101: Chapter 101 The Spirit Harmony Cult

Cui Yan's hand holding the chopsticks suddenly stiffened, her knuckles turning pale from the force, as if she might snap the bamboo chopsticks in the next instant.

She had rehearsed confrontations and counterattacks, but she never expected such a light, airy counter-question, and at this time, in this setting.

"You know I've been asking around?" She suppressed her shock, but her voice had already lost three-tenths of its conviction.

Bai Muxue did not answer; her gaze crossed the bustling crowd and landed on the cafeteria entrance.

There, a young man's figure was about to be swallowed by the sunlight, leaving only a blurred outline.

"In this school, many people are watching him," she withdrew her gaze, the mist in her eyes dissipating, leaving only needle-sharp clarity, "Watching his cultivation, his face, his Family situation. Only you are curious about the 'why'."

"I'm just curious." Cui Yan took a deep breath, her nails almost digging into her palms, trying to use the pain to steady her voice, "No matter who this happened to, it would be impossible not to hate."

"Hate?"

Bai Muxue raised her eyebrows very slightly. This was the first time she had shown an expression bordering on surprise in front of an outsider, which immediately turned into a faint, mocking scoff.

Superficial.

"If you don't understand him and me, there's no need to keep asking around; it won't do you any good."

"In his words, that was the choice of the older generation."

Cui Yan, gradually grasping the meaning, let out a cold laugh from her throat: "Is this a demonstration? I haven't even done anything yet."

Hearing this, Bai Muxue remained silent, just sitting there quietly. Her eyes, like a stagnant pool of water, stared directly at Cui Yan without concealment. The gaze was not sharp, but it carried a heavy, penetrating power that reached straight to the heart.

For some reason, being stared at by those eyes, the harsh words on the tip of Cui Yan's tongue were choked back.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I wasn't scared growing up!"

Watching Cui Yan's display of feigned courage, Bai Muxue did not expose her, merely nodding faintly.

"You should be glad you haven't done anything yet, and even more so that you haven't asked him directly."

Huh? What does that mean?

Cui Yan's heart jumped, and she asked almost subconsciously: "If I had gone to ask him personally, what would happen?"

Bai Muxue, who initially wanted to say bluntly "You would end up like Xiang Tian," stopped herself just as the words reached her lips.

She remembered that Qin Ding had not informed Cui Yan of Xiang Tian's death. However, apart from that City Lord knowing, Cui Yan's father, who was a General-Rank Beast Tamer, should also think that Qin Ding killed Xiang Tian, at most adding that Cui Yan was involved in the action.

So Cui Yan's father thought Cui Yan was playing dumb and played along with his daughter's acting. As a result, in the end, only Cui Yan was truly unaware.

Thinking of this, Bai Muxue stood up. Having rethought her phrasing, she picked up her bowl and chopsticks and walked toward the return area, leaving behind a cold, indifferent sentence that dissipated into the noise.

"He would treat you as an enemy."

Treat me as an enemy?

Cui Yan stood frozen in place, stunned. The sentence reverberated in her mind, and a sense of confusion and chill welled up in her eyes.

A single question, and he could view me as an enemy? Is this intimidation, or is it true?

The impulse that had originally ignited was now doused with a basin of ice water, making her hesitate.

On the other side, Bai Muxue returned her bowl and chopsticks. As she walked out of the cafeteria, she sighed softly and murmured:

"Ah Ding, oh Ah Ding, you are still so easy to attract attention."

"I hope she can be like those girls before, be sensible, and retreat in the face of difficulties."

The day passed in a flash, and it was time to leave school.

Cui Yan looked at the two figures walking side by side in the distance. After hesitating for a long time, she was ultimately pinned to the spot by that conversation at noon.

Is it really that serious?

She suddenly recalled old events. The Spirit Realm in Chang City back then was rumored to be the first one to erupt in the world, but what Rank was it exactly? Why did the Federation never mention a word?

"Should I go back and ask Dad?"

The thought shifted, but then she remembered Xiang Tian, "However, Xiang Tian still hasn't returned... I guess he didn't just go missing in the Spirit Realm, but has already died inside."

"That's true, being hunted by a Rank 21 Giant Crocodile, and missing the timing with the rescue team, it would be a miracle if he survived. That's fine too, saves me from having such trash staring at me every day."

Thinking of this, Cui Yan's heart, which had been somewhat depressed by the noon incident, instantly brightened up quite a bit.

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"This is the remaining forty thousand federal currency. I'll give you the rest later. I'm going to Beast Taming Street first to process the core."

Qin Ding counted the items in his storage ring. Excluding the Golden Underworld Python core left for Da Hei, there were still five Claw-Tooth Wolf cores and one Water-Breathing Snake core. If Xiang Tian hadn't interrupted at the time, and he had been able to skin the Claw-Tooth Wolf in time, he could have earned another ten thousand or so.

"Mm, okay." Bai Muxue replied softly, concise and to the point.

Elsewhere.

In a cafe near Chang City No. 1 High School.

"Two dropouts, one went missing in that newly erupted Spirit Realm a few days ago, and the other didn't come to No. 1 High School, didn't go to No. 2 or No. 3, but chose No. 11 High School instead?"

The Thin Tall Man tapped the table irritably. His Family ran a Spirit Materials business. If he could connect with Cui Yan, the Family business could reach a higher level.

If he could hook up with Cui Yan herself, that would be even better.

Opposite him, a girl with heavy, beautiful makeup held her coffee cup, took a light sip, and said nonchalantly, "Who knows? But I saw on the Chang City official website that there is an extremely handsome boy at No. 11 High School. Maybe she went chasing after a handsome guy?"

She paused, a flash of disdain sweeping over her eyes as she looked at the Thin Tall Man, "That person's Spirit Beast is a Sha Jin Wolf. Although your Family background is stronger than that orphan's, if you meet in the school competition, what percentage of winning do you think you have? There are only two months left, oh."

In the corner, another delicate boy wearing glasses pushed up his frames and swept a cold glance over the two, "Are you done? Then I'm leaving."

The girl saw this, put down her cup, and left gracefully.

Leaving the Thin Tall Man sitting there with a gloomy expression, his fists clenched until his knuckles turned white.

"Everyone looks down on me, right?"

Suddenly, the corners of his mouth curled, pulling out a cold, sinister smile.

"Just wait, this City Competition will be a field battle outside the city, and the Spirit Integration Cult will also intervene..."

"Su Ming, you too, Xu Xiaohan, and that handsome guy Qin Ding from No. 11 High School? So what if you have a Sha Jin Wolf?"

"You all must die!"

"By then, the only dark horse in Chang City will be me!"

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At Qin Ding's home.

"Awoo!"

[Boss! I feel like I can digest that Golden Underworld Python core! Give it to me!]

Qin Ding, who was bending over to change his shoes, paused and looked up and down at his Earth Dog.

When he saw that the progress bar for the Sha Gold ability enhancement had only increased by 0.01 percent, he fell silent.

He fell silent.

Sure enough, feeding it ordinary metal was just a waste of time, and he couldn't afford rare metals; that stuff was more expensive than Spirit Beast cores. It looked like he still had to rely on Metal-type Spirit Objects and Spirit Beast cores for now...

Thinking of this, he took the Golden Underworld Python core that was shimmering with dark gold luster from his storage ring and tossed it casually.

Da Hei's wolf eyes lit up, and it caught it in mid-air.

"Woo..."

[The core is still the tastiest...]