Chapter 53 Opportunity

◎Luo Wei◎

【Things seem to be getting serious.】

Hunyuan Ling, which had not been seen for half a month, was back. As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed the fluctuation of Shi Hanqiao's spiritual power. Although it was still full, it was definitely consumed.

【What have you done?! 】

He was so sad that he wanted to cry but had no tears. Why did he use the karmic fire?

[Can't you just be quiet? This isn't our territory!]

The Hunyuan Bell could sense that she was using the Karma Fire underwater, and her heart felt even more blocked.

"Can't you be more low-key? Do you have to let the Heavenly Dao know that we two wandering souls have entered its realm and stir up trouble?"

Shi Hanqiao laughed at his helpless accusation, "When did you become such a coward?"

[Isn't it that I've lost my body and feel insecure? And you still say that!]

The Hunyuan Bell returned to her spiritual abode for nourishment. Back then, it was a dominant force in the divine weapon world, slurping down sword spirits on its left and knife spirits on its right, devouring countless spiritual instruments that had developed consciousness. Its arrogance was boundless. Who could have imagined that its body would one day be destroyed?

[Okay, I won't say any more.] Shi Hanqiao quietly changed the subject, and at the same time diverted his attention, [What did you find out?]

Hunyuan Ling suddenly became more serious. He coughed twice and took up his position. "The key point is that this body can perfectly accept your soul. However, we were wrong to initially assume that Heaven would not pursue the matter."

Shi Hanqiao touched his chin and thought: [It can't be investigated?]

[correct answer]

I went to look for it. It was injured seventy or eighty years ago, and now it can only heal by following the laws of nature.

Shi Hanqiao muttered, "No wonder we weren't struck by lightning when we entered this world."

"That's right!" Hunyuan Ling played her a joke, completely forgetting his angry accusations just now. "When I went there, its consciousness was already in chaos. It could only rely on the fundamental laws to judge whether to send thunder or not. Poor thing."

[That means there are still cultivators in this world.] Shi Hanqiao rubbed his chin with his fingertips, his focus deepening. [I have to find them.]

Hunyuan Ling only noticed this after she mentioned it, but he secretly provoked, "According to this level, it can even destroy the Heavenly Dao, so you can't do it either, right?"

Shi Hanqiao chuckled, "Is it okay? Don't you know?"

[......] Hunyuan Ling suddenly stopped talking. Why couldn't he control his teasing mouth?

His body was shattered by the thunder, and the consequences of Shi Hanqiao's provocation finally came back to haunt them.

According to common sense, the Heavenly Dao of the interstellar world is not as good as the Heavenly Dao of the cultivation world, but the person who can seriously injure it should be as strong as Shi Hanqiao.

But unfortunately, one of them has not yet fully tempered his body, and the other has even lost his body. The other party has rested for seventy or eighty years. They subconsciously regard the other party as an enemy, but they calculate that they may not be able to defeat him after considering his fighting strength.

After waiting for a long while and not hearing the sound of the Hunyuan Bell, Shi Hanqiao half-opened the fire and had a friendly exchange with her life-defining magic weapon, [I said your body was destroyed, not your brain. Haven't you reacted yet?]

[Huh? What? ...Wait, that's not possible!]

Hunyuan Ling lost her body, but fortunately she didn't lose her brain. After thinking about it a little more, he understood what she meant.

Even if someone broke into this world first and seriously injured Tiandao, Han Qiao would not need to care about the other person's location at that time.

There is only one reason why she would take the initiative to find out the other party's information - the other party is likely to pose a threat to her.

[You don't really think I can't withstand a mere eighty-one soul-destroying thunderbolts, and that you'll have to pay the price with your body, right?]

【???】

Hunyuan Ling lowered his head and remained silent. He had been thinking about it for a long time, and suddenly he had a mysterious feeling of being despised.

The last time his IQ was crushed was when Shi Hanqiao blew up the main city of the Three Realms, becoming famous overnight and putting an end to the war.

At that time, the three realms were in chaos, with countless casualties. Looking back in time, every realm had some grudges against each other. The grudges among the three realms were like a tangled mess, which could not be sorted out at all, and no side was willing to give up its obsession.

Then Shi Hanqiao blew up the enemy's main city in the rear while they were fighting. There weren't many casualties, but it was mainly a slap in the face!

The three realms actually stopped the war tacitly. After rebuilding the main city, no one started a war first. They all wanted to destroy Shi Hanqiao first.

Hunyuan Ling was worried. To be honest, her master was very powerful. She could single-handedly take on the four demon kings of the Demon Realm, the leader of the Immortal Alliance, the Demon King of the Demon Realm, and dozens of others. But after all, two fists are no match for a million hands. If the armies of the three realms approached, the scene would be truly spectacular.

There was no way she could resist thousands of soldiers alone. Just when he was jumping left and right in a hurry, Shi Hanqiao grabbed the flying hair bell in the air.

She no longer had the resolute gaze and heroic demeanor she had when she bombed the main city. Instead, she had a shallow smile on her face and was surrounded by the laziness and casualness that was common later on.

All she said was, "They wouldn't dare."

Then he fell on the couch, closed his eyes and rested.

What was there to be afraid of? Hunyuan Ling didn't complain directly, but she still remembered his impatience and helplessness at that time. How could she still sleep after receiving the intelligence that the three realms were mobilizing their troops to attack?!

But no matter how anxious he was, he couldn't break free from her grasp. His passionate heart turned into ashes after constant struggle.

He was ready to face death, but the combined army of the three realms never arrived.

Three months later, the three realms were still keeping their troops inactive. Listening to the intelligence reports from all sides beside Shi Hanqiao, Hunyuan Ling finally understood the true meaning of her words "they dare not".

That was also the first time he faced the calculations of human nature.

Both simple and complex.

They didn't dare, not because the leaders of various circles at that time were afraid of the unknown Shi Hanqiao.

Rather, it means that they dare not act rashly and leave opportunities for the other two realms to take advantage of.

The bombing of the main city was a slap in the face of everyone in the three realms. If only one city was bombed, it would surely unite the people in the other realms and they would fight to the death to kill Shi Hanqiao.

Unfortunately, none of the three realms were left behind, which resulted in a slap in the face, and all three parties were hit.

Although people from the three realms were all angry, they maintained a delicate balance. You see, you were slapped in the face, and I was slapped in the face too.

Regaining this dignity wouldn't be easy for the Three Realms. Whichever side decided to attack Shi Hanqiao first would have to consider her ability to blow up the Three Realms' main city in full view of the public. What if they attacked Shi Hanqiao first, and the other two realms seized the opportunity to attack them? It had to be said that after thousands of years of feuding, they understood each other. All three sides would share this understanding, so they had to be fully prepared before taking action.

After learning that the other two realms were keeping their troops inactive, Shi Han and Qiao Fang could not get any information except for information about her lazy daily life, which made the leaders of the three realms even more hesitant.

Is this really not a battle plan from some other realm? Is someone ambushing Shi Hanqiao? Waiting to attack from both sides?

None of the three parties dared to move first, which indirectly confirmed the conspiracy theory.

I won’t move unless the enemy moves. They don’t dare to take the risk to attack Shi Hanqiao, who might be a trap.

The Three Realms had fought for countless years, so it was impossible for them to unite over a seemingly powerful but unknown individual. The vengeance between them would not be resolved overnight, and thus the Three Realms had lost their only chance to eliminate Shi Hanqiao before she reached her peak strength.

Shi Hanqiao's analysis was penetrating, and his summary was concise: "They were concerned about each other, the trap, the situation, and me."

"That's why you sleep so peacefully!"

Hunyuan Ling realized that he had been worrying for so long in vain.

Wait a moment, he flew onto Shi Hanqiao's shoulder and was shocked to realize that all this development was going according to Shi Hanqiao's expectations.

That is to say, she understood their dynamic psychology before bombing the main city of the Three Realms, and then used the simplest action to resolve the most complicated situation, forcing the Three Realms to directly cease fire, killing two birds with one stone!

Hunyuan Ling was shocked for several days after seeing this, and did not think deeply that this was just the first step for Shi Hanqiao to become famous in the three realms. As for some of her subsequent things, he felt that he could guess her intentions, so he did not ask her for an explanation.

In addition, Han Qiao's lazy appearance at ordinary times made him have no clear understanding of him other than his strength.

This is actually a very normal thing. Sometimes people only see what they want to see or what others want you to see, just as many parents do not actually understand their children's true inner thoughts, couples who have been married for several years may have different dreams but sleep in the same bed, and friends who have known each other for many years only know one side of him/her.

And it is because of this that when they discover a side of the other party that is beyond their understanding, they will have a jaw-dropping reaction like Hunyuan Ling.

【......】

It was not a pleasant feeling to have one's IQ suddenly crushed to the bottom. Hunyuan Ling felt upset, but after thinking about it, he became curious.

If it wasn't the eighty-one soul-destroying thunderbolts, then what blew up my entire body?!

"Why are you still fussing over this? It's obvious that the Soul-Destroying Thunder has been infused with Boundary-Breaking Thunder, Soul-Guiding Thunder, and seven or eight other types of Thunder."

Formation thunder, Shi Hanqiao paused, multiple thunder inductors were hidden under the soul-destroying thunder, she just thought it was to increase the power, but she forgot that there was another thing she saw from Luo Wei's book - a formation thunder tribulation that was guided by thunder from all realms.

In the world of cultivation, many people said that her existence was a coincidence or an accident, a result of the times.

But she never believed in chance, coincidence, or even accidents.

Everything that happens has a cause and effect.

Maybe it's just a tiny trace that is easy to ignore.

But who would target her? Besides her, who else in the world of cultivation could pull off such a big show?

She has quite a few enemies. Everyone in the Three Realms claims to have a grudge against her.

But the question is who has the ability?

The Demon King, the Dao Lord, and the monsters, none of them can even ascend to heaven, yet they dare to attack the Heavenly Dao. Even if they were given ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to do it.

Could it really be an accident?

Shi Hanqiao fell into deep thought.

【......】

He only thought about this and brought shame to his master!

Hunyuan Ling felt very aggrieved and kept saying the opposite in his heart. When he saw her suddenly stop, as if she was helpless and there was nothing to explain, he felt even more aggrieved.

【I'm stupid, okay?】

Hunyuan Ling recalled many details that he had overlooked before, and was somewhat unable to accept that his friend, whom he originally thought was just a "nerd", had become a top-level "god of learning" and had completely crushed him in terms of intelligence and strategy.

Although there were clues, he still found it hard to accept the sudden change in his mentality. He left a few angry words and went into the Star Network data.

[Eh...]

Shi Hanqiao was interrupted by his reaction before she could say anything. She could sense that he was angry, but she just didn't understand why.

However, it was common for Hunyuan Ling to be angry with her, so she ignored him.

Her focus was on the news he brought back. If this wasn't a coincidence, who would go through so much trouble? And what was their purpose?

Shi Hanqiao currently doesn't feel that anyone is targeting her.

Or maybe this was really an accident? But this accident was inevitably related to her.

However, no matter which one it is, she will not allow others to use her as a pawn.

The chessboard has shown its mark, and it is still unknown who will win.

Knock knock knock——

When Luo Wusheng knocked on the door, the dark light in his dark eyes disappeared.

The young man watched as Girl A leaned against the wall and opened the door. She looked disheveled and as lazy as usual. It didn't look like she was going to the rooftop instead of the library.

He had an inexplicable intuition that she seemed a little angry, but during the days they were together, he didn't remember doing anything that touched her sore spot.

It shouldn't be him who offended her, Luo Wusheng said: "Good morning."

I handed her the breakfast.

"Morning, sit down."

Shi Hanqiao stepped back to let him in. Her mood when she woke up was neither serious nor mild.

However, when she saw Luo Wusheng, her mood turned from irritability to calmness. When she looked into his face, no, his eyes, her mood would always get better.

Luo Wusheng looked around calmly and didn't find anything wrong, so he had to give up speculating because he found that girl A's mood seemed to have improved a lot.

During the breakfast break, the two of them discussed their plans for the evening and went to the library together.

Shi Hanqiao went to the library, and Luo Wusheng went to the training hall behind the library, which could be passed through the interior of the library. Since they acted separately most of the time, he didn't want to give up any time he could spend with Female A.

"I'm leaving now. I'll see you later. Let's have lunch together? Or go to the training room tonight?"

The plan was set, but before leaving, Luo Wusheng couldn't help but ask again to confirm it.

The evening training meant that the two of them were 'randomly assigned' by Teacher Luo to form a team in the common mecha combat class to participate in the school's double mecha competition.

This competition was held among all the military students in the school, including freshmen with no experience or skills as well as senior students who had studied for many years.

Military school can be tough, but it can also be relaxing. If you're a genius who surpasses all standards, then life in school is easy, and you might even graduate early. If you're just an average person, you'll need more practice.

The final grade of the mecha combat course is also determined by the performance and results of the two-person mecha competition.

The fact that the two of them were 'randomly assigned' to a group was obviously due to someone manipulating things behind the scenes.

Luo Wusheng received a message from Grandpa Luo yesterday. He was not really on Tan An's side, but on the side that could bring him more benefits.

The Luo family arranged him and Shi Hanqiao together, firstly to follow Tan An's wishes and let the two get to know each other better, and secondly to put pressure on him to give up the surgery that was already prepared and was waiting for him to come of age.

Although Shi Hanqiao's physical fitness was S+, her mental strength was still C-level. No one thought she could connect to the mecha normally. Even if she did connect, she wouldn't be able to operate it with ease.

The brief and tender scene faded in his memory. As Grandpa Luo expressed his attitude again and again, Luo Wusheng's last bit of family affection was also worn away.

He knew Shi Hanqiao didn't care, but he cared about others looking down on her.

He suggested training together in the evening, not only to prepare for the school's double mecha competition, but also to test Shi Hanqiao.

He wanted to personally discover the evidence that she was the Demon Lord, and the evening training might be an opportunity to bring them closer.

"Um."

The young man's question was filled with caution and thought, and Woman A simply responded. She even sat down and began to search the library for the mecha blueprints.

Luo Wusheng concealed his last nostalgic look without leaving a trace, walked towards the safe passage, and happened to pass by Luo Wei.

When he reached the door, he paused and turned around to see that the Omega, who was obviously dressed up carefully, was sitting opposite Female A.

[Game ended, took 2 hours and 50 minutes]

[Summary: The battle took an hour longer than usual. Although the enemy was completely annihilated, our losses were double the usual amount.]

"Are you not feeling well today?"

The teacher from the command department was already standing aside before the hatch opened, watching Luo Wusheng walk out.

When he met a very talented student, he couldn't teach him at all. He didn't want to mislead the student, so he had to let him access the No. 01 military combat system in advance to simulate combat command.

Luo Wusheng's expression was indifferent: "Change your style of play."

The teacher believed it and couldn't help but sigh at the gap between the freshmen.

While other freshmen were still struggling with the school's simulated command, Luo Wusheng had already become the main commander of the Sphinx in the military combat system within just one week.

The No. 01 military system is used between students and the legion, with each major military academy serving as its own camp. Luo Wusheng, as a freshman, became the chief commander of the Sphinx camp within a week.

There's no harm without comparison. The previous commander, whose command was seized by Luo Wusheng, spent three years before narrowly defeating the previous commander in a major battle. The two had been vying for the position for years, the millennium-old number one and the ten-thousandth-old number two. This year, all the teachers assumed the battle for command would unsurprisingly be between the two.

No one could have expected that Luo Wusheng, a dark horse, would emerge from nowhere and his final battle score was two ratings higher than the other two. He also broke the record of the fastest S-level and SS-level battles after entering the Sphinx since its establishment.

From then on, it would be extremely difficult for anyone to break his record.

"Your fighting style was too brutal..."

The teacher kept praising him.

"Teacher, just speak frankly."

Luo Wusheng frowned imperceptibly and kept looking towards the door.

"Ahem..." The teacher was still a little embarrassed. It was the first time he spoke to a student.

"If you're alright, I'll be leaving first."

Luo Wusheng checked his personal belongings. Except for Shi Hanqiao, he treated everyone else equally.

"Hey, wait!"

The teacher, burdened with a heavy responsibility, stopped him and mentioned the mission entrusted to him by the school. "The school wants to record your battles as a reference video for the combat department."

Many commanders are reluctant to release their battle videos because their opponents can easily analyze their commanding strategies. He took a deep breath and thought of seven or eight advantages that he could use to convince the opponent.

"Okay, send the details to my StarNet account."

“???”

The teacher who was about to reason with the student and appeal to his emotions froze in his tracks. When he came to his senses, he only saw Luo Wusheng's back at the corner.

No matter how you look at it, there is a sense of hurry. No, it must be his eyes playing tricks on him. It is impossible for him to see such hurry and haste in Luo Wusheng, who was called the 'Flower of Gaoling' when he entered the school. He always had a calm and composed expression.

He must be seeing things.

In fact, after receiving Shi Hanqiao's message, Luo Wusheng strode towards the library. He was really anxious!

He felt upset when he thought that Luo Wei would have a good chat with Girl A after he left.

He still remembered Shi Hanqiao's abnormal reaction when he heard the word "Luo Wei" on the starship going to the military training planet.

The fifteen-minute journey was shortened to half, and Luo Wusheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there was no one opposite Woman A.

He walked over and sat opposite her. Shi Hanqiao was assembling model parts in his hands. When she saw him sit down, she only looked up at him, and the speed of the assembly in her hands increased significantly.

Luo Wusheng was admiring the smooth assembly of female A when someone suddenly touched his right shoulder.

"Sorry, there's someone here."

Luo Wusheng looked up and saw Luo Wei's delicate little face. He must have washed his face. The roots of his hair were slightly wet, his fair skin was obviously moist, and the watery tails of his eyes were like little hooks.

The feeling of being stuck in traffic is gone and back again.

"Ah, so fast!" Luo Wei covered his mouth and exclaimed softly, making sure not to disturb others around him while letting the two people present clearly feel his surprise and joy, "You've already finished assembling it."

"Shall we go have lunch together?"

Luo Wusheng frowned: "Who wants to join you?"

"We agreed to have lunch together." Luo Wei opened her eyes wide and pointed innocently at Girl A who was packing her things.

In fact, he had invited her several times, and Woman A had only said that she would wait for Luo Wusheng to join them. However, the words coming from his mouth added a touch of intimacy.

Shi Hanqiao frowned and corrected him strictly: "You asked several times, and I said I would wait for him, and I didn't agree to it."

So far, she has only made her promise to Luo Wusheng.

During this period, she could see Luo Wei everywhere, so she could naturally tell that he had other thoughts.

Because she didn't care, she pretended not to know.

When he came to talk to her today, Han Qiao didn't want to pay attention to him, but then she thought about the starship and military training, and realized that his target should be Luo Wusheng, so she let him make small talk.

Luo Wei probably wanted to get information about Luo Wusheng through her, so she didn't directly reject his invitation to lunch, but waited for the young man to make his own decision.

Luo Wusheng's mood suddenly improved and he looked at Luo Wei.

"Then let's go together."

【Author’s words】

Double Mecha Competition: They actually thought I was the opportunity...

Luo Wei: Hey, you didn’t expect that I would snatch it away!

There will be another update at 9pm~