Chapter 105: What Else Do You Want to Do?

By the time Qin Jian had finished arranging the equipment and returned to the Tianshui Team's residence, the lights were already out.

He walked upstairs on tiptoe, found Shui Bing'er's room, and opened the door with a click.

Then, his eyes lit up.

Because the two beds in the bedroom had already been pushed together...

He chuckled softly and went to look for Shui Bing'er, but after glancing around the room, he couldn't find her anywhere.

"Where is she... where did she go..."

The room wasn't large; aside from a walk-in closet, there was only the bathroom.

Qin Jian knocked lightly on the bathroom door, but received no response.

He hesitated for perhaps a fleeting moment, then reached out and opened the door.

"Click..."

He walked in slowly, and then his eyes widened...

What met his eyes was a white jade-like bathtub and a white jade-like person!

An indescribable, beautiful sight filled his eyes, and Qin Jian didn't even blink.

Shui Bing'er was leaning sideways against the soft leather cushion at the back of the tub, having actually fallen asleep while soaking.

"Hoo..."

Qin Jian took a deep breath, then slowly squatted down beside the bathtub.

He rested his hands on the edge of the tub, propped his chin up, and just quietly observed the moving figure of the beautiful young girl in the water...

Whenever the water temperature dropped, Qin Jian would quietly add some hot water to maintain it.

Just like that, he didn't know how much time had passed...

Until at one moment, Shui Bing'er's head gave a slight jerk, bumping against the cushion, and then she finally opened her eyes slowly...

What met her eyes was Qin Jian's smiling face; her gaze was slightly dazed, and then she saw Qin Jian wave his hand: "Hi, good evening..."

She blinked her eyes, her vision slowly focusing, and then all the senses in her body returned, including... the feeling of herself in the water...

"I fell asleep... I was just... taking a bath... Ah—"

The next moment, an earth-shattering scream rang out in the bathroom...

Qin Jian covered his ears in time.

"Splash..."

Shui Bing'er hurriedly turned around, leaving only her back to Qin Jian.

"You're too much..." she chided in a low voice.

Qin Jian blinked his eyes, then reached out and rested his hand on her snow-white, fragrant shoulder: "Bing'er, actually, I think I've been very restrained..."

"Facing such a tempting scene, yet I didn't do anything; there's no one less 'too much' than me, right?" he said with a smile.

Shui Bing'er turned her back to him again and chided: "Then what other 'too much' things do you want to do?"

Qin Jian's hand slowly slid downward: "For example, this kind of..."

"Ya!"

With a cry of surprise, Shui Bing'er jumped out of the tub in an instant, pushing her strength as a Spirit Master to the limit.

"Swish!"

Qin Jian barely managed to see her movements before she had already grabbed a towel and pajamas and rushed out of the bathroom.

And by the time he got up and walked out, Shui Bing'er had already dried herself off and put on her water-blue nightgown.

Qin Jian leaned against the doorway with his arms crossed, eyeing Shui Bing'er's flushed face, and said with a smile: "Bing'er, I've been thinking about a question..."

"What question?"

Shui Bing'er's attention was slightly diverted.

Qin Jian looked her up and down and said: "You're clearly not very old, so why have you developed so well? Could it be the promoting effect of soul power? After all, you're already Level 35... wait, you're Level 36 soul power?"

"I heard from the Instructor that soul power levels do indeed promote physical development..." Shui Bing'er said with a slightly reddened face.

She glanced at Qin Jian: "Aren't you Level 29 too?"

Qin Jian chuckled softly: "You're a true genius, while I... have a cheat that balances gains and losses..."

Shui Bing'er naturally couldn't understand what he was talking about.

"Alright, get some rest early; tomorrow is a big battle, after all!"

Qin Jian walked over, embraced her, and headed toward the bed.

"I don't even know how many times we've touched, yet you're still this shy when I take a look; I really don't know what you're thinking..."

His muttering naturally didn't escape Shui Bing'er's ears; she suddenly pushed Qin Jian away, pointed toward the bathroom, and said: "You haven't showered yet, go!"

"And! Tonight we are sleeping in separate beds! Hmph!"

Watching as Shui Bing'er dragged her bed apart again, Qin Jian was finally at a loss.

"Seems like I said too much..."

As for whether the two of them actually slept in separate beds that night, no one else knew.

Only the person cleaning the room would notice that Qin Jian's bed was as neat as if no one had ever slept in it...

"The young couple is finally up?"

The next day, when Qin Jian and Shui Bing'er had finished tidying up and went downstairs, they saw Yan Zhining and the other six already waiting in the lobby.

Hearing Yan Zhining's teasing remark, Qin Jian didn't change his expression or skip a beat: "Good morning, Instructor Yan, and good morning to all you beautiful girls."

"Hee hee..."

His greeting made the other six beam with joy, and even Yan Zhining couldn't help but laugh: "Seeing that you're still this thick-skinned, I can rest easy."

"Let's go, children; whether we can win first place in the Ranking Tournament depends on you all!"

Yan Zhining did not delay any further and led the eight of them directly toward the Soul Fighting Arena of Thunder Academy.

Along the way, students from Tianshui Academy kept crowding around, swelling their numbers and momentum.

"Eh? The Soul Fighting Arena of Thunder Academy is on the mountaintop?" At this moment, Qiu Ruoshui finally realized.

Yan Zhining nodded and said, "The competition venue I mentioned yesterday requires ascending from five different passages; once you reach the summit, you will appear inside the Soul Fighting Arena for the final contest."

"By the way, Instructor Zhineng..."

Qin Jian suddenly asked, "How will the final contest be conducted after reaching the summit? Is it one-on-one battles?"

"No..."

Yan Zhining said, "No matter how many people are left at the end, it will be a melee."

"A melee?"

Several of them exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

Yan Zhining nodded and said, "That's right. Whichever academy the student who persists to the very end belongs to, that academy will be the champion of this year."

Qin Jian rubbed his brow: "I always have the feeling of being targeted. Is it just my imagination?"

At this time, their group had already walked to the entrance of the mountaintop Soul Fighting Arena.

"Enough talk, hurry and prepare for your entrance. Show everyone the strength of our Tianshui Team."

Yan Zhining did not yet know Qin Jian's plans and only assumed they would also be making a normal entrance.

The members of the team looked at each other and smiled, their eyes full of eagerness to give it a try.

After entering the Soul Fighting Arena, they felt their vision dim, giving them the sense of being at a concert before it begins; each student was even handed a glow stick.

After finding the area for Tianshui Academy and sitting down, they didn't wait long before a beam of white light shone onto the high platform, revealing the figure of a young man wearing a white suit.

"Hello everyone, I am the host for this Five Elements Academy Ranking Tournament, and my name is Lei Jun."

It was clear that this host was also from Thunder Academy, but he looked quite young and would likely be more professional than the high-level figures from Shenfeng Academy who had guest-hosted before.

He first introduced the original intent of the Ranking Tournament, then introduced the Deans of the Five Great Academies, and finally said, "Then, let us invite the protagonists of today to take the stage!"

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(End of this chapter)