My starting summon is a small skeleton-Chapter 260 - 257 Scram

First affirming Lu Wu’s intentions, he continued, “But after all, your experience is lacking, and you’re not fully considering the implications of your actions.

Let’s set aside the first matter for now. Let’s talk about shutting down the Artificial Secret Realm and opening it up to students.

Do you realize what that means?

It means, the university would have to spend at least 10,000 points a day on this, and with the school’s finances, we simply can’t support it.

The current operation of the Artificial Secret Realm, although a measure of last resort, is the best we can do for now.

It brings in 30,000 points a day for the school, and it’s the lifeline that keeps the school afloat; it simply cannot stop.

If it stops, given the current financial situation of the school, I’m afraid it won’t last three months.”

“Additionally, you haven’t considered the current environment we’re facing at Jiangnan University.

Yes, perhaps there are some internal discipline problems with the school right now, but that’s not the most pressing issue. The most pressing issue is the threat from the external environment.

Jiangbei’s ambition to take over Jiangnan is relentless, and right now what we should be thinking about is preserving Jiangnan, not turning our own school upside down.”

At this point, Hao Renyi spoke with such anguish, “Lu Wu, hear me out, stop this nonsense of yours, or else if things go wrong, Jiangnan University could be destroyed by your hands.”

It was undeniable; this guy had good lung capacity.

He managed to say such a lengthy speech in one breath.

The dramatic tension was impressive as well, and it even slightly influenced the excited Zhang Wentao.

Unfortunately, it just had to be that certain unmentionable parts of him weren’t so clean.

“You’ve said a lot and said it well, but there are still some things I don’t understand.”

After his performance, Lu Wu, who had just picked up his cellphone, began to clap and then sincerely engaged in a different discussion, “Your name is Hao Renyi, correct?”

“Yes, it’s me!” Hao Renyi was taken aback.

Lu Wu narrowed his eyes, “I’d like to ask, where did the 850,000 points you took from the student council go this half year?”

Upon hearing this, the color drained from Hao Renyi’s face.

“Lu Wu, don’t slander me. I, Mr. Hao, have not taken a single penny from the student council.”

Lu Wu responded with a sneer that barely concealed his contempt, “You didn’t take it, but I just happened to look at your information a moment ago along with that of the students you oversee and your teaching assistants. Coincidentally, their names are all on the bill I was just reviewing.

The 850,000 I mentioned was taken by them, under the guise of three different research projects.

I am quite interested in the research projects they’re working on, and I’m especially curious about why the projects on ‘Butterfly Worm color-changing,’ ‘chameleon color-fixing,’ and ‘the medicinal properties of Clover juice’ needed to spend 850,000 points over three years.

Please inform them for me. Ask them to—how should I put it—prepare, no, to present their research logs and reports for my review at any time.”

Upon hearing this, Hao Renyi’s expression changed dramatically, and he hastily tried to explain, “Lu Wu, you see, this—”

“Shut up!”

Before Hao Renyi could say more, Lu Wu cut him off.

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“Director Hao, I don’t want to hear any explanations from you right now. In a couple of days, I’ll hold a special meeting, and you can talk to me then.

Now, immediately, disappear from my sight.

Get out!”

Lu Wu’s thunderous “Get lost” left Hao Renyi’s face deathly pale.

Had this been any normal student council president, Hao Renyi would have made a fuss by now.

But, unfortunately for him, he was dealing with Lu Wu.

The person in question was the youngest-ever Master-level Cultivator, and he had the backing of Jiang Yuexing and Zhang Wentao.

Hao Renyi didn’t dare to confront Lu Wu head-on.

He had only come to intimidate Lu Wu with his authority, but now that he found his tactics ineffective, he had no choice but to swallow his pride and leave.

Watching Hao Renyi depart, Lu Wu then turned to look at Zhang Wentao.

“Sorry, Uncle Zhang, I took the liberty.”

“No, no, no!”

Zhang Wentao was especially excited at the moment, as Lu Wu had done something he had always wanted to do but never dared.

Zhang Wentao had always been aware of these internal issues at the school; he knew even better what was causing them.

The main reason was that Jiangnan University had grown weak, with Jiangbei University eyeing it like prey.

In recent years, they had barely been getting by on the educational resources allocated based on the university rankings.

And each year’s university ranking consisted of various indicators.

Performance in the university league was one indicator, but not the only one.

Another aspect was the strength of the faculty, which was also a criterion for assessing a university’s ranking.

It was precisely because of this that Zhang Wentao, despite being aware of people like Hao Renyi within the school, was unable to deal with them.

Getting rid of them, whether by firing or their own resignation, would have dealt a significant blow to Jiangnan University’s ranking.

This was also the reason why Zhang Wentao had been enduring their presence for so long.

Regarding this matter, it was only after Lu Wu had sent Hao Renyi away that Zhang Wentao talked to him about it.

Upon hearing this, Lu Wu felt a buzz in his head.

Now, a huge problem was lying before him.

He had to decide whether to continue or not.

If he continued, how would he deal with the university ranking issue after handling those teachers?

If he didn’t continue, he, Lu Wu, had already made bold claims, and to go back on his word now would be quite embarrassing.

Lu Wu was slightly headachy and couldn’t help but complain, “Uncle Zhang, why didn’t you tell me about this earlier?”

“I thought you knew,” Zhang Wentao said with an innocent face.

“That’s not the point. Even if I knew, do you think I could solve this problem?”

“You can! If it’s you, I’m sure you’ll be able to solve it!”

Zhang Wentao nodded resolutely.

He was almost like a die-hard fan of Lu Wu now.

In his eyes, Lu Wu was practically synonymous with miracles.

Ever since he met Lu Wu, he had been continuously creating miracles.

The first time he came to Fucheng, he appeared to be an amateur Cultivator with limited skills, yet he ended up teaching dozens of Cultivators far more experienced than himself.

He even trained a handful of Professional Cultivators.

Then there was the high school league, followed by the Bone Soup incident, and Lu Wu’s rise to be a Master-level Cultivator who single-handedly suppressed the Gutian father and son.

Since he came to know Lu Wu, Zhang Wentao had never seen him stumped by any difficulty.

He had not been before, and Zhang Wentao felt that even the current predicament at Jiangnan University would not be able to stop Lu Wu.

On this point, he had even more confidence than Lu Wu himself.

Lu Wu looked at the old man and, feeling helpless, could only touch his nose and say, “Alright, you’re right!”

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Got a stomach ache, this one’s a bit short, will make it up tomorrow.