Madame is Pretending to be an Academic Slacker Again!

Lu Yi continued to comfort Mr. Emperor.

But how could the man possibly be at ease?

She had been missing for so many days, and as soon as she returned, she fainted, with injuries too... He took a deep breath, afraid to think about what had happened.

Closing his eyes, he gave orders: ”Prepare some of her favorite light porridge and side dishes, keep them ready for when she wakes up. Make sure everyone in the old house stays quiet and doesn’t make any noise.”

Lu Yi: ”Understood!”

Oh, Young Master, right now even a cat in the old house is tiptoeing around, too scared to make a sound.

It was only then that Nalan Ye Jue gently pushed open the door and entered the bedroom.

He stepped lightly over to the bedside.

The girl was sleeping peacefully in his bed, covered with a brocade quilt. The maids had already helped her change into clean pajamas, and she was sleeping deeply, her breathing slow and steady.

Perhaps due to the injuries, her face was so pale that her skin seemed almost translucent.

Nalan Ye Jue wanted very much to reach out and caress her cheek, but in the end, he restrained himself.

Let her have a good rest.

It’s just good to be home.

It’s just good to be home.

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Life and Death Forest.

The moonlit night was like water.

Qin Xin sat in front of the campfire, holding her breath and concentrating, trying to focus her spiritual power on the pile of Spiritual Pearls of varying sizes in her hands.

Grow, big pearl!

Grow, big pearl!

A moment passed.

The pearls remained motionless.

Qin Xin suddenly opened her eyes, startling the Little Douding across from her: ”Xin, Sister Xin?”

Qin Xin pondered: ”Do you think there’s some incantation for concentrating spiritual power to refine the Spiritual Pearls?”

It can’t just be a simple mantra of ’grow, grow,’ right?

Little Douding scratched his head: ”Sister Xin, are you talking about chanting spells? There should be, but I haven’t learned them either... There are only mentors teaching them at the Divine Academy...”

Qin Xin: ”...”

If I could wait for the Divine Academy to teach me, why would I be struggling here?

She suddenly thought of something: ”That Young Master Jing who fought the silver bear today, didn’t he seem to be muttering something while he fought? Could it be a chanting spell?”

Little Douding nodded.

Qin Xin couldn’t help but feel a bit regretful: ”If I had known, I would have given him a pearl or two to learn a spell.”

Little Douding awkwardly grinned.

Sister, at the time you were determined to fight for the bear and the pearls, it didn’t seem like you’d give away even a piece.

Qin Xin: ”Will we be able to meet him again? Or some other more powerful freshman?”

Little Douding: ”The strong freshmen are all in Group 1, Sister Xin. The Jing Family isn’t someone we want to mess with, so it’s better not to encounter them.”

Qin Xin: ”Oh? You’ve been saying all along that they’re formidable, yet they couldn’t even beat a bear. I really can’t see where they are formidable.”

Little Douding: ”The Jing Family is a very famous and prestigious family, and many people seek their help. Young Master Jing awakened his abilities at a young age, but his abilities aren’t well-suited for extracting Spiritual Pearls. His expertise isn’t with combat-type abilities.”

Qin Xin: ”Oh? Then what is it?”

The world of these ability users is becoming more and more interesting.

Little Douding: ”I heard the Jing Family lineage has always been time-related abilities, they’re Time Mages. Their ultimate pursuit is controlling the flow of time, with the ability to bend space-time.”

Qin Xin listened, her eyes gleaming faintly: ”You mean, that Young Master Jing is like a living Spiritual Pearl, who can directly take people across time and space?”

Little Douding was embarrassed: ”If you put it that way, it might seem so, Sister Xin.”

But he immediately added: ”However, the Time Space Gate cannot be opened at will. Even if Young Master Jing’s abilities reach that level, he can’t use them carelessly. The empire’s laws are very strict, ability users must follow the rules.”