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Chapter 88: The mysterious girl chooses the villain and steps into the room to talk.
“What?”
Ning Bei felt as if he were struck by lightning.
Afraid to probe?
Shock and suspicion filled him as he asked, “Baby, you’re not messing with me just because I borrowed some money, right? I was joking before; I’ll definitely pay you back later.”
[Host, shut up. This system never expected you to pay it back.]
[Once again, the system reminds the Host that it never lies; it truly does not dare to investigate her background, or this world along with the Host… might be destroyed in an instant.]
Hiss…
Ning Bei inhaled sharply when he heard that.
Goosebumps rose all over him as he muttered, “You dare defy the Heavenly Dao, yet you’re scared to check her background… could it be scarier than the Heavenly Dao itself?”
[From the clues this system detected… the Heavenly Dao was once forcibly reversed by someone.]
“F**k!”
Ning Bei could not help blurting out.
That outrageous?
“Hm?” Qin Jiujiu paused when she heard him, her cheeks flushing. “Now? I thought you said… we would see the Grand Preceptor first.”
“Ah?”
Ning Bei froze, then laughed and said, “I wasn’t talking about you just now.”
Qin Jiujiu blinked her long lashes. “You have other women?”
Ning Bei: “…..”
Elsewhere.
Qin Yu dragged himself back to his quarters, dazed and dispirited.
The aura and honor he had earned recently shattered this morning.
“Damn it.”
His fists trembled as he gritted out, “Ning Bei, you bastard… ever since I met you nothing has gone right… why didn’t you die out there?”
In his eyes, everything was Ning Bei’s fault.
Otherwise he would not have been beaten today, nor would anyone have dared laugh at him.
The next second Qin Yu thought of something and tried calling out, “Senior Lin… are you there? Can you hear me?”
“So annoying.”
A clear voice rang out in the room.
Hearing it, Qin Yu broke into a grin, then put on a pitiful face. “Senior Lin, you’ve no idea what I’ve been through…”
“I know.”
Lin Xiaoxiao cut him off before he could finish.
Qin Yu froze. “You know? Then why did you just watch me get beaten… why didn’t you help me?”
Lin Xiaoxiao said impatiently, “Do I owe you anything?”
“Uh…”
Qin Yu’s smile stiffened.
After a moment of awkward silence he forced himself to say, “He almost beat me to death just now. If I die, how can I do things for you, right?”
“Who told you to provoke him?” Lin Xiaoxiao snorted. “You challenged someone stronger, got thrashed, and I’d only laugh if he killed you, clown.”
“?”
Qin Yu was stunned by the insult.
Especially the word “clown,” which crushed the tattered remains of his dignity.
Whose side was she even on?
Though countless grievances filled his heart, Qin Yu dared not show them, knowing he could not afford to offend this mysterious powerhouse.
After all, she had planted a sword seed in his shattered dantian and rebuilt his ruined meridians, instantly setting him on the sword path.
There was probably no second person like her in the world.
So Qin Yu could only smile obsequiously. “Senior Lin, you once said you wanted me to kill someone for you. If even you…”
“I don’t need you anymore.”
Lin Xiaoxiao cut him off again. “You’re useless and love to act tough; I loathe watching trash show off.”
“Once I use the Seven-Star Beads to hide my presence completely so they can’t find me, I’ll pick that Ning Bei instead. I feel he’s the one I’m looking for, and… he’s good-looking, unlike you, who ruins my mood.”
“?”
Qin Yu was dumbstruck.
The next moment he begged, “No, please don’t, Senior Lin… you don’t know how evil Ning Bei is… I only wanted to steal his fiancée, but he actually slept with my sister…”
“Shut up!”
“If you bother me again, when I go to him I’ll take back the sword seed I gave you first.”
Lin Xiaoxiao left no room for argument.
From Ning Bei’s brutal beating of Qin Yu today, she had seen that Ning Bei had greater potential and even mastered an electricity-conducting trick.
She just wondered whether he could electrify her father’s sword.
Maybe there would be a chance later!
No!!
Qin Yu fell into despair.
He had finally secured protection, so how could she suddenly take a liking to Ning Bei?
What was he supposed to do now?
Faced with Lin Xiaoxiao’s decision, Qin Yu panicked yet dared not speak further, fearing she might really reclaim the sword seed.
Then he would be a cripple again.
Elsewhere.
Achoo~
Ning Bei suddenly felt a surge of malice.
Wuyue lifted his aged eyes. “Brat, stop wasting time here. Go cultivate. The future of Heavenly Martial Academy rests on you.”
“Old man, but your injuries…”
Ning Bei trailed off.
Earlier, when he returned and did not see Wuyue come out to greet him, he already sensed something was wrong.
Now that he was here, he learned the elder had been gravely wounded in a battle with a force from the Void Saint Realm a few days ago.
To steady the academy’s morale, Wuyue had been hiding in his room to heal, yet the progress… was painfully slow.
Wuyue urged, “Stop worrying about this old man who won’t die. Go cultivate. Use the academy’s resources as you like and grow quickly.”
Pressed by the elder; the two could only take their leave.
After they left.
Ning Bei looked at the girl and asked, “Jiujiu, do you have a way?”
“The Grand Preceptor is barely holding on; his meridians are on the verge of collapse,” Qin Jiujiu said softly. “There is a way, but I doubt the academy has the materials, and even the Xusheng Realm may not have it.”
“…..”
Ning Bei fell silent for a moment.
Then he returned to his room alone, planning to see whether the System Shop offered a solution.
If not, he would borrow some Revenge Points from the system.
He could not just watch the old man’s meridians break and let him become a cripple.
Besides, even though he and Qin Jiujiu had come back, the one supporting Heavenly Martial Academy right now was still Wuyue, the Grand Preceptor.
Creak!
Ning Bei pushed the door open and stepped into the room.
A girl who had slipped in unnoticed suddenly appeared from the corner, waved a fair jade hand, and smiled at him:
“Hi~”
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