The old man you see with your phone is highly suspicious.

“Your belly,” Xue Dinglu said directly. “Your belly used to be flat, but now it’s protruding more than your chest. You’ve probably been slacking off lately, haven’t you? Looks like you’ve been lazy and slacking off every day. You need to exercise more.”

Xue's Law stated based on his own conclusions.

Although Fafnir was wearing a white sweatshirt on the outside, her close-fitting clothes were very delicate, easily revealing her slightly protruding belly.

After Xue finished speaking, he patted her on the shoulder and then walked straight back into the house.

However, at this moment, Fafnir's eyes seemed to have lost their luster. She silently patted her chest, making a crisp "smack" sound, and then slowly slid her hand down...

Hmm, it really stopped at my lower abdomen, because my lower abdomen seems to be protruding more than my chest...

Fafnir lost her dream...

……

"I'm back," Xue Dinglu shouted directly into the house.

Then, as usual, the little dragon girl dressed in a dinosaur costume gave him a headbutt, which almost made him faint on the spot when it hit Xue Dinglu's stomach.

There were also other white crows and Siamese playing with Little Dragon Girl, but now what was on the ground was not a children's puzzle, but a children's piano, violin and guitar.

Xue's Law: "?"

Why are they learning new talents?

A question mark immediately appeared above Xue's head, and then he didn't see his aunt at home either.

But soon, the sound of moving things came from the door. Xue Dinglu walked out and saw his aunt carrying a whole set of children's drums and bass. She was stunned when she saw Xue Dinglu.

Xue's Law: "..."

"Ahem, I took her to the park once before, and she seemed interested in the music training class next door." The aunt seemed to know what Xue was wondering about, and then said, "That class just closed down yesterday and was selling instruments at low prices, so I went and bought some. It cost less than 1000 in total."

Xue Luding glanced at the instruments in his house that could form a whole band, and at the little dragon girl's golden eyes, which seemed to hold the lion's eye, staring at him with curiosity. He didn't say anything.

At least it's better for a child to like musical instruments than to like a blond-haired kid.

He suddenly had a strange sense of déjà vu: what if some blond-haired punk ever dared to park his will-o'-the-wisp in front of his house...

That guy must have eaten too many red beans and is lovesick. Let's duel this taciturn medical student and decide who's better and who's worse, let's fight with our fists!

Looking again at the musical instruments scattered on the ground, Xue Dinglu asked, "What songs have you learned?"

"I can play the piano!" Little Dragon Girl immediately walked over to the children's piano as if showing off, still wearing her little dinosaur pajamas, and started playing the piano in a very professional manner...

Two tigers?

Xue's Law: "..."

Well, it's only been a few days, and he still doesn't expect his child to have a strong musical talent. Being able to play "Two Tigers" without going off-key is already a genius achievement, which is completely different from Xue's Law.

Xue Dinglu is someone who has absolutely no musical or artistic talent. If someone like him were to study art, he probably wouldn't be able to get into university and would have become an art student who failed the entrance exam long ago.

Seeing that Little Dragon Girl was playing the piano, the other two children also picked up their violins and guitars and began to accompany her.

This looks exactly like a girl band, except it's missing a lead singer. If it had a lead singer, Xue Lude could stay home drinking beer and let his daughter go out and form a band.

However, the old Demon Emperor sent the two children, White Crow and Siam, here to learn about politics and science, not to form a girls' band.

So he quietly left and then asked, "Aunt, how are these children doing in their studies?"

"Studying?" Aunt looked at Xue Dinglu and suddenly said, "Xiao Linglong is doing very poorly in her studies... She's only just memorized the multiplication tables..."

Xue's Law: "..."

Wait a minute, why doesn't the Little Dragon Girl look like me at all? What's going on?

Xue Luding himself is the type of person who doesn't have much artistic talent but learns knowledge very quickly, so how come Xiaolongniang is the exact opposite?

"As for Fafnir... she has already studied the high school curriculum, but she seems to be the kind of student who excels in one subject but not another. She is quite good at historical thinking, but she is only so-so in other areas."

"As for the two children, Bai Ya and Siam..." Auntie hesitated when she talked about them.

"What's wrong?" Xue Dinglu suddenly felt a jolt in his heart. Could it be that he had ruined these two unlucky kids?

“No, it’s nothing. It’s just that the two of them… aren’t interested in any subjects. Instead, they like… building houses? Farming?” Auntie said.

"Building houses? Farming?" Xue asked in bewilderment.

"They were having a blast playing a computer game, a survival simulation game that combined manual house building and farming. They even taught themselves online how to design buildings and how to raise livestock..."

Aunt Xue led Xue to the computer in her room, and then pointed to three books on the table: "Architectural Design from Beginner to Advanced", "Complete Guide to Agricultural Planting in China", and "National Animal Husbandry Tutorial".

Xue Dinglu glanced at the two books. They were newly bought, but the pages with pictures contained a lot of notes and annotations in another world's language, occasionally mixed with Chinese characters and pinyin.

Those two kids didn't even have much Chinese knowledge, but they still managed to devour these three books on Schrödinger's Law, which are so daunting they make your scalp tingle. It just goes to show that interest truly is the best teacher.

Auntie also opened the survival simulation game, and then Xue Law looked at the magnificent TPC sea base in the game with a "subway, old man, mobile phone" expression.

what?

"They designed it and then built it in the game," Auntie said.

Xue's Law: "..."

Very good. At least she can explain to the old Demon Emperor that she has the skill of building houses and can shine brightly when she returns to her original world. The old Demon Emperor will not think that she has not learned anything while studying here.

Just then, the three little black creatures walked in.

"Grandma, Grandma, it's time to play games!" Little Dragon Girl said immediately.

"Good good..."

The three little ones started planting vegetables, building houses, and raising chickens together in front of the computer.

Xue watched as the three of them huddled in front of the computer, and while farming, one of them was flipping through the "Complete Guide to Agriculture and Animal Husbandry," talking about what crops to plant next, how to fertilize and water them, and so on.

Suddenly I realized this isn't so bad.

In fact, Xue Law thought it was simply a fantasy for the old demon emperor to send these two ten-year-old children here for two months to learn political intrigue and scientific knowledge. How could children of this age possibly learn it? And the so-called political intrigue and scientific technology would be a disaster for them.

Why not just leave it at that and let them learn about survival simulation through the game? That would actually be more useful in a world focused on large-scale production and construction. As for political maneuvering and science and technology...

Xue Lude decided to order a complete set of textbooks from elementary school to university for the old demon emperor, and let him figure out the solution himself.

Children should be treated like children, instead of being forced to learn painful knowledge at such a young age.

As for Xiaolongniang's academic performance...

Never mind, let's leave it at that...

Xue's Law is no longer a concern.

At this moment, Fafnir, who had just returned from petting the cats and dogs, looked at Xue Dinglu and seemed to have mustered up her courage to say, "Teacher, you're a college student now, right? I want to go to college with you!"

Xue's Law: "?"

“I saw that your school seems to have a college entrance exam for non-university students… that’s a relatively easy shortcut…” Fafner said, revealing her plan. “The exam is in mid-October. I’ll try it then. I should be able to pass. Then I’ll be classmates with the teacher and we can go to the University of Science and Technology of China together!”

She excitedly shared her thoughts. As a born mythical being, her memory and thinking abilities were far superior to the Earth average. Therefore, she was able to easily master these cultures after only a short period of study. Previously, when she was in the world, she learned Chinese in just a few days and began to study the university's "Ideological and Moral Cultivation" textbook.

Now, with more than half a month left before the adult college entrance examination, she is confident that she can complete all the humanities courses in high school through self-study and pass the USTC social college entrance examination to become a social college student of USTC. At that time, she will be able to go to school with her teachers.

Even just imagining being classmates with her teacher, and walking to school together, with her sitting behind her on her bicycle, tightly hugging her waist, fills her with motivation.

Now it's time for fantasy.

However, her imagination seemed to have a slight problem, because the class times for part-time university students and full-time university students are completely different...

However, Xue Dinglu wouldn't discourage her. Instead, he smiled and said, "Well, good luck. I'll take you to the exam in about two weeks. We'll be classmates then."

Fafnir immediately nodded emphatically, a very happy smile spreading across her face. She then went to her little room to study instead of playing games with the other three children.

Xue Daolu shrugged. The children in the family seemed to be on the right track, and his aunt seemed to be more energetic lately because of the children, no longer looking sickly as before.

That's fine.

After dinner, Xue Dinglu watched a few episodes of Ultraman with them before going back to his room to rest.

There is something even more important tonight: the Mist Council.

He spent six days in the Holy Kingdom and two days in the Mind Flayer's world, but that was calculated according to the other world's time. Converted to Earth's time, it actually only took less than seven days in total.

And today happens to be the day of the Mist Council.

As his consciousness entered the dream world, Xue Dinglu also arrived at the Mist Council.

The other apostles also arrived slowly, but it was clear that the main character of this meeting was not Xue Lude, but the apostle who was preparing to invade the world of the Super Iron Curtain.

Everyone wanted to know the outcome of his intrusion into the super iron curtain, even Xue's Law was no exception.

"Hey, Number 9, did your conquest fail again this time?" someone said immediately after the apostle arrived.

“How can this be considered a failure? The world consciousness of that world seems to have some kind of stress response. I was discovered as soon as I arrived, and then they started fighting me to the death. There was even a broadcast support communication from the interstellar squadron. What could I do?” The apostle immediately began to defend himself.

Then, seemingly unconvinced, he went to another apostle and said, "Number 6, rent two warriors and lend me a squad of Shub insectoid soldiers."

Chapter 298 Xinghai! (Two chapters combined, 6 words)

Xue's Law was learned during the subsequent exchange.

The apostle, codenamed Number 9, was ambushed by the Starfleet as soon as he arrived around the Super Iron Curtain. Although he managed to escape and hide inside the Super Iron Curtain, what awaited him was a frenzied attack from that world, as if it had been triggered by a stress reaction.

Volcanoes erupted all over the world, the world twisted, and all the seawater turned into awe-inspiring water giants hundreds of thousands of meters tall, relentlessly beating him, showing no regard for the billions of creatures living in the ocean. That world seemed determined to kill him.

Even their world's civilization was thrown into disarray by the sudden shock, with the entire ocean being drained and condensed into a terrifying water giant. He now understood why the other apostles had sent people to explore this world.

As for him... he managed to slip away in disgrace by faking his death...

"Rental fee, one fruit." Number 6 seemed to be a very languid woman, speaking very calmly.

Xue Lude looked over and realized that the Shub insectoid race was also a clan deliberately cultivated by an apostle. A cosmic catastrophe-like monster whose entire members were all near-5th rank was actually just a subordinate of a certain apostle in this council.

It's even possible that this Number 6's true form is actually the Queen of the Shub insect race, but she maintains a human form in the council.

"Sure! But you have to guarantee that the soldiers you rent from me will be the highest tier." Number 9 seemed to agree very readily.

In Xue Luding's subsequent observations, he learned what "warriors" were. They were giant insects that blotted out the sky. Xue Luding did not know their exact height under the projection in the Mist Council, but in that projection, the insect's tentacles had already pierced into the clouds.

Like a combination of an elephant beetle and a spider, the insect's every step made the entire earth tremble. Even through the mist, Xue Luding could roughly guess the strength of that warrior.

A top-tier monster among Tier 5 monsters, approaching Tier 6...

For them, such monsters are merely tradable items.

Then let's not even talk about the divine tree. Perhaps the combat power of the divine tree itself is just an extra for them. What they need is the divine tree's ability to absorb spiritual energy, and the fruit it bears that will allow them to truly step into the "6th tier," the legendary level of the Venerable King.