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High in the sky, the Ice Wind Kunpeng soared at breakneck speed. Ling Qingxue could hear nothing even as she stood on its back.
As a Kunpeng bloodline beast possessing both wind and spatial attributes, the Ice Wind Kunpeng's speed was beyond imagination.
Beiming Feng glanced at Wu Liang on Ling Qingxue's shoulder with a strange expression.
"It seems every time I see you, your beast is on your shoulder. Don't you get tired?"
Even in its shrunk size, Wu Liang was still quite heavy. Carrying the Taotie on her shoulder every day... wasn't that a bit too flashy?!
Ling Qingxue looked helpless. "He doesn't want to go into the beast pouch."
A beast pouch was a type of magical artifact that simulated space, allowing beasts to survive within it for extended periods of time.
Most beasts were quite large, and moving around without a beast pouch would be very inconvenient.
After all, only Seventh Rank and above possessed the ability to condense their own innate space, so beast pouches were the best option for lower-rank martial artists.
Beiming Feng stroked his chin, his gaze sweeping over Wu Liang.
"Your Taotie is extremely intelligent. You could train it and put it in a beast pouch; otherwise, given its ferocity, it's bound to cause trouble."
"He won't listen to me…"
Beiming Feng was stunned. "You're the master, how could it not listen to you? How do you two fight?"
Do you fight separately?
That's ridiculous!
"His level is higher than mine, and his spiritual strength also surpasses mine. Master… is just a title."
Beiming Feng was simply speechless.
What an unusual pair…
This was the first time in all these years he'd seen such a combination.
A master with absolutely no control, and a domineering magical beast.
Anyone who didn't know better might think the Taotie had contracted with a human.
Beiming Feng sighed. "You should focus more on your own improvement. The Taotie's growth rate can't be slower than yours. Your low level will limit its breakthrough."
The implication was clear: don't waste all your resources on the Taotie.
Ling Qingxue nodded slightly. "I know, I'm already affecting its breakthrough."
Wu Liang's current attributes were well within the Fourth Rank mid-stage. Normally, he should be breaking through, but Ling Qingxue was still only at the early stage of the Third Rank.
If she didn't break through, the energy within Wu Liang's body could only continue to accumulate. The only advantage was that the energy wasn't wasted.
"Damn it, that old bastard is really cunning! He actually wants me to eat less! How can I eat less?!" Wu Liang complained.
He was a gluttonous beast, not a hungry one!
Ling Qingxue's tone was languid. "Haven't you eaten enough?"
"Fine, fine, how much longer until we get there? Why don't we just travel through the void? Flying is so slow."
"Although the Kunpeng can traverse space, long-distance travel consumes an enormous amount of spatial energy. It's not as simple as you think. At the speed of the Ice Wind Kunpeng, it will still take at least half a day to arrive," Ling Qingxue explained casually.
"So it's not much different from taking an airplane, except without the windshield."
...
Beiming Martial Arts University had a history spanning a thousand years.
Together with Longshen and Bing Huang, they were known as the "Three Giants" due to their immense overall strength. The school was teeming with geniuses, emphasizing quality over quantity and cultivating only the most outstanding talents.
And these people were the backbone of the great Blue Star's future!
Standing outside the gates of Beiming Martial Arts University, a fierce aura could be felt emanating from the gate itself, which was forged from the bones of the first generation of Kunpeng.
This wasn't just a school gate. It was an Imperial-grade spiritual artifact designed to protect Beiming Martial Arts University, with the added effect of suppressing malevolent forces.
"Wow, so rich! If I eat this..."
"You're dead!!" Ling Qingxue said coldly.
This was one of Beiming Martial Arts University's most important treasures. If Wu Liang ate it, he'd never get away with it.
Wu Liang shrank back, deciding to behave himself.
Beiming Feng retrieved the Ice Wind Kunpeng into his body before leading her into the school.
"Since you registered early, your identity information hasn't been entered into the school yet. It will be done in a couple of days. Also, the Kunpeng remains I promised you will be delivered within two days.
I'll find someone to take you to your dormitory now. If you have any questions, you can ask my sister, Beiming Yan. She… is usually pretty easy to get along with."
"Heh, am I that difficult to talk to?"
Beiming Yan walked out of the school, her gaze fixed on Beiming Feng.
Beiming Feng smiled helplessly. "Take Ling Qingxue to the dormitory and explain the rules to her. You know this place well."
He then slipped away.
Beiming Yan circled Ling Qingxue, her eyes filled with curiosity.
"You don't have three heads and eight legs, how can you be so monstrous? You even easily defeated Liu Fufeng?"
Ling Qingxue frowned in annoyance.
"You're still the same as before."
Beiming Yan looked surprised. "Have you seen me before? I don't remember you."
Ling Qingxue smiled. "Yes, quite a few times."
In her previous life, Beiming Yan's initial progress was much faster than hers. After all, she was the eldest daughter of the Beiming family and had a contract with the Northern Sea Kunpeng.
Ling Qingxue, with no background, could never have possibly surpassed her in the early stages.
The two first met when Ling Qingxue had just broken through to the Sixth Rank. Beiming Yan rescued her in a secret place, and the two became friends.
They trained together until they broke through to the Imperial Rank.
The two were arguably the closest comrades.
Meeting Ling Qingxue's gaze, Beiming Yan awkwardly took two steps back.
"You're not that kind of person, are you? Let me make one thing clear, my sexual orientation is perfectly normal. You've got the wrong person!!"
Ling Qingxue's face flushed red.
"You've misunderstood. I just find you very approachable and think you'd be a good friend."
Ling Qingxue spoke through gritted teeth.
Beiming Yan in her previous life wasn't this silly. It turned out she was a silly girl in college!
Beiming Yan relaxed.
"Don’t take it the wrong way, but being too beautiful comes with a price. Too many people covet my looks, so I have to be extra careful to protect myself.
But your beauty is in no way inferior to mine, no wonder you felt so close to me, we're kindred spirits!"
Ling Qingxue couldn't bear to look...
Sure enough, it was all a lie before!!
When Beiming Yan and Ling Qingxue were close confidants, she always said that in her college days, she was law-abiding, loved helping others, her ideal was to achieve ultimate strength, and her dream was to wander the world...
The most boastful thing she said was... that the number of people pursuing her at Beiming Martial Arts University could stretch from the south gate to the north gate, and that her love letters were thicker than textbooks, and so on.
Actually, with her and Taotie's potential, Ling Qingxue could become a powerful figure at any martial arts university.
Her unwavering choice of Beiming Martial Arts University was precisely to find out if all of this was true or false.
Now it seemed that 98% of it was false!
"I have a question for you," Ling Qingxue said softly.
Beiming Yan chuckled. "We're friends now, ask away. Beiming Martial Arts University is like home to me, I know it very well."
"Is it true that Liu Fufeng has a crush on you?"