jiao Ming's negative attitude, but he didn't want to refute it because outsiders were present. Evan smiled open-mindedly as if he saw it, and said, "What Jiao Ming said is reasonable, since I am traveling, what do I have to worry about." ”
The investigation was put aside, and everyone returned to the castle to rest, except for Jiao Ming, who unexpectedly saw Emily in the room.
The two chatted briefly, and the work continued. Because in the past three days, the general direction has been explored. The content of the work of the two has also changed slightly, Emily spends more time designing new vine poses, while Jiao Ming's work naturally decreases, and part of the time is taken out to compare the new plan with the original plan, and figure out the ideas for improvement.
Before leaving in the evening, Emily said that the experiment would enter the next stage, and Jiao Ming needed to make some preparations.
"Obey Master's orders. ”
"Make a big wooden box in this room. Emily gestured to her arm, and the spring light was slightly exposed.
Jiao Ming made a note of the size and tentatively asked about the usefulness.
"It's a stupid question, of course, as an attachment to the inner layer of the two-layer circle. Don't say you don't know the double-layer circle design, your little toy is double-layered. Emily seems to feel more and more like a master, and when answering Jiao Ming's questions, she is no longer the first simple to ask and answer.
Jiao Ming suddenly realized, and sent Emily away with a smile. Immediately afterwards, he found Zimang, who had fallen asleep, and explained the matter of the wooden box.
For the next five days, the Advanced Academy of Magic could only be described as chickens and dogs, and a group of investigators disrupted the hearts of the entire academy. Jiao Ming watched coldly, didn't care much, and never went to the library again, all his thoughts and time were focused on experiments with Emily. After a dozen magic circles every night, the space inside the wooden box has been doubled. Emily was very satisfied with this progress, and Jiao Ming was even worse, always feeling that the space ring was just around the corner.
It wasn't until the sixth day that there was finally new information about the alchemist's lineage.
"Battle?" In the cafeteria, Jiao Ming repeated with a blinking eye, but his mind was still wandering around in the structure of the qi magic circle, and he didn't keep up with the words of the ice lotus at all.
"Exactly. This time, the alchemist's vein finally revealed its true purpose. Binglian was very excited, stopped her chopsticks, and explained in detail: "Now there are two ways to inherit magical knowledge, one is the academy and the other is the master and apprentice, the senior magician academy run by Sasu is naturally the former, and the alchemist and the old antiques who support them naturally like the latter, so I see that this academy is unhappy, and I can't wait to close the door." ”
"The battle of ideas is the most unsolvable. Jiao Ming nodded in agreement, and reminded: "Be quiet, it's not good to disturb others." ”
Binglian glanced around, approached slightly according to her excited mood, lowered her voice and continued: "This competition is for all neutral factions, which inheritance method is better, it is clear at a glance. ”
Jiao Ming frowned slightly, and quickly thought of the question: "What kind of comparison?"
"Five to ten people are in small teams, and they fight against each other, which is also the most common scale of conflict in border areas. ”
"It's not fair. Jiao Ming shook his head. "The five teams of the academy play the opposite team, which is about the same. ”
Binglian was stunned for a moment, and the corners of her mouth turned up and she wanted to refute, but she was stunned again, realizing the deep-seated reason for Jiao Ming's statement. The huge gap in the number of the two inheritance methods cannot be reflected in the one-on-one competition. And one-on-one is a common understanding for everyone, and if you want to change it to fight more and fight less, you can't get the understanding of most magicians.
"And the current investigation has caused the students of the academy to have no intention of studying, I am afraid that it is also the alchemist's intention to compete in martial arts, and with this one-to-one condition, our chances of winning are very low. Jiao Ming added.
"We're crocodile collars, not mage students, make no mistake. Regarding the issue of position, Binglian solemnly corrected Jiao Ming's slip of the tongue.
Jiao Ming happily admitted his mistakes like all boyfriends who accidentally made mistakes, and then asked, "Say that the academy will be disbanded if it loses?" After Jiao Ming asked this question, his brain twitched, and then he smiled: "In my hometown, there is a secret technique to save the school. ”
"It shouldn't be disbanded, but even if it is disbanded, it's nothing, I should worship a master like you. Binglian said easily, but judging from her fluttering eyes and solemn expression, she was still a little anxious about it. "What's your secret sauce?"
"Become an idol!" Jiao Ming said with a smile, admiring Binglian's face that had become stupid due to confusion.
At this moment, a loud noise came from the direction of the administrative building, and the dull sound quality seemed to be a heavy weight on the ground. Bing Lian didn't care to ask what the idol was, and pulled Jiao Ming to run to the source of the sound.
Binglian's strength is not small, and she runs fast, even if she pulls Jiao Ming, she still rushes in front of the students, and when she turns a corner, she sees that there is a piece missing on the fourth floor of the administrative building, as if a small watermelon has been cut off to test the sweetness, and the heel of the building is rising up with billowing smoke, and the missing part obviously falls there.
"Qi magic?" asked Ice Lotus. Jiao Ming sensed slightly, then nodded, and said, "It's very intense, and the qi magicians above the seven rings are doing it." ”
After two sentences, the other people who rushed out of the cafeteria to see the excitement were also in place, and in the midst of the discussion, it seemed that someone was sure that the room was the interrogation room, and it was for the teachers of the interrogation academy.
Jiao Ming listened to the movement in his heart, closed his eyes again, carefully sensed the aftermath of the qi magic medium over there due to the magic casting, and then grabbed the ice lotus with his backhand and rushed forward.
"What?" asked Ice Lotus strangely.
"Probably Master Emily. ”
The two ran to a distance of about 100 meters, but saw two figures flying out of the breach of the administrative building one after another, and at the same time, their arms waved as if they were throwing out invisible blades. The one in front of her was flying backwards, with long pale blonde hair convex and backward, it was Emily with a shy face, and the one chasing behind was a middle-aged woman, angry and scolding something, not a lingua franca.