Chapter 30 Chapter 30
Xuanyin watched closely as the imperial delegation walked past her. The prince and the general walked in the front, followed by the politicians, then the scholars, and finally the neatly lined-up honor guards and officers.
Imperials look no different from Federation people, with all sorts of hair and skin tones, but their facial features are relatively deeper.
After the delegation passed by, the smell of blood faded and finally disappeared.
Cheng Shuhui pulled her and said, "Let's go in."
Xuanyin nodded and followed the crowd back.
Cheng Shuhui was patted on the shoulder: "You are Cheng Shuhui? Sure, you are quite handsome in real life!"
Cheng Shuhui also recognized the other person and started to greet him.
This guy: "See? Those particularly young people in the delegation, wearing school uniforms, are all classmates from our incubation camp. Don't look at their age, but that aura, that walk, they are all fucking soldiers! The Imperials are really cunning, all the contestants are soldiers!"
"Starting tomorrow, we'll have offline classes. I heard there will be physical training and martial arts sparring sessions. Won't we get beaten up by them then?"
This classmate complained in a low voice, and the smile on Cheng Shuhui's face disappeared. His physique was only B level, and if he wanted to compete with him, he would definitely not get any good results.
The classmate was stunned when he saw Xuanyin: "Which classmate is this beautiful girl?"
Cheng Shuhui was about to introduce himself when Xuanyin took the initiative and nodded slightly, saying, "Hello, I'm not from the Incubation Camp."
"Oh, they're not classmates, so they're staff members of the association? Or were they just pulled here temporarily? I heard that many young people from the family were pulled here to show their faces today."
Xuanyin nodded: "Yes, I just saw the young master of the Wen family at the door."
"Really? Why don't I see anyone?"
"I saw him park the car for someone just now."
This classmate: "Hahaha, he actually parked the car for someone else and missed this most important moment, hahaha! Whose important person's car did he have to park personally? I can't stand it, how embarrassing!"
Because the laughter was so loud, the people in front turned around to look. Fortunately, the leading troops in front were a bit far away and did not hear it.
This classmate came over and told the story, and then a group of bad people formed.
Xuanyin glanced at Cheng Shuhui and whispered, "Just wait and see. Wen Yan will be expelled from the ranks of noble sons today, and from now on he'll have the nickname of parking boy."
Cheng Shuhui asked strangely, "So cruel? Didn't you like Wen Yan very much before?"
Xuanyin: "Isn't this just to vent your anger for you?"
"Me? What do I have to vent about?"
"Aren't you angry? You almost wanted to beat him up just now."
Cheng Shuhui snorted. How could he not be angry?
He looked down on his sister and clearly didn't want this marriage, but he didn't dare to openly rebel against his family. On the one hand, he was engaged, and on the other hand, he had an ambiguous relationship with Cheng Zixin. Then, he broke off the engagement when Cheng Xuanyin was most vulnerable after being injured, and threw a basin of dirty water on Cheng Xuanyin for being jealous and ignorant. It was simply hateful and shameful!
If he wasn't so incompetent now, he would have beaten that bastard to death.
However, seeing that Xuanyin really didn't care about their old friendship at all, he felt that he didn't need to be so angry anymore.
Xuanyin: "Go and do your own thing. Don't worry about me. I will leave on my own."
"That won't do..." Cheng Shu was called from the front before he could finish his reply. Xuanyin pushed him forward and took the opportunity to leave through the small aisle at the side.
Cheng Shuhui turned around and saw that no one was there. He was so anxious that he gritted his teeth. This was the headquarters of the Spiritual Master Association. No outsiders were allowed to enter. Especially now that they were receiving foreign guests, the security was extremely tight.
Does she think this is a place where she can play hide-and-seek?
At this moment, he deeply regretted being too arrogant and bringing people in.
Xuanyin moved forward while avoiding people and asked the system to scan the floor plan of the association for her.
The now energetic system completed the task in two strokes, perfectly and even easily evading the building's defense system. "Don't worry, even if you hide in here for a month, I can guarantee that no one will find you."
Xuanyin said, "I've been hiding here for a month because I'm full. Please show me the way to the garage."
"Oh oh... your directions assistant is online, the route map is already marked. Your car is in the corner of the third floor of the garage. That idiot Wen Yan parked your car in the corner on purpose to make it difficult for you to drive out. He's even more petty than a chicken."
Xuanyin turned her head to look at the ball of light flying near her face: "Where did you learn these words?"
The system hummed, took out a cat ear and started chewing it.
Xuanyin shook her head and continued walking along the route map it gave.
After many twists and turns and visiting places along the way, Xuanyin leisurely arrived at the garage half an hour later.
This garage is really big, you can't see the end at a glance, and there are all kinds of vehicles parked there, like a huge maze.
Xuanyin walked towards where her flying car was, but suddenly stopped and hid behind a flying vehicle.
The system cat ear was halfway through chewing, and quickly stuffed the whole piece into its mouth: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Xuanyin made a gesture to keep quiet and looked into the distance.
The system also looked over furtively.
"Wow, isn't that Wen Yan? Why is he still here? Did he park his car and get lost?
"Hey, who's that woman in front of him? Her face is as white as a ghost."
Xuanyin: "Stupid, that's Cheng Zixin."
"What? How did Cheng Zixin become so skinny?"
Wen Yan was also shocked at this time and asked: "Zixin, it's been so long since we last met, how come you have become so thin?"
Cheng Zixin gave a bitter laugh, but her eyes suddenly turned red: "Brother Wen, I was deceived, or rather, we were all deceived. That He Xiangu is simply a devil. She completely overdrew my life to make the elixir!"
"What? How is that possible! That's a top-grade divine garment!"
"Am I lying to you now?"
"Then what should I do? How can I help you?"
Cheng Zixin shook her head: "I don't even have free time all day long. How can you help me? I'll be satisfied if I can sneak out to see you. Go away."
Wen Yan said painfully, "The association can't restrict your freedom of life, Zixin. I can't even imagine what kind of life you've been living these days!"
The system said strangely to Xuanyin: "Coward, I dare to think!"
Xuanyin glanced at it and found that its gloating was too obvious.
Wen Yan continued, "Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to get you out! By the way, are the effects of the elixir really that strong? Did you bring one or two with you?"
The system chuckled: "Hahaha, I thought they were truly in love, but it turns out this guy cares more about that magic pill!"
Xuanyin wanted to remind it not to laugh so loudly, but no one could hear it except her.
Cheng Zixin's face froze, and she could only say helplessly, "I've handed in all the elixirs I made. Only yesterday did they finally give me one as a reward, but my mother took it away. I should have given it to my brother."
Wen Yan frowned: "Isn't Ziqi's arm already healed? Why does he need to take this elixir?"
"It might not be for my brother. Grandpa will probably distribute the elixir. Of course, it might also be used as a gift."
Wen Yan seemed to be lost in thought. Cheng Zixin urged him to leave quickly. Wen Yan comforted her with a few words and left quickly.
Cheng Zixin looked at his back and sneered.
The system took out its melon seeds again, snapping them and commenting, "The relationship between these two isn't that genuine. Their true colors are revealed at the slightest setback."
Xuanyin leaned against the aircraft behind her, folding her arms and saying, "How sincere do you think their feelings can be? Wen Yan's deep affection for Cheng Zixin in the past, let's not talk about how much of it was genuine love, at least a large part of it was because Cheng Zixin had great potential, and the Wen family wanted and needed such a daughter-in-law.
"After the original body was found, everyone said she stole Cheng Zixin's marriage. But what was Cheng Zixin's status and say at the time? What was the status and say of the original body? The Cheng family only needed to annul the original marriage and make Cheng Zixin and Wen Yan happy. The Cheng and Wen families could continue the marriage as before, and no one would say anything.
"But the Cheng family didn't do that. Instead, they let the original body continue to take charge of this marriage. I guess from the Cheng family to Cheng Zixin herself, everyone looked down on Wen Yant. This way, they rejected Wen Yant while also showing their helplessness and trustworthiness. If Cheng Zixin finds another partner in the future, there's nothing to criticize. Maybe she can even establish herself as a lover waiting for Lan Yinxu to come to fruition."
The system was surprised: "But Wen Yan's family background and qualifications are not bad, so he shouldn't be disliked, right?"
Xuanyin said: "It's not bad, but at most he is on par with Cheng Zixin. He is not even as famous as Cheng Zixin. Moreover, he is young and not stable enough. He has never been on the battlefield and has no achievements. He can't bring much benefit to the Cheng family and Cheng Zixin.
"Take the famous Young Master Yan as an example. Wen Yan would have had to work hard for at least ten years to reach Yan Wei's level, and there would have to be no accidents or mistakes along the way. But Wen Yan was only five or six years younger than Yan Wei, and his innate talent was inferior to Yan Wei's. Cheng Zixin at the time could have reached Yan Wei's level with just a little effort, so why would she have fallen for Wen Yan? At most, he would have been a bootlicker."
The system shuddered and hugged its chubby little body tightly: "Why are your eyes so sharp? In your eyes, is there still sincerity in this world?"
Xuanyin knocked it: "You sound so cold-blooded and heartless."
"Yes, yes, you just have a sharp eye. Could it be that your senior brother taught you this again?"
Xuanyin raised the corner of her mouth and said, "Senior Brother did say that when encountering things, we should observe and think more, and be good at discovering the inner logic beneath the surface."
System: Okay, okay, I know you are just bragging.
Xuanyin was about to leave when she suddenly realized something was wrong: "Why hasn't Cheng Zixin left yet?"
The system looked over and saw that Wen Yan had left for quite a while, but Cheng Zixin was still standing there, constantly checking the time, obviously still waiting for someone.
Xuanyin retreated calmly.
Not long after, a light sound of footsteps was heard, and a man's figure was walking towards them from a distance.
Cheng Zixin looked at the other person warily, and then the other person said something in code. Cheng Zixin relaxed and said something too.
Xuanyin raised an eyebrow. Is this a dialect? Why can't I understand it at all?
The system automatically activated the translation system. "Hey, this seems to be some minor language spoken in the Xingluo region. There aren't many resources online, so I'll try to correct it... Okay, this should be the closest translation. Put on your headphones and I'll play it for you."
Xuanyin put on headphones.
A cold and mechanical translation voice came.
Cheng Zixin: "Why are you here so late? I have limited time."
The man: "Did you bring the elixir?"
"I brought it. I managed to hide two of them."
"Thanks for your hard work."
"And so, you're just going to watch me being tortured? If this continues, I'll die. He Xiangu's consumption is too terrifying!"
"Be patient, the organization will not give up on you. We have been trying to find a way to contact you these days, but the situation here is too strict. If the Imperials hadn't arrived, we wouldn't have found an opportunity."
Cheng Zixin said: "I also found an excuse to come out by coming to see Wen Yan."
"We understand your efforts, and the organization understands them. But the problem now is that the Federation and the Empire are collaborating, which is very disadvantageous to us."
Cheng Zixin: "The momentum for cooperation has already formed."
"What if something happens to that imperial prince here?"
Cheng Zixin was shocked: "What do you want to do?"
"You are very famous in the Federation, and now there is He Xiangu. The prince will definitely ask to see you. When the time comes, you will..."
"What? How can I get away with this? I've spent so much time and effort to gain a foothold in the Federation. I've already reached the top of the Federation. My value is definitely not just about this little thing."
"It's just a wild beast egg. It won't be traced back to you."
Xuanyin's eyebrows twitched, and the system exclaimed in surprise, "Mad Beast Egg? I heard that Mad Beasts are particularly protective of their cubs, especially the more powerful ones. They are even willing to commit mass suicide just to transform into Nightmare Beasts and travel through the rifts in space to retrieve their cubs. Anyone with a Mad Beast Egg is a huge target."
Suddenly the man shouted, "Who?"
The system suddenly froze in the air and dared not move.
Cheng Zixin was very nervous: "Is there anyone here?"
The man began to search around, took out a gun, and turned on a device to scan around.
The system attached itself to Xuanyin: "I, I, I, I've been discovered?"
Xuanyin silently grabbed it and squeezed it soothingly: "It's okay, don't be afraid."
He looked at the man through the windows of several cars.
She didn't know what the thing in his hand was for scanning or something. She silently output her mental power, wrapped herself and the system, and formed a barrier on the surface of her body. This barrier could isolate most instruments.
The other party walked over little by little.
The whole garage was eerily quiet.
Suddenly, a whimpering sound came from somewhere in the garage, and then a figure ran out and ran to the other end of the garage, screaming in fear: "Murder! Help!"
The contact man quickly fired a shot.
Xuanyin's eyes flashed, and a ray of mental power was released, knocking the gun in the man's hand off target.
The energy bullet missed and grazed the fleeing guy's face, scaring him so much that he fell flat on his face and crawled out of the garage.
The contact man suddenly looked in Xuanyin's direction and pounced on her like a tiger.
Xuan Yin took a step back, and several mental powers shot out, penetrating the opponent's body and throwing him heavily onto a flying car, nailing him to the wall of the car.
The other party cried out in pain, trembling all over, and cold sweat broke out, but when he looked down at his body, he couldn't see what was nailing him.
He was horrified: "What is this?! Who are you?"
Xuanyin walked forward, her body wrapped in spiritual power, looking like a vague cocoon.
Xuanyin glanced at the place where Cheng Zixin was just now, and there was no one there.
Cheng Zixin is really good at running. She ran so smoothly that no one even noticed when she left.
She looked at the man she was meeting with, and her voice came out hazily from her spiritual power: "You speak the language of Xingluo District. Are you from Xingluo District? Is Cheng Zixin also a spy sent by Xingluo District to the Federation?"
The man's face darkened. "You heard everything. Who are you? Is that a divine garment? How can you have such a strange divine garment?"
Xuanyin raised her hand, and with invisible spiritual power, she strangled his neck, applying force bit by bit: "You don't need to know this, just answer my question!"
The contact man was strangled to the point of having difficulty breathing, his face gradually turned red, and his veins bulged.
He said with difficulty: "Speak, I will tell you!"
Xuanyin let go of him. He coughed hard, as if he was going to cough out his lungs. After a while, he said, "I'm only responsible for contacting Cheng Zixin. I don't know her background either."
"Did you have anything to do with the Cheng family's accident?"
The contact man was stunned: "What's wrong with the Cheng family? I don't know."
Xuanyin narrowed her eyes, and suddenly the man's eyes widened. She immediately stepped forward and pinched his jaw, but it was too late, he was dead.
The system was shocked: "He died just like that? It hasn't come to this!"
Xuan Yin withdrew her hand: "It's a very fast-acting poison. He's afraid that I'll ask him things he can't say."
She turned and walked out, while contacting Cheng Shuhui using her light brain.
The system asked: "Do you think that the incident at the original body's home was caused by these people?
"It's certain now that Cheng Zixin's identity is questionable. She's a spy planted in the Federation by another faction. She herself said that she paid a lot to gain a foothold in the Federation. So, in order to gain a firm foothold as quickly as possible, what do you think she needs?"
System: "What?"
"A status with high gold content, a legitimate channel for advancement that can help her reach the top.
"Assuming she is indeed a member of the Cheng family, then her status as a branch of the Cheng family won't help her much. She needs a better status. And if she isn't a member of the Cheng family..."
The system continued, "Then she will first pretend to be a member of the Cheng family's side branch, then replace the main branch, and then become a key figure in the Cheng family. No matter which situation, the original family will be a stumbling block to her."
Xuanyin nodded. "Yes, if it weren't for me, she could have relied on her [Spirit] series divine clothing to become the most talented young representative in the entire Federation. She could even do as I said before, marry a powerful and influential husband, and hook up with a few equally powerful and influential people. In a few years, she would definitely have a place in the Federation's political arena."
"Hiss—what a huge game! Then the tragedy of the original family wasn't a family feud, but a conspiracy by these people?"
Xuanyin said, "It's half and half. There is definitely family conflict, but they are taking advantage of it, fanning the flames and waiting for an opportunity to strike."
Xuanyin had always thought that the original body's father's death was too coincidental and too easy. Who would just happen to encounter a nightmare beast stowaway? Even the entire spaceship was destroyed in the end. How could those people in the Cheng family be so bold as to do such a thing?
If there was a third party involved, it would make sense.
These people have things like mad beast eggs in their hands, so it is not surprising that they can smuggle a few nightmare beasts across.
The system looked at Xuanyin's expression.
It knew that the host had neither good feelings nor bad feelings towards the political systems of this world, whether it was the Federation, the Empire, or the Xingluo District. But if the original family was really harmed by people from the Xingluo District, with her moral integrity (although it might not be much), she would even take care of other people's mothers as her own mother, so the Xingluo District would definitely be crossed out in her opinion.
Xuanyin looked at the call interface. What was Cheng Shuhui doing? Why didn’t he answer the phone?
"System, help me find Cheng Shuhui and see where he is. It's not safe to be around the Imperial Prince. We must notify him to stay away immediately."
The system quickly complied, asking, "Isn't that contact guy dead? Are you worried that their plan will continue?"
Xuanyin was about to speak when she suddenly stopped and looked at a trash can at the entrance of the garage. This was a trash can that automatically crushed garbage and was in the active state at that moment.
She had entered the garage from this entrance before, and the trash can was not open at that time.
She pressed the stop button on the trash can, opened the lid, and a bloody smell immediately hit her face.
She covered her nose and looked inside. There was nothing inside. She hooked up a piece of cloth from the edge. It was blue and white, of good quality. It should be part of a men's tie.
The system was startled: "Is it the man who just ran away? He's not dead, is he?"
Xuanyin hummed, "I'm afraid it has been completely digested by this trash can, leaving nothing behind."
The system felt a chill run down its spine. "It was Cheng Zixin who did it! It could only be her. She ran so fast just now. It turned out she was here to silence the witness."
Suddenly, the system shouted, "Not good, host, the space inside this association building is distorting, and a large number of spatial gaps are forming!"
Xuanyin threw away the rag. "It seems the contact man's accomplice knew the plan had been leaked, so he simply moved it up. Where is Cheng Shuhui?"
"Space is distorted, I can't detect it!"
"Where is the place where space distortion is most severe?"
The system immediately gives directions.
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