Chapter 196

In the afternoon, a meeting of selected primary and secondary school principals from the entire county was held in the third-floor conference room of the Education Bureau, primarily to study and convey the newly revised National Ministry of Education guidelines on professional ethics for teachers, which explicitly banned paid private tutoring and added provisions such as “protecting student safety” and “not using test scores as the sole criterion for evaluating students.”

Key schools like County No. 1 and No. 2 High Schools, Chengguan Middle School, and Chaoyang Middle School were priority units for implementing national policy.

As the head of the Education Bureau,

Cao Hong and the other two understood at once and repeatedly agreed. They hastily thanked him and bolted off, as if five thousand cavalry were chasing them. Cao Chong shook his head helplessly, let out a bitter laugh, and took the people and silk granted to Yang Pei to the military camp.

“Does that mean if we join Dawn City, even if we’re not as strong as him, we can still become sorcerers?” Liang Tianming asked, swallowing hard.

Cao Chong fell silent for a long while, his mind churning like a stormy sea—if this were true, then the Ma family’s people in Ye City and Xu County would all be doomed; as soon as one head fell here, the Ma family would revolt there, and Guanzhong would surely descend into chaos.

“Um… her mother is my adopted mother—I don’t know if you can understand this Chinese kinship relationship.” Han Feng found explaining Chinese family ties to foreigners difficult, but fortunately his relationship with Liu Yueshuang was simple enough.

The rain still poured down; although the weather had become more comfortable because of it, the news from the capital left no one feeling comfortable at all.

Ye Ping was straining to tilt her neck and adjust her angle; when she saw Ye Fan approaching, his shoulder was perfectly positioned—without thinking, she leaned against it.

Teacher Meng Yan sat on the sofa, holding a magazine. When he saw us enter, he put down the magazine. I saw my award-winning painting printed inside it, glaring at me from every page—right then, I wanted to snatch it and tear it apart.

After climbing the hilltop, Liao Tao gazed in that direction. Li Family Village was indeed not far; from the hill, the village’s outline was already faintly visible. Liao Tao scanned the surroundings, staring at the rows of wooden utility poles stretching up the slope straight toward Li Family Village, lost in thought.

Looking at his smiling sister, Zhang Jiabao first froze, then broke into a grin—his sister, free of pressure, had become much more relaxed. This was good.

Right now, I didn’t know how to treat it, and more importantly, I didn’t even know what this illness truly was. Only by fully understanding the ancient descriptions of “corpse disease”—its characteristics and symptoms—could I compare them to modern medical conditions and thus find a treatment.

They were delighted and extraordinarily excited by the poetry within, for this was a poetry collection they had never seen before. They had become so immersed in it that they only emerged to speak after such a long time.

Ma Chengfeng leaned in and sniffed; the yellow powder was slightly pungent and bitter, likely poisonous.

In the age of the internet, Zack’s Film Company typically announced news first on its official Twitter account, so this time was no exception.

Upon hearing me say this, Du Bingchan immediately walked over, staring intently at me, silent for a long while.

“So that means their greed is cursed—if we lift the curse, they should be able to return to being elves!” I asked, puzzled.

Their behavior made the rest of the crew watch them—angry at the two for flaunting their affection, yet too afraid to say a word.

But he had never imagined that this work would achieve such a phenomenal reception on its very first day of sale. He was ecstatic—because as someone who loved poetry, he hadn’t seen a poetry collection receive such attention in years.

“Then, Peter, wait here for us—we’re going to check out the Devourer. We’ve come to this universe without ever seeing a Devourer—that would be a shame.” I said.