I am the Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysterious-Chapter 209 - 179: School Is Awesome

Modern times, November 8th, Friday.

Yu City, Third High School.

During morning self-study, Sang Que sat at the back row near the window, flipping through her brand-new textbook.

After the class redistribution, most of the classmates around were unfamiliar, even though they all knew her.

From time to time, everyone glanced her way. Her acting gig had already been spread throughout the school by the big mouths Jiang Zao and Xu Yichao.

This morning, a male classmate took secret photos of her with his phone when she wasn’t paying attention. She went straight to him, twisted his arm behind his back, pressed him against the wall with one hand to delete the photos, and handed the phone to the class leader.

After that, everyone behaved, not daring to secretly photograph her anymore.

Her perception skills now easily outmatched these ordinary high school students. Every little move they made couldn’t escape her, including knowing the class leader had milk tea in his elderly style thermos.

Closing her book, Sang Que looked out the window. The trees around the playground only had bare branches left, waiting for the winter snow to arrive.

She planned to come to school for a day today to show she was still alive, spend the two weekend days, and return to the Deceit Dynasty on Monday. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

By then, He Buning should be back, so she could resolve his suspicions.

Her plan was to make He Buning mistakenly think she used the ’Connected Branch.’ Only this reason could pass without much scrutiny, but it had a huge flaw: Xia Chan is an Evil Person and has no blood.

The solution was to find a yin object to cover up the matter.

And this object, she coincidentally, happily possessed!

It was the Jade Bracelet.

The Jade Bracelet could absorb blood. Once worn, it couldn’t be removed unless the hand was severed.

The Yin Child wouldn’t want it, and she couldn’t use it, but Xia Chan wasn’t afraid of severing a hand.

If Xia Chan wore the Jade Bracelet, it could completely explain that Xia Chan’s blood was absorbed by the Jade Bracelet, so it couldn’t flow out. Due to her special constitution, she wouldn’t die.

Also, because Xia Chan had no blood, the Jade Bracelet wouldn’t accidentally trigger and harm Xia Chan.

Perfect!

The Jade Bracelet could be used twice more. For now, it served as an accessory for Xia Chan. If she ever encountered an Evil Ghost of the fifth layer and had no way to handle it, she could just retrieve the Jade Bracelet from Xia Chan.

After morning class, Jiang Zao and Xu Yichao scurried into the class to find her.

"Sang Baby, I’ve missed you so much!"

Jiang Zao pounced on Sang Que with a few steps, hugged her waist, and wouldn’t let go.

"How come you’re thin again? Your waist is much slimmer than before. Is your agent not letting you eat? You’re still growing, my Sang Baby." Jiang Zao’s eyes were full of tenderness.

Sang Que thought of course she would be thin, eating poorly every day, busy all the time, like a weight loss boot camp.

Jiang Zao released Sang Que, examining her from head to toe, "You’re even paler, so pale there’s no color. Do stars have a whitening secret? They’re all such cold white skin."

Well, Sang Que didn’t even need to explain; Jiang Zao already found all the reasons.

"Sang Que, when is your movie coming out?" Xu Yichao asked with a dumb smile, blocked by Jiang Zao.

This time, Sang Que didn’t see the paperman girl on him, but the yin energy on Xu Yichao remained. It was likely that she was now too powerful, and the paperman girl was completely suppressed by her.

Sang Que casually lied, "I just took a break to rest for a couple of days and handle some things. I have to go back next Monday. It’s not finished filming, and it will take a while before it premieres."

Upon hearing this, "Ah? It’s so tiring. Why didn’t you just rest at home today instead of coming to class?"

"Isn’t it because I missed you?" Sang Que smiled. She urgently needed the good atmosphere of the school to heal her injured soul.

Jiang Zao was elated by Sang Que’s coaxing. "There’s not much time between classes. You should attend class well today. After school, I’ll take you for hotpot, and this weekend we’ll visit the newly opened mall."

"I want to join too," Xu Yichao said.

Jiang Zao and Xu Yichao were in the same class, and they got along well during this time. Jiang Zao didn’t refuse him.

The three of them chatted behind the classroom for a bit before the class bell rang, and Jiang Zao and Xu Yichao reluctantly returned to their own class.

Before leaving, Jiang Zao secretly told Sang Que she had completed the small repeating crossbow and had the Obsidian Arrows and Obsidian Cinnabar Firecrackers ready.

Jiang Zao said she would send the bill to Sang Que, asking her for money and also for an explanation, as she didn’t believe filming required these props.

Jiang Zao also said that if Sang Que deceived her again, she’d apply for a job with the props team to find out the truth herself.

Jiang Zao’s ’threat’ made Sang Que distracted the entire day. During a Chinese class, she was called by the teacher to answer questions.

The teacher was teaching classical Chinese texts and probably didn’t expect Sang Que to glance at it, translate it directly, and without mistakes.

Frozen in surprise, the teacher wondered if she was in a costume drama and had classical Chinese dialogues.

Ultimately, the teacher could only let Sang Que sit down and pay attention in class.

God knows how many classical Chinese official documents she read during her half-month work at the Evil Suppression Bureau. She even wrote a piece herself. Even if she was dumb, she should have progressed a little, right?

Today, there was a physical education class, but the instructor wasn’t Zheng Xuan. He was investigating Southern Magic related to the Golden Child and hadn’t returned with any news yet.

Sang Que received a text from him when she returned this time. It was Zheng Xuan reminding her to stay safe and saying the Southern woman held grudges. He had already spoken to Xu Shufen to seek her help if needed.

In fact, Sang Que had visited Grandma Shufen last night. Her life was quite pleasant now, dancing in the square with other elderly people in the neighborhood, occasionally doing a bit of fortune telling.

Grandma Shufen still insisted on collecting cardboard and plastic bottles daily. Everyone at the package station in their neighborhood knew her and often gave her unused cardboard.

Notably, as soon as Sang Que entered Xu Shufen’s house yesterday, her Mountain God Statue fell from the shen kan, face down as if in a bowing position.

Truly, if anything happened, Sang Que would have to save Xu Shufen.

After a full day of classes, Sang Que felt truly comfortable for just sitting and listening without doing anything else. It wasn’t tiring, except for the tense-dangerous moments when the teacher prepared to call her to answer questions. Other times, it was quite comforting.

As for homework, she was leaving on Monday, so why worry about it?

There was no evening study on Friday. They were off in the afternoon. Sang Que, Jiang Zao, and Xu Yichao went out for hotpot and strolled along the shopping street.

As night fell, Sang Que felt a sense of unreality and unease.

In the Deceit Dynasty, she would go home at sunset, lock the courtyard gates, and without a phone, she could only practice then go to bed early. Sometimes she would be called to stand vigil at someone’s home in the middle of the night or clean a storm drain on rainy days.

Now, the surroundings were brightly lit, the night market bustling with noise. Xu Yichao was queuing for roasted sweet potatoes, and Jiang Zao was chattering non-stop. The peaceful and tranquil atmosphere was everywhere.

Thinking of the Deceit Dynasty, those who lost everything due to minor Evil Spirits and struggled to survive, and those who toiled endlessly to live in a big city, Sang Que’s heart filled with conflict as she took in the sight around her.

Initially, going to the Deceit Dynasty was a desperate move; later, it was to become stronger and protect her family. But eventually, as she looked on her current life compared to the scenes in the Deceit Dynasty, Sang Que felt a surge of complex emotions.

She had been avoiding certain truths, not wanting to face or acknowledge them. But seeing Jiang Zao’s smiling face and Xu Yichao blowing on roasted sweet potatoes by her side, and everyone around seeming to vanish like paper ashes, Sang Que couldn’t help but start to assume. If one day, the modern world became the Deceit Dynasty, she feared from the depths of her soul.

With that fear growing, the scenery before her started to lose its color and distinction.

Jiang Zao, smiling, and Xu Yichao with his roasted sweet potato, and everyone around them began to fade away like paper ash.

A woman dressed in a Southern Ocean dance costume appeared in the street, and it seemed like Sang Que wasn’t just hallucinating but really... seeing a ghost!

Sighing, Sang Que took a determined bite of the sweet potato and walked purposefully towards the dancing Southern Ocean woman ahead.