Chapter 126: Chapter 125 This Can’t Be Helped (Three more Chapters today!)

Fangyi City First Central Hospital.

Martial artist examinations are hardly ever gentle…

Basically, each year there are some severely injured casualties.

Therefore, the Empire makes prior arrangements for medical personnel to be stationed there, to minimize casualties as much as possible.

But even so, over the years, while the number of the injured has been high, the number of deaths… has been quite low.

But this time, do they intend to make an exception?

After the martial examination concluded.

Gu Xi rushed to the emergency rescue center of the hospital, where a student was undergoing emergency treatment.

“How is the patient’s condition?”

She asked the doctor who had just come out of the emergency room.

The doctor frowned and said, “The situation is very bad; it’s probably hard to save him… The patient’s current condition is very peculiar, symptoms of excessive blood loss are severe.”

Gu Xi said, “He just used a forbidden skill named ‘Qiantian Gang Qi,’ which is a technique that burns qi blood.”

The doctor, puzzled, asked, “But it should just be excessive qi blood loss; his body is completely empty, almost like an ordinary person who has never cultivated martial tao skills.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s like, burning qi blood can be understandable, but can true qi also burn? But now his condition is that… both his true qi and qi blood are completely burned out.”

The doctor sighed, “An ordinary person attempting a martial skill that even martial artists have a hard time surviving, you can imagine what his fate would be.”

Gu Xi concluded, “He is as good as dead.”

The doctor lamented, “Yes, who would have thought that your examinations have become so severe, pushing someone to burn out their qi force and qi blood completely without even passing the exam?”

“He brought it upon himself.”

Gu Xi thought for a bit and asked, “Can I still communicate with him?”

The doctor shook his head, “I’m afraid not. If the patient has family, they can come to see him one last time, but it’s really just a meeting now; the patient is already in a vegetative state. Sigh, this ‘Qiantian Gang Qi’ skill is too dangerous, depleting qi blood to such an extent. Once used, it’s either death or serious injury.”

“Is that so?”

Gu Xi shook her head helplessly.

Then left the hospital.

The death of a student during an examination is, of course, a very serious matter…

But for someone like Zhong Dawei, it’s a completely different result. He preemptively suppressed a forbidden skill inside him, going in with the mindset of all burn together. It’s best if he dies; if he doesn’t, the education bureau might investigate him for harming the student.

“But this way, the possibility of tracing the mastermind behind him seems lost.”

Gu Xi shook her head helplessly and said to Liu Zhiyuan on the other end of the phone, “This Zhong Dawei was of mediocre strength; there must be a master aiding him. To forcibly suppress ‘Qiantian Gang Qi’ inside a Qi Gathering Realm martial artist, this person’s strength is likely above mine. I really don’t understand, Xu Lingjun is just an ordinary person, though with remarkable talent, but according to his files, he hasn’t provoked anyone. Who is trying to kill him?”

“Whoever it is, as long as we confirm Xu Lingjun is being targeted, it’s fine. We must ensure his safety.”

Liu Zhiyuan seriously said, “Xu Lingjun is a student of our Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion, and we absolutely cannot afford any loss.”

“But Pavilion Master, didn’t you promise Pavilion Master Zhang…”

Liu Zhiyuan proudly smiled and said, “Hehe, do you know what the greatest trait of a martial artist is? Thick skin! That young Xu Lingjun can withstand radiation at such a young age. What difference does it make if I go back on my word once?”

“Pavilion Master, you’re wise!”

Gu Xi chuckled and said, “In that case, Pavilion Master, if I act a bit shamelessly, it’s okay, right? Do you think I’m suitable to be Xu Lingjun’s advisor? I feel like my situation matches his perfectly.”

Liu Zhiyuan glanced at Gu Xi and said, “That’s up to your own ability, just make sure to protect him now, don’t allow anyone with ulterior motives to approach him alone, understand?”

“Yes, understood.”

Gu Xi immediately responded loudly.

The Pavilion Master agreed to help me cheat… then Xu Lingjun’s matter is now my matter.

I must pay attention.

Not long after Gu Xi left.

A figure sneaked in silently.

Avoiding all surveillance, careful not to be noticed by anyone… in just a moment, he appeared lightly in front of the neat hospital room.

Looking at Zhong Dawei, who was lying on the bed, barely hanging by a thread, with almost no signs of being alive.

Marquis Xia Wu sighed longingly and said, “I’m sorry, Dawei, though you’re my flesh and blood, there’s no choice. How can I let you live when you’re holding the evidence against me? Anyway, I did my best to fulfill your last wish. I’ll take the evidence; you have no objections, right?”

With that, he reached for Zhong Dawei’s pocket.

In there, a USB drive was still kept.

But at the touch…

He couldn’t help but be stunned.

The USB drive?

How… is it gone?

North Campus.

The written exam ends later than the martial exam.

As soon as the written exam was over, Wang Qingya rushed home.

Already panting heavily by the time she arrived home.

Seeing Wang Tiancheng sweating profusely on the treadmill, she asked, “Where’s Xiaojun? I heard from Xiaoqing that he got punched and was covered in blood… is he okay?”

“Is Xiaojun injured?”

Wang Tiancheng wiped the sweat off his face and said in surprise, “No, when he just got back, his complexion was rosy, as if he had taken a Ten Complete Great Replenishing Pill. He was bouncing around while walking, didn’t seem injured at all.”

“Sister Yaya.”

Just then, Xu Lingjun came downstairs in pajamas, saw Wang Qingya, and smiled, “The written exam is over?”

Wang Qingya nodded, looking Xu Lingjun up and down, then said in surprise, “Xiaojun, why is your face so red?”

“Nothing, I might be about to break through again.”

Xu Lingjun touched his burning face and smiled, “Perhaps my progress is a bit fast, after a whole day of examinations pressing my potential, it’s a bit exhausting, so even slightly cultivating at night leads to another breakthrough, there’s no helping it.”

“That’s true.”

Wang Qingya had no doubt about Xu Lingjun’s words. She smiled, “Congratulations on your high score, I’ll personally cook today to give you a good reward, strive for another high score in tomorrow’s written exam…”

Wang Tiancheng’s eyes lit up and he asked, “Hearing from Xiaoya, is the admission to Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion secured?”

Wang Qingya sweetly smiled, “Of course it’s secured. Xiaojun is still ranked first. As long as his written exam score is over 370, he will surely be admitted to Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion. I personally guided him in this area, and I’m fully confident. 370 is no problem.”

“And your bet with each other…”

“What bet?”

“It’s… the bet that you’ll get into Bei Xuanwu Martial Mansion and then you two will get married.”

Wang Tiancheng said in delight, “Am I soon to be a grandfather?”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Xiaojun is not even an adult yet.”

Wang Qingya feigned anger, but as she spoke, her heart inexplicably fluttered…

Recalling what happened a few nights ago.

She had drunk alcohol and lost her senses.

Luckily, Xiaojun had also been drunk and confused; otherwise, she might have been taken advantage of completely by now.

Though still a child, in a physical sense, he’s already grown up.

“Oh, right, Sister Yaya, here’s your outfit back.”

Xu Lingjun handed over the Vibranium Armor necklace, smiling, “Thank you for your concern.”

Wang Tiancheng asked puzzledly, “What outfit?”

“N-nothing.”

Wang Qingya pounced like a tiger, clutched the necklace to her chest, heart inexplicably pounding, afraid Xu Lingjun might inadvertently reveal it’s nothing, just a set of tight underwear… saying such things.

If that happened, she really would have no face left to live.

“Xiaojun, do well in the written exam tomorrow, I’ll go cook for you. Didn’t you say you’re about to breakthrough? Then quickly go cultivate… try to breakthrough another realm, it’ll surely give you an advantage in the written exam, won’t it?”

Saying this, she quickly pushed Xu Lingjun away, taking herself away swiftly.

Wang Tiancheng, bewildered, murmured, “This girl is muddled. Even if Xiaojun becomes an Upper Realm Grandmaster, how could it benefit in the written exam? But Xiaojun actually got first place in the martial exam? My son is this capable?”

Thinking about it, he grew ecstatic again.