Su Aoxue was already awake.
She chose to sit on the carpet and begin cultivating the Nine Cold Meditation.
‘I need to quickly reach the second layer so I can suppress my emotions.’
‘This is a god-tier skill…’
Su Aoxue thought to herself.
The second layer of the Nine Cold Meditation allowed one to voluntarily choose whether to freeze their emotions, keeping the brain in an extremely calm state.
The advantage was that a calm brain would become utterly rational when handling anything, no emotion or sentiment involved, reducing mistakes.
It could also be deactivated at any time—truly a god-level ability!
In the Grey Mist World, there was no such thing as daytime.
But in human timekeeping, they still retained the concept of day.
Soon, the door of Su Aoxue’s room was knocked on, and Shen’s Father’s voice came from outside.
“Get up quickly. Today we set off for the Sub-Core Base City!”
The door opened right away, and Shen’s Father saw two people already eating breakfast as they walked out.
“You two little rascals are impressive—up this early, and you even brought breakfast into the room to eat.”
Before long, both families had assembled and were ready to go downstairs for breakfast.
However, while waiting for the elevator, Su Aoxue suddenly felt a breeze brush against her ear.
“I’m going to the bathroom.”
Su Aoxue said abruptly, then left the spot.
Seeing this, Su Mother quickly called out, “Then we’ll wait for you downstairs!”
“Okay, I know.”
But Shen Yan, watching Su Aoxue’s retreating figure, seemed thoughtful.
Just now, he had sensed wind-element energy. What that meant was obvious.
Shen Yan sighed helplessly to himself. Changing the outcome of this event seemed like an uphill battle.
Meanwhile, following the guidance of the wind, Su Aoxue turned a corner in the corridor and saw Ling Feng.
She asked in confusion, “Why are you looking for me all of a sudden at this hour? And so secretively…”
Ling Feng leaned close to Su Aoxue and said mysteriously, “Of course there’s something—a big thing!”
“Don’t be so cryptic. Just tell me.”
That was Ling Feng’s one flaw—she loved to be mysterious and keep people in suspense!
“Do you know why the team sent to support us this time is an S-rank Martial Artist squad?”
Hearing this, Su Aoxue became even more puzzled. “A City-Destroying Disaster happened over there. Isn’t it normal to dispatch an S-rank squad?”
“Could there be another reason?”
“Of course. This S-class squad wasn’t sent to your base city for a rescue mission because of the City-Destroying Disaster at all. They were a team that set out long ago specifically to protect certain individuals.”
“Only Secondary Core Base Cities and above have S-class squads. But it takes ten days, or even more, to travel from the Core Base City to your base city. That means the team left very early—likely dispatched urgently on the day of the Talent Awakening Ceremony.”
“And for a team of this level to be assigned a protection mission, the target must have awakened a talent of at least S-rank, or even SS-rank talent potential.”
At this point, Ling Feng suddenly held back. “Do you want to know who this person is?”
“Uh… you came to me all of a sudden. Is it because that person is someone I know? Shen Yan or Ye Yao?”
Su Aoxue tilted her head slightly, a hint of disbelief in her voice.
She thought that obtaining extraordinary abilities herself was surprising enough, but now it turned out someone close to her was also a top-tier talent!
“Looks like you’re quick to catch on. Yes, it is someone you know. And based on my observations over the past few days, that person is most likely your friend—the young man named Shen Yan.”
“Moreover, that squad, and even the president of the Martial Arts Association in your base city, are extremely focused on him.”
“Your friend most likely has SS-rank talent potential.”
But after Ling Feng stated this conclusion, Su Aoxue looked at her with suspicion.
“You suddenly say all this—don’t tell me you have some weird interest in Shen Yan?”
“Hey, you’re right, I do have an interest. But it’s not weird. Which martial arts university does your friend plan to apply to?”
Seeing Ling Feng’s smiling face, Su Aoxue twitched the corner of her mouth. “Don’t tell me you want to recruit Shen Yan?”
“No kidding, Little Aoxue. That’s SS-rank talent potential!”
“Since the disaster broke out, there have been fewer than thirty people with this talent potential. Who wouldn’t be tempted?”
“True… So what do you want me to do?”
Thinking carefully, the Truth Society was such a mysterious organization.
Joining it probably wouldn’t hurt Shen Yan, right?
But at that moment, Su Aoxue suddenly remembered what Shen Yan had told her last night.
‘Damn, no wonder Old Shen didn’t care at all which martial arts university he went to. He has memories of the future. He knows he has SS-rank talent potential—wherever he goes, he’ll be treated like a rare treasure, plus he has tons of experience…’
Connecting this to how Shen Yan had initially advised her to go to Jiuquan Martial Arts Academy, more guesses flooded Su Aoxue’s mind.
‘So in his previous life, Shen Yan probably didn’t choose Xingyue Martial Arts Academy like I did. Instead, he stuck to his original plan and entered Jiuquan Martial Arts Academy?’
‘But why did he change his mind in this life and cling to me instead?’
Su Aoxue’s brain was working overtime, speculating on what might happen in the future.
“Hey, did you hear what I said?”
A sudden voice interrupted Su Aoxue’s thoughts. She looked up to see Ling Feng staring at her unhappily.
“Sorry, I spaced out.”
Su Aoxue said apologetically. She really hadn’t done it on purpose—the information Shen Yan had revealed to her last night was just too much!
“You can space out while I’m talking to you.”
Ling Feng could only repeat herself. “I didn’t see you two signing up for martial arts academies yesterday.”
“I want your friend to join our academy. I’ll go see him later. You can help me steer… I mean, persuade him, okay?”
Upon hearing this, Su Aoxue nodded slightly and then said, “Actually, you don’t need to go to that trouble. He’s coming with me to Xingyue Martial Arts Academy.”
“Huh?”
Ling Feng showed a confused expression, then guessed, “Not a bad choice! He actually took the initiative to sign up for Xingyue Martial Arts Academy? Because of you?”
“Uh…”
Seeing Su Aoxue suddenly fall silent, Ling Feng was startled. “I was just joking—it really is because of you?”
For some reason, Ling Feng felt a sudden sweetness.
Knowing he had SS-rank talent potential, he still unhesitatingly chose to follow Su Aoxue into the same academy. What enviable feelings!
‘These two little ones have such a good relationship. I wish them happiness, haha!’
Ling Feng’s heart started shipping them wildly.
“What are you smiling about?”
For no reason, Su Aoxue felt a chill when she saw the sudden smile on Ling Feng’s face.
Ling Feng wasn’t ugly—in fact, she was extremely good-looking and elegant.
But somehow, Su Aoxue thought her smile right now was incredibly sleazy!
Ling Feng such a goated wingwoman 🥹