Chapter 961: Chapter 961: The i Lan Family’s Gamble
Last class, it took them nearly half an hour to hypnotize ten snakes; this class, Wen Xuan sped up by two to three minutes, while Qin Sisi improved by ten minutes.
In less than twenty minutes, she had completed the hypnosis of the first group of snakes, to Teacher Yirou’s surprise, who couldn’t stop exchanging glances with Mr. Chen Song.
At a little past two in the afternoon, Qin Sisi was the first to finish hypnotizing one hundred and ninety snakes and was released from the transparent enclosure.
"Girl, did you eat so kind of spirit pill?" Teacher Yirou asked in a hushed voice.
Qin Sisi just smiled faintly, not answering directly but playfully asked instead: "Is Teacher Yirou satisfied with my performance?"
Seeing that Qin Sisi didn’t wish to elaborate, Teacher Yirou didn’t insist. She knew about the relationship between Qin Sisi and Ye You, so having so secrets was normal.
She pursed her lips and said softly with a tender voice: "Satisfied, truly very satisfied, you really are full of surprises, girl!"
Qin Sisi just smiled lightly, appearing very calm, without the surprise and excitent of leaping from perennial second to first place, as if she had anticipated her own performance.
After bidding farewell to Teacher Yirou and Mr. Chen Song, Qin Sisi turned to leave Tianyin Mountain and headed towards a trial tower. Mr. Chen Song approached Teacher Yirou and said softly, "This girl is not simple!"
Teacher Yirou gave him a glance and replied coquettishly, "Nonsense, would soone Ye You has his eye on be simple?"
Chen Song’s gaze was profound as he asked in a low voice, "Are you planning to bet on the ilan Family’s future with her?"
Teacher Yirou sighed and retorted, "What else can I do? Bet on ng Yu? Or Ya Ling?"
Chen Song tugged at the corner of his mouth but said nothing.
He knew that even if Teacher Yirou had to face death and destruction, she would absolutely never support the Phantom Spirit family.
As for Ya Ling of the Qingming Family, it’s even more complicated, totally lacking the grace of a saintess.
Moreover, because the Qingming Family has produced two saintesses in a row, its power has grown stronger, giving off the impression of soon becoming the dominant force among The Eight Great Families.
The Muyin family, to which Chen Song belonged, was barely maintaining its status as a major clan thanks to their excellent Alchemy.
Whereas the ilan Family, to which Teacher Yirou belonged, due to the stringent requirents on practitioners of Music Magic, had been facing an increasingly serious decline in talent in recent years.
The qualifications and talents of the younger generation were either diocre or they refused to earnestly study Music Magic, instead focusing on other types of magic, exacerbating the struggle for the heritage of Music Magic.
Wen Xuan was among the best of his generation, yet at Heaven Academy, he was only below average.
If this continued, it is feared that the ilan Family would no longer be able to maintain its strength as a major clan and would fall further into decline, trampled under the feet of other major families.
Unwilling to support the Phantom Spirit family and also not wanting the Qingming Family to monopolize power, this unexpected Qin Sisi seed to be the best choice.
Before leaving Heavenly Magic God’s Castle, Ye You had secretly asked Teacher Yirou for help, to take extra care of Qin Sisi, implicitly seeking help for the ilan Family and promising a bright future.
Teacher Yirou was carefree by nature, originally not very interested in power, but as she grew older, she began to understand her father’s difficulties.
Back then, because of the incident with Chen Song, she, on behalf of the ilan Family, had a falling out with the Phantom Spirit family, and also developed a rift with the Muyin family.
At that ti, she was young and impulsive, acting willfully without understanding the principle that a single thread can shake the whole body.
It wasn’t until much later that she slowly ca to understand the decline of the ilan Family’s talent pool, their difficult strides, and her father’s helplessness.
As a mber of the ilan Family, and the only daughter of the current Clan Leader Chi Xun, Yirou absolutely couldn’t just watch the ilan Family continue to decline.
The appearance of Qin Sisi was like tily rain; Yirou had been extrely worried before, as Ye You had started studying in the Heavenly Magic God’s Castle at a very young age, and besides Ya Ning, ng Yu, and Jing Jing, he had hardly any contact with other won.
The Qingming Family had high hopes for Ya Ning, wanting her to beco the next Saintess, but unfortunately, Ya Ning, beautiful but ill-fortunate, caught the eye of Tian Xiaozi, who forcibly married her, and later she died at the hands of Tian Xiaozi while saving Ye You.
After the departure of Ya Ning, ng Yu seed the most likely candidate to beco the Saintess.
Jing Jing was gentle and introverted, with a very low presence, and besides, a little attention would reveal her deep affection for Qingxun, making her an unlikely candidate for Saintess.
Yirou was well aware that if the Phantom Spirit family gained the upper hand, Ge Lun and Lian Li, the siblings, would certainly find ways to take revenge on the ilan Family.
For both public and private reasons, she would never support the Phantom Spirit family.
Luckily, there was still light at the end of the tunnel, as Ye You felt nothing for ng Yu and, having been cursed and experienced many hardships, fell in love with Qin Sisi, an orphan girl from another world.
Yirou was overjoyed in her heart, imdiately agreeing to Ye You’s request for help, promising that she would do her utmost to protect Qin Sisi’s safety.
However, later she found that Qin Sisi didn’t need her protection much, as Xiao ng of the Muyin family and Yun Cheng of the Panhu family were almost always by Qin Sisi’s side.
Yirou knew this must also be arranged by Ye You, she pretended not to notice, only to provide more guidance to Qin Sisi in her magic classes and secretly instructed Wen Xuan to take good care of Qin Sisi during ordinary tis.
Of course, she made it clear to Wen Xuan that Qin Sisi belonged to Ye You, and Wen Xuan’s care could only be a normal classmate relationship, absolutely not overstepping boundaries.
Wen Xuan was a very sensible person, who had learned a lot about Qin Sisi even before eting her, hence afterward his behavior towards her was gentle and not close, keeping a proper distance.
Yirou didn’t provide too much help to Qin Sisi; instead, Qin Sisi gave Yirou surprises ti and again.
With excellent talent in Music Magic, a steady and introverted character, willing to work hard, having perseverance, and a genuine love for music, she was simply a perfect and flawless protégé.
With a little help from Ye You, Yirou was sure that Qin Sisi’s future in the field of Music Magic was boundless.
If one day Qin Sisi beca the Saintess, Music Magic would surely gain more attention, and as the Saintess’s teacher of Music Magic, Yirou would naturally rise with the tide, and the ilan Family would have a chance at revival.
After much thought, Yirou contacted her father far away in Qingyin City and decided to stake the ilan Family’s fate on Qin Sisi, committing to support Qin Sisi to beco the Saintess with the full strength of the entire family.
This move was tantamount to a gamble, and the one placing the bets was not only the ilan Family.
The Eight Great Families would each make a choice, placing their family’s fate as the stake, in a grand gamble that would reshuffle the Demon Sacred Realm.
As to who would win or lose, it was not sothing that could be seen in the short term; even if Qin Sisi could beco the Saintess, she would at least have to graduate from the Heavenly Magic God’s Castle first, which would also take two or three years at least.
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