Chapter 705: Domain? Ling Shuang

Ling Shuang, usually cold and stern, seemed uniquely awkward and stiff in matters of romance.

Even wanting to go shopping, she acted as if afraid of being refused, being very cautious.

"Teacher Ling, this doesn't sound like your personality—I prefer you more stern."

Xu Jingming couldn't help but joke.

"What? Do you have a masochistic streak?"

After this banter, Ling Shuang's tension seemed to ease slightly; she pursed her red lips and replied with a huff.

"That's more like it."

Xu Jingming smiled, "It's just shopping—I naturally agree."

"But both our villas were destroyed in the battle just now—where do we go to rest now?"

"Let's return to the villa in Donghu Community; after all, with me around, going anywhere is convenient."

Ling Shuang waved her jade hand, and spatial power spread out.

Xu Jingming's awareness blurred; when he came to his senses again, he was already in the second-floor living room of Villa 102 in Donghu Community.

"This villa has three floors; the layout of the rooms on the first and second floors is the same as when you were at Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym."

"The third floor is a training room, and the rooftop has an open-air balcony—you can enjoy the night view."

"Outside the villa is a temperature-controlled outdoor pool—you can swim if you want."

After a brief introduction, Ling Shuang softly called, "Smart Brain, add a new permission for him."

"Smart Brain received."

A pale green virtual light projected down, scanning Xu Jingming from head to toe, including his iris.

"External features and iris data collected. Please select your identity role."

"Available options: guest, relative, male master—each role grants different permissions."

The Smart Brain controlling the villa asked.

"This Smart Brain is pretty intelligent," Xu Jingming chuckled.

Though a faint blush tinged Ling Shuang's lovely face, she confirmed:

"Male master."

"Confirmed. Identity information fully verified. Permission granted successfully."

"The male master has the same permissions as you—highest-level access."

The Smart Brain's voice ceased, and the virtual light slowly faded.

"You can now freely enter and exit this villa without triggering alarms."

Ling Shuang exhaled softly, gently brushing her hair aside.

Her firm buttocks pressed against Xu Jingming's side as she sat down on the sofa and continued:

"In three days, Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym will hold a Director Meeting—will you return to Dayangzhou with me?"

"Director Meeting? What's that?" Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

"The Director Meeting is held once a year, attended by all branch directors and deputy directors of Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym."

"Its purpose is to exchange management experience and get to know each other."

"Also, certain appointments will be discussed during the meeting."

Ling Shuang explained.

Beneath her red dress, her white legs were casually crossed.

One jade foot tilted slightly upward, revealing warm, glistening toes.

"I see."

After a moment's thought, Xu Jingming nodded, "Alright, let's go back."

Come to think of it, he hadn't returned to Dayangzhou in nearly five months—it wouldn't hurt to go see.

Pausing, Xu Jingming hesitated slightly:

"What about Liu Shan? Sister Shuang, are you just letting him off?"

"What? Do you have another idea?" Ling Shuang raised a delicate eyebrow, intrigued.

"I do have an idea—I think we should press our advantage."

Xu Jingming smiled, his voice calm and composed:

"Feng Kuan's incident is clearly Liu Shan's negligence."

"But reporting it would only be a matter of degree—up to the higher-ups' discretion."

"But the higher-ups are Teacher Su—how she decides the punishment is entirely up to her."

"Since our ultimate goal is to take over Mo Ben Branch, why not use this chance to remove him from his position outright?"

"Put you in as director—then our purpose in coming to Dayangzhou will be fully accomplished."

Strike while the iron is hot.

They came here to seize power and weaken Deputy Director Hu Jinyu's sphere of control.

Now that Liu Shan has stumbled, it's the perfect excuse to strike.

"You're ruthless—you want to crush Liu Shan outright."

Ling Shuang let out a light laugh.

Then she straightened her slender waist, making her full curves sway slightly, a hint of pride in her expression:

"What you thought of, I thought of too."

"But Liu Shan has Deputy Director Hu Jinyu as his backer—this incident alone may not be enough to bring him down."

"It depends on Director Su's judgment—but she's still in the Wildlands and hasn't returned; I dare not act without her approval."

Today's conditions, on one hand, are to give Liu Shan a reassurance pill and let him lower his guard.

Otherwise, once he knows we want his hall master position, he will definitely resist fiercely.

On the other hand, if after discussing with Hall Master Su, they feel directly stripping Liu Shan is too risky,

at the very least we can still get a vice hall master position, and one of the senior supervisor positions."

"So that's how it is."

Xu Jingming finally understood and gave a thumbs up: "Worthy of Teacher Ling, truly meticulous in thought."

"Basic operations, that's all." Hearing Ling Shuang said lightly.

But the slightly upturned corner of her red lips betrayed the secret pride in her heart.

"Right, in the last two battles, I noticed a lightning cage range of about 5 meters in diameter would appear around you.

After that, your Doushen Shenlei power would surge by a large margin — what is that? A newly learned combat technique?"

Hearing Ling Shuang asked with some curiosity.

At that time in the wilderness zone, she had already noticed this point.

It was just that she was in a hurry to escape for her life back then, so she didn't ask, and later forgot about it.

Only after seeing Xu Jingming's battle with Feng Kuan did she think of it again.

"That's a new ability I obtained after my Dou Tian Shen Lei Immortal Body entered the ninth layer — the Lei Ting Domain." Xu Jingming explained with a smile.

"Lei Ting... Domain?"

Hearing Ling Shuang froze for a moment, her rosy little mouth slightly open, exclaiming in shock:

"Your Lei Ting Domain — it can't be the Domain I'm thinking of, can it?"

"That's right, it's exactly the Domain you're thinking of."

Xu Jingming grinned, and the Lei Ting Domain erupted open!

Crackle-crackle—

Thunder roared, golden lightning flickered, as he constrained the Lei Wei power to an extremely low level.

Otherwise, the entire villa living room would have been destroyed by it.

"Beep beep beep, high-risk energy source detected, all personnel please evacuate immediately."

"Beep beep beep, high-risk energy source detected, all personnel please evacuate immediately."

A piercing alarm sounded in the living room.

Within the Lei Ting Domain's range, feeling that intense repulsion and the suppression of her own spatial power,

also let Hearing Ling Shuang completely understand — this really was the power of a Domain!

"Domain... you've actually already reached this step?"

Hearing Ling Shuang swallowed hard with difficulty, her gorgeous face full of shock.

A Domain is absolutely the privilege of peak eighth-tier Grandmasters, or even ninth-tier Martial Saints!

Even she has only just touched the edge of a Domain.

But she never expected that Xu Jingming, who had just entered seventh-tier, had already mastered his own Domain!