Chapter 521: The Great Monk's Brain

The rain fell endlessly, and the air pressure was quite low. Luo Qi sat behind the table, stopping his memories along with his thoughts, staring blankly at the heavy rain before him with nothing to do. In the area in front of the meeting zone where there was no Barrier, the rainwater gathered into a puddle, and a spider hung from a branch, slowly weaving a web under the rain-free boughs.

A bleak wind and bitter rain scraped across the tables of the Old Mages, but Du Zhengyi sat right beside him, just as bored and idle as he was, which made him feel exceptionally relaxed. He pulled his Telepathy tentacles back, lazily stretching them out within his own mental world, occasionally nudging against Du Zhengyi's dam like a clingy, half-grown child.

Only after a long while would Du Zhengyi slowly give him a threatening look, like a lion that hadn't woken up, too lazy to pay attention to the monkey in the tree that wouldn't stop teasing him.

In another corner of the meeting zone, diagonally across from Luo Qi, there was another table where six Mind Archmages sat. Luo Qi turned a blind eye to them; in his Yajian view, their energy was actively connected, gathered in a small area, cautiously avoiding Luo Qi and the Great Mage in the center.

All six Mind Mages wore deep blue robes; although the patterns on their collars and cuffs were not quite the same, among a group of Mages dressed in various ceremonial robes or even suits, the implication of a uniform dress code was very obvious. It was as if they had deliberately used a highlighter in the world of Mages to mark these Mind Mages out.

The Mind Mage sitting in the first chair was reading a lengthy report, detailing the various mental parameters of the human monk.

Luo Qi sighed.

Du Zhengyi said to him, "It's normal not to understand the terminology; you've only just reached Third Grade and haven't systematically undergone theoretical study yet. Those methods of yours are all unorthodox; you'd better attend class seriously in the future."

Luo Qi gave him a cryptic look. "I was thinking that this kind of blue clothing doesn't suit me."

Du Zhengyi glanced at the Mind Mages' position and said indifferently, "No matter what color the clothes are, they couldn't possibly make you look any taller."

"I can't wear the same clothes as others; although I am kind to others and sociable, I also need to have a bit of personality," Luo Qi said.

"You are certainly sociable. Even if you wanted to stand out from the crowd, you couldn't, could you?" Du Zhengyi said calmly.

Luo Qi let out a frustrated wail. "I'm telling you, I can definitely still grow a bit taller. By the way, I'll set an alarm right now." As he spoke, he fished his phone out of his pocket. "It's a good thing I ordered ten power banks, ordered them with Zhou Quan."

"What are you setting an alarm for?" Du Zhengyi asked, puzzled.

"I have to drink milk at ten o'clock tonight, right on time."

"Oh," Du Zhengyi said with a sudden realization. "I thought you hadn't needed to drink milk in the middle of the night since you were a month old."

A deliberate cough came from the Great Mage round table meeting area, and both of them fell silent; only the sleep-inducing voice of the Mind Archmage remained in the forest meeting area.

After a while, Du Zhengyi said again, "Actually, their clothes aren't all the same."

"Could it be that among these blue-collar workers, some are bluer than others?" Luo Qi asked, uninterested.

"The patterns on their clothes are different. Mind Mages have many schools; the largest school should be considered the Highland Mages, and for the last thousand years, most schools have had their own emblems. You have certainly surpassed your ancestors in Mind Magic, so you are also qualified to design an emblem for yourself," Du Zhengyi said.

"Oh?" Luo Qi's eyes widened, his interest greatly increased. "Then I've decided!"

"You'd better be cautious," Du Zhengyi advised. "Using a cat would be better than..." "Of course I wouldn't be that uncreative; I've decided, I'm going to use a caterpillar!"

It took a full minute before Du Zhengyi slowly spoke, "I actually don't even know if I should keep asking."

"The caterpillar has the most warrior spirit," Luo Qi said seriously. "Have you ever seen a caterpillar retreat? No, right? A caterpillar can only crawl forward; this is called advancing without retreating." "I don't want to hear you talk anymore, shut your bird beak," Du Zhengyi said.

"Hmm, come to think of it, this kind of warrior emblem is more suitable for a Battle Mage. Brother, I'll let you have the caterpillar; I'll give it to you to use as a clan emblem," Luo Qi said.

"Shut up."

Just as Luo Qi was about to speak again, a stern voice came from the Great Mage round table meeting area, "Du Zhengyi, Luo Qi! You two, shut up!"

Luo Qi jumped in fright. He turned back to face the furious Liu Li, and he hurriedly turned his head away, lowering it to hide at Du Zhengyi's side. Suddenly, a thought crossed his mind, "Could the clownfish's emblem be the Ouroboros?"

Du Zhengyi lowered his voice and said, "That's also possible. If he is also in his family... he must be a mutated Archmage in his family; there are no missing people in the recorded families. The clownfish might have designed an emblem for himself according to mainstream habits. The temples that worship the Great Black Heaven are all his territory, so they all have the emblem carved on them. Those monks are, in principle, his disciples; it's a bit like the Highland Mage model."

"A budget version of the Highland Mages," Luo Qi added. "A cheap, budget version."

Just then, the blue-robed Mind Mage read the summary part of the report, "In summary, the brain structure of the human monk, compared to the human average standard, shows a certain degree of simplification and weakening."

Liu Li asked, "Was it caused by a Mage?"

The Mind Mage replied, "We believe not. Uh, perhaps it is more concise to use a human explanation—according to human IQ testing methods, this monk's IQ should be below sixty."

Luo Qi couldn't help but interject, "Meaning he was a fool to begin with." A group of Mages turned to look at him, and he turned back to say to Du Zhengyi, "See, I said it was a cheap, budget version. He got a bunch of fools to follow him; no wonder they all look like NPCs."

Liu Li didn't even turn her head, "Ignore him, continue."

"Therefore, analyzing such a simple brain structure is not difficult. We believe no one has altered the human monk's brain structure."

A wave of anxiety swept through Luo Qi's heart; that was impossible. How could the monk's brain not have been altered? At the round table, Liu Xiuyun turned his head, looking at him with a gloomy face, as if accusing him. He glared back with a cold face. Liu Xiuyun looked at him and asked the Mind Mage, "If that is the case, why did he fall into a panic when he saw student Luo Qi? There should be a reasonable explanation for this. According to my observation, student Luo Qi's appearance can hardly be called terrifying."

Luo Qi sneered, irritably flicking an Oreo cookie from his fingertips. A cluster of magic sparks shot out from his palm, and a corner of the Oreo was slightly scorched. "Damn it," he cursed, looking at the cookie with annoyance and disgust.

(End of chapter)