Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 847 - 94 Doctor Li, Long Time No See

This is a lie.

If her home were comfortable, Li Mumu wouldn’t have stayed away for an entire semester.

Though, it wasn’t entirely because seeing Wang Yunxiao and the Sakura girl nibbling chocolate together enraged her to the point of liver pain.

The main reason was that Li Ya was about to give birth.

If she had a choice, Li Mumu would prefer hiding out at West Spring Mountain, continuing to refine the Dragon Crystal.

This side hustle wasn’t for nothing. The Master of Ten Thousand Transformations was very generous, directly extracting the souls of two Sea Serpent Clan members to give her as compensation.

One was a white worm slayed at the terminal northern continent, the other was extracted from Uesugi Risa’s body—rumored to be a refined lamprey from an alternate world line.

Both were excellent materials for forging a Demon Core.

The relationship between the Sea Serpent Clan and the Dragon Clan is quite ambiguous. While not exactly a dragon species, they still share a faint connection.

Why lampreys and white worms are classified under the Sea Serpent Clan leads back to the secrets hidden in ancient mythology.

It’s said that during the Primordial Era—not the one where Saints lectured at Purple Cloud Palace, but the early humanless era of massive rainfall, where Earth was frequently submerged in floods—the aquatic species were the true rulers of the world.

Hence the name "Primordial." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

The Dragon Clan stood as kings among aquatic species, and their influence triggered a phenomenon known as "convergent evolution" within the other aquatic creatures.

Simply put: they all tried to look more like dragons.

Ancient Chinese referred to these convergently evolving species as "jiao," while myths from other cultures called them sea snakes.

Legendary giant sea snakes like the Western Jormgad, Hydra, Dagun, and Eastern Xiangliu and Yamata were the prevailing champions of this evolutionary race.

This arcane knowledge comes from fragments of memory preserved within the Paladin Dragon Crystal. As for why Western dragons evolved the way they did—the answer is simple: they weren’t aquatic at all, and evolved along that 65-million-year-old lineage.

Bananas and apples are both common fruits, but while bananas are part of the grass family alongside foxtail grass, apple trees are classified as woody plants.

Li Mumu, as an apple-banana—no, as a graduate of Daylily Academy and a Reserve Dragon Maiden—when traced back to her origins, she technically belongs to the Principal’s faction.

The Master of Ten Thousand Transformations Black Dragon Princess, written as "Black竜姬" in Fusang style, isn’t an authentic dragon but a jiao. She wasn’t retrieved by the Ancient Dragon Court, and remains on the current timeline.

This faction has a certain feature: call it inclusiveness if you want to sound nice.

If you want to sound harsh—well, they eat anything and everything. No wonder it’s called "Ten Thousand Transformations..."

Worms and lampreys—round them up and they’re considered Sea Serpent Clan; Sea Serpent Clan—round them up and they’re considered dragons. All could go into the same pot for a stew.

The black-and-white pairing was just right to add a Tai Chi Yin-Yang fish emblem to Li Mumu’s Demon Core.

Cultivation is a good thing. If she could, Li Mumu would find herself a coffin, play dead inside, and wait until the Demon Core was forged to then emerge and cause a stir.

But Li Ya actively called her, pitifully begging for forgiveness.

The tone was desperately humble and saccharine, calling her "my precious darling" over and over, nauseating Li Mumu to the point of getting goosebumps.

Even though she knew that woman was acting, the emotional validation was so on point that it softened her heart just a little.

Women—sometimes emotion trumps reason. Li Mumu was no exception.

"Should I take you home?"

Wang Yunxiao eagerly tried to ingratiate himself, but Li Mumu remained unmoved.

"No need, Section Chief Wang, you’re busy with work, sorting through countless matters..."

"I’m not busy today."

"You don’t even have a car."

"I’ll borrow one."

"That’d be troublesome."

"It’s no trouble at all..."

Wang Yunxiao gritted his teeth, determined to find a way to borrow a car. Li Mumu casually threw him a business card: "Call this number, ask them to send over a car."

"This is?"

"A private car from a friend’s family."

That "friend" was currently doing masonry work at the West Spring Mountain construction site; surely they wouldn’t mind her borrowing the car.

Friend... Tsk...

You—freshly returned Eldest Miss—living like a recluse, as solitary as a ferret. What kind of friends could you possibly have?

She didn’t specify whether it was a male or female friend.

Seeing the fiery temper of Eldest Miss Li, Wang Yunxiao didn’t dare probe further and obediently went to make the call.

While waiting for the car at the school gate, He Lan arrived.

The girl had stirred up chaos on another world line, and upon returning, was immediately taken away by the Special Service Bureau. Wang Yunxiao assumed she’d be locked up for ten days or so to cool off.

He didn’t expect her to be released so quickly.

He’d never seen the Special Service Bureau’s efficiency reach such speeds. Considering her as a massacring demoness, shouldn’t they detain her for a detailed interrogation?

Then again, He Lan’s background was, paradoxically, very clean.

No matter who her parents were, she herself was 100% homegrown, and hadn’t entered the extraordinary realm or touched upon the Twelve Laws cultivation system before.

In terms of "profile," even simpler than someone like Wang Yunxiao, who didn’t even know where he transmigrated from.

"Greetings, Commander Wang!"

He Lan grinned brightly as she sidled over to Wang Yunxiao, her gaze discreetly sweeping toward the school: "Waiting for someone here?"

"Waiting for a car."

Wang Yunxiao replied irritably, "Don’t you go home? What are you doing at my place? Go see your parents!"

"My parents are busy planning to have a little brother for me; they treat me like a burden right now."

He Lan fished out a string-bound book from her pocket and handed it to Wang Yunxiao: "I told them you agreed to recruit me into the Special Service Section, so they let me go and even gifted me a martial arts manual!"

Wang Yunxiao glanced at the book cover; on it were the words: "Ranger Heretical Path Introductory Guide—Water Moon Heart Technique."

Not only Heretical Path—judging by its name, it was clearly the simplified speedrun version of the Heretical Path. Yet even so, given He Lan’s cultural aptitude...

"Can you understand it?"

"I can’t, which is why I’m here to ask for Commander’s guidance."

He Lan beamed radiantly, her bright eyes rippling like spring water.

If it were a creepy man, this would be called perversion.

But it was a soft, adorable young girl.

"Commander Wang, if you’re not busy, shall we find a place to study it?"

"Busy, I told you, I’m waiting for a car."

Hearing footsteps behind him, Wang Yunxiao suddenly felt beads of sweat forming.

"Waiting for a car... oh, sending Doctor Li somewhere? Someone sick at the school?"

Spotting Li Mumu walking out of the school, He Lan’s gaze subtly sharpened, her lips pressing together as her entire demeanor and tone shifted.

She waved proactively: "Doctor Li!"

Li Mumu’s face remained expressionless, and she nodded slightly in acknowledgment.

"Long time no see! Hope you’ve been well, Doctor Li. Who are you here to treat today?"