Chapter 243
She moves unhurriedly, and idly.
It was as if she was about to go out for a run.
This action of the girl made the five ancient martial artists who barged in froze, failing to understand what she was about to do.
Ancient martial artists were rarely seen in the public eye, but that didn’t mean there weren’t any.
It was just that they were always sharp and crisp in what they did and would not leave any traces.
Moreover, ancient martial artists are good at hiding their scent because they have internal energy in their bodies.
It is not unheard of for a meat seller in the market to be an ancient martial artist with a high level of internal energy.
The five ancient martial artists were all attendants sent by Meng Jingxuan.
Within the ancient martial arts community, they could only be considered the lowest of the bunch.
But even so, not to mention ordinary people, even international level boxers were simply no match.
Inner strength, it is possible to hit things across the air.
When she bought the house, the security door she chose was the strongest on the market.
Bullets, too, could not penetrate.
But the ancient martial artist just used his inner strength to kick it a few times and it fell down.
Ying Ziji finished tying her hair, looked at the security door that was already lying dead, and nodded: “This door, fifty thousand.”
Four words that made all five ancient martial artists laugh at the sound and shake their heads repeatedly.
They had thought that this little girl was really something, to be so calm in front of them.
It seemed that she was just a newborn calf that wasn’t afraid of the tiger, ignorant and fearless.
At this point in time, she was still thinking about money.
No wonder, it was coming from the small county.
“Little girl, not much to say.” One of the ancient martial artists stepped forward, his gaze light and arrogant, “Hand over that tulip and we can keep our hands to ourselves.”
They had been crouching here for days, and this was the only time they finally caught a chance.
However, they kept in mind Meng Jingxiang’s instructions that they could not make a move unless they were sure that Fu Yunshen had left.
Although the five ancient martial artists felt that Fu Yunshen was just a fop with no power, he was not worth their attention at all.
Maybe they let Meng Jingxian warn them again and again, they still obeyed the orders.
A seventeen year old girl, a frightened little girl, couldn’t cry and bring that Snow Spirit Chi to their eyes?
Out of the ancient martial world, whatever they wanted, these ordinary people would have to give them.
Fists, that was the capital.
“Tulip?” Ying Zigui raised his eyes, faintly, “Not snow lingzhi?”
With a single word, the five ancient martial artists’ expressions all changed.
“So you know.” The ancient martial artist at the head of the group’s eyes narrowed slightly, “Could it be that you have studied ancient medicine?”
This Snow Lingzhi was not that ordinary Chinese medicine with the same name.
So it was impossible for either Western or Chinese medicine practitioners to know about it.
Ying Zigui didn’t answer the question, she just nodded slightly, “I hope you have fifty thousand on you.”
The ancient martial artist at the head of the group’s face sank: “No sense of humour!”
He didn’t want to talk nonsense to the girl either, and went straight forward.
Without any unnecessary movements, he raised his hand and slashed down towards the girl’s shoulder and neck.
This palm, with internal energy, was still aimed at the lute bone.
It would not kill her, but it would easily leave her with a permanent disability.
However, what he didn’t expect was that the girl didn’t move even though he had struck her with his palm.
Before he could react, suddenly!
“Boom!”
An extremely powerful internal energy suddenly surged out from the place where he had slashed down.
It actually shook him straight out.
In the next second, Ying Ziji stepped forward, raised his hand and tugged on his collar, lifting him up slowly.
She only used one left hand.
With a fierce flip of her wrist bone, she instantly knocked the man in her hand to the ground.
At the same time, the internal energy fluctuated out once more, shattering both of his arms.
The remaining four ancient martial artists were shocked.
Ying Zigui didn’t even look at the man on the ground as she stepped forward once more.
Ten seconds later.
There were four more people on the ground.
The legs were safe and sound, the upper body kept twitching as if they were having a sheepish fit.
And at the dining table.
Ying sat down, took the leather band off again and put it back on her wrist.
Her long, soft hair fell over her shoulders, adding to her docility.
It was completely unnoticeable what she had just done.
“You …… are finished ……,” the ancient martial artist at the head of the group had a swollen face, his mouth sputtering as broken teeth mixed with blood, “Offend, offend the Dream Family, you …… you will definitely die!”
Hearing these words, Ying Zigui turned her head.
She seemed to be considering something.
After a few seconds, she spoke.
Her voice was low and slow, carrying a certain powerful compulsion.
“Look into my eyes.”
The five ancient martial artists’ expressions were all averted and they looked up dumbly, as if they were puppets, being controlled.
“Forget about what happened today.” Ying Ziji’s fingers tapped on the table, carelessly, “As for the reason, think for yourself.”
Hearing these words, all five ancient martial artists nodded woodenly.
Ying Ziji pressed his temples and faintly, “Leave the money, the men can go.”
The one ancient martial artist who had not broken his arm started to dig out his pockets.
After half a day of emptying, he pulled out cash of one hundred and twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents, and a bank card.
“……”
Ying Ziji cupped up that bank card and calculated the balance inside.
Sixty-three thousand five hundred and forty-two dollars and ten cents.
She was slightly silent: “You guys are really poor.”
But luckily, it was enough to hire someone to change the door.
All five ancient martial artists, however, did not reply and left the Wen family one after another.
Ying picked up her phone, ordered a security door she had her eye on this morning, and made another appointment to have it fitted.
Her eyelashes drooped in thought.
The rules of the ancient martial world were different from the outside world.
You can kill each other.
Only if she killed the five ancient martial artists, she would attract the attention of the ancient martial world.
Right now, she didn’t want to have any involvement with the Ancient Martial World and the Ancient Medical World.
Ying Ziji rubbed her head again.
It had been a while since she had used hypnosis, and she had a bit of a headache.
**
In front of the teahouse a few streets away from the district where the Wen family was located.
Meng Jingxue sat on a bamboo and rattan seat outside.
On the sandalwood table was a pot of tea, and a plate of dim sum.
The tea mist curled up, which matched the dark green Chinese embroidered cardigan jacket.
Meng Jingxuan poured a cup of tea and looked at his watch.
It was time for him to arrive.
Just in time, too, a car stopped in front of him.
It was driven by the woman who was travelling with her.
The woman got out of the car and gave a hug to Meng Jingxiang, a very ancient way of saluting.
It caused pa*sers-by to look back.
“Sir, mission failed.” She paused before saying, “They were seriously injured and are in hospital for treatment.”
“Failed?” Meng Jingxiang’s eyes cooled, his voice still containing a smile, “All trash? Can’t even deal with an ordinary person, too?”
“They said they ran into someone from the o-continent side.” The woman went on to report, “It wasn’t an adversary, so it didn’t work out.”
“O Continent ……,” Meng Jingxian gently wrinkled his eyebrows, his expression solemnized for a few moments.
He did hear the Meng family side mention that the Miss of the O Continent Bevan family, was in Shanghai City during this time.
If they really ran into each other, they were indeed no match.
Meng Jingxian put down his teacup and slowly spat out three words, “Go back to the Imperial Capital.”
He couldn’t stay here any longer.
Others didn’t know what kind of person Fu Yunshen was, but he was clear.
He had witnessed with his own eyes how this man had beaten up a profound ancient martial artist with his internal energy, punch after punch, in a physical fight.
At that time, he was only seventeen years old.
Meng Jingxian’s eyes darkened.
There was no one, who was willing to go up against such a man who didn’t even want his own life.
The woman clasped her fist again, “Yes, sir.”
**
Qingzhi High School.
Only after the opening process of the isc was announced on the whole internet and thoroughly implemented, all the students of the three high school grades, the Talent Cla*s and the Science Experimental Cla*s, were notified by their respective cla*s teachers.
This is the best competition for soph*mores to attend.
It is a great way to train yourself and it will not affect the entrance exams.
Therefore, all interested students in the soph*more cla*s and the science laboratory cla*s signed up.
Not many people signed up for the senior science experimental cla*s, after all, for them, the entrance exams are the most important.
Inside the Senior 3 Excellence cla*s.
“Yuexuan, did you sign up?” The girl at the same table poked Ying Yuexuan’s shoulder, “If you sign up, I’ll sign up too, even if I don’t get into the international final, it’s still a kind of exercise.”
“There’s only one place for the school to go straight to the international competition.” Ying Yuexuan held her phone, on the screen was the interface for registration, “I’m not qualified to take it, of course I have to register.”
The girl nodded, “Alas, it can’t be helped, who made Ying Zigui really good? But Yuexuan you’re not so bad, it’s not like there’s a pervert like her every year.”
Ying Yuexuan pursed her lips and didn’t respond.
She opened the Qingzhi forum as the girls turned away.
She then entered her username and pa*sword.
The id was a string of numbers and subscripts.
Under this id, there was only one post.
[Title]: Zhong Zhiyan used the privilege of the student council minister to take the words written by Ying Zidian.
Chapter 244
The number of replies below is already in the thousands.
With this level of replies, it was already an extremely hot post in Qingzhi’s campus forum.
After all, Zhong Zhiyan was once the campus goddess of Qingzhi and was extremely popular.
It was something that no one had expected to happen when she fell from grace.
Especially, the other main character in the post was also Ying Zhiyan, who had already been anointed as a god in the school.
The students discussed this with great fervour.
So even though it had been a few months since the incident, there were still quite a few sporadic replies and the post kept getting bumped up.
This was the first time that Ying Yuexuan had read the replies after this post she had made.
Apart from those scolding Zhong Zhiyan, there were also quite a few replies saying things like “worship the God of Ying” and “Ying Dad begs for guidance”.
Although it was an anonymous forum, it was clear from the replies that the students were from different cla*ses.
Zhong Zhiyan had guessed correctly that she had heard about it from Lin Xi.
Her main purpose in posting this thread was not to help Ying Zidian, but to get Zhong Zhiyan to leave.
But now, with Zhong Zhiyan gone, her opponent had become even stronger.
Ying Yuexuan looked at the computer screen in silence.
If she had known, she might as well have helped Zhong Zhiyan and let her stay.
At least she wouldn’t have to step in, and she would be happy to be free.
After reading all the replies, Ying Yuexuan finally realised that she knew too little about Ying Zidian.
She went back to her personal centre screen and deleted the post.
On her mobile phone, she tapped on a small app, which contained a string of codes.
Ying Yuexuan clicked OK.
When she returned to Qingzhi Forum again, this account of hers had been completely logged out and there was no trace of it.
When she was in O-continent, she had learned some computer skills from her senior brother in the research team.
Although she was not yet able to become a hacker, she could still erase some information.
It was true that the Qingzhi forum was anonymous, but it was best to be safe.
“Ahhhhh!” The girl at the table suddenly let out a miserable cry, “Yuexuan, this question is too perverted, it actually has to test me on psychology, I haven’t studied this at all.”
Ying Yuexuan looked over without moving, her tone meek: “What?”
“Look.” The girl placed her phone in front of her, “I just found a random question from the question bank, the physics and maths and stuff wasn’t difficult, I finished it quickly, but then the last question, it tested knowledge of psychology.”
This is the question and answer software she downloaded from the official website after she had enrolled in the selection round.
Only the auditions hadn’t officially started yet, so now they could only look at the question bank.
Just like the name isc, the question bank contains a comprehensive range of scientific knowledge in various fields.
And this question-answering software is able to monitor whether the question takers are cheating and check the information online.
The selection process officially starts on 15 September and lasts for three months in total.
During this period, students who register for the competition are required to answer questions on the quiz software.
The number of basic questions is ten per day, with no upper limit on the number of additional questions.
One point will be awarded for a correct answer.
Two points will be awarded for a correct answer to an additional question.
No points will be deducted for incorrect answers.
There is also no time limit on the number of questions that can be answered.
At the end of the year, the selection rounds will be completed and the countries will be ranked according to their total score.
At the end of the year, the top 10,000 from each country will enter the final round.
The girl sighed: “Looks like I’ll just have to skip this kind of question.”
Ying Yuexuan didn’t say anything and also registered an account for the selection round, entering her mobile phone number and ID card for binding.
Then she logged into her account and started to check the questions in the question bank.
**
Meanwhile, Cla*s 19.
Little Brother held up his mobile phone with joy, “Sister Yu, we’ve signed up for this isc too, to try out the results of Ying Dad’s teaching.”
A semester had pa*sed and the progress in Cla*s 19 was rapid.
It wasn’t that Jiang Yan and the others couldn’t learn, they didn’t learn at all.
But they were smart enough to learn seriously and their grades were able to improve.
Now, the cla*s average of Cla*s 19 was right after the Science Experimental Cla*s.
“All right.” Xiu Yu didn’t give her little brother the slightest bit of face, “You enrolled, that’s really being hung.”
Although it was said so, she also signed up.
It was okay to try anyway.
After Xiu Yu finished registering her account, she suddenly said, “Ying Dad, you got the quota for the direct international competition, so you don’t need to participate in the selection round, right?”
“Hmm.” Ying Ziji was flipping through a book related to space science, “It’s too much trouble.”
Back in the 16th and 17th centuries, there was no such thing as space science.
Also because science and technology were not advanced, humans could not observe space.
Even a genius like Simon Brand had only vaguely come up with such a concept.
So her knowledge in this area was really lacking.
Space science and space technology, on the other hand, are what society needs most now.
The universe is so vast and infinite that what mankind can explore is not even the tip of the iceberg.
“Eh?” Xiu Yu glanced at the details of the competition, “The organising committee is rich, a selection competition, and they can still allocate down so much money.”
Ying Ziji twirled his pen, “What?”
“The audition, the first place in each country’s region, has a prize of ten thousand dollars.” Xiu Yu read it to her, “For the first place in the overall list, there’s three hundred thousand dollars, and for the second and third place, one hundred thousand dollars.”
At the end, she sighed, “Those engaged in scientific research are still rich.”
Ying Ziji was silent for a moment.
She put down her pen and pressed the lighted phone, “I’d better report it then.”
It seemed like it didn’t take particularly long to answer the questions, and she could walk on the road to brush up on them.
Xiu Yu: “……”
The cla*s: “……”
Not bad for you, Ying Shen.
The selection is done online, and after binding your mobile number and ID card, it is your real name.
The username, however, does not require that it must be a real name.
This is also to protect the students’ personal privacy.
After entering a random username, Ying Zigui didn’t even look at the question bank, and then withdrew.
On the side, Jiang Yan was still quite interested in reading the questions.
“Something’s come up, I won’t be coming this week.” Ying got up and nodded slightly, “If you guys have any questions, call me in the cla*s group.”
This evening, she and Lita had gone to see the First Poisoner.
She hadn’t seen the person, and she didn’t know exactly what the other party’s identity was.
However, even if she had met him, with her current divine calculation ability, she still wouldn’t be able to know if he wasn’t an ordinary person in the world.
But since the meeting place was chosen in the country of China, I was afraid that it had nothing to do with the ancient medical community.
After Ying left the cla*sroom, she called Lita over.
“Beauty, don’t worry, she will definitely come today.” Lita made a promise, “We’ll meet at 23 Textile Street at eleven o’clock, we’ll go together then.”
“Hmm.” Ying said, “You bring a few extra guards.”
“What?” Lita was a little confused, “Don’t worry, she won’t take a shot at me, if she wanted to kill me, she would have done it already.”
The First Poisoner was perfectly capable of dabbing poison on the letterheads she sent.
With the ability of the First Poison Master, it would be a breeze to overthrow a Bevin family.
The terrifying thing about a poisoner was the ability to attack in groups.
Unlike a marksman, it takes a certain amount of time to load a bullet.
Ying Ziji was light: “It pays to be prepared.”
“Makes sense.” Lita stopped then, “There are still twelve hours left, I’ll have the clan send another group of men over.”
**
The afternoon.
Imperial Capital.
Mu Shenzhou got off the plane.
The driver sent by the Mu family was already waiting outside, and after he got on it, the car raced off in the direction of the Mu family.
Originally, it was not yet time for him to return to the imperial capital.
Only last night, Mu Cheng had called him again.
He said that the content of the heir test was completely out, and that he needed to make a trip back to the imperial capital to confirm it personally.
As far as Mu Shenzhou knew, not all the people of his generation who took part in the heir examination were informed by Mu Cheng.
Apart from him, there were three other members of the direct lineage.
Mu Shenzhou asked himself that he was still a step behind these three members of the direct lineage.
However, he did not have no chance at all.
When Mu Shenzhou arrived at the Mu family, the other members who had taken the heir test had also arrived.
He paused in his expression and walked to the first row and sat down.
Next to him was one of those three members of the direct lineage, and which one was the most outstanding.
Mu Weifeng.
The other member of the first line, was his own sister.
Both of them were very strong.
Seeing him sitting down, Mu Weifeng turned his head, “Shenzhou, how was your return from Shanghai City?”
“Plain and simple.” Mu Shenzhou frowned, his tone was light, “Met people who had little strength and were quite arrogant, even the Meng family dared to mess with them.”
It was a good thing that the Meng family didn’t bother with Ying Ziji in the end, otherwise, it would have been difficult for her to seek medical treatment in the future if she was sick.
Mu Weifeng didn’t say anything about this, he withdrew his eyes: “You’re late, Mr. Mu Cheng has already made a visit, saying that apart from grandpa, there is another important person who will judge whether we pa*s the examination or not.”
Mu Shenzhou was slightly stunned, “Who?”