"So you're going?" Xiao Qi shook his head anxiously when he heard this.
"No. You're the deputy speaker-elect, and you have enormous significance to the Federation. If anything happened to you, how would I explain it to the Federation Parliament?"
"But there are people I cherish in there." Lin Yuan propped up his chin, his soul-stirring eyes fixed directly on Xiao Qi. Xiao Qi stared back blankly for a moment before Lin Yuan slowly added,
"If Teacher Xiao isn't willing, then I can only sneak out on my own."
Xiao Qi's mouth twitched.
"No, absolutely not. The Federation would definitely be thrown into chaos. And if you participated in the assessment as an examinee and some Federation spies found out, what then? Are you trying to get yourself killed?"
"So how you arrange things for me depends on what Teacher Xiao has in mind." Lin Yuan's voice was incomparably sincere.
"Don't worry, Teacher Xiao. I know my own limits." Lin Yuan smiled at Xiao Qi and said confidently, "Below Divine Rank, no one can do anything to me."
Does the battlefield fucking lack Divine Rank experts? Xiao Qi nearly blurted that out. His face turned red, and three black lines seemed to slide down his forehead. "I don't have the authority to approve this. You need to ask Pavilion Master Wang, and there's the military too..."
"Then take me there now."
Xiao Qi had no choice but to bring Lin Yuan to report the matter to the academy.
As they passed Sea God Lake, Lin Yuan saw Myriad Demon King soaking in its waters, sitting upright with a solemn expression. Branches from the enormous Eternal Tree hung down and continuously wiped at Myriad Demon King's cheeks, as though kissing him—or perhaps seducing him.
"Please show some restraint, Life Core."
Myriad