Chapter 34

Su Chen was sick, not the kind of illness where you take leave, but a real sickness.

Last night, ten minutes after Su Chen left, he suddenly felt a strange chill arise within his body.

That chill ran rampant inside his body; he tried to dispel it with Spiritual Power, but failed.

That chill penetrated his body, successfully causing a Fifth Layer Condensing Qi cultivator to run a fever.

Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling

A burst of phone ringing woke Su Chen; he reached over and fiddled a few times with the phone on the table, weakly hanging it up.

However, less than three seconds later, the phone rang again.

Su Chen grabbed the phone with his left hand, pinched his somewhat congested nose with his right, and pressed the answer key.

"A-Chen, you're amazing, you got early admission to Qingbei; this news has spread throughout the whole high school, even the entire Qingshui Shi knows your name…"

"Ah-choo"

Su Chen couldn't hold back a sneeze; his condition was much better than yesterday, but he still felt dizzy, his head heavy, and his nose felt as if constantly pinched, completely blocked.

"I see, is there anything else?"

Su Chen's weak and hoarse voice transmitted into Qin Ziyang's ears.

Qin Ziyang asked with a hint of surprise and concern: "What's wrong, A-Chen? Your voice doesn't sound right."

Su Chen spoke hoarsely: "I'm sick; if there's nothing, I'll hang up."

"How could that be? I've never seen you sick since we were kids. What's really going on? Don't try to fool me."

Qin Ziyang's voice was full of disbelief.

This isn't because Qin Ziyang distrusts Su Chen; as Qin Ziyang said, Qin Father and Su Father were comrades-in-arms, so Su Chen and Qin Ziyang have known each other since childhood.

Since they met, Qin Ziyang has never seen Su Chen sick, not even with common fevers or colds.

Thus, upon hearing Su Chen say he had a cold, Qin Ziyang's first reaction was naturally disbelief.

"Do you think I'm a god? I'm really sick."

Su Chen said somewhat irritably, but his voice was hoarse and weak, completely failing to convey his meaning.

"Really? A-Chen, then I'll come see you."

Qin Ziyang's tone still held some disbelief, but he finally believed.

Su Chen rejected Qin Ziyang's idea of coming to visit, looking at his phone helplessly.

Last night, Su Father and Su Mother had the same reaction, except they could clearly see his condition.

Su Chen stopped thinking about it, directly turned off his phone, and fell into a deep sleep.

Just as Su Chen fell asleep, the outside world underwent tremendous changes.

First, the news of Su Chen's admission to Qingbei spread not only throughout Qingshui Shi but also across the entire Tian'nan Province.

When the news came out, many people just laughed it off, resenting their own lack of intelligence and fate.

However, within less than two hours, some began to doubt Su Chen and question the truth of the matter.

Afterward, someone investigated Su Chen's previous English grades, which were very poor, and even attached some of his English exam papers.

As soon as that video surfaced, Su Chen was instantly thrust into the spotlight, with many people attacking him, even rumors claiming he was the illegitimate child of some big shot.

As soon as this matter appeared, it was forcibly suppressed, and negative news about Su Chen disappeared.

However, this only fueled many netizens' indignation, leading them to condemn the government; the matter of Luoxian Shan was also exposed, and the government began to suffer attacks from netizens.

An hour later, a shocking piece of news instantly exploded across Huaguo, also answering many netizens' questions.

Huaguo Martial Arts Association,

Huaguo National Security Bureau, Huaguo Central Government, Huaguo Ministry of Education, and other officials simultaneously issued a piece of news that shook Huaguo and even the entire Blue Star.

The gist of the news: on one hand, it confirmed the Luoxian Shan incident; on the other, it announced the establishment of the Cultivation Management Bureau.

Third, it explained the reason for previously concealing the news: this reason required organizing in advance an organization to manage cultivators, so as to protect Huaguo.

This explanation also gained the support of most people.

Fourth, they began drafting a new bill to grant certain special personnel special privileges, while voting on whether to include cultivation in compulsory education curricula.

As soon as these messages were released, they caused a great uproar throughout Huaguo.

Although they had previously begun to gather some information and pay attention to cultivation, receiving confirmation and recognition from the Huaguo government naturally made the situation completely different.

Huaguo and even Blue Star were swept up in a cultivation craze.

However, the Huaguo government consequently bore great pressure on the world stage.

Many other countries' governments, when Spiritual Qi revived, also reacted quickly, beginning a series of deployments, including establishing organizations similar to the Cultivation Management Bureau, but not limited to these.

However, while other countries were feverishly making preparations, Huaguo prematurely publicized this matter, which will undoubtedly bring enormous changes to the world.

Moreover, this caught them off guard.

"Pa"

In the secret base of the Yanjing National Security Bureau headquarters, Mo Lao had just hung up the phone when he angrily smashed a cup hard against the opposite wall.

"It's all thanks to this brat Su Chen; if he doesn't perform well later, I'll definitely kill him."

Outside this room, the previously noisy sounds instantly fell silent, to the point where even breathing could be heard.

Not far away, an old man with white hair and an immortal aura spoke soothingly: "Look at you, your killing aura is already affecting your mind; you need to pay a bit more attention. I always believe that every matter has both positive and negative sides; we should view it dialectically…"

Mo Lao gave a cold snort: "I don't understand what about this brat makes you value him so much; but if he's a waste, even if you try to stop me, I'll beat him to death."

……

Almost simultaneously, the Qingbei official website posted a message mainly stating that Su Chen's special recruitment had no reason; he relied on his own strength.

At the same time, to verify this, they will go live together with Su Chen at 8 p. m. tonight to verify his strength.

After an unknown amount of time, Su Chen slowly woke up, lifted his head to see the water cup and medicine, and a faint warmth rose in his heart.

However, he no longer needs these things now; he has fully recovered.

He turned on his phone and checked the current time.

Sunday, 12:37.

Seeing dozens of missed calls on his phone, Su Chen ignored them and walked straight out of the room.

He wanted to go out and let his parents know, so they wouldn't worry.

Not long after, Su Chen returned to the room and picked up the phone; beforehand, he had hung up on this call dozens of times.

As soon as the call connected, Mo Lao's furious roar came through.

"Su Chen, you brat, you're not answering your phone? Are you trying to make me treat you to tea?"

Su Chen didn't dare retort; after all, yesterday he had already realized how serious his mistake was.

Su Chen spoke in a neutral tone: "I'm sick."

The roar stopped instantly, and Mo Lao actually felt a bit guilty for a moment.

His aura subsided, but to save face, he still put on a harsh tone: "Hmph, I'll let it go this time. You have a livestream tonight; someone will come find you this afternoon—just check the news."

Having said that, he hung up without waiting for Su Chen's response.