Master of Strange Dao

"Then I'll still head to the Southern Sea, but I won't be doing the research you mentioned..."

"No problem, there are people who will. Don't worry."

Yu Ziqing laughed and gave Wang Zixuan a hearty pat on the shoulder, cheering him up.

After Wang Zixuan agreed, Yu Ziqing immediately brought out a Flying Boat on the spot and pulled him aboard.

The Flying Boat transformed into a stream of light, departing quickly from Jiachen City and speeding southward.

Inside Jiachen City, some people noticed this stream of light and speculated whether something big was happening, given the Riddler was rushing out so urgently.

After all, only the Riddler can use a Flying Boat for immediate departure from the city when needed, while all other Flying Boats must take off and land outside the city.

Watching the scenery rapidly recede, Wang Zixuan had no room for regret.

He could only feel bewildered as Yu Ziqing took him straight to the Southern Sea.

Wasn't he here to discuss the Mud Sea of the Muddied World? How did it turn out like this?

Was that person so insignificant that they didn't even deserve Yu Ziqing's attention?

Wang Zixuan was puzzled, yet he still felt content; after all, he genuinely wanted a proper job instead of just idling around every day.

Especially after sending off the little black ones, his pockets didn't have much surplus.

Before, he squandered lavishly and never had the habit of saving up for rainy days.

Now, after buying a house and a remote little shop, he only had a few years' worth of money for meals left.

Skipping meals was actually doable; he wouldn't starve to death anyway, but now not eating would feel like something was missing.

Once the Flying Boat entered the Southern Sea's territory, Wang Zixuan asked.

"Does that area count as Dadui?"

"The Big Island and the Radiation Sea Area count." Yu Ziqing casually answered.

"Oh, is there a salary?"

Yu Ziqing hesitated, turned to Wang Zixuan, who looked quite earnest.

Yu Ziqing thought for a moment and said.

"There's board, lodging, and funding, and even better food there.

There's a Dean specializing in agriculture and animal husbandry; you can even eat rare poisonous mushrooms.

Moreover, not only do you have the salary of a Big Island researcher, but there is additional Dadui subsidy.

The subsidy roughly equals the salary of a Dadui Fifth Grade courtier, but without the extra benefits of a Fifth Grade courtier.

There's a proper position, listed in the Dadui Research Institute."

"What is this research institute about?"

"It's just like Langya Institute and Lihuo Institute."

"Great." Wang Zixuan felt rejuvenated, determined to conduct proper research once he reached the place.

Yu Ziqing smiled utterly, pondering about making a "Research Institute" sign to hang on the seaside of the Big Island.

As for the other procedures, finding Zhang later to fill in would suffice.

Rest assured, Wang Zixuan would get a proper, genuinely authentic position.

...

On the Southern Sea's edge, a circle appeared in the air, from which a red pen emerged, seemingly gazing far into the Southern Sea, and froze there.

Its own emperor is simply... simply beyond words.

After leaving it behind, performed Kui Step to depart and kept flying southward in a manner where smoke seemed to trail from its rear, it pursued for quite a while, yet didn't catch up.

Now it has even left Dadui; without a trail, it couldn't chase even if it wanted to.

Leaving Dadui, it couldn't just draw a circle and come out, continuously crossing over.

The red pen spun in place, contemplating whether it really upset its emperor.

Otherwise, why end up like this?

...

The Flying Boat burned through Spirit Jade at full speed, racing to the South Sea Island.

Yu Ziqing, accompanying Wang Zixuan, landed in the architectural complex, arranged Wang Zixuan temporarily, and immediately went to discuss new projects with the Deans.

Originally, aided by Che Lun and the others, Yu Ziqing could easily send messages over long distances.

But such usage, it's fine for trivial matters, but for important matters, how can these entities be intermediaries?

The table Monster accompanying Song then is a lesson learned.

Regarding information security, it's definitely unsuitable to hand over anything with spiritual wisdom.

From a long-term perspective, developing new Secret Techniques or creating Magical Treasures is the most fitting.

And ideally, only Magical Treasures.

Even if Secret Techniques can be developed, they can't be casually passed around.

Yu Ziqing gathered a group of Deans for a meeting, inquired about their research progress.

Throughout the session, he chuckled, didn't ask directly, only checked what assistance they needed, whether funding and resources were sufficient, provided more if not.

The Deans felt a bit embarrassed, as the intelligent approach indicated they're currently verifying directions.

For others, they wouldn't feel embarrassed, after all, it's normal for research to achieve ten successes in nine attempts.

But, Yu Ziqing provided resources, funding, venues, and prepared core reference materials.

He skipped all the usual processes requiring red tape, never asked for progress, never rushed.

Thus, the Deans clearly understood, the sole reason research was stagnant lay with their capabilities.

So now, Yu Ziqing said he's genuinely sorry, starting another project, hoping not to trouble everyone too much.

The Deans automatically translated it to: I see there's no progress, so I'm giving you a simpler project.

Even though the new project sounds not easy at all, they remained silent, tacitly accepted the new project.

The next day, Yu Ziqing brought Wang Zixuan over.

"This is Wang Zixuan, Researcher Wang, who will be cooperating with everyone in research; hope for smooth collaboration."