The Three Realms Thief Chapter 5

Xu Yuan and Yang Xiaobing exchanged glances.

Both of them understood.

Someone was playing a trick!

“Hmph, how dare they spread such rumors and try to deceive me—I’m going to find out who it is!”

Yang Xiaobing clenched her small fists, indignantly.

“Don’t take it to heart. Prepare well for the monthly exam. Otherwise, if you do poorly, your parents will definitely come looking for me,” Xu Yuan said.

“Got it. This monthly exam is quite important. You should also work hard,” Yang Xiaobing patted his shoulder.

She skipped happily beside Xu Yuan, the four large characters “Pursuing Excellence” printed on the back of her white and blue school uniform swaying with her ponytail.

The wind blew.

The dim yellow light from the streetlamp cast a glow on her pure and flawless face.

Youthful and vibrant.

Xu Yuan grinned, suddenly feeling glad that he was alive again.

Yang Xiaobing turned and leaned in front of him, saying mysteriously:

“I’m going to tell you something, but don’t tell anyone else.”

“What?” Xu Yuan asked.

“I can now use three talismans at once,” Yang Xiaobing said, chin up, with a look that begged for praise.

Qi cultivation has nine layers.

The first and second layers of Qi cultivation have limited spiritual power and cannot activate three talismans simultaneously.

—She had broken through to the third layer of Qi cultivation.

“Congratulations! You owe me a big meal!”

Xu Yuan said with a smile.

“Hehe, that’s not the point,” Yang Xiaobing covered her mouth, smiling smugly.

“Stop being so mysterious,” Xu Yuan said.

Yang Xiaobing leaned into his ear and whispered:

“I participated in the independent admissions tests for Jiuyong and Luofu, and they praised me for my great talent in talisman techniques and spiritual plants.”

Xu Yuan looked at the girl in surprise.

Jiuyong and Luofu were similar to Tsinghua University and Peking University on Earth.

With such talent, Yang Xiaobing was destined for a bright future. By the time she graduated from university, she would definitely reach the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator is not afraid of ordinary thermal weapon attacks and can defend or escape at any time.

A peak Foundation Establishment cultivator can even fly.

If she could go further and become a Golden Core—

That would be true “one golden core swallowed, my destiny is mine, not heaven’s.”

High-level cultivators are almost the top tier of the world.

“What did you do during the test? Can you tell me?”

Xu Yuan quietly asked.

“I used talismans to stack a life-sized paper figure, painted it to look like me, and it lived for two days,” Yang Xiaobing also whispered.

“Anything else?” Xu Yuan asked again.

“I also planted a new species of plant that can spit out fireballs to attack,” Yang Xiaobing said proudly.

Xu Yuan nodded.

He understood.

Plants vs. Zombies.

He remembered that when he died, various plant tower defense games were popular on Earth.

Such a fashionable cultivation ability, it’s reasonable to get into Tsinghua or Peking University.

Speaking of which—

The content related to the independent admissions test is very useful information.

And this belongs to the cultivators’ own secrets.

Yang Xiaobing was willing to reveal these, truly treating Xu Yuan as an insider!

“I’ll treat you to dinner later.”

Xu Yuan, as always, ruffled the girl’s hair.

The girl immediately dodged, holding her head with both hands, dissatisfied: “Don’t keep touching my hair. I’m telling you this to make an agreement.”

“What?” Xu Yuan asked.

“Team up with me for the group battle, got it? Don’t be influenced by rumors,” Yang Xiaobing said.

“Okay, no one’s tricks will work,” Xu Yuan said with a definitive tone.

They exchanged glances, and Yang Xiaobing smiled first.

They had grown up together, and now that the misunderstanding was cleared, she seemed very happy.

Xu Yuan also knew what was going on.

The love letter was sent, and he was rejected three days later.

It wasn’t even really a rejection.

Yang Xiaobing hoped that Xu Yuan could become a Qi cultivation cultivator, and even encouraged him!

That being said.

She must have been struggling internally!

That fake love letter not only hurt him but also affected her!

Who did it, after all…

Xu Yuan narrowed his eyes, silently reviewing his memories, trying to find some clues.

“Oh, right, I met Jiang Xueyao at the independent admissions test, and we chatted well. She also invited me to team up with her.”

Yang Xiaobing pulled Xu Yuan’s sleeve, chattering.

“Oh?”

Xu Yuan’s expression changed.

—Jiang Xueyao was a true prodigy.

She was the first to awaken her qi sensation, officially embarked on the path of cultivation in her first year of high school, and often participated in various university competitions.

She was the top high school student in Jiangbei County.

It could be said that there were few people in the entire Jiangnan Province who could compare with her.

“Is she joining us?”

Xu Yuan asked.

“She already teamed up with someone else,” Yang Xiaobing said.

“Then never mind her—you, me, Zhao Afei, and then find one more person, making a four-person team, how about that?” Xu Yuan asked.

“Zhao Afei, that rich guy? Okay!”

Yang Xiaobing readily agreed.

—Finally, one troublesome matter was resolved!

Xu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn’t know where the danger would come from.

So he was now checking for omissions and making up for shortcomings, accumulating advantages and initiative little by little.

Even the smallest details could not be overlooked!

And after winning this competition, his crisis would be resolved, and he would continue his studies and take the college entrance exam.

Now he was also preparing for the college entrance exam in advance!

“Xiaobing, come here!”

Under a large tree by the roadside, someone suddenly called out.

A man and a woman stood there.

The man was handsome and tall, like a jade tree in the wind.

The girl was extraordinarily beautiful, exuding an air of aloofness.

It was the man who spoke.

“Your friend is calling you. I’ll go ahead,” Xu Yuan said.

“Okay, say hello to Auntie for me,” Yang Xiaobing knew he had something to do and nodded.

Xu Yuan waved his hand, turned around, and quickly left the school, heading towards the hospital.

Yang Xiaobing walked under the big tree and greeted the boy:

“Song Huaijin, what are you calling me for?”

“Have you thought about it?” Song Huaijin said, hands in his pockets, leaning against the big tree, “Our team is just missing an excellent talisman master like you.”

“Sorry, I’ve teamed up with someone else,” Yang Xiaobing shook her head.

Song Huaijin said in surprise, “We have Jiang Xueyao on our team, and you chose someone else?”

“I have a friend who’s also very good at swordsmanship and martial arts. I’m teaming up with him,” Yang Xiaobing said with a smile.

“Who?” Song Huaijin asked.

“Xu Yuan,” Yang Xiaobing said frankly.

Song Huaijin pressed his hand to the long sword at his waist, disdainfully:

“How about I spar with him? Whoever wins teams up with you, how’s that?”

He looked in the direction Xu Yuan had left.

—If he acted now, he should still be able to catch up to that kid.

It would also serve to make him sober up and be more sensible.

A good girl like Yang Xiaobing shouldn’t be—

Thud!

A dull thud.

Song Huaijin was caught off guard, sent flying seven or eight meters by a powerful surge of energy, and drew his long sword, angrily:

“Yang Xiaobing, what are you doing!”

The smile on Yang Xiaobing’s face disappeared.

She held two glowing talismans between her fingers, raised her eyebrows and said:

“It’s my freedom who I team up with. Why are you bothering him?”

“Xiaobing, we’re already in our third year of high school. Every monthly exam is very important. You can’t always be dragged down,” Song Huaijin said sincerely.

“As for that shameless fellow—”

He drew his long sword, his gaze fixed on the direction Xu Yuan had left.

As soon as the sword was drawn, a frosty mist emanated from its blade, and even the ground began to freeze.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaobing’s fingers trembled, and the glowing talismans were immediately replaced.

A black talisman quietly appeared in her hand.

“You want to fight him? Win against me first!”

Her eyes turned cold.

With a series of crackling sounds, long streaks of lightning light emerged from the talisman, forming a long line that trailed to the ground.

Yang Xiaobing clutched the talisman as if it were a lightning whip!

Song Huaijin looked at the talisman, then at the long sword in his hand, feeling somewhat stuck between a rock and a hard place.

—Call Thunder Talisman.

Thunder is an extremely powerful natural force, and if hit, the consequences are unpredictable.

“Enough, Huaijin.”

The girl under the tree suddenly spoke.

As soon as she spoke, Song Huaijin put away his sword, saying coolly:

“This is for Xueyao’s sake.”

He then turned and left.

“Xueyao, thank you,” Yang Xiaobing put away the talismans, gratefully.

The girl was precisely Jiang Xueyao, whom she and Xu Yuan had been discussing earlier.

The renowned female high school student in Jiangnan Province.

She awakened her qi sensation the first time she touched a sword in her first year of high school.

In her second year, she could draw with her swordsmanship teacher.

By her third year, she had defeated all high school opponents in Jiangbei County, and even throughout Jiangnan Province.

“This monthly exam is a joint exam of eight schools. Jiuyong and Luofu both attach great importance to the results of this exam.”

Jiang Xueyao said calmly.

“So?” Yang Xiaobing asked.

“Think more for yourself, and don’t be overly sympathetic,” Jiang Xueyao said.

Yang Xiaobing, seeing her sincerity, softened her tone and whispered:

“Xu Yuan has been working very hard all these years, no less than anyone else.”

“He hasn’t even awakened his qi sensation, and you call that hard work?” Jiang Xueyao shook her head.

“He’s already in the first layer of Qi cultivation—he’s just been focused on cultivating, hasn’t registered at school, and hasn’t shown off,” Yang Xiaobing said.

Jiang Xueyao was surprised and asked, “Really? How’s his combat skill?”

“With my cooperation, he’s absolutely amazing,” Yang Xiaobing said confidently, giving a thumbs-up.

On the other side.

Xu Yuan was walking down the road when he suddenly sneezed.

“Am I catching a cold? Do Qi cultivation cultivators get colds?”

He mumbled.

Suddenly, several lines of shimmering text appeared before his eyes:

“Please note.”

“Your branch history has been publicized by the witness Yang Xiaobing.”

“This branch history has been officially incorporated into the main history.”

“Everything in the next three days is about to undergo an unknown deviation.”