Techniques and Dao

Chapter 110 The Threads of Jupiter (1)

Upon hearing that Taishang Xiaojun said the building was alright, Hua Sheng finally felt relieved.

"I've been worried about this lately. I hope the summit of the East Sea doesn't collapse. It's been built so well by others, but if it really falls, I'll have harmed people. I'm so sorry!"

Tai Shang Xiao Jun sighed: "You know, in a battle as big as the stratosphere, there are no secrets. When I went down to help you repair the building, I was surrounded by those bosses in the human world... you should know a little about them, like the big bosses of brokerage companies such as 'HOPE' and 'BRAVE', all saying that no matter how much money it costs, I want to immigrate to St. Pingning... I'd even be willing to get a St. Pingning green card."

"St. Ping'an even has green cards?"

"I'm telling you, I have a grandpa! No green card, do you want to be cuckolded?"

"That makes a lot of sense. What happened to them afterward?"

"I later defeated him."

"You could open an immigration agency..."

"Get out of my way! What are you saying!" Tai Shang Xiao Jun nudged Hua Sheng with his elbow. "Where have you been all this time?"

Hua Sheng hurriedly explained, "When I returned to Shengping Ning, I fell into a Zen temple and have been locked up ever since. How did you disappear then?"

“When I landed, I was only near Panxian Cave. When I looked back, you were already gone. It’s a long story, and now is not the best time to explain.” Taishang Xiaojun pointed to the female magician opposite him.

Hua Sheng nodded, then shouted at the girl, "Who are you? What are you doing here!"

The young mage frowned, seemingly not understanding what Hua Sheng had said.

Hanamori stammered, "Who...who are you? Where are you...from?"

"Oh?" Tai Shang Xiao Jun looked surprised. "Your foreign language skills are pretty good!"

"That's just high school level..."

The young mage seemed to understand. She opened the spellbook in her hand and drew a few lines on it with her finger.

Tai Shang Xiao Jun turned his head, raised his eyebrows, and said, "It seems the other party's foreign language skills aren't very good either! Look, they even had to look up words in the dictionary on the spot..."

"They probably don't speak English in their country..." Hua Sheng sighed. If they don't speak English, he wouldn't know how to communicate.

The young sorcerer drew a mark on the red magic book, and golden magic spells flew out of the book and into her mouth.

To Hua Sheng's surprise, the foreign girl actually started speaking in Chinese: "You!"

Tai Shang Xiao Jun's mouth dropped open: "This dictionary has a built-in voice translation function? What kind of strange magical artifact is this?"

Hanamori replied, "It's more like some kind of spell that allows you to speak different languages?"

"These barbarian spells are quite useful!" Tai Shang Xiao Jun muttered, then shouted at the young female magician, "A good man doesn't fight with a woman! Besides, you're carrying a Kangxi Encyclopedia and a broken tree branch, without even a proper magical artifact! The disciples of the Magic Academy won't stoop to your level! There's nothing of yours here!"

He thought for a moment and added, "If you want to study at the Daoist Academy, please apply through the official channels! But this year's enrollment is full, so please try again next year!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Do they look like they're here to register?" Hua Sheng almost fainted. "Besides, don't you think they're clearly not suited to the Academy of Arts and Sciences in terms of their major subjects?"

“You thieves! Thieves!” the girl shouted.

“We’re thieves? Then you who break into other people’s homes are robbers! Bandits!” Taishang Xiaojun retorted.

Hua Sheng felt that arguing like this wasn't going to work, so he asked, "You're saying we stole something, what did you lose?"

"Jupiter Silk!" the young mage cried. "You stole our treasure! Jupiter Silk!"

"Jupiter Silk?" Hua Sheng suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu.

At the same time, he saw the same look of astonishment on the face of the Supreme Lord Xiaojun.

The Supreme Lord Xiaojun murmured, "Why does the name of this object sound like it's related to the Netherworld's Jupiter Veil?"

Indeed, when Hua Sheng and Tai Shang Xiao Jun heard the name "Suixing Silk," their first thought was "Suixing Yarn."

From the illusion Hua Sheng saw when she shattered the Jupiter Veil with her golden cudgel, she foresaw that the Jupiter Veil would be obtained by Ming You a thousand years later. Once Ming You put on the Jupiter Veil, she would be able to enter the present time.

After the Ruyi Jingu Bang shattered the veil of Jupiter, Mingyou, also known as Weiyu, was defeated.

When the Netherworld perished, the Jupiter Veil was also destroyed.

But why is it that at this moment, a foreign girl who has absolutely no connection with Saint-Pine is talking about something that seems to be related to the celestial gauze—celestial silk?

Just as Hua Sheng was at a loss, Tai Shang Xiao Jun asked the girl, "Excuse me, may I ask your name, young lady?"

The girl frowned and said, "JANE."

“Jian…” Tai Shang Xiao Jun repeated, “Miss Jian, what you’re talking about probably doesn’t belong to the Dao of Arts…”

"Shut your filthy mouth!" The young mage named Jane interrupted Tai Shang Xiao Jun. "Don't try to hide it! Why would we come looking for you without sufficient evidence?"

With a calm expression, Taishang Xiaojun took out the Ruihua Treasure Mirror from his bosom, thought for a moment, and then put it back. He then took out a human cell phone from his other pocket.

Hua Sheng saw it and realized that it was the same one that had transformed itself in the Starbucks in the human world.

I never expected that the Supreme Lord Xiaojun would carry this thing with him. "Luckily, there's still electricity..."

Tai Shang Xiao Jun lit up the phone screen and said, "Regarding the matter of the Jupiter Silk you mentioned, we will inform the Immortal Master. We will notify you as soon as we have any feedback. If it's convenient, please leave your contact information. Of course, we can also add each other on WeChat..."

Suddenly, a current shot out from Jane's magic wand, knocking Tai Shang Xiao Jun's phone flying more than ten feet away.

Tai Shang Xiao Jun paused for a moment, then said quietly, "This young lady is so considerate. She even thought of fully charging my phone."

Jian was clearly enraged by Xiao Jun and roared, "You unreasonable bastard! Hand over the Jupiter Silk right now! Otherwise, we'll raze this school to the ground!"

Tai Shang Xiao Jun laughed and said, "Miss, the Shudao Academy was not even leveled during the Qiankun Guard War. Don't think that just because your name is 'Jian' you can forcefully demolish it. It might be a bit 'difficult'."

Jane shouted something to the surroundings, and the magicians instantly gathered behind her.

At the same time, the disciples of the Magic Academy surrounded Jian and his group, trapping them firmly in the middle.

The two sides are on the verge of war, and it seems that war could break out at any moment.

An old man's voice came from the sky.

"Little sister, why do you bring so many people to disturb my Xiyuan Academy? As the saying goes, guests are guests, and we should treat each other with the courtesy due to hosts and guests."

Everyone looked up and saw that it was Immortal Master Yu Ran. Immortal Master Yu Ran looked the same as before, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and stroking his beard as he gracefully descended.

After the clouds dispersed, Master Yu Ran slowly said, "Little sister, if you have something to say, please speak properly. This is not a dining hall. Please put down your chopsticks. What kind of manners are you to point at someone with a chopstick!"

Jane angrily waved her wand, and a surge of electricity struck. Master Yu Ran waved his sleeve, and the electricity was deflected, instantly blasting a large rock in the distance to pieces with a loud bang.

“Immortal Master Yu Ran! It is said that these chopsticks should be called magic wands…” Tai Shang Xiao Jun, having just learned from Hua Sheng, immediately corrected, “They are magical implements used by foreigners.”

Master Yu Ran nodded, stroking his long white beard.

"These foreigners are so strange. They place weapons like knives and forks on the dining table, while treating our chopsticks as weapons and ritual implements... Hey? Hua Sheng, when did you return to the academy?"

Seeing that the Immortal Master Yu Ran before him was not the Doctor Yu Ran he had seen in his illusion, Hua Sheng was overwhelmed with emotion and quickly bowed, saying, "Immortal Master! This disciple is late; I have just returned to the study hall. I will then report my recent situation to the Immortal Master."

Master Yu Ran nodded, then turned to the young magician Jian and said, "Little sister, I already know what you just said. But to be honest, as far as I know, the Academy of Arts and Sciences does not possess any of the Jupiter Silk you mentioned."

Two male magicians nearby were about to rush forward when Jane stopped them with a gesture. She waved her wand, and the magic hat that had fallen to the side flew back. She dusted it off, put it back on, and said unhurriedly:

"Since you, as an elder here, are unwilling to admit it, don't blame me for producing evidence. At that time, the face that you Easterners value most will probably be completely destroyed!"

Judging from Jane's words, she seems to have evidence that the Shudao Academy stole their things.

Master Yu Ran stroked his beard and replied, "It's alright, it's alright. Little sister, can you tell me how this thing was stolen?"

Jane opened the red magic book in her hand, waved her wand, and the fiery eagle that had been circling overhead suddenly swooped down and disappeared into the magic book with a gust of wind. Jane then snapped the book shut.

He then said, "We're from Klin Magic Academy!"

Mieying had somehow appeared behind Huasheng and whispered, "I told you, they're no good. Look, their school is called Klin...something Demon and Monster School..."

“I heard what you said!” Jane glared at Mie Ying. “Our school’s full name is Klin Magic School.”

“A magic school…” Immortal Master Yu Ran nodded. “I have never heard of such an academy.”

“Not in the East. In Paris, France, in Europe,” Jane said.

Hua Sheng whispered to Immortal Master Yu Ran, "Immortal Master, you need a visa to go to that country..."

"What is a visa?" Immortal Master Yu Ran looked at Hua Sheng in surprise.

Hua Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Usually you need a passport first... Sigh, never mind, never mind. If you really want to go, Immortal Master, no one can stop you."

“Oh… The mortal realm is vast. It’s not surprising that there are places I haven’t heard of.” Immortal Master Yu Ran nodded.

Jane continued her narration, explaining that their school, Klin Magic Academy, once kept an incredibly precious silkworm. For several days each year, this silkworm would spin a strange kind of silk. Each time it spun silk, time around the silkworm would stand still. Thus, this strange silk was named TSS, short for Time Star Silk. Jane translated it into Chinese as "岁星丝" (Suixing Silk).

The silkworm silk called "Jupiter Silk" has an extremely low yield. Ten years ago, as this precious silkworm's life came to an end, the Jupiter Silk never increased again, and the total amount of "Jupiter Silk" produced in its entire life was only a small roll the size of a thumb.

At first, people couldn't understand the function of this strange silk, but after research by the magic professors at Klin Magic Academy, they discovered that under the influence of certain external spells, Jupiter Silk could possess the rare ability to traverse time.

So the professors tried to weave something with Jupiter silk, but they found that the properties of this silk were extremely unstable. Any object touched by it during the weaving process would be destroyed or disappear, as if it had fallen into a time vortex.

Therefore, Klin's Magic Academy never managed to create anything useful from beginning to end.

The wizards at Klin Magic Academy believed that if Jupiter Silk were to be truly woven into cloth and exert its actual function of influencing time, a certain "special formula" would need to be added during the weaving process.

Upon hearing this, Master Yu Ran asked, "If that's the case, this item sounds dangerous, and your esteemed institution should have kept it safe. So why was it lost?"

Jane continued, "Just a year ago, a time distortion occurred in the eastern seas, thousands of miles away from us. This triggered a resonance vibration of matter, meaning that something resonated with the Jupiter Threads. Coincidentally, we had some magic professors near the East Sea, so they immediately rode flying dragons to that location."

Taishang Xiaojun asked, "What did you find?"

Jane explained, "At that time, we discovered that the time resonance caused by the Jupiter filament caused an extremely violent storm in the East China Sea. At the center of the storm was a cruise ship called the Bedland."

(End of this chapter)