Chapter 169 - 168: Intimidating God Skill, Martial Field Selection

Seeing Liu Sisi looking at him in a daze, Li Jing gave a mysterious smile.

"Well? Do you have confidence in me now?"

"..."

Liu Sisi silently opened her mouth, her expression complex.

She was from a cultivator family and had been kept hidden since childhood.

Despite her seemingly carefree personality, she had a more complex life than most.

Her intelligence was second to none, but she had always concealed it.

She had come to Jianghai alone as a struggling One Realm commoner and had carved out her own place in the North District Lingji Market. This in its own right was a testament to her abilities.

She understood why Li Jing had revealed his real cultivation level.

He wanted to tell her that she could rely on him.

Liu Sisi didn’t think much about it.

It was a matter of course for a woman to depend on a man.

Especially since Li Jing was now her boyfriend...

Aren’t boyfriends meant to be relied upon?

What’s praiseworthy is that...

Not only did Li Jing possess the intention, he also had the ability.

As she said last night...

Being with Li Jing, she did not expect much.

It’s enough to see him every day.

She does not care about Li Jing’s cultivation level, or what achievements he will have in the future.

Her demands were not much, just to live her own simple life.

The fact that she was revealed to be Jiang Yini didn’t matter much.

What made Liu Sisi nervous was...

She was found by a person who had a certain connection with the Liu family in Jianghai.

Although she didn’t know what relationship Jiang Yini had with the Liu family, if the former sent the news to the Liu family, the Liu family would eventually come, no matter how much she was willing to live a quiet life.

But now, she was no longer nervous.

She had Li Jing by her side.

Silently stepping forward half a step, Liu Sisi buried her head into Li Jing’s embrace.

Li Jing, seeing this, was slightly surprised.

He subconsciously wanted to ask what was wrong, but when he looked down, he saw Liu Sisi’s shoulders shaking lightly in his arms, and a faint sound of crying reached his ears.

Soon after, he felt his clothes becoming gradually wet

With this realization, Li Jing sighed and silently hugged Liu Sisi, allowing her to vent the emotions she had been suppressing for years.

Jiang Yini said...

As the daughter of Liu Shi, Liu Sisi couldn’t have suffered much in the Liu family.

But Li Jing didn’t think so.

The Liu family regarded her as a disgrace, kept her hidden for years, to the extent that not many of the other six families had seen her.

Can it be said that she hadn’t suffered any grievances?

Li Jing had no other claim...

But Liu Sisi had no freedom to speak of when she was in the Liu family’s house in the capital.

Who she could interact with wasn’t something she could decide herself.

...

After a while...

Liu Sisi’s emotions gradually settled, and she raised her tear-stained face.

Seeing this, Li Jing smiled gently.

"Once you’re finished venting, go upstairs and clean up. Your face is all smeared. I’ve already informed Director Jiang, let’s go to the Management Bureau to sort out your hiring process later."

"..."

Liu Sisi was silent.

She had indeed finished venting.

Li Jing’s tenderness and pampering touched her deeply.

She was waiting to receive his affection.

But then Li Jing said this right in her face...

Li Jing was exceptional, exceptional to the point where she felt that she didn’t deserve him.

But his flaws were too apparent.

Reasonably speaking...

After she had lost control of her emotions, wasn’t it an opportune moment?

If it were someone else, wouldn’t they seize this chance to "show their moves"?

What should she say?

One thing was for sure, she couldn’t count on Li Jing, this block of wood, for certain things.

Tiptoeing to give the block of wood a kiss, Liu Sisi muttered under her breath.

"When will you be more proactive?"

Before her voice fell, she turned around and went inside.

Li Jing listened to her parting words and grinned.

Was he a block of wood?

No.

Even though he had no "real combat" experience, he understood what he should understand.

And what he shouldn’t understand, he still understands.

Between men and women, there’s not much to understand, is there?

It’s not that he doesn’t want to be more proactive.

It’s just that Liu Sisi might not be able to handle his proactiveness!

A very simple question.

Can a man be satisfied with just a kiss?

Hehe!

No need to say more about this.

Those who understand, understand.

....

Half an hour later, Liu Sisi came downstairs after changing her clothes and applying light makeup.

Li Jing, who was waiting in the courtyard, saw her come out and lightly snapped his fingers.

Immediately, a spirit weapon flying sword, larger than a door, appeared by his side.

Seeing this, Liu Sisi paused her steps.

By the cognition brought by her Three Realm cultivation level, she could tell that this spirit weapon flying sword was not an object but an energy body formed by Spiritual Qi.

Looking at the spirit weapon flying sword, Liu Sisi curiously asked.

"Can this sword fly?"

"Of course."

Li Jing smiled, pulling her onto the Spirit Weapon Flying Sword, and took off "Sword Controlling".

Navigating on the Spirit Weapon Flying Sword, Liu Sisi was amazed.

Despite her recent breakthrough in cultivation, she had kept up with her studies.

Especially during her time at Li Jing’s house, when she wasn’t in seclusion, she was learning about various cultivation knowledge.

To control the utensil, one must first establish inseparable contact with the utensil.

Li Jing created a flying sword out of thin air from the energy body of Spiritual Qi, there’s no question of establishing contact.

On the contrary, the Spirit Soldier Flying Sword soared into the sky.

Not only that, the Spirit Soldier Flying Sword beneath her feet was stable, not causing any discomfort at all.

Normally, controlling a sword would inevitably have a significant sense of drag.

The essence of flying on a sword is to act on the utensil, not on the person.

This ability is merely too magical.

Li Jing himself was gleefully navigating on the Spirit Soldier Flying Sword.

His predicament was a bit awkward.

There was a Yuan Infant in the Linglong Tower.

Pulling it out like before to take Liu Sisi to the Management Bureau would inevitably attract attention and it would be troublesome to explain.

Flying Sword Blue Edge had became a spirit weapon and was not suitable to be casually brought out.

That would be too braggy.

Then the Sky Control had been modified by him into a flashy Thunder Formation.

In the Secret Realm it would be fine, but it would be too conspicuous in the city.

For these reasons, he uses the Spirit Soldiers condensed from the Spirit Soldier Breaking Technique

Before Liu Sisi came downstairs, he had tried it.

The actual test result was feasible.

The Spirit Soldiers condensed by Spirit Soldier Break could not be controlled by the Heavenly Sword Technique, but their foundation lay in Spirit Beat.

The controls of Spirit Beat were high

Straight shot, curve, detour were all up to him.

Right now, while actually controlling the Spirit Soldier to fly in the space, he had a unique feeling.

Spirit Soldier Break turned out to be quite easy to use.

Not only was the flight stable, the speed was not affected by other factors, it entirely depended on Spirit Soldier Break itself.

As long as he was willing, he could easily reach the speed of flying a spirit weapon.

Another important point was that the shape of the Spirit Soldier Break could be freely condensed by him, it was highly ductile.

Under the influence of the Spirit Power venting feature, if he was willing to invest enough spirit power and construct the magic formula, he could even condense a battleship to be flashy.

This...it’s simply a bluffing godly skill!

Of course.

If you really put in the effort to condense a warship, it’s definitely not simple bluffing.

Just as she was pondering whether to develop some special "methods", Liu Sisi turned her head to look over.

"Does Yuran know about your attainment of the Fifth Boundary?"

"No clue."

Li Jing responded.

"It’s good that you know about it; don’t publicize it."

"Hmm."

Liu Sisi nodded her head, tightening her hold on the large hand she was holding.

Knowing that Li Jing had achieved the Fifth Boundary, she was surprised.

To claim she wasn’t curious about it would surely be a lie.

However, she knew very well that certain someone always played it coy. She had already figured it out.

She guessed that Li Jing had concealed his real cultivation level for a long time, and in fact, he had long been in the later stages of the Four Realm.

Only after going to the Secret Realm did he step into the Fifth Boundary.

Since Li Jing was unwilling to divulge his real cultivation level, she naturally wouldn’t let the cat out of the bag.

She enjoyed things only she knew about and saw no reason to share them with outsiders.

...

Before long, the two arrived at the Jianghai Management Bureau located in Shangcheng District.

Before they could land, Li Jing saw Tong Gaojie and Jiang Wenqian standing outside the main gate of the Management Bureau, seemingly waiting for someone.

Li Jing came with Liu Sisi, which was quite conspicuous.

After all, for Liu Sisi’s "experience", the Spirit Soldier flying sword he had condensed was larger than a door panel. A gigantic sword like that soaring across the sky was definitely eye-catching.

The arrival of the two not only caught the immediate attention of Tong Gaojie and Jiang Wenqian, but also attracted the notice of many bystanders.

Upon arriving and seeing familiar faces, Li Jing didn’t think much more about it and immediately descended with Liu Sisi in front of Tong Gaojie and Jiang Wenqian, then casually dismissed the Spirit Soldier flying sword.

Tong Gaojie and Jiang Wenqian were taken aback by the sight.

Even Liu Sisi, a Three Realm cultivator, could see that Li Jing’s Spirit Soldier flying sword was a spiritual Qi energy entity. How could the two of them, both at Four Realm, not see it?

What...what kind of magic skill?

It seemed like the Condensation Soldier Spell.

But the Condensation Soldier Spell could not be used to fly, at most, it only condensed Spirit Soldiers to throw at faces.

While those two were in astonishment, Li Jing spoke.

"Captain Tong, Deputy Jiang, what a coincidence! We meet again."

The greeting was returned rather late, but Tong Gaojie and Jiang Wenqian gradually came back to their senses.

After sharing a glance, Tong Gaojie opened his mouth.

"Counselor Lee, this is certainly not a coincidence. Both of us were instructed by the Director to wait for you two here."

While speaking, he sneaked a glance at Jiang Wenqian, who was blatantly checking out Liu Sisi the whole time, and deliberately coughed loudly.

Startled, Jiang Wenqian realized she had acted improperly and laughed sheepishly.

"Counselor Lee and Secretary Liu are coming to take up position, the Director has already informed us. We are waiting here to conduct the handover with you."

As she said this, Jiang Wenqian quickly saluted.

"According to the Director’s instructions, Captain Tong and I have been appointed as your immediate subordinates, Counselor Lee, to assist in managing a cadre of ten thousand."

Before she had finished speaking, Tong Gaojie also saluted.

"Counselor Lee, Secretary Liu, the cadre of ten thousand from the Heavenly King Group has been assembled and is waiting for your inspection in the training field."

Facing their words, Li Jing’s lips twitched slightly.

It was understandable that Tong Gaojie and Jiang Wenqian had been assigned under him, and he was happy to see that, too.

In the entire Management Bureau, aside from the Director and Deputy Director, the only people he knew were these two.

It made sense that the cadre of ten thousand promised by Jiang Yini had been quickly assembled and was ready for inspection.

After all, he had come here to take up his new position.

When a new leader arrives, don’t the subordinates gather to meet him?

So...

Why the Heavenly King Group again?

Whose idea was this?

It must be Jiang Yini!

In the entire Management Bureau, only she would know about his stint with the Heavenly King Group in the Assistant Inspector Department.

Liu Sisi, facing Tong Gaojie and Jiang Wenqian’s salutes, felt somewhat uncomfortable.

The four of them were standing right outside the main gate of the Management Bureau, in the open.

In such a public place, it was rather embarrassing.

She tugged slightly at the bewildered Li Jing and whispered.

"Shall we go in first?"

"Sure."

Li Jing agreed, and said,

"The acceptance thing will have to wait, Sisi and I need to go to Human Resources first."

"That makes sense."

Tong Gaojie faked a smile and turned to look at Jiang Wenqian.

"Wenqian, you take Counselor Lee and Secretary Liu to Human Resources to complete their onboarding procedures, I will wait at the training field."

"Understood."

Jiang Wenqian agreed, and her eyes glanced towards Liu Sisi intentionally or unintentionally.

"Both of you, please come with me."

...

Soon, the three of them arrived at the Human Resources Department of the Management Bureau.

Thanks to the prior arrangements of Jiang Yini, the onboarding procedures of Li Jing and Liu Sisi went very smoothly, which drew many curious glances from people in the Human Resources Department.

Everyone was curious about where this pair came from.

One of them was immediately appointed by the director himself as a action counselor upon arrival, and the other was a secretary officer.

This was quite unusual in the Management Bureau.

The most influential factor in the distribution of positions in the Management Bureau was merit. These two were not originally part of the Management Bureau. How much merit could they have?

Li Jing and Liu Sisi became "executives" as soon as they arrived. How could people not care?

Of course.

Even though they cared, no one dared to gossip.

Not to mention that the two were personally appointed by Director Jiang Yini, the position of action counselor ranks just below that of deputy director, with a maximum of ten positions in each local Management Bureau.

There were currently eight action counselors in the Jianghai Management Bureau.

Li Jing was the ninth.

Who in their right mind would provoke someone of this position?

After completing the onboarding procedures, Li Jing and Liu Sisi, under the guidance of Jiang Wenqian, went to the logistics department to collect their uniforms, badges, and other items.

Li Jing’s badge needed to be temporarily processed and took a bit of time.

The badge had to be engraved with the number of historical merit points, according to the rules of the Management Bureau.

Liu Sisi had never earned any merit points, so she simply took a blank one and that was it.

After changing clothes in the locker room, putting on the Management Bureau uniform, and walking around the office to familiarize themselves with the route, the two followed Jiang Yini to the training field.

...

The campus of the Management Bureau covered a vast area.

Just for the administration buildings that were twenty stories high, there were ten in the Management Bureau campus.

There were three outdoor training fields that could accommodate tens of thousands of people with defensive boundaries.

Other functional buildings such as warehouses, magic practice rooms, and cafeterias were evenly distributed.

If one wanted to walk around the entire Management Bureau, it would take at least two hours at a normal pace.

The rather inhumane thing was, the inner courtyard of the Management Bureau was completely a no-fly zone.

No one was allowed to fly, not even the director.

Once you entered the gate of the Management Bureau, you could only walk.

However, this was understandable.

The nature of the Management Bureau was similar to the military in Li Jing’s previous life, it was completely militarized management.

There were many sensitive places within the courtyard of the Bureau.

The entire Jianghai Management Bureau had about fifty thousand regular employees and roughly one hundred and fifty thousand reserve employees.

Ignorning the reserve personnel, if all fifty thousand regular employees were flying around, the courtyard of the Management Bureau would be in chaos.

Upon arriving at the training field, Li Jing and Liu Sisi immediately saw a team of ten thousand people formed into ten squares, standing orderly on the field.

The scene was indescribable.

Tong Gaojie, who had arrived at the training field earlier, stood on the platform at the front of the field. Seeing Jiang Wenqian bringing the two over, he summoned all his spiritual energy and shouted,

"Salute!"

"Greetings, Counselor Lee!"

Thousands voiced their greeting in unison.

The deafening wave of sounds nearly made Li Jing stumble, and Liu Sisi’s face turned pale.

After all, the employees of the Management Bureau were not ordinary.

To join the Management Bureau, one had to be at least at the Three Realm.

After a regular person joins, they must also undergo military training.

A ten thousand-person team with a minimum cultivation level of the Three Realm, who have also undergone military training.

Just standing in formation was enough to be awe-inspiring.

How grand was the momentum of ten thousand people shouting in unison?

...