After receiving Xia Yan’s message, Xia Ziheng immediately contacted Wu Taibai, who was still in Virtue Archives. The Semi-Progenitor asked the instructor to check on Yu Hao's current situation.
***
At the moment, Lu Yin was enjoying some tea with Bai Weiwei.
Bai Weiwei found her current situation quite odd. Prof. Hao Yu had been frequently seeking her out, always using the excuse of studying sourcebox arrays. But at his level, why would he ask her to work with him? The only possibility that she could come up with was that her words to him while they had been alone on the mission had gotten through.
Did the Celestial Frost Sect want to have Grandmaster Gu Yan join them? Of course! Bai Weiwei had the same opinion, though she had never expected her words to be so effective.
However, she was also aware that the professor’s interest was likely not because of Bai Weiwei, but rather because of her senior sister.
Yu Hao repeatedly brought up Bai Xian’er. Does he like her? Does he know no fear?
Lu Yin spent a long time visiting Bai Weiwei before returning to his own residence. There, he met Wu Taibai.
"Prof. Wu, you came to see me?" Lu Yin was clearly less than thrilled to see the man. Since the fact that Hao Yu was Yu Hao was already an open secret, there was no need for any pretenses of amiability.
Wu Taibai just smiled. "If you need anything, just let me know, Prof. Hao Yu."
Lu Yin nodded and gestured for Wu Taibai to come in.
The two men were soon sitting in a courtyard in the residence atop the stone pillar. "Prof. Wu, please tell me what you’re here for. The truth is that I’ve already said everything that needs to be said to your Shenwu’s Sky."
Wu Taibai replied, "Actually, my visit has nothing to do with Shenwu’s Sky. Rather, it’s to ask you about what you think of leading the student team to the meeting in a few months."
Lu Yin was surprised. "Leading the team? Aren’t the chaperones going to be decided by the students’ vote?"
Wu Taibai laughed. "While the students get to decide which instructors will be chaperoning the team, the instructors going will conversely decide which students will be on the team. You can’t think that all of the students will be going."
Lu Yin had actually forgotten about this detail. His mind had been so preoccupied with other matters that he had not even thought about this.
"What are you getting at, Prof. Wu?" Lu Yin was puzzled.
Wu Taibai replied, "Besides my obvious identity and perspective from that side of things, I’m still one of the academy’s instructors. In my opinion, Prof. Hao Yu has to be one of the chaperones on this trip. I’m rather confident that I’ll also be one of them, so I wanted to confirm the list of students for the team with my colleague."
Lu Yin laughed. "That’s quite a bit of confidence you have, though I don't share it. There’s no need to rush things. Let’s work on this along with Prof. Wu. That is, if I actually am selected as one of the chaperones."
Wu Taibai did not press things further. "I understand, though there are some students who I feel should not be a problem with you, such as Wang Xiaofan, Xia Shenguang, Bai Weiwei, Qingfeng, and Liu Que. All of them should not be any issue."
Lu Yin agreed. "They’re the best students in Virtue Archives, so I couldn’t argue about any of them. Though, I would also add Nong Siniang to that list."
"Of course," Wu Taibai said with a smile, "Then, who would you recommend to be the leader of the students? Do you have any suggestions?"
Lu Yin did not hesitate at all. "Bai Weiwei."
Wu Taibai's eyes flickered. "Bai Weiwei?"
Lu Yin nodded. "She was born as a member of the Celestial Frost Sect, so she’s very familiar with the Higher Realm. She’s both strong and able to see the bigger picture. Thus, she’s quite well suited to lead the rest of the students."
"You seem to be quite familiar with her."
"I’ve spent a good bit of time with her recently, studying lockbreaking. She should be the student I know best out of the entire academy."
Wu Taibai nodded. "I see."
"Prof. Hao Yu, Bai Lin is here to see you." A voice rose up from the bottom of the pillar, reaching both Lu Yin and Wu Taibai.
Lu Yin's expression did not change at all, and he acted as though he expected this visit, but Wu Taibai was rather surprised. "Prof. Bai? He’s here to see you, Prof. Hao Yu?"
Lu Yin replied, "There’s something that I need to discuss with Prof. Bai, so I won’t be able to see you out, Prof. Wu."
Wu Taibai stared at Lu Yin for a moment, and then he quickly excused himself.
After Wu Taibai left, Prof. Bai climbed up the pillar.
In truth, Lu Yin had not been expecting Prof. Bai’s visit. Rather, he had simply put on an impromptu show for Wu Taibai.
OMA's Thoughts
NOTICE TO CHAMPIONS:
It's been three years since the first chapter of Star Odyssey was released on Wuxia World. Since then, we've released 2201 public chapters (you all have no idea how badly that odd number bothers us...). During at least the past two years, I know that there have been people asking for more free chapters (always great for readers) and for the VIP tiers to be changed or more tiers to be added.
We have not been ignoring those requests. For the last year, OMA and the rest of the team have been working on building a buffer for today. Starting today, each of the recently reworked, renamed VIP tiers will gain access to more, or even double, chapters than ever before. As if that weren't enough, we've even added another tier for those asking...
We hope that these changes will benefit all of you, and to be honest, I'm looking forward to cutting back on the workload a bit after today.
Translated By: OMA
Edited By: Neshi/Nyxnox
TLC'ed By: OMA