Chapter 325: This Isn't Real!

"Cough, cough..."

"Crown Princess, how do you feel?"

"How long have I been unconscious?"

"It is now the fifteenth of August."

"The fifteenth of August..."

"You fell unconscious at the beginning of the year; it has already been eight months."

"Eight months..."

"Drink the medicine and rest a while."

"Many thanks, Daoist."

The young man leaned against the head of the bed, holding a large bowl, and drank a bowl of cool spirit medicine. The Spirit Power spread gently and continuously throughout his body, nourishing this frame that had been dormant for more than half a year, instantly bringing him a comfortable sensation, like sweet rain after a long drought.

"In these eight months, have any major events occurred?"

"Not many major events."

The Daoist, who looked young but was actually over a hundred years old, stood by the bed and said softly, "After the Crown Princess fell unconscious, the Emperor summoned the Sword King to the capital. Subsequently, the military launched a massive purge against Cao Ci and the Mengyue Sect's forces, and also killed one of Cao Ci's clones. Since then, Cao Ci has rarely shown his face, and the Mengyue Sect has not dared to carry out activities within the entire sphere of influence of Dayi. Even now, there are armies fighting the Mengyue Sect abroad."

"Additionally, the Bodhisattva of Tribulation stepped into the Killing Forbidden Land two and a half months ago. Like the Grand Ancestor and the Martial Emperor, he entered alone. It took him only one month to suppress all the Ninth Stage beings within the Forbidden Land. Just now, he has passed the initial stage of merging with the origin and achieved the fruit of a Buddha. Once he finishes digesting the power within the origin, he will be able to leave the Forbidden Land."

"The Bodhisattva of Tribulation has become a Buddha?"

"Yes."

"..."

The man was somewhat surprised, then shook his head and smiled: "I didn't expect that the first thing I would do upon waking up is to witness history. Truly remarkable."

"The Crown Princess has awakened because of history."

"Hehe..."

The man smiled again.

The physique of a Sixth Stage Martial Cultivator is extremely powerful, and his unconsciousness this time was not due to physical reasons, so he recovered after a short rest. It was only because he had been asleep for too long and had maintained the same posture for too long that his body felt somewhat weak and his brain felt a bit groggy.

And at this moment, the first thought that flashed through his mind was—

"Has this year's University City Martial Body competition finished?"

"It has finished."

"Who won the championship?"

"Spirit Sect, Chen Shu."

"..."

"Why does the Crown Princess laugh?"

"I thought of something happy."

"A pleasant mood helps with recovery."

"Daoist, is my Mobile Phone here?"

"The Crown Princess's belongings are all in the bedside cabinet."

"Many thanks, Daoist."

The man turned to the bedside, found his Storage Artifact, and took out his Mobile Phone from it.

He charged the Mobile Phone with spirit energy and turned it on.

The first thing he did was open the Ancient Cultivation Group.

The Daoist stood by the side with a calm expression, head lowered, watching the imperial descendant's fingers sliding rapidly downward, scrolling back up through the screen content. He scrolled back for at least ten minutes before stopping and beginning to read downward one by one.

Gradually, he revealed a smile.

Zhang Suannai first went to the Beast Camp, wanting to find Chen Shu and have a fight on the spot, but she did not get her wish, which made her even more confident—

That silly vegetable's two roommates were both here; the muscle girl, the silly monk, and the brain-damaged Daoist—three group members—plus the witty Zhang Suannai, all came here coincidentally. Only that silly vegetable didn't come. If this isn't fear of her, what is it?

What else is there to explain?

Zhang Suannai stayed here for a few hours, exchanging experiences and gains from within the Forbidden Land with them. Early the next morning, she flew outward.

It was now morning, and the mountain mist was heavy.

The Forbidden Land was about to close. Outside the Forbidden Land, the affected areas of Qingshan Ridge were gradually returning to their original state, to the point that the twilight scene had receded, and a fiery red morning sun rose from the east, appearing extremely eye-catching amidst the morning mist.

Zhang Suannai flew on her Sword all the way to the suburbs of Yujing before landing, then took out her Mobile Phone to call an unmanned vehicle to head to University City.

Sitting in the car, she took the opportunity to report her safety to her sect.

Zhang Suannai: Came out.

First Senior Brother: Everything went smoothly, right?

Zhang Suannai: Need you ask?

Zhang Suannai: Protagonist halo, you get it?

First Senior Brother: Trash.

Zhang Suannai: Trash.

Zhang Suannai frowned.

This trash sect, one can hardly feel a shred of warmth between fellow disciples. She had disappeared for two and a half months, and when she finally popped up, these trash people greeted the Sword Sect's supreme genius and future Sword Master with this attitude.

The two roommates were cuter.

Zhang Suannai found Qingqing again.

Zhang Suannai: I'm back.

No reply.

That is actually normal.

Her roommate's Feixin is set to absolutely no notifications; it neither vibrates nor rings, and there aren't even bubble alerts, so she often doesn't see messages.

Zhang Suannai found Xiaoxiao again.

Zhang Suannai: Dear, your sister Suannai is back.

Xiaoxiao:.

Zhang Suannai: Are you happy or not!?

Xiaoxiao: Will you buy me potatoes?

Zhang Suannai: I will!

Xiaoxiao: Happy.

Zhang Suannai: Hahaha, what about Qingqing? Is she awake?

Zhang Suannai: /Dancing with joy

Xiaoxiao: I don't know.

Zhang Suannai: Then what about your brother-in-law? Is he back?

Xiaoxiao: He is back.

Zhang Suannai: When did he get back?

Xiaoxiao: Last night.

Zhang Suannai: So early.

Zhang Suannai: Guess why he came back so early?

Zhang Suannai sat in the back row of the driverless car and started typing frantically.

Zhang Suannai: Because I have now achieved great success in my divine art and am invincible under heaven. He was afraid I would look for him to fight, and since he couldn't beat me and would be beaten up by me, losing face in front of the whole country and your sister, he snuck back early.

Xiaoxiao: Because there was a performance last night, and he wanted to take my sister to see the performance.

The two messages were sent almost simultaneously.

Zhang Suannai recalled a message.

Zhang Suannai: What performance?

Zhang Suannai: The Mid-Autumn Gala? Isn't Mid-Autumn today?

Xiaoxiao: There was one last night too.

Zhang Suannai scratched her head.

Never mind, never mind!

That silly Qingcai Keke is just afraid of her!

Zhang Suannai opened the Ancient Cultivation Group.

Grandma Always Says: Hi hi hi! Silly group members! Grandma is out!

Qingcai Keke: Morning.

Grandma Always Says: Morning.

Eh, why did I subconsciously reply?

Zhang Suannai scratched her head.

Grandma Always Says recalled a message.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha, this poor monk has also come out.

Gate of All Wonders: This poor Daoist has also come out.

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: I've come out too /Happy.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: +1.

Haoran Righteous Qi: Congratulations to everyone.

Qingcai Keke:?

Grandma Always Says:?

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha:?

Gate of All Wonders:?

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs:?

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: Congratulations.

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: Congratulations to the great group owner for waking up.

Gate of All Wonders: Congratulations to the group owner.

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha, congratulations to the group owner.

Grandma Always Says: When did you wake up?

Qingcai Keke: Congratulations to the group owner.

Zhao Yeqing: Congratulations.

Haoran Righteous Qi: Thanks to the Tribulation-Responding Bodhisattva, I woke up last night.

Grandma Always Says: How is your body recovering now? Can you support a one-on-one fight?

Haoran Righteous Qi: /Embarrassed.

Qingcai Keke: Do you have some serious illness?

Grandma Always Says: I feel like I'm invincible among my peers now, and I always want to find someone to fight. Chen Shu, come quickly, come quickly! I'll let you have a few moves, and then I'll completely crush you.

Qingcai Keke: /Lost in thought.

Qingcai Keke: @Gate of All Wonders

Gate of All Wonders: Amitabha, Group Master, since you woke up last night, why are you only sending messages in the group now?

Haoran: I was reading your chat logs, read them all night.

Haoran: Also the screenshots and videos Luo Huaian sent me. The Martial Body will be very exciting. After the Martial Body, everyone was able to team up immediately to visit the injured Grandma and Qingcai and send their concerns, which also proves the atmosphere among group members is still very good. I am very gratified.

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: You're welcome.

Haoran: /eating melon seeds

Qingcai Keke: /This is just too much, isn't it?

Grandma Always Says: /endure

Zhang Suannai clenched her fists, watching the messages constantly popping up in the group.

At this moment, the car had already arrived at the main gate of Ling'an Academy. After she got out of the car, she didn't rush to leave, but stood on the road, typing rapidly.

Grandma Always Says: You all just wait, when I get back, I'm going to beat you all up one by one.

Grandma Always Says: Especially you, @Qingcai Keke.

Grandma Always Says: I'm going to beat you up in front of Qingqing, let Qingqing see what you look like when you've been beaten miserably by me, and make you lose all your face.

Qingcai Keke: Do you think I'm like you, brain-dead and obsessed with face?

Haoran: Have some free time to check the school forum.

Haoran: Or search for "Ling'an Academy Anniversary Gala" on the short video platform.

Grandma Always Says: What?

Grandma Always Says: /scratching head

Haoran: /eating melon seeds

Grandma Always Says: Comatose for over half a year, can't even speak human language anymore, only knows how to eat melon seeds.

Zhang Suannai frowned and opened the short video app.

Search: Ling'an Academy Anniversary Gala.

Many videos popped up.

The ones at the very front were all videos of celebrities, either about whose live performance was divine, how great the atmosphere was, or showing their humorous and witty side, or about who had a perfect collaboration with students, or who was tricked by students, turning the concert into a comedy show in seconds.

It was obvious at a glance that they had paid for promotional articles.

Zhang Suannai was very patient, scrolling down one by one.

After scrolling past these celebrities, she saw the first one belonging to a student, which made her freeze for a moment.

At the anniversary gala, a student below went on stage, playing and singing, a song "So Many People in This World" stunned the whole audience, then kissed his girlfriend off-stage, a divine love that makes others envious #Ling'an Academy Anniversary Gala #Gala #Celebrity #DivineStudent

Zhang Suannai stared blankly at the video.

The huge screen displayed the stage scene, a boy sitting in front of the stage playing and singing.

"There are so many people in this world..."

"Flickering in the evening breeze, a few frames of the past..."

This song was generally on the quiet side, not explosive, and you couldn't tell much from the beginning, but once it reached the climax, that line "Flickering in the evening breeze, a few frames of the past, spinning in the fast lane, have they disappeared?" had a very catchy melody, even catchier than many classic songs, and at the same time, the imagery contained in the song came out all at once.

Zhang Suannai didn't think much of it at first, but upon hearing the climax, she had to admit it was a good song.

Perhaps it would become popular on short videos after a while.

Those few lines were truly too beautiful and too catchy.

However, she couldn't care about appreciating it now, just standing in the middle of the road, staring blankly at the person in the screen who was the center of attention.

The entire Martial Cultivation Hall was quietly listening to him.

Qingqing must be there in the audience too.

Until the song finished, thunderous applause erupted.

"One more song..."

Even Crown Princess Zhusha came out to join the commotion.

That person ignored it entirely, walked straight off the stage, the camera followed him, projecting his figure onto the screen, watching him walk toward that beautiful woman sitting on her own chair in the audience, and then the footage was cut off.

Zhang Suannai's expression was dull, unable to believe it.

At this moment, only one sentence echoed in her mind—

That is not the silly Qingcai, not the silly Qingcai who only knows how to brag and act cool in the group like me, that silly Qingcai couldn't possibly have this kind of talent...

I saw it wrong...

I must still be dreaming...

This isn't real...

Oh, that's it! I must have been stabbed by that trash from the Royal Court with a Sword at the time, I'm already dead now, but not completely dead, waiting for the Bodhisattva to resurrect me, and in this process, I'm having wild thoughts, my mind is in chaos...

Zhang Suannai, dazed, scrolled down.

The second video was another girl singing a classical tune, which also won a lot of praise from netizens.

Then she scrolled down again.

The third one was that silly Qingcai again.

This time there were only a few lines from the climax.

The fourth one was still that silly Qingcai.

This time the footage started from when he walked off the stage.

The little brother who sang "So Many People in This World" went off stage and kissed his girlfriend, I'm truly envious to death, wuwuwu I went to a fake university #Ling'an Academy Anniversary Gala #Gala #Celebrity #StudentLove

The footage was shot on a Mobile Phone, a bit shaky, the lighting at the gala was very dim and flickering, so it wasn't very clear.

But as an acquaintance, one could still distinguish who was who.

Zhang Suannai watched helplessly as Chen Shu sat down beside his roommate, the two exchanged a few words, then he wrapped one arm around his roommate, and with the other hand cupped his roommate's face, leaning in to kiss his roommate as if forcing a kiss, the domineering aura of that moment left Zhang Suannai stunned.

That is a Heavenly Human! That is a goddess! She comes with her own frost field!

How could he dare?

Poor roommate of mine, just like that, she has been defiled.

And in front of so many people; given Qingqing's personality, she must be very unwilling...

Zhang Suannai pondered to herself—

Although these two are childhood sweethearts and are boyfriend and girlfriend who haven't started dating, this person is far too inconsiderate of his roommate's personality and wishes.

Look! The roommate is reaching out!

She must be trying to push him away!

"Eh?"

Why did she wrap her arms around his neck?

Zhang Suannai was stunned for a moment before she realized it might be because she didn't want to make him too embarrassed.

Qingqing is very gentle at heart.

After a long while, the two finally separated.

Zhang Suannai let out a sigh of relief, still staring at the screen.

In the video, the two exchanged a few more words, and then she watched with her own eyes as her roommate actually leaned in proactively...

"Clatter!"

The Mobile Phone fell to the ground.

Zhang Suannai widened her eyes, dumbstruck like a wooden chicken.

Fake! It's all fake!

This is not my roommate!

My roommate would never do such a thing!

Zhang Suannai pinched herself hard, and after feeling the pain, she scratched her head and instead revealed a smile... As for challenging Qingcai Keke to a duel, these things had already vanished from her mind; she didn't remember them at all.

Zhang Suannai looked calm as she typed a comment—

Zhang Yu Xiaowanzi: Secretly filming others is truly immoral.

Immediately, she opened the Ling'an Academy forum, rummaged through it, and saw several posts regarding Qingcai Keke.

【That song "So Many People in This World" is actually quite nice to listen to, it's a pity there's no accompaniment, just singing and playing.】

【Why can't I find that song "So Many People in This World" on the internet?】

【To be fair, the young man who sang "So Many People in This World" looks really gentle, and the young lady is also very pretty.】

【...】

Zhang Suannai squatted by the side of the road, clicking into them one by one, using her hand to cover everyone's comments so she wouldn't see them, and replied to each one—

Zhang Yu Xiaowanzi: Everyone, don't be fooled by him, stop praising him on the forum. This idiot is a mole from Yujing Academy who ran over to our Ling'an Academy's school anniversary gala to sing. If I were a leader at Yujing Academy, I would have already been angered to death by him.

Zhang Yu Xiaowanzi: This person seems to be from Yujing Academy, right? Is it because he couldn't get into Ling'an Academy?

Zhang Yu Xiaowanzi: Chen Shu, you traitor of Yujing Academy! To actually go and participate in Ling'an Academy's school anniversary; don't you ever say you're from our Yujing Academy when you go out in the future! /pointing a finger