Chapter 417: ARRIVAL IN RONGCHENG! THE FAMOUS FLOWER HAS AN OWNER!

One hundred combat technique manuals weren't many in number, but they were stored across different floors and different bookshelves.

Therefore, by the time Xu Jingming obtained all the original combat technique manuals, more than an hour had passed.

"Alright, this is the last combat technique manual—count them, check if the number's right."

The librarian handed Xu Jingming the final combat technique manual, breathing lightly as she spoke.

She felt she'd lent out fewer manuals in an entire month than she had today.

"The count is correct. Thank you, Teacher. I'll return them immediately after reading."

After verifying the number of manuals in his space ring, Xu Jingming nodded with a smile and turned to leave.

"Wow, one hundred combat technique manuals! Just like that—he took them all! That's so awesome!"

"Isn't that the truth? I think I heard the librarian say there were SS-class combat techniques inside!"

"What the hell?! SS-class ones can be borrowed?! Director Su really treats him well!"

"......"

In the first-floor lobby, many students watched Xu Jingming leave with envy.

After all,

even borrowing a single C-class combat technique manual required them to pay.

A deposit of fifty credits—equivalent to one million Daya currency.

The higher the combat technique's rank, the greater the deposit required!

Yet Xu Jingming didn't need to pay any deposit at all—even SS-class manuals were lent to him.

To most ordinary students, this was simply unimaginable...

After leaving the Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy's main library, Xu Jingming directly took a vehicle to the large airport in the center of Ningnan City.

There, he boarded the 11:20 flight to Rongcheng, the provincial capital of Sichuan.

Thanks to his Thunder Dragon Wings and the space-system beast emperor's bone fragment given to him by Ling Shuang,

he didn't feel anxious like other passengers on the plane.

In fact, during the flight, he even took interest in observing avian ferocious beasts outside the window.

But most of the time, he spent reading body-strengthening techniques.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our aircraft has arrived in Rongcheng, Sichuan Province..."

Three hours later, the aircraft landed smoothly, and a clear, pleasant voice announced the arrival.

"Indeed, even if a technique is only F-class, if it can be created, it still holds value for study."

After three hours, I've only deeply understood three F-class body-strengthening techniques.

I'm still far from creating one myself..."

Shaking his head, Xu Jingming returned the combat technique manuals to his space ring and stood up, following the crowd off the aircraft.

Rongcheng, the provincial capital of Sichuan, has a total population of over thirty million!

It alone has three airports!

The airport Xu Jingming arrived at was Liushuang Airport—the closest of the three to the city center.

Outside Liushuang Airport, many people were already waiting to meet arrivals.

These men and women, young and old, either dressed fashionably or exuded refined aura—clearly wealthy or noble.

Of course, that was normal; a plane ticket started at over one hundred thousand Daya currency.

Those who flew on military aircraft naturally had relatives and friends who weren't ordinary people.

Among this crowd, only one girl stood out most prominently.

The girl was very young, seemingly under twenty, with exquisite, coldly beautiful features.

She wore a black T-shirt, her chest full and prominent, her waist slender, the fabric clinging tightly as if holding astonishing elasticity.

Below, tight light-blue denim shorts revealed a pair of breathtakingly long, beautiful legs.

Her fair skin glowed translucent under the sunlight; on her feet were simple white sneakers.

Her overall attire was simple yet radiated youthful vibrancy.

Many around her subtly cast glances her way, whispering among themselves.

Their comments, beyond marveling at her fiery figure and stunning beauty, mostly concerned her identity.

"Isn't she Song Jiu Yun, that genius beauty from the Song family?"

"Yes, that's her! Last year she won the provincial Wu Ke champion and then went to Mo University, one of the three top-tier academies!"

"Wow, such talent, such powerful background, and she's this beautiful—"

"I wonder which lucky man will win the heart of this Song family's precious jewel."

"Come to think of it, Song's patriarch is turning 120 tomorrow, isn't he?"

"Really? No wonder Song Jiu Yun came to the airport—she must be here to meet someone important."

"Probably. Otherwise, she wouldn't personally come to greet them."

"......"

The Song family had immense fame throughout Sichuan Province.

As the Song family's precious jewel and last year's Sichuan Wu Ke champion, Song Jiu Yun was widely known.

Now, seeing this genius beauty appear alone at the airport,

many wondered if she was here to meet someone of critical importance to the Song family.

Thus, amid curious and speculative glances, the next flight arrived, and batches of passengers exited through the terminal.

Then they saw—

Song Jiu Yun, the Song family's most sought-after jewel, whose previously cold and composed face now bloomed into a breathtaking smile.

She immediately set those long, slender legs in motion, striding forward and throwing herself into the arms of a tall young man who had just walked out of the exit corridor.

The young man's features were resolute, his bearing steady, and he too smiled faintly as he gently wrapped an arm around Song Qiuyun's slim waist.

"Holy crap! Big news! The eldest young lady of the Song family has a man now?!"

"What's this guy's background? So many outstanding young men in our Sichuan province have had their eyes on her, yet none won Song Qiuyun's favor — and he managed to take her down?"

"I don't know who this guy is, but I reckon for a while to come, those young ability-users in our Rongcheng are going to have a good cry."

"..."

Everyone stared wide-eyed at that young man.

No one had expected that the important person Song Qiuyun had come to greet was actually her boyfriend!

As for the gazes around him, Xu Jingming, who had just stepped off the plane, naturally paid them no heed, and holding Song Qiuyun's little hand, walked straight out.

"What? You know where my home is?" Song Qiuyun beside him covered her mouth and teased with a light laugh.

Nearly two months without seeing each other, her eyes were full of spring water, as though she couldn't bear to look away from Xu Jingming for even a moment.

"Of course. Before coming I'd already looked into everything." Xu Jingming's brows rose slightly.

"Then you came pretty well prepared, but don't forget, we still need to go shopping.

Since we're in Rongcheng, I'm the host — come on, just follow this young lady."

Song Qiuyun confidently patted her own full chest, and Xu Jingming couldn't help but smile faintly, nodding along in cooperation:

"Yes, Young Lady. From here on out, everything is at your arrangement."