287: Chapter 287 You're Pretending to Have Blood and Qi Out of Control? Lin Yuan Let Her Speak for Herself

B2 Test Field.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen charged out, skimming the ground.

The power spine boosted the strength of her lower back, while the leg amplification rings provided continuous acceleration.

She crossed the twenty-meter test zone in three strides, her long blade slicing down, grazing the chest of the alloy target.

Bang!

Tang Qiqi watched the load curve, shifting the candy in her mouth to the other side.

"Twelfth test."

"You've asked eleven times if Lin Yuan has looked at the records."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen unfastened her wrist guards.

"The armor belongs to him; I'm asking about the test results—is there a problem?"

"When he wasn't here, you finished in an hour."

Tang Qiqi placed the wrench on the console.

"When he sits at the observation deck, you train until the energy chamber is bottomed out."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen tightened her wrist guards, the metal buckles clicking.

"Nonsense."

"He commented that the waist guard restricted your force, and you nagged me until I changed the size three times."

"He said your lunge was half a step off, and the next day you kicked four test pillars to pieces."

Tang Qiqi walked up to her, looking up at this Ancient Martial Arts Grandmaster.

"Do you want to sleep with Lin Yuan?"

The wrist guard in Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's hand clicked shut.

Two engineers on the sidelines grabbed their recording boards and turned to duck into the maintenance room.

The words that followed were something only Princess Qiqi dared to say; they dared not listen.

"Tang Qiqi."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen sheathed the long blade back into the weapon rack.

"Say that again, and I'll hang you on the target wall."

"Answer before you hang me."

Tang Qiqi bit down on her candy stick.

"Do you want to or not?"

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen picked up her coat and draped it over her shoulders.

"I am Shen Qingyue's mother."

"Lin Yuan should have once called me Mother-in-law."

"If we cross that line, neither of us will have any dignity."

Tang Qiqi followed behind her.

"The grass on Shen Qingyue's grave is already three meters high; are you still guarding her chastity archway?"

"How long has it been since you tasted a man? Let me tell you, Lin Yuan is amazing!"

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen stopped in her tracks.

Tang Qiqi looked at her with a smile.

"I'll think of a way for you."

"Pretend your training went out of control and your Qi is in chaos."

"Lin Yuan will come to save you, and you two can have a private treatment session."

"I can ask Sister Qin Yumo to help."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen turned back.

The wrist guard emitted another sound of metal being squeezed.

"Absurd."

She pushed open the alloy door and walked through the corridor.

Tang Qiqi stuck her head out.

"Tch! Good intentions treated like donkey liver and lungs!"

The door closed in front of her.

...

Two o'clock in the morning.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen sat by the bed.

Shen Qingyue's mother.

A Grandmaster of an Ancient Martial Arts Family.

Team leader of the Capital Special Execution Office.

These titles had followed her for half her life.

She left home at ten to practice martial arts, married into the Shen Family, gave birth to a daughter, and then left the Family behind to enter the Capital.

She had to continue the Bloodline for the Family, carry out missions for the Capital, and clean up the old debts left behind by Shen Qingyue.

Everyone told her what she should do.

Lin Yuan did not.

In the battle at the sewage canal, he only asked if she could fight.

On the front lines of Wan City, he handed her the long blade and let her choose her own position to charge.

On the test field, he looked at her fists, blade, and footwork.

No one mentioned Shen Qingyue.

And no one mentioned what identity she should play.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen looked down and touched the four engraved characters "Eternal Light Martial Maiden" on the arm armor beside her.

The Qi brought about by her A-rank Superpower was still colliding within her body.

After the Awakening of [Physical Enhancement], that strange feeling she had managed to suppress with Ancient Martial Arts had been rampaging through her body.

She closed her eyes.

The image of Lin Yuan standing on the observation deck remained in her mind.

She quietly reached her hand down.

...

The next morning.

Qin Yumo finished her strength test and pushed the door open to enter the training area.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen stood before the weapon rack, having already wiped the long blade three times.

"If you want to get close to the Master, go yourself."

The cloth stopped halfway across the blade.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen looked up.

"Have you learned to gossip from Tang Qiqi too?"

Qin Yumo drew her dual blades.

"Are you afraid?"

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's jaw tightened.

The ventilation equipment stopped blowing air, and the training field was silent for a few seconds.

Qin Yumo walked to the sparring line.

"I can help you."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen grabbed the Eternal Light Martial Maiden.

"Mind your own business."

The power spine clicked onto her back, and the amplification rings locked onto her legs.

"Fight with me."

The two crossed the test line simultaneously.

The long blade descended, grazing Qin Yumo's shoulder.

Qin Yumo blocked horizontally, her soles sinking into the floor.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen twisted her waist to change stance, the hilt of the blade striking her side.

Second strike.

Third strike.

Qin Yumo endured every impact, her Undying Martial Body continuously repairing her injuries.

She retreated to the fifth step, crossed her dual blades, and jammed Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's long blade.

"Your impact point is messy."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen abandoned the blade to close in, striking a palm toward her chest.

Qin Yumo stepped forward against the palm force, her shoulder slamming into Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's embrace.

She blocked the retreat path with her right leg, twisted her waist and back, and flipped her to the ground.

The Eternal Light Martial Maiden slammed onto the test line.

Qin Yumo stepped on the armor's waist guard.

"Your heart is in chaos."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen raised her leg and kicked her away.

Behind the console, Tang Qiqi pressed the record key.

"Detection conclusion: The pilot of the Eternal Light Martial Maiden has personal issues."

"Recommendation: Contact the Great Demon King to handle it."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen stood up from the floor.

She looked at Tang Qiqi, then glanced at Qin Yumo.

This time, she did not leave.

"Try... your plan."

Tang Qiqi spat out the candy stick and turned off the external surveillance.

"You said that yourself."

"Less talk."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen reconnected the amplification circuit.

Her breathing narrowed.

The strange feeling of [Physical Enhancement] collided at the waist guard.

Tang Qiqi pressed the emergency call.

Thirty seconds later, the alloy door opened.

Lin Yuan walked into the test field.

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen held onto the weapon rack, her breathing breaking into several segments.

The Eternal Light Martial Maiden continued to alarm, and the right leg amplification ring was also shaking.

Lin Yuan swept his gaze over her standing posture.

Her left foot was stable under pressure.

Her shoulders and back were not twitching uncontrollably.

Her Time Superpower was still actively maintaining the conflict.

"Acting quite convincingly."

Tang Qiqi looked down to check the console.

Qin Yumo turned to study the cracks on the wall.

Lin Yuan raised his hand to shut down the Eternal Light Martial Maiden.

"Everyone out."

Tang Qiqi carried away the recording board.

Qin Yumo passed by Grandmaster Ling Suzhen and patted her shoulder.

The alloy door fell.

Lin Yuan stood two meters away.

"Keep acting, and you'll only look worse."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen gripped the engraving on the armor.

Lin Yuan looked at her.

"Two choices."

"Finish the act, and I'll call Su Muxue over to check you."

"Or tell me yourself what you want."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen's shoulders and back tensed, then fell.

Grandmaster, mother, Capital executioner.

The three identities were stuck in her throat.

She released the armor.

"I want... to stay by your side."

The voice fell into the test field.

"All these years, I have borne children for the Family, killed people for the Capital, and cleaned up the aftermath for Shen Qingyue."

"I have never asked myself what I wanted."

She raised her head.

"When I look at you, I am not just looking at the man Shen Qingyue chose."

"I want your recognition, and I want to follow you to keep moving up."

"In the name of Ling Suzhen."

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes.

"I do not accept people who are pushed around."

"Nor do I accept people who use scams to trade for positions."

"If you want to enter the door, the decision is yours to make, and the consequences are yours to bear."

Grandmaster Ling Suzhen picked up the long blade.

"I will bear them."

"I want to stay."

Outside the observation window, Tang Qiqi covered her mouth, her shoulders shaking twice.

Qin Yumo leaned against the wall, the corners of her lips lifting.