Chapter 108: Chapter 106: The Impending Great War_1
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After class, a group of girls surrounded Bai Qi, starting to talk endlessly in an attempt to curry favor with him.
Jian Qi'er grabbed Fang Ren and pulled him towards the outside. At that moment, Liu Qianqian ran from the front row to the back, wanting to talk to Fang Ren about something, but when she saw this scene, she abruptly stopped and didn't follow.
Seeing this, Li Xinyue immediately dragged Liu Qianqian into a corner.
"Qianqian, what on earth is going on with you!" Li Xinyue looked at Liu Qianqian with exasperation and said, "Last time you let someone snatch him away on a blind date, and now that person is gone, and the two of them can't be together anymore, yet you're still hesitating! Now you've let some silly girl snatch him away too! Why are you so useless!"
After hearing what she said, Liu Qianqian panicked and immediately shook her head in denial, "What nonsense are you talking about? I just happened to have something to tell him, and besides, he hasn't broken up with his girlfriend..."
"You silly girl!" Li Xinyue said with helpless frustration, her chest heaving with annoyance, "That's Xuan Nv we're talking about. The only reason they got together was because of a farce. They can't possibly stay together in the future. Just go for it! What are you considering so much for?"
"You…"
"What 'you'? I'm giving you an objective analysis of the problem—you're just too naive!" Li Xinyue said, "Look at yourself these past few days, always sticking to him like glue. The whole class is starting to gossip. Don't tell me you don't like him. We're all adults here; your actions reflect your feelings, and everyone else can see it. Why can't you admit it?"
Liu Qianqian frowned and said, "Maybe the silly girl really doesn't think that way, she's so innocent..."
"Innocent my foot, she's over twenty years old, she's just introverted, but look at how she is around Fang Ren; she doesn't act introverted at all! Can your brain not make the connection?"
"Ahh, just drop it." Liu Qianqian said, clearly agitated.
"See, every time I hit the nail on the head, you react like this," Li Xinyue said.
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Not far from the teaching building, on a small path, Jian Qi'er was pulling Fang Ren while subtly keeping vigilant of their surroundings, finally leading him to the school's garden.
"What exactly is your relationship with Bai Qi?" Jian Qi'er asked with a cold expression and furrowed brows, "I've told you all my secrets, yet you still have things you're hiding from me!"
"Keep your voice down."
Fang Ren immediately released his consciousness, scanning the area within a radius of ten meters before he turned around with a look of desolation and said to Jian Qi'er, "How many times did I try to catch your eye during class? You ask such ridiculous questions. What would you do if you were discovered?"
"What's wrong with asking? I'm a great actress, and besides, these are things other people would be curious about too, okay?" Jian Qi'er retorted.
Fang Ren looked around again and spoke in a low voice, "Be careful lately. Don't engage in any rash actions. The Tianjiang Investigation Group has followed us here."
"What!"
Jian Qi'er jumped at the news, "Did Bai Qi tell you this personally?"
"How else would I know?"
"What all did you tell him?"
"I haven't exposed your organization, nor have I said anything to her about it, but just a few days ago, someone from your organization already captured her once. That's why the Tianjiang Investigation Group has come over," Fang Ren explained.
"Our organization captured her?" Jian Qi'er was baffled, "She's a peak Yingyue Realm, and the only people in our organization who could capture her are our leader and my master, but they never make a move, so how is that possible?"
"This happened several days ago. The person who captured her wasn't very strong, just a mid-stage Ruoshui Realm. At that time, I didn't understand any of you people and got into a fight with him, then he ran away," Fang Ren briefly recounted the event.
"Then I'm even more confused. A mid-stage Ruoshui Realm person dared to capture Bai Qi? Was he courting death?"
"Have you heard of the Dissipating Spirit Mark?"
"Are you saying… she's completely depleted of True Qi?"
"Yeah, the same was true a few days ago. It was restricted by one of her family elders," Fang Ren said.
"No wonder someone had the death wish to capture her," Jian Qi'er said, now understanding.
"Speaking of which, why does your Indra Sky organization even bother with her? She's completely clueless, just an innocent girl," Fang Ren remarked.
"Of course, our organization knows Bai Qi is innocent. We never intended to harm her; the policy has always been to capture and control her, to pressure Indra Sky into halting their experiments," Jian Qi'er explained with a frown.
Fang Ren nodded and asked, "So now that the Tianjiang Investigation Group is here, what do you plan on doing? Will you move?"
Jian Qi'er pondered for a moment before answering, "I don't think the leader will order a move. There's a real possibility that there's a major Indra Sky lab here, and many Cultivators are suffering inside. We have to save people."
"Can you handle it? The Bai Family's steward is here," Fang Ren pointed out.
"We need to observe for a while. The leader's injuries from three years ago have fully recovered now. As long as the people from the investigation group aren't some of the Great Generals from the war zones, our organization can handle it."
"About what Realm is the Bai Family's steward?" Fang Ren inquired.
"The Bai Family's steward, named Chen Cheng, is at the early stage of the Xuanyang Realm as per our year-long observations, and it's unlikely he's broken through in this time," Jian Qi'er stated.
"Early stage Xuanyang Realm... so he's two Realms weaker than Hui Qing?" Fang Ren frowned.
Seeing his reaction, Jian Qi'er spoke up, "Don't assume the current Xuan Nv is all-powerful. Even though she's the human peak now, there are many others right at her heels. She has the strongest life-giving Immortal Qi, others have sinister methods and mysterious Cultivation Techniques. When it really comes down to a fight, nobody knows the outcome.
Xuan Nv is said to be so powerful because she's only twenty-five, while those others have lived over a hundred years."
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Fang Ren listened to this and became even more disheartened, "Then what will you do if your organization gets discovered next?"
"If we're really discovered, I think our leader will choose to fight. At that point, the Indra Sky organization might also get involved, and we might even find the laboratory. However, if we do that, our organization will also suffer heavy losses. It's better and safer to investigate secretly," Jian Qi'er said.
"Alright, if it really comes to a fight, call me over," Fang Ren said.
"You?" Jian Qi'er gave him a look, "What can you do in that situation?"
"Don't worry about it, just make sure to call me," Fang Ren insisted.
"You... Is your hatred for Indra Sky really that deep?" Qi'er questioned.
"Isn't that obvious? A bunch of bastards are trying to forcefully separate me from my wife and later use inhumane methods to force her to marry someone else. What else can I do but kill them?" Fang Ren retorted.
After listening to him, Jian Qi'er smiled, made a gun gesture with her hand, and pointed it at Fang Ren, "Buddy, I admire you for that."
"Just be careful when you talk to Bai Qi, don't talk nonsense," Fang Ren warned.
"Oh, come on, you've seen my acting skills. Keep your heart in your chest," Qi'er replied confidently.
Fang Ren paused for a moment, his expression complex, "It feels like... your war is about to break out soon."
"Yeah, I think so too," Jian Qi'er nodded with a worried face.
Fang Ren glanced at his hands, feeling a surge of blood boiling within him.
Finally, he was about to set foot on the path of killing, to start crushing the foolish thoughts of the world, bit by bit.
As they say, let's start with Indra Sky!
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At night, on a street outside the university gates.
A row of black sedans parked on the side of the road, from which many formally dressed men and women alighted, along with a lavishly dressed lady.
Standing by the roadside was a girl in Yangming City University's regular uniform, her mood seemingly low, her face expressionless.
Once the lady got out of the car, she approached the girl with an expression of helpless concern and said emotionally, "Qian Qian, come home with mom, stop being reckless."
Liu Qianqian looked at the lady before her, still expressionless, and said, "You go back. I'm not going with you."
The lady sighed deeply, "Why are you still so immature? You simply can't win first place in the Alchemy competition."
"The competition hasn't started yet, don't jump to conclusions," Liu Qianqian said, "Besides, I'll never marry Fang Lizhong. You'd better give up on that idea."
"Qian Qian, you've misunderstood the reason for mom's visit," the lady placed her hand on Liu Qianqian's shoulder, speaking with gravity once more, "Mom isn't asking you to come back to get married."
Liu Qianqian paused for a moment before speaking again, "Is it because Grandfather saw the article by Master Qing'an and decided to raise my value, to have me wait two more years to marry someone from an even greater family?"
The lady sighed, "Don't think too ill of your grandfather. Mom's here not to ask you back for marriage. While it is indeed related to Master Qing'an's article, what you're thinking is completely different from what we mean."
"Then what do you want me to do?" Liu Qianqian frowned.
"Your grandfather wants you to come back to the family to get to know about Cultivation, after all, what Master Qing'an said can't be false," the lady explained, "But for now, there is no way for you to cultivate, and our whole family needs to make an effort to help you find the path of Cultivation."
"Even so, I'm not going back to the family," Liu Qianqian declared.
"Why?" the lady frowned, "Once you start Cultivation, you'll definitely be free to marry as you wish. Why not return to the family?"
"Let's talk about this after I graduate," Liu Qianqian continued, "Besides, if Master Qing'an finds a way for a physique like mine to cultivate during my time in university, then it won't be too late for me to return to the family."
"But the reason we want you to come back is to take you to Master Qing'an."
"You don't need me to find someone. Once you've found him, then I can come back," Liu Qianqian countered.
"But everyone in the family is worried about you."
"I understand, but I want to finish university. If you have nothing else, mother, please go back," Liu Qianqian said, "I hope you won't forcibly take me away, or this time I will truly defend my freedom by my own means."
"You child..."
The lady sighed deeply and then said, "Alright, Mom won't take you back. But having a meal together before I return should be fine, right?"
"As you wish," Liu Qianqian replied and turned to leave.
Seeing this, the lady heavily sighed, signaled for the people nearby to leave, and then followed Liu Qianqian, carrying a bag.