In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

"You don't need to worry about what to do if you can't beat Hafsa."

"As long as you have these things in your hands, and as long as you can continue to uphold your original intentions, then even if Hafsey becomes a sage, he can't do anything to you, just like I can't do anything to him now."

"On this matter, I only have one requirement for you."

"Don't kill! Don't kill! Don't kill!"

"Remember?"

Rod's expression changed slightly as his thoughts were immediately exposed.

He was convinced.

Nafis was not making baseless accusations.

His teacher must have known something, which is why he gave him this special advice.

As for what he knows...

That's hard to say.

However, since Nafis didn't expose him, it means he doesn't care about those things.

Rhodes remained calm and nodded solemnly, saying, "I understand, teacher."

(End of this chapter)

127. Chapter 125 Sage-level ability to exploit loopholes

Chapter 125 Sage-level Ability to Exploit Loopholes

During Rhodes's absence from the Order of the Church, Nafis had already arranged everything regarding Hafsey.

Meanwhile, the two papers that Rhodes had submitted earlier at his instruction had also passed and had been submitted to the review panel of the Church. As long as Rhodes passed the paper review after returning to the Church, he would be able to easily become a trainee Tasata.

The self-selected research topic he prepared for Rhodes covered a wide range of topics, including not only the experimental research that Rhodes himself had prepared to attract Hafsey, but also some research materials that he had already prepared for Rhodes.

He is very confident.

With Rhodes's abilities, this self-selected topic would be enough to help him write two papers on different research directions, thus advancing him to the rank of a formal Tosata.

This important self-selected topic was also key to Rhodes' ability to attract Hafsey's attention.

The subsequent evidence collection phase.

That depends on Rhodes's own abilities.

As for the 'compensation' he gave to Rhodes that went straight to Habantha.

Rod asked him once, "Does this count as academic fraud?"

After all, if he used Nafis's research results, how would that be any different from Hafsey plagiarizing his students' research?

However, Nafis's answer left Rhodes speechless.

This research finding.

We had the same exam question as Rod!

Yes, it's the same old story again.

Moreover, it wasn't just that its topic overlapped with Rhodes'; Nafis' research even overlapped with Adebay's topic once before.

Looking back on those days.

Adebay, who had just become a Tasata, managed to get a brand new research topic, which directly overlapped with the topic that Nafis was going to apply for, with more than half of the content being the same.

Nafis is not Hafsey.

After learning about this.

He immediately shifted his focus, re-examining the topic from a different angle, hoping to achieve a different outcome.

But just when he finally achieved his goal and was preparing to use this paper to extend his time as a sage.

He discovered that he had encountered the same question again.

This time it wasn't a matter of overlapping research topics.

Rather, his research findings overlapped with another paper on hybrid plants and animals that Rhodes had shown him.

The overlap this time is even more exaggerated than last time.

It has reached almost 90%.

According to the rules of the Academy of Educational Sciences, those who publish their papers first have priority.

In other words, he is no longer qualified to publish his new paper.

This incident made Nafis sigh for a long time about the unpredictability of life.

And now.

This regrettable paper, however, has found an opportunity to be used.

Although Rhodes's paper was poorly written, with many key points missing, it was technically an unqualified paper.

However, the research findings here are of extraordinary value, and if published, they will certainly challenge the position of Habantha.

Nafis did not hesitate for long.

Using his own research findings, he polished and revised Rhodes's terrible paper to a certain extent until it became a paper that met the requirements of the Order of the Church.

From this perspective.

The 'compensation' he gave to Rhodes was actually entirely polished by him on Rhodes's thesis.

"It's because we both chose the same topic. You researched this topic first and achieved results similar to mine, so these honors should rightfully be yours. Don't feel guilty."

"What I do is simply polish your paper a bit."

"This is what a mentor should do."

"It doesn't count as stealing my academic achievements."

At this point, Nafis couldn't help but laugh: "Looking at it this way, most of the compensation I'm giving you is actually the honor that should have been yours, which saved me a lot of trouble."

No wonder.

Rod's first reaction upon learning of this was to sigh.

He can't write a damn paper.

The two papers he gave to Nafis were actually extensions of Adbay's research.

The first article is a genetics theory expanded from the theory of non-inbreeding derived by Adbay.

The second article is also an expansion of the theory of hybrid plants and animals researched by Adbayi himself, combined with the knowledge of the Naxida religion.

Rhodes only wrote about half of what he actually wrote.

Unexpected.

These two papers are so useful.

Any one of them could be chosen and a scholar could challenge for the position of Habantha.

"Life is such a whim."

With such feelings.

Rhodes returned to the Church with the things Nafis had given him.

Fiona parted ways with him here and went to report to the Epistemological School.

Before leaving.

She also made sure to confirm with Rhodes whether he would obediently become her student once she developed the automatic irrigation sprinkler system.

Only after receiving a satisfactory reply did she leave with great enthusiasm.

Rhodes first went to the Amirido Academy to register and check with the people there about the review progress of the two papers that Nafis had helped him submit.

After finishing all that, he returned to his dormitory.

Before he could even get a proper rest, there was a knock on his door.

Open the door and take a look.

It was Gülech, whom I hadn't seen in a long time, and Seno, whose expression was quite strange.

Honestly.

When Rod saw that it was the two of them, he was really in a bind.

But one of them was his teacher and the other was his senior brother. Even though Rhodes was extremely unwilling, he had to respectfully invite them in and even boiled a pot of water to make tea for them.

As soon as the tea was served, Gülesh said with a serious expression, "Nafis has gone to Daochenglin to recuperate and will not be able to return to the Church for at least a year."

"Yes, the teacher told me."

Rhodes nodded in confusion.

Gülech should have known that Nafis was going to recuperate and that he was temporarily handing over control of the life theory faction to Hafsey. Why did he suddenly come to tell him about it now?

then.

Then Gülesh said, "Recently, submit me a paper on the application of multi-elemental forces, no, two papers. If you have any questions, you can ask me."

"what?"

When he first heard this request, Rhodes was completely bewildered, but he quickly realized what was going on: "You're planning to have me take the exam for the novice Dharani of the Suron school?"

"Your mastery of elemental power is extraordinary."

"Writing two papers is no problem for you."

"If you get into trouble, just leave the Shenglun School and join the Sulun School. With me here, no matter how arrogant Hafsey is, he won't be able to get his hands on you."

Gülesh's idea was very simple.

Like Nafis.

He was also planning for Rhodes' future.

Rhodes is an extremely rare dual-school student.