Chapter 1200: Why Do You Look So Familiar to Me?
As soon as Jiangnan got out of the car, the mentors and students of Lantis Academy hurriedly came up with breakfast in hand!
All with faces full of flattery!
(๑ơωơ๑) "Tribulation Envoy Jiang? Coming to lecture at the academy so early in the morning? You must be working so hard—surely you haven't had breakfast yet, right?"
(୨୧•͈ᴗ•͈) "We've prepared everything for you, afraid it might not suit your taste, so we brought steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and tofu pudding!"
"There's no rush for the lecture; please finish breakfast first before entering the academy, okay?"
Jiangnan stood there, utterly confused.
(๑•̌～•̑๑)ˀ̣ˀ
What the heck is a Tribulation Envoy?
Since when did Lantis Academy people become so considerate?
Just to get me to teach them a bit more, they even prepared breakfast?
With an attitude like this, I definitely have to teach them a lot!
(ง⁼̴ꇴ⁼̴)ว "I'll have breakfast later. Let's head into the academy first to familiarize myself..."
As he spoke, he started walking toward the academy.
But at that moment, a group of students and mentors panicked, hurriedly surrounding him to block the way.
(‶･᷄ㅂ･᷅) "No! Please! Have at least a bite before going in! Otherwise, we're scared!"
(*॑﹏ˆ*) "Right, right, right! A full breakfast makes for a good mood~ Take a bite, okay? Where's the school beauty? Come feed Boss Nan his breakfast!"
A pure, beautiful girl in a pleated skirt quickly stepped forward, looking terrified, grabbed a steamed bun, and held it up to Jiangnan's mouth.
(๐ʘ̆⌂ʘ̥̆)۶๑ "Come on~ Open wide for the bun~ Ah~"
Jiangnan: (•︠～•︡) ???
What the hell? This treatment is a bit over the top, isn't it?
They won't let me into the academy if I don't eat breakfast?
And a school beauty is feeding me on the spot?
Little did they know, they were terrified. If he skipped a meal, he'd blown up the palace!
If he didn't eat breakfast and got upset, he might blow up Lantis Academy!
After all, the place was full of dangerous old buildings!
Jiangnan's heart raced. With a school beauty feeding him, why not take a bite?
He opened his mouth to bite the bun.
(๐¯᷄⌂¯᷅) Ah~
Just then, Emma urgently said, "Master? I..."
Before she could finish, Jiangnan pulled out a Big Green Stick and whacked her right on the head.
"Bam!" Emma's eyes rolled back, and she collapsed to the ground.
ᥬ(｡꒪ͦ༥꒪ͦ｡)᭄
Jiangnan didn't stop. He kept pounding the Big Green Stick on Emma's head, one hit after another.
Continuous stun!
The mentors and students nearby were terrified.
(๑ŏ﹏ŏ๑)
Jiangnan really is a devil!
Is he like a powder keg? Exploding at the slightest touch?
A maid interrupted his breakfast, and she got a cracked skull?
So brutal!
Don't mess with him!
Jiangnan was still enjoying the school beauty's feeding service when an old woman stormed out of the academy like the wind, full of fury.
(◞❛ั益❛ั) "Craig!"
Craig's eyes lit up. My old sweetheart?
But Merlin strode past the crowd straight toward him, even rolling up her sleeves.
Craig froze, then frantically signaled with his eyes.
(◞◔益◔ิ) ✧
I know you miss me. Last night didn't work out—I miss you too!
But our identities are special; we can't expose our relationship!
If you come at me like this, won't everyone know?
Craig cleared his throat twice.
(◞•̀ก•́◟) "Ahem, Dean Merlin? I've delivered the Decree Envoy to you. Have you prepared..."
"Bam!"
Before he could finish, Merlin punched him square in the face.
(￣ε(#￣)٩(ˊ益ˋ◟)و
The punch even generated arcs of electricity, sending Craig spinning through the air.
He crashed heavily into the extended Lincoln, completely wrecking the car.
Craig: ???
(థ口థ (ヾ) "Why did you hit me?"
Even Jiangnan and the others were stunned. Was this how people from the Fish Kingdom greeted each other—so enthusiastically?
Merlin glared. "You still have the nerve to ask? How did you treat me last night?"
"Twelve shots? A full twelve shots? Are you an animal?"
"You turned me black and then left without a word? Is that how you love me?"
At that moment, everyone from Lantis Academy, including some attending princes and princesses, gasped in unison.
Letting out an "Ooh" sound.
˚*̥(∗*⁰͈꒨⁰͈)*̥
So that happened?
Housekeeper Craig is still vigorous in his old age?
But finishing the deed and then bolting without a word—that's pretty shady.
Craig: !!!
"What the hell are you talking about—twelve shots? I didn't do anything! Are you crazy?"
If I really had that ability, would Sena still be the king of the seas?
Jiangnan, standing nearby, looked guilty. He kept whistling to divert attention.
(乛³乛٥)
That's when it hit him—wasn't this old woman the one who tried to kiss him last night?
She took a solid twelve nuclear sneezes!
She... she probably didn't recognize me, right?
Able to punch Craig flying? She's no pushover either!
"Who is she?"
Heidi covered her mouth. "Grandma Merlin! Her nickname is Mandala. She's also one of our Fish Kingdom's Dao Heaven Rank National Guardians. Very powerful!"
Jiangnan wiped the sweat from his forehead frantically.
(‧̣̥̇๑ŏ^ŏ๑‧̣̥̇)
Absolutely cannot let her find out it was me who sneezed on her!
Merlin was furious: "Pfft! Dare to do it but not admit it? You old bastard!"
"Turning me black? I'll return the favor!"
"Eel Transformation!"
As she spoke, she reached Craig. Her body seemed boneless,
wrapping around Craig layer by layer, coiling several times.
Craig looked terrified.
(◞Ŏ◊Ŏ◟‧̣̥̇) "No! Don't! Listen to me, I..."
Merlin ground her teeth: ୧(⁎˃益˂⁎)୨ "Not listening, not listening! A mantis shrimp chanting scriptures!"
"High-Voltage • Billion Volts!"
In an instant, an extreme electric current burst forth from Merlin's body.
It even formed a ball of electric light, ionizing the air with crackling sounds.
Jiangnan and the others felt their hair and body hair stand on end, all stepping back in fear.
Inside the coil, Craig let out a earth-shattering scream.
His body smoked from the electricity, like an X-ray, his skeleton flickering in and out of visibility!
Jiangnan was scared shitless. Billion volts? That's even fiercer than Pikachu!
What kind of ability is this? Beast Transformation—Electric Eel?
After a flash of lightning, Craig was completely charred, lying on the ground black and smoking, kicking and foaming at the mouth.
(■꒦ິཀ꒦ີ■)...
He looked utterly defeated, tears streaming—what did I do to deserve being electrocuted like this?
Seeing Craig completely blackened, Merlin got up satisfied, spat a bolt of electricity-charged saliva at him, then turned to Jiangnan with a brilliant smile.
(◞ᵔᗜᵔ◟) "You must be Jiangnan, right? I've been waiting for you. We've made all the preparations, just waiting for you to..."
"Hmm? Why do you look so familiar to me?"
Jiangnan was sweating buckets. He stepped forward, grabbed Merlin's hand, and smiled brightly.
(‧̣̥̇･᷄ㅂ･᷅) "That's normal! As the old saying goes, 'familiarity breeds neglect.' The more familiar someone looks, the less likely you've actually seen them with your own eyes!"
"Besides, as the dream of 900 million beautiful girls, we must have met in a dream! Especially with a beautiful girl like Grandma Merlin!"
Merlin beamed, her wrinkles bunching up.
(◞︶ꇴ︶◟) "Oh, you flatter me, young man. Grandma is old, no longer a beautiful girl. No one likes me anymore."
She then shot a glare at Craig.
Jiangnan put on a serious face: (๑•̀～•́)و "Nonsense! A girl is like wine! Fine wine only gets more fragrant with age! Those who say they don't like it just don't know how to appreciate it!"
Merlin was overjoyed, her face almost blooming like a flower.
"Haha! Come, come, come! Everything's ready for you. This time, you must teach us well!"
With that, she led Jiangnan into the academy.
Luo Bei'erte's mouth twitched.
(‧̣̥̇￣～￣)
He's really good at buttering people up—says human words to humans, ghost words to ghosts!
How did he suddenly become 'Sweet-Talk Jiang'? Did he do something shady?
The group entered the academy, leaving Craig lying on the ground, smoking blue smoke.
But no one noticed a gentle breeze blowing through the air, always lingering around them.
...
On the way, Jiangnan scratched his head: "What preparations have you made? Where do you want me to start teaching?"
A bearded mentor quickly said: "To be honest with you, we've already tried experiments with taming spirit pets."
"We got quite a few spirit beast eggs to hatch, but most of them turned rotten."
"Even the ones that hatched wouldn't obey commands—they were extremely aggressive. We also caught some spirit beast cubs to tame."
"But every single one was unruly, preferring death to submission. We've never grasped the essence of hatching!"
Merlin said expectantly: "We've prepared quite a few spirit pet eggs. We'd like you to start teaching from the hatching process."
"Would you..."
Jiangnan waved his hand grandly.
(ㅎٹㅎ)っ "Hatching eggs? That's my specialty! Since you're so sincere, I'll teach you all my tricks!"
I not only know how to hatch, I can even lay eggs!
Hearing this, everyone got excited.
Merlin personally led Jiangnan to the lecture hall.
Inside the hall, shelves held hundreds of eggs.
Under each egg hung a label indicating the species.
Students and mentors flocked in—the crowd kept growing.
Even experts and professors of spirit beast studies from the Fish Kingdom arrived.
A camera team recorded everything for later compilation and research of Fish Kingdom spirit pet studies.
Outside the classroom, soldiers stood guard.
After all, what Jiangnan was about to teach was worth its weight in gold—the Fish Kingdom had paid a huge price to exchange it from Hua Xia.
It couldn't be leaked.
When Jiangnan saw the crowd was about right, he cleared his throat twice.
Picking up a pointer stick, he tapped the blackboard. Everyone's eyes followed expectantly.
(๐•́.̫•̀๐)⋋ "Everyone quiet down. Next, I..."
Before he could finish, panicked screams came from the corridor.
٩(థ口థ)۶ "What the hell! D-don't come any closer! What kind of ghost is that? Scared me to death!"
(☍﹏⁰。) "C-captain! Stop peeing! I'm scared!"
Jiangnan frowned, looking a bit displeased.
Merlin frowned too. What's going on?
The next moment, there was a knock at the door.
Merlin said angrily: "How many times have I told you? Still late? Come in!"
The classroom door opened, and in walked a young male... person? who looked like a student.
He scratched his head shyly: "S-sorry, I just took a moment to tidy up my appearance. I'm late."
At that moment, the lecture hall fell into unprecedented silence.
Jiangnan's eyes widened in horror as he stumbled back three steps. The pointer stick clattered to the floor...