Even if Chen Qian is slow to react, he knows that he must be decisive in this situation, otherwise he may end up pleasing neither side.

Therefore, after a brief moment of stiffness, Shen Qian nodded calmly to Tantai Qin and then landed directly where Ding Yi was.

Seeing Shen Qian walk towards Ding Yi, even though their friends around them were full of questions, they wisely moved away, leaving the two of them alone.

You look very tired.

Ding Yi took Shen Qian's hand and said softly.

Chen Qian was startled, gazing into the girl's gentle eyes. His nose inexplicably stung, and his once iron will almost crumbled at this moment.

Are you tired?

certainly.

Shen Qian discovered that as his cultivation level increased, his dream of "becoming a parasite in the Mountain and Sea Society who just loafs around and waits to die" became more and more distant.

As he stood before the girl, Shen Qian found that his inexplicably agitated mind, which had been troubled by this time-travel journey, had unknowingly calmed down.

It was as if only in front of her did Shen Qian suddenly realize that perhaps nothing had changed. He was not a genius who had transcended time and space, nor was he anyone's pawn, but still the same boy who had come from a small town.

"us……"

"Um?"

Ding Yi looked up in confusion.

"How about we get married?"

As he gazed at that face that seemed to belong to another world, he didn't know where the impulse came from, but he suddenly spoke without thinking.

Ding paused for a moment, then nodded. "Okay."

"Then..." Shen Qian became somewhat at a loss.

"But not now."

Before Shen Qian could speak, Ding Yi shook his head and said, "I agree to your request first, but you'll have to wait."

"And... who proposes like that? I'm not happy."

Faced with Ding Yi's gentle reproach, Shen Qian could only scratch his head and smile sheepishly, feeling both relieved and guilty.

He knew, of course, that now was not the time to get married, given that his own love life was gradually becoming a "mess."

He just didn't know why, but Ding Yi felt increasingly unfamiliar to him. It might be because of the change in his temperament, or it might be because they saw each other less and less.

But it wasn't until the girl agreed to his request without hesitation that he realized, at least for Ding Yi, some things had never changed.

"I'm leaving."

The girl turned her head and glanced at the teachers and students of Beiwu waiting not far away, and spoke.

Shen Qian glanced around and saw that Cheng Shanhe and Wei Sijian, whom he knew well, were not there, so he lost the will to greet them.

"Then I'll come to Beiwu to find you again after some time."

Shen Qian did not try to stop him. He still held the title of visiting professor at Beiwu University, and the two would soon meet again.

“Sink forward.”

The girl gently hugged Shenqian, but suddenly whispered in his ear.

"What's wrong?"

Shen Qian suddenly gasped, because the girl pinched his ribs hard.

"I don't like the moon."

After leaving behind this cryptic remark, Ding Yi turned and left without hesitation.

Shen Qian stood there, quite bewildered, for a while before he realized what was happening.

The moon... is that referring to Tantai Qin?

How could Ding Yi know that Tantai Qin was the Moon Goddess?

Then, Chen Qian gave a bitter smile. The girl ultimately expressed her indignation at his "womanizing" in this way.

With a slight headache, Shen Qian wasn't sure if this was a warning from Ding Yi. He sighed and turned to walk towards Jiang Zhongjun's team.

But when he got closer and faced with Zhao Keyi and the others who surrounded him, Shen Qian realized that Tantai Qin was also gone.

Mingming, it seemed like the other person was waiting for her.

He dared not think too deeply whether his action of falling towards Ding Yi had provoked the other party in some way; Shen Qian only felt his head was even bigger.

...

With the battle of the Nine Heavens over, universities began to leave Shanghai after a period of rest.

A day later, the rankings for the Nine Heavens Battle were announced on the Martial Arts Department's official website, along with a detailed explanation of the reason for the live stream interruption.

The official statement naturally omitted everything related to the Spirit Witch Clan, only stating that it was due to "technical reasons caused by a large amount of Yuan energy fluctuations".

After venting their anger, netizens stopped dwelling on the matter and quickly shifted their attention to the rankings of the Nine Heavens Battle.

Unsurprisingly, the top spot went to Shen Qian. More than half a year after the college entrance examination, his name once again stood at the center of attention.

As a freshman, he almost defeated all the geniuses from freshman to senior year of all martial arts colleges in the country. How amazing!

Some people were incredulous, some cursed the conspiracy, and others stared in amazement at the champion's reward of 80 million Chinese yuan and the 3 billion yuan allocated to martial arts resources for the affiliated university. They all posted online to discuss how they should spend the money if they received it.

Reporters and media flocked to the hotel where Jiang Zhongjun was staying, only to find it empty; the main force of Jiang Zhongjun had already left.

Meanwhile, at a military airport outside Shanghai, roaring planes were waiting to take off. In the lounge of the terminal building, Shen Qian was saying goodbye to his third senior brother Shi Dingyan and fifth senior brother Ling Xiao, who had come to see him off.

"According to reliable sources, Marquis Tuodong has disappeared."

Shi Dingyan frowned and said, "In the end, some martial artists from the Mountain and Sea Realm saw him disappear overseas."

“Overseas?” Shen Qian frowned as well.

In the era of spiritual energy revival, the ocean can be described as a forbidden zone within a forbidden zone, with at least 90% of its area not controlled by human warriors.

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