Chapter 539: Departure! To Senbai Canyon!

After receiving the notification, Xu Jingming hurried to Su Qingli's villa.

In the villa's living room, both Su Qingli and Ling Shuang were present.

Both were dressed in classical attire—one in blue, one in black—yet their temperaments were entirely different.

Su Qingli had a transcendent air, like a fairy, while Ling Shuang was classical and elegant, like an empress.

"Su Laoshi, Teacher Ling." Upon entering the living room, Xu Jingming called out respectfully.

More than two months had passed since his bold stunt in the virtual world.

During that time, he had met Teacher Ling Shuang more than once, and that matter was more or less behind them.

"Sit."

Su Qingli gave a slight nod and said softly:

"The National Council's ruling on your case has come out. It was decided personally by the Speaker my lord."

"The Speaker my lord?" Xu Jingming was slightly taken aback—he hadn't expected this matter to have alarmed such a big shot.

"That's right. The Speaker my lord has likely been keeping an eye on you all along, which is why he stepped in to decide the handling this time."

Su Qingli replied, "The Speaker my lord's ruling is—

Within one year, if you can slay 100 seventh-tier lord-class beasts and one eighth-tier general-class beast, there will be no punishment.

If you cannot meet the requirement, you will need to garrison the front-line battlefield in Dayangzhou for one year.

This ruling shouldn't be too bad for you, should it?"

"Punishment? What punishment?"

Xu Jingming blinked. "Going to the front-line battlefield is exactly what I wanted to do in the first place.

Whether the location is domestic or abroad, as long as I can hunt beasts, it's all the same to me.

Besides, reaching eighth-tier Master Zongshi combat power in a year isn't impossible."

From transmigrating until now, it had only been a year and a half.

He had already grown from an Awakener into an ability user with seventh-tier Master combat power.

Given another year, even he didn't know what level of combat power he'd possess a year from now.

"I knew you'd say that."

Su Qingli said with a light laugh, "It's currently 2 a. m. Go prepare some pills and supplies you'll need for the front-line battlefield first.

Seven hours from now, at nine in the morning, come gather here. We'll head to Senbai Canyon together."

"Understood." Xu Jingming's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly.

At last, he could go to the front-line battlefield to hunt beasts.

"The front-line battlefield is fraught with danger—one careless moment and you're dead."

"I'll lend you this spatial beast bone for now. Return it to me when you're back."

Ling Shuang extended her slender, jade-like hand and passed over the pristine spatial beast bone.

"Always using your spatial beast bone, Teacher Ling—I'm starting to feel a bit bad about it."

Xu Jingming chuckled and took the spatial beast bone.

Before going to Demon Lair #4 last time, he had already returned the spatial beast bone to Teacher Ling Shuang.

He hadn't expected that just a few days later, he'd have it back again.

"How about I pay you some rent? Whatever you need, I'll do my best to meet your request."

Xu Jingming asked tentatively.

This wasn't mere pleasantry—it was true that he'd had the spatial beast bone for too long.

Last time he went to Myanmar, he used it for nearly three-plus months. Now going to Senbai Canyon, he'd need to borrow it again.

If he didn't pay some rent, it really wouldn't sit right.

"Sure."

Ling Shuang's willow brows lifted slightly, and she didn't refuse:

"But I haven't decided what I want yet. I'll tell you once I've thought of it."

"Alright, Teacher Ling—just let me know the moment you think of something. Whatever this student can do, I absolutely won't hold back."

Xu Jingming replied with a smile, "Then Su Laoshi, Teacher Ling, I'll head off to prepare first."

"Mm."

"Go ahead."

Su Qingli and Ling Shuang both nodded in perfect sync.

"This little fellow—truly can't sit still for a single moment."

"The Genius Tournament only has a five-day break, and he still wants to make a trip to the front-line battlefield."

Ling Shuang's exquisite, pretty face was filled with helplessness:

"Ever since coming to Lei Ting Wu Guan, I've barely had any time to study this spatial beast bone—it's all been lent out to him."

For her, an ability user with a spatial-type ability, this ninth-tier spatial beast bone held great research value.

It was very likely that through this beast bone, she could research some critical spatial-type combat techniques.

But who could have imagined that just a few days after getting it in hand, she'd have to lend it out again.

"This time I'll be at the front-line battlefield.

He still has the eighth-grade protective talisman I gave him. You actually didn't need to lend him the spatial beast bone."

Su Qingli replied softly.

As a ninth-tier Law Saint, her spiritual power was terrifyingly formidable.

Even in the dangerous front-line battlefield, she could spare a sliver of spiritual power to keep watch over Xu Jingming at all times.

If any life-threatening danger arises, she will immediately intervene to protect him.

"Qingli, you are a ninth-rank Law Saint; if you intervene on the front-line battlefield, it could easily trigger unnecessary consequences."

Ling Shuang shook her head, "Besides, with the space beast bone, he gains an additional layer of protection."

"True." Su Qingli nodded, not giving it further thought.

Ling Shuang was already Xu Jingming's vice principal at Mo University; such concern is only natural.

The intensity of combat on the front-line battlefield is nothing like that of entering ordinary wilderness zones.

Therefore, after leaving Professor Su's villa,

Xu Jingming immediately went to the Pill Department of Lei Ting Wu Guan and purchased a large quantity of fifth-rank Energy Restoration Pills and Healing Pills.

In addition, he also prepared a stock of essential pills: Antidote Pills, Blood Surge Pills, and others.

Just these pills alone cost him 10,000 credits—two hundred million Daya coins.

Moreover, to guard against unforeseen emergencies, he purchased additional freshwater supplies and energy bars and other provisions.

After completing his purchases, Xu Jingming returned to the villa for a brief rest.

At eight-thirty in the morning, he donned his full gear and stepped out of the villa.

"Jingming, good morning!"

"Congratulations, Lei Di, on advancing to the Top 32!"

"Lei Di, good morning!"

"......"

At eight-thirty in the morning, the roads outside the villa were already filled with students from the Prodigy Training Camp out and about.

Xu Jingming was, alongside Wang Dong, the only other contestant in the entire Prodigy Training Camp to advance to the Top 32.

Naturally, he earned the students' respect; as he walked, many greeted him voluntarily.

Yet the one thing that puzzled them was:

Judging by Xu Jingming's fully armed appearance, he seemed to be leaving.

But the Top 32 Prodigy Tournament was only five days away—why leave now? Wasn't he afraid of being late?

Xu Jingming paid no mind to their thoughts; he walked swiftly and soon arrived again at Su Qingli's villa.

"Come in, I'm in the back garden."

Su Qingli's mental voice echoed in his mind, and the villa's front gate swung open with a crash.

Xu Jingming stepped inside, passed through the villa's living room, and headed straight for the back garden.

Every villa at Lei Ting Wu Guan came with a backyard, but Professor Su's backyard was especially vast.

Besides patches of vibrant flowers, the very center of the backyard held a fighter jet!

The fighter jet was about eight meters long and four meters wide, entirely silver-white, with two massive jet nozzles on its tail.

The entire aircraft radiated a sci-fi aesthetic—slightly smaller than the one Ling Shuang used at Mo University, yet far more refined.

The silver-white jet's cockpit door hung open, about three meters above the ground.

Dressed in a dark blue combat suit, Su Qingli stood there and said softly:

"Get on, we'll fly directly there."

"Alright." Xu Jingming leapt up and stepped into the cockpit.

Hss—

The cockpit door sealed shut with a boom.

Blue-white high-temperature flames erupted from the tail, and the entire jet shot skyward, vanishing swiftly beyond the horizon.