Chapter 262: Undercurrents (3.5k)
Hearing the youth’s voice, Su Jiu finally recognized the two people in front of her. She quickly picked up the cute bundle in front of her and, under their rather resentful gazes, gently placed the little butt on the sofa.
“This is…”
She lightly stood up, patting her skirt. But when she touched her skirt, she felt a slight dampness, like thin porridge. Thinking about it, she frowned, dipped her finger in it, and sniffed. The rich floral fragrance entered her nose. She immediately reacted and murmured in confusion:
“Flower nectar? Is it from Bai Zhi? These plant demons smell like this when they’re injured, I think.”
As if to verify, Su Jiu narrowed her eyes and looked worriedly at the thing on her hand that looked like plant demon blood. Under Bai Zhi’s disbelieving gaze, she slowly put it into her small mouth.
Seeing Su Jiu’s actions, Bai Zhi’s flower-speckled eyes showed a hint of shock, but her small face was as red as fire. She subconsciously waved her hands and said, “Don’t, that’s my…”
But it was too late. Su Jiu slowly put her slender fingers into her mouth. It was fragrant and slightly sweet, but with a strange bloody taste. This made Su Jiu even more certain that Bai Zhi was injured.
She then looked at the delicate, red face and patted her small head helplessly, saying with concern, “Do you have a wound down there? After we’re done, I’ll check for you tonight…”
“No… it’s not a wound.”
Bai Zhi’s small face was already red, and now it was about to bleed. The little flowers in her eyes were spinning madly. She kept tugging at her sleeves. She should have covered her dress earlier. Now she was going to be embarrassed to death.
This pervert shouldn’t be so experienced with women? Can you stop asking such stupid questions.
Taking Bai Zhi’s words as shyness, Su Jiu smiled helplessly. She leaned down slightly, their flowing black hair intertwining. She whispered in her ear, “Tonight… come to my bed, I’ll check your body.”
“Bed!!! Check… body?!”
Bai Zhi, who was already feeling extremely hot all over, suddenly looked stunned at the word. Then, feeling the warm breeze from her ear, her muddled brain was already thinking of strange things—without parental decree or matchmaking, absolutely not…
No, even with it, it’s not allowed!
Looking at Bai Zhi’s appearance, Su Jiu sighed slightly. Wasn’t this girl just saying she would help her treat it? Why was she so shy…
Human hearts are not as good as they used to be, always overthinking!
Shaking her head, she turned with a smile to look at the two people who were completely confused. Her gaze swept over the badges on their chests again, and she said teasingly, “What? You’ve already jumped from intern dragon hunters to silver dragon hunters before graduating? Doing well.”
Hearing Su Jiu’s teasing, the male student quickly came back to his senses, scratched his head, and said a bit embarrassedly, “It’s a long story. It’s all thanks to you, boss, for leading the four of us through the siege of the Ancient God Sect. Because of this, the big shots above discovered us, and we received all sorts of rewards in terms of supplies and merits…”
“With so many resources, even a pig could become a battle general. The four of us quickly advanced to the Battle General level, and even became silver-ranked dragon hunters before graduation.”
The male student in front of them was naturally the Sun Wukong Boy, and beside him was the Blue Hairpin Girl who played Zhu Bajie.
Because of the long distance and crossing several provinces, they hadn’t realized that Su Jiu was already dead.
Hearing the Sun Wukong Boy’s reply, Su Jiu’s memories also began to resurface. Didn’t Doubi Xi save her back then?
Hearing their conversation, the Little Shop Owner slowly put down his teapot and asked in surprise, “Are you old acquaintances?”
“Grandpa Li, this is the benefactor that my brother and I told you about. If it weren’t for her… we would have had to wait patiently until graduation, and then slowly work our way up to the Battle General level and live an ordinary life. How could we have become the potential Battle King level talents being cultivated in the school now?” Hearing the Little Shop Owner’s words, the Blue Hairpin Girl suddenly spoke, her voice filled with a sense of relief.
“Miss, please accept this bow from me… Thank you for saving this brat and giving me this nearly heaven-defying opportunity!”
The Little Shop Owner was stunned when he heard that Su Jiu had helped his sworn grandson. Then he quickly bowed to thank her. These businessmen valued loyalty and righteousness the most.
“It’s nothing. If it weren’t for me, perhaps they wouldn’t have gotten into danger. As for the rewards… this little girl can only say that courage is always humanity’s greatest hymn. Everything they’ve gained is from their courage to sacrifice themselves for righteousness.”
Su Jiu quickly came back to her senses, waved her hand at the shop owner, and chuckled. Then she turned to look at the black scale armor on the two of them and said seriously, “You two aren’t just here to take up posts, you must have a mission, right? Otherwise, you wouldn’t be wearing combat uniforms.”
Hearing Su Jiu’s question, the smile on the Sun Wukong Boy’s face slowly faded. He frowned for a moment, then said gravely, “Indeed! We’re not back here to take up posts. It’s because my father applied to the school through my connection to investigate. There’s a mysterious force involved in Yunpu City, manipulating the Lin family to purchase a large amount of raw silver mother. This has already seriously disrupted market order.”
“What’s going on? Why don’t you report it directly to the higher-level dragon hunters and ask the school for support instead?”
Su Jiu was a little surprised by these words. The Lin family again… and it was the raw silver mother mentioned by the old Vice Principal. If there was a connection between the two, and combining it with the information Bai Zhi overheard from the Ancient God Sect—Su Jiu was 80% sure it was the Ancient God Sect’s doing.
“Higher-ups? My father is already the highest-ranking official stationed in this small city. After he tried to report the situation to the local government’s Law Enforcement Hall, they used the excuse that the Lin family is the economic pillar of the entire city and cannot be moved lightly, and refused to investigate… And when he applied to a higher-level agency for investigators, just the review would take over a month. In desperation, he had to investigate himself.” The Sun Wukong Boy waved his hands helplessly and sighed slightly.
“But I don’t have any Battle General level experts under my father. During the investigation, my Warrior Class subordinates mysteriously disappeared, and I even received some anonymous warnings. So, he contacted us at the Chuan Yu Dragon Hunter Normal University. Under the teacher’s arrangement, the two of us formed a special task force with three senior brothers and sisters to investigate. Now, we’ve found out that they are preparing to carry out some bird-catching actions in Luoyun Mountain…”
“If Grandpa Li hadn’t told us to lead the way to a benefactor, we would have already gone to Luofu Mountain to meet up with a few senior brothers and sisters. Because it was just a bird-catching operation, those three senior brothers and sisters seemed to think my father was being too alarmist, and they were already unhappy… Now that we’re late, they’re probably swearing.”
Looking at the helpless face of the Sun Wukong Boy, Su Jiu’s eyes showed a hint of thought. Bird-catching operations, with the Ancient God Sect’s “no profit, no early rise” mentality, it was indeed possible. After all, doing bad things requires financial flow. Even in a novel world, bad guys can’t conjure up large sums of money out of thin air.
“You’re injured, so stay here for now. You can always return to the hairpin anyway.”
Then Su Jiu looked at Bai Zhi, who was holding a teacup and spacing out, and said gently. Then she turned to the Sun Wukong Boy and said, “Since your senior brothers and sisters have been waiting for a long time, why don’t we set off now?”
“Yes…”
Bai Zhi slightly raised her head to look at Su Jiu and responded softly. Her elven-like face seemed to have changed from pink to a normal fair complexion, but the little white flowers in her eyes were a little asymmetrical, giving off a discordant and strange feeling, as if she had been played with.
“Okay… but, boss, why are you two here in Yunpu City? Are you also carrying out some mission?” Hearing Su Jiu’s words, the Sun Wukong Boy first smiled and was about to turn, but after a few steps, he suddenly stopped and asked with some doubt.
“Yes, I remember your identity, boss… you’re from that place.”
The girl with the hairpin also spoke with a smile, blinking her eyes and looking at Su Jiu, seeming quite expectant of her answer.
Because of the revelation by Lu Xin back then, they both knew that Su Jiu had another identity—a Night Watcher. Perhaps Su Jiu’s sudden arrival in Yunpu City was related to the mysterious forces they themselves were investigating.
“It’s not a mission… Of course, if you need me to help, it’s not a problem.” Following behind the two, Su Jiu said with a smile. She didn’t mind helping these two juniors with whom she had a life-and-death bond.
Upon hearing that Su Jiu would help, the eyes of both of them revealed a hint of joy. When the Ancient God Sect invaded the school, she was like a god, turning the tide and saving hundreds of students from dire straits—how strong would she be now?
Initial Stage Battle General? No! Definitely more than that!
Although Su Jiu was not a Battle General nearly half a year ago, these ordinary students had become Battle Generals. The other party must not be just an Initial Stage Battle General.
Intermediate Stage Battle General! Maybe even touching the threshold of High-Level Battle General!
Su Jiu had only managed to kill that Shadow-level ultimate expert by using Alchemical Items to summon a strong person, but her unparalleled elegance had left a deep impression on everyone.
Of course, touching the threshold of High-Level Battle General was the highest level that these two students could imagine. Any higher…
That was a forbidden zone for imagination—a 18-year-old High-Level Battle General with a not-low bloodline, which would be considered a heavyweight even in the Holy Temple.
After some more pleasantries, the three of them walked out, leaving the Little Shop Owner quietly watching their backs, frowning with some confusion, and muttering, “But isn’t this lady in the black long dress a Battle King Level expert? She’s not the same person as the one Xiao Feng mentioned who was forcefully pulled to Battle General level using a secret technique?”
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Luoyun Mountain.
In a certain place, a youth in black priest robes stood with one foot on a pine tree. With rustling sounds behind him, as if sensing the movement behind him, the youth chuckled lightly and asked indifferently, “How is it? Do those Coldstream Crows and Crimson Flame Sparrows often pass by somewhere downstream of Yunbai Stream?”
“Replying to my Lord Priest! At a bifurcated river a kilometer away from Yunbai Stream, there are indeed many flocks of birds feeding on fish schools.” A black shadow landed on another pine tree, bowed slightly, and replied respectfully with a steady posture.
“Si Chen has actually advanced to Black Robe. This dead man is forcing me to take the feathers of that Ice Phoenix subspecies for this Northern Plan…”
The youth in black robes nodded slightly, murmured, then glanced at the black shadow behind him and waved his hand lightly, saying indifferently,
“You go and transport those Alchemical Balls made from raw silver mother. Don’t let go of these wild birds either…”
“Yes! But, Sir…”
The subordinate quickly nodded, but as he was about to turn, he paused slightly, hesitated for a moment, and looked at the youth in black robes, with some entanglement in his eyes.
“What’s wrong? Is there a problem with the Alchemical Balls?” The youth in black turned around, his eyes with a hint of scrutiny, a cold glint quietly appearing.
“It’s not the Alchemical Balls that are the problem, but a few Dragon Hunter tails are already staring at us… After dealing with a few before, this time it seems to be Silver Ranked.” Feeling the almost tangible killing intent, the person in black trembled slightly and quickly explained.
“Silver Ranked? Are you afraid of these ordinary Silver Ranked Dragon Hunters with your skills? I don’t have time to play house with them. I’m going to check out the Ice Phoenix subspecies’ nest…” After scoffing, the youth in black turned his back, lightly tapped the pine tree, and his body turned into a black shadow, soaring into the sky, disappearing without a trace.
“Deal with them all!” The voice seemed to fly from the distant sky, carrying a sense of etherealness.
