CHAPTER 1707: CHAPTER 1726: CLOSE TO THE SOURCE?

Today’s Yin Yang Academy is very special, as if a distinguished guest is truly coming. Early in the morning, not only was the General Affairs Director the first to arrive, but other members of the General Affairs Department also arrived early and started bustling nervously.

After breakfast, even the academy’s eight deputy deans arrived at the General Affairs Department with a group of people. Because a noble figure was coming, the General Affairs Department was responsible for most of the arrangements, such as reception, meal arrangements, accommodation, safety, and the like.

Yin Yang Academy has eight deputy deans, but today all of them came. After a conversation with the General Affairs Director in the General Affairs Hall, the group majestically headed towards the mountain gate.

Yusuf Zuck did not know who the noble guest was, but he never asked. The General Affairs Director had instructed him to serve the guest, which was a kind of slack duty, because serving the noble guest well could earn academic credits!

Indeed, serving the distinguished guest accumulates a total of ten academic credits. Just a single credit could make people fight like mad, let alone ten?

So Yusuf Zuck was given special attention once again.

About a hundred people walked out of the mountain gate and beyond it. Yusuf Zuck was at the back of the crowd, not snooping around, but remained calm and steady.

The group waited for nearly two hours before an old ox-drawn cart slowly approached from the foot of the mountain.

The speed of the ox cart was very slow, and Yusuf Zuck noticed that the ox was just an ordinary farm ox, not a flying ox or enchantment ox.

When the crowd saw the ox cart, they immediately quickened their steps to greet it.

The person driving the cart was a child, about twelve or thirteen years old, dressed very plainly and without any Cultivation Level.

Yusuf Zuck was bewildered about what kind of person could alarm the academy’s eight deputy deans and the General Affairs Director to meet so far away?

However, just as he hurried with the crowd to the side of the ox cart and the cart’s curtain was lifted, Yusuf Zuck was startled.

Because seated in the ox cart was none other than Sir Gould, possessing a majestic awe!

The first Duke in the world, isn’t this the distinguished guest? He is coming to Yin Yang Academy to give lectures for three months!

This is indeed good news for Yin Yang Academy because Sir Gould’s majestic aura is unmatched in the world!

Previously, it was unique, but didn’t Jordan Webb appear a few months ago? He possesses majestic aura even stronger than Sir Gould’s, so he’s the unmatched third!

"Everyone, please, please don’t be so polite! You make me feel unworthy!" As Sir Gould spoke, a slender hand reached out and pulled open all the curtains, the owner of the slender hand stepping off the cart first!

Yusuf Zuck was shocked again—is Princess here too?

But today Princess disguised herself as a man, with her hair tied and in a blue robe, without makeup, looking elegant and handsome. Her clothes were loose, so she didn’t appear as a woman!

However, the eight deputy deans and the General Affairs Director were no ordinary people and recognized Princess immediately.

"Greetings, Your Highness, Princess!" The crowd was shocked too, Princess is the king’s wife, so naturally, they knelt upon meeting!

"Dear teachers, I dress this way to abandon the status of princess. Returning to Yin Yang Academy is like coming home. Your grand gesture makes me feel unwelcome."

"Gentlemen, please rise quickly, that won’t do, that won’t do!" Sir Gould repeatedly helped them up, bowing.

Everyone knew Princess didn’t want to make a fuss, so after standing up, they paid their respects again!

"Cloud Dean, everyone, by making such a fuss, you’re making me uneasy!" Sir Gould said with a bitter smile.

"Rest assured, Sir Gould. The fact that you and Her Highness are here at the academy will be kept secret; not many people will know."

"Deputy Dean Javier Higgins, I’d like to stay at the academy to study further, is that possible?" suddenly asked Princess.

"If Her Highness wishes to stay, it’s certainly luck for our academy." Deputy Dean Javier Higgins is the executive deputy dean with Cultivation Level in the Sky Respect Realm, surpassing Duke Realm!

"Sir Gould, Your Highness, please!" The crowd led the two and the young boy into the academy.

Because it wasn’t publicly announced, many passing students felt it was strange but didn’t stop to watch.

Moments later, the group arrived at the guest dining hall under the General Affairs Department, where a sumptuous lunch was prepared.

Yusuf Zuck was not qualified to sit and eat but merely stood outside while it got lively inside.

After lunch, it was noon. The deputy deans began to take their leave, while Sir Gould and Princess were led by the General Affairs Director to an independent courtyard halfway up the outer mountain. This courtyard had already been cleaned, and there was a guardhouse at the gate.

Yusuf Zuck followed Shaun closely, and as Shaun escorted the father and daughter into the courtyard, he immediately beckoned to Yusuf Zuck: "Sir Gould, Your Highness, he is the most clever and diligent servant of our General Affairs Department. For the next three months, anything Sir Gould and Her Highness need, just tell Yusuf, and Yusuf will arrange everything."

"Very well, thank you, young man!" Sir Gould showed no airs and courteously bowed to Yusuf Zuck, who naturally bowed in return.

As for Princess, she merely gave Yusuf Zuck a casual glance.

The General Affairs Director escorted the father and daughter into the room and spoke a few more words before coming out, saying as he walked: "Yusuf, do you now understand their identities? Sir Gould plans to stay for three months, and how long Her Highness stays is not yet decided, so you must be extremely clever; this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, not to enter the officialdom, but to learn from Sir Gould. Though Sir Gould has no Cultivation Level, his majestic aura suppresses all, and learning even a trace from him will benefit you for a lifetime. Moreover, when you finish your studies and return to the dynasty, if Sir Gould listens to you, you’ll ascend to the clouds smoothly!"

"Sir, Yusuf thanks you!" Yusuf Zuck bowed deeply to the General Affairs Director.

"You little fellow, to be honest, without you, everyone in the General Affairs Department would miss you. Even Little Green might get anxious with me, but there is no choice. This is your chance!"

"Yes!" Yusuf Zuck felt that the General Affairs Director was indeed a good person and cared about him sincerely!

People of Jake King have both good and bad ones, and the General Affairs Director is a good person!

After escorting Shaun out, Yusuf Zuck returned to the guardhouse, thought for a moment, and then immediately went to the courtyard’s kitchen to boil water. He had to handle chores, and besides, Princess seemed different from before, feeling there’s a change in her demeanor, and she no longer carries an arrogant and overbearing attitude!

Just as Yusuf Zuck was carrying hot water to the main room of the courtyard, he suddenly heard Sir Gould’s voice: "If you stay here, the king will be angry!"

"Then let him kill me!"

"Alright, alright, do as you please..." Sir Gould seemed helpless toward Princess, unable to control her!

Yusuf Zuck then stepped into the main room and said: "Sir, the freshly boiled water is ready, please wash your face first."

"Thank you, young man, in the future, there’s no need for such bother; just clean the courtyard, and we will handle our own clothing and food." Sir Gould replied with a smile.

"Yes." Yusuf Zuck didn’t say much and poured two basins of hot water and brewed a pot of tea.

Just as he was about to leave, Princess suddenly spoke, squinting at Yusuf Zuck: "What’s your name?"

"Yusuf Zuck."

"Hmm, you’re from the General Affairs Department, right? Good, go fetch me the archives of all new students who have entered the academy in the last five months, I want to see them!"