"Did you hear? John Doe, who beat Senior Ji not long ago, seems to have been taken on as Dr. Orange Sky's student! I'm so jealous. Why is my advisor just a lousy old man?"
"Where did you hear that? Doesn't Dr. Orange Sky dislike taking students? I heard she has plenty of research projects outside the school."
"Apparently, after John Doe beat Senior Ji, she wanted to settle the score and challenge him again for the right to use the Orange Sky Research Institute, only to discover... the school had taken the institute off the list. It wasn't open to students anymore... So rumors started saying Dr. Orange Sky had taken a liking to John Doe and given him permanent use of the institute. Spare a few seconds of sympathy for Senior Ji."
"Holy crap, she can't even get revenge. Senior Ji has it rough. But seriously, what's the deal with this John Doe... Where did he come from?"
"Who knows? But Dr. Orange Sky researches mechanical modifications for pet beasts, and John Doe has a top-notch overlord pet beast. It's not impossible for them to get together..."
In a very short time, word that Dr. Orange Sky had begun taking students spread from some unknown source.
By now, the four trial takers from the Star-Moon Federation and the five from Blue Star had obtained information about Lu Ran. When they learned that he had indeed found himself another legendary teacher, their mouths kept twitching.
Had Lu Ran... worked out a formula for clearing these realms? Find a teacher right off the bat!
Especially since this legendary teacher specialized in mechanical modifications for pet beasts, they could already foresee Lu Ran quickly modifying a pet beast successfully under her guidance and entering the Invention Contest with the result.
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