Jiang Cheng also has his own beliefs, and deep within his heart, he still maintains the cultivation similar to "Chen Junzi," after all, he is a person from the Huaxia Country.

Throughout millennia, in the ancient history of Huaxia Country, those who left a significant mark in history were mostly those who appeared cultured and polite on the outside but had overwhelmingly strong inner strength, akin to scholars.

Even though there were some warriors renowned for their combat abilities, their legacy was not as widespread as those with elegant appearances.

For example, in a historical period of Huaxia Country, there was a military general with astonishing combat power named Old Zhang, but his renown was not as prominent as his comrade Zhao.

One important reason for this is that Zhao had a fair appearance, seemed cultured and polite, and had combat power equal to Old Zhang. Consequently, stories about Zhao continue to spread in Huaxia Country today, appearing in various novels or film and television works.

In contrast, Old Zhang often did not have such opportunities, and even if he did, he only appeared as a supporting character.

Jiang Cheng and Guo Ran had already infiltrated the interior of the Black Exhaust Headquarters, but Jiang Cheng noticed something strange: the mental marker he left in Ba Lv's body hadn't moved for many days.

Although Jiang Cheng and Yanran are both exceptionally intelligent, no matter how they ponder, they could not imagine that Ba Lv had been imprisoned by their enemies.

This phenomenon left Jiang Cheng confused, so he found a relatively hidden place to express his doubts, wanting Ran to analyze it for him.

Ran didn't know when her teacher left a mental marker in Ba Lv's body. She was puzzled as to why her teacher concluded that Ba Lv was on Harry Planet, but due to her trust in him, she never asked. She knew her teacher was a strong person; as long as he was determined about something, she would unconditionally believe him.

Now she learned that her teacher left a mental marker on Ba Lvluo.

After hearing Jiang Cheng's explanation, she understood why her teacher slapped Ba Lv across the face that day.

Her teacher came from an ancient part of Earth, deeply influenced by its civilization, so he appeared humble and polite, cultured and refined. Her teacher would rather kill his enemies than humiliate others.

The slap on Ba Lv's face was undoubtedly a form of humiliation, which puzzled her at the time; it turned out it was to leave his mental marker there.

However, like Jiang Cheng, Ran couldn't understand why Ba Lv remained stationary in one place. According to her teacher, this situation had been ongoing for a long time.

At first, her teacher did not suspect anything, as he was far from his mental marker at the time, but now that he was close enough, he realized something was amiss.

Even after discussing it for a short while, the two couldn't figure out the reason. To be safe, Jiang Cheng decided to go alone to his mental marker's location, while Ran remained here to await his return.

Ran strongly opposed her teacher's proposal.

She said, "Teacher, you leave me here, is this place really that safe?"

Jiang Cheng explained to her, "Although this is the interior of Black Exhaust, it seems to just be the headquarters' periphery. Of course, it's not absolutely safe, but compared to going deeper into Black Exhaust's interior, it's certainly much safer here.

Moreover, according to my mental marker, Ba Lv is currently in some underground room. Honestly, I'm afraid this is a trap." Jiang Cheng continued persuading Yanran.

"After all, this is the Black Group Headquarters, there are definitely some formidable individuals present." Jiang Cheng prevented Ran from saying more and continued, "Even though I don't wish for it to be a trap, there's still a great likelihood that it is. If it's a trap, I can withdraw safely even when facing enemy attacks if I go alone, but bringing you will definitely not be as advantageous."

Ran protested, not convinced: "Teacher, what you're saying is that you're afraid I'll become a burden to you!"

Jiang Cheng hurriedly reassured her, saying he's only thinking of her safety. She's intelligent and skilled, and she certainly wouldn't be a burden to him.

Seeing Ran still being persistent, he had no choice but to put on his teacherly face, using his authority to force Guo Ran to obey him.

This time, Ran stopped talking back. Honestly, she was also a bit scared of seeing her teacher angry.

Seeing Yanran no longer wanted to follow him, Jiang Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This girl, everything about her is good, except she's a bit stubborn and headstrong. Look, it took him showing a serious attitude for her to comply. One day in the future, he'll have to have a good talk with her about this matter.

He repeatedly told Guo Ran a few things, advising her that even if she had to leave due to some special circumstances, like potentially being discovered by the enemy, she should still leave a marker so he could find her.

After saying all this, Jiang Cheng felt slightly relieved. Seeing no enemies around, he quietly sneaked towards his mental marker's location.

Ran rolled her eyes towards the direction Jiang Cheng disappeared, dismissing her teacher's words. She felt her teacher was overthinking things. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

It's not as if she hadn't fought with people from Black Exhaust.

Since encountering Old Bit and his people on the Nameless Planet, although she once fell for the enemy's tricks, so what? Not only did she knock them to the ground, but when they turned against her, didn't they all end up dead at her hands?

And last time outside Delmar Town on Erma Planet, even though the enemies lured her into their trap, except for those killed by her teacher, didn't the rest die under her arrows?

Xuran thought about it, then, that time, it seemed she killed more enemies than her teacher did.

Alright, let's not talk about those little ones; even though they've been wandering in the Dark World for many years, possessing rich combat experience, and their hands are stained with the blood of many enemies, ultimately, they are not very convincing to talk about.

However, in Delmar Town, those two leaders of the Black Ant Group, Bald and Du Zi, weren't small fry, right? Judging by their appearance, they seemed to be cadres in the Black Group, and of relatively high status.

But didn't they fail to withstand her attacks too?

Ran clearly remembered, the worst was that bald guy, getting hit by her arrows twice.

Yanran grinned mischievously. Seeing his pathetic state, calling himself a cadre was a joke; it made people look down on him. Based on his performance, it seemed that the so-called Black Exhaust Headquarters wouldn't have anyone with significant powers.

Thinking of this, Ran couldn't help but feel eager to try as well.

Her teacher is definitely exaggerating and trying to scare her, but he doesn't understand her at all.

Ran angrily kicked a small stone on the ground, treating it as if it were her annoying teacher.