Chapter 211

Just after Shen Cui finished talking to Lao Buyu about the new student who would arrive soon, a few days later, there was commotion at the entrance of the academy early in the morning.

This time, Lao Buyu didn’t thought it was the new—because it was really too early, before dawn, when all was quiet.

It was the time when people were fast asleep.

The new student he had been eagerly awaiting wouldn’t possibly arrive at such an hour.

However, he couldn’t ignore the commotion outside, so he let Mu Er Pang and Mei Ruochu, who were also awake, take care of it, and he put on his clothes to go and open the door.

Outside the door stood two people, one tall and one short.

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[When its power weakens, is it possible to capture it as well? To lock the rules themselves into the system’s power shield, just thinking about it feels relieving!]

It was at that time that the system popped out with that sentence: [Host, you really dare to think!]

After receiving confirmation from the system that it could be done after passing the game, Shen Cui had been waiting for this day to come.

The so-called ‘Academy Enrollment Plan,’ which was actually summarized more accurately by the system earlier, could also be called the ‘Rule Capture Plan.’

After Mu Yunchuan bit by bit escaped the control of the Rules of this dimension, The ruler itself couldn’t sit still anymore.

Recently, Mu Yunchuan had completely escaped his control, becoming more and more similar to an ordinary person.

When this child is born, Mu Yunchuan will definitely become even more hard to control, perhaps diverting half of his attention to his family.

What’s the point of taking this path of ascension?

If Mu Yunchuan truly becomes an ordinary person, even if he reconnects with it, he won’t be able to draw any energy from it.

Unfortunately, the current Mu family Mansion become the system’s ‘academy,’ thanks to Shen Cui and everyone’s identity has been arranged by Shen Cui.

So he can’t control anyone inside the mansion.

He can only start from the outside, by having the doctor prescribe the wrong medicine, or by having the servants buy the wrong things when they leave the academy to make purchases.

Before, the rules could control the world, move mountains, and fill seas.

However, after disconnecting from Mu Yunchuan for almost half a year, its ability has been reduced to this.

Of course, none of these plans can escape Mu Yunchuan’s eyes.

He is a genius without any flaws.

Since learning earlier that the Zhou Shi had contracted a strange disease without any effective medicine, he began studying medicine.

Now, he has reached a level similar to that of an ordinary doctor.

When he examined the medicine brought into the house, he immediately noticed that something was wrong.

Even with the supplements bought by the servants, he quickly realized that they were unusual.

Pressured and out of options, the rules influenced Xihe and the Emperor, causing Xihe, who usually didn’t meddle in his ministers’ family affairs, to suddenly advise Mu Yunchuan to remarry a noblewomen in the capital.

Mu Yunchuan politely declined without offending Emperor Xihe.

Afterwards, Emperor Xihe came to his senses and quickly apologized to Mu Yunchuan.

Several unsuccessful attempts, especially affecting the Emperor who influenced this world, depleted the remaining energy it had.

Its power became weaker and weaker, unable to influence others anymore.

In the end, it decided to take a desperate gamble—it directly incarnated and ran to Cuiwei’s vicinity, intending to set them on fire.

Aslong as Shen Cui’s body died, she would leave this plane, and the increasingly powerful foreign consciousness of the system would also leave.

By then, with that thing that shielded his power gone, it could reconnect with Mu Yunchuan and it could control the flow of the world again.

And what Shen Cui had been doing all along was forcing it to show itself.

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This time, it finally confirmed. It’s the rules of this world turn to human form.

“He’s here.” Shen Cui smiled

After exchanging glances, Shen Cui withdrew the ‘academy’ from Mu Yunchuan Mansion and reopened it in her own house.

The boy, who had been holding a twisted candy-like child, became much more obedient, even looking a little wilted.

Then Shen Cui introduced to Lao Buyu, “This is Xi Jiulu, and the one next to him is his ‘younger brother.’ This time, his ‘younger brother’ is the new student, and Xi Jiulu is here as a companion to study with us at Cuiwei.”

Lao Buyu nodded, looking at the still defiant and unruly child, thinking that the headmaster had not lied to him.

This new student did indeed seem very stubborn and wild, difficult to tame.

But what he had said earlier was not empty talk.

Since there was a karmic connection between teacher and student, he would definitely teach the other party well.

“What’s your name?” Lao Buyu didn’t directly ask Xi Jiulu, but instead smiled kindly at the child, squatting down to talk to him.

Xi Jiulu still didn’t let go, still covering his ‘younger brother’s’ mouth, apologizing, “We didn’t have parents since we were young. I was also adopted elsewhere when I was young, and I just found him recently, so he not only has no manners, but also doesn’t recognize me… Please bear with him.”

Lao Buyu nodded understandingly and said it was okay, “With me and the headmaster here, and with you as his older brother, we will definitely be able to teach him well.”

Xi Jiulu finally let go, and as soon as he did, the child started cursing loudly, “Who’s your brother, I’m your father! You shameless foreign thing, you @$%…”

He cursed for a while, but Xi Jiulu wasn’t annoyed, just apologetically smiled at Lao Buyu and then covered the child’s mouth again.

Lao Buyu had mentally prepared himself, so he didn’t take offense.

He maintained a serious expression but asked the child, “What’s your name?”

Xi Jiulu loosened his grip a bit, allowing the child to speak.

The child didn’t resist as much towards Lao Buyu as he did towards his ‘brother,’ but he still wore a disgruntled face and grunted, “I don’t have a name!”

At the same time, Shen Cui smiled and said, “How can you not have a name? He’s called Xiaoci.”

As soon as this was said, the child, who had been a little downcast just now, bounced up three feet again, “Who’s called Xiaoci? You’re called Xiaoci, you collaborator with the foreign thing…”

This time, before he could continue cursing, Lao Buyu reached out and covered his mouth. It was one thing for the child to curse at his ‘brother,’ but cursing at Shen Cui was unacceptable, and Lao Buyu wouldn’t stand for it.

Moreover, shouting and screaming at this hour in the house would disturb the others in the academy and even the neighbors.

“Is it the ‘strategy’ part of ‘stratagem’? That’s a good name,” Lao Buyu said, then added, “I’ll take him to the classroom first, pay respects to the statue of the sage, and then talk to him about reasoning.”

Xi Jiulu didn’t object and politely bowed, “Thank you, Master. If you find him too noisy, you can just keep covering his mouth. Xiaoci is quite tough.”

Lao Buyu nodded in agreement and used his other hand to lift Xiaoci up from the ground. Despite his struggles, Lao Buyu carried him straight into the classroom.

Only Shen Cui and Xi Jiulu were left in the courtyard. Shen Cui’s face showed a hint of amusement as she watched the scene unfold.