Chapter 450: As Expected of the Little Demon King

"Senior Sister Xiaoxiao is amazing!"

Chen Shu rested his hand on the little girl's shoulder, wearing an expression of surprise: "We all thought you couldn't beat him and were even worried you'd get hurt. I didn't expect you to beat him even more easily than I beat Zhang Suannai. Senior Sister Xiaoxiao, you really hide your true strength!"

"What? What do you mean? What do you mean 'even more easily than you beat Zhang Suannai'?" Someone was displeased. "Come, come, come! Let's go out of the city and fight again!"

"Oh! Zhang Shifu, you're here too?"

Chen Shu pretended he had only just seen Zhang Shifu, bowing his head repeatedly to apologize: "I'm sorry, I didn't see you earlier."

"Cut the crap! Fight again!!"

"Vulgar..."

"??"

"Barbaric..."

Chen Shu shook his head, too lazy to pay attention to Zhang Shifu.

Zhang Shifu was the neighbor with the surname Zhang from next door. Recently, she had bought an electric tricycle and ran an unlicensed taxi service in the suburbs, specifically serving students in University City. Many people were unwilling to hail a cab or ride in an autonomous vehicle, preferring to sit in a tricycle where they could feel the wind. This provided an opportunity for Zhang Shifu's self-started business, and she was also quite fascinated by the feeling of riding a tricycle and carrying people around on the road.

Of course, freedom was not without its price—

Even though this was the suburbs, there were still quite a few traffic police. Zhang Shifu needed to match wits and courage with the traffic police, which sometimes made her feel a bit weary.

"Show me the medal and the certificate!"

"Mm!"

The little girl handed over the medal and certificate while secretly peeking at him.

Chen Shu checked the medal; it was copper. He then unfolded the certificate and read it word for word. Seeing the two characters "Ning Ji" written on it, he felt it was absolutely wonderful.

It was just that...

Since when did this sister-in-law learn to be violent? And she was actually so outstanding at it.

Chen Shu could not figure it out no matter how he thought about it.

The little girl was still secretly peeking at him.

A few days later, it was April.

Senior Sister Xiaoxiao began targeted training, seeking to perform better at the off-campus Martial Body competition.

Chen Shu, meanwhile, scrolled past a short video about the Tianren Memorial Plaza online.

Clearly, others had also noticed this strange and tall Monument, and this plaza had only been renamed the Tianren Memorial Plaza a short while ago.

An inexplicable memorial, a sudden Stone Tablet, no one knew the reason, and the authorities wouldn't announce it either; it was normal for it to arouse people's curiosity.

It was just that the blogger couldn't explain much either.

The names written on the Monument were all names of Tianren. The Tianren were too indifferent, had no social circles, and didn't care about fame or fortune; information about them was very hard to find.

Being able to find the names of some of them was already considered not bad; some didn't even have names on the internet.

In the end, the blogger speculated: it might be related to last year's global anti-terrorism or the Mengyue Sect.

"Not very likely..."

Chen Shu had also checked it casually a while ago. The Tianren did not have a tradition of carving living people onto monuments; they didn't even erect monuments for the dead. They only had a tradition of turning people into Artifacts after death. As for their posthumous reputation, they didn't care about it at all.

When a person dies, it is like a lamp going out; once dead, for oneself, it is as if one had never been to this world.

This was their view on life and death.

Chen Shu didn't pay much attention to it. After watching the video, since he had seen it this time, he took the opportunity to click into the topic and look through other people's videos. Not having obtained the information he wanted, he continued scrolling down, having no great interest in it.

"Right."

Chen Shu opened the Ancient Cultivation Group again.

Qingcai Keke: Are the three of you participating in this year's Martial Body competition? @Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs @Suddenly Silent @Jiang Lai

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: Yes.

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: I want to win a championship before I graduate. I kept running into you and Grandmother Senior Sister before; it feels so unlucky...

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: /complex expression

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: Amitabha, Donor Ji-Ba, they are just empty names, do not be obsessed with them.

Gate of All Wonders: Translation: Can anyone be as unlucky as us?

Green Lamp Ancient Buddha: /complex expression

Suddenly Silent: Naturally, I am participating.

Jiang Lai: I am too.

Qingcai Keke: There is a girl named Ning Ji, my younger sister, whom you have all met. Remember to go easy on her if you run into her.

Grandmother Always Says: Translation: The injuries my Xiaoxiao suffered will be repaid tenfold.

Qingcai Keke:???

Qingcai Keke: Is this illness contagious too?

Just Call Me Luo Huaian: In this group, what illness isn't contagious?

Beauty with Eight-Pack Abs: Don't worry.

Suddenly Silent: No need to remind us.

Jiang Lai: Mm.

Chen Shu paused and thought for a moment—

Qingcai Keke: By the way, the Yudai Plaza by the Imperial Palace has been renamed the Tianren Memorial Plaza, and a Monument has been erected with a bunch of Tianren names written on it. Do you know what this is for? What did those Tianren do?

Gate of All Wonders: @Haoran

Haoran: Here I come.

Gate of All Wonders: /Your grandpa is here.

Gate of All Wonders: Take it.

Haoran: /complex expression

Haoran: I don't know the news for the time being either. This matter is extremely top-secret. I can provide you with what I know.

Haoran: First, what they did has nothing to do with the Imperial Family, the Government, or the military. Even very few people know about it, and that small group of people decided to set up this Monument for them.

Haoran: Second, among the names on the Monument, some people had collaborations with the country and the Imperial Family. I heard they have all disappeared.

Haoran: Third, Bei Zhi is that Secret Sect Practitioner who collaborated with the Imperial Family. This matter was very likely led by her, but now she cannot be contacted either.

"Emmm..."

Seeing this, Chen Shu frowned instead.

Originally, it was just a casual question, but he didn't expect it to become increasingly suspenseful, which instead increased his interest.

His heart began to feel a bit itchy.

"Buzz."

Haoran: Does Zhaoyeqing not know either?

Qingcai Keke: I haven't asked her yet.

Qingcai Keke: Before hearing you talk about it, I wasn't that interested.

Haoran: You can go ask now.

Haoran: Awaiting good news.

Chen Shu put down his Mobile Phone and turned his head to look. Through the living room window, a certain group member who doesn't like to talk was wandering in the courtyard—some time ago she had uniformly pruned the flowers in the courtyard, and right now she was applying fertilizer to them.

"Zhaoyeqing!"

Chen Shu shouted at the top of his lungs.

The person in the courtyard turned around and met his gaze through the window.

Chen Shu smiled and shook his Mobile Phone at her.

Ning Qing was helpless and took out her Mobile Phone to check.

"Buzz!"

Zhaoyeqing: They went into the darkness.

"Darkness..."

Chen Shu muttered to himself, savoring the words carefully.

He vaguely remembered chatting with the Vice Sect Master once about the gods who had disappeared from the world, and the Vice Sect Master had also used this sentence—

They went into the darkness.

Late April.

The Martial Body meet for the off-campus group began, still held at the Military Academy.

Relying on his relationship as the group owner, Chen Shu managed to get three passes, and one was for Chen Banxia. However, because Teacher Chen had to teach classes, she only followed them to the Military Academy to mooch a meal occasionally when she didn't have classes. Usually, the only ones going to watch the matches were Chen Shu, Qingqing, and Taozi, while Xiaoxiao was a participating contestant.

The fish balls at the Military Academy were still as delicious as before.

It seemed like nothing in his memory had changed.

Including the playground where Zhang Suannai was chased by Military Academy students, including that small banyan path so dense it blocked the sunlight, including the layout of the infirmary, and even the large Martial Arts Arena that was temporarily modified two years ago because of the great decisive battle between him and Zhang Suannai, it was still just as big now.

Whenever he walked in these places, the scenes from the previous two times would surface.

Especially the cafeteria and the infirmary.

It was a pity that Chen Shu was no longer competing.

The one competing had become Xiaoxiao.

The little girl was also impressive, fighting her way into the top four; the Fifth Stage students from various academies were unable to beat her.

However, it seemed she was only particularly adept at fighting Traditional Sword Cultivators. When fighting practitioners of other systems, although she could still win, it would be much more difficult. Several times after winning, she ended up in the school hospital, which made Chen Shu ache with pity.

And she seemed to... enjoy this a little?

Feeling that this was... fun?

This made Chen Shu's mood especially complex again.

The first time he came here, Chen Shu was unwilling to let her come, fearing the scenes would be too violent and bloody, which would activate her Night Person Bloodline and lead her astray. Yet, years later, she was already standing on the Arena here, and for Chen Shu, this process had been completely imperceptible.

Is this my well-behaved and soft little sister-in-law?

Chen Shu often couldn't help but think this.

Thinking back to the other prediction line Ning Qing had seen, where Xiaoxiao turned into a little demon king, he always had some worries.

What was comforting was that the little girl seemed to be this violent only on the Arena. After stepping off the Arena, she immediately returned to her original self, which proved that the education he had given her since she was young was still effective; she was not being dominated by the bloodline in her body.

Today was the little girl's final match.

Opponent: Yan Keling.

On the Arena, Yan Keling was smiling happily, first greeting the little girl and chatting for a few sentences, before using a Secret Contract with a relatively gentle personality to hold the little girl in her palms and send her off the Arena.

Following that was Brother Jiang versus Brother Meng.

The two were roommates and also differed by a rank, so the battle had no value; thus, they only resisted symbolically before Brother Meng was carried away by Brother Jiang.

Chen Shu looked forward to the final between Yan Keling and Brother Jiang.

This session of the Martial Body meet was destined to be a solo show for Yujing Academy. Two High-level Practitioners was also something that had never happened before. The record set by Chen Shu and Zhang Suannai in the previous session of two Sixth Stage practitioners entering the finals was refreshed once again, and it would likely be maintained for many years.

"Xiaoxiao, don't be discouraged."

Chen Shu comforted the little girl: "You are only twenty, they are already twenty-four or twenty-five, and they are cheating; unlike you, you rely entirely on yourself. If this were a Martial Body meet from a few years ago or a few years later, the champion would definitely be you."

The little girl lowered her head and did not make a sound.

What Chen Shu said was indeed the truth.

However, thinking about it this way, my sister-in-law is truly terrifying.

You have to know that she is not a major in ancient cultivation, nor has she focused on the ancient cultivation path; she rarely spends her energy on this, and the vast majority of her time and energy has been used by her to research Artificial Life Technology, and she has achieved great success in this, to the point of leading the world, yet under these circumstances, she is actually able to possess the individual martial strength to win the championship at the University City Martial Arts Tournament under normal conditions...

It is truly a bit exaggerated.