A World Worth Protecting

slightly.

The giant tree saw Wang Baole’s reaction and immediately pulled out a jade slip and presented it to Wang Baole, whispering.

“I realized that Li Wuchen has a relationship with a perfected True Breath realm cultivator, Zhou Mei, that is out of the ordinary, so I did a background check on Zhou Mei.
She’s one of the cultivators in the third batch.
Even though her level of cultivation isn’t very high, she’s one of the more powerful cultivators to have emerged from the Ethereal Dao College these last few years.
That was why she was selected by the Ethereal Dao College for transfer to the Dao Palace!”

“This jade slip contains Zhou Mei’s records for your inspection, Elder.” The giant tree lowered his head after his report and kept quiet.
He had found out the relationship between Zhou Mei and Wang Baole.
However, if Wang Baole wasn’t going to mention that, he wasn’t going to point it out either.
He was simply going to do his duty as instructed.

He didn’t dare, nor did he wish to ask Wang Baole about other related matters.
He had investigated those matters clearly as well, but that was because he didn’t permit himself to make any mistakes or commit any oversight in the event Wang Baole questioned him about them.

This was something he had learned from his subordinates when he had been the Deputy Governor on the Martian Colony.
One should carry out the orders given to him or her dutifully while thinking three steps ahead.
It might seem that he had only completed the task according to what had been instructed, but in reality, he had also familiarized himself with all the details related to his mission.
He had performed checks on related matters that had been beyond the scope of his duty and had prepared for the possibility of having to answer any questions on the spot.
He would have been able to answer them readily.

The giant tree had done his best while carrying out Wang Baole’s instructions.

His head remained lowered.
Meanwhile, Wang Baole had frozen on the spot.
He was familiar with the name Zhou Mei, but he couldn’t recall why at the moment, so he took the jade slip and began browsing its contents.

“She’s from Mars… a graduate from the Dao Mountain Mist Academy?” Wang Baole’s eyes widened when he read that.
His thoughts cleared up as he finally realized why he had found the name familiar.
The image of a chubby young girl surfaced in his mind.

Wang Baole blinked and continued reading.
The report in the jade slip was very detailed, including information on Zhou Mei’s family as well as what she had been up to after she graduated.
She had chosen to enter the Ethereal Dao College and completed her studies on the Upper Academy Island.
During her time there, she had chosen to enter the Dharmic Armament Pavilion!

Everything made Wang Baole slightly confused.
He could vaguely remember his time at the Dao Mountain Mist Academy.
The faces of his students flashed across his mind, and soon, the expression on Wang Baole’s face softened.
He couldn’t hold back a smile.

The giant tree noticed the smile on Wang Baole’s face.
Wang Baole must have remembered Zhou Mei had once been his student.
He said quietly, “Elder, based on my observations, Zhou Mei and Li Wuchen seem to be in love with each other… I’ve asked other cultivators from the Ethereal Dao College discreetly and received concrete evidence of that.
There’s indeed something going on between them, and it seems to be developing further during their time together in the Vast Expanse Dao Palace.” The giant tree stopped speaking at that point.
He lowered his head and awaited instructions from Wang Baole.

Wang Baole fell silent.
He might have chosen to give Li Wuchen a hand if the other person involved wasn’t his own student and were someone he didn’t know.
He would’ve tried to aid the development of this romance while not going against his own principles.

But Zhou Mei, his student, was now implicated in the matter, so Wang Baole wasn’t going to act rashly.
He needed to speak to Zhou Mei personally and understand what was going on before he could make a decision.

If Zhou Mei wasn’t a willing party in this relationship, Wang Baole would stop whatever plan he had in mind and find some other way to keep Li Wuchen under control.
Besides, he might have overestimated the problem at hand.
Perhaps when Li Wuchen finally regained his memories, Wang Baole would have already reached the Planet realm.

At that thought, Wang Baole’s attitude changed.
He smiled as he said, “Little Osmanthus, bring my disciple Zhou Mei over here.
My memory may be failing me since I didn’t recognize her at first.
Maybe she’s easily embarrassed and doesn’t dare come see me.” Upon saying that, Wang Baole suddenly realized something.
Maybe Zhou Mei did feel something for Li Wuchen, which was why she didn’t dare pay a visit to Wang Baole.
After all, she was aware of the tension between himself and Li Wuchen.

The Fire Spirit Academy and Dao Mountain Mist Academy had been fiercely competitive and hostile towards each other, and Zhou Mei herself had been one of the participants.
Wang Baole wondered how the pair had gotten together in the first place.

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