Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

I want you to marry a female dragon? And I want you to lure this female dragon into our camp to serve as a free and powerful thug... Lu Mingfei was thinking this in his mind, but he could only think about it in his head and of course he would never say it out loud.

"I think..." Lu Mingfei was making up a lie quickly when the sound of water stopped abruptly. Xia Mi had finished washing up and saved his life just in time. He didn't need to make up an excuse to deal with his senior brother.

"Huh? Are you discussing my admission counseling?" Xia Mi came out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel, with water droplets still hanging on her neck, like dewdrops on a jade vine.

"Our conversation... did you hear everything?" Lu Mingfei felt horrified as he looked at Xia Mi who was wiping her long hair.

"Not all of it, I heard most of it." Xia Mi picked her ears, "I forgot to tell you, my hearing is actually pretty good."

Oh my god...what a ghost! It's so scary!

This girl has this skill? Fortunately, I didn't choose to tell my senior brother frankly, otherwise they would not be facing a cute girl like a lotus emerging from the water, but an angry mother dragon! Lu Mingfei was terrified.

"Hey, senior brother, haven't you taken the balloon off yet? It seems that you really like Winnie the Pooh." Xia Mi looked at the white rope on Chu Zihang's wrist that was still intact, and chuckled with her hands covering her mouth.

Chu Zihang, however, turned a deaf ear to Xia Mi's teasing. He simply held up his translated copy of the Emerald Jade Record and muttered to himself, "Ascending from the earth to the heavens, and descending from the heavens, gaining the power of those above and those below. This way, one can obtain the glory of the world and escape from darkness and ignorance."

This is Newton's translation of "The Emerald Record". This scientist himself was also a well-known charlatan, and he admired alchemy and theology very much. In the Middle Ages, theology and science were not so clearly distinguished, and alchemy was also considered a branch of science.

Lu Mingfei glanced at Xia Mi who was wearing a bathrobe. She was as beautiful as a flower, with skin as white as cream, and her shoulders were so smooth that it seemed that anything would slide down. On the other hand, Chu Zihang turned a deaf ear to the teasing of such a pretty junior sister, and kept reading, like an old monk with a calm mind and unshakable meditation!

Maybe even Chu Zihang himself didn't notice that the hand holding the balloon tied to the rope was trembling slightly behind the book.

"I've read this passage before, too. Some say it can be translated as 'Taiyi ascends from the earth into the sky, then descends back to the ground, absorbing the power of both the upper and lower realms. In this way, you will possess the glory of the entire world and be free from ignorance.'" Xia Mi wiped her hair and naturally continued Chu Zihang's explanation. "The key to understanding this sentence lies in what exactly 'Taiyi' refers to."

Chu Zihang then looked up at Xia Mi. He originally thought that this junior sister was the type of unreliable student like Finger, but he didn't expect that under her lively and playful appearance, she actually had such a rich inner world. Deep down in his heart, he felt a little... surprised?

"It can be understood as the material used in alchemy, that is, metal or other substances burned by flames." Chu Zihang continued to stare at the ancient book and said calmly.

"It can also be understood as 'spirit'." Xia Mi said.

"Spiritual theory has not made any progress since 1972."

"But last year, Jing Xing said he had published a new paper."

Lu Mingfei listened to the two people's heated discussion about "The Emerald Jade Record". He silently poured himself a glass of water and chose not to join in the conversation.

Brother, I put so much thought into creating an environment for you to be in the same room. A beautiful woman in a bathrobe and with pearls in front of her even approached you to talk to her, but you only thought about schoolwork and ancient books?

But Chu Zihang... that's just the way he is. Lu Mingfei sighed inwardly. Forget it, chatting about The Jade Record would be nice too. At least they'd found a common topic to discuss, right? This also suited Chu Zihang's interests. It was better than just staring at each other in silence, right?

"Brother Lu, what do you think the 'Taiyi' here refers to? Do you prefer the material theory or the spiritual theory?" Xia Mi looked over.

"Uh……"

Lu Mingfei was stunned. "Just the two of you can argue, don't drag me into this!" Chu Zihang, with his personality, finally managed to have a private chat with a girl. Even though the discussion was purely academic and devoid of any romantic flirtations, it was still a milestone! Who among Su Xiaoqiang, Liu Miaomiao, and Chen Wenwen could possibly get this kind of treatment? He was so stubborn that even Su Qian, who was so close to him, couldn't win him over!

You are so good, you took the opportunity to force a light bulb in. Lu Mingfei looked at Xia Mi hatefully, his eyes full of disappointment.

"Hmm? Aren't you from the history department, Senior Brother Lu? History department students should be very knowledgeable about the fragments of dragon classics like the Emerald Jade Record, right? Could it be that you are the type who doesn't like studying?" Xia Mi asked with her beautiful eyebrows furrowed.

She misunderstood Lu Mingfei's look, thinking that he was blaming her for suddenly asking academic questions.

She had tried her best to change the wording to something more subtle like "not very fond of studying" instead of using the straightforward description of "bad student". After all, it was the first time they met and this Senior Brother Lu had just bought her a Coke and was a very nice person. Wouldn't it be impolite to complain about his grades right away?

Lu Mingfei really wanted to nod his head wildly and say, "Junior sister, you guessed right. I am a super poor student in school. I usually just play around and have no idea about these academic topics, just like a toad listening to scriptures..." But before he could open his mouth, Chu Zihang interrupted him.

"Lu Mingfei is indeed very research-savvy. He's the only 'S' grade student in the academy. He's completed all his courses with distinction ahead of time and has also taken a number of minor subjects." Chu Zihang put down his book and looked up at Lu Mingfei. "I'd also like to know your understanding of this statement."

Damn it, I didn't interrupt and kept a low profile just to avoid overshadowing your brilliance, brother. Did I go to so much trouble to get you and the girl into a room so that you could turn this into a small academic seminar?

I can’t even carry either of you two… Lu Mingfei stared at Chu Zihang, complaining in his heart with resentment.

"Wow... so good! I can't tell at all!" Xia Mi stared at Lu Mingfei with wide eyes, her tone full of disbelief. "Then don't hide it, Brother Lu, please tell me what you think!"

Xia Mi held the bath towel in front of her chest with one hand and stretched the other hand in front of Lu Mingfei, holding a microphone like an academic reporter doing an interview.

"If I have to choose one, I would rather support the spiritual approach." Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes and replied.

"Yeah!" Xia Mi jumped up and made a victory gesture to Chu Zihang. Senior Brother Lu Mingfei also stood on her side. Now the score was two to one.

Chu Zihang looked at his younger sister, who had a boyish personality, and shook his head helplessly. Isn't it typical of a little boy to treat anything as a competition? At least from childhood, Chu Zihang had always been "the child of other people's families." Few would actively compare themselves to him, as that would be tantamount to humiliating themselves. After entering Kassel Academy, there was one, Caesar... He was indeed a grown-up boy, wasn't he? Chu Zihang always felt that Caesar hadn't grown up.

"But in the report I submitted to my supervisor before, my point of view was 'the id theory'." Lu Mingfei interrupted Xia Mi's victory celebration.

"'I think I say'?" Xia Mi and Chu Zihang looked at each other. Well, now the three of them have different opinions and they are divided into three factions.

"How do you explain it?" Chu Zihang asked Lu Mingfei. He seemed very interested in the new term proposed by the latter.

"Some researchers of the medieval Jade Record once believed that this was a work that falsely claimed the name of God, but the author was 'infinitely close to God' and 'stole God's laws'. He used secret language because he was afraid that these laws would be understood by ordinary people." Lu Mingfei looked at Chu Zihang and said.

"Sacrificial body in ancient Egyptian?"

"Yes, the sacrificial body was only mastered by monks in the Middle Ages. In the seventh century AD, Arabic replaced Egyptian as the common language in Egypt, so the sacrificial body is difficult to interpret. Brother Chu, the Newton translation you used may be full of errors..." Xia Mi added. She and Lu Mingfei clapped their hands to celebrate their collaboration in taking the lead in passing Chu Zihang's "matter theory".

"But I don't completely agree with the spirit's theory. If humans can evolve into dragons, she has neither the need nor the means to return to the human world... Even if she is well versed in the laws of the human world and is proficient in imitating human nature and emotions, she still cannot return, because deep down... she is still not a real human being." Lu Mingfei said this while looking at Xia Mi.

Xia Mi listened in silence, as if something obscure flashed across her eyes. Then she raised her head, met Lu Mingfei's gaze, and asked with a smile, "Then how can she return to being a human being?"

"This involves what I call the 'self-state,'" Lu Mingfei said solemnly. "The self ascends to the upper realm, while the ego remains in the lower realm. One side controls the power of dragons, while the other side retains the human soul..."

Lu Mingfei suddenly fell silent and lowered his head, because he thought of himself and Lu Mingze for no reason... He suddenly realized that these words really described them as alike, didn't they?

"That's a very interesting statement." Chu Zihang nodded and quickly took notes in his notebook.

Xia Mi looked at Lu Mingfei deeply, as if there was something hidden in his words that could penetrate her bones. She seemed like a different person, from a love-struck girl to a gloomy woman, secretly thinking about some unknown secrets in her heart.

Is that so? My true self possesses a human soul? So there's such a path... A golden light flashed in Xia Mi's eyes, and the confidante in her heart seemed to resurface.

However, this strange atmosphere did not last long, because someone suddenly knocked on the door of the guest room.

"Room service." The person outside knocked on the door politely three times and then said.

"Come in." Lu Mingfei, who was closest to the door, opened it.

A waiter in a black vest came in pushing a silver dining cart with a brand new white tablecloth hanging on it, and his signature smile was on his face.

"Mr. Chu Zihang has ordered three fillet steaks, cooked medium-rare, three servings of pasta, two servings of black pepper and one serving of tomato, three times the amount of freshly squeezed orange juice, plus a complimentary fruit platter for everyone staying in the suite. Please enjoy your meal." The waiter shook out the white cloth, and the aroma of grilled steak instantly filled the entire room.

"Ahhh, I love you the most, Senior Brother Chu!" Xia Mi jumped towards the dining car excitedly and almost exposed herself.

As the waiter left, the black waiter quietly slipped a piece of letter paper from the Hyatt Hotel into Lu Mingfei's hand.

The pale yellow envelope was printed with a very familiar symbol - the half-rotten world tree.

Chapter 115 Auction 114

Dear Ricardo:

This is a mission email. Please go downstairs immediately after receiving this email. There is a black Maserati waiting for you at the hotel entrance. It has an Illinois license plate, license plate number 'CAS001'. The person in the car will tell you the mission details.

The handwriting is unrestrained and freehand, as if carrying a wild and unrestrained spirit. The letter paper is permeated with a faint fragrance that floats in the air. Floris's men's perfume, this perfume produced in the UK is not as rich as French perfumes, nor as vibrant as American perfumes, but its style is rigorous and restrained. The person who sprays this perfume is probably an old gentleman with British sentiments running through his veins.

Lu Mingfei recognized this scent because there was only one old man in the entire Kassel Academy who had a special liking for this perfume.

Xia Mi came up, a steaming steak in her mouth, like a hungry puppy. The smell of meat completely overwhelmed the faint scent of perfume. She said vaguely, "A note from the academy. Do you still need to carry out the mission even though you're trapped in Chicago? Senior Brother Lu, you're so busy!"

"It's a pity that the mission has come. There's nothing we can do, senior brother. Junior sister Xia Mi's admission guidance can only be handed over to you. Will you 'take care' of junior sister?" Lu Mingfei said to Chu Zihang, emphasizing the word "take care".

He said "regret", but in fact, he had no regrets at all. Lu Mingfei winked at Chu Zihang frantically, his eyes squeezed into hearts. He loved this letter so much. It could send him away at the critical moment, leaving Chu Zihang and Xia Mi alone in a room.

Chu Zihang curled the corner of his mouth and made faces at Lu Mingfei, not knowing what to say.

He actually wanted to ask if the mission needed help and if he could be taken along, but then he changed his mind and thought, leaving Xia Mi here alone... wouldn't a girl be scared staying in a hotel alone at night?

"Don't worry, Senior Brother Lu. Senior Brother Chu looks like a too upright person. He will definitely not bully me. You can go with peace of mind!" Xia Mi was as carefree as a silly girl. She waved at Lu Mingfei while slurping her pasta.

It would be nice to bully you, but my senior brother is too upright. However, Lu Mingfei still hopes that these two people will have a passionate love affair tonight and maybe give birth to a little female dragon, although the possibility is infinitely close to zero.

"Senior Brother Lu!"

Lu Mingfei still opened the door, but was stopped by Xia Mi.

"Huh?" Lu Mingfei turned his head and looked at Xia Mi in confusion.

This girl wouldn't want to join in the mission and let me take her away with me, right?

"Can I have your steak and pasta?" Xia Mi pointed eagerly at the food on the dining cart, her tone somewhere between cute and coquettish, "It won't taste good if it gets cold."

"Eat as much as you can. If it's not enough, feel free to ask brother for more food. He'll make sure you have enough. His wallet is very fat!" Lu Mingfei waved his hand, looking very generous as if he was the one who was rich instead of Chu Zihang.

Lu Mingfei left a narrow gap in the door and peeked inside.

He saw Xia Mi feasting in front of the silver dining cart, while his senior brother was sitting by the wall holding ancient books and notebooks, looking at the girl with a helpless expression. The sunlight outside the window fell on the boy and girl's hair and clothes, like brilliant glass, and they were angels bathing in the sun, as beautiful as the morning light.

Lu Mingfei smiled and gently closed the door a crack, as if he wanted to lock the angelic image in his heart forever.

……

A black coupe was parked on the roadside in front of the hotel. In the front grille, a silver trident logo stood out. It was a Maserati, a famous car sold in the same store as Ferrari.

The slender hood has a sharp curve, like a shark leaping out of the water, and the anti-peep glass blocks the view inside. This is definitely a cool big toy and one of the cars that men dream of.

As Lu Mingfei approached, the car door opened automatically.

Wearing a black custom-made suit, shiny Italian leather shoes, a straight black custom-made suit, oiled hair that could be used as a mirror, and a bright red rose on his chest, the old man looked like a suave poet and a politician full of passion... In fact, Lu Mingfei thought he looked most like an old pervert.

"Principal." Lu Mingfei bowed slightly to the old man in a suit and tie, then sat down on the leather seat of the Maserati's passenger seat.

"Hello, Mingfei." The old man smiled and raised his glass. "You don't look surprised at all?"

The person in the driver's seat was Ange. This old guy obviously knew how to enjoy life. There was a melodious aria playing on the stereo, and there was a bottle of cold red wine in the slot where a Coke should have been inserted. The skylight above his head was open, and curls of cigar smoke rose out.

"How can I not be surprised? I'm almost surprised to death!" Lu Mingfei's surprise seemed to be a step late. He pretended to widen his eyes and opened his mouth into an "O" shape, looking exaggerated.

"Although you seem to be gifted in dragon-slaying skills, you don't seem to have any talent for acting. Has anyone ever told you that your acting is poor?" Angé asked with a smile, looking at the pretentious Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei's face froze. As for his acting skills... Jiude Mai had mocked his poor acting skills more than once, and his senior brother Finkel had also described his acting as "crappy". Now even Principal Angers said so.

Damn it, is my acting really that bad?!

"Well... but thanks to you for cutting the tracks of the CC1000 train, I am now trapped in Chicago." Ange took a sip of red wine and exposed Lu Mingfei's "evil" in one sentence, but his tone was not blaming but full of ridicule.

"You are worthy of being the principal. You know all this." Lu Mingfei scratched the back of his head and smiled embarrassedly.

"It was captured by a surveillance camera." Ange waved his hand, indicating that Lu Mingfei's flattery was ineffective. "My inbox is full of emails reporting you. If I hadn't muted my phone, it would still be ringing non-stop. Manstein was furious and said he would make things difficult for you when he got back to the academy. The people on the board of directors also questioned me whether this could be considered a provocation and rebellion against the secret party. They denounced your behavior as extremely abhorrent. In the history of Kassel Academy, there has never been a student so arrogant as to defy the party's authority."

"Is it really that... earth-shattering?" Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes. "The opinions of those old guys on the board of directors are not important. What matters is what you think, Principal. Do you also think I'm plotting a rebellion?"

"Hahaha, clever little guy." Ange laughed heartily, then lowered his voice, made his palm into a long knife shape, and brought it down fiercely, "Next time you do it, you can wear a mask or avoid the blind spots of the surveillance. Move more quickly, so that those old bastards who are against me will be angry but have no place to vent their anger!"

Not only did Ange not blame Lu Mingfei, he also looked very pleased and even taught him by example. No wonder Kassel College is full of such crazy people. If the top beam is not straight, the bottom beam will be crooked. It seems that this old man has a deep grudge against the damn board of directors and has probably done a lot of bad things like this.

"Why did the principal call me this time?" Lu Mingfei asked. He believed that Ange would definitely not call him just for such a trivial matter as cutting down the train tracks.

"We're going to an auction. This time, we're collaborating sincerely." Angers handed over a beautifully printed document. "Sotheby's, one of the best auction houses in the world, is a major hub for the circulation of art."

Lu Mingfei took the information.

This was an auction list, labeled in five languages: Chinese, English, Russian, Italian, and French. The exhibits on it were dazzling and overwhelming, including a large Yuan Dynasty blue and white porcelain jar depicting Guiguzi descending the mountain...a "Diamond of the Century" unearthed in a South African mine and meticulously crafted by professional cutters over three years...and even a command sword used by Hitler during World War II...each of these horrifying items had even more thrilling prices marked underneath.

"Principal, what is our goal?" Lu Mingfei asked calmly.

"None of the items on the list are our goals. We don't need those outdated antiques. The academy already has enough antiques to host a world-class exhibition!" Ange exhaled a puff of smoke, flicked his cigar out the window, and said in a deep voice, "Our goal is always something useful for slaying dragons: a set of alchemical weapons and a set of alchemical armor."

"Alchemical armor?" Lu Mingfei asked doubtfully.

He probably guessed what that set of alchemical weapons was. If his guess was right, he would probably settle the score with that unreliable girl Jiude Mai Qiuhou!

But alchemical armor? Even in Lu Mingfei's dream, there was no memory of such a thing.

"Yes!" Ange nodded heavily and started the Maserati. "An alchemical armor that looks like it's of the Dragon King level!"

hiss!

Lu Mingfei took a breath, but the sound was drowned out by the sound of the Maserati wasting air under his feet.

The black shark roared and charged, ignoring the changing traffic lights at the intersection. The road formed by the traffic was like its ocean current, leaving one car after another behind, piercing the road like a sharp sword and rushing around. All the cars behind were forced to stop, and the blocked intersection was suddenly filled with overwhelming classic American curses.

A faint blush emerged in the wrinkles carved by time on Ange's face. Alcohol and speed made this old man, who was over a hundred years old, feel a sense of excitement for the first time in his life. He was drunk and had been in a twilight state for fifty years. It seemed that only by weaving through the gaps in life like this could he escape time and have a moment of joy and relaxation.

"It's really... a real-life version of "The Fast and the Furious", Principal!" The Maserati shuttled through the endless traffic like a bullet, the body of the car swaying from side to side, but Lu Mingfei remained as steady as a rock.

The car's speed had long exceeded the city's speed limit, but the old man still seemed unsatisfied. He shifted the gear to the red-marked "Super Sport" mode and let out a shout that would accelerate the secretion of hormones in a young girl.

"An old man who has lived for who knows how many years, with half his body buried in a coffin, and on his deathbed, can't we allow him to drive a fast car without a license and after drinking?" Ange laughed heartily and shouted, "Hold on, young man!"

This old man, dressed like an old British gentleman, has been driving without a license for more than a hundred years!

The Maserati's speed increased again, and the pointer indicating the vehicle's speed had reached the far right end of the dashboard. The sharp pointer trembled violently as if it was going to pierce the dashboard. The performance of this coupe modified by the equipment department had far exceeded its own domain, and it roared like a wild beast.

"Can you smoke a cigar?" Ange asked loudly in the wind.

"I've never smoked. My senior brother always says that attraction is harmful to health." Lu Mingfei also answered loudly.

"Have you ever stayed in a presidential suite or driven in a Rolls-Royce?" Ange asked again.