Swallowing the Stars: Ten Thousand Times Return for Taking on Disciples

Chapter 42 Shocked Mitchell
Virtual universe, headquarters of the Qianwu Dojo.

Mitchell appeared on the third floor of the administration building and walked straight into the personnel department's office.

"Hehe, Mitchell, aren't you serving in the Golden Orchid Army? What brings you to visit this old man?"

Jimmy wore a faint smile on his wrinkled face, and his cloudy eyes seemed to have seen through everything.

“Jimmy, don’t play dumb with me.” Mitchell walked to the sofa opposite the desk and sat down, slamming his hand on the table. “I’ve been with the Golden Orchid Army for almost twenty years. Why is my personnel file still at the Qianwu Dojo?”

"Oh, this is such a small matter that you, the Tenth General, had to come all the way here in person? You could have just sent me an email."

The servant brought two cups of tea, and Jimmy took them and placed one of them in front of Mitchell.

Mitchell didn't stand on ceremony and picked up his water glass, drinking it all in one gulp.

"A trivial matter? If I hadn't come in person, who knows how long you, Mr. Jimmy, would have dragged this out—a hundred years, or a thousand years?"

“Mitchell, you’re too impatient. We’ve been colleagues for hundreds of thousands of years. Don’t you know what kind of person I am, Jimmy? Would I lie to you?”

Jimmy shook his head, seemingly reminiscing about the old days.

Mitchell was slightly moved. He said, "I know you mean well and want to keep my personnel records at the Qianwu Dojo so that I will have a way out in the future. But since I have chosen the Jinlan Army to take on the position of the tenth general, I have already disregarded life and death."

His tone was firm: "If I, a general, am half-hearted and leave myself a way out, how can I guarantee the loyalty of my soldiers? Jimmy, thank you for your kindness, but I have been very happy in the Jinlan Army for the past twenty years. The peaceful days at the Qianwu Dojo are not what I seek..."

"Fine, since that's the case, you can take the file with you later." Jimmy sighed, respecting his old friend's choice.

He personally took a document from the file shelf and handed it to Mitchell: "This is a virtual file. Take it with you first. Your real file will be sent to the Jinlan Army as soon as possible. From now on, you will have absolutely no connection with the Qianwu Dojo. Unless Lord Jinlan Marquis speaks for you personally, you will not have the opportunity to leave the Jinlan Army. I hope you will not regret this choice."

“I will never regret my choices!” Mitchell picked up the file, glanced at it, and then put it back.

"Hehe, really?" Jimmy seemed to have thought of something interesting. He smiled and said, "Didn't you ask me to keep an eye on that sorcerer named Lu Qingshan and Er Ye Qian?"

“Lu Qingshan!” Mitchell recalled the man after a moment’s thought—the two-leaf shaman who had been on whom he had placed high hopes but had chosen to live an ordinary life, was now probably working as an instructor at the dojo headquarters.

Mitchell didn't care and said, "I have no interest in his information anymore!"

Jimmy's eyes gleamed with amusement. He chuckled and, regardless of Mitchell's attention, continued, "The Silver Moon Marquis personally requested that Lu Qingshan be transferred to the Qianwu Secret Realm to serve as a tutor to a prince. Now, his status is equivalent to a top-tier tutor in the Qianwu Secret Realm. You know, this status is no less than yours or mine..."

"What!" Mitchell, who had been indifferent, suddenly looked incredulous.

He'd worked in the personnel department's assessment team at the Daoist temple for hundreds of thousands of years; how could he not know the requirements for an instructor in the Qianwu Secret Realm...?

Only those who are Three-Leaf Dry Witches, and specifically the elite among them, who have mastered the fundamental laws, are qualified to serve as such.

Lu Qingshan... Twenty years ago, he was just a minor domain lord with a shallow understanding of the laws, possessing only a few scattered insights into the fundamental laws of lightning. Even I at the time only thought he had a slight chance of breaking through to the realm lord...

Now Jimmy tells him that in just twenty years, the domain lord he abandoned has been personally appointed as a top-class mentor by Lord Silvermoon Marquis... How can he believe this?

"This is impossible!!"

Mitchell shook his head, thinking his old friend was fooling him.

Jimmy, however, remained calm and produced a document. Mitchell glanced at it, and his face immediately darkened. The transfer document bore the divine imprint of the Silver Moon Marquis; who would dare to forge it? Even if Jimmy had a hundred lives, he wouldn't dare to do it!

That leaves only one explanation: everything Jimmy said was true...

Seeing his old friend's discomfiture, Jimmy was secretly pleased and said with a smile, "Actually, Lu Qingshan's understanding of the laws has always been very profound. It's just that he didn't show it during the assessment. He already demonstrated an extremely proficient understanding of the lightning laws during the first open class at the dojo!"

"He is a qualified instructor. He is more responsible to the students in the dojo than any other instructor... He even created secret methods specifically for the students and helped them solve their problems one by one..."

"The students all loved and respected him very much. During his last open class before he went to the Qianwu Secret Realm, some students even shed tears because of his departure..."

"Compared to going to the Jinlan Army, the Qianwu Dojo is his best choice, and he made the right choice..."

While the two were talking, Mitchell had already used the virtual universe to find out about Lu Qingshan's whereabouts after he went to the dojo.

He remained silent for a long time...

The initial resentment from being rejected vanished at that moment.

“His choice is right. Jin Lanjun is suitable for me, but not for others. The Qianwu Dojo and Qianwu Secret Realm are the platforms that are truly suitable for him. Perhaps it won’t be long before he breaks through to the Realm Lord realm and his strength is truly on par with ours!”

"Heh, didn't you say you never regret anything? How come you're finding your judgment flawed now?"

Jimmy continued to make sarcastic remarks.

Mitchell's expression remained unchanged: "What is there to regret? I invited him because I admired his talent, and I didn't hold a grudge or cause him any trouble after he rejected me... In a way, I was his assessment instructor, and I was the one who brought him into the Qianwu Dojo."

"Logically speaking, our relationship should be quite close... Jimmy, my friend, my real body is in the Jinlan Army, so it's rare for me to have the opportunity to come to the Qianwu Dojo. Therefore, I'm asking you, my old friend, to help me give him a congratulatory gift... Choose something he urgently needs right now, worth no more than one Hunyuan. I trust your judgment, old buddy!"

Mitchell appeared calm and collected, but he had actually made several calls to Seres in the virtual universe.

"Damn it, Seris, that bastard probably didn't lie about him raising the difficulty of Lu Qingshan's assessment without permission!"

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The Secret Realm of Qianwu, Wind and Thunder Island.

At this moment, Lu Qingshan was still at Lingyu's manor and was unaware of Mitchell and Jimmy's conversation about him.

Little did he know, Mitchell was planning to give him a gift worth one Hunyuan.

“Teacher Lu, if you have no objections, let’s settle on this. For the first half of the month, Instructor Bai Mei will guide my cultivation, and for the second half, I’ll have to trouble you, Teacher Lu…”

"As long as Instructor Bai Mei is okay, that's fine."

Lu Qingshan nodded, not caring whether it was first or last.

Lingyu's beautiful face wore a faint smile: "Instructor Bai Mei has agreed, but Teacher Lu, I still have some questions I'd like to ask."

(End of this chapter)