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director's office.

Li Qing subconsciously glanced at the tea table and was a little surprised that the director was not there. However, he did not ask where the director had gone. He just skillfully pulled a chair for Xi Sui'an and himself to sit down.

"Dean, I'm back. Please look up and see me!" Li Qing greeted.

Ren Pingsheng was lying on the table, as if taking a nap. He buried his head in his arms again, and the little tuft of white hair on his head stood up.

His muffled voice was weak: "I don't want to see you, if you have something to say, just say it."

Li Qing touched her chin and said solemnly, "Dean, Vega is gone."

"What? Vega is dead?!" Ren Pingsheng suddenly looked up and glared at Li Qing.

"..." Xi Sui'an looked at the dean and Li Qing, and silently moved his chair a little further away.

Ren Pingsheng looked at Li Qing's innocent expression for a few seconds, then suddenly picked up a thick book and threw it at her: "You little bastard!"

Li Qing raised her hand to take the book, handed it back to him respectfully, and said calmly: "He doesn't want to come to the academy to be a teacher, so you don't have to think about how to arrange for him. The teacher you want is gone."

Ren Pingsheng pointed at the book with his finger and snorted. His eyes passed over Xi Sui'an and he said nothing: "Go on."

Li Qing groaned for a moment: "It is still uncertain who the mermaids are targeting. What we can be sure of now is that there is a force cooperating with them. I suspect it is the Rosicrucian Society."

Xi Sui'an frowned. The premise of cooperation is to have a common goal. What common goals do the Rosicrucian Society and the mermaids have?

Ren Pingsheng was silent for a moment.

Li Qing continued, "And according to Vega, Ling Wei and the others are targeting the third gate."

Xi Sui'an's heart sank. The mermaids wanted to control the third gate?

The boundary gate is the passage between two realms. What do the mermaids want to do to the human world?

No, it won't. The gatekeepers have been guarding the gate for more than tens of thousands of years, and it seems to be very stable now. Even if Damocles is neutral, he will not allow the mermaids to do this. The mermaids have not eliminated the hidden dangers in the foreign land. Once they attack the human world and are attacked from both sides, they will be doomed.

The mermaids shouldn't be strong enough to overwhelm all other tribes.

Ren Pingsheng shook his head: "Occupying the third gate will not benefit the mermaids. Ling Wei is not that stupid." He stroked the spine of the book in his hand, "This senior sister has never been an easy person to deal with."

"It's quite difficult to deal with her. After I told her what you said, she turned around and asked me when you died." Li Qing said coldly.

“……”Ren Pingsheng’s eyes twitched.

There was a flash of astonishment in Xi Sui'an's eyes. The dean and Ling Wei had such a relationship.

Ren Pingsheng sneered: "Ling Wei would not do anything with so many disadvantages. She is a businessman."

Xi Sui'an thought for a moment and said seriously, "Dean, Senior Li, I want to ask if a boundary gate can be created artificially?"

Ren Pingsheng and Li Qing were subconsciously stunned when they heard Xi Sui'an's words.

Li Qing crossed her hands and rested her chin on them as she thought: "The human world and the alien world are actually one and the same. Xue Ji slashed the World Tree with one sword to lay the foundation for the alien world and thus separated the two worlds. To put it bluntly, the boundary gate is also part of the World Tree. It is reasonable to create it artificially, but it requires at least the ability of Xue Ji."

Ren Pingsheng shook his head: "Since Xue Ji, no one has been able to do such a feat as him."

Xi Sui'an frowned: "One is not enough, how about adding more?"

She raised her head and said calmly: "Quantitative change will also lead to qualitative change."

Ren Pingsheng frowned and sighed: "It will take at least three or four of me. It's not something that can be gathered with just one sentence."

Li Qing nodded: "Besides, the mermaids and humans have no life-and-death feud, so it is certain that the target is not the human race."

"Is the sword aimed at some god?"

Xi Sui'an touched his chin, thought for a long time and said.

"This possibility... is quite high." Li Qing agreed with her guess.

Ren Pingsheng sighed silently.

He looked up at Li Qing with a loving look in his eyes: "Anyway, this trip was really hard for you."

Li Qing's scalp numbed slightly when she was looked at: "If you have something to say, just say it, old man. Don't look at me like that..." She was very scared.

Ren Pingsheng's smile froze and he rolled his eyes: "Qing Shu and Peregrine are in the medical room, let's go check on them later."

Li touched her nose lightly. "Oh, okay, I'll be there in a minute."

Ren Pingsheng fixed his eyes on Xi Sui'an and said in a deep voice, "You should be careful in the future alchemical material trading fairs."

"Okay, Dean." She could feel the concern for her in Dean Ren's words.

Ren Pingsheng wanted to say something, but finally waved his hand to signal them to go out.

After the two of them left, he took out the communicator and contacted another person: "Qiu Sheng, do you have any news about Seren Argerich?"

"not yet."

"He disappeared without anyone noticing on his way back. The Argerich family searched and investigated, and initially determined that Seren was taken away without any strong resistance."

"This child...Qiu Sheng, thank you for your hard work. Find Seren as soon as possible." Ren Pingsheng sighed. Seren is a student of the academy and the heir of the Agrich family. At this critical juncture, no matter from which angle, the child must be brought back safely.

Amid the rustling sound of the wind, Ye Qiu said calmly, "I have some guesses, but they need to be confirmed. Don't worry, Dean, I will bring him back as soon as possible."

He paused and said, "If it's too late... I will avenge him."

"..."Ren Pingsheng twitched his lips. This kid did have a little pity for his junior, but not much.

Ren Pingsheng hung up the phone, stood up and looked at the scenery outside the window, and his expression suddenly relaxed.

"The kids are pretty good, what do you think?" The footsteps behind him came towards him without stopping.

The young man said calmly, "Yes, but I don't think you are well."

"Everyone is mortal, and living three hundred years is the life span that countless people dream of," Ren Pingsheng said calmly.

Ju Mang's fingertips moved slightly.

He lowered his eyes and whispered, "When I planted Qingqing, I didn't expect it to give birth to a spirit, so that all my efforts were in vain..."

Ren Pingsheng looked at Ju Mang viciously: "Shut up, I sent him away a long time ago, and he is now a free elf! If you dare to do that, I will lead Xi Sui'an to crush you!"

Ju Mang pursed his lips and said helplessly: "No, I'm not so ruthless and cold-blooded in your eyes, am I?"

Ren Pingsheng said coldly: "Qingqing is a good kid. He asked the kid from the Inspection Department to bring back those pine needles because he knew that many of them would fall into our hands! He cares so much about us, but you are such a cold-blooded, heartless guy!"

"Stop scolding, or you might get angry to death." Ju Mang listened calmly without refutation.

Ren Pingsheng almost choked on his breath when he heard that. He rolled his eyes and became even angrier.

Ju Mang sighed softly: "I know that he is living well in the human world now. He has joined the Yinglong Guard and met many humans. This is good. I don't plan to do anything to him, really."

"Where is Feng Liting's research going?" Ren Pingsheng said after a moment of silence.

"There are some signs. How long can you last?" Ju Mang turned his head to look at Ren Pingsheng with a calm expression.

“Three to five years is no problem.”

Ju Mang nodded: "Try to live longer and don't die before me."

Ren Pingsheng smiled and said, "I'll try my best."