Master Baoyangzi’s magic theory class lasted for a full three hours.
It happened to be the duration of a major class period.
As the clock just ticked past three intervals, the dense array of dials surrounding the ’classroom’ quivered slightly, and the second hands that were ticking away stopped simultaneously.
Then, those clock faces, like thin paper blown by the wind, floated gently down, one after another, returning to the pocket watch in Master Baoyangzi’s hand.
Old Yao’s office returned to its original state.
The two young wizards awoke from the illusion and began looking at their own tirs. There was no need for calculation, and Zheng Qing easily noticed that there was still half an hour before the end of their brief ’ti travel’.
"Two pieces of good news."
The elderly wizard from the relevant departnt tweaked his beard, looked at Zheng Qing and Jiang Yu unhurriedly, and spoke gently: "The first good news is that neither of you showed symptoms of ’ti-space allergy’."
Zheng Qing silently rolled his eyes inwardly.
There was no need for him to confirm this.
Less than half a year into First University, during the freshman Winter Hunting, Zheng Qing had experienced a brief ti reversal. If there were any allergies, he would have ended up in the school hospital back then; later in the North District of Beta Town, one night, Jiang Yu and he had also restored a destroyed street to normal without an incident.
Thus, the result of this first ’good news’ had been determined from the start, and ntioning it now was rely better than nothing.
Being unaware of these details, Baoyangzi continued to twiddle with his beard and said: "... the second piece of good news is that you two passed the ’relevant departnt’s’ preliminary review. Later, your ’ti converters’ will be approved, and yes, it’ll most likely be handed over by Professor Yao..."
He turned to glance at the dean behind the office desk.
"All good, all good." Old Yao bit down on his pipe, exhaled a dium-sized smoke ring, and smilingly agreed.
Baoyangzi withdrew his gaze and continued: "Moreover, rember to carefully inspect the terms on the docunt before signing for it. If the ’ti converter’ gets damaged or lost, the minimum fine is One Thousand Jade Coins, and mind you, that’s the minimum amount!"
Hmm, that’s roughly equivalent to his two months’ worth of Fu Bullet sales, Zheng Qing pondered.
Despite this, One Thousand Jade Coins is still a staggering amount. Not just ordinary wizard families, even smaller wizard families can’t co up with that much cash flow in a short ti.
Avoiding bearing such a risk would be best if possible.
Thinking about this, he couldn’t help but glance at Baoyangzi a bit more.
The elderly wizard kept tirelessly reiterating the various risks emphasized many tis during the previous theory class: "If one recklessly alters the original closed tiline during ti conversion, causing temporal risks, the Alliance will pursue the user for ’major experintal accident’ liabilities. This isn’t sothing a fine can settle; black prison ti might be a consequence—not sothing to forget anyti..."
Seeing no intention to stop anyti soon, Zheng Qing finally couldn’t help raising his hand, gently interrupting the elderly wizard’s voice.
"Professor," the young cost student pondered his words, hesitantly saying, "Can I not sign? I an, if I don’t use the ti converter provided by the relevant departnt..."
At this, a flash of understanding passed through the eyes of both Professor Yao and Jiang Yu, while Baoyangzi, who knew little about Zheng Qing, appeared perplexed and sowhat puzzled.
"What do you an? Have you felt the risk of this magic and decided to forego using the ti converter?" The elderly wizard’s eyes lit up; it was the first thought crossing his mind.
"No, no, no," Zheng Qing waved his hands repeatedly, raising his own silver pocket watch: "I have a ti converter, so I feel no need..."
"Impossible!"
The elderly wizard eyed the seemingly ordinary pocket watch, his expression turning solemn: "Ti conversion is an extrely high-risk and heavily restricted magical behavior within the entire Alliance, its regulation level not under Forbidden Curse, except for the relevant departnt; no other place could have a ti converter!"
As he spoke, he nearly rudely snatched the pocket watch from the young man’s hand.
Zheng Qing’s vision blurred montarily, almost stumbling to the ground.
Yet, understanding the gravity, he overlooked the rather rude gesture from the elderly wizard, simply watching him eagerly, fearing that the wizard would pull out a regulation from sowhere to confiscate his pocket watch—truth be told, he already regretted taking out his pocket watch. It was rely One Thousand Jade Coins, and even if he broke it, replacing it wouldn’t be difficult!
He had this confidence.
Jiang Yu cast a worried glance at the young man. Privately possessing a ti converter is a serious legal offense; she had always assud Zheng Qing’s pocket watch was declared, but now it seed it was illegal possession.
For a mont, nas of several Judge Dan Hague friends flashed through the witch’s mind, along with considerations of what to write to her Elderly Ancestor.
anwhile, Old Yao sat quietly behind the desk, saying nothing, simply puffing on his pipe, exhaling swirls of smoke that obscured his face entirely, leaving his thoughts unclear.
For a long ti.
Baoyangzi finally, with a stern face, returned the pocket watch to Zheng Qing.
"I don’t know where you bought this pocket watch," his expression eased slightly, and his tone tempered a bit: "But I can confirm this is not a ti converter... don’t think that being students of First University exempts you from being deceived by outside rchants... not long ago I heard a student getting duped into buying an ostrich egg as a dragon egg."
He rambled on, imparting fraud prevention experience to the young wizards.
Zheng Qing deftly pocketed the watch without saying a word, only nodding obediently in agreent.
"Ti’s up."
Behind the office desk, the dean of Jiuyou Academy suddenly spoke up, interrupting Baoyangzi’s one-sided sermon. He tapped the desk and flicked a finger, causing the smoke swirling around his head to disperse, filling most of the room.
Before Zheng Qing realized, he felt a tightness at his waist, his figure unavoidably drawn toward the white-bearded elderly wizard.
Jiang Yu was also pulled along.
The two young wizards stood pressed against the redwood bookcase together, by Master Baoyangzi who was opening a law book.
"Yu said it was not visible!"
Accompanied by the brief incantation, a soundless spell light flashed.
Zheng Qing was taken aback to notice the witch beside him was gradually fading into the air, as he looked down and unsurprisingly saw himself disappearing too.
When only Old Yao was visible in the room, he bit his pipe, extended his hand to the front, and plunged it into the void, giving a gentle pull.
A familiar figure staggered recklessly in front of Zheng Qing.
It was another ’Zheng Qing’.
Alongside, slightly disheveled clothing Jiang Yu was pulled in.
The Zheng Qing before the bookcase suddenly realized, the tiline had reached the node where he was pulled into the office by Old Yao. He felt a small curiosity, wondering if a slight deviation in his reappearance ti node—without the precise control like Old Yao—would count as a ’ti conversion incident’?
Before he could figure this out, the slightly repressed, annoyed voice of the ’new arrival’ witch broke through the room:
"Professor!"
"Oh, sorry, sorry..."
The dean of Jiuyou Academy, smiling, repeated the previous tiline actions, identical to Zheng Qing’s mories, provoking even further contemplation in Zheng Qing.
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