Chapter 712: Action Plan! Ling Shuang

"Xia Lan?"

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang both froze, surprised to encounter them here.

"Teacher Ling, Jingming, I sensed something familiar from afar, didn't expect it to really be you two."

Xia Lan and Elena ran over from across the street, Xia Lan's face lit up with delight.

Yet she also felt a flicker of confusion—how could Teacher Ling be appearing with Jingming on Rhine Commercial Street?

"It's Xia Lan."

Ling Shuang's expression turned slightly awkward, and she instinctively explained:

"In two days I'm returning to Da Xia with Jingming for the Director's Meeting, so I came ahead to buy some things to take back."

"Director's Meeting? So that's why." Xia Lan understood.

As a member of the Lei Ting Martial Arts Academy's Elite Training Camp, she knew about this annual meeting.

Given Xu Jingming's combat performance this morning, he was certainly qualified to attend the Director's Meeting.

"By the way, Jingming, your villa was destroyed—where are you staying tonight?" Xia Lan asked, turning to Xu Jingming.

"I'm staying with Ling..."

Xu Jingming instinctively replied, but before he could finish, Ling Shuang cut in:

"I booked him a hotel. If you want, I can book one for you too."

"No thanks, I plan to train overnight at the academy building." Xia Lan shook her head.

"Training all night? Fine." Ling Shuang nodded approvingly, then smiled:

"You two keep shopping. I'll buy a few more things with Jingming and head back."

"Hmm, he's going to the hotel, and I have another villa here in Maben."

Why did she specifically emphasize where she was going?

Though puzzled inside, Xia Lan still smiled and said: "Alright, Teacher Ling, Jingming, goodbye."

"Teacher Ling looks so beautiful tonight."

After Ling Shuang and Xu Jingming left, Elena exclaimed in awe.

Ling Shuang had always been beautiful, but tonight's demeanor was clearly different—obviously meticulously dressed.

"Xiao Lan, don't you think so?"

Elena turned to Xia Lan, only to find her head bowed, lost in thought, completely ignoring her.

"Xiao Lan, what's wrong?" Elena asked, concerned.

Xia Lan snapped back to attention and shook her head lightly: "Nothing, let's go."

She had a persistent feeling that Teacher Ling and Xu Jingming seemed oddly off tonight, but she couldn't pinpoint exactly why.

She could only blame it on her imagination and stopped thinking about it.

"Why didn't you just tell them both about our relationship earlier?"

After walking a distance, Xu Jingming chuckled teasingly: "It made us look like we were sneaking around."

"I wanted to tell her later," Ling Shuang sighed softly. "After we return from Da Xia."

She was Xia Lan's teacher; telling Xia Lan directly about her relationship with Xu Jingming felt strangely awkward.

More importantly, she could sense that Xia Lan seemed to harbor some special feelings toward Xu Jingming.

"Alright then." Xu Jingming nodded, saying no more.

Though he didn't care about Ling Shuang's status or age, he still respected her wishes.

Undeniably, Rhine Commercial Street was bustling.

Xu Jingming and Ling Shuang shopped until past two in the morning, yet hadn't even covered a third of the stores.

But by now, they'd bought everything they needed, so they teleported directly back to the villa.

"Teacher Ling, we're back at the villa—aren't you due to fulfill your promise?"

Xu Jingming sat on the sofa, grinning mischievously.

"I'll take a shower first."

Thinking of what was about to happen, Ling Shuang felt her whole body flush, and hurriedly turned her waist toward the bathroom.

Undeniably, Ling Shuang's figure was excellent.

From behind, one could see the faintly outward curve of her ribs, a subtly full silhouette.

"Teacher Ling really is easily flustered." Xu Jingming smiled wryly at the sight.

Only after Ling Shuang's slender figure had fully disappeared into the bathroom did he turn his gaze away and begin contemplating his next plan.

"First, ability points—my system panel's ability points are nearly depleted.

After returning from Da Xia, I must quickly kill ferocious beasts to regain sufficient ability points.

Now that I've reached seventh tier, my strength has surged dramatically.

Whether on the frontlines or in the wilderness, my efficiency in harvesting ability points has increased greatly.

Also, I need to find time to visit Sakura Country..."

During the Talent Competition, he assigned Sakura Rin a task.

To gather as many ferocious beasts as possible, regardless of rank.

Nearly four months have passed—Sakura Rin should have achieved some results by now.

When the time comes, slaughtering all those beasts at once should yield a substantial amount of ability points.

"Come to think of it, nearly half of Sakura Country is occupied by ferocious beasts.

If I could eliminate all of them, I'd gain an astonishingly huge number of ability points!"

If I could kill all these fierce beasts, I would definitely obtain an astonishing amount of ability points!

It's just a pity that with America meddling in Sakura Country, the moment I want to kill large numbers of wilderness beasts—

it will definitely draw the attention of the ninth-tier powerhouses America has stationed in Sakura Country, and easily lead to unnecessary complications."

Xu Jingming's eyes flickered.

Of course, just because it's not possible now doesn't mean it won't be possible later.

Once his strength grows a bit more, directly occupying Sakura Country wouldn't be much of a problem either.

"Besides the ability points, the Body Tempering Art also needs to be pushed to SSS-rank as quickly as possible.

From the current situation, the Divine Blood Secret Art should be able to be fused and refined into a new SSS-rank Body Tempering Art."

Xu Jingming murmured inwardly.

Of course, even directly evolving the Body Tempering Art through the system panel requires accumulating enough knowledge first.

"This trip back to Great Xia, I must collect as many SSS-rank Body Tempering Arts as possible for reference..."

Just as Xu Jingming was thinking, a string of crisp bell sounds suddenly came from the bathroom.

"Tinkle-tinkle~~~"

Xu Jingming turned his head to look, and saw Hearing Ling Shuang walk out of the bathroom.

Unlike the red long dress she'd been wearing before entering the bathroom, at this moment she was wearing only a single layer of thin gauze.

Her slender waist, fit for a gentle grasp, and her breathtakingly full figure, trembled and swayed, faintly visible through the gauze, utterly alluring.

The gauze skirt hem only reached a little below her hips.

A pair of full, long, slightly fleshy, top-grade legs were thus perfectly exposed to the air.

Hearing Ling Shuang's figure and looks were already enough to make one cry out in wonder, but the most stunning of all was still those jade feet.

Like a work of art carved from fine jade, her delicate skin radiated a captivating luster.

Her toes were long and well-proportioned, slightly curled like tender lotus roots, utterly alluring.

The lines of her ankles were graceful, radiating a captivating charm.

A silver metal anklet gently wound around her ankle and instep, setting off her Bai Xi skin beautifully.

Every link was delicate and exquisite, swaying gently with her movements and emitting crisp sounds.

"Tinkle-tinkle~~"

"Tinkle-tinkle~~~"

Accompanied by the crisp sounds, Hearing Ling Shuang stepped forward with light and graceful steps to stand before Xu Jingming, her seductive eyes like silk as she said:

"Satisfied now?"

Xu Jingming was already speechless, breathing heavily, and amid Hearing Ling Shuang's coquettish cry, he carried her into the bedroom.

Soon, rhythmic sounds of crisp anklet collisions rang out from the bedroom...