Chapter 176 You little brat!
The fact that the flamboyant master was actually a system was something Stone never expected.
Under Stone's combined cajoling and intimidation, Baozi finally confessed everything. After it told Stone everything, Stone finally understood why Princess Irene had not only become a nine-star mage across all magic systems but also established a comprehensive magic learning system, all through her own efforts.
Actually, the reason is very simple.
The "Show-off Lord" isn't human at all, but a system—an incredibly powerful magic learning system. And the so-called peerless genius, Princess Irene, is nothing more than a lucky individual with a cheat-like advantage.
After listening to Baozi's complaints, Shi Tou immediately left the ring space. She needed to think about this matter alone.
Dio's memories of her were mostly about the Irene family and the training methods for fighting spirit. Only at the end did he mention that, according to Princess Irene's biological son, the Irene family's unparalleled genius, Princess Irene, achieved her greatness thanks to a man called "Show-off Lord."
However, even Princess Irene's own son probably didn't expect that the flamboyant master wasn't a person at all.
An intelligent magic learning system possessed a complete set of spells at all levels, from level 0 magic to forbidden spells, and even god-level forbidden spells. This intelligent system accompanied Irene, who was once considered a magical failure, until she became a nine-star mage across all magic systems.
Irene's life story could definitely be written into an inspirational history book, but that's not what shocked Stone.
Baozi told her that she was Princess Irene, but for some reason, Irene had lost her memory after her death, and that Stone and Irene were actually the same person.
At first, Shi Tou was somewhat skeptical, but he gradually began to believe it after Bao Zi mentioned the word "time travel." According to Bao Zi, Yi Lin was a time traveler; Bao Zi's exact words were: "She came from another world, but she changed this world."
After the transmigrator Irene changed this world, she transferred a portion of her memories into Baozi's body and took Baozi to the Crimson Forest. She also told Baozi that when it woke up, a new Irene would be born.
"Because when Baozi was abandoned in the Crimson Forest, Irene was already on her deathbed, but she still had a breath left," Baozi said. At that time, Irene left the Crimson Forest alone; her guards, companions, and family were not by her side.
Except for the flamboyant master.
Baozi told Shitou that it really didn't know what happened afterward, but it did know one thing: only the real Irene could wake it from its coma.
Stone pondered alone in the lounge for a long time, and finally, as night fell, accepted that she was someone who had transmigrated several times. Okay, that's a really awkward way to put it! Let's just say she's a lucky one, and a reincarnation at that—she's a transmigrator reincarnated.
Standing up, Stone began to summon the Flower Steward.
"Wushuang, I probably won't be coming here anytime soon. You'll be in full charge of Ironforge. Also, I need to tell you something. Except for any unnecessary working capital, exchange all your extra gold for ore. Any kind of ore, as long as it's refined. Do you understand?"
Steward Hua maintained his expressionless demeanor: "Beautiful master, please rest assured. I will try my best to collect all kinds of ores."
Stone nodded, opening his mouth as if to say something. But in the end, he sighed and said, "If one day I have to leave here, Ironforge will belong to you. The Huo family... I will ask the Huo family to continue to take care of this place."
A glint of light flashed in the eyes of the head steward, but because Stone was looking down, he missed the scene.
After giving a few more instructions, Steward Hua left the lounge.
Stone took out a piece of paper and a pen and began to write down what he would do in the future.
First, give the first half of the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique to Yi Siyu in exchange for her trust, and... steal the real dwarf princess. [ ~]
Secondly, prepare for an escape. Stone wasn't naive enough to think that after smuggling the Sixth Princess away, he could safely remain in the Luo Ming Empire. However, this might very well harm the Huo family.
It was precisely for this reason that Shi Tou had hesitated to smuggle the Sixth Princess out. Originally, she planned to devise a better method later, one that would allow her to steal the princess out unnoticed. However, now that she possessed the complete Nine Heavens Shocking Technique, Shi Tou felt she could use a simpler approach.
Having already set his sights on the Fifth Princess, Yi Siyu, Shi Tou spent the next few days trying to find ways to get close to her.
Originally, as the second young lady of the Huo family and a student of the Dou Qi Academy, getting close to Yi Siyu wouldn't have been difficult. However, because of Dio's special treatment of her, it became inconvenient for Shi Tou.
Therefore, although she was eager to understand the matter as soon as possible, she finally met Isamu in person a month later.
Yi Siyu did remember Shi Tou; strictly speaking, she remembered meeting the second young lady of the Huo family once. Therefore, when Shi Tou saw her, she didn't treat him with the same condescension she showed to others.
"Miss Huo, right? I heard you were in a hurry to find me?" Although Yi Siyu's expression was still gentle, her tone was not so nice.
Shi Tou, however, adopted the demeanor of a well-bred young lady, smiling as she looked at Yi Siyu: "Your Highness, do you know anything about the ancestors of the six great families of the East?" Shi Tou needed to find a good reason to convince Yi Siyu that the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique in her possession was complete and authentic.
"The six great families of the East?" Yi Siyu raised an eyebrow. "Aren't they Princess Yilin's six bodyguards? Who doesn't know that?"
Stone's face remained expressionless: "Yes, the ancestors of our six great Eastern families were all once guards of the great Princess Irene." Wow, it feels pretty good to say that I am the great princess.
"What are you trying to say?" Although the respectful address Stone used for Princess Irene suited Yi Siyu's tastes, she still didn't want to lose face. After all, the ancestors of the six great families were Princess Irene's guards, and she was a direct descendant of Princess Irene!
“What I want to say is…” Shi Tou looked at Yi Siyu with a smile, then suddenly leaned forward and whispered in Yi Siyu’s ear, “Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique.”
"What did you say?!" Yi Siyu exclaimed in surprise.
Because it was inside the Imperial Capital Academy, and given Yi Siyu's considerable strength, she didn't bring any guards with her, but she wasn't entirely without anyone by her side.
"Xiaoyu! What's wrong?" A little girl, about the size of a stone, darted over from not far from Yi Siyu. She had come with Yi Siyu earlier, but out of politeness, she had moved aside.
Stone quickly backed away, because the little girl had already drawn her knight's sword: "No, no! I didn't do anything!"
"Hmph, who would believe that! Tell me, what exactly did you do to Xiaoyu?" the little girl shouted. Judging from the expression on her face, she definitely treated Shi Tou as an assassin.
Shi Tou was utterly wronged! What a joke! Even if she had cultivated the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique, she was still no match for Yi Siyu, who was already a Seven-Star Battle Qi Master.
"Eleven, you may step back." Unexpectedly, Yi Siyu suddenly spoke. The little girl whom Yi Siyu called Eleven stepped back with a resentful look on her face.
Yi Siyu walked up to the stone and asked in a low voice, "What did you mean by what you just said?"
Shi Tou pursed his lips, the fish had really taken the bait: "Actually, Princess Wu should know that Princess Yilin treats her six guards very well. Putting aside everything else, just the divine artifacts left behind by the six great families of the East are already top-quality."
“I know all the divine artifacts of the Dongfang family, I’m asking about the Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique!” Yi Siyu’s tone was clearly impatient.
Stone suddenly felt an urge to roll his eyes. What a brat! Doesn't he know he should speak indirectly? What a troublemaker!
"Princess Irene left a backup of the Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique at the Huo family back then." Since the other party wanted to be straightforward, Stone could only choose to cooperate. However, in her heart, she was cursing that brat's ancestor.
"Why keep a backup at the Huo family's place? Princess Yilin should have valued the Chu family the most back then!" Yi Siyu was a little skeptical.
Stone was unaware of this, but she quickly found a reason: "I don't know how many copies Princess Irene kept. I only know that the Huo family has one. As for the Chu family or other Eastern families, whether they have one or not is none of my business."
This reason seemed to convince Yi Siyu. After pondering for a while, she asked again, "How do I know if you're lying to me?"
Damn! Does she really look that much like a con artist? Under normal circumstances, at this point, Your Highness, shouldn't you be asking, "What's your purpose?"
You brain-dead, stupid princess!
"The Nine Heavens Shocking World Technique was left behind by Princess Irene, but I can't be sure if it's genuine. However, the problem is that no one except Princess Irene's direct descendants can cultivate the Nine Heavens Shocking World Technique." Shi Tou took a deep breath and patiently persuaded her, "Fifth Princess, do you think it was necessary for Princess Irene to leave behind a fake Nine Heavens Shocking World Technique to harm her own descendants?"
Yi Siyu lowered her head and thought for a while, then nodded: "Hmm, what you said makes sense. Okay then, give me a backup of the Nine Heavens World-Shaking Technique!"
Holy crap! Does this brat not understand human language or what?!
Suddenly, Shi Tou had an impulse: if she could transmigrate into Yi Lin's body, she would definitely leave a fake copy of the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique in the Huo family. Not for anything else, but just to kill that brat!!!
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It's so cold up north! The pan-fried buns have successfully frozen me into ice cubes! /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~
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Chapter 177 Han Shiyi and Han Shier
Shi Tou stared at Yi Siyu's departing figure with infinite depression, his heart filled with utter turmoil!
How can there be such an innocent child in this world? Seriously, why is this child a direct descendant of her from a past life? So embarrassing! Ugh!
However, for the sake of his grand scheme of kidnapping, Stone ultimately gave the Nine Heavens Shocking Technique to Yi Siyu. Of course, he only gave her half of it.
"Hey, you're the second young lady of the Huo family." Unexpectedly, not long after Yi Siyu left, the little girl who had been beside her turned back, glaring at Shi Tou and asking in a rather unfriendly tone.
Shi Tou was puzzled. After thinking about it carefully, she realized that apart from being a little impolite to Yi Siyu just now, she seemed to have never offended this girl.
Seeing Shi Tou nod with a suspicious look on his face, the little girl's expression instantly changed: "You really are... Humph, you really aren't good-looking!"
Stone looked up at the sky speechlessly. What had she done to deserve this?
"Let me tell you, keep your fiancé in check! Not everyone is as blind as you!" the girl said angrily, her face full of warning.
fiancé?
"Brother Lin An?" Shi Tou blurted out subconsciously.
"Hmph!" The little girl's expression was one of disdain and contempt: "Yes, it's Lin An. Remember to discipline him properly! Also, don't let him bother me again!"
Stone couldn't stay calm any longer. Seeing that the little girl was about to leave, he quickly grabbed her and said, "Wait!"
"What, you want to settle scores with me?" The little girl raised an eyebrow and shouted angrily, "He's the one who came to bother me, I'm not as stupid as you!"
Shi Tou wiped away his cold sweat. Gritting his teeth, he asked, "May I ask which family's young lady you are?"
He carefully examined the young girl before him. She was pretty, but given her young age, she wasn't likely to be a femme fatale. Besides, as far as Shi Tou knew, Lin An wasn't a lecherous man; he valued family background above all else.
The little girl pursed her lips. Suddenly, she stamped her foot: "I am the eleventh young lady of the Han family. I have no designs on Lin An whatsoever. Tell him to stay away from me!"
After saying that, the little girl turned and ran away, ignoring the stones calling after her.
Shi Tou returned to her classroom with a frown. The Han family and the Huo family were both among the six great families of the East, but because Shi Tou never cared about family affairs, she didn't know much about the children from the other families.
“Little Milk. Come here!” Stone suddenly reached out and grabbed Issa Terunsu, who was passing by her.
Poor Issa Terunsu had developed an instinctive fear of stones ever since she was deeply traumatized by one. She would always avoid stones, whether she had a reason or not. But today was an exception. Issa Terunsu saw the stone sitting in a chair, chin in hand, lost in thought, and tried to sneak past her. Little did she expect that the stone would suddenly reach out and grab her.
"Hoo, hoo..."
"My name is Huo Yi. You can call me Miss Huo the Second, or you can just call me Huo Yi." Shi Tou suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and patiently tried to persuade the introverted boy.
What Stone didn't know was that Issa Terunsu wasn't an introverted child at all. On the contrary, as the youngest son in the family, he was usually pampered. Furthermore, the Terunsu family was a relatively prestigious noble family in the capital, so Issa Terunsu could be considered a local tyrant.
However, this little tyrant of the capital suffered severe physical and mental trauma after encountering Shi Tou, and even developed a stutter.
"Miss Huo, Miss Huo." After a moment's hesitation, Issa Terunsu decisively changed his address. After these past few months, he had come to understand just how formidable Stone was. He didn't know about others, but he certainly wouldn't dare disobey any of Stone's orders again.
"Tell me, what's been happening at the academy lately?" Stone blinked and smiled adorably at Issa Terunsu.
Issa Terunsu felt a chilling glint in that smile, and instantly his back was soaked with sweat: "N-nothing."
"No?" Stone's tone carried a hint of disappointment, but he still tried to cheer her up: "For example, are there any stories of boys pursuing girls? Or girls from the Magic Department pursuing girls from our Martial Arts Department?"
Issa Terunsu's eyes lit up immediately: "Yes!"
"Tell me about it." Stone thought to himself, "Just as I thought. It seems that no matter what world it is, gossip will always attract attention."
“It seems to be a member of one of the six great families of the East…” Issa Terunsu was about to speak when he suddenly remembered that the protagonist of that incident seemed to be a relative of the vicious woman in front of him.
In truth, to be precise, in the eyes of other noble families, the six great families of the East were one entity. And in reality? Over the years, they had indeed developed some degree of kinship. Of course, Shi Tou didn't believe she was related to the eleventh young lady of the Han family.