How come the celestial technique I stole is so powerful?!-Chapter 211 Campus Ambush

The sun sets in the west.

Nanjiang University campus quiets down from the daytime hustle and bustle.

Poplar trees become desolate in the twilight, and the campus paths fall asleep in the dusk.

A figure in white walks along the path, casual and carefree.

He is Nanjiang University professor, Xiang Yixiu.

As one of the younger professors at the university, as one of the youngest industry experts in all of Daxia... maybe "youngest" is a bit of an exaggeration, "one of" is more appropriate.

He is someone who lives quite comfortably in this society.

He does not marry, he does not have children, his salary and various incomes are enough for him to live happily and freely, and he can chat about life with his graduate students whenever he wants.

For example, this past week he went abroad with that female graduate student, had a really great time.

After returning, he heard lots of rumors...

About him.

Of course, mostly derogatory.

They say he is a professor during the day, but a beast at night.

They say he is civilized but not spirited during the day, and spirited but not civilized at night.

They say he engages in nepotism...

But does he care?

Life is just this one time, living freely matches the school’s principles!

Indeed, I have explored life with a graduate student, so what? She is unmarried, I am unmarried, what law have we broken? You say I’m engaging in nepotism, what is "nepotism"? If it means... I lifted her skirt, brought her over, then yes, I admit it! But, did this harm anyone?

I really brought her over!

Her professional skills have genuinely improved!

She enjoyed the pleasures of life, she was ecstatic, why should those outsiders worry...

Tonight, I’ll send her another message, review the Eighteen Dragon-Flying Phoenix styles, bite me if you dare...

Xiang Yixiu was quite pleased with himself.

Suddenly, he felt a chill.

Northwest nights are naturally cool, but this coolness was clearly different from that of the natural world...

Xiang Yixiu whirled around.

As he turned, his hair flew up.

His sharp eyes pierced through the night.

In the darkness, a faint flash, a dagger breaking through the gap in time and space, reaching his brow.

Xiang Yixiu’s pupils suddenly constricted, and with a push of his foot, he retreated ten yards backward; in that instant, he clearly saw the assailant’s appearance.

Long hair blowing in the fierce wind, with a striking red scar on his forehead.

The scar made the entire person appear rough and mysterious.

Swoosh!

Xiang Yixiu’s figure turned rapidly, changing position just as the dagger reached its endpoint: "Who are you?"

"You should know!" The assailant’s figure suddenly blurred, transforming into seven figures, seven figures, seven daggers, making it impossible to distinguish reality from illusion.

Xiang Yixiu touched his toes and soared upward, poplar leaves falling in a shower, he extended his hand, holding three leaves.

With a flick of his wrist, the leaves spun rapidly, shooting towards three positions.

Two shadows were pierced through by the leaves, obviously illusions.

The third, as the leaves reached it, the figure flickered and vanished, the leaves striking a stone behind him, which exploded...

Amidst the flying fragments, the figure circled like a snake, appearing behind Xiang Yixiu, the dagger aimed at his back.

This strike was abrupt beyond words.

Seeing that Xiang Yixiu was unable to evade, suddenly he twisted his body, turning his back into his chest.

Is it possible he preferred to die painfully by facing the dagger with his chest?

However, the outcome was obviously not what the assassin wished...

Xiang Yixiu spun, his palms transforming into countless Bodhi leaves...

Swoosh!

His right hand, formed into a Bodhi leaf, suddenly closed, capturing the attacking wrist firmly in an almost impossible move, the dagger reaching his chest, unable to move forward even an inch.

And his left hand, the middle finger trembled slightly, piercing towards the attacker’s brow.

A soft sound echoed as a strand of the attacker’s hair was pulverized before his middle finger, like a super drill, showing no visible rotation though it carried a high-speed True Qi flow.

The deadly finger approached the attacker’s brow within half an inch.

Suddenly, it stopped!

"Who are you really?" Xiang Yixiu’s voice was low, intensely serious.

The words had scarcely fallen when the wrist in his hand exploded with powerful energy, thrusting Xiang Yixiu backward; the attacker tapped his toes on the ground, morphing into nine shadows.

The nine shadows fled in nine directions, merging behind a rock into one figure, disappearing the next moment.

Xiang Yixiu stared blankly at the direction of the attacker’s disappearance, his face showing surprise...

Ten minutes later, in a hotel three blocks from Nanjiang University, Room 401, the door opened.

Blood Trace King entered the room, Lin Xiaosu stood by the window, looking at the night scene outside.

"We’ve met!" Blood Trace King said.

A flash of light in Lin Xiaosu’s eyes: "Outcome?"

"He’s not the White clothed King!" Blood Trace King seemed somewhat disappointed...

"How can you tell?"

"I gave him an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow, but he didn’t take it. Instead, he was still wondering who I was." Blood Trace King said.

One sentence, explaining the previous assassination attempt.

The one who launched the deadly attack against Xiang Yixiu was Blood Trace King.

The thrusts, fierce and unparalleled, appeared to be full force, but in reality, it was still a feint.

Blood Trace King’s initial attacks were roughly equivalent to his peak performance battling White clothed King three years ago.

But not his true cultivation now.

His purpose was to give Xiang Yixiu a chance.

Xiang Yixiu indeed seized this chance, almost killing him with one finger.

However, Xiang Yixiu did not deliver the fatal blow.

Instead, he asked the soul-searching question: Who are you?

If he were White clothed King, he would certainly recognize Blood Trace King.

Upon getting that rare opportunity, he wouldn’t hesitate to kill.

Xiang Yixiu hesitated...

Which meant he wasn’t White clothed King!

Since he wasn’t, Blood Trace King didn’t need to continue the facade, burst his true power, and withdraw from the fight.

That was the clever design of the recent battle.

It was Lin Xiaosu’s planning: the true core of straightforward and brutal assassination.

Lin Xiaosu smiled softly: "That’s good!"

"Good?" Blood Trace King’s brow furrowed: "The verification failed, you call this good?"

"Actually... deep in my heart, I didn’t want him to be White clothed King."

"You’ve had some encounters with him, maybe even some friendship?"

"You could say that!"

"What do you mean by ’you could say’?"

"It means that although I’ve only met him once, I found him quite interesting. If he were to become one of our victims, it would be a pity. I would rather have him as a comrade."

"Interesting... tell me what you find interesting about him..." Blood Trace King sat down, picking up the teacup from the table.

"My encounter with him happened in Smoky Town, where there was an Exotic Beast murder case. I had just arrived at the town; it was he who pointed me out from the crowd with one finger, telling the police that I was a detective who could help in the case. So, we worked together on the case..."

Blood Trace King held the tea cup near his mouth: "He recognized you at that time, and it was such a coincidence he pointed you out..."

"Whether he deliberately waited for me in Smoky Town doesn’t really matter, what matters is what happened afterward..."

Afterward...

What happened afterward?

Lin Xiaosu revealed everything...

He and Xiang Yixiu chased the glacier wolf across the prairie, truly pursuing it.

The glacier wolf tried to kill people on the opposite slope, they genuinely saved people.

Lin Xiaosu brought out all his battle strength.

And so did Xiang Yixiu.

A blade of grass flew close to the ground, tearing the glacier wolf apart, exposing their abilities.

Xiang Yixiu’s exceptional movement technique also was revealed in such moments.

If fundamentally he were a bad person or had great secrets, knowing Lin Xiaosu was a detective with unclear relations to Qianlong, wouldn’t he avoid exposure? The young shepherd mother’s life or death wouldn’t matter to him?

That’s what is called revealing true character in the face of life or death.

The more interesting part comes later...

Xiang Yixiu invited him to Nanjiang University, and showed him all his life’s research materials.

These materials were genuinely useful; the Ning City Fierce Beast case was resolved thanks to them.

"Ning City Fierce Beast case? What kind of Fierce Beast?" Blood Trace King asked.

"You guys in Qianlong really keep feet off the ground. Let me tell you, this case is complicated; it’s the first recorded appearance of an Underground Race in millions of years."

"Underground Race? Indigenous not content with their... inner world indigenous?" Blood Trace King’s face changed.

"Exactly!" Lin Xiaosu replied: "Regarding the indigenous, perhaps Qianlong’s research isn’t as deep as Xiang Yixiu’s because the Underground Race is his genuine research focus."

Blood Trace King felt a stir: "He truly knows about your ties to Qianlong."

"Obviously, he does."

Blood Trace King asked: "Giving you those materials, does it have any other implication?"

"Certainly!"

Blood Trace King slowly raised his gaze: "If... and I say if... if he truly aims to serve the country, why not hand the materials directly to Qianlong?"

"I’m not him, I don’t know his true reasons, but if I were to guess, I’d say there are two possibilities!" Lin Xiaosu said: "First, his school doesn’t allow it. Second, he might not trust Qianlong... at least he’s unsure if a certain Qianlong member is truly trustworthy."

Blood Trace King held the tea cup and slowly stood up: "The materials don’t mention his school, do you know his school?"

"Great Sun Xiyou Temple."

"Great Sun Xiyou Temple... Vajrayana!" Blood Trace King’s eyes lit up.

Practicing Martial Arts, he surely knows Tibet’s Vajrayana.

Great Sun Xiyou Temple is a renowned temple in Tibet, highly reputable, advocating detachment.

It appears as a temple but is more detached than any.

People there can marry, have children, and even practice dual cultivation...

The saying "Heart has Buddha, no need for Spirit Mountain pilgrimage" fits them.

"Vajrayana is a common term; possibly... in Kun Cang, there’s another name!" Lin Xiaosu said.

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