Chapter 94: The Poisonous Wine of Eternal Life

Su Haoming: "...?"

Lin Yu: "..."

Looking at the bewildered Su Haoming, Flammie quickly reacted, realizing she had said the wrong thing.

Lin Yu beside her twitched his mouth, his head full of black lines, "A new teacher! Not a spirit ape! A real human being!"

Flammie blinked and used a smile to cover her embarrassment, "Haven't used Chinese for too long, so I'm a bit rusty..."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Su Haoming, "Sorry, Teacher Su!"

"It's okay!"

Su Haoming came back to his senses and said with a dry laugh, "I only arrived today, it's normal to have misunderstandings!"

Flammie smiled to smooth things over while observing the youth before her, a thoughtful look appearing in her eyes.

The reason she had mistaken Su Haoming for a spirit ape was naturally not just because of Woer's words.

In her perception, this guy had no mana fluctuations at all, and it wasn't the mana-suppressed state like hers and Frieren's, but a more harmonious feeling.

It was as if something had neutralized the mana on his body...

This unique state made Su Haoming's temperament extremely clear and spiritual, possessing a gentle, upright, and peaceful scholarly air, which was extremely consistent with Woer's previous description of "you'll understand when you see him."

"Is this an Immortal cultivator who has had a spiritual root implanted?"

Flammie thought to herself, but her eyes could not help but glance at Lin Yu.

She was very curious about where this guy came from and why he had embarked on this path earlier than Dai Meng's younger siblings.

Lin Yu knew what she was curious about, but he did not explain, just smiled slightly and led the three of them into the Immortal Cultivation Academy, starting to visit the various areas of the academy.

"... So far, the academy has only opened one-fifth of its area, which is the preschool class for Qi Cultivation that these children are attending."

"Once they step into the Qi Cultivation realm and can release a basic spell, they can transfer to the primary school stage and receive three years of compulsory education in Qi Cultivation. According to my estimation, after three years, most children will be able to advance to Qi Cultivation Stage 3. By then..."

"Wait, Qi Cultivation Stage 3 after three years?"

Su Haoming widened his eyes and quickly used mana to transmit his voice, "Brother Lin, am I really qualified to be their teacher?"

"Why wouldn't you be?" Lin Yu glanced at him and transmitted his voice, "Have confidence in yourself. You are also at Qi Cultivation Stage 3, and you only practiced for less than two months. This speed is much faster than theirs!"

"I certainly have confidence in that."

Su Haoming said with a bitter smile, "But that's on the premise that the time flow is synchronized!"

Lin Yu smiled, "Don't worry, I will definitely control the time. Otherwise, how could I shake you guys into being teachers?"

Su Haoming twitched his mouth: "Still being?"

Lin Yu said as a matter of course, "Of course. I have already divided it up. After the primary school stage, these little guys will enter various academies according to their spiritual root attributes. As for you guys, none of you can run away!"

"At the very least, you have to serve as a branch dean for a few years!"

Su Haoming: "..."

Fortunately, he had a variant spiritual root, which was rare, so he estimated there wouldn't be many students.

By comparison, Fan Xian and Xiang Yunye were the ones who had really bad luck; they both had dual spiritual roots, and they were the basic five elements, so they might have to serve as deans of two academies!

Thinking that there were people with worse luck than himself, Su Haoming's mood immediately became pleasant.

While the two were secretly transmitting voices, Lin Yu was also introducing the academy to Flammie and her disciple normally.

"See that door? Behind it is the primary school square. The giant stone in the center of the square is the Branching Stone, which can divide them into different academies according to the students' spiritual root attributes..."

Lin Yu introduced while taking the three of them through the entire primary school area.

Soon, the students' breakfast time ended, and the class bell rang.

Lin Yu glanced at the direction of the preschool classroom and said with a smile:

"Perfect, the spirit ape teacher is about to start class. Are you guys interested?"

"Of course I'm interested!"

Su Haoming nodded repeatedly, indicating that he was very willing to learn his colleague's teaching method first.

Flammie and Frieren looked at each other, both revealing expressions of great interest.

Seeing that everyone was interested, Lin Yu waved his hand and led them outside the classroom.

Everyone looked curiously through the window, only to see a blue mana projection resembling a human body floating in the center of the classroom, surrounded by more than thirty children meditating with their eyes closed, each sitting on a cushion, trying to circulate the Zhou Tian within their bodies.

And among these children, a tall, golden-furred ape was wearing a clean white robe, hands behind its back, walking around with a solemn expression, stopping from time to time to correct the posture of the children sitting in meditation.

Seeing this scene, Su Haoming looked strange and could not help but ask in a low voice:

"How did you mistake me for it?"

"..."

Flammie gave an awkward smile and also said in a low voice, "I am also seeing this spirit ape teacher for the first time."

But now, she finally understood what Woer meant.

The temperament of this spirit ape was indeed unique. Even at first glance, she could determine that this was a creature completely different from the Demon race and monsters...

If she had to say, it was actually more like Su Haoming beside her.

"So, you also implanted a spiritual root into it?"

Flammie whispered to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu nodded, "That's right."

Flammie continued to ask, "Was its original body a monster?"

"..."

Lin Yu glanced at her, pondered for a moment, and whispered, "What if it was?"

Flammie said with a complex tone, "Then that means your experiment was a success..."

Lin Yu smiled slightly, "Thanks to you, my experimental progress has indeed increased greatly in the past few years. Even for life forms like monsters whose radiation level is so high that they crystallize, there is a full sixty percent success rate for implantation."

"Sixty percent, huh?"

Flammie sighed, "I haven't lived enough yet!"

Lin Yu smiled, "That's for the Demon race. If it were a mage like you, the failure rate would never exceed three percent... How about it? Do you want to switch to cultivation?"

"..."

Hearing this, Flammie could not help but fall silent.

A moment later, she turned to look at Frieren beside her, seeming to have something to say but stopping.

Lin Yu understood what she meant and immediately waved his hand, setting up a soundproof barrier around the two of them.

Sensing the appearance of the barrier, Flammie turned back, her tone ghostly, "Can a mage... really not achieve longevity?"

Lin Yu shook his head, "As far as I can see, it's indeed impossible—unless you are willing to study necromancy."

Necromancy?

Flammie shook her head, "I would rather die than become a walking skeleton."

Lin Yu said calmly, "That's only the lowest level of undead. You have also read my 'Golden Core Chapter' and should understand that a mage can completely entrust their soul to an external object, thereby transforming into an immortal lich."

Flammie shook her head, "Let's see..."

Lin Yu sighed, "What exactly are you afraid of?"

Flammie was silent for a moment, then whispered, "You also know that my teacher is an elf, and my disciple is also an elf. For long-lived species like them, no one knows them better than I do."

"So I am very clear that in this world, all long-lived species have a set of ways to deal with longevity."

"For elves, this way is indifferent emotions and a dull sense of time; for the Demon race, this way is the abandonment of emotions and the fanatical pursuit of magic..."

Having said this, Flammie looked up at Lin Yu and said slowly, "As for the Immortal race you created, for them, that incomparably pious and fanatical faith is the absolute pillar supporting them through their long lives!"

"I believe that as long as you are here, no matter how long life is, they will never be lost."

"And me?"

"I am just an ordinary human, without the elf's indifferent view of time, nor the Demon race's extreme emotions, and even less the Immortal race's fanatical faith."

"Do I... really have the qualifications to drink this poisonous wine of eternal life?"

Hearing this, Lin Yu could not help but fall silent.

A moment later, he suddenly said, "Then what about me?"

"I don't deny my power and identity, but in terms of mindset, I am indeed a human, right?"

Hearing this, Flammie could not help but laugh, as if she had heard something funny.

Lin Yu's face darkened, and he said unhappily, "Speak if you have something to say!"

Flammie quickly restrained her smile, but the corners of her mouth could not be suppressed.

It was not until Lin Yu's expression became increasingly unfriendly that she finally managed to suppress the corners of her mouth, looking at Lin Yu with emotion, "Fifteen years!"

"Fifteen years have passed since the day you and I met. Do you think there is any difference between you and fifteen years ago?"

Lin Yu frowned, vaguely understanding what Flammie meant.

"People change..."

Flammie whispered, "If you want to find a common point for everyone, it is change itself!"

"And you, fifteen years of time have not left the slightest mark in your heart. You seem to be forever young, forever retaining the mindset defined as 'human' from fifteen years ago."

"Perhaps even you haven't discovered it yourself!"

Flammie stared fixedly at Lin Yu, her tone ghostly, "Compared to the so-called long-lived species like the Immortal race, Demon race, and elves, you are the one most suited for longevity!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 95 =====