The voice of the girl with black hair was quite normal. She didn't intentionally raise her voice to let others hear her, and she didn't lower her voice to avoid anyone.
Some students couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard this. Zong Lizi was taken aback as well. She uttered "hmm" after shooting a glance at Jing Jiu.
"I'm Jiang Yuxia, an exchange student at the Institute of Divinity," said the girl with black hair with a faint smile. "I like this book very much."
Jiang Yuxia's black hair was straight and slightly wet, her eyes as calm as the flowing lake water.
This pretty girl seemed to be made of water, exuding a comfortable energy.
It was probably for this reason that Zong Lizi agreed to exchange contact information with her.
"Let's go," said Jing Jiu, as he didn't like crowds.
Having said that, he turned around and headed toward the University of Stargate.
Zong Lizi followed him hastily after flashing a faint smile at Jiang Yuxia.
Looking at the youth in the blue tracksuit, Jiang Yuxia displayed a baffled expression, wondering who he was and why Zong Lizi listened to him so much.
It was rumored that her family was a distant relative of the priest clan on the ground, but it was not accurate. She was the heir of the priest clan.
The priest clan was not the descendants of the female priests of the past generations, but the clan that served the female priests. The whole clan hoped that she could break the tradition and become the next female priest. The main reason she came to the University of Stargate from the Institute of Divinity as an exchange student was to gain more support and win the selection of the female priest.
It was the elders of her family who asked her to befriend Zong Lizi. They learned from certain sources that the Twirling Rain Company had an important project recently, and this girl with silvery hair from the underground institute was the author of the original novel and the planner of the project. It seemed that she had a more important identity.
The priest clan would pay close attention to any possible changes, and a large company like the Twirling Rain Company would be a great help to them. As such, they asked her to keep a good relationship with Zong Lizi. Yet, she didn't lie to them. After reading the book titled "The Path Toward Heaven" with a baffled expression, she had become a fan of the Immortal Jingyang.
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The University of Stargate was the most famous and best university on this planet, with about seven thousand students. The number of students was even smaller when they were divided into different departments and classes. It seemed that this was the only way to meet the standard of an elite education.
The holographic classroom was full of discussions and even arguments. Most of the students had mastered a lot of basic knowledge through the input system a few years ago. The main learning task in university was no longer memorizing, but analyzing and reasoning.
Along with the rhythmic sound of the electronic music, it was time for the break. The voices of discussion didn't drop, but grew louder instead. However, the students weren't discussing the abstruse knowledge this time, but the girl with black hair named Jiang Yuxia.
The candidate for priestess from the Theological College, coupled with her beautiful and holy appearance, successfully attracted everyone's attention.
Due to the conversation between Zong Lizi and Jiang Yuxia at the school gate, many people in the classroom started paying attention to Zong Lizi. Some gazes were cast vaguely at the girl with silvery hair by the window. They could vaguely hear someone talking about the twirling rain, "Chaotian" and so on in a low voice.
Zong Lizi didn't pay any attention to these gazes and discussions. She looked at the distance outside the window with a nonchalant expression, her eyes full of puzzlement and bewilderment.
The teaching building was located on a gentle slope, and the paths separated by the ginkgo trees looked like rivers. There was a lawn in the distance.
The University of Stargate occupied a large area to the west of Shou 'er City. The lawn was surprisingly large, looking like a vast prairie on the surface of the earth.
The youth was lying on the lawn, his blue figure very eye-catching.
It seemed that he was bathing in the sun. However, those bathing in the sun on the lawn wore very little, but he was dressed neatly, and he even covered his head and face with a hat and a collar. He looked rather odd, not fitting in with the surroundings.
Those who were playing with their children and walking their dogs on the lawn had also noticed him, wondering where this freak came from.
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By dusk, the permanent star had fallen to the foot of the mountain on the other side of the Great Rift Valley. It was dark in the world, and the stars floated up from the night sky.
It was the time for school to end. All the buildings in the school had their own lights on, and the ginkgo trees displayed a kind of enigmatic beauty.
Zong Lizi walked along the path among the ginkgo trees to the edge of the lawn, where Jing Jiu was waiting for her. The two of them walked to the outside of the campus side by side.
The lights of the distant buildings passed through the ginkgo trees and turned into countless light specks, shining on their bodies. Their red and blue tracksuits turned yellow.
Seeing the scene, a student complimented reflexively; but he couldn't figure out what he was complimenting after he came back to his senses.
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"I didn't forget to bring the wooden sculpture you gave me. I've been carrying it with me."
"Hmm."
"I've even taken it with me when I took a bath."
"Hmm."
"This place is much bigger than the New Era Institute. I walked here the day before yesterday and almost got lost. Do you see the water tower up ahead? I relied on it to come back. Isn't it awesome? "
"Hmm."
"I didn't know until I came to the surface of the earth that the sky is so blue and the clouds so white, and that the sun in our galaxy is much smaller than the sun in the movies; but why isn't it cold? Is it because of the protective shield? Well, I've also learned that the fire can be yellow in color. "
"Hmm?"
"Look at these ginkgo trees! Look at those golden leaves; don't they look like a torch when they are blown by the wind? "
"Oh."
"The Twirling Rain Company said that the construction is progressing smoothly. They will send the internal testing version to me in a few days so that I can visualize the characters."
"Hmm."
"The person called Gao Shu said that there will be a banquet tonight to express his gratitude. He wants the programmers of the studio to meet me, the author of the original novel. I'm a bit nervous. Do you want to go with me?"
"No."
"Then … I won't go either."
"Okay."
The conversation didn't go well. Jing Jiu was the one to blame for it.
Zong Lizi was trying hard to think of a topic to talk about. It took her a long time to ask Jing Jiu a question, but Jing Jiu answered her with one word.
The ginkgo trees had already turned into the faint yellow flames in the distance. They had already returned to the hotel room.
Jing Jiu came to the deck, took off the blue tracksuits, and lay on the deck chair.
After taking a bath, Zong Lizi walked out of the bathroom while rubbing her silvery hair with a towel. Seeing Jing Jiu's naked body under the starlight, she came back to her senses after a moment of bewilderment. Her small face turned red visibly, and she asked in a trembling voice, "What are you doing?"
"Bathing in the sun," replied Jing Jiu.
There were countless stars in the night sky, and each of them was a sun, exuding fairy energy. However, it was difficult to absorb the fairy energy because it was too far away.
One could try to absorb some fairy energy through the clothes while bathing in the sun during the day; but it was more convenient to take off the clothes at night.
No matter what, this place was much better than the dark and gloomy neighborhood in the underground world.
Zong Lizi understood what he meant after being taken aback. She snorted twice and threw the towel she used to dry her hair at him. The towel happened to land on his private part. "You're really a pervert," she said in a low voice.
Jing Jiu didn't care if she called him a pervert, but he felt uncomfortable with the wet towel. He picked it up and placed it on the armrest of the chair.
Zong Lizi had no choice but to turn around and go back to the room. Out of sight, out of mind.
Looking at the blue tracksuits on the carpet, she suddenly thought of something and asked in surprise, "… Don't you wear underwear?"
"It's troublesome," replied Jing Jiu with his eyes closed.
The silvery starlight shone on his body, making him look even more perfect than the gods in the frescoes of the Fire-Passing Pagoda.
After a moment of silence, Zong Lizi asked hesitantly, "Where have you been these last few days?"
Jing Jiu didn't answer this question. It was because he had been to too many places and done too many things over the last few days. It would take at least ten thousand words to recount them all.
He returned to Shou 'er City from the underground laboratory that night. He searched the cliff where the assassin in overalls had ambushed him, but he didn't find any clues. Then, he embedded himself in the cliff wall and waited for the whole night.
As the morning sun rose, he returned to the patch of wild reeds by the lake and started to pay attention to the hotel.
That ascendant had discovered him through the book "The Path Toward Heaven"; it was possible that someone else was watching Zong Lizi.
He had observed in secret for a few days, but he hadn't found anything.
That person's patience and prudence were nothing like an ascendant from Chaotian, but rather similar to his own.
In the end, he decided to return to Zong Lizi because he had figured something out.
Why did that ascendant want to kill him? No, that person didn't want to kill him.
The long-range electromagnetic gun was powerful enough to destroy a building, but it couldn't kill an ascendant. That person was an ascendant, so he was well aware of this fact.
The assassination in the square the other day was a test and a warning.
That person intended to ascertain his identity as an ascendant, and at the same time, warned him not to try to find him by publishing, because it would expose the secret of Chaotian.
That ascendant had been in the Federation of the Milky Way for a long time. He might be the richest man on a planet, a female professor of a college who had married a male student, or a member of an interplanetary exploration team … In short, he had gotten used to the life here. He didn't want his true identity and origin to be exposed. All he wanted to do was to live a peaceful life in his current identity.
Would that person continue to test him and warn him?
Jing Jiu opened his eyes and looked at the countless stars in the night sky, the expression in his eyes calm and even a bit cold.
No matter what the ascendant had in mind, Jing Jiu wouldn't let it go. As such, he returned to Zong Lizi's side.
Try to bombard me with the battleship if you can.
It turned out that he was not looking at the stars, but at the few battleships among the stars.
It was then that the ring on his finger emitted a faint glow.
Jing Jiu pulled back his gaze and entered the interplanetary network, sinking at an unimaginably fast speed until he arrived in that room.
It was eight o 'clock in the evening on the Stargate Base. It was unclear what time it was in other places, so the room was a bit deserted.
The snowflakes in the sky scattered in a regular pattern and then gathered together, revealing a line of words.
"The person you are looking for has been found."
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(The name of the chapter was a remark by Ma Boyong.)
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