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Chapter 648 - 23 Preparedness averts peril

Chapter 648: Chapter 23 Preparedness averts peril

An Jing was well aware that his academic test scores were somewhat inflated. To tell the truth might lead Zhang Zhuo to doubt himself.

Thus, he did not share his own thoughts, but slightly modified Huo Qing’s approach to explain the situation.

Unexpectedly, Huo Qing’s answer won the admiration of the baby-faced young man: "I never thought there could be such a practical approach, focusing primarily on self-interest and self-protection—just as my father always said, considering matters practically indeed aligns with reality."

Xu Yue, standing beside them, also stealthily raised her head to glance at An Jing.

Being able to undertake the same mission with An Jing indicated that these two students not only had excellent scores but also great potential and their own ways of dealing with the world.

Zhang Zhuo was outgoing and good at conversing, using conversation to gather information, and was not the type to be disliked, while Xu Yue was the type who would hide her presence and use technical means to gather intelligence.

However, this time, with only three students of the same level participating, she couldn’t hide anymore.

An Jing conversed a bit more with Zhang Zhuo, mostly speculating about the current mission.

An Jing discovered that Zhang Zhuo also knew about the intelligence that ’many teams from various factions have been attacked near the North Lake marsh area’, but he did not know the specifics of the attacks, only that the attackers were not very strong, but were well-armed.

When An Jing shared what he knew about the battle recordings, Zhang Zhuo’s look of admiration deepened—worthy of being the top in the academic tests, even the channels for intelligence were impressive!

"This test might have some surprises; the mission objective isn’t that simple."

Xu Yue also rarely spoke up. She lifted her head and said quickly and softly, "We should just keep our distance and detect from afar. Do not get close; in the Wilderness, even teachers might not be able to help us."

An Jing looked at her and couldn’t help but nod slightly—indeed, the elite students from the academies in Tianyuan Realm do have some strength, whether it be skills or insight.

At this moment, the flying shuttle started up.

A woman with a gentle ponytail hanging in front of her chest walked into the shuttle’s cabin. She looked very young, with a beautiful face. Due to everyone practicing cultivation, her age was indiscernible, but one could tell her personality was pleasant, not the kind of teacher who is aloof and unapproachable.

She first glanced at the three students and softly began, "I am Guang Yueqin from the Teaching Department. You can call me Mrs. Guang. I’m responsible for assessing your performance in this martial test mission."

"Don’t worry, if there are unexpected events that make it impossible to complete the mission, this martial test will not be recorded. Don’t be burdened psychologically, just perform well."

An Jing could tell that Guang Yueqin’s cultivation was at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, Foundation Transformation to Origin. She appeared fragile, but her flesh and blood were no longer mere mortals’, but filled with a concentrated Earth Essence Spiritual Qi.

Standing in the cabin, the aura emanating from her was already starting to solidify the entire shuttle, a type of cultivator specialized in defense—indeed the most suitable teacher for accompanying students on missions into the Wilderness.

"I can’t do that sort of thing,"

An Jing glanced over, feeling somewhat emotional. Although he could manage similar feats, the Tai Shi Yuan Evil essence emanating from him strained even his own body to bear, gradually turning everything centered around him into dust, ashes, and the purest Five Element Spiritual Energy; defensive magical arts were no exception.

As Mrs. Guang confirmed the identities of the candidates once again, the flying shuttle had already taken off, enveloped in a pale halo of protective barrier against evil.

As the flying shuttle ascended higher, Xuanye City gradually came into view below.

However, the skyscrapers at the city center of Xuanye City were not easily surpassed as mere short buildings; most of them were towering structures over two thousand meters tall. These gigantic buildings located at the center of the Spiritual Vein City were mostly not intended for residential purposes, but rather served as giant Formation Bases ’wedged’ into the Spirit Vein. Through Spiritual Vision, one could see three levels of embedded, gear-like interlocking, revolving Formation Light Wheels.

And at the center of the Spirit Vein, dazzling with neon Immortal Light, majestic as mountains, piercing through the Fiend Clouds and reaching the high heavens, stood the enormous construct ’Luofu Immortal Platform,’ which was said to be ten thousand meters tall. Even the flying shuttle, thousands of meters in the sky, could not surpass the base of this structure.

On this mountain-like gigantic steel base flowed rivers of vast and mighty Spiritual Pattern Light Flow, evoking terrifying power, striking thunder through the atmosphere, creating rings of Thunder Light that encircled the Luofu Immortal Platform.

That was the artificial sun illuminating the center of Luofu City, the true light source of the entire city, and also the outermost defense of the Luofu Immortal Platform which directly reaches the Cave Heaven.

The flying shuttle accelerated, rushing towards the Wilderness outside the safe zone.

Xuanye City was vast, and the safe zone was sizable; even at the speed of the flying shuttle, it would take two and a half hours to reach the edge of the Wilderness. During this time, the students could rest and nourish the Spirit or cultivate, as the shuttle was equipped with a Formation for Foundation Establishment.

Mrs. Guang currently transmitted mission-related information to the three students: "If you have any questions, you can ask me. Once we reach the mission location, there can be no communication between us except for calls for help."

"There are even movements of the Demon Beasts in the Beihu Swamp area."

Zhang Zhuo’s eyes lit up with azure light as he perused the data in the chip: "Indeed, there are abnormal migratory behaviors, and clearly, they are moving towards the center of the abandoned Fortress Area. The attackers probably struck the detection team because something special among the Spiritual Objects is about to emerge."

Xu Yue remained silent, browsing for a long while before slightly nodding: "These people... are not simple. Their direction of concealment is in a region where Spiritual Energy is chaotic, beyond the detectability of normal scanning Techniques. By then, we can only use drones and optical equipment."

"It’s not just that." Zhang Zhuo’s expression also turned serious: "This operational pattern is not on the same level as the Wilderness Tribulation Cultivators I’ve seen. Behind this group, there really are other forces, at least a major corporation."

With the data provided by Third Middle School, these two attending candidates had already guessed the attackers’ background. What they needed to do next was to simply carry out practical operations once onsite to verify their suspicions.

Mrs. Guang, standing by, nodded slightly; both students were excellent, and the probability of a smooth examination was high, so she need not worry about rescuing them.

But... why was An Xuan not moving at all?

Perplexed, Mrs. Guang turned her head to look at An Jing, only to find the young Cultivator was taking out one parachute pack after another from the Great Void Artifact, along with various impact-resistant talismans, buffering capes, and emergency elixirs, such as the Soul Condensing Ice Heart Pill and the Returning Yuan Pill that strengthens restoration.

"Here, take these."

After arming himself thoroughly, An Jing began to distribute the corresponding materials to Zhang Zhuo and Xu Yue, even including Mrs. Guang: "Teacher, although you are at the Foundation Establishment level and probably don’t need these, I still have to give you some."

"An’s preparations are really thorough."

Mrs. Guang didn’t refuse, gently accepting the series of accident-preventive equipment, slightly astonished but highly regarding An Jing: "Strong crisis awareness, prevention is better than cure, indeed, is this the fundamental quality of a wilderness genius?"

"Thank you."

And on the other side, Zhang Zhuo and Xu Yue, also somewhat surprised—if they were pampered young masters, at this moment they would definitely scoff and say, ’I don’t need these things, get them away from me, are you looking down on me?’ However, they politely expressed their gratitude and even took out their own prepared pills and talismans to offer An Jing.

Although they all did not expect any mishaps during the operation, they wouldn’t reject the help from others and would express their gratitude, possibly related to their upbringing.

For An Jing, what he needed to do next was simply wait.