Chapter 679
“……”
Cheng Yuan had never felt that his world had ever been so quiet.
The three words, Feng Xiu, seemed to take away all the sounds.
The smile on his face froze bit by bit as he froze and looked up.
The whole man felt like he had been struck by lightning and his brain was on the spot.
“What are you frozen for?” Feng Xiu glanced at him with his hands behind his back, “Call Master.”
This time, Cheng Yuan’s legs really went weak.
With a thud, he fell to his knees, “Master Master Master ……”
Cheng Yuan stammered for half a day, but he couldn’t get a complete title out.
Ying Zidian’s feet paused, pressing his head, slightly helpless: “You’re scaring him.”
Feng Xiu didn’t feel the slightest psychological burden and said slowly, “If he doesn’t scare him, he’ll think he can be my senior uncle.”
And a senior sister?
That’s a good dream.
“Shifu Shifu!” Cheng Yuan finally called out, wiping a sweat from his face, still trembling, “Master, I swear, I definitely didn’t mean it.”
“Alright, I know you’re not clear.” Feng Xiu helped him up, “Anyway, remember, you don’t have a senior sister, you only have a senior ancestor.”
Cheng Yuan: “……”
So solid.
“I’ll go first.” Ying Zigui pressed the brim of his hat to shield it from the sun, “It’s been a while since I’ve been down to the ground, go for a spin.”
Feng Xiu glanced at Cheng Yuan.
Cheng Yuan immediately understood and followed to escort him.
Xie Huanran was dead, and apart from Feng Xiu, Cheng Yuan’s ancient martial arts cultivation was the highest.
He glanced at the building in front of him, “Master, are you going to the dungeon of the Hall of Justice?”
“Hm.” Ying Zigui nodded, “Go and take a look.”
The top warriors of the Xie family had all been killed.
Some had committed crimes, but not to the point of death, though other punishments were not uncommon.
The Hall of Justice had always dealt with them fairly.
Lady Xie was locked up in the dungeon.
Her eyes were listless and she had long since lost her former noblewomanly demeanour.
At the sight of the girl, Madame Xie’s eyes finally came into focus.
She lunged at the bars, her eyes scarlet: “Ying Zidian! You’re not dead! You’re actually not dead!”
“How is it that my Nian Nian is dead and you are not! By what right?”
“Xie Nian is dead because she has done so much evil.” Cheng Yuan’s expression was cold, “She deserved to die after killing so many people!”
Xie Nian had been running rampant in the ancient martial world for several years, and the Liu family had been destroyed because of her.
“Killed so many people?” Lady Xie’s gaze was resentful, “The lives of a bunch of pariahs are worthy to be compared to my daughter.”
In the ancient martial world, strength was paramount, and fists were used to speak.
Those people who were killed by Xie Nian could only be said to be less skilled than others.
“Your daughter’s life is a life, but others’ lives are not?” Cheng Yuan sneered, “Madam Xie, you are really double standard.”
He turned his head and swallowed his “senior sister” in time, lowering his voice, “Master, let me see you out, there’s no need to let such people spoil your mood.”
Ying Zidian raised his hand, “Let me have a word with her.”
Although Cheng Yuan was puzzled, he stepped aside.
“What do you want to say to me?” Lady Xie looked contemptuous, “I told you, I won’t talk to you, you can kill me if you want to, anyway, my husband and daughter are dead, there is no point in me living.”
“Madam Xie, the Grand Elder of the Xie family has lied to you.” Ying Ziji faded, “Do you know why your son suddenly fell into a coma?”
At the mention of Xie Yu, Lady Xie’s face became even more fierce: “My son is in a coma because you won’t marry him!”
It was all because they had underestimated Ying Zidian, thinking that she was just an ancient doctor.
If they had just killed Ying Zidian in the first place, why would the Xie family be in this situation?
“Your Xie family has been in the Ancient Martial World for so many years, and every generation has had many people killing innocents indiscriminately.” Ying Zidian lowered his head and laughed softly, “Do you really think there won’t be sinful forces returning?”
Lady Xie was violently stunned, “What do you …… you mean?”
“He has a hard body and is a rare ancient martial arts genius, such a person is an excellent candidate to block disasters.” Ying Ziji’s voice was sparse and cold, “The sins of the Xie family’s current generation have all backfired on him.”
“There are some things your Grand Elder isn’t lying about, if I marry Xie Yu, I’ll be able to help him share some of this karma together, and he’ll naturally be able to wake up when he has less to bear.”
Ying Ziji made light of the situation, “Let’s see, before Xie Yu, there were innocent people in your generation who died tragically, right?”
“No…… no no no!” Lady Xie was miserably white even as she shook her head desperately, blood flowing from the corners of her mouth, “I don’t believe it …… I don’t believe it!”
“Of course, the Grand Elder of the Xie family is not qualified to decide who will be the one to block the disaster.” Ying Zigui continued, “Xie Yu, it was Xie Huanran who decided.”
“Do you know why Xie Huanran chose Xie Yu? Because Xie Nian had given him a complaint before, saying that she didn’t want Xie Yu to steal her name as a genius.”
“Madam Xie, this is the daughter you are bent on doting on.”
A sentence of truth crushed Lady Xie completely.
“No! Ah – no no!” Lady Xie broke down and screamed in general, “I don’t believe it I don’t believe it!”
Ying Zigui straightened up and didn’t look at Madam Xie again, “Let’s go.”
Cheng Yuan also listened with alarm, “Is there really such a thing?”
“Yes.” Ying Zigui sounded lightly, “Xie Huanran explained everything before he died.”
“How despicable.” Cheng Yuan sucked in a breath, “I’ve seen that Xie Yu, he was a true genius, but he was harmed by Xie Nian.”
In the end, Xie Yu was the most innocent one in this matter.
In the records of the Hall of Justice, Xie Yu has never killed a single person, which is not in line with the Xie family’s arrogant style of action.
He was a gentleman and a true gentleman.
“He’s been sent to the Fifth Family’s ancestral home, where old Mr. Chuan is helping him with his conditioning.” Ying Zigui said, “With the Xie family destroyed and Xie Huanran dead, the karma is removed, and it’s still possible for him to wake up.”
Cheng Yuan nodded, “That’s kind of good news.”
**
Ying Ziji left the dungeon and returned to the bedroom Fu Yunshen had prepared for her.
She turned on Sinai’s modified computer and managed to connect to the World City’s network.
Without an internal internet license, the World City’s intranet would not be open to the seven continents and four oceans at all.
[Pupil scanning in progress ……]
[Identity verification complete!
[Welcome, dear junior student, the system has detected that you still haven’t chosen a faculty, please select the faculty you wish to join.]
Ying narrowed her eyes as she looked at the dozens of faculty names on the screen.
Sinai had used her privilege to help her get a place as a cadet in the Institute.
In the City of Worlds, the Institute was the other major power besides the Jade Family and the Leingold Family.
But whether it was the Jade Family or the Leingold Family, they also needed to look up to the Institute.
After all, all the advanced technological products in the World City were produced by the Institute.
And, the Institute is also directly under the Sage House.
There were two major institutes that had the highest status.
One was the Biogenetic Institute, and the other was the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Institute.
The two great institutes supported the development of the entire technological civilisation of the City of Worlds.
Her former mentor, Simon Grande, came from the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Institute.
Ying Ziji’s fingers tapped on the keyboard, but clicked on the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Institute.
Although she was more interested in biogenetics, for the successful development of the cosmic carrier project, it was the Academy of Engineering that could bring more help.
She had to admit that she still had a lot to learn in science and technology.
[Examination date: 24th July]
[Please be on time for the examination.]
Ying Ziyi clicked on the confirmation, closed the computer, put on her coat and got up to go out.
Meanwhile, in World City, inside the Institute’s admissions office.
A “drop” sounded, and the new student’s information was immediately transmitted in on the hovering 3d blue screen.
The administrator looked up and almost spat out water.
These days, even junior trainees had the guts to sign up for the Engineering Academy’s exam.
The administrator glanced at Ying Zidian’s profile.
19 years old.
Sure enough, a junior cadet wasn’t afraid of a tiger.
But this junior cadet was not bad looking.
The administrator took a sip of water and didn’t look any further. He raised his hand and forked the window, opening a live stream.
In the live stream was a young woman who was a*sembling a new laser weapon invented by the Institute live.
The crowd was high, with pop-ups drifting by every now and then, and a number of large gifts.
A tycoon had smashed 10 million in currency in one go.
At the top of the live stream was the name of the young woman.
Biel Leingold.
Not to mention Bea’s extremely high abilities, just the surname Leingale was enough to attract the other residents of World City to watch her live stream.
The administrator was naturally no exception.
He was watching with great interest when his eyes suddenly lurched.
Why did he feel that the junior cadet who had just signed up for the Engineering Academy examination looked a bit like Miss Biel?
No, it should be that Miss Bi’er looked like that junior cadet.
But it didn’t have the three parts of the junior cadet’s charm.
It was as if it was a lower-quality version.
It must be an illusion.
How could a junior cadet who had not yet joined the Institute be compared to a young lady of the Leingold family?
Bea L’Engle, one of the rising stars of the Institute.
The administrator shook his head, squashed his ridiculous thoughts and went on to watch the live stream.
**
The Ancient Martial World
With Xie Huanran dead like that, the cloud that hung over the ancient martial arts world lifted.
However, the strength shown by Fu Yunshen and Ying Zidian in Xie Huanran’s battle had made other ancient martial artists fearful.
One Xie Huanran had died, and these two were added to the list.
This was something that no one wanted to see.
Why should they, the ancient martial arts community, have to look up to two outsiders?
So, at the gesture of the Lin and Yue families, a petition was handed to Feng Xiu.
A group of ancient martial artists, too, arrived at the Hall of Justice.
They knelt down to Feng Xiu.
“Senior Feng Xiu, this is our petition of ten thousand people.” The ancient martial artist at the head of the group respectfully handed over a document, “Senior Feng Xiu may not know that these two people are not the original residents of the ancient martial world, as they have just returned.”
“Their existence has disrupted the balance of the Ancient Martial World.”
“Please do what Elder Feng Xiu says, expel them from the Ancient Martial World, and to protect the ordinary people in the secular world, abolish their internal energy!”
Below were were tens of thousands of names, along with bloodied fingerprints.
None of them were pleading for Feng Xiu to rid the ancient martial world of evil.
“Please senior Feng Xiu, remove these two for my ancient martial community.”
“Yes, Senior Feng Xiu, you’ve only been back for a short while don’t know clearly how much damage these two outsiders have done to the Ancient Martial World.”
“They are so young and their cultivation is high, there is no guarantee that they are like the evil doctors over in the ancient medicine world and have taken some kind of crooked path.”
“We must get rid of them!”
As the old ancestors of the Lin and Yue families, neither Lin Wuliang nor Yue Qinghe spoke.
But these people’s words were clearly authorized by them.
Feng Xiu squeezed the document tightly, forcibly suppressing his anger as he spoke indifferently, “This matter, I cannot make the decision.”
The ancient martial world, indeed, had decayed to this extent.
Once these words were spoken, the voices of the ancient martial artists fell silent.
Even Feng Xiu couldn’t make the decision, who else could?
Feng Xiu added, “I need to ask my master to come.”
“!!!”
Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe looked at each other, both seeing the shock under each other’s eyes.
Feng Xiu had a master?
Who was his master?
Feng Xiu was already the number one ancient martial artist, so what kind of existence was his master?
Moreover, they had never heard that Feng Xiu had a master.
Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe looked at each other for a moment more, and spoke in unison, “May I ask Senior Feng Xiu, where is your esteemed master now?”
“At dinner, he will be here in a moment.” Feng Xiu tossed the petition aside, “If you are not free, you should go down first.”
Although Feng Xiu said this, who dared to actually go down?
Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe also sat upright and waited.
After waiting for a full hour, the door to the trial hall opened.
The crowd subconsciously looked back.
That face was one that everyone in the ancient martial world now knew.
The First Ancient Doctor, Fu Shih.
Fushi was Feng Xiu’s master?!
“Oh, my senior sister is here.” Feng Xiu got up and greeted him, “Senior sister.”
Fu Shi nodded slightly, “Senior brother.”
Feng Xiu raised his hand, “Please.”
The two went forward, but did not take the top spot.
It was self-explanatory as to who was reserved for.
Thirty minutes later, the door was pushed open once more.
Chapter 680
The girl with the baseball cap walked in, the man following behind her draping a coat over her.
“Young lady, be careful of catching a cold.”
“……”
Feng Xiu subconsciously glanced at Fushishi.
Fu Shi had a calm face and was even drinking tea with a teacup in her hand.
Feng Xiu: “……”
So was he the one who had made a fuss?
But it was really hard for him to imagine that someone as cold-hearted and cold-hearted as his master would fall in love with anyone.
Feng Xiu ran away for a moment.
“Senior Feng Xiu, before your esteemed master comes, I suggest that these two be confined first.” The ancient martial artist who had spoken earlier spoke again, “Apart from senior Feng Xiu, none of us can stop them.”
The battle between Ying Zigui, Fu Yunshen and Xie Huanran in which their Ancient Martial Arts cultivation levels were so disparate that even though it had been a month, it still frightened them.
If they were allowed to go on, what would happen?
There was no guarantee that they would be the second Xie Huanran.
It had to be done!
Fu Yunshen lifted his eyes and curled his lips, “I want to leave, no one can stop me.”
“Hmph, Senior Feng Xiu is here, and you still dare to speak out of turn!” This ancient martial artist sneered, “You’re not some peak ancient martial artist.”
“He’s right.” Feng Xiu finally returned to his senses and faintly, “I indeed can’t stop him.”
“……”
As if being slapped in the air, this ancient martial artist’s face instantly turned red.
There was no way to enter, and no way to retreat.
Feng Xiu added, “But my venerable master was able to stop him.”
Only then did Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe breathe a sigh of relief.
If even Feng Xiu couldn’t stop Fu Yunshen, what should be done?
Luckily, there was Feng Xiu’s master around.
In full view of everyone, Feng Xiu and Fu Yunshen stood up together and bowed three times to the girl respectfully.
“Please take your seat, Master.”
“!”
Within the court of judgement, the faces of all the ancient martial artists twisted.
In particular, the two old ancestors, Lin Wuliang and Yue Qinghe, had faces that were iron blue.
Their eyes were wide, they simply could not believe what they were hearing.
Ying Zigui, the master of Feng Xiu and Fu Shi?!
What kind of magical fact was this?!
This was the number one ancient doctor and the number one ancient martial artist.
Lin Wuliang’s teeth chattered and his body trembled into sieve: “No…… it’s impossible, absolutely impossible!”
A young girl who was less than twenty years old had become the ancestor of all of them?
How could one go about accepting this?
“There’s no need to take the upper seat, you guys know I don’t like to manage things.” Ying Zidian coughed a few times, “I’ve just finished eating and came for a walk.”
When Feng Xiu had invited her over earlier, she hadn’t bothered to think about what was going on.
It turned out to be this.
Ancient martial artists revered the strong.
Without an absolutely strong person, they would not serve anyone.
Feng Xiu worshipped again, “To have to ask Master to come over for such a matter is also something we as disciples have not thought through.”
With every move he made, he expressed his respect for Ying Zigui.
Once a teacher, always a teacher.
This sentiment was heavier than Mount Tai.
“……”
There was still dead silence in the court of judgement.
All the ancient martial artists were completely dumbfounded.
Those who had signed the petition were even more cold and sweaty.
They, actually, wanted Feng Xiu to scrap his master?!
And his master, the old ancestor of their ancient martial artists?
“I’m leaving today, and I don’t know when I’ll be back again.” Ying Zigui smiled very lightly, “This Ancient Martial World and Ancient Medical World, you guys keep a good eye on it.”
Feng Xiu’s eyes were slightly red.
He clenched his fist against his chest and cried out, “Feng Xiu sends his respects to his master!”
Fuxie also worshipped, “Fuxie sends his master off with respect!”
The other ancient martial artists also finally snapped out of their shock.
Whether they had sincerely submitted or were forced to do so.
They all knelt down in unison.
“The Ancient Martial World sends off the Old Ancestor with respect!”
The sound echoed through the clouds and stayed there for a long time.
When Ying Zigui and Fu Yunshen reached the entrance of the pa*sage, they could still hear the sound of the “congratulations”.
“Yao Yao, I’m not going in with you.” Fu Yunshen held her hand and his voice sank, “There are many people who want to kill me, so if you follow Sinai, the danger will be reduced.”
He then took out his phone and handed it to her, “Also, the news I just received is that Qin Lingyan and Qin Lingyu are missing.”
Qin Lingyan, as the boss of the Hacker Alliance, would have disappeared often.
But Qin Lingyu was a different story.
The number one female top stream in the entertainment industry, going missing was a big deal.
The entire Chinese entertainment industry would be in turmoil.
Ying Ziji’s eyes fixed, “World City?”
“Initial guess is this.” Fu Yunshen stroked her head, “I’ll go find them first, you rest for a while to refresh yourself before you go, we’ll split up.”
This time, the opening of the World City’s pa*sage entrance would last for fifteen days.
Ying handed him the bag in her hand, “Be careful on your way.”
“See you in town.” Fu Yunshen’s peach blossom eyes curved up and he whispered, “Yao Yao, I will always protect you.”
**
Fu Yunshen followed Yu Shaoyun and left.
Ying Ziyi waited for fifteen days before going to the City of Worlds with Sinai.
The two talked about each other’s childhood.
After hearing about the living blood bank again, Sinai was slightly shocked: “Ah! You’re golden blood?”
Ying Zigui looked sideways, “Golden blood, what’s wrong?”
There was nothing good about it, except that no one could give her blood.
“Oh, yes, there is a legend in the City of Worlds.” Sinai said, “If any baby is of golden blood, then she might be the reincarnation of a sage.”
Ying Ziji’s eyes narrowed slightly as she faded, “Baseless, the blood type is inherited from the parents first, and the second could be due to genetic mutation.”
She and Ying Luwei were the only ones in the Ying family who were of golden blood.
Everyone else was not.
It was obvious that they had a genetic mutation.
“How else would it be a legend.” Sinai breathed a sigh of relief, “Luckily, luckily, you weren’t born in the World City, or you would have been executed when your blood type was tested.”
Ying Ziji was noncommittal: “The twenty-two sages are the faith of the City of Worlds, why would the House of Sages execute the reincarnation of a sage?”
“I am not sure.” Xinetto thought about it, “I suppose there are good and bad sages? Ying, although you were not born in the City of Worlds, you must not let others know that you are of the Golden Blood.”
“The House of Magi would rather kill ten thousand by mistake than spare one.”
The two said, already walking in through the city gates.
The vast City of Worlds was right in front of them.
It was an extremely vast and expansive city that could not be seen to the end at a glance.
Ying Zigui squatted down and placed the medicine bottle in Xinae’s hand, “A medicine to temporarily restore your body.”
Xinae froze as her fingers squeezed the medicine bottle tightly: “Can it really restore your body ……”
She didn’t even know until now who exactly she had been dosed with the alchemical drug.
“Well, for now.” Ying Ziji’s voice was lazy, “When the time comes, I’ll find someone to help me take you, following him should be able to completely restore your body.”
“What kind of person?”
“In terms of age, he’s already a three hundred year old man.”
Sinai: “???”
Before she could react, she was picked up by one hand by Ying Ziji and thrown on the airbike.
Sinai touched her back seat, fondly: “People have become smaller, and motorbikes are no longer available, this one you’re riding is the latest version in town now.”
“The fastest speed is capable of reaching 800km per hour, but make sure you wear a helmet and a uniform, there’s no way an ordinary person without genetic modification can take too much pressure.”
Air scooters are the most common form of transport in the World City, having outlawed aircraft.
The matching helmets and uniforms were highly resistant to pressure and could protect the bodies of ordinary people from being crushed under the extreme speed rage.
So accordingly, only the wealthier of the first cla*s and second cla*s citizens could afford to use air scooters.
Ying Zigui looked up and saw that the sky was filled with various forms of air vehicles that made an arc.
Apart from air scooters, there were also air skis and air buses.
In the distance, there was also a castle suspended in the sky.
The wind was glorious and sacred, with a glory that could not be seen.
“That’s the House of the Magi.” Sinai said, “The area where the House of Sages is located is off limits to any transport.”
“So anyone else who wants to enter the House of Magi will either have to fly up there with their own strength, or be summoned by someone within the House of Magi.
The castle of the House of Magi is a good three hundred metres above the ground.
It was a breeze for the genetically modified super soldiers.
Of course, there was no such thing as an ancient martial artist in the City of Worlds.
Ying Zidian gripped the handlebars and faintly: “Sit tight.”
“Oh.” Sinai wrapped his arm around her waist, “I’ll sit-”
“Boom!” There was a loud bang and the motorbike was gone.
Speed was at its peak in an instant.
The airbike went off in an instant, scaring Sinai off, “Aaaaaaaaaa – you didn’t say you drove so sick aaaaaaaaaa!”
**
Two hours later.
The airbike stopped in the forest, some distance away from the institute.
Ying lifted the dazed Sinai off and placed her on a rock, then pressed a button on the handlebar.
“There was a crackling sound and the motorbike shrank to the size of a mobile phone pendant.
Ying Ziyinai put it in his pocket.
Technology has developed, it is really convenient.
“I …… almost threw up.” Sinai lay on the girl’s back, “Promise me you won’t drive so hard next time.”
Even Knight Commander wouldn’t drive an air scooter at 800km high speed all the time.
It was killing me.
Sinai took a breather and pulled out an ID, “Here, your ID.”
“I’ll restrain myself.” Ying bent down, “You’re not going in?”
“Not going.” Sinai shook her head, “They don’t even know I’ve gotten smaller, I’m afraid I’ll cause them trouble, if you run into anything, just report my name.”
Ying Zidian rubbed her head, “Can you walk by yourself?”
“Underestimate me.” Sinai waved her hand, “Let’s go.”
She turned around, her small hands in her pockets, and left slowly.
Ying watched her leave before heading to the Institute.
She arrived at an electronic door, her pupils aimed at the lock.
A mechanical tone sounded.
[Identification in progress ……]
[Identity verification complete]
The electronic door opened and Ying walked in, surveying the interior of the institute.
It was bigger and more advanced than Hervin’s experimental base.
She put on her hat and went to the junior cadet’s dormitory.
The dormitories are separate, one room for each person, and are equipped with a lot of high-tech products.
There is a large laboratory in one building.
After putting her bag in her bedroom, Ying goes to her lab bench.
There are already quite a few trainees in the laboratory.
Western faces are the majority.
When they suddenly saw a newcomer enter, they all looked at each other curiously.
Whispers rang out.
“Who’s that? Which family is that? I’ve never seen it before.”
“It’s just a junior cadet, not from any big family.”
“But hasn’t recruitment stopped at this time? How come there’s another cadet?”
Ying Zidian turned a deaf ear to this.
She glanced at the paperwork on her lab table and moved it to the side.
After the pupil scan, the lab bench was officially activated.
Before coming to the World City, she had also done some of the questions here.
They were several notches more difficult than the Imperial University questions, and were quite a bit more challenging.
A trainee suddenly said, “It’s over! Is that Heavenly Smoke’s book?”
“It seems to be, Heavenly Smoke used a few tables here, how dare she ……”
The voices all fell silent at once.
The trainees looked at the girl in shock.
A few minutes later, Sky Smoke hurriedly walked in.
After seeing her papers being moved to the table next to her, Sky Smoke’s anger instantly rose.
“Who gave you permission to move it?” She turned her head and looked at the girl, “Automate my things privately and apologise!”
If one of her papers was missing, could this junior cadet afford to do so?
“Tian Yan, forget it.” A cadet dissuaded, “She just moved it, she didn’t move anything else.”
“I can’t even move it, I have this seat, who is she to move it?” Tian Yan was even more furious, “I said, apologise, do you hear me?”
Ying Zidian didn’t move his eyebrows, his finger still tapping on the computer screen.
“A junior cadet is cross with me?” Sky Smoke sneered.
She lifted her hand and went straight to grab Ying Zidian’s hair.
At the same time, the other hand lifted up and slapped the girl’s face.
“Apologise to me!”