High School Student with Immortal Race System

The nights in Jianghuai were always so magical, and so enchanting.

For every opportunity this city offered, there was just as much danger... and just as much greed.

Tonight was a cold, rainy night. The late November weather made every drop of rain feel sharp and hard.

On the edge of the Vermilion Bird District, atop the roof of an old factory, a tall, agile figure vaulted up.

A black, unmarked poncho covered most of her body, revealing only a pair of long, toned legs and a glimpse of her delicate, cold eyes.

Her long, straight black hair disappeared behind the wide cloak. Even though she was completely covered, she was still as alluring as a fairy of the night.

Cao Wei tightened the black gloves on her hands. Her long fingers slowly clenched into a fist. Her seemingly slender wrists actually contained the immense Power of an Innate Martial Artist.

’After all that, it’s just a domestic dispute mission...’

According to the mission description, the target was a certain doctor.

He had met his wife half a year ago. It was his second marriage, but the two had moved extremely fast, getting married in just half a month. She had even cut ties with her childhood sweetheart of five years at light speed.

Her personality had reportedly changed drastically. She went from being independent and willful to being completely obedient to her husband, not even resisting when he beat or cursed her, and she was constantly transferring her assets to him.

The suspicion was "Witchcraft," and someone was needed to gather evidence.

The client... was the wife’s ex-boyfriend...

Incidentally, this factory was an asset left by the wife’s parents, but it had already been renovated. Most of it had been converted into rental offices for small startups.

The new couple also lived inside.

This was the only mission the "middleman" could find that might be related to the Rebel Species.

To be honest, Cao Wei wasn’t interested in this kind of mission at all. It sounded unreliable. But in order to quickly become a self-reliant Nightwalker, she had taken it anyway.

As for the payment, it was only thirty thousand yuan, which wasn’t even enough to cover her weekly allowance.

Behind Cao Wei, another figure jumped up. Wan Mengjie was wearing a cheap raincoat. Although it was also black, the contrast between her and Cao Wei was like the difference between "Liu Juan" and "Huang Aotian."

"I’ve never heard of a middleman coming to supervise a mission."

Wan Mengjie gave a dry laugh. "How is this supervising! I’m just worried you might be in danger. You’re a rookie, after all. If the mission fails, it won’t be easy for me as the middleman either."

Because it was a secondhand job, she had already spent 5,000 yuan on a transfer fee...

Every time a business deal seemed profitable, she always had to pay some costs upfront... This gave Wan Mengjie a bad feeling.

’It seems like the last few times things went wrong, it was just like this...’

Cao Wei said coolly, "You’re very short on money. Why don’t you become a tutor? A Jiangti student should be in high demand."

Wan Mengjie sighed. "It’s not that I haven’t... I’m willing to take any class I can get..."

"Even though I’m a Jiangti student, I only reached the Late-stage Marrow Refining in my third year. I’m not very competitive, so the pay per class isn’t high. It’s not enough to pay back my loans... I mean, it’s not quite enough to live on."

This was also why she became a Nightwalker. No tutoring jobs happened in the middle of the night... unless they were the shady kind.

"Don’t mind me. I’ll be your lookout, provide support."

Cao Wei nodded. She didn’t think any support was necessary. Who ever heard of someone at Marrow Refining providing support for an Innate master?

After breaking through to the Innate Stage, she was already considered a "master" by normal standards.

What’s more, an Innate master from Jiangti Martial Arts Academy.

...

Behind the two, just ten meters away, a figure was hidden behind a water tower.

Long Jiu was also wearing a poncho, leaning quietly against the water tower without a word.

A certain someone had tasked her with providing backup for Cao Wei.

After all, she was a novice, and her strength wasn’t exactly reassuring, at least in Yang Shen’s opinion...

An Early Innate Stage was barely enough meat for a barbecue.

Neither Cao Wei nor Wan Mengjie detected Long Jiu’s presence, so they had no idea a great master at the Late-stage Innate was providing them with backup.

...

A few dozen meters behind Long Jiu, a hundred meters behind Cao Wei and Wan Mengjie.

Seven figures of varying sizes were hidden on another rooftop.

They wore black cloaks similar to Cao Wei’s, exuding a murderous aura in the dark night.

Yuan Rui could faintly see Cao Wei in the distance. He said to the junior brothers behind him, "It’s only right for Cao Wei to gain experience, and it’s time for her to grow up and better fulfill her filial duties. But Master’s mission cannot be allowed to fail."

𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

"We Eight Disciples rise and fall together. We should be here to cover for our junior sister."

The few people behind him immediately said, "Don’t worry, Senior Brother."

A few days ago, Cao Wei had spoken with Yuan Rui. After all, she was taking Master’s mission very seriously. As the Think Tank of the Eight Disciples, Yuan Rui had thus learned of Cao Wei’s plan.

After helping her strategize a bit, he ultimately still felt uneasy and called a few junior brothers to provide backup.

"Zihan, why have you been using such a strange... stance lately?"

The 2.3-meter-tall Tian Zihan was in a Golden Chicken Standalone pose, his bucket-thick arms spread like a great roc’s wings, while two of his fingers pointed at the ground and his neck was tilted back at the maximum angle.

It could only be described as a Thunderous Stance.

Tian Zihan said in a booming voice, "It’s just... a personal hobby."

’My Cultivation of the "Zongjiao Stake" must not be neglected!’

Yuan Rui sighed. "Forget it. Just try not to move around too much. You’re too easy to spot."

When Tian Zihan moved, he was like a wall with long legs in the middle of the night...

"Wang Yang, Li, Liu Heng, stay alert! We’re providing backup for Cao Wei!"

...

Dozens of meters behind Yuan Rui and his group, a hundred meters behind Long Jiu, and two hundred meters behind Cao Wei and Wan Mengjie.

A strange figure wearing a helmet, with muscles as chiseled as marble, stood on the corner of a rooftop dozens of meters high, overlooking the entire scene.

And beside him stood a female swordswoman, holding a longsword, equally graceful and elegant, standing silently.

The female swordswoman’s face was covered by a half-mask of black. Her sharp eyes swept across the area, and after a moment, she looked somewhat bewildered. "Shenzi... how many people did you call? This is a huge operation tonight!"

The helmeted Yang Shen felt a toothache coming on. "I... I didn’t call a damn soul!"

’And I was just going to provide some backup... After all, Cao Wei isn’t very reassuring.’

’Long Jiu, too.’

He wanted to train them, not have them Refined into nothing.

But the "backup" had turned into an entire army "holding the line."

This group of people... even in the Noon Realm, they could form a considerable fighting force and charge the River of Calamity and Pestilence...

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Returning to Cao Wei’s perspective on the Celestial Platform.

Although she wasn’t interested in this mission, she was still a little nervous.

But... even with only herself and a middleman who was dead weight, she was fearless!!

This was her chance to prove her worth to her Master.

Cao Wei took a deep breath, flipped over the edge, and jumped down. The renovated old factory wasn’t actually that large, consisting of only a few buildings.

As for the camera locations, she had already confirmed them from her high vantage point earlier.

The target was on the top floor of Building A. It was originally a factory dormitory, but the top floor had a large, renovated penthouse flat where the couple lived.

Using only three fingers, she caught the edge of the window ledge. Cao Wei landed outside the bedroom window without making a sound.

Hanging by one hand—how cool she looked!

According to the plan, they should both be asleep. She would first check from outside the bedroom window, then go to the husband’s study... to search for evidence.

And then she saw eight people standing in the room...

Eight guys who didn’t look like good people at first glance were surrounding a large bed with mocking smiles on their faces.

On the bed, a woman was lying there. A man wearing gloves and holding a scalpel looked like he was about to perform surgery. The woman’s eyes were tightly shut, and she was completely unconscious.

Although Cao Wei hadn’t made a sound, the change in the light revealed her presence.

All eight people looked up at the window in unison.

Everyone was stunned.

Cao Wei: ...

Everyone: ...