Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 871 Zhuge Yuan, President of Trinity University
"Isn't it high?"

"Is it high?"

The two looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Zhuge Yuan is dead?" It took He Songling a long time to finally utter this question. "Has someone been impersonating him all these years?"

"It's disrespectful, but if he hadn't been alive all these years, my family wouldn't be in this state." Even someone as cunning and outwardly composed as Zhuge Qing couldn't hide his indignation when he spoke of this. Clearly, this matter had been weighing on the Zhuge family for a long time.

Not to mention Zhuge Qing, even the three goofy Zhuges who were busy cooking at the next table became indignant when they heard the name "Zhuge Yuan".

"Yes, other families prosper because they have an ancestor, but our ancestor, well!"

"If it weren't for him, I would have gotten into Trinity College long ago!"

He Songling stared in shock, his mouth agape: "Huh?"

After the four Zhuges offered their explanations, He Songling finally understood what had happened to the Zhuge family over the years.

With He Songling's intrusion, both the top-level combat power and the lower limit of the supernatural community have been raised. Although they are still the "one peerless master and two heroes" from the original work, these two heroes are no longer the two middle-aged people in their forties or fifties from the original work.

On the surface, Lu Jin is ranked third, while Zhuge Yuan is ranked second.

He was, after all, brought up by He Songling, and possessed the combined skills of Ni Sheng Qi Men and Wu Hou Qi Men. Back then, his overall strength surpassed that of Lu Jin.

Later, because of his quick thinking and strong sense of the big picture, he almost single-handedly took charge of the work of the Sanyi Group during the crisis after He Songling disappeared. He enabled Sanyi to cooperate with Lu Huizhong to find and beat people up while ensuring that the reform achievements of the "University" were not lost.

Although, for various reasons, Trinity University has not developed to the extent that He Songling originally envisioned, it is still reasonably satisfactory. This demonstrates that Zhuge Yuangan was indeed quite capable.

Since it has been proven that Zhuge Yuan is capable of winning people's hearts, after the extended turmoil of the Jia Shen Rebellion was basically over, Cheng Zhen, who was temporarily serving as the principal, stepped down, and Zhuge Yuan became the principal of the university.

He Songling eventually learned what happened next. Because of Lu Huizhong's actions, everyone in the supernatural community feared Sanyi and Tangmen like the plague. Although they dared not provoke them, no one associated with either of them.

However, Trinity had already been transformed into a university. Although enrollment was difficult and communication was somewhat challenging at that time, it was still manageable if one could focus on academic research.

By the 1990s, as the country gradually opened up to the world, and the two special economic zones were about to be reclaimed, the All-Knowing Company was established to manage the supernatural beings. All-Knowing Company rose to power on the ruins of He Songling's rebellious group, and since it shared a similar origin with Trinity University, the two merged, and have remained so ever since. However, there's one thing: while Zhuge Yuan was qualified as the president of Trinity University, he wasn't so kind to his own family, the Zhuge family. Forget about giving them benefits or opening doors; they weren't even given a fair and open opportunity for competition.

Zhuge Yuan was not valued by his family when he was young. Although he was taught the Qimen Dunjia technique by Zhuge Liang, he did not master its advanced methods. Even the Samadhi True Fire technique was deduced and taught to him by He Songling from his Qimen Dunjia formation. This made Zhuge Yuan feel less close to his family.

Back when He Songling was still alive, he once stated frankly that he was merely a disciple of the Sanyi Sect and had nothing to do with the Wuhou Sect.

After He Songling disappeared, Zhuge Yuan took over as principal, which made him feel even more cautious. He believed that he had received great kindness from He Songling in guiding him to enlightenment. He Songling was like a brother and a teacher to him. Trinity University was the result of He Songling's hard work and expectations, and he vowed never to let his hard work be ruined or destroyed.

The Zhuge family has a long and deep-rooted history, a sect and family with nearly two thousand years of history, and its influence is too wide. At that time, there was the matter of Tian Xiaodie and her husband betraying the sect, coupled with Zhuge Xianglin's petty and narrow-minded character. If a member of the Zhuge family were allowed to enter the sect, who knows what the outcome would be.

Therefore, Zhuge Yuan directly issued an internal resolution that, in order to ensure fairness and avoid suspicion, Trinity University would not admit any members of the Zhuge family, not even for visiting to discuss philosophy or serving as visiting professors, thus completely excluding the Zhuge family from Trinity University.

This also meant that the Zhuge family couldn't access the combined methods of Reverse Life Qimen and Zhuge Liang Qimen, let alone the results of the cutting-edge "extraordinary arts research" at Trinity University. What they could obtain were all mundane methods. Given the Zhuge family's status, they couldn't very well be like a stray dog ​​pouncing on someone else's unwanted bone, could they?
Thus, the current situation has arisen. Other factions have made progress to varying degrees compared to the main timeline of the original work, but the Zhuge family is exactly the same as in the original work.

Fortunately, Zhuge Liang was also a top-tier extraordinary person, a powerful figure who was just one step away from becoming an immortal, even stronger than Zhang Zhiwei today. The legacy he left behind was also of high value. Moreover, the largest peer of the Wuhou School, the Shuzi Sect, was suppressed by various parties for a long time, which prevented the Zhuge family's status from falling too much.

To be fair, Zhuge Yuan went a bit too far in this regard. Even if you wanted to avoid suspicion, shouldn't you at least give students a fair chance to take the exam? If you were worried about the Zhuge family affecting the operation of Trinity University, you could simply not hire anyone from their family as a manager or instructor.

But Zhuge Yuan didn't think so. He always felt that he was far inferior to his senior brother, especially now that things were turbulent, He Songling was nowhere to be found, the Tang Clan had closed its doors for a time, and Lu Huizhong had even entered the Tang Tomb to enter seclusion. He was afraid that he would not be able to control the situation, so he simply cut off the risk at the source.

It wasn't that no one had tried to dissuade him; in fact, the so-called elders' council frequently criticized the decision and tried many times to get Zhuge Yuan to abolish it. However, whether he was the head of the sect or the principal, he was still the top leader, and no matter how much power was distributed, he was still the one with the most power.

People are influenced by their environment. If Zhuge Yuan could be influenced by his senior brother He Songling, he could also be influenced by his senior brother Lu Jin. After all, He Songling had only been with him for a few years, while he and Lu Jin had been managing Trinity University together, making decisions and plans for many years.
When it came to preventing his own family members from enrolling in school, Zhuge Yuan truly learned from the Lu family's inflexible and unyielding nature, resolutely carrying out his plan to the end.

Ultimately, it's a family matter. Lu Jin himself didn't have any connection with the Wuhou faction. When he was talking to He Songling about the current situation, there was no need for him to tell He Songling such small details. As a result, even though the Zhuge family already knew that it was He Songling and that Zhuge Gong had sent his son to ask for help, He Songling still didn't know what was going on.

But now I know.

He Songling looked at Zhuge Qing: "So, your father's idea is for you to come and beg me to let your Zhuge family go to Trinity University?"

(End of this chapter)