Chapter 195: Is Xiaoqi a Descendant of the Demon King?
After the meal.
The group first made a trip to the New Star Martial Arts Hall.
There, they met the junior students and Coach Yang Yong.
The Martial Arts Hall had, of course, already heard about Lin Yi and his friends’ Martial Arts exam scores.
Yang Yong looked at them, smiling and nodding.
"You’re exactly what I’d expect from students I’ve taught. You truly haven’t disappointed me!"
"Once you get to university, study hard. Your Martial Arts journey has only just begun. There are many more challenges waiting for you!"
Everyone nodded.
They chatted with Yang Yong for over an hour.
Then, one after another, they all began to leave.
After leaving the New Star Martial Arts Hall, they all went their separate ways.
Tomorrow, Lin Yi and the others would be setting off for the New District.
Zhou Qi, Sun Tao, and Shen Mengyi all needed to go home and pack.
Shen Mengyi was mostly ready; aside from some clothes and other items that she had already packed, there wasn’t much else she needed to bring.
However, the reason she didn’t leave with Lin Yi’s group was that she wanted to go to her brother’s grave alone to talk with him for a while.
And so, Shen Mengyi departed on her own.
Lin Yi, along with Wei Nan and Qin Zhaoxue, first went back to Third Middle School.
For Lin Yi, Liu Song was just as important as Yang Yong.
Perhaps even more so.
Without his homeroom teacher’s support, Lin Yi might not have made it this far.
The moment Liu Song saw Lin Yi, his face broke into a wide smile.
"Go on. There’s nothing in the Old District worth keeping you here. Besides, your talent in the Martial Arts is immense—you all have a much longer road ahead of you!"
"I believe in you. You will definitely forge your own path in the future!"
After bidding farewell to their homeroom teacher, Lin Yi and Wei Nan arrived at the bus stop outside the school.
"We’re about to head home. Is there anywhere else you want to go?"
Lin Yi asked, looking at Wei Nan with a slight smile.
Wei Nan shook his head. "Where else would I go? I have to go home and pack. The main thing is, my parents are such a handful."
"They’ve been visiting relatives and friends nonstop for the past few days!"
"They say it’s to say goodbye, but if you ask me, they’re just showing off!"
At this, Lin Yi also smiled and nodded.
"It’s understandable. After all, they’ve been looking forward to this day for many years. Now that you’re about to leave, they’re surely reluctant to let you go. Just comfort them a bit and it’ll be fine."
Wei Nan smiled and nodded. While Qin Zhaoxue wasn’t looking,
he leaned in close to Lin Yi and whispered, "What about you? Not planning to go home?"
At his words, Lin Yi shook his head.
"Everything that needed to be said was said that day. There’s no need to go back."
"Alright. It’s your business, so you get to decide."
"Holy shit, the bus is here! I’m out! See you in the New District tomorrow!"
"Yeah, see you in the New District!"
Lin Yi smiled and nodded. When the bus came to a stop,
Wei Nan hurried over to the line of people getting on.
After he got on, he didn’t forget to wave to Lin Yi and Qin Zhaoxue.
After everyone had left,
Lin Yi turned to look at Qin Zhaoxue.
’Taking her out is, as expected, quite a bit of trouble.’
’With looks like hers, she turns every head wherever she goes.’
’There were even some delinquents whistling at Qin Zhaoxue...’
’A beautiful woman brings nothing but trouble.’
Lin Yi had muttered this phrase in his mind more than a few times.
’Going out with Qin Zhaoxue and not getting into a few fights would be a disservice to her stunning looks.’
"Where are you heading, Sister Xue? Should I take you home?" Lin Yi said with a smile.
Qin Zhaoxue glanced at him. "To your place!"
"Huh? My place?" Lin Yi was dumbfounded, not reacting for a moment.
She smiled lightly and nodded. "I already talked to Sister Qingru, and she agreed to let me stay at your place for a night!"
"This way, we can avoid the hassle tomorrow and just get up and go!"
Only after she explained did Lin Yi nod.
"Alright then. But don’t even think about sleeping in the same room as me. You can sleep in Sister Qingru’s room!" Lin Yi said with a laugh.
At that, Qin Zhaoxue’s cheeks flushed red.
"Who wants to sleep in the same room as you? In your dreams!"
"Hahaha..."
Lin Yi’s loud laughter earned him a light punch from Qin Zhaoxue.
Just as they were talking, a bus pulled into the station.
Qin Zhaoxue quickly walked over and said, "Come on, let’s get on!"
"Get on? What for?" Lin Yi gave her a strange look.
"Aren’t we going home? Do you have somewhere else to be?" Qin Zhaoxue said hurriedly.
Lin Yi pouted. "Who said we need to take a bus to get home? I usually walk to school. It’s only a ten-odd minute walk. Let’s go, it’s good exercise!"
Qin Zhaoxue: "..."
With that, Lin Yi led Qin Zhaoxue across the street.
「Ten-odd minutes later.」
They arrived home, and the first thing Lin Yi did was let Xiaoqi out of his pocket.
Then, he went to the fridge, took out a few pieces of the Demon Beast Meat he had packed up from yesterday, and placed them in Xiaoqi’s dish.
Xiaoqi came dashing over, as if it hadn’t eaten in ages.
It began to devour the food voraciously...
Watching Xiaoqi’s messy eating, Qin Zhaoxue crouched a short distance away.
After a long while, she finally said, "This isn’t an ordinary bird, is it?"
"What’s not ordinary about it?" Lin Yi asked with a smile.
"The aura it gives off is different from ordinary demon beasts. Plus, its self-preservation instinct is very strong."
"Judging by its size, it’s still a chick. It’s not fully grown at all!"
"For an unfledged chick to have such a pure aura and self-preservation instinct means it’s definitely not ordinary. By the way, where did you find it?"
Lin Yi paused and glanced at her.
"During the Battle of Wushan, when I found Brother Chu, he gave me an egg!"
"An egg?"
Qin Zhaoxue gave him a strange look.
Apparently, the situation back then was too chaotic.
No one noticed that Chu Zhengxiong had picked up a dazzling, seven-colored egg.
Lin Yi nodded. "That’s right, a seven-colored egg. Brother Chu said it was a gift for my Martial Arts exam. I didn’t think much of it at first, but when I got home, I started wondering what it was."
"Later, I discovered there was life inside the egg, so I looked up how to hatch an egg online..."
"And in the end, this is what happened. It hatched on its own!"
After Lin Yi finished speaking,
when Qin Zhaoxue looked at Xiaoqi again, there was a strange look in her eyes.
After a long moment, she finally said, "Is it possible... that it’s the offspring of the Demon King? Or that it *is* the Demon King?"
"The Demon King? Didn’t you guys kill the Demon King?" Lin Yi said in surprise.
Qin Zhaoxue nodded. "We were indeed chasing a 7-star Demon King, and we did kill it. But right before it died, it claimed it wasn’t the real Demon King at all!"
"It also said that the true Demon King was about to be born..."
"After we returned, we went back to Wushan to search for the Demon King’s whereabouts, but we never found anything!"
"You just said you brought it back from Wushan, and it hatched within two days."
"Could this be the ’birth’ that the 7-star Demon Beast was talking about?"
Qin Zhaoxue’s words,
sent Lin Yi into deep thought.
’Wushan, Demon King, hatching into the world?’
’If what Qin Zhaoxue said is true, then Xiaoqi really could be the Demon King they’re looking for.’
’But... isn’t this Demon King a bit too weak?’
’Even if it has the bloodline of an Ancient Divine Bird and reached the 1-star realm upon hatching,’
’calling it the Demon King seems a bit too far-fetched.’
"Sister Xue, could it be like this? Maybe it’s the Demon King’s descendant, and the real Demon King either died long ago or left!"
"So what the Blood Drop Believers were nourishing with their blood was actually this egg?"
"And what all those demon beasts were guarding was also it?"
"It’s just that no one expected that the one they believed to be the Demon King was actually just a chick?"
When he finished, Qin Zhaoxue nodded lightly.
"What you’re saying isn’t impossible. But if you plan on raising it, you need to be very careful."
"I’m worried that once it’s fully grown, it will turn on you!"
Qin Zhaoxue added a few words of warning.
Such a thing was not impossible.
It was just like in the fables of the farmer and the snake, or Mr. Dongguo and the wolf.
If their theory was correct,
then Xiaoqi didn’t just have the bloodline of an Ancient Divine Bird, but also the genes of a Demon King.
If the time came in the future, it could turn on Lin Yi.
But what Qin Zhaoxue didn’t know was that Xiaoqi had already established a spiritual connection with Lin Yi.
Lin Yi had researched this a bit. Simply put, it was like acknowledging a master.
With this spiritual connection established, any ill thoughts Xiaoqi had would be known to Lin Yi.
In fact, its divine sense was left within his [Heart Spirit Domain].
If it had even the slightest evil thought, or any ill intentions toward Lin Yi,
the White Tiger would devour its divine sense.
"Alright, get some rest. We’ll head to the New District as soon as we wake up tomorrow."
"Make sure you bring your admission letter and your pass!"
"Without those two things, you won’t even be able to enter the New District!"
Qin Zhaoxue said to Lin Yi with a smile.
Lin Yi nodded. "I’ve got plenty of those. I’m not worried about losing them!"
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Qin Zhaoxue was a little stunned.
’Aren’t admission letters and passes limited to one per person?’
But then, Lin Yi came out of his room with nine mailers and nine passes.
Qin Zhaoxue couldn’t hold it together anymore. She murmured, "Is this how geniuses are treated? All nine universities in the New District sent you an admission offer?"
Lin Yi smiled. "Want one? I can give you a few."
Qin Zhaoxue: "..."