Chapter 98
Seeing the dagger getting closer and closer to his chest, a smile flashed across the middle-aged man's pale face.
"Be patient and kill with one strike. This is the essence of a killer."
This was a famous saying circulated within [Shadow]. The middle-aged man had already thought about it, and when the young man in front of him fell down with pain and shock, he would coldly throw this sentence away to him.
That scene must be quite handsome.
pity...
He will never have the chance to see this scene in his life.
Ji Xuan in front of him disappeared.
The middle-aged man's last blow struck the air.
He was slightly startled.
The world in his eyes suddenly spun, and then... turned completely upside down.
In the guest room, the ceiling is below and the floor is above.
Outside the window, the sky is below and the entire city hangs upside down above.
What's going on here?
The doubts in the middle-aged man's eyes had just emerged, as if he had realized something, and the doubts in his eyes were replaced by unprecedented panic, which became his last expression in this world.
Like the other seven.
With a plop, his head fell to the ground and fell at Ji Xuan's feet.
"Stupid." As if he had crushed an ant to death, Ji Xuan looked at the head on the ground without any fluctuation in his eyes.
In front of him, a headless corpse was kneeling on the ground, spraying red blood upwards.
On the middle finger of his right hand, he wore a silver armor, slowly dripping with blood.
Just now, it was this slender and sharp weapon that removed the head of the man codenamed "Blood Eagle".
"Although I am not accompanied by a beautiful woman..."
Looking at the city outside the window where the lights were on, Ji Xuan shrugged and smiled slightly.
"It's not bad with eight good heads."
The slightly brisk voice echoed in the room, but it seemed...
The whisper of death.
......
September 4885, 9 in the Chinese calendar, Canghai International Airport.
A passenger plane landed slowly on the tarmac.
The cabin door opened, and the passengers descended the gangway one after another. The moment they set foot on this land, longing, joy, emotion...all kinds of emotions appeared on their faces.
"The weather is so nice."
A young man walked out of the hatch, raised his head and looked at the blue, high and clear sky, and said with emotion.
This young man has a handsome face, and there is a heroic spirit between his brows. His dark eyes are as deep as the night sky and full of aura, making him look energetic, like the rising sun.
Behind the young man was a tall old man with a white beard and a kind smile. He carried a weapon wrapped in burlap on his back. It was hard to tell whether it was a sword or something else, but it was very conspicuous.
Hearing the young man's sigh, the old man stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The weather in Canghai City has always been like this."
"Oh?"
The young man turned to look at the old man and asked with interest: "Grandpa Jin, have you been here before?"
The old man, whom the boy called Grandpa Jin, nodded, glanced at the sky, and said with emotion, "When I was young, I liked to travel around. I also took care of Canghai City for a while."
"How long is a while?"
"Um... I think it will take two or three years."
"Two or three years..." the young man said in a long voice, with evil intentions, "Does Grandpa Jin have an old sweetheart here?"
The old man's lips twitched when he heard this, with a wry smile on his face, "Young master, don't bury me."
"Don't worry, I won't tell Grandma Hua." The young man patted his chest with an expression like "Don't worry, I have the strictest mouth."
The old man broke into a cold sweat and immediately changed the subject: "Master, where are you going next? Do you want to see Master Mu first?"
"Don't worry," the young man shook his head, "Anyway, it won't be long before I can meet my senior brother."
The old man said helplessly: "Master, you and Master Mu are not brothers."
The young man said confidently: "My swordsmanship was taught by Mu Ziqing, so naturally I have to respect him as my senior brother."
"That should be the master and apprentice..." the old man muttered.
"I don't care, Mu Ziqing is my senior brother anyway!" Putting these words aside, the young man walked straight forward.
"Oh... As long as the young master is happy." The old man shook his head and smiled bitterly, and quickly followed.
"That's right, sir."
"Ok?"
"You haven't practiced yet today."
"Grandpa Jin."
"Ok?"
"Don't mention these spoiling things when you're out!"
"..."
"Master, it's because you are always lazy that you are pulled away from the job by Master Mu and Miss Li."
"Just pull it away, I don't care."
"That's not possible. Master, as a member of the Genius List, how can you be beaten by other people on the list..."
"Stop it! Stop it, don't mention that shitty list to me, I'll get angry if you mention it!"
"Master, that's the list of geniuses. I don't know how many people are trying to get on it."
"I don't care! Anyway, since I was on this list, people squat at my door every day and say they want to challenge me. It's annoying to death! And I still don't understand why the Stars Association put me on that list. List, rubbish list, rubbish star meeting!”
"Young Master, the Stars Association is one of the seven..."
"I don't care! I don't care! I don't care!"
The boy shouted loudly and quickened his pace.
Seeing his young master's angry look, the old man's lips curved into a doting and proud smile.
Young Master, the reason why you are on the list is because you are a genius.
Unique in the world...
What a genius.
......
Outside Canghai City, Jinghu Lake.
Jinghu is the largest lake around Canghai City. Because the lake surface is always calm and there is no water foam on the lakeside, and it looks like a huge piece of glass, people named it Jinghu.
Mirror Lake is surrounded by lush forests. Compared to the calm lake surface, the forest can be said to be very lively.
There are dozens of monsters in the woods, with monster powers ranging from 100 to 500. For high school students in Canghai City, it is naturally a good place to hone their martial arts skills.
Unlike Langxiao Slope, which is sparsely populated, it is crowded here and you can often see people in groups. Along the way, Chu Qing has seen many students from major high schools.
Among them, of course, are students from Tianlan High School.
The senior high school students are all racing against time to improve their source points, so almost all the students who appear here are first and second grade students.
However, everyone in Tianlan High School knew Chu Qing, the top boss in terms of origin, so when they saw Chu Qing appear here, they naturally became enthusiastic and admired as fans.
"I'll blanch it, Brother Qing, it's alive!!"
"Brother Qing is here for an outing~ My little sister is also on her own~"
"Brother Qing, sign your name for me, yes, just sign it on my head."
Finally, Chu Qing was able to pull himself out from the crowd of cute fans, and quickly slid down the hillside to escape.
"This is too scary..." Wiping the cold sweat on his forehead, Chu Qing quickened his pace and rushed towards his destination.
It has been two full weeks since the last fight to the death on Langxiao Slope.
Today's Chu Qing's source value has reached...937!
"found it!"
Pushing aside a piece of grass in front of him, Chu Qing finally found his first target.
"Water spider, the adult demon power ranges from 420 to 450. It is silver in color, non-toxic, and moves very fast."
Looking at a silver spider in the distance that was as big as the mouth of a bowl, Chu Qing had a helpless smile on his lips.
"Demon power 442 points..."
"It's not even enough to plug the gap between your teeth."
"This wave is really a big loss."
As the summoner level continues to increase, the experience gained by Chu Qing also gradually decreases.
The water spider with a monster power of 442 points was of little help to Chu Qing in improving his summoner level, but he had to hunt this monster.
Because Chu Qing encountered a huge crisis.
He...has no money!
Four pills each cost 20 million, and the was returned to Ji Xuan. He could still have about million left on hand.
But Chu Qingfei's brain was twitching, thinking that he already had one million, how could he not renovate the old house?
There is actually no problem here.
Even if Chu Qing's house comes with a garden, it doesn't cost much to take care of the walls outside the house and the weeds in the garden.
The bad thing is that Chu Qing looked so glamorous on the outside, and he felt happy as a mansion that was already fifty-six out of ten in its heyday, but as soon as he opened the door and walked in, he felt like "the gold on the outside is ruined inside."
After thinking about it again and again, Chu Qing gritted his teeth and said, tnnd, don’t you just spend the money you earn? All renovated!
Here comes the problem. The interior walls need to be repainted, and source materials added to enhance the support, not to mention wallpaper.
The floor needs to be re-cemented, and durable and good-looking floor tiles need to be purchased.
In terms of windows, because it is an old house built 90 years ago, the light transmission is not satisfactory. Some places that need floor-to-ceiling windows even have to demolish the walls and rebuild...
Chu Qing suffered the disadvantage of being uneducated. Every time he felt that something was unnecessary, the captain of the engineering team would show him the renderings.
I really don't want to spend money, but it comes with a small balcony...
Looking at the leisure balcony in the renderings where you can see the fountain below, tears of dissatisfaction flowed from the corners of your mouth.
Although the engineering team asked Lin Shiyou to help find it, and the price was absolutely fair, when looking at the bill that was nearly one meter long, Chu Qing felt that she might as well die on that night on Langxiao Slope.
After paying the balance and sending the engineering team away, he looked at the marble pavilion behind him that had transformed from an urban fantasy into a luxurious villa.
Gee, although it costs a lot, it’s really worth it.
This can be regarded as fulfilling one of my obsessions.
Chu Qing thought like this and felt his body relaxed a lot.
But seeing his bank card turn into a four-digit deposit again, he frowned, and he would have to run for tuition again in the future.
It's obvious that there haven't been many days of rich people's life...
In desperation, he found out from Ji Xuan that there was a branch of the mercenary union in Canghai City, and he could get commissions by completing tasks.
Why didn’t I know this before!
Chu Qing looked shocked. If I had known this, I would still be a P worker!
But it makes sense to think about it, I have never tested the source value once, and since I have been isolated for so long in the past few years, no one would think that an 18-year-old boy who works as a wage earner at KFC is a warrior.
Indeed, novels would not dare to be written like this.
Although the Mercenary Guild is not listed as the Seven Lords, it is a huge organization on the mainland of China. As long as they are warriors, they can accept the tasks issued by the guild, and high school students are no exception.
"Collecting water spider glands" is a relatively high-level task for the mercenary union. Not only do you have to defeat the water spider with high demonic power, but you also have to ensure that the glands in its body are not destroyed, so few people will choose this task.
But for Chu Qing, this task was well-paid, so he chose it decisively.
"The glands of 20 water spiders take a lot of time..."
"It would be great if it could be like in the game, where you can hang up and spawn monsters."
With muttering in his mouth, Chu Qing stepped out of the grass, and the sound of rustling immediately alerted the water spider.
When it realized that a creature had intruded into its territory, it immediately raised its head and made a sound like chewing food. Then dozens of spider threads spurted out from its mouth and shot at Chu Qing.
"I'll blanch it, Spider-Man!"
Chu Qing screamed strangely, but his steps were not slow at all. His body flashed like a butterfly walking through flowers, avoiding the spider threads with ease.
"It's so slow..."
He sighed while moving forward quickly.
Compared to the snake-tailed wolf's tail that whipped rapidly like a long whip, the spider silk spewed out by the water spider was like watching a slow-motion replay in his eyes.
"I thought it would be a bit of a pleasure to torture food."
He curled his lips somewhat boredly and launched a fatal blow. His whole body turned into an afterimage and appeared in front of the water spider. The iron sword fell down like lightning and cut it in half.
Squatting down, he took out the dagger, cut open the belly of the water spider, carefully cut off its glands, and then put them into the backpack he had prepared in advance.
"There are still nineteen more..." He sighed helplessly, stood up, and began to look for the next target.
......
Two hours later, on a meadow in the forest.
"The twentieth one."
Pulling out the iron sword with a puff, Chu Qing let out a long breath as he looked at the water spider at his feet that had just lost its life.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he smiled slightly and said, "Finally the tuition fees are settled."
Taking out the dagger, he was about to remove the last gland from the water spider's body, but at this moment, there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind him.
Accompanying the footsteps was a flattering voice.
"Young Master Gu, for someone who is so troublesome to collect water spider glands, how can I bother you to do it yourself?"
"Just let me do it."
"Oh, I understand! You have to do it yourself when chasing girls. Junior Cheng Yi is waiting outside the forest. When she sees that Young Master Gu has completed the task for her, she will definitely be attracted to Young Master Gu."
"As expected of Mr. Gu, he has a high vision! Right, Wu Dao."
"...Um."
"Wu Dao?"
Hearing this name, Chu Qing was slightly startled, turned around, and saw three figures walking out of the shadows in the forest.
All three of them were wearing clothes of the same color, with a unique silver badge on their chests.
It is the school badge of Tianlan High School.
When these three people saw Chu Qing, they were also startled.
"...Chu Qing?" The dark-skinned boy on the left of the three looked at Chu Qing and asked with some uncertainty.
Chu Qing nodded and smiled: "Long time no see, Wu Dao."
This young man named Wu Dao was Chu Qing's classmate for three years in junior high school.
With his plain appearance and taciturn personality, Wu Dao has always been inconspicuous in the class, but Chu Qing was extremely impressed by him.