Chapter 13 January 6 AM

Northwest China, Da Jiang Province, beneath Mount E Ye.

Beneath the beautiful starry sky, a pitch-black figure walked slowly. As she approached the cliff, the figure standing silently atop it shifted from expectation to doubt.

In the wilderness, Er Wei.

On the cliff, Yin Ni.

A few minutes later, Yin Ni stood ramrod straight, watching as her master used her steel-hard claws to gouge at the cliff face, creating a hole with each jab. She easily scaled the steep cliff and slowly walked towards the camp.

Yin Ni's expression changed repeatedly. Her eyes were sharp and could see everything in the darkness. Her ears were equally keen, but since discovering her master, she hadn't heard a second sound.

Why listen for a second sound?

Because her master had taken Xiao Jiu out with her. She hadn't said what they were doing, and Xiao Jiu was as silent as ever. Although Yin Ni had traded a piece of candy and a valuable piece of information for a close encounter with Xiao Jiu, she hadn't found an opportunity to talk to the silent Xiao Jiu when the two set out.

And now, Master Er Wei had returned to camp alone. A living person had simply vanished.

What terrified Yin Ni even more was that Er Wei was carrying Xiao Jiu's giant blade on her back!

Where was Xiao Jiu? Where had he gone?

That silent Xiao Jiu loved his blade to death, never leaving its side. She had never seen him abandon his giant blade!

Yin Ni looked at Er Wei's expressionless face and couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart. Could it be... could it be...

Er Wei brushed past Yin Ni. Yin Ni endured and endured, lowering her head, but ultimately couldn't resist her curiosity and turned around to ask, "Master... Master."

Er Wei's massive figure paused slightly, turning her head without turning her body, looking at Yin Ni out of the corner of her eye: "Hmm?"

Yin Ni's words were a little hesitant, "Xiao, where's Xiao Jiu?"

Hearing this, Er Wei's expression darkened. Clearly, she was reminded of what had happened an hour earlier.

An hour earlier:

Er Wei and Jiang Xiao walked at the foot of the mountain, far away from the garrison of the Guardian Army and their own camp.

Jiang Xiao said, "Then it's settled, we'll see each other in a week?"

Er Wei gave a faint "hmm."

Jiang Xiao thought for a moment and said, "The exam is today, lasting a whole week. I'll book a flight for the eighth day and then go home to wait for you. We'll go to the Snow Plains together. By the way, what do you think of my suggestion? Can we force out a gold-quality Star Bead?"

Er Wei frowned almost imperceptibly and said, "You want to throw the White Ghoul Witch into your World of the Fallen Shadow to raise its level."

Jiang Xiao said, "Yeah, we always force out silver-quality White Ghoul Witches and then just kill them. If we can continue to force out gold-quality ones, it would save a lot of effort."

Er Wei shook her head uncertainly and said, "I don't have that kind of experience. We can only experiment, but I don't think you'll succeed. Maybe those bronze-level White Ghouls and White Ghoul Witches have the physical qualities to upgrade to silver-level, but gold-level... is equivalent to a Star River stage human, a very high threshold."

"Mm-hmm." Jiang Xiao nodded, prepared for the plan to fail, but it was always worth a try. It wouldn't cost him anything.

"Let's do it here." Jiang Xiao stopped at the foot of the mountain and said, "How about a farewell kiss... uh, hug?"

Er Wei stopped and just silently looked down at Jiang Xiao, without any response.

Jiang Xiao pouted and said, "Okay, let's get started."

Er Wei said in a hoarse voice, "Suicide."

The corners of Jiang Xiao's mouth turned up slightly, and he laughed, "What? Are you afraid?"

Er Wei frowned slightly.

Jiang Xiao smiled and said, "Luan Hongying, you're a coward. You teared up at the thought of hurting me."

Wow!

Miss Wu Yao's words are a perfect match! They can be used in any situation!

Er Wei's expression suddenly became strange, with a weird smile on her face, and she walked towards Jiang Xiao step by step.

Jiang Xiao subconsciously took a step back, even though he knew he was courting death, but everyone understood the principle, and the feeling of fear was difficult to overcome.

Such a huge, dark figure, with its narrow eyes gleaming fiercely and a strange smile on its face, the overwhelming aura coming head-on, made Jiang Xiao's hair stand on end and sent shivers down his spine.

Er Wei gently took off Jiang Xiao's mask, put one hand around the back of his head, and looked down at him, her eyes dark and like a ferocious beast in the night: "You think I wouldn't dare to hurt you."

Jiang Xiao's words were a little hesitant: "If, if you have the guts... you kill me! You think I'm afraid of you!?"

Er Wei tilted her head.

Jiang Xiao: "You go your way, and I'll cross my bridge to hell! From now on, you and I are through!"

Damn,

I'm such a manly man!

Where else in this world can you find a man as tough as me!?

Er Wei's expression instantly darkened, and with one hand gripping the back of Jiang Xiao's head, her forehead slammed down!

Er Wei's head was very hard!

Really hard! Under the effect of Star Techniques, a metallic sheen faintly appeared on her forehead.

Bang! Jiang Xiao's head shattered, and blood splattered all over Er Wei's face.

But Er Wei only gripped the hilt of the blade behind the corpse, watching as the corpse slowly fell.

A few seconds later, the corpse abruptly turned into specks of starlight, scattered by the wind.

Er Wei crouched down, a raging fire burning in her hand, and picked up the dirty Night Watch uniform, along with the mask, and burned it all to ashes.

Above the flames were specks of starlight flying everywhere, like fireflies beneath Mount E Ye, a scene that was somewhat beautiful.

Er Wei subconsciously wiped her cheek, but the blood on her face had also turned into specks of starlight, disappearing without a trace.

Er Wei carried the giant blade, her expression a little unsightly, looked at the burning clothes, coldly "harrumphed" and turned to leave.

Time returned to an hour later.

At this time, Er Wei, carrying the giant blade on her back, turned her head without turning her body, looking at Yin Ni out of the corner of her eye, and a hoarse voice floated over: "He has begun the next stage of training."

With that, Er Wei strode away...

At the same time, in the distant Imperial Capital City, around Imperial Capital Star Warrior University, in the Maple Forest residential area, in a three-bedroom apartment.

This was the house Xia Yan had rented.

This girl clearly had big plans. Jiang Xiao originally thought she would rent it for a month or half a month to review and prepare for the exam, but he didn't expect Xia Yan to find a house in this community and rent it for three whole years, becoming neighbors with Teacher Fang Xingyun.

But this community was very large. Teacher Fang's building was in the best location, while Xia Yan's rented house was in the southeast corner of the community.

Jiang Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, wiped the sweaty forehead, and muttered, "At most, people break their legs, but I broke my head..."

Knock knock knock.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Jiang Xiao subconsciously looked towards the door.

Outside the door, Han Jiangxue's voice came: "The exam starts at 7:30. We should enter half an hour early. Get up and eat."

"Okay," Jiang Xiao replied and ran to the bathroom inside the house.

Swish...

Just as Jiang Xiao was brushing his teeth, an identical Jiang Xiao, wearing pajamas and with toothpaste foam all over his mouth, suddenly appeared.

Pajamas, toothpaste foam, and even the toothbrush in his hand had been conjured up.

The Lure Jiang Xiao casually threw away the toothbrush. Once the toothbrush left his hand, it turned into specks of starlight and disappeared.

Lure Jiang Xiao wiped the foam from his mouth and leaned towards the sink.

Lure Jiang Xiao and the original Jiang Xiao could share senses, so there was no problem with communication.

The two "people" cooperated well. The original Jiang Xiao turned slightly to the side, and the Lure Jiang Xiao began to rinse his mouth.

Jiang Xiao said vaguely while brushing his teeth, "Tell me, I had to die once to call you out. Can't I just summon you out and replace you? Do I have to summon you after you die?"

However... both of them were Jiang Xiao, so...

Lure Jiang Xiao: "The Lure Star Technique is too weak, you have to die once."

There it is again!

I'm scolding myself!

What a great start to the upcoming exam.

Urged by Xia Yan, Jiang Xiao hurriedly washed up, changed his clothes and walked out of the bedroom.

In the dining room, Han Jiangxue was carrying the stir-fried dishes to the table, while Xia Yan was sitting at the table, her eyes fixed on Han Jiangxue's busy figure, as if she were looking at a goddess of cooking.

Han Jiangxue put the stir-fried lettuce on the table and returned to the stove to get the egg pancakes. When she turned around again, she found that Xia Yan was still propping up her chin, looking at her with burning eyes.

Han Jiangxue couldn't help but glare at Xia Yan.

Xia Yan immediately came back to her senses and shouted loudly, "Jiang Xiaopi! Jiang Xiaopi, are you sleeping to death in the room? I've called you several times... hey?"

Jiang Xiao silently sat down next to Xia Yan, his eyes also silently staring at Xia Yan: "I'm watching you, watching you, without blinking."

Xia Yan's face flushed: "What are you looking at? Eat! This morning we're taking 'Logic' and 'Outline of Modern and Contemporary Chinese History'. If you don't pass, you'll be letting down Teacher Han's tutoring."

But Jiang Xiao laughed and said, "Brother Xiaopi's score will definitely be higher than yours, do you believe it?"

Xia Yan took out a pair of chopsticks and raised her eyebrows: "Based on what?"

"Hehe." Jiang Xiao picked up the bowl and drank a mouthful of babao porridge and said, "I was recommended to Imperial Capital Star Warrior University, so my talent couldn't be displayed. If I took the college entrance exam like you, the provincial champion wouldn't be yours."

Xia Yan: "Keep bragging."

Jiang Xiao shrugged his shoulders: "Believe it or not."

Han Jiangxue sat down, picked up an egg pancake, and smiled inwardly as she watched the two of them quarrel.

Xia Yan "hmmed" and said, "Don't call yourself Jiang Xiaopi anymore, change your name to Jiang Xiaochui." (Jiang Little Bragger)

Jiang Xiao: "Want to try?"

Xia Yan: "Try it! Whoever has the higher combined score on this exam wins."

Jiang Xiao: "What are the penalties for the loser?"

Xia Yan confidently said: "You say."

Jiang Xiao: "Next semester, the loser washes the socks of the winner, by hand, no washing machine allowed, no perfunctory work allowed, bet and accept defeat, no one can be a sore loser."

"Deal!" Xia Yan's eyes lit up, afraid that Jiang Xiao would go back on his word, and quickly agreed.

And in her mind,

She had already imagined the beautiful scene of Jiang Xiao holding a basin and squatting downstairs in the dormitory washing socks.

People passing by asked curiously: "Pi the God, what are you doing?"

Pi the God raised his head, with a sad face: "Xia Yan studies too well, she's too amazing, I lost, I'm willing to wash her socks for half a semester..."

"Wow." Xia Yan was originally holding an egg pancake in her mouth, and the more she thought about it, the more she enjoyed it. She couldn't help but exclaim, and the egg pancake fell on the table with a "plop."

Jiang Xiao looked at her daydreaming appearance and couldn't help but continue to say, "Add a little more to the bet, include Little Jiangxue's socks, wash them all together!"

"Okay, it's settled!" Xia Yan was high-spirited and full of confidence. She picked up the egg pancake on the table and took a bite.

And in Jiang Xiao's bedroom,

Lure Jiang Xiao placed the books for the two subjects on the study table and took out the key points that the teacher had circled before the exam.

He also plugged the charger into the socket, connected the fruit phone, opened the search engine, and turned on the search software...