Facing Yu Sheng'an's questioning gaze, Doman didn't dare to keep him in suspense and quickly said, "Sir, you'll know if you check the school forum. This matter is already being widely discussed there."
Upon hearing this, Yu Sheng'an's heart stirred, and the ethereal scroll unfolded before him.
He skillfully clicked into the Felix forum, entered the keyword "Irene" in the forum search box, and instantly, a dozen posts appeared.
"Explosive news! Irene brutally humiliated by Archmage March, forced to kneel and beg for mercy!"
"Is that true?"
"I saw it with my own eyes! Irene's flowerpot was smashed to smithereens. You can still see the debris at the scene, in the Belka-style garden three hundred paces directly in front of the Forest of Magic."
"Irene? That name sounds familiar. Isn't she the lucky one who got Ajieff's Purple Snowwood magic wand?"
"That's her!"
"Is this just some rumor? Let me tell you, I saw it with my own eyes. It seems Irene offended Mentor March, and that's why Mentor March smashed Irene's flowerpot."
"What kind of hatred and resentment is this? An Archmage making trouble for a magic apprentice?"
"You have to look at the owner when you hit a pet. This is said to be bullying Irene, but it's actually insulting Ajieff?"
"There's a good show to watch! As soon as Ajieff arrived, he took away all the wood spirit magic apprentices. Some mentors have been resentful for a long time. This is definitely not a coincidence!"
Irene, who had always been completely unremarkable, had only two things discussed about her in the Felix forum posts.
The first thing was her receiving the reward from Yu Sheng'an.
The second thing was precisely the incident where she was humiliated by March.
Yu Sheng'an scrolled through the forum posts, his gaze gradually turning cold.
"Irene, come here for a moment!" Yu Sheng'an called out, his voice not loud, but it penetrated the entire underground laboratory.
Irene, who was assigning tasks not far away, quickly ran over when she heard the sound.
"Mr. Ajieff, you're looking for me?" Irene asked nervously, looking at Yu Sheng'an's somewhat serious expression.
"March troubled you?" Yu Sheng'an's face was full of coldness.
"No..." Irene subconsciously wanted to deny it, but looking into Ajieff's eyes, she finally nodded.
"Tell me the exact details." Yu Sheng'an's voice was calm, without any hint of emotion.
Irene bit her lower lip and, with trepidation, quietly recounted everything that had happened before.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"It was I who angered Mentor March, it has nothing to do with you, sir." Irene quickly explained.
Yu Sheng'an looked at Irene's fearful expression, and in the end, he didn't say anything, turning around and walking out.
Doman was startled by this, and suddenly realizing something, he quickly called out, "Mr. Ajieff? You... what are you going to do?"
Yu Sheng'an was silent as a stone, not responding, not stopping.
"This... You're not going to find March, are you? Hey, wait!" Doman became anxious and quickly chased after him.
His shouts also alerted all the magic apprentices in the underground laboratory.
Countless people looked over and discussed amongst themselves.
"What happened?"
"It seems Irene was humiliated by Mentor March, and Mr. Ajieff is very angry."
"Quick, look at the forum, it's all on there."
"Where is Mr. Ajieff going?"
"I don't know, after hearing about this, he just turned around and left... My god, you guys, do you think he's going to settle the score with March?"
"My heavens!"
The magic apprentices were stunned, looking at each other, all shocked by this idea!
Suddenly, someone couldn't suppress their curiosity and chased after him.
When this person moved, it immediately caused a sheep effect.
Anyway, many people hadn't been assigned tasks yet, so they simply rushed out after him.
Those who had been assigned tasks, seeing their companions leave, hardened their hearts and simply chased after them as well.
The law doesn't punish the multitude!
At this moment,
Irene was stunned.
After a long while, she finally reacted, gritted her teeth, and ran off.
Yu Sheng'an wasn't walking fast, and everyone quickly caught up. They saw Lord Doman walking beside him, constantly saying something, seemingly trying to persuade and comfort him.
Mr. Ajieff, however, didn't say a word and walked towards the school gate.
For a time, they walked in front, with the magic apprentices trailing behind, a spectacular sight!
Along the way, countless magic apprentices and even mentors were stunned. Everyone asked what was happening? A collective outing?
The Felix Magic Academy forum was even more in an uproar.
"What happened? What are Ajieff and his group doing?"
"Is the Forest of Magic going out to do a large-scale magic experiment? Why is there a huge crowd walking out of the school?"
"Who has inside information? Quickly tell us what's going on? I'm dying of curiosity."
At this time, the convenience of the internet became apparent.
It was truly: one person witnessed, the whole school observed.
There were all sorts of comments in the forum, and some who loved to join the excitement and had nothing to do simply chased after them.
This chase, with a whoosh, brought along another large group of people.
After all, who doesn't have three or five friends? Three or eight besties?
By the time Yu Sheng'an stepped out of the school gate, there were nearly six or seven hundred magic apprentices following behind him.
This was almost a quarter of the school's students.
When this group of people arrived on the street, as expected, they instantly caused a sensation in Willis City!
As the capital of the Kvir Empire, Willis was full of talents, and there was certainly no shortage of mages. Some lucky citizens could occasionally see Archmages in black robes.
But such a large crowd of seven or eight hundred magic apprentices moving out collectively was truly like the sun rising from the west in everyone's eyes, a first-time occurrence!
"What happened?"
"I don't know?"
"Quick, see what's being said online?"
"The internet isn't saying anything either?"
"How about we go and take a look?"
"Let's go, let's go!"
Under the sheep effect, driven by curiosity, and lured by the desire to watch the excitement, more and more Willis citizens followed.
The crowd, like a snowball, grew larger and larger.
Yu Sheng'an, walking at the front of the crowd, was like a dazzling comet with a long tail!
However, Doman, walking beside him, was as uncomfortable as could be!
Now that the crowd's gaze was focused on him, he didn't know whether to go or not.
Most importantly, he was also a bit confused now.
What was Ajieff going to do?
If he was going to trouble March, shouldn't he go to March's mansion?
Even if he was going to report to Dundanel, shouldn't it be the Ring Magic Tower?
What was the meaning of running outside the city?
Amidst the clamor and the uproar on the forum, Yu Sheng'an left the city and stopped in front of a neatly arranged magic field.
"Doman, if I remember correctly, everything extending a thousand three hundred paces from here is March's plantation, right?"
My dear grandfather, you finally deigned to speak... Doman was so excited he wanted to cry, and quickly said, "Yes, that's right, Mr. Ajieff, what are you going to do?"
Yu Sheng'an grinned, turned around, and beckoned to Irene.
Irene quickly trotted over, her expression even more apprehensive: "Mr. Ajieff."
Yu Sheng'an didn't respond, his gaze sweeping over the dense crowd that had followed, and he shouted, "Does everyone know about winter mallow?"
Under the power of the divine personality, the voice, though not loud, clearly reached everyone's ears.
Most of the magic apprentices were bewildered, but the Willis citizens looked at each other in astonishment, not understanding why this mage was bringing this up?
Someone bold shouted, "Master Mage, I know, it's a wild vegetable. In winter, it's everywhere on the mountains."
Yu Sheng'an nodded: "That's right, it's a wild vegetable! For those who don't know winter mallow, I'm telling you now, in the countryside you can't see, countless poor people rely on winter mallow to survive the long cold winter!"
"Winter mallow is a good thing, but it's also a bad thing. It's not only bitter, but eating too much can cause stomach pain, diarrhea, and even death! But in the face of hunger, not eating means certain death! Eating, there's still a chance to survive!"
As Yu Sheng'an spoke, the trailing crowd quieted down.
Some were dismissive;
Some were bewildered;
And some were touched by the deep pain in their hearts, their eyes becoming distant.
"Her!"
Yu Sheng'an grabbed Irene's wrist and raised her arm high.
"My assistant, Irene, she is an excellent magic apprentice. She spent countless days and nights, through magic, removing the toxins from winter mallow, making it no longer bitter, without toxins, and even no longer needing magical modification. You can take it back and plant it directly. Do you know what this means?"
"It means that in winter, we will have an inexhaustible supply of vegetables! No bitterness, no toxins, no diarrhea, no death!"
The crowd quieted down.
Countless people looked at the thin, dark-skinned girl beside Yu Sheng'an in shock.
Irene looked at Mr. Ajieff, her idol, with a stunned expression, a voice constantly popping up in her mind:
'Huh? Wasn't it just one night? How did it become countless days and nights? And... I'm not even sure if the white-flowered wrinkled winter mallow is poisonous? I can only be sure it's not bitter, so how did it end up with no side effects?'
Before her mind could react, Yu Sheng'an suddenly roared:
"It is this wild vegetable, capable of saving countless lives, that was destroyed by Archmage March! He destroyed the only sample! Just because his magic plantation needs magic apprentices, he doesn't allow magic apprentices to study crops, to study wild vegetables!"
Yu Sheng'an paused, his voice filled with anger: "You tell me, does he deserve to die?"
The crowd quieted down.
"He deserves to die!"
An inconspicuous low curse sounded in the crowd.
"He deserves to die!"
Someone repeated.
"He deserves to die!"
More people followed suit.
"He deserves to die!"
Everyone followed with a roar!
"He deserves to die!"
The rolling sound wave drowned out all other sounds, becoming the only sound in this corner of the world.
"What is that--"
Just then, the rolling sound wave abruptly stopped!
Countless people stared in horror at what was behind Yu Sheng'an.