32: Chapter 32 The Great Sage's Trail!

That afternoon, inside the Special Affairs Bureau.

Zhou Feipeng was proudly recounting to his comrades the story of how he fought side-by-side with the Great Sage.

Meanwhile, Wei Heng and Lu Li walked into the Special Affairs Bureau looking disheveled and dusty.

"What happened outside?" Zhou Feipeng asked in shock, looking at their appearance.

"Nothing much, just a B-Class Calamity Beast, leading a small wave of C and D-Class Calamity Beasts, and quite a few Remnant Beastss, that's all."

Lu Li shot Zhou Feipeng an annoyed look. "You sure have it easy."

"I almost died," Zhou Feipeng said, his swagger gone.

"I was also saved by the Great Sage. Otherwise, all you'd see now would be a tombstone and a recording I made six months ago."

"It's fine, we were close too. If it weren't for the stone powder that Senior left behind earlier, if our firepower couldn't hold that defensive line, Dongcheng City would have been gnawed away by another chunk."

"Did that Senior say anything else?" Wei Heng was more concerned about this now.

"No, he just stuck his staff there again," Zhou Feipeng sighed. "We just sent one staff away, and now another one shows up. We really have a connection with staffs."

"Let's not have any more connections," Wei Heng sighed. "The Special Affairs Bureau Headquarters in the Imperial Capital just sent a letter. Their staff flew away, and based on the final location, it fell into our Ring City Lake."

"Huh? The Great Sage recalled the staff he used last time?" Zhou Feipeng was shocked. Could this be the real Great Sage?

"Mm," Wei Heng nodded, then added, "We discussed it in the last meeting; we need to try our best to establish contact with that Senior. Did you establish any contact?"

"Yes," Zhou Feipeng thought deeply for a moment.

"Oh?" Wei Heng's face lit up with joy.

"He grabbed the back of my collar. We had zero-distance contact, and the Great Sage's hand was quite cold!"

"I'll show you a cold corpse!"

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...

On the other side, Fang Xun had already returned to his home.

It wasn't that Fang Xun didn't want to continue showing off.

After that Disaster Beast died, he could no longer maintain that power.

If he kept showing off, he would end up falling into the water.

Besides, Jiang Qin was right beside him, looking on with full admiration.

He didn't want to shatter Jiang Qin's beautiful fantasy.

In Jiang Qin's eyes, that Senior must be mysterious and powerful, certainly not someone related to her useless older brother.

Quickly finding a spot without surveillance, Fang Xun landed and took off his mask, wrapping it up with the pheasant feather in his cloak.

Holding this bundle of things, Fang Xun sneakily returned to his residential compound.

When he entered the gate, he happened to run into Old Man Wang.

The old man almost thought he was a thief coming in to steal things.

Fang Xun chuckled and greeted the old man, then swiftly headed home.

Of course, that was already a morning matter.

Fang Xun had already stuffed that package under his bed, which was already packed full.

Now, Fang Xun lay comfortably at home, watching the news on television.

As expected, the video of the Great Sage's return once again hit the trending searches.

Dongcheng City had been repeatedly appearing in the eyes of the citizens of Great Xia recently. There was even a growing sentiment that Dongcheng City was a city protected by the Great Sage.

There were quite a few people inquiring about housing prices in Dongcheng City.

However, it had only been a few days.

All of this was just a single wave of attention. Whether this attention would subside or continue to churn up massive waves depended on the subsequent developments.

Just as Fang Xun was happily watching the hot topic that belonged to him, his door was suddenly knocked upon.

Fang Xun found the knocking sound a bit strange.

The morning's events hadn't dampened the enthusiasm of the young ladies for their lake outing.

After the Great Sage blew up the Disaster Beast in Ring City Lake, the lake, which previously only attracted fishermen and a few children, had become exceptionally lively.

Nothing was more reassuring than a place swept clean by the Great Sage.

Many people were even taking photos as souvenirs, treating it as a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

"Who is it?" Fang Xun called out first.

No matter who it was, it couldn't be Jiang Qin, Tang Xiaotang, or Pei Ruanruan.

Those girls were having too much fun.

It wouldn't be Zhang Tianci and the others either; if they came, they would definitely be shouting 'Brother, brother!'

Speaking of which, the two brothers hadn't followed Pei Ruanruan, and he didn't know where they went.

"It's the Admissions Office. Can you open the door, guardian?"

"Yes, it's the Admissions Office. Guardian, please open the door."

"Admissions Office?" Fang Xun muttered. Why would the Admissions Office come here? The college entrance exam scores haven't even been released yet.

Despite muttering, Fang Xun still walked over and opened the door.

When Fang Xun opened the door, he saw four large men standing at the entrance. Except for one serious-looking young man, the others all wore very gentle smiles.

"Who are you?"

"Director of Admissions for Jing University, I am Liu Bo." Liu Bo spoke first and extended his hand for a handshake.

"Director of Admissions for Qing University, I am He Cheng." He Cheng followed closely behind, also extending his hand.

Looking at the outstretched hands, Fang Xun pondered for a moment before making a decision.

He closed the door.

Jing University and Qing University coming to recruit in person—was he foolish enough to let them in?

But after a moment, Fang Xun realized something.

Weren't these two here because of Jiang Qin's Psionic Power test score?

Although the college entrance exam results weren't out, Jiang Qin's psionic power score was already known!

It seemed that this was indeed the case.

Thinking again, Fang Xun opened the door once more.

At this moment, the four men hadn't left and were just standing awkwardly at the doorway.

"Hahahaha! Hahahaha!" This time, Fang Xun proactively extended his hands, enthusiastically shaking one hand from each person.

The live broadcast from the Testing Bureau had ended once the scores were released.

Fang Xun didn't know about the subsequent conversation between Jiang Qin and Wei Heng.

Fang Xun only knew now that his sister's future was here!

Jing University and Qing University—regardless of when—were golden signboards!

"Come, come, please, please!" Fang Xun said while inviting the group inside.

As they entered, Fang Xun didn't forget to speak to the young man who looked unusual.

"May I ask your esteemed surname?"

"No need for ceremony, I am Long Aotian," Long Aotian said faintly.

Fang Xun: "?"

"Who are you?" Fang Xun blinked.

"I am the deputy to Director Liu Bo," Long Aotian replied faintly.

"...Right."

After a moment of silence, Fang Xun still sat facing them.

"Cough..." Liu Bo spoke first. "Well, please take a look at Jing University's sincerity first."

As Liu Bo spoke, he took out an envelope.

This envelope contained the terms he could offer.

Coming with that trash from Qing University, he naturally couldn't get straight to the point. Otherwise, if that trash insisted on suppressing him, wouldn't it all be ruined?

"Then I... should take a look?"

"Look, look," Liu Bo pushed the envelope further forward.

Just as Fang Xun was about to reach for it, the door suddenly burst open.

"Fang Xun! We found Old Man Wang's secret!"

"WTF, Liu Bo? Oh no, Director Liu?"