Chapter 1705: Chapter 1706: New Curriculum

Since Agunas has been busy with Quine’s affairs, recently Feng Yuan has been taking care of the little Ember Wolf, and Xiao Ji, unknown to Feng Yuan, has become enamored with skyship models. Although unaware of the truth, Feng Yuan specially prepared a complete set of skyship modification parts for Xiao Ji.

Watching Xiao Ji clumsily assemble the skyship using telekinesis, Feng Yuan sat nearby with a face full of smiles, holding a Xiao Ji doll. Even though Big Cat was making considerable efforts to help, Xiao Ji’s telekinesis was still too difficult for such intricate operations.

Veronia was writing and drawing on the coffee table, occasionally glancing at Xiao Ji. Since Veronia had requested secrecy, even Feng Yuan did not know what it was doing—writing a diary? That didn’t seem to be Veronia’s style.

Although curious, Feng Yuan didn’t have the desire to get to the bottom of it. Seeing Xiao Ji fail repeatedly, Feng Yuan couldn’t help but walk over and say,

“How about I help you assemble it? You just need to tell me what to do.”

After looking at Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji shook its head, spread its wings, and signaled Feng Yuan not to interfere. Big Cat looked at Feng Yuan and whimpered, while Veronia chuckled and said,

“Big Cat is saying if you’ve got nothing to do, you can go play games.”

“Tsk! I’m actually being looked down upon.”

After playfully roughhousing the Xiao Ji doll in his arms, Feng Yuan said this and returned to his room. Veronia glanced in Feng Yuan’s direction as he left and said,

“Even if you might fail, you still want to try?”

Xiao Ji glared at Veronia with a face full of dissatisfaction, Big Cat whimpered as if talking about something. With a slight smile, Veronia said,

“Oh, so that’s it? Are you getting some help?”

Big Cat whimpered proudly, and Veronia shook her head and said,

“But can it really be completed?”

Feeling underestimated by Veronia, Xiao Ji let out a dissatisfied cry. However, Veronia, who knew Xiao Ji very well, coldly smiled and said,

“Unconvinced? If it weren’t for Big Cat’s guidance, do you think you could’ve assembled this to its current state? Not to mention your telekinetic control ability has always been lacking, using telekinesis for precise operations is likely very difficult, right?”

Hearing Xiao Ji’s angry cry from below, Feng Yuan walked back to the living room somewhat puzzled, but at this point, Veronia remained silent and continued writing and drawing. Although Xiao Ji was unwilling, it couldn’t deny that what Veronia said was true.

The popularity of skyship models came quickly and disappeared just as fast. Within a week, many students had to admit they didn’t have the ability to get a ticket. To them, such things were just a diversion during their training downtime. For them, cultivating Beast Tamers was the most important thing.

“Escape course? This topic feels… a bit unusual.”

Upon learning the contents of the outdoor practical class for the next day, Feng Yuan looked at Qi Chen with curiosity. Escape course wasn’t singled out in the previous curriculum, but now it has suddenly become a main course content, has something he doesn’t know about happened?

“It should be related to the rampant illegal organizations. Although they have quieted down, no one can say how long this turbulence will last.”

Dou Yanlan, supporting her chin with one hand, said this. She wasn’t very clear why the academy opted to add this course, but she knew her father called her a few days ago. Besides expressing concern for her, he repeatedly reminded her to try to stick with Qi Chen and follow Feng Yuan.

Even though she asked numerous times, her father never provided an explanation. Dou Yanlan could only surmise that something had happened, something beyond her understanding.

“It’s a shame Agunas is still busy with Quine’s affairs; Veronia isn’t as handy as Agunas in gathering intelligence. Otherwise, maybe I could know why the school is adding this content.”

Shrugging, Feng Yuan said helplessly. Although Agunas and the others had prepared for a quick investigation at the time, Quine capitulated first, allowing them to enter for investigation.

Although they could guess that Quine had made some preparations, considering the prior request from the undead and Quine’s voluntary retreat, they ultimately decided not to immediately clear Quine but instead cooperated to set up a barrier isolating Quine from the outside world before entering internally for exploration.

Regarding Agunas and their approach, Feng Yuan wasn’t sure if it was right or wrong. At least, he could be certain that Quine had a particular purpose for acting in this manner. However, given that its erosion effect on Divine Beasts was severely diminished, Feng Yuan wasn’t too worried about Agunas and the others.

However, after entering Quine’s territory, Agunas and the others found it difficult to find more tangible evidence. Even though the opposing side had set up a mechanism involving Lorraine Tower and polluted the River of Time, it couldn’t directly charge Quine. That substance disappeared without a trace once the barrier was lifted, and even Agunas and the others couldn’t find a trace of its existence.

Meanwhile, Quine insisted it was an ancient self-preservation method passed down generations and pushed all the blame onto Agunas and the others, claiming they wouldn’t have acted this way if it weren’t for their collective actions.

Though knowing the other party was bluffing, Agunas and the others still opted not to destroy Quine because during their investigation, they found many were unaware of the upper echelon’s actions, some having barely left Quine.

Because the high-level actions involved innocent people, Agunas couldn’t decide alone, but the gathered Divine Beasts had differing opinions on this.

Due to the appearance of many innocent people, Agunas and the others’ actions were further impeded, and these troublesome affairs made Agunas temporarily unavailable to attend to Feng Yuan.

On the second day of the escape course, the teacher reminded everyone that the class could last up to three days, with breaks being determined by their speed of escaping the dilemma. What puzzled Feng Yuan was that they insisted on him joining Qi Chen and the others.

He didn’t believe they still didn’t know his competence at this point; having him join Qi Chen and the others was just asking for trouble, wasn’t it?

“Eh… you’re not going to just open the door and walk out, are you?”

Supporting her chin, Dou Yanlan worriedly looked at Feng Yuan, knowing if he truly wanted to stir up trouble, just opening a space gate would be sufficient. She believed the academy wouldn’t be able to restrict the opening of his space gate.

“Agunas isn’t around, how could I open the gate? Though it’s not impossible, even an ultimate move like spatial lockdown may not stop me from walking the Yin World.”

Feng Yuan considered and said. As for the Netherworld, such auxiliary domains in the real world were not difficult to seal, but as for the Yin World?

Xilnais had smashed through the world barrier to open the gate, and ultimate moves like spatial lockdown couldn’t guard against this door-busting behavior.

“Yin World?”

Dou Yanlan looked at Feng Yuan with curiosity but refrained from asking; her intuition told her the more she knew about such things, the more dangerous it was.

“Hmm, just treat it as a special place. However, it’s strange that the teacher didn’t particularly warn me—they trust me so much?”

Feng Yuan stroked his chin and his eyes twinkled. Though he didn’t care, he felt somewhat underestimated by the other side—should he stir up some trouble? Feng Yuan couldn’t help but think.

Xiao Ji spread its wings and called to Feng Yuan; regarding the course content, Xiao Ji felt confident, after all, whether it was the Crimson Judgement or Death Zone Wind, they were powerful destructive Divine Beast Techniques. Unknown to Feng Yuan, Xiao Ji’s list of special Divine Beast Techniques had quietly expanded with many unique additions.

“You want to try it out? Alright then, since you’re interested, I won’t meddle for now.”

Seeing Xiao Ji’s apparent interest, Feng Yuan patted Xiao Ji’s head and said, smiling happily, Xiao Ji spread its wings, and Qi Chen buried his face in his hands and said helplessly,

“Whether it’s interested or not, you shouldn’t cause trouble, right?”

“There’s no alternative; escape courses and such, if they’re straightforward, it’s fine. I just fear they’ll add a pursuit-type atmosphere. Then, who knows if I might not hold back.”

Shrugging, Feng Yuan feigned helplessness and said. Anyway, he didn’t quite believe the academy would give them a no-pressure room escape—it wasn’t a game. Who knows what could happen without pressure.