Chapter 90: Chapter 90: This Is My Duty

Su Huanqing was already reduced to screaming and thrashing about.

Xu Lingjun reacted swiftly, tucking Su Huanqing under his arm, his legs exerting tremendous force as the True Qi within his body resonated with the external wind.

His body suddenly shifted with the fierce wind, his feet landing on protruding rocks specially designed for climbers.

His steps continued rapidly, borrowing the wind… suddenly rising several meters, now just over ten meters from the cliff’s edge.

Last time, he had no idea how to use the Lightweight Technique, but after one fall, he felt he had grasped something… no wonder this Cultivation Technique requires one to be completely airborne to experience high-altitude winds, for only then can one fully escape the shackles of the ground and merge completely with the wind.

This Cultivation Technique is indeed miraculous.

Filled with joy, he exerted force repeatedly, moving as if freed from gravity, drifting with the wind, he seemed quite graceful…

Huh?!

In her moment of crisis, Su Huanqing’s heart was pounding fiercely, but her falling body suddenly rose instead. She couldn’t help but be taken aback, looking at Xu Lingjun with shining eyes, thinking, this guy is quite impressive, able to save himself even in such circumstances–maybe he’s not as useless as Xiaoya said.

He’s clearly quite useful.

Am I not going to die this time?

But barely had she time to rejoice…

She could only watch as Xu Lingjun repeatedly stepped, riding the wind, then missed a step, causing his regained balance to teeter as they plummeted downward once more.

Turns out he’s just a silver spearhead, looks impressive but useless…

Su Huanqing, frightened again, closed her eyes and screamed, thinking, this is giving me hope only to plunge me into despair again.

But just after she screamed a few times, she felt herself completely enveloped in a warm embrace.

She opened her eyes in shock, only to find Xu Lingjun had tightly cradled her in his arms, using his body to cushion hers, enveloping her completely, leaving no space between them.

He… he’s willing to sacrifice himself to save me?

Su Huanqing widened her eyes, her impending fear of death dissipating, as she just stared blankly at the handsome face so close to her own.

In this moment, her wildly beating heart seemed to resonate with the body holding her…

Perhaps we will both be smashed into pieces, our bones and blood mingling together, achieving Supreme communion in spirit.

Su Huanqing suddenly felt an exceedingly romantic thought surge in her heart…

Boom~~~!!!

Thick dust permeated the air.

The hard ground was directly smashed into a huge crater.

Su Huanqing cried out in pain, feeling her chest collide forcefully with Xu Lingjun’s with no buffer whatsoever.

The pain made her want to tear off her clothes and rub herself fiercely…

But unfortunately, her whole body felt as if it were falling apart, and even though there was some cushioning, falling from such a height and not dying was already a miracle… wait… miracle…

Su Huanqing tried several times to get up but struggled to and couldn’t. She asked, tearfully, “Xu Lingjun, are you okay… Xu Lingjun, you… you’re okay?”

Her desperate cries turned to stunned silence when she saw Xu Lingjun below, staring back at her speechlessly.

No… really okay.

She was dumbfounded, looking up at the over a hundred-meter height they had fallen from–not jumped, fell–it was falling…

And nothing happened?

She sat astride Xu Lingjun, utterly stunned.

At this point.

In the distance, police sirens blared, seemingly attracted by the dust cloud here.

A few armed police swiftly jumped out of the vehicle, employing the Light Body Technique to rush over, shouting, “Calm down, stay calm, don’t give up hope… uh…”

They also halted.

Looking at the pair tightly tangled on the ground amidst the dust.

One of the armed police looked up at the sky curiously, asking, “Didn’t someone report that someone was going to jump off the cliff?”

Xu Lingjun nodded, propping himself up to sit.

Aside from a sore chest, he wasn’t injured otherwise.

He pointed at Su Huanqing and said, “It was her who wanted to jump off the cliff. Suddenly, she just rushed out while talking, and I said you were dawdling with me for so long because you were annoyed I was delaying your suicide. You’re so pretty and young, is it really worth thinking so poorly?”

Su Huanqing blankly said, “Huh?”

The other female armed police officer’s face changed slightly at these words, immediately going to restrain her, holding her firmly.

She earnestly counseled, “Young lady, you’re still young, the future holds many wonderful things. Why are you so troubled by such a small issue… huh? Think of your parents, was it easy for them to raise you this far? Are you doing right by them?”

Su Huanqing: “……………”

She defended, “I didn’t, I wasn’t, I wasn’t thinking of suicide, he’s the one who was suicidal, I was trying to talk him out of it.”

Xu Lingjun speechlessly retorted, “I came to cultivate Lightweight Skills; I’m alive and well, why would I commit suicide? It’s you who suddenly rushed out like that… if it weren’t for my quick reflexes, you would have been smashed to pieces by now.”

The armed police officer glanced at the round crater beneath the two and hesitantly asked, “You fell from up there to save her? Are you alright, do you need a check-up?”

“No, I’m fine, didn’t I say? I actually came to practice Light Body Technique.”

Xu Lingjun said with a smile, “At the crucial moment, I used Light Body Technique to absorb much of the impact… that’s why I’m okay, otherwise being crushed by such a weight, I’d definitely be injured.”

Su Huanqing widened her eyes, not daring to believe Xu Lingjun’s words.

Did you seriously say you used Light Skills to absorb a lot of impact?

You fell from a hundred meters to eighty-five and then rose to ninety before falling hard like a bouncing ball… what’s the difference from falling from a hundred meters, really?

Xu Lingjun paused, seemingly realizing his words were a bit exaggerated, and added, “But right now, my chest really hurts from being hit, though it’s just an injury from impact, a bit of bruising liniment and it’ll be fine.”

“That’s good then.”

The armed police officer solemnly saluted Xu Lingjun, exclaiming loudly, “Thank you for saving an innocent resident; we will arrange for higher-ups to give you some recognition… judging by your age, you’re still a student, right?”

Xu Lingjun nodded, saying, “Yes, I’m a student from Qingzhou City, here in Fangyi City for the Dragon Gate Examination.”

“That’s even better, risking your life to save someone. You’ll get bonus points for the martial test of the Dragon Gate Examination.”

The armed police officer looked up at the sky, smiling, “This truly is risking your life to save someone, one wrong move and there’d be two lives lost, but to fall from such a height and be okay shows your impressive ability, whether there are bonus points or not doesn’t matter.”

The female armed police officer, forcibly supporting the still weak-limbed Su Huanqing, whose legs were still spread thanks to Xu Lingjun’s collision, said seriously, “Please cooperate with us in making a report, I need to take this young lady back for psychological counseling, and concerning your reward, we will issue it after the procedure.”

“No, I wasn’t trying to commit suicide. I came to find him, I’m his teacher, I came to find him, I really wasn’t…”

Su Huanqing was forcibly lifted by the female armed police officer, attempting desperately to explain, only to find, to her despair, that seemingly… no one believed her.

Xu Lingjun nodded, earnestly saying, “As a lawful citizen, it’s my duty to rescue innocent people from danger without hesitation; actually, I don’t need any reward, but of course, bonus points would be nice.”