Chapter 163: The Little Girl Who Sings

Qingcai Keke: The Imperial Sect was born approximately between 1500 and 1700 AD. Initially, it was just "anything can be controlled," nothing much to say. Around the year 2000 AD, the Imperial Sect began to rise. It took only a few hundred years to go from a small sect to replacing the Ming Sect as the number one sect in the world at that time. Later, the status and comprehensive strength of the Imperial Sect fluctuated, but it remained a top-tier sect until about 3721 AD, when it began to decline rapidly because many Cultivators of the Imperial Sect System could no longer summon the projections of their Secret Contract partners.

Qingcai Keke: At that time, the Divine Contract Secret Technique had not yet failed.

Qingcai Keke: According to my speculation, it wasn't that they couldn't reach the Secret Contract partners, but that the Secret Contract partners were unwilling to respond to them or descend their projections.

Qingcai Keke: The previous sentence is the key point.

Qingcai Keke: Until 3804 AD.

Qingcai Keke: Yu History records that at that time, a general was a Cultivator of the Imperial Sect System, and the Yu Dynasty was at war. This general suddenly lost all contact with their Secret Contract target completely. The Divine Contract Secret Technique failed, the general was in great Fear, the battle was subsequently lost, and our country lost He Zhou.

Qingcai Keke: Later people thought that was the general's excuse, but facts proved it was highly likely not.

Qingcai Keke: Was it worth the ticket price?

Haoran: It was worth it.

Grandma Always Says: /complex expression

Door of All Wonders: Did you suddenly discover that Qingcai's IQ and knowledge are not on the same level as yours?

Grandma Always Says: /confused

Grandma Always Says: Didn't I fucking block you?

Haoran: Why don't you private message me?

Qingcai Keke: I'm the group owner, be generous.

Grandma Always Says: /yay

Grandma Always Says: Getting things for free is so happy!

Nameless Person: Should we also send Qingcai some red envelopes?

Grandma Always Says:???

Grandma Always Says: Do you think you are very smart?

Nameless Person: /confused

Haoran: Is there more?

Qingcai Keke: /rubs fingers

Haoran: 【Exclusive Red Envelope】

Qingcai Keke: The method of the Divine Contract.

Qingcai Keke: It attempts to establish contact with distant, unknown existences. If the contact is successful, communication can be established. After having a certain foundation of emotional connection, one can use this Secret Technique to summon the other party's projection. According to the elderly Mr. Luo Sheng En, who studies the Cultivation System, the principle of the Divine Contract Secret Technique is highly likely to be the use of a channel—a mysterious channel that we cannot perceive—to communicate with them, and to use this channel to transmit Spirit Power and information to summon the projection.

Qingcai Keke: Where the channel leads, no one knows.

Qingcai Keke: Perhaps it is some unknown place on the planet, or perhaps it is the distant Xing Kong Bi An.

Qingcai Keke: Although the elderly Mr. Luo Sheng En did not say it explicitly, based on his statements and attitude, combined with the facts, it is not difficult to infer that the ones who truly control this communication channel are likely not us, but them; the initiative is in their hands.

Haoran: Very worth it.

Qingcai Keke: In fact, I think you can go back and flip through your Imperial Family's places like the Scripture Library or top-secret databases. Perhaps there are more detailed research records about the Secret Sect and this channel. I am very interested in this.

Haoran: I have looked.

Haoran: It is a pity.

Haoran: It may be that in ancient times, the Divine Contract Secret Technique was firmly held by the Imperial Sect, and the Imperial Sect was very powerful, so the Secret Technique did not leak. It wasn't until later that the Imperial Sect declined so suddenly that other top-tier sects and the Imperial Family knew little about it.

Qingcai Keke: /disappointed

Qingcai Keke: I have more guesses about it.

Haoran: 【Exclusive Red Envelope】

Chen Shu clicked the red envelope instantly.

Qingcai Keke: Because it's just a guess, and very uncertain, too mysterious and too ethereal, I can't even provide evidence myself, so I won't say it.

Qingcai Keke: This red envelope was sent to me by you yourself, it has nothing to do with me.

Haoran:...

Grandma Always Says: /cracking melon seeds

Nameless Person: Qingcai, you know so much!

Door of All Wonders: To be fair, indeed.

Qingcai Keke: /cool

Qingcai Keke: @Grandma Always Says

Qingcai Keke: How about it?

Grandma Always Says: /I don't know a damn thing, I only know how to eat.

Grandma Always Says: Anyway, I am very happy to get things for free.

Grandma Always Says: /spreads hands

Door of All Wonders: So the Imperial Sect is back now?

Haoran: Yes.

Haoran: I watched the competition recording of that Imperial Sect successor. Rationally evaluating, if it is the same Fourth Stage, except for Nameless and Qingcai, there is probably no one in our group who can beat her. To be precise, no one can beat the projection she summons upon her call.

Grandma Always Says:???

Grandma Always Says: /question mark face

Grandma Always Says: What are you talking about???

Door of All Wonders: Is she that strong?

Haoran: One of the targets she has a Secret Contract with should be at the Ninth Stage in its true form. To be able to possess abilities that surpass all others at the same stage, unless your Summoning God Technique can borrow the power of the Grand Ancestor, it is impossible to beat her.

Grandma Always Says:???

Grandma Always Says: As if no one else knows how to cheat!

Grandma always says: "I have two swords, one used by a contemporary Sword God, one used by the previous generation's Sword God; even a fool could use them to cut down a Fifth Stage."

Haoran: "..."

Qingcai Keke: "So the question is,"

Qingcai Keke: "When will we be able to see her in the group?"

Haoran: "The Crystal Chip has already been given to her."

Qingcai Keke: "Then can't you just ask her directly?"

Haoran: "It's not very good; I'm afraid of putting her in a difficult position."

Qingcai Keke: "That's true too."

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs joined the group chat.

Haoran: "..."

Qingcai Keke: "What a coincidence."

Haoran: "What a coincidence."

Gate of All Wonders: "What a coincidence."

Grandma always says: "What a coincidence."

Nameless Person: "What a coincidence."

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: "What a coincidence."

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: "What a coincidence."

Qingcai Keke: "@Zhaoyeqing"

Qingcai Keke: "Hurry up and come out to follow the pattern."

Zhaoyeqing: "..."

Qingcai Keke: "???"

Qingcai Keke: "Someone like you who breaks the pattern will never have seasoning packets in their instant noodles for the rest of their life."

Zhaoyeqing: "?"

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: "Hello everyone."

Qingcai Keke: "Hello, I am a senior sister, how about you?"

Grandma always says: "Hello, I am a senior brother, how about you?"

Gate of All Wonders: "Hello, I am a monk, how about you?"

Nameless Person: "Hello, I am a good person, how about you?"

Haoran: "..."

One minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Three minutes passed.

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs never appeared in the group again.

Nameless Person felt vaguely guilty.

Afternoon.

Chen Shu came to the Project Laboratory again.

The teachers at Yujing Academy are truly no joke; so far, in just over a month, the project research has already made breakthrough progress—they have preliminarily succeeded in endowing the Thunder Method with the ability to penetrate Spirit Power Defense.

For Chen Shu, this progress is already quite significant.

If this improved Thunder Method, which possesses Spirit Power penetration properties, were used in the Arena, the effect would be worlds apart from the previous Thunder Method.

However, to the teachers, this is only a minor achievement.

Their goal is to create a Spell that can be applied to modern weaponry, one that can break through the Spiritual Energy Shield of enemy heavy-armor units and shatter the large-scale barriers constructed by enemy field fortresses; only then would it have practical value.

"Can't afford to offend them..."

He is not on the same level as the teachers.

Chen Shu honestly started helping out.

In the process of helping out, he incidentally noted down the teachers' research results, preparing to borrow their "not yet mature or perfect" concepts and techniques to first upgrade his own Thunder Method, perhaps it will be useful in the upcoming competition.

There are many modern Martial Artists in the Military Academy; without wearing modern equipment, a Martial Artist's defense is very weak, and when encountering them, the Thunder Method is just too useful.

Furthermore, the Military Academy has the most Wangting Sword Sect members, followed by Martial Cultivators and Spirit Cultivators; the Spirit Power Defense of Sword Cultivators and Martial Cultivators cannot compare to that of Spirit Cultivators, and if the Thunder Method can slightly penetrate their Protective Divine Light, then it can at least affect their offensive momentum.

"Buzz, buzz."

A message sent by the school.

The content informed him that his registration had been approved and notified him to go to the 7th Martial Cultivation Hall every night at seven o'clock starting today for combat training.

Training again...

Chen Shu didn't really want to go.

The Lazy Cancer Curse hadn't healed yet.

As luck would have it, Shi Qian's voice sounded from the side: "Are you guys who are participating in the off-campus competition going to training tonight?"

"Yeah."

"Where?"

"The 7th Martial Cultivation Hall."

"You must go and practice more," Shi Qian exhorted him, "Perform well on the competition field when the time comes; this is very important for you."

"Why is it important?"

"Just perform well."

"We'll see when the time comes."

"You..."

Shi Qian couldn't help but shake his head, extended his finger, and flicked a bolt of snow-white electric light from between his two fingers, continuing his experiment.

The afternoon passed in the blink of an eye.

6:50 PM.

Chen Shu still arrived at the 7th Martial Cultivation Hall together with Jiang Lai.

The school had a total of eight Martial Cultivation Halls; the first six were mainly used for teaching and practical combat confrontation at the Martial Cultivation Academy, while the 7th and 8th were open to all teachers and students, with the 7th leaning more towards Martial Cultivators and the 8th towards Martial Artists. Tonight, the 7th Martial Cultivation Hall had been closed for their training.

When Chen Shu and Jiang Lai arrived, there were already a few people inside, including Yan Keling.

There was also a teacher with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

Yan Keling was talking to the teacher.

Chen Shu pricked up his ears.

He only heard Yan Keling say:

"Teacher, there's really no way; I truly cannot request Lord Linjian to descend a projection during training. I have an agreement with Lord Linjian that every time I request it to descend, I must sing a song for it, and it must be a new song it hasn't heard before. If I can't sing one or if I repeat one, it will get angry. When I need to ask for its help with something important next time, it will refuse me, and I'll be in trouble then."

"Is it that magical?"

"The Imperial Sect is just that magical."

"This..." The teacher also didn't understand the ins and outs of the Imperial Sect, "Then what do you suggest we do?"

"I'll just listen and watch more? If practical combat is absolutely necessary, I can summon other projections, it's just that they aren't as powerful as Lord Linjian... wouldn't that be of greater help to my practice, anyway?"

"Can't you just sing to it?"

"It has to be a new song..."

"There are so many songs in the whole world."

"Lord Linjian is very picky; songs that don't sound good won't do." Yan Keling's tone carried a hint of coquettishness, "Besides, I was ignorant before and have already sung almost all the good songs I could learn to it, even foreign language songs; now I can only sing the new songs from each year."

"The main point is to have you familiarize yourselves with other systems and methods for coordinating and responding to them."

"It really won't work~~"

"Fine..."

Who could resist a sweet and cute girl?

Chen Shu listened quietly from the side, feeling that this girl was still very kind. She could have clearly just said, "Lord Linjian's true form is Ninth Stage (or Eighth Stage), and it would not allow you, Teacher, to boss it around," which would have solved the problem instantly, but she didn't.