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After listening to Xiao Ce's words, Xiao Yang nodded and led the way.

On the way, Xiao Yang asked Xiao Ce, "Brother, what happened to you? Why are you in such a hurry to see them?"

Xiao Ce shook his head and said, "Of course not. When you were telling me before, I was so preoccupied with the matter of that mad Taoist that I ignored what you were saying about the Heavenly Mystery Institute! But here we have a lot of resources, including a shipyard, although many things have been destroyed."

"I'll see if they can find a way to fix it and get it running again."

Xiao Yang nodded, then said to Xiao Ce, "Brother, you seem a little nervous. Have you heard some news? I've never seen you with this expression before."

"No matter how many battles we fight where the odds are stacked against us, I never see you get nervous..."

Xiao Ce gave a wry smile and glanced at the mad Taoist following behind him: "Wasn't it because he scared me..."

Xiao Ce reluctantly recounted what he had just said.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yang laughed and said, "Brother, didn't you advise me against it before? How did you come to believe him?"

Xiao Ce shrugged helplessly and said to Xiao Yang, "Hey, it doesn't feel right either. Although I don't want to believe it, those people from the Illuminati are really too powerful!"

"You said you'd never seen me this nervous before, because I know that I completely overwhelm them in terms of troop quality, weaponry, combat record, and tactics..."

"But this time, it's different..."

Xiao Yang said, "Brother, what do you have to be afraid of? They're so powerful, but we still managed to take them down. If they dare to come again, we'll just take them down again, won't we?"

Xiao Ce gave a bitter smile: "It's not that easy! This time we launched a surprise attack. Their main force from Fusang was absent, and we had someone leading the way. You could say they didn't even have time to react when we attacked..."

"So, the road is clear! But now we need to defend, they're going to attack!"

Xiao Yang was genuinely surprised by Xiao Ce's expression.

After all, he had never seen Xiao Ce like this before.

As they spoke, they arrived outside a house.

"Your Majesty, Dean Liao said that they need to be together for easier discussion."

"So, we originally wanted to give each of them a house, but they insisted that one house would be enough for them..."

Xiao Yang offered an explanation, as he was somewhat worried that Xiao Ce would blame him.

Xiao Ce nodded: "As expected, these people are no longer pursuing these material things!"

Xiao Ce looked at the two soldiers with buzz cuts at the door, and the soldiers saluted him.

After looking around, Xiao Ce said to Xiao Yang, "Xiao Yang, go and increase the defenses. We need at least one person from the Heavenly Mystery Institute, and four guards to protect them!"

Xiao Yang nodded and immediately took care of it.

Xiao Ce walked in on his own, and once inside the courtyard, it was very quiet.

I couldn't hear any other sounds at all.

They were in a large room, and they were all writing and drawing on paper, seemingly calculating something.

There were about thirty people in the room, and they all looked unkempt.

Xiao Ce stood at the door for quite a while, but no one noticed him.

When an older woman came over, she asked Xiao Ce, "Who are you? How did you get in?"

Xiao Ce listened as the old woman and some servants brought out some food.

When Xiao Ce turned around, everyone was taken aback.

Then, after a long pause, he spoke with a face full of excitement, though some of the servants behind him reacted faster.

He immediately knelt on the ground with a thud and shouted, "Greetings, King of the Northern Desert!"

The old woman finally realized what was happening, and in her excitement, she almost spilled the food she was carrying…

Fortunately, Xiao Ce caught him in time.

At first, the commotion went unnoticed by the people from the Heavenly Secrets Institute.

They only realized what was happening when they heard them chanting and bowing to Xiao Ce.

They all put down their pens and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

"King of the Northern Desert...is it really you..."

Soon everyone inside came out.

He then respectfully bowed to Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce tried to help them up, but he couldn't.

In fact, these people from the Heavenly Mystery Academy also greatly admired Xiao Ce.

However, their adoration for Xiao Ce differed from that of the common people.

The people admired him because Xiao Ce provided them with a good material life.

The reason these people from the Heavenly Mystery Academy admired Xiao Ce was entirely because of the books he left them.

Xiao Ce gave them those mathematical and physical subjects, and even the periodic table of elements.

There are also many chemical formulas.

These things opened the door to a completely new world for them.

Xiao Ce had Brian Carter and his team bring in scientists from Britain, who were able to teach the people of the Heavenly Mystery Academy a great deal.

However, after they stated some physical theorems, they were completely stunned.

In particular, they raised some of the chemical knowledge that Xiao Ce mentioned.

These things completely shocked those scientists.

The scientists from abroad were initially quite arrogant, believing they would definitely shock these people.

As a result, they discovered that there was such a group of people in this ancient country.

They learned much that they didn't know before, and some of it was knowledge they had never even heard of.

Therefore, they are also learning from each other.

The periodic table alone amazed them.

Because they did discover many elements, but there were also some they didn't know about at all.

They don't know how this country, which can be said to have no technology, knew these things.

The people at the Heavenly Mystery Institute here couldn't explain it either, they could only say it was a gift from God.

Xiao Ce was revered as a god in the Xiao Kingdom, so their statement wasn't entirely unfounded…

At first, they just thought Xiao Ce was very capable.

However, they discovered that those brilliant Western scientists were even more brilliant, and they were all amazed by Xiao Ce's knowledge.

They only shared information that they could understand.

Xiao Ce also possessed many very high-level books, which required a high level of access to read.

They couldn't imagine what those people would think if they saw those books.

In fact, many people in the Tianji Academy applied to read the books, but those books with high access levels were like reading celestial texts to them, and they couldn't understand them at all.

They became increasingly convinced that Xiao Ce was not human, but a god.

Seeing that they were still giving him a deep bow, Xiao Ce quickly went forward to help him up.

"Everyone, please rise!"

After telling them to get up, Xiao Ce looked them over.

We still haven't found out who's in charge.

"Gentlemen, I hope I haven't disturbed you."

The scholars from the Heavenly Mystery Institute waved their hands repeatedly: "Your Highness, no...no...Your Highness...um...is there something you need from us?"

Xiao Ce smiled and said, "I was held up by some trivial matters and haven't been able to come see you all until now. I should have been the first to come see you... but I've been delayed until now, so please don't feel awkward!"

Upon seeing this, the gentlemen waved their hands repeatedly, displaying an expression of trepidation.

"No! No! I wouldn't dare... I wouldn't dare... We should be the ones coming to pay our respects to Your Highness! But these past few days, we've been working on some difficult problems, which is why... that's why we've been delayed. Please forgive us, Your Highness!"

As they were speaking, a middle-aged man of short stature with a goatee cupped his hands and said.

Xiao Ce looked at him and said, "You must be Dean Liao!"

Upon seeing this, the short, middle-aged man with a goatee looked surprised: "Your Highness...you...you know me? I am Liao Sen!"

Xiao Ce was also guessing.

After all, only the leader would dare to say something like that.

Although these people all looked unkempt, the short, middle-aged man with a goatee seemed to be quite shrewd.

"I've heard so much about you! Seeing is believing..." Xiao Ce was just spouting nonsense; he had only just heard his name from Xiao Yang.

Liao Sen was clearly surprised and flattered.

"You haven't had dinner yet? Alright, let's eat and chat!"

As he spoke, Xiao Ce invited them into the house, then glanced at their table.

They were all calculating the problems they were responsible for.

After they put the food away, the old women who brought the meals carefully placed the food away.

Xiao Ce glanced around and found that the food here was not bad. Although it wasn't exactly gourmet food, it certainly didn't lack any of the necessary nutrients!

"Your Highness, are you able to eat this food? Would you like us to get some more...?"

Xiao Ce interrupted the old woman, "This one is fine, I'm not picky! You all go about your business."

Seeing this, these individuals finally bowed and left.

Xiao Ce looked at the people standing there respectfully and said, "Gentlemen, why are you all standing there like idiots... Sit! Sit! Sit! Don't treat me like a prince. Here, I'm just a scholar..."

Xiao Ce's words immediately won them over.

Then these people sat down.

Xiao Ce continued, "I heard Xiao Yang say that you all work all day long. That's not appropriate... We should rest when we need to."

Xiao Ce, a very thin middle-aged man, said, "Your Highness, we were indeed not in a hurry before... we were even a little complacent... thinking that we were already far ahead."

"But it was always the Slavic and Japanese weapons that appeared, and later it was always the Western scientists who came. We realized that we were so wrong!"

"Yes, after those scientists arrived, we realized how ridiculous our previous arrogance and conceit were. We were completely like frogs in a well; if it weren't for your books, we...we don't know how far behind we would have fallen..."

"It is Your Highness who has given us some confidence, and has at least left us scholars with something to rely on!"

…These people were so excited that they wanted to kowtow to Xiao Ce.

Xiao Ce could never get used to the ancient people's habit of kowtowing at the drop of a hat.