Chapter 328 Heading to Seattle (3k)
After resolving Vivian’s crisis, Su Jiu booked two plane tickets to Seattle City via her phone. Vivian also told the students to go home on their own, and the two headed to the nearest major city – Owen City.
Near the airport, the weather was a bit gloomy, with a light drizzle falling. The raindrops hit the rubber trees and the bus stop signs, making crisp sounds. The rainwater then flowed down the straight, pale roots onto the benches. In front of the benches, two young girls walked side by side.
They were both wearing patent leather shoes, and the black student uniforms contrasted with the white dresses. The blood rose and white rose embroidery on the skirts looked like special designs, making them appear surprisingly well-matched.
“After this, are you not working at Cambridge anymore?”
The girl in the black JK uniform held a wide, black umbrella, a faint smile on her face. She glanced at the elf-like girl in the white dress beside her and asked softly.
“I’m not. If it wasn’t for the instructions from their old principal, I wouldn’t have gone there to be an honorary professor… When we get to the Seattle World Championship venue, I’ll go and terminate the employment contract with the vice principal who led the team.”
Adjusting her hair bun, the girl in the white dress revealed her slightly pointed ears and looked towards the not-too-distant ticket check. There was a trace of nonchalance in her blood-red eyes.
Both the school’s attitude and the attitude of the teachers and students when facing threats had thoroughly disappointed Vivian. The Henry family had too much power in Cambridge, and staying there would only lead to disaster.
“Where will you live after this? Do you want to come to Magic City? I’ll support you.” Su Jiu tilted her head slightly, asking with a hint of amusement. Her waist-length hair, tied at the ends, swayed elegantly.
“Support me?”
Upon hearing this offer of room and board, Vivian’s heart stirred, but she quickly vetoed it. Shaking her head slightly, she turned to Su Jiu with a smile and said, “Forget it. Don’t look at us having Battle King level strength now, we’re nothing in front of true powerhouses. My true body needs to go back and appease the elder council, and make some preparations…”
“If your true body can’t go, does that mean your clone – Little Yun Xi – can come?” Su Jiu paused slightly, a triumphant smile on her face. She gently took the soft, boneless little hand at her side and asked jokingly.
“It depends on how someone performs. If someone performs well in the World Championship, I don’t mind transforming into Yun Xi and living in Magic City.”
Vivian averted her gaze slightly, feeling the warmth of the hand in hers. A blush tinged her cheeks, and she let out a proud snort.
“Heh heh, you know my strength, don’t you?” A hint of joy appeared on Su Jiu’s face. She rubbed Vivian’s palm with her thumb and chuckled.
“It’s time to check in. I’ll go check in first and chat later.”
With that, she put away her umbrella, withdrew her hand, and handed her ticket to the ticket attendant, who was checking tickets. She then proceeded to sign some documents.
“Your strength… is indeed quite strong.”
It was a very ordinary sentence, but as Vivian looked at the silhouette in the black uniform, her slender white legs couldn’t help but press together, and a blush inexplicably appeared on her face.
When her clone was forced to play “Truth or Dare,” her main body would also feel it. When it came to what Su Jiu was strong at, Vivian could only say – those who know, know.
The two had no luggage and quickly passed through security. Storage rings, of course, would not be inspected. People who owned storage rings, an alchemy artifact of this level, could not be thoroughly inspected by ordinary security.
“We almost missed the tickets to Seattle. Thanks to John booking tickets on his phone, otherwise we definitely wouldn’t have had the chance to watch the competition.”
“Heh heh, I wonder if we can get an autograph from that talented individual from Los Angeles University.”
After wandering around the airport for a while longer, they noticed some white students who seemed to be going to watch the World Championship as well. They were similar to the students Su Jiu had encountered before, all taking leave to watch the competition, their faces beaming with excitement.
For ordinary students, competitions like the World Championship were very memorable. The students participating in the competition were no less than their idols.
“What kind of preparations are you talking about?”
Su Jiu retracted her gaze, slowed her pace, and came to Vivian’s side, asking curiously. She had heard the latter say she needed to make some preparations, and if she could help, she would naturally help.
“Well… some trivial matters. It’s probably because the position of Duke of Gemini has been vacant for too long, and the elder council has asked us to each recommend subordinates to compete for the new Duke position. The method of competition is through the collision of their respective forces, and those who survive will be successfully elected.”
Vivian said with a light smile, and then continued,
“Heh heh, but this is only for obtaining the Ancestor’s Essence Blood, without any real power. We original Grand Dukes are also responsible for selecting. Except for Grand Duke Mary, who already has many powerful subordinates, others are not very willing to participate.”
Vivian had just narrowly escaped death. She had been indifferent to these matters before, and now she treated them even more casually, seemingly without worldly desires.
“Ancestor’s Blood Pool? Can one achieve Grand Duke level bloodline after soaking in it?”
Upon hearing this, Su Jiu’s expression showed some interest. Her own bloodline could increase its concentration by 5% every seven days through her ring. If she could soak in that Ancestor’s Blood Pool, reaching the Grand Duke level and having her strength soar wouldn’t be a dream.
“How is that possible? At most, it can give that person a chance to break through to Grand Duke. If one hasn’t been constantly refining their bloodline and frequently taking related medicines, it’s basically just a Grand Duke title.”
Soon, Vivian shook her head, laughing as she poured cold water on the idea. However, thinking of Su Jiu’s bloodline that seemed to be constantly strengthening, and now it was subtly approaching the Duke level, she narrowed her eyes and said softly,
“However, your bloodline seems to be constantly thickening. If you obtain that Ancestor’s Essence Blood and receive the Ancestor’s blessing, it’s not impossible to break through to Grand Duke. But the strength difference is too great, it feels like going there would just be offering meat…”
“Then can you sign me up?”
Nodding thoughtfully, Su Jiu raised her hand and looked at the back of her hand. On her fingernail, faint orchid-like patterns were visible. It had been like this for about a month, but there hadn’t been much change, only the patterns had become more refined – its hardness was comparable to E Huo.
She speculated that the lack of a certain catalyst had caused her Blood Clan bloodline, which was originally growing vertically, to grow horizontally, only getting harder…
Given their relationship, Vivian didn’t say anything polite. She rolled her eyes and said, “Sign up? There’s no hurry now. It will be held in the United States in about a year. At that time, some Marquis of War God level will participate. If you only have Battle King level strength and no influence, you’ll basically be eliminated in the first round.”
“I don’t have any such damn ideas. Let’s play a couple of games instead.”
Hearing about the War God level, Su Jiu also fell silent. She took out her phone, clicked on a certain 5v5 game, nudged the girl in the white dress with her elbow, and said softly:
“Log in.”
“Coming, change your usual character. You play support.”
“…”
Those things were too far away. Su Jiu felt it was more important to earn money, then level up, improve her extraordinary attributes, and also level up E Huo. She could feel that when E Huo leveled up next time, it might directly reach High-Rank Battle General.
With E Huo’s current rank, if it reached High-Rank Battle General, it might be comparable to some weaker Lord level Initial Stage Battle King monsters. Improvement was very necessary – Su Jiu only had enough money to barely get by after saving Vivian, and she might even need to use merit points.
However, Su Jiu didn’t want to use merit points casually. She was thinking about when she could upgrade her “Ode” to level two, directly raising the ice attribute of her Ice Dragon Transformation to level two extraordinary attributes. After all, level two extraordinary attributes far surpassed level one. It took her so much effort to destroy Windus’s Burning Flame, which showed the difference.
While waiting in line to play games, they boarded the plane. Because they booked tickets at the last minute, they didn’t have particularly good seats and sat in the general seating area.
Coincidentally, the seats around them were not occupied by students, but by a group of people with Eastern appearances dressed like bounty hunters. They wore gray leather armor, with faint blue stripes as decoration on their pants, and more or less had scars on their bodies.
“Damn, that Wyvern Valley was completely cleared out by someone. I don’t know which fierce person did it. Yesterday, when Old Third and I were foraging nearby, we found the entire Wyvern Valley engulfed in flames. From a distance, it looked like piles and piles of wyvern corpses.” A young man with a buzz cut said excitedly while eating sunflower seeds, quite startling his companions.
“Kid, don’t worry about those damn wyverns. Our target is that thing. I don’t know if it’s real or not. There are rumors of this creature outside the city of Seattle.” The burly middle-aged man next to the buzz-cut youth said in a deep voice, placing a hand on him.
“If we get one, we’ll be rich… That thing is a rare commodity in Eagle Country. It’s said that each one carries the Dark Erosion Attribute.”
Upon hearing this, another somewhat enchanting woman in red winked at the middle-aged man and said with a smile, “With Brother Huang being a High-Rank Battle General, isn’t it easy to take it down? It’s said that thing, besides running fast, isn’t very powerful.”
“Hahaha, I’ll take you all on a yacht when I get rich!” The middle-aged man laughed loudly, looking extremely smug. Then, he said with a more serious expression, “However, we’re definitely not enough. We need to go to the Adventurer’s Guild and recruit some people to help. That thing might have Half-step War King level strength.”
Their voices were very loud, almost filling the entire cabin. Su Jiu and the other girl heard it as soon as they entered. The flight attendant next to them didn’t dare to stop them, especially since the middle-aged man claimed to be a High-Rank Battle General.
Su Jiu casually glanced at those people and didn’t say much, but she kept their words in mind. Her eyes narrowed slightly – “That thing”? It must be some kind of rare monster, right?
If possible, she could also work as an adventurer after the competition to earn some money. Su Jiu remembered that she seemed to be registered at the Adventurer’s Guild, and she wondered what her current level was.
The time on the plane quickly passed as the two played single-player mini-games. During the journey, Su Jiu was praised quite a bit, with comments like “Too awesome,” “God-tier play,” “You died again…,” and also, “How can someone be so good? I passed with one life, you can’t even pass with nine lives.”
“The plane is preparing to land. Please remain seated and fasten your seatbelts. Do not walk around freely.”
Soon, following the announcement, their friendly gaming session came to an end. After getting off the plane, as soon as they stepped off, Su Jiu spotted a familiar figure waiting to pick them up…
