Chapter 596Hundred Days Mobilization (3k)
Listening to the other party’s words, Su Jiu was slightly stunned, and then recalled the incident she encountered in the suburbs during the world competition. If they were truly seeking revenge for the griffon, then the visitors must have ill intentions.
“May I ask what is the matter?”
After Su Jiu exchanged a glance with Bai Zhi, she slowly stood up. As she rose, a fierce glint flashed in her eyes, scanning the young girl in Western-style ancient attire.
She’s barely Battle King Level, yet dares to come here to die?
If this young girl had any intentions towards her family, Su Jiu wouldn’t mind making her disappear without a trace.
The young girl suddenly felt a chill permeate her body. She looked at Su Jiu, who was dressed no differently than a college student, and for some reason, she had an illusion of facing an elder. However, she quickly regained her composure and stated the purpose of her visit.
She pointed at the eggshell in the corner of the room and said with a smile, “I think it should be the egg of the primal griffon that you obtained by chance. The egg has hatched, so it contains the griffon’s aura…”
“But it’s my daughter’s now. Do you want it back?”
Su Jiu stared at her calmly. Her not-so-tall stature in the hospital room felt as imposing as a mountain, making the young girl breathless.
“No, no… you misunderstand my meaning.”
The young girl didn’t understand why Su Jiu claimed the child as her own, but the alarm bells in her heart continued to ring. She quickly gestured with her hands, glanced at Bai Zhi, who showed no reaction on the bed, and continued,
“I want your… child to join our Alah Temple and receive top-tier education in advance…”
“No need. She’s too young, and I don’t want her to go elsewhere.”
Without waiting for the other party to finish, Su Jiu shook her head and refused. She wasn’t a weakling, and there was no need to hand over her young child.
“You may not realize what an opportunity this is. Her talent will only be buried in this small county town…”
The invitation was rejected, and the young girl was somewhat stunned, wanting to say more.
“Alice, why are you wasting your breath on her? Just take her. It’s just a small county town in the Dragon Country.”
Behind her, a knight, who didn’t look old, barged in and shouted at Su Jiu. His face was almost emblazoned with the words “Tenryūbito.” The aura of a High-ranking War General Level permeated the entire room.
“Don’t be impulsive!”
The young girl, called Alice by Chen, was slightly stunned. Seeing the young boy walking towards the cradle, she quickly reached out and grabbed his shoulder. At that moment, he was only one meter away from the cradle.
“Does the Alah Temple think it can do whatever it wants on Dragon Country’s soil?”
Su Jiu stared at the two coldly. Bai Zhi, on the other hand, tilted her head, a slight smile on her face as she watched the scene. Her hands toyed with white petals that seemed to float inexplicably, a sharp, cold light hidden within them.
Looking at the petals in Bai Zhi’s hand, Alice felt as if she were facing a great enemy. Cold sweat beaded on her face. She quickly pressed down on the boy’s head and bowed in apology, “We were inconsiderate…”
“This is an invitation letter. With this invitation, your identity will be equivalent to that of a Holy Son candidate. We currently have a Holy Son candidate from the Dragon Country who is less than twenty years old. He joined only half a year ago and has already reached the Intermediate Battle King Level.”
After speaking, she took out a black envelope carved with a spear pattern from her hand and carefully placed it on the table, as if afraid Su Jiu and Bai Zhi would be displeased.
Listening to the other party’s words, Su Jiu’s gaze swept over the envelope, and she asked with considerable curiosity, “What is the name of that Holy Son candidate? Does the Dragon Country have such a genius?”
“Please forgive me for not being able to disclose that. It is a secret. The elders of this Holy Son candidate’s family are old acquaintances of the Grand Elder of the Temple. His strength and talent are not weak, but he lacked resources in his youth, which is why he is only at the Intermediate Battle King Level now.”
Facing Su Jiu’s inquiry, Alice pursed her lips. She took one last look at the child lying in the cradle and looking in their direction. After bowing repeatedly, she then led the person away from the hospital room.
“A capable father, a youth lacking resources…”
Su Jiu watched their retreating figures, lost in thought. Could this Holy Son candidate also be an old acquaintance of hers?
After leaving the hospital building, the knight boy could no longer suppress the displeasure on his face. He pointed at the hospital building and vented his dissatisfaction to Alice,
“Why are you so afraid of them? They are clearly just two women with no cultivation. What’s the harm in forcefully taking the child from a place like this? They can only call the police and do nothing else.”
“Do you know my talent?”
Alice regained her aloof demeanor, no longer as respectful as she was to Su Jiu and Bai Zhi. She glanced at the boy and asked coldly.
“Sensing danger and emotions?” The young knight was slightly stunned and answered blankly, then frowned and retorted, “Did you sense danger from them?”
“More than that… I feel that if you take one more step, not only will you die, but I will also suffer with you. Their strength might be above High-Rank Battle King, or even stronger.”
Alice turned her head to look up at the building, her expression becoming extremely solemn, like thick, dark clouds. She suddenly sensed something, and her beautiful face changed abruptly, panic replacing solemnity.
She scanned her surroundings and found a fat monkey scratching its butt and looking at her with a hint of scrutiny, but more so amusement.
“A top-tier Great Demon…”
After being stared at, Alice felt her mouth go dry.
“What is it now?”
The knight boy looked at his companion’s reaction with even greater confusion. Where am I? What am I doing?
“Hurry up and leave! There’s a… Great Demon here!”
This time, Alice dared not linger. Her body trembled as she unleashed her External Qi, transforming into a golden light and shooting straight into the sky, not daring to delay for a moment.
The knight boy, hearing this, looked at where the other person was looking with a face full of confusion. He saw Aman smiling and waving at him, practically wearing a sign that said, “I am just a harmless monkey.”
He shook his head and left, thinking his partner had eaten too many mushrooms in the southern region and was hallucinating, calling everyone a big shot.
“Aman, what are they talking about?”
Bai Ni Si sat on a bench, holding a cute handmade booklet, as if made for children. She turned her head and looked at the fat monkey with curiosity.
“Just spouting nonsense. I’m going to sleep.”
Aman scratched his butt, leaned against an osmanthus tree, and took a nap. The spring in the south really made one sleepy.
Bai Ni Si gave him a sideways glance, holding the little paper-crafted figures. These were records of Su Jiu’s experiences. She had originally intended them as mementos, but now a more romantic idea had been born.
…
“Bai Ni Si, are these your little paper-crafted figures?”
Looking at the little paper-crafted figures in Xiao Yezi’s hands, Su Jiu was stunned. She looked up at the blood clan girl standing beside her. The latter was looking at the child with a doting expression.
“As long as Xiao Yezi likes them. After all, they are her father’s experiences, and she should be the one to understand and inherit them.”
As if hearing Su Jiu’s words, Bai Ni Si clasped her hands behind her back and smiled as she watched Xiao Yezi pick up the paper-crafted figures and examine them with the seriousness of a little adult.
Su Jiu was somewhat speechless. She knew how important these drawings were to Bai Ni Si; at the very least, she wouldn’t let Su Jiu see them if she wanted to.
“I remember you are from the Blood Clan, aren’t you? Here are some fragments of Floating Life Blossom. They can significantly boost mental power.”
Leaning against the bed, Bai Zhi observed the blood clan girl, a smile also appearing on her face. She took out a jar of something that looked like flower tea from her ring and handed it over.
This generous gesture was somewhat different from her usual behavior of snatching even cakes.
“Thank you, Miss Bai.”
Bai Ni Si, for the first time, did not refuse this kindness but accepted it with a smile, putting the tea into her pocket before continuing to play with Xiao Yezi.
Su Jiu had expected some trouble when the two met, knowing Bai Zhi was a bit of a jealous person, but she hadn’t expected such a harmonious scene.
Next, Su Jiu handed the necklace to Bai Zhi and, like a wealthy landlord, gave away most of the magic crystals on her person, leaving only a few higher-grade ones for herself.
This made Bai Zhi think she had robbed the treasury of some major power, but after hearing the stories, she didn’t find it too surprising.
“If those people come looking for you again, just call me.”
Time quickly passed until the afternoon. Su Jiu bid farewell to Bai Zhi again, telling her to keep the letter safe. She then went to fulfill her promise with Mr. Huang.
After leaving the hospital, Su Jiu looked up at the sky and found the sky somewhat dim. A faint floral scent still lingered in her nostrils. The setting sun shone on the backs of the two and the monkey, appearing somewhat eerie.
Without taking a taxi, Su Jiu hurried towards the school. Soon, with the help of her acquaintance with the uncle at the gate, she easily entered the school.
Aman was, as usual, stopped outside the gate. Fortunately, he found a small spot and started playing games with his little genius.
“Students, there are only a hundred days left until the Gaokao…”
As soon as she entered the school, Su Jiu heard a microphone from the square. She quietly followed the path behind the convenience store and circled around to the back of the square.
The familiar formation, the unfamiliar faces. On the stage was a very young female leader. However, judging by her attire, she should be the new principal. Her face surveyed the crowd below with heroic spirit, shouting:
“Students, do you want to get into the top five? If so, why not work twice as hard starting now…”
When she became impassioned, the female principal almost raised the microphone high. Her eyes were filled with passion as she looked at the students below, “Do you want to truly become Battle General powerhouses who can control qi and soar through the sky?”
“Yes!!”
The students below burst into waves of cheers. After all, high school students’ emotions were the easiest to stir up; a little encouragement in their words was enough.
Finding a familiar spot, Su Jiu naturally blended into the back of Class A. This familiar angle allowed her to slack off while clearly seeing the positions in front.
The school leaders on stage were almost an entirely new batch. One by one, they went up to speak until a suited man, looking around the same age as the female principal, appeared. Su Jiu’s eyes immediately focused on him…
“Students, I have fifty bottles of enhancement potions here, each costing only 30,000 Dragon coins. These potions are a welfare benefit specially applied for by our Shendai Pharmaceutical Company for students taking the global Gaokao…”
The suited man had a mustache and looked like a Cherry Blossom person. He scanned the crowd below, as if performing, and pulled out a bottle of crimson potion from somewhere, introducing it with a smile.
“These potions… the fire and metal content in them are so excessive, can they really pass the qualification inspection?”
Su Jiu looked at the potion, her eyebrows raising involuntarily. She felt that if a Warrior Class consumed this potion, it might cause stomach burning or skin sores.
Shendai Pharmaceutical Company sounded like a company from the Cherry Blossom Country. Logically, such an item shouldn’t pass domestic inspection standards, let alone enter a place like a school. These new school leaders must have taken a lot of kickbacks.
“Student, which class are you from? I saw you acting suspiciously just now. Are you late!”
At this moment, a figure walked towards Su Jiu, his scolding voice ringing like thunder. All eyes immediately turned to Su Jiu.
