After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 178 - 54 Dying amidst a crowd

So weak.

The dragon mother showed a look of surprise, eyeing the somewhat restrained bald man at the door, unable to feel anything special about this human being.

Lacking confidence and without powerful magic power.

In result, he was an ordinary mortal with nothing special about him, making it hard to imagine that he was Ahtal’s teacher.

"Teacher, long time no see," Xi Mu greeted Buchi at the door with a smile, "How have you been lately?"

"Ah... very good!" Buchi was momentarily stunned, then hurriedly made way for Xi Mu to come into the house.

"Lately, many people want to become my disciples, and I guess I can live a normal life now," he said, then chuckled wryly.

"Although I know they just want the prestige of having studied under the same master as the hero."

So far, those who had come to him to become disciples only wanted a status with which they could say they were from the same lineage as the hero Ahtal.

They were all people looking to gild themselves.

"That’s not necessarily a bad thing," Xi Mu smiled and sat down on the living room sofa, while the dragon mother, not shy, sat down beside him.

Buchi could only give a helpless smile, his expression not too joyful.

What he yearned for was recognition of his achievements in the field of magic, not because he was lucky enough to have taught someone... a hero.

But he didn’t pretend or refuse the money that came to his door.

"By the way, about the research you sponsored," he said, pulling out a sealed magic scroll and solemnly handing it to Ahtal, "This is the preliminary version that can effectively improve the efficiency of using magic power, but for you now... the effect might not be significant."

"..."

Xi Mu took the magic scroll, opened it to look, and said, "Teacher, can you develop subsequent versions?"

"Yes." Buchi’s face lit up, "Given enough time, I can produce a more refined version."

"Is that so," Xi Mu nodded, listening to Buchi explain his theories while the dragon mother next to him yawned out of boredom.

This bald-headed mage was really fanciful.

"Sorry... I seem to have not offered you tea yet?" Buchi saw the dragon mother’s bored expression and suddenly felt awkward.

He stood up, intending to make two cups of tea.

"No need, Teacher," Xi Mu waved his hand, looking out of the window at the sky, "I should be leaving soon."

The excitement on Buchi’s face faded, and he nodded, "It is getting late after all."

He had been trying to circumvent the road of talent because of his lack of it, something that would probably be very boring for a true genius.

And yet.

"Since you like magic, Teacher," Xi Mu got up, bracing his knees, and smiled at Buchi, "how about returning to the Magic Kingdom and continuing your research?"

"Really?" Buchi was taken aback; after all, he had left the Magic Kingdom because he had never been able to produce satisfactory results.

To this, Xi Mu affirmatively replied.

"Research to your heart’s content in the Magic Kingdom; no one will maliciously kill you."

"Maliciously kill me?" Buchi didn’t quite understand, but Xi Mu didn’t elaborate further, simply saying:

"Teacher, I very much look forward to the magic you’ll research." With those words, he got up and left the living room.

In some sense, Buchi truly was a man without talent; even with all the effort put into researching magic, he couldn’t help Buchi become a powerful mage.

After all, Buchi was the research type of talent, unlikely to possess powerful magic power, but he could become a decent researcher.

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In the street.

Under the streetlight. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Are you following me because you’re afraid I’ll run away?" Xi Mu turned and looked at the dragon mother beside him, "Although I don’t mind very much, as the Duke’s daughter, you probably don’t entertain the idea of spending the night with a human, do you?"

At these words, the dragon mother flipped her blue hair, her smile charming and seductive: "Aren’t there enough tales of humans and dragons? Haven’t you heard plenty?"

"You’re not my type," Xi Mu responded immediately, catching the dragon mother off-guard with an expression that solidified, as if she hadn’t expected such an answer.

"If you’re trying to threaten me into submission with Sky City," he said with a smile, "then perhaps I might agree."

"Hmph, boring man," the dragon mother’s expression turned frosty as she tapped the ground with the tip of her foot, flew up into the sky, and disappeared without a trace.

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Back at the palace.

"Haven’t you gone to bed yet?" Xi Mu entered his room and saw Eden sitting at the edge of his bed. The All-Knowing Saintess was dressed in a black gown that outlined her beautiful curve, her cool demeanor also exuding a hint of approachable gentleness.

From beginning to end, the All-Knowing Saintess was not a... indifferent character, despite always maintaining an unapproachable and distant demeanor with players.

But that was just the All-Knowing Saintess’s usual manner.

"Didn’t you want to know where the superfluous souls at birth go?" Eden spoke softly, remembering the words she had said to Ahtal.

Xi Mu nodded and sat down beside Eden.

"The surplus souls born have gone to Hell," Eden’s voice was calm, "They’re undergoing normal transmigration."

"If the number of naturally born souls keeps increasing," Xi Mu raised a query, "then to maintain the balance of life and death, there would be more and more life in this world, wouldn’t there?"

"There has never been a balance between life and death," Eden explained, "Hell is expandable; as the number of souls increases, it will add new layers."

Her voice remained calm.

"The opening of each new layer of Hell means more souls can be accommodated."