Techniques and Dao

Chapter 112 The Threads of Jupiter (3)

Jane replied, "Why would my renowned Klin Magic Academy travel halfway around the world to frame you?"

Immortal Master Yu Ran pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be that Netherworld Rain?"

Hua Sheng recalled the scene he witnessed when he pierced the Jupiter Veil and said, "This disciple believes that the Jupiter Silk was not stolen by Wei Yu. Because Ming You herself comes from the future, she does not belong to this era. Moreover, Wei Yu was already wearing the Jupiter Veil long before they lost the Jupiter Silk. It could not have been made from Jupiter Silk that was temporarily stolen!"

Jane said, "If it was one of your people who stole the Jupiter Silk, then of course you can go back in time!"

Hua Sheng shouted, "One of our disciples was previously associated with the Jupiter Silk, but based on what we've learned, that person came from a thousand years in the future. Their timeline is more than a thousand years different from the timeline of your missing Jupiter Silk! They have absolutely no connection to this current situation!"

Master Yu Ran asked Hua Sheng, "How did you know that?"

Hua Sheng said, "Reporting to the Immortal Master, when I pierced the Jupiter Veil with the Golden Cudgel, I was possessed by the spell on the Jupiter Veil, which is why I saw these things."

Master Yu Ran narrowed his eyes in thought, without answering.

Jane shouted, "If your Magic Academy protects its own people, don't blame us for being impolite! When it comes to magic, you Easterners are no match for the Westerners!"

"Bullshit! You bunch of foreign devils! Come and try if you dare!" It was Xuanwen who shouted.

It looks like another conflict is about to break out between the two sides.

Master Yu Ran raised his hand to signal Xuan Wen to calm down, and replied, "Little sister, if there is indeed a thief in our academy, we should not only return the lost Sui Xing Silk to you, but also severely punish the disciple. However, this matter is of great importance, and our academy will certainly investigate who did it."

Jane seemed dissatisfied with Master Ran's answer.

“We don’t care who stole it, but since it was your disciple, the Academy of Arts and Sciences is implicated!”

Master Yu Ran replied, "It might be related to the Xi Academy, but if we can't find who it is, how can we find the item and return it to you?"

"We're here to search!"

Jane's words sparked another uproar.

The two sides were at war with each other.

Mieying shouted, "This is utterly ridiculous! You few? You're not even enough to fill my teeth!"

"Hmph! I'm afraid your teeth will be knocked out by then!"

Jane opened the red legal code and drew an orange six-pointed star in the air with her hand.

A huge wave of heat hit us, and the green leaves on the surrounding trees instantly turned yellow.

"Blaze dragon!" Jane shouted, and a ring of towering fire pillars burst into flames around her. The fire pillars spiraled rapidly around Jane, and then, as they spun, a powerful flame swirled and burned in the air, transforming into a giant fireball.

Jane's lips twitched slightly: "Summoning spell! Flame Dragon!"

In an instant, a burning dragon appeared in the flames, as large as a building.

The dragon, engulfed in flames, possessed sharp teeth and two fiery wings the size of a football field, which stretched out from its back. It suddenly descended to the ground, accompanied by a cloud of dust, the ground shaking so violently that everyone's legs went numb.

The two rows of withered trees burst into flames due to the intense heat generated by the blazing dragon.

With a deafening roar from the Fiery Dragon, the already burning leaves around it scattered and fell in all directions.

Immediately afterwards, the fire dragon spewed a burst of flames towards Hua Sheng and the others.

"careful!"

Hua Sheng, worried that the flames might harm innocent people, raised his golden cudgel to rush forward and block them.

I had only taken a few steps when I saw a figure dart up behind me.

The figure, wielding a long sword, shouted, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands! Ice Spell!"

The longsword danced in a flourish, instantly unfurling a vast net of blizzard in front, firmly resisting the flames of the fire dragon.

Hua Sheng looked closely and realized that the figure was none other than Tian Jizi.

The blazing dragon's flames came with ferocious force, rapidly melting the blizzard's ice net. It seemed the blizzard was about to be overwhelmed, and Tianjizi was about to be engulfed in flames.

"Hurry, hurry..."

Hua Sheng rushed forward, only to see Tian Jizi shout at him, "Get out of my way, you ant! This immortal can handle this!"

Just then, Yanlong suddenly gasped, as if his throat was choked, and coughed violently as if he was about to breathe fire but was stuck.

Seeing the opportunity, Tianjizi sheathed his sword behind him, struck the coughing Yanlong with his left hand, and shouted, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

The dragon was caught off guard and crashed backward with a thud, as if it had hit a mountain wall in mid-air.

The enormous, burning body of the Flame Dragon rolled repeatedly on the ground, leaving a trail of fire in its wake, before finally collapsing hundreds of feet away.

Tianjizi retracted his body, landed gracefully, and turned to Jian, saying, "How dare you run wild at the Academy of Arts and Sciences! Get out of here at once!"

Seeing that Tianjizi had defeated this powerful enemy in one move, Hua Sheng couldn't help but admire him and was about to praise him.

"Tianjizi is in excellent health..."

He was about to clap and cheer for Tianjizi when he was interrupted by a burst of screams from the female disciples around him.

"Wow!!! The registrar is amazing! Number one in the Xi Academy!"

"Invincible, invincible, handsome!"

"I'm almost dizzy from his handsomeness~~ I'm dizzy~~"

Amidst the deafening shouts of the female disciples, Hua Sheng's interest in greeting Tian Jizi vanished instantly.

"Good luck is great; it makes things twice as easy."

Hua Sheng went from praising it to offering a final, sarcastic comment.

Tai Shang Xiao Jun comforted him, "Indeed, he's tall, handsome, and lucky, so you don't need to mind too much."

"Are you trying to comfort me or insult me?" Hua Sheng glanced at Tai Shang Xiao Jun.

"Remember when he slapped you at the Lake Star Pavilion? He was confined for a month after the Qiankun Guard War. I bet Tianjizi gets angry just seeing you now."

Upon hearing what Taishang Xiaojun said, Hua Sheng realized that he had completely forgotten about this.

So much has happened before, it feels like a lifetime ago.

Looking at the female mage Jane, she was about to summon the fire dragon again.

Just then, a tall, blond male mage holding a long staff stopped Jane and said, "Jane, the other one is the best one can do, but the one who should return to the church is the best one can do."

Jane paused for a moment, then the male mage muttered a few more words in a low voice, saying, "Je comprends."

Then Jane turned to Master Ran and said, "This matter will not end here! I'll give you three days! We'll be back at 8 PM the day after tomorrow! If you still don't hand over the Jupiter Silk, Klin Magic Academy will raze the Magic Academy to the ground!"

"You bunch of foreign devils, if you have the guts, don't try to run away today!" Xuanwen shouted.

"Xuanwen, let's leave it at that for today."

Master Yu Ran clearly didn't want to start another conflict, so he stopped Xuan Wen and said to Jian, "If we only rely on this clue, it will be difficult to find the thief within three days..."

Jane shouted, "Just three days!"

Taishang Xiaojun interjected, "In that case, you can leave this purple-gold thread with us, so that we can use it to find out who it is."

After listening, Jane narrowed her eyes and thought for a moment. She then tore off a small piece of the purple-gold thread in her hand and said, "This is physical evidence. I can't give you all of it. Just use this piece for the investigation!"

Tai Shang Xiao Jun walked up and took the half of the purple-gold thread from Jian's hand. Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Miss, what should we do to contact you if we find the Jupiter Thread tomorrow?"

Jian glared at Taishang Xiaojun.

Tai Shang Xiao Jun pulled out the phone he'd somehow found again: "So, let's add each other..."

“I don’t have WeChat!” Jane said firmly.

"Skype, Line, right, those are what people in Europe and America use. How about we add each other... wait, it seems like neither of those works here. We'd need a VPN, which is too much trouble. How about we exchange phone numbers instead..."

Just then, Immortal Master Yu Ran shouted from behind, "You scoundrel, Little Lord Taishang! Stop trying to flirt with girls! Go back right now!"

Tai Shang Xiao Jun stuck out her tongue and shrank her neck.

"I will obey my master's orders!"

Then he suddenly produced a slip of paper from his hand, slipped it into the red law book in Jane's hand, and said softly, "This is my number! Remember to contact me!"

“Shit!” Jane replied.

Tai Shang Xiao Jun, as if nothing had happened, swaggered back and handed the loose thread to Immortal Master Yu Ran.

Master Yu Ran said to Jian, "Our Academy will thoroughly investigate this matter and will give everyone an explanation in three days."

Jane snorted, picked up her wand and drew it across the ground. An orange six-pointed star immediately appeared in the air, a foot above the ground.

A golden light flashed, and the group of mages vanished without a trace. Only the trees burned by the fire dragon and the ground covered with withered leaves remained.

After the other party left, Immortal Master Yu Ran sighed softly.

Hua Sheng asked, "Immortal Master, should we report this matter to Lord Lingxing?"

As soon as the question was asked, the expressions on the faces of Taishang Xiaojun, Mieying, Tianjizi and others changed instantly.

Hua Sheng was still feeling puzzled when he heard Immortal Master Yu Ran reply, "If we're looking for Dao Ling Xing Jun, I'm afraid it's difficult to do so now..."

"Is the Star Lord in seclusion again?" Hua Sheng thought of how the Star Lord Dao Ling often went into seclusion to cultivate.

“Hua Sheng, Dao Ling Xing Jun is not at the Daoist Academy…” Tai Shang Xiao Jun interrupted Hua Sheng.

"Where did you go?"

Tai Shang Xiao Jun hesitated, looking troubled.

Master Yu Ran said, "Hua Sheng, you don't know this. Dao Ling Xing Jun was taken away after the Battle of Qiankun."

Hua Sheng was shocked, thinking he had misheard, and asked, "Taken away? Taken away what?"

“They were imprisoned,” said Taishang Xiaojun.

Hua Sheng asked loudly, "What crime did he commit?!"

Tianjizi said, "It's all because of the Qiankun Guard War."

"Didn't Qiankun Weizhan win the battle against Mingyou? And didn't any major disasters occur in the human world?"

Tianjizi said, "There is no problem in the human world, but there are casualties in the Academy of Arts and Crafts."

Hua Sheng was taken aback. It was not surprising that the Academy of Arts and Sciences would suffer casualties after such a great battle.

But how could they arrest Dao Ling Xing Jun based on this alone? He asked, "That doesn't make sense, didn't we get Laozi's permission?"

"The Supreme Lord Laozi allowed the Academy of Arts and Sciences to make its own decision. Moreover, the Supreme Lord Laozi did not allow any casualties among disciples or immortal masters," said Immortal Master Yu Ran. "Furthermore, the Supreme Lord Laozi is not the direct administrator of Shengping Ning."

Hua Sheng said urgently, "But isn't Dao Ling Xingjun one of the Seven Sages of the Foundation Establishment Realm in Shengping Ning? With Dao Ling Xingjun's magical power, who could possibly capture him?"

“Li Jing,” said Taishang Xiaojun, “Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, came to the Academy of Arts and Sciences in person. He was the one who took Dao Ling Xingjun away!”

(End of this chapter)