"How is that possible!"

Old Hu rolled his eyes. "Let's not even talk about how that 'door' has been sealed and protected by a formation set up by a king. Even without all that, do you think you can just walk into an A-level 'door' whenever you want?"

"The spatial turbulence it emits alone can easily injure mountains and seas!"

"Hmm..." Shen Qian shrugged. "So what have you found out after all these days? I looked at the things in your secret room, but there's nothing of substance."

"Do you think the Earl of Pingyang doesn't exist?"

Old Hu rolled his eyes even more. "Although I have been on duty in the Southeast District for more than half a month, I can only go to investigate when the Marquis of Pingyang is away. I have only gone four times in so many days, and I can't stay for too long each time. It is already quite good that I have made such good progress."

"not to mention……"

Old Hu chuckled and said, "Although we gained very little about the 'door' itself, the unexpected gains far exceeded our expectations."

"Tell me about it?" Shen Qian also picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of instant noodles.

“Didn’t you say you weren’t interested in these things?” Old Hu glanced at Shen Qian. “Although you eventually came to Jiangzhong Military, I know you didn’t come here to help me.”

This is a tacit understanding between the two.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be that more than a month has passed since the start of the semester, and today is only the second time the two of them have met.

"If nothing unexpected happens, I'll be staying here for four years anyway, so it's never a bad thing to know more," Shen Qian casually offered an excuse.

He didn't mention Jiang Xuan.

However, there are ample reasons to suspect that the voice Jiang Xuan heard is likely related to the "door" of Jiangzhong Military.

It's even... related to Jiang Chengye.

Shen Qian came here today to test the waters and see if Old Hu had found anything out.

“I went four times, but I only met two people, and they were both women. Isn’t that interesting?” Old Hu didn’t keep him in suspense any longer and laughed.

"Who?" Shen Qian asked, even more curious.

“One is a military professor, and also your senior, Cheng Qingqing…”

"Second Senior Sister?" Shen Qian exclaimed in surprise, "What is she doing at the old campus?"

"Who knows?" Old Hu shrugged, pulled out a bottle of cola and tossed it to Chen Qian. "You'd never guess the other one either."

Shen Qian initially wanted to refuse, but when he sniffed, he realized that the Coke bottle actually contained alcohol, so he accepted it without making a sound.

"It can't be Tantai Qin, can it?" Jiang Zhongjun, a female military expert, didn't know many people, so she casually asked.

"Not bad." To everyone's surprise, Old Hu nodded.

Um?

This time, Shen Qian was stunned.

"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?" Shen Qian asked, frowning.

"Everyone chose to go when the Marquis of Pingyang wasn't around, and they didn't try to hide their presence much. These two women are too easy to recognize," Old Hu affirmed.

Shen Qian fell into deep thought.

Why did both the second senior sister and Tantai Qin enter the old campus?

Nine times out of ten, it's all for that "door".

But... why do they also deliberately avoid the Earl of Pingyang, just like Old Hu?

Unless, of course, they have other, unknown motives.

Shen Qian suddenly felt that the matter had become even more perplexing.

Shen Qian vaguely remembered that there had been discussions on the campus network before. Tantai Qin had always been fighting on the front lines and never held a position within the human race, but suddenly she was parachuted into Jiangzhong Military Academy as the vice principal, which in itself was a bit strange.

Think about it more deeply.

Tantai Qin comes from Meiyuan, and behind her stands the Duke of Yanshan. Her second senior sister can represent the powerful Gao, and with the Earl of Pingyang on the surface, this involves three princes and nobles...

Jiang Chengye was once lured into opening the "door" by a scavenger.

What is so special about that "door"?

Even if Tantai Qin and Cheng Qingqing's actions were entirely spontaneous and not guided by the king, it at least shows that there was something in that "door" that was worth exploring or that attracted them.

Chen Qian's thoughts raced, and at that moment he suddenly thought of something else.

When Tantai Qin used the "Questioning Three Lives" technique on him, he saw the man in white. When Cheng Qingqing and he had their "souls intertwined," he also saw the man in white...

So, is there some kind of connection between Tantai Qin, Cheng Qingqing, and that mysterious man in white?

What about myself?

What role did I play in all of this...?

In the past, Chen Qian would never have thought that much about it.

However, after discovering that he had forged the "Ten Directions Creation Body", Shen Qian had already sensed the system's "deep foresight".

At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder if coming to Jiangzhong Military was really his own choice.

Or... I should transfer schools.

Shen Qian couldn't help but mutter to himself that he didn't like overly complicated situations, as they meant being mentally taxing and exhausting.

Moreover, there are too many powerful figures from the Jiangzhong Military Region, and the system simply cannot give him enough sense of security.

Either get stronger quickly.

Everything else is secondary; as long as you have enough strength, everything will naturally fall into place.

Thinking about it this way, Shen Qian lost the desire to continue chatting with Old Man Hu, and asked a question casually before leaving.

"Hey Lao Hu, you're a veteran of the Mountain and Sea series, what do you think would happen if physical strength exceeded the strength of vital energy?"

"Is that even a question?" Old Hu said without hesitation. "If the strength of one's vital energy is insufficient, it is almost impossible to improve one's physical strength further."

"Then how do we solve this?" Shen Qian asked, then became interested.

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