The Law of Heaven

Chapter 18 Deep Blue Alliance
When Aihara was looking through his second uncle's diary yesterday, he did see entries about Director Yu. The two seemed to be college classmates and used to be such good brothers that they could share a pair of underwear, but they haven't been in touch much in recent years.

The main problem is that my second uncle is frequently arrested for involvement in prostitution and gambling. It's hard for most people to believe that this old guy has a good brother who is a police chief.

"Hello."

Although he was rather aloof, he had no reason to ignore a girl's greeting, mainly because she was indeed very beautiful.

Yu Xia's secret actions attracted a lot of attention. She seemed to realize this herself, rolled her eyes helplessly, and muttered with a pout of her red lips, "What's so interesting about staring at me all day?"

Her best friend covered her mouth and chuckled, "Isn't that because Xiaxia is pretty? That's why everyone likes to stare at you. By the way, who were you greeting just now?"

Yu Xia answered absentmindedly, "Friend."

Her best friend was taken aback: "Is it someone you like?"

Upon hearing this, the students in the class secretly perked up their ears, and many boys couldn't help but turn around.

"No, it's just a polite greeting."

"Oh okay."

The students who were secretly eavesdropping breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the school beauty's heart was not yet with anyone. They had been on tenterhooks just now.

But then they became curious and all turned their attention to Class 7, wondering who they were.

Yu Xia was known as an aloof beauty at school, with a bit of arrogance and shrewishness in her bones. She never showed any courtesy to her many suitors and would often throw out the flowers, snacks and other small gifts she received in public. Even if someone confessed their feelings to her, she would scold them harshly, showing no respect whatsoever.

Throughout her three years of high school, she has never been approached by any member of the opposite sex, which makes people envious and jealous.

"Brother Yuan, why are they all looking this way?"

Yi Ran felt a little lost.

"how could I know?"

Xiang Yuan pretended to be stupid.

The principal was still rambling on on the podium. Clearly, yesterday's accident had left these school leaders feeling terrible, as their phones were ringing off the hook with calls from the media and parents.

An unexpected scene unfolded for Aihara.

The principal stepped down halfway through his speech and instead invited a special guest to the stage. Soon, a familiar face took the microphone, his bold stage presence resembling that of Lu Bu wielding his halberd: "Hello, students!"

He energized the crowd: "Where's the applause!"

There was thunderous applause.

Compared to the boring old principal, Master Zhou's presence was quite exciting for the students. This is mainly because most students at this age are still immature and full of fantasies about the world. They also believe in the existence of metaphysics deep down, so they were impressed by yesterday's speech and felt that it was still too long.

For example, Yi Ran, who was next to Aihara, was so excited that his face turned red, and he clapped his hands loudly.

"Hopeless."

Aihara looked helplessly at the podium.

"Aihara."

Old Wang came over, clutching his buttocks, and waved.

Aihara left the group and went over to ask, "What's wrong?"

"Someone looking for you."

Old Wang pointed to the back of the playground.

Aihara turned around and looked, then paused in surprise.

Jian Mo was sitting on a bench smoking. Behind him was a row of security personnel in suits. At first glance, they really looked like gangsters. Fortunately, their overall demeanor was elegant and refined, so that people wouldn't want to call the police just because they saw them.

"You just came to see me like this, are you really sure it's okay?"

Aihara looked around and, finding no one paying attention to him, said, "I thought you'd wait until school was over."

"The situation has changed. I'll be very busy this afternoon, so I'll have to come pick you up early. Don't worry, I've already spoken to your homeroom teacher and arranged for you to take leave."

Jian Mo exhaled a smoke ring: "This trip to your school isn't just to see you, it's also a mission from above. The higher-ups are furious about what happened yesterday, and after a night of discussion, they've decided to expand enrollment."

Aihara leaned against the basketball hoop next to him: "Expanding enrollment?"

Jian Mo nodded: "The Deep Blue Alliance was formed by five local longevity families, and its sphere of influence covers the entire city. The Deep Blue Alliance can decide many things, including the number of longevity species in the city."

He cleared his throat and said, "Aren't you curious? Yijuku High School, as a key school, suddenly and inexplicably sent a group of senior students on a study tour. This is actually a kind of selection. Yesterday's antique expo actually contained a lot of information about immortal beings. Those with the potential to awaken will react."

Aihara suddenly realized: "I see."

Jane continued, "Normally, the Deep Blue Alliance records these people who react and then sends people to slowly contact them and induce them to awaken. But in the current situation, the Dead Apostles are operating recklessly in the real world, and the Deep Blue Alliance, with its current size, is already overwhelmed."

"They've decided to increase the number of immortals?"

Aihara asked, "Find them among the students?"

Jian Mo replied, "Yes, Master Zhou is here to select people. In addition, he also needs to distribute some artificial ancient relics to the students who were attacked yesterday. These relics cannot be integrated, but they can help their confused memories gradually become consistent, thus having a calming effect on their minds. Otherwise, those students will feel that their memories are disordered for a long time, which will lead to mental depression."

"Deep Blue Alliance is actually quite responsible."

"No, Deep Blue Union doesn't have time to deal with these things. This was actually something Master Zhou made at his own expense, which probably cost him more than half a year's salary."

"what?"

Aihara looked at the passionate master on the podium and suddenly had a new understanding of this guy. It turned out that even an idiot could be very kind and admirable.

"The age when humans are most likely to awaken is eighteen, when the brain is fully developed and the success rate of fusing with ancient relics is the highest. Next, the students in your school will gradually awaken and become immortal beings. This process will take about a month."

Jian Mo looked up at the gloomy sky, his eyes serious: "Something big is going to happen soon. I just hope that after they awaken, they can protect themselves and the people around them."

Aihara frowned and asked, "What important matter?"

Jian Mo dismissed the security personnel behind him, leaned over and lowered his voice, as if revealing a huge secret: "Do you know Tianli from Fog Mountain?"

Aihara nodded: "I've heard of it."

Jianmo whispered, "That thing is insane!"

"crazy?"

“Last night, the Deep Blue Alliance detected His spiritual fluctuations in the mortal world for the first time. He is invading the mortal world with unprecedented ferocity! But that’s not the scariest part. I’m even a little worried that you’ll be frightened when I tell you this.”

"what?"

“Overnight, thousands of Dead Apostles were devoured in this city! This is a rare occurrence in the history of the Immortal Race. Heavenly Principle rejected the Dead Apostles' sacrifices, forcibly breaking through the shackles of the mortal realm and the other side to devour them. This is completely illogical. Heavenly Principle accepting sacrifices would already cause its sanity to gradually collapse. But directly devouring the Dead Apostles to gain spiritual essence will drive it completely insane!” Jian Mo's eyes flashed with fear, his voice hoarse: “Faced with a Heavenly Principle that still retains its sanity, we might still have a fighting chance. We only need to annihilate the Dead Apostles and interrupt their sacrifices to prevent Heavenly Principle from regaining its power. But facing a crazed Heavenly Principle, no one can guess what it wants to do. The high-ranking members of the Deep Blue Alliance were completely bewildered during their overnight meeting. They didn't know what extreme actions they had taken that would so provoke a Heavenly Principle to the point that it wanted to fight to the death.”

He took a deep drag on his cigarette: "If this continues, when that reason of heaven completely collapses, we will face an unprecedented catastrophe."

Aihara roughly understood.

Generally speaking, there is a mutual supply and demand relationship between the divine principles and the dead; you offer sacrifices, and I bestow blessings.

Through repeated sacrificial rituals, the ancient principles of Heaven gained power, and the devout Dead Apostles completed their evolution.

But now, the Heavenly Principle in the Misty Mountain has gone mad for some unknown reason, forcibly invading the mortal world to devour the Dead Apostles. This behavior is tantamount to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs and draining the pond to catch all the fish.

For a fleeting moment, Aihara thought of Koki.

But on second thought, it doesn't quite seem like it.

First of all, Ruan Qi is obviously a long-lived being, clearly human, and doesn't look like a monster at all.

Secondly, Aihara only recommended that she rob the Dead Apostles to plunder ancient artifacts; he didn't tell her to eat people.

In the end, Ruan Qi's goal in becoming stronger was to save the city; he couldn't possibly go and cause disaster for no reason, especially since the divination showed it to be extremely auspicious.

Aihara pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

He kept urging his guests to follow the right path and do good.

Perhaps Ruan Qizhen can turn the tide.

"For now, the fact that Tenri is devouring a large number of Dead Apostles is a good thing for us. Because the activities of the Dead Apostles have decreased, the order of the city will become more stable. But the existence of Tenri itself is a time bomb."

Jianmo glanced at his watch: "At this rate of consumption, if nothing unexpected happens, you'll see Him awaken in His mythical form tonight. It's a primordial life form purely condensed from spiritual matter; I wonder where it will appear."

Aihara also realized the seriousness of the problem: "Then I sincerely hope that this Tenri can remain calm, and at least not awaken near my home."

Speaking of which, if the incense that my second uncle left behind could also work on the principles of Heaven, wouldn't that solve many problems without bloodshed?

The thought only flashed through my mind.

If incense could have such a magical effect, even sows could climb trees.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the company to complete the formalities."

Jian Mo stood up and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, it won't affect your normal life too much, nor will it restrict your freedom. It's all consensual. Generally speaking, hunters and companies have a cooperative relationship, and we are mercenaries."

Aihara understood: "Labor dispatch, then?"

Jian Mo smiled and said, "Pretty much. These are special times, and the company will treat hunters much better than before, especially since you are a Creator. But you should still be prepared. There will be a test and training session today. If everything goes smoothly, you can pass in one day. If not, I don't know how long you will be stuck, but you should be fine."

Aihara gazed at the rain curtain: "I'm kind of looking forward to it."

"not afraid?"

"I'll do anything as long as I don't have to go to school."

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After the rain, the flag of Yijuku High School fluttered in the wind, and a line of black Mercedes-Benzes drove out of the school gate, the dark blue Union logo on the rear of the cars gleaming slightly in the sunlight.

Jane gripped the steering wheel and glanced at her watch.

About a minute later, Aihara, who was sitting in the passenger seat, saw the radiant master being escorted by school leaders as he approached. After exchanging pleasantries for a moment, he opened the car door and got into the back seat.

"Oh, I still really enjoy lecturing to students. Only these lovely kids will genuinely applaud me and appreciate what I've taught."

Zhou Lunshuo sat in the back row and opened his thermos to drink water.

"How about it?"

Jianmo asked casually.

"The students were very enthusiastic; they snapped up all the ancient artifacts I was selling. Only qualified people buy our products. There are quite a few people in this school with awakening potential; I've already written down their names, and I'll just send someone to contact them later."

Master Zhou sighed at this point, "I have to say, the students are still so innocent. When I used to go out and give lectures, those who didn't have the aptitude to awaken looked at me as if I were a monkey in a zoo, as if I were an idiot who had escaped from a mental hospital."

He looked back at the playground with reluctance, his expression revealing emotion: "Only these students, even if they don't buy my products, won't treat me like a fool."

Aihara followed his gaze to the playground, and seeing the students' excited expressions, hesitated for a moment: "Could it be because you gave them gifts?"

After the gathering, the senior high school students who had been invited to the antique exhibition all received a complimentary gift: a jade pendant symbolizing peace and safety. The pendant itself wasn't too expensive, and it was meant to wish them all well and a normal life.

"Uh."

Master Zhou's expression froze.

"The master's original intention is still commendable."

Aihara exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "You are so kind to give these students gifts at your own expense."

Master Zhou was a little embarrassed and scratched his head, saying, "It's not entirely like that. It mainly happened during my lecture. If I don't handle this well, the company will probably cancel my year-end bonus. Ugh, you wouldn't understand even if I explained it to you. I'm a full-time employee of the company, unlike you lowly contract workers!"

Aihara's eye twitched: "So that's how it is?"

Jian Mo said with a dark face, "Ignore him. His treatment isn't necessarily much better than mine."

"Who said that?"

Master Zhou retorted, "I did it eight years ago..."

The black Mercedes sped away in the sunlight, and Jian Mo and Zhou Lunshuo kept bickering all the way. Xiang Yuan couldn't get a word in edgewise, so he could only silently watch the street scenes rushing past the window, as if he was saying goodbye to his uneventful past.

A new life seems to be starting...

The Mercedes' rearview mirror reflected the playground of Yijuku High School. Students went upstairs one after another, chatting and laughing about what had happened in the past two days. Some felt that the master's lecture was like opening the door to a new world, while others thought that only an idiot would believe such feudal dross.

"Hey, why did Yuan take another day off?"

Yi Ran looked around the group, looking completely bewildered.

"Xiaxia, that master is really nice. This jade pendant is quite beautiful. Guess how much it's worth?"

My best friend fiddled with the jade pendant, her face contorted with misery, and said, "Ugh, I have two physics classes in a row later. I haven't even finished last week's test. Just kill me..."

"I do not know."

Yu Xia stared blankly at the Mercedes that had sped away, her pale fingers brushing over the plaque she had just received as a gift, when a memory suddenly flashed through her mind.

A memory that is both familiar and unfamiliar.

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