In Sumeru, pretend to be a scholar!

Chapter 102 Returning to Sumeru

Two days later.

The enormous spaceship slowly flew in from the depths of the desert, approaching the nearly completed camp.

Wang Yan and the others had already packed their things. Compared to when they arrived, they now had a large pile of manuscripts, some monster materials, and some desert specialties given to them by the people of Aru Village.

"Let's go back."

Farusan called out to Wang Yan, who was still saying goodbye to Dixia and the others.

Dixia and the rest of the Blazing Beast Hunters will have to stay here until the camp is fully completed and guards from Aru Village arrive before they can leave.

"Then we'll be going now. See you in Sumeru City later."

Wang Yan waved to Dixia and the others, then followed in Farusan's footsteps.

Dixia stood at the camp entrance and waved back: "Take care, see you later."

He jogged along to catch up with Farusan and the other two, and boarded the spaceship that had already landed.

Dolly was already waiting, and when she saw the four of them come up, she immediately smiled and said, "Gentlemen, it's been a long time!"

"Long time no see, Dolly. Looks like you made a good profit on this trip," Wang Yan replied.

Dolly laughed even harder: "Haha, just a little bit, I only made a little bit."

Judging from the curve of the corners of his mouth, it's not just a little bit, but a whole lot more.

"Haha, your rooms have been arranged, but the conditions aren't great, please don't mind." Dolly changed the subject and led the group to the cabin.

It's true that the conditions are bad.

Because of Dolly's needs, the ship's main purpose was cargo transport, so most of the crew lived in rooms with several people sharing one room.

The single rooms that are reserved will naturally not be large.

There's only room for one bed.

However, Kavi and Elhesen had obviously already experienced it, so they didn't say much, simply put down their luggage, and then left the cabin for the deck.

Although it was a spaceship, there seemed to be some kind of runic array protecting the deck, and there was no strong wind as expected; instead, there was a gentle breeze.

"Is this also a technique of the Wonderful Theory School?" Wang Yan asked Kavi with some curiosity.

Kavi shook his head: "To be precise, it should be attributed to Liyue's technology. Have you been to the Jade Pavilion?"

"No, that's a place only important people can go up to." Wang Yan shook his head.

In the game, he would jump off the Qunyu Pavilion every now and then, but I have never actually seen him do so in real life.

"This is a technology from the Jade Pavilion that can stabilize the surrounding airflow and avoid strong convective winds at high altitudes," Kavi explained. "But it's not plagiarism; we paid patent fees."

"The Order of the Liyue still needs to use Liyue's technology?" Wang Yan asked, somewhat surprised. "Doesn't the Order of the Liyue have anything similar?"

"Liyue will also adopt the Academy's technology." Kavi was a little confused as to why Wang Yan was surprised. "We have the technology to form a shield on the spaceship to block the airflow, but after evaluation, we found that the energy consumption of this technology is far higher than that of the airflow stabilization technology of the Jade Pavilion, so naturally we will choose Liyue's technology."

"Okay, then what other technologies don't belong to the Commandment Council?"

"Hmm—and the spaceship's keel is modeled after Fontaine's design," Kavi thought for a moment and said, "It's not exactly a complete copy, because Fontaine's energy source is completely different from ours, so it has been modified."

Kavi probably felt it was inappropriate to talk about his own school of thought like that, so he added, "However, compared to the unstable desolate energy of Fontaine, our spaceship is much more stable and won't suddenly explode in the desolate energy."

"Hmph, I think the most convenient thing is to use elemental power. You can go anywhere, unlike the autonomous mechanisms in Fontaine, some of which don't work outside of Fontaine."

Dolly appeared beside the two of them at some point, and when she heard Kavi talking about the Manghuang energy, she chimed in.

"It seems that Lord Sangge Mahabayi has a story behind him?" Wang Yan asked with a smile.

Dolly immediately became indignant: "Someone smuggled a batch of autonomous vehicles out of Fontainebleau, but they were all powered by the energy of the Wilderness. They broke down as soon as they arrived in Sumeru. I contacted them, and they actually wanted to sell me Wilderness Energy Blocks! When have we ever been cheated like this before!"

"We dismantled all these self-regulatory agencies, then sold them to those scholars of the Mysticism School, making a small profit. We even sent someone to Fontaine to report those smugglers—"

As she spoke, her expression suddenly froze, as she remembered that there seemed to be a true scholar of the Wondrous Theory School beside her.

Kavi glanced at Dolly, not angry, but looked at Wang Yan who was smiling: "Don't laugh. The materials for the crossbow I bought for you before were also bought from her. If I were to rip her off, I would definitely rip you off too."

Wang Yan's smile froze, and he looked at Dolly with a deep gaze.

Dolly was a little embarrassed; how could he have spoken so quickly!

"Haha, you two are already my partners. From now on, if you need any materials, I'll definitely give you a discount—20% off!"

Wang Yan looked at her: "It's not like they'll raise the price first and then offer a discount, is it?"

"Hey! How come you—cough cough, of course not, of course not, it's on sale at full price!" Dolly looked like she'd been found out, but tried to remain calm.

Wang Yan smiled, didn't delve any further, and changed the subject, asking, "How long will it take to get back to Sumeru City?"

"The goods have been purchased. We're on our way back without stopping. As long as there's no extreme weather, it should arrive in about three days," Dolly replied with a sigh of relief.

Wang Yan: "That's quite fast."

It took a whole month to get here, but it only took three days to get back.

The difference between land and air transportation is so vast that it is astonishing.

Spaceships are really great. When I have money in the future, I definitely want to buy one as a research vessel so I can go wherever I want.

Presumably afraid that Wang Yan would bring up the discount issue again, Dolly left quickly.

The group lost interest in chatting and found a spot on the deck to read their own books.

Wang Yan even took out a bunch of his notes and started racking his brains.

"How should I write this paper?"

Bon Voyage.

Three days later, at dawn, the spaceship slowly landed outside Sumeru City.

The spirited Farusan led the listless Wang Yan off the ship, followed by Kavi and Elhesen.

As it turns out, even with angelic blessings, writing a thesis can be exhausting.

Fortunately, with the help of Kavi and Elhesen, Wang Yan completed his first epistemological paper, “A Preliminary Exploration of the Symbolic System in the Reliefs of the Temple of Flora—Focusing on the Symbol of “Lily of the Valley in the Sand”.”

After dozens of revisions, the paper finally passed Farusan's review.

Once back at the Chancellery, it must be submitted to the Shravasti Academy. After the renowned scholars of the school approve it, it can be published in the Chancellery's publications.

Once officially published, Wang Yan will finally have a formal paper.

"Rest today, come to my house tomorrow," said Farusan, giving Wang Yan the day off, and then left on her own, walking quite quickly.

Wang Yan looked at his two friends beside him: "A tavern?"

"Okay!" Kavi nodded immediately.

El-Hysen naturally wouldn't refuse; after returning from the desert, who wouldn't want to have a good drink?

After saying goodbye to Dolly, the three headed to Lambad Tavern.

It's not the weekend, and the scholars are still in the Academy of Teachings, so there aren't many scholars in the tavern, but there are quite a few foreign merchants and mercenaries.

The three were greeted by Erfan, the tavern's night shift waiter.

Wang Yan asked curiously, "Qi Shan quit?"

"How could that be? She also passed the entrance exam for the Order Academy and officially entered the Mysticism School to study. I'm covering her day shift for a few days," Elfan replied. "She's going back to Liyue in a few days, so she's taking extra classes these days."

"Hmm? The School of Wondrous Theories, then wouldn't that make her your junior?" Wang Yan said to Kavi with a smile.

Kavi shook his head: "I was busy with the spaceship project before, and after I finished, I went to the desert. I didn't pay much attention to the new members of the school."

After saying that, Kavi's eyes darted around, and he smiled, "However, to celebrate Qishan's birthday, Elfan, serve up the best wine and food."

"Alright, please wait a moment, you three." Elfan smiled and responded.

After he left, the three of them sat down and started chatting about this and that.

Suddenly, Elheisen looked at Wang Yan: "By the way, Wang Yan, are you going back to Liyue?"

"Huh? Why do you ask that?" Wang Yan was taken aback.

"Because the Lantern Festival is coming up, isn't it in the middle of next month? Elfan just mentioned it," Kavi said matter-of-factly.

Wang Yan then realized that Elfan had said Qishan was going back to Liyue because the Lantern Festival was approaching.

"If you calculate the time, it's only about twenty days left, plus you have to work on your thesis—" Kavi said with concern, "If you want to go back, you need to make plans early, otherwise time will be quite tight."

Wang Yan pondered for a moment, "So—should we go back?"

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