72: New members of Prism

"President, you're finally back! If you didn't come back, someone was about to chase after you!" Wang Xiaomin said with a pout, glancing at Li Qingshan with a resentful expression.

Outside the door, Chen Qing, having changed into clean clothes, stepped into the Prism headquarters.

After many days, returning here again and seeing the various ornaments and furniture in the hall, Chen Qing still felt a sense of warmth.

It would have been even better if the first people he saw weren't Li Qingshan, but the beautiful members of Prism.

Li Qingshan squinted at Chen Qing as he walked in, then immediately got up and went over to him: "Hey, Chen Qing, since you're back, hurry up and take out the things!

Lao Yang has been hounding me every day lately, like he's rushing me to my death. It's driving me crazy."

Chen Qing looked at him in surprise, a bit bewildered: "What things? Old Li, you need to be clear. Li Tianyang is rushing you, why are you coming to me?"

Seeing his expression as if he wanted to renege on a debt, Li Qingshan snorted coldly: "Just pretend! There's nothing good brewing in your stomach, you brat! I'm telling you, Li Tianyang got a lot of resources this time, and he's probably about to reach the middle stage of Rank Three soon!

You're weak now, so he won't bother you!

But you'd better think carefully; that guy is also notoriously black-hearted. When he comes to Jinling Martial Arts University and defeats all Martial Artists of the same Rank, let's see if the school's teachers and students will deal with you!"

He wasn't in a hurry, just watched Chen Qing coldly, as if saying, 'If you have the guts to renege, you must have the guts to bear the consequences.'

But what he said was true.

Given Li Tianyang's personality, he could beat up students from his own school for a few resources, so he would have even less psychological burden beating up students from Jinling Martial Arts University.

Chen Qing smiled, no longer teasing him, and with a wave of his hand, several packages appeared on the ground.

Seeing this, Li Qingshan immediately bent down and began to inspect the contents of the packages.

Chen Qing couldn't help but find it amusing to see him meticulously searching the packages like an inventory clerk, not missing a single item.

"Don't worry, I didn't intercept your things."

"Hmph! Who knows if you lost anything. If something's missing, and Li Tianyang takes his anger out on me again, who can I complain to?"

Chen Qing chuckled: "You're afraid of him?"

"Afraid of him? No way! I just hate trouble!"

Actually, what Li Qingshan was thinking was that most of the items on the ground were his, and most of the gains he brought back had been taken by Li Tianyang.

So, he naturally had to check his own things carefully!

To prevent Chen Qing, that black-hearted guy, from sneaking anything away.

Chen Qing was too lazy to say more to him. After resolving his matter, Chen Qing walked to the side and inquired about recent school affairs and Prism's matters.

"Sister Xiaomin, during my absence, did anything happen with Prism?"

Wang Xiaomin quickly poured Chen Qing a cup of water. She was now accustomed to pouring water, truly seeing herself as a part of Prism.

"Nothing happened. Recently, Prism recruited some more people, all new students who spontaneously joined because they admired what you did on the first day of school.

There are still people in the public who have their own judgment. Even though Qian Xiu Hui (Secluded Cultivation Society) is still deliberately slandering you, many people firmly stand with us.

Adding those who originally joined, Prism currently has 32 people, besides us.

Among them, 31 are peak non-Martial Artists who haven't had a Breakthrough yet, and one person has already had a Breakthrough to become a Martial Artist and has already made it into the Top 100 Newcomers list."

At this point, Wang Xiaomin's face showed some excitement: "I really like this newcomer. I hope Prism can give her special attention."

"It seems you think highly of her?"

Wang Xiaomin nodded: "Her name is Tao Wan. She's a girl, and her ability Rank is only C! But she's very hardworking. I've seen her fight for the rankings several times; her fighting style is fierce and she's very determined!"

Wang Xiaomin herself also had a C-Rank ability and was stuck at the peak of non-Martial Artists, wanting to make further progress before a Breakthrough. Naturally, she understood the difficulties of C-Rank abilities better than others.

So, when Tao Wan joined, she paid attention.

It wasn't until she later witnessed Tao Wan's battles that she truly began to think highly of this newcomer.

The mutual appreciation between female Martial Artists.

However, it was also strange that Zhao Yuanyue, who was also a fierce female Martial Artist, didn't seem to get along with her.

The other members of Prism also sensed it; Wang Xiaomin's attitude towards Zhao Yuanyue wasn't good, and she would occasionally glance at Zhao Yuanyue's pectoral muscles.

No one knew why.

Chen Qing carefully looked at the information she handed over, which contained a detailed introduction to Tao Wan.

After a quick read, Chen Qing hesitated for a moment and said: "You continue to observe her. If she's reliable, you can open up the exchange permission for "Spiritual Sense Nine Forging" to her."

Prism now had an item exchange window, which listed many exclusive internal resources of Prism, but different Ranks of resources required different exchange permissions.

"Spiritual Sense Nine Forging" naturally required higher permission to exchange.

Wang Xiaomin narrowed her eyes, somewhat happy.

The two exchanged some more information about the major and minor events at school over the past week, then Chen Qing planned to leave first. He had to go to his teacher's place.

Since entering Jinling, he hadn't attended any classes with his teacher.

Last time, his teacher even specifically came looking for him, but he was delayed by a mission and couldn't go.

This time, he couldn't delay any longer.

Suddenly, he looked at noob, who was still perched on his shoulder, and asked with Mental Energy: "I'm going to see my teacher. Why don't you stay here for now?"

noob had long wanted to get off his shoulder, but out of necessity to conceal himself, he could only pretend to be a cute pet.

Hearing Chen Qing say he was leaving, he immediately jumped off his shoulder and began to wander around Prism.

He found everything fresh now and didn't want to bother with Chen Qing.

"Chen Qing, where did you get this little cat? It's so cute!"

Wang Xiaomin grabbed noob, and in his unwilling gaze, forcibly hugged him to her chest.

Although she wasn't as well-endowed as Zhao Yuanyue, she was still not comparable to a girl like Yan Ling.

noob kept squirming, trying to break free with the strength of a normal kitten, but his resistance was futile.

"Oh, I picked him up outside. He looked pitiful, so I brought him back. Prism has just been established, so it's not bad to have him as a lucky cat."

"Then I'll raise him! I used to raise cats when I was little, I didn't expect to be able to continue raising cats after coming to school!"

Wang Xiaomin hugged noob and started to walk inside.

In her arms, noob poked his head out, looking at Chen Qing with resentment.

He was an Ice Spirit Cat, not a pet cat!

This human was desecrating him!

Chen Qing felt a little like laughing, but he figured the cat wouldn't do anything out of line, so he let her go... Teacher's dormitory building area.

Inside the villa sculpted from ice crystals.

Yang Chen, who hadn't been seen for many days, appeared in the hall. He was still wearing a white lab coat, looking travel-worn, with disheveled hair. After Chen Qing called him out of the lab, he seemed distracted, his mind elsewhere.