Xin Ci felt a bit surprised that Su Baiwei had also obtained a test jade token. However, Mu Qingqing in the consciousness space wasn't surprised at all, as Su Baiwei was one of the early female leads in the original novel.
It sounded good, but in reality, they were just being used as tools along the way, and since they couldn't enter the Four Symbols Academy, they would have to return later.
The household servants present were reluctant, but they could only accept it silently.
After a brief inspection, Su Baiwei casually chose a few people and then noticed the inconspicuous Xin Ci standing among them.
"It's him..."
She remembered that Xin Ci had defeated Su Zhuo, suggesting he had some strength, so she chose him last.
"Su Xiu, Su Ping, Su Bei, and Xin Ci, all four of you pack your belongings tonight and accompany the young lady tomorrow."
"Yes!"
This suited Xin Ci's intentions perfectly. He was going to the Four Symbols Academy anyway, so he might as well take this opportunity.
In the silent, cold night,
Xin Ci went alone to the back mountain of the Su family. The surrounding forest was eerily quiet. The wind rustling fallen leaves carried a hint of killing intent.
"Elder Su Lie, since you are here, why are you hiding and not showing yourself?"
Su Lie emerged from the shadows, his face grim. "Tonight, the back mountain of the Su family will be your burial ground."
He had been waiting for this opportunity for too long. Tonight, he was determined to obtain the boy's secret technique.
With that said, Su Lie erupted in rage and unleashed his martial skills at Xin Ci with full force.
Unexpectedly, he saw Xin Ci's lips curl into a slight, dismissive smile as he watched him.
Su Lie quickly realized something was wrong, but it was too late.
Five cross-headed silver chains sprang from the ground with a 'swish,' instantly binding Su Lie's limbs and neck, rendering him immobile.
Su Lie struggled with all his might, but he couldn't break free from the chains.
Normally, ordinary iron chains wouldn't be able to restrain him. Could these chains be spirit artifacts?
Xin Ci slowly approached the panicked Su Lie and sneered, "What a pity. The back mountain of the Su family will be your burial ground, Su Lie."
"Don't be arrogant! Do you think I don't have any backup plans?"
"Backup? Oh, you mean those five worms hidden here before I arrived?"
"They are right beneath your feet."
Beneath his feet?
Su Lie was confused and looked down, only to see blood mixed in the soil. Could it be...!
"If you dare to kill me, the Su family's investigation will absolutely not let you go!"
"If you let me go, I swear I'll never trouble you again!"
Sensing the danger, Su Lie tried to threaten Xin Ci into releasing him.
Unfortunately, Xin Ci was not swayed. He quietly watched Su Lie and said slowly, "Some things, when they go wrong from the first step, continue to go wrong until the end, and you even bury your own path forward with your own hands."
"You can only blame yourself for being too greedy. You acted alone to seize my secret technique without informing anyone else in the Su family."
"Therefore, the Su family won't suspect me of your death. Even if they investigate me, I will already be at the Four Symbols Academy."
As he spoke, Xin Ci took out the test jade token for the Four Symbols Academy.
Su Lie's spirit was instantly shaken to its core.
Impossible!
How could this trash also have a test jade token!
"Rest well. Tonight, you will sleep forever in this land."
Xin Ci's words echoed in Su Lie's ears like the voice of death.
Then, five sharp points instantly pierced his heart, blood splattering out, adding a crimson hue to the moonlit night in the Su family's back mountain.
The next morning,
Xin Ci, as usual, accompanied Su Baiwei and the other three household servants to the Four Symbols Academy.
The Su family compound remained busy as usual. No one knew that six more corpses had been added to the Su family's back mountain last night.
...
The Four Symbols Academy was located in Tianyuan City, about a ten-day journey from Yichuan City.
Su Baiwei, Xin Ci, and their group had already been traveling for five days.
There was still one day's journey to the next city, so tonight they had to stop the carriage and camp in the forest.
Su Bei, seeing that there wasn't enough firewood to start a fire, kicked Xin Ci's leg.
"Woodcutter, go and get some dry firewood."
"Have you no manners? Calling the male lead a woodcutter? Aren't you also a Su family servant? Can't you just call the male lead by his name normally?"
Mu Qingqing floated out of the consciousness space, displeased with the little胖子 named Su Bei.
However, the little胖子 just blinked, seeing nothing.
Xin Ci did not reply, but silently went to the woods behind them to gather firewood.
In fact, Xin Ci just wanted an excuse to leave and break through to the Yellow Realm in the forest.
In the past few days, Xin Ci had been diligently cultivating at the ninth level of body refinement, and it was time to break through.
Ensuring he was alone, Xin Ci entered the crystal space and took out the Golden Spirit Fruit and Soul Condensing Incense he had obtained from the Lingbao Pavilion last time.
He lit the Soul Condensing Incense, and Elder Han used the spiritual energy produced by the burning incense to condense his soul body and repair his remnant soul.
Xin Ci, holding the Golden Spirit Fruit, which was the size of an egg, in his hand, put it into his mouth. The golden flesh was slightly sour and astringent.
But soon, a surge of power welled up from within him, and his muscles made crackling sounds.
Xin Ci instantly gained two thousand jin of strength.
Next was the crucial moment of opening a vortex in his body to break through to the Yellow Realm.
In less than half an incense stick's time, Xin Ci had opened a vortex.
A normal person's vortex when breaking through to the Yellow Realm would be at most ten inches in size. However, Xin Ci, who had cultivated the "Eternal Dao Scripture," opened a vortex that was a full zhang.
Just as Xin Ci thought he had successfully broken through to the Yellow Realm, another deep blue vortex immediately opened within his body.
This vortex was as deep and beautiful as the vast Milky Way, with endless mystery hidden at its center, adding a touch of dreaminess.
But what Xin Ci didn't understand was that he had never heard of a person being able to open two vortexes.
Mu Qingqing, in the consciousness space, seemed to sense the stellar vortex in Xin Ci's body.
The "Myriad Phenomena Star Wheel Scripture" began to operate on its own, directly breaking through to the third level, and her soul power reached the three-star Soul Realm.
After the cultivation technique broke through to the third level, Mu Qingqing, as the second personality, gained a new special ability.