Chapter 64: Setting Off Home
“I didn’t expect you to be hiding your strength, but… Xiao Jiu, why are your classmates’ stories different from Xin Yu’s?” Xingguo Su asked with some confusion. “One said you were killed by a giant demon, and the other said you were killed by someone from Huawen.”
“Old man, it’s hard to explain… I’ve been through too much these past few days… Just know that it’s all true, but I was saved by a powerful expert later.” Su Jiu glanced at Liu Guangjun, who seemed hesitant to speak, and continued.
“All true? …You can take on a Battle General?!” Xingguo Su fell silent for a moment and asked in an incredulous tone. He had seen his fair share of geniuses, but for a warrior to kill a Battle General…
He had only seen it happen once before, but that person wasn’t as monstrous as Su Jiu. She only started challenging Battle Generals after about a year of cultivation… As for who that person was – it was Su Jiu’s mother.
Could it be that Su Jiu inherited her bloodline…
“Yes, I’ll tell you when we get back.” Realizing she had slipped up, Su Jiu replied helplessly.
“Good, good, as long as you’re okay.” Xingguo Su seemed to cheer up completely and talked about some family matters like any ordinary elder: “When the time comes, I’ll let those old guys see my daughter, and Xiao Yu can learn from you well…”
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“The vow will not require you to forcibly help their family; you only need to act where you are capable.”
Seeing that Su Jiu had chatted for a few minutes and hung up the phone, Liu Yuejun continued.
“Okay.”
Finally, after replying to all the messages on her phone, Su Jiu agreed to Liu Yuejun’s request. It made sense for her to agree, both logically and emotionally.
Generous magic crystal rewards, peerless sword techniques, and Liu Yuejun’s friendship – these were all things that could quickly give Su Jiu an advantage.
All she had to do was travel to Eagle Country for a few days. As Liu Yuejun said, there would be no real danger in a small family. Even with her current strength, it would be fine, let alone two months later.
Su Jiu lightly touched the red and white formation, and a strand of red and white light seeped into her arm. A fingernail-sized mark appeared directly above her hand, shaped like a crescent moon, resembling a new moon.
She gently raised her arm to examine it. She felt nothing. Was this really a vow formation? Why didn’t it feel binding like it was described in novels?
“The contract is established. Violators will be subject to the penalty of backlash. Come with me.”
Liu Yuejun took a look, narrowed his eyes slightly, and then walked cheerfully towards the stream, raising an external qi shield to separate the water flow.
Su Jiu followed behind him. When the water disappeared, Su Jiu found herself in a space filled with modern style. Even the floor tiles were wooden. In a corner, there was a pile of power banks and some office supplies.
In the center, a huge oil painting depicted a white-haired girl leaning against a giant deer, drinking a bit of wine, with countless dead demons behind them.
“The descendants of Huayang helped with this. I quite like it,” Liu Yuejun said as he walked.
Su Jiu gently nodded. However, her gaze soon fell on the stone tabletop in the middle, where a dark rectangular box caught her attention.
What is this?
Su Jiu was slightly dumbfounded and didn’t know how to comment internally. She had thought that behind the stream, there would be another world, similar to Stephen Chow’s ‘A Chinese Odyssey’.
But… it was indeed another world.
No, my good sir, in a place like this, which felt like a fairyland, are these things really appropriate?
“I have typed out the sword technique word by word. Please keep it safe,” Liu Yuejun’s voice suddenly sounded.
“Typed out? Shouldn’t it be written…”
Su Jiu’s expression stiffened slightly again, and her gaze fell on the black box. A bad feeling arose.
While she was daydreaming, a stack of thin A4 papers floated in front of her. She could vaguely see the words “Chu Xian” written in bold Song font.
“…”
Su Jiu took the A4 papers. She could feel the high value of the sword technique from the faint fragrance of the ink… What a joke!
Damn it, you printed a peerless sword technique on A4 paper? That black rectangular box over there is indeed a printer!
This… this…
Su Jiu looked at the stack of A4 papers and remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking: “You must have the files on WPS, right?”
Liu Yuejun looked at Su Jiu as if he was very surprised, then nodded slightly: “Yes, your descendant knows about such confidential matters, so she must be extraordinary. I do have the secret treasure of ‘files’.”
“Let’s add each other on QQ. You can just send me the files.” Su Jiu’s face was filled with the look of a dead fish. As expected, all these reclusive experts are nonsense.
Looking at the usage rate of those power banks, this senior Liu Yuejun probably often goes to human territories. He probably plays with more advanced things than many of her classmates.
“Ding!”
A few minutes later, Su Jiu looked at her phone, which had downloaded “Chu Xian Sword Technique (1)”, and then at Liu Yuejun opposite her, who was using a white-haired, red-eyed girl as his avatar. Her eyes also turned into… staring = staring.
“Senior Liu Yue, I’m leaving now.”
However, thinking that it might be an anime adaptation of Major General Jing Zi, Su Jiu sighed again and prepared to summon her avatar and fly back to school.
“Are you really going to leave dressed like this? Won’t it seem strange in your human world?”
Liu Yuejun said with some surprise, then pointed with his hoof to the innermost box and said lightly: “There’s a battle suit from when Jing Zi was young inside. It’s made from materials from Battle King level demons.”
“Since you’ve chosen to inherit the legacy, you should take her attire as well. With Jing Zi’s personality, she wouldn’t want her successor to die so easily.”
“I’ll wait for you outside the cave. Once you change, I’ll give you a ride.” After saying that, Liu Yuejun walked towards the cave entrance, and the surroundings became extremely quiet.
“A battle suit from two hundred years ago?”
Su Jiu’s mouth twitched slightly. However, if it was from a Battle King level, she could try it. The survival ability of this level was incredibly powerful.
She glanced at her Lin Chuan school uniform, which was charred and bloody. There was also a hole in her back. She felt like she was no different from a beggar under a bridge.
“Click, click—”
Su Jiu stepped forward and opened the box. A cloud of dust rose, but the box did not have a musty smell, only a faint scent of sandalwood. A goose-yellow long-sleeved Hanfu lay flat inside, and a butterfly hairpin inlaid with blue magic crystals, made of some unknown material, lay beside it.
“Mommy, I want that…” E Huo’s eyes were fixed on the hairpin, looking at Su Jiu as if she wanted to eat it but dared not.
“This is not food,” Su Jiu tapped her head and gently picked up the hairpin. She could clearly feel her spirit instantly improve—a spirit-enhancing accessory!
Given the Major General’s status, this thing was probably at least of Battle General level!
She glanced again at the huge oil painting on the wall. In a corner of the painting, there were some records of how many enemies she had killed…
Su Jiu was not one to be overly sentimental. She picked up the Hanfu and bowed solemnly, thanking her: “Thank you for the gift, Senior!”
After a while, Su Jiu finished changing. She found that it was indeed a bit loose, but as a Hanfu, it was acceptable. She casually tied her hair and inserted the hairpin. She felt like a young junior sister from a sect in a manga.
“Ring ring—” Su Jiu’s phone rang again. It displayed the name “Lu Nan”. She silently held the phone far away and dialed.
“Hello, Old Lu.”
As she had expected, the other party directly started cursing.
“Damn it, Su Jiu, you’re still alive! Do you know the Principal even erected a hero’s monument for you? And you even caused trouble in Huawen City these past two days!”
After some more rambling, he seemed to calm down and said slowly:
“The competition between the four cities has been moved up. Everyone is really fired up now. If you don’t come back soon, the Principal will go to Magic City to get people today.”
