Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Versatile Tactics

Of course, the reason given to the school for taking leave was “internship.” But as for her roommates who were in the know, it was obvious why Yuan Xiaoling hadn’t returned to school.

【Take care of yourself.】

This was the unified message sent by both roommates.

Yuan Xiaoling thought to herself, what’s the point of you guys sending me this? Can I just take care of myself like that? It all depends on Bai Ling’s mood.

All she could do was eat more and sleep more. Only after eating well and resting enough would she have the energy for Artemisia.

So she got up first to eat, then walked around the corridor for a while, climbed back into bed, and slept until evening.

Until Bai Ling came to call her:

“It’s time to go.”

Queen’s Road wasn’t that far from the city center. This time they properly hailed a taxi instead of riding without paying. The driver drove steadily and arrived at the place before midnight.

The security guards at the gate were still the same two people from last time. Seeing Bai Ling and Yuan Xiaoling, they greeted them enthusiastically.

“Misses, please come in.”

“The boss has been waiting for a long time.”

These two security guards were guarding the outer gates to prevent ordinary people unaware of the situation from rushing in. The guardians of the core area were the two sisters from last time, only allowing the boss’s guests to enter.

“Xiaoling, you’re here again~”

At the corridor entrance, Ah Lan and Ting Ting came over to greet her from afar.

Yuan Xiaoling decided to sit outside for a bit while Bai Ling went in alone.

“Xiaoling, why haven’t you been coming as often recently? Only once a week,” Ah Lan asked impatiently, “Did you try the methods I taught you?”

Yuan Xiaoling silently glanced at her and nodded.

“How did it go? What were the results?” Ah Lan and Ting Ting looked at her expectantly.

“The result was…” The Blonde-haired Maiden pouted, looking extremely uncomfortable, “…I got beaten even worse than usual.”

“Huh? How could that be?” Ah Lan was confused, “It shouldn’t be like that. Based on my life experience, it should work every time.”

“How should I know,” Yuan Xiaoling shrugged her shoulders, “Maybe she’s just rebellious, full of rebellion.”

She felt there was nothing wrong with her own operation, so the problem must lie with Bai Ling herself.

“Rebellious? Got it.”

Ah Lan, being the experienced older sister, quickly came up with a new plan: “Since she likes to do things backwards, you do the opposite too, achieving a negative-negative-positive effect.”

That’s called adapting to local conditions.

After listening to her for a while, Yuan Xiaoling had an epiphany and felt inspired for next week’s Weekly Task.

“Alright, noted,” the Blonde-haired Maiden stood up and said, “I’ll go in to find Bai Ling first. We can chat again when we have time.”

Inside the VIP room, Luo Zou Cheng looked somewhat different from the last time they met. His complexion was better, but his spirit seemed weaker.

His complexion improved because he stopped smoking, but his spirit wasn’t great because he realized how deep the waters of Tianhai City were, not as carefree as before.

“He requested a few people,” Bai Ling said as soon as she entered, “Two late Second-tier, one early Third-tier, the strongest people I could find here.”

Pausing for a moment, he continued: “I told those three people that this job would be very difficult, most likely life-threatening, but the other side offered too much money.”

Bai Ling listened quietly, sipping tea after sitting down, and asked: “Is that all you said?”

“I also told the client that these three people aren’t enough to complete the task, and he said it’s fine, he will figure it out himself,” Luo Zou Cheng replied.

“Good.” Bai Ling smiled faintly.

If he says that, he probably plans to act personally since the forces behind him haven’t yet arrived in Tianhai City during this period.

They will only arrive after the collapse of Tianhai Tower.

“I understand. Also, help me investigate a company,” she said, “Yunhai Company, used to run factories, now develops games.”

“No problem, I’ll get someone to ask for you,” Luo Zou Cheng readily agreed, then pushed the file on the table toward her, “Here’s the intelligence on those three people, you might need it.”

Second-tier and Third-tier Spiritual Energy Manipulators’ information? Would she need it?

Bai Ling didn’t respond; coincidentally, Yuan Xiaoling entered at this moment.

“How’s the chat going?”

“Yuan Xiaoling,” Bai Ling called her, “Our opponents this weekend, two late Second-tier, one early Third-tier, are you interested in sparring with them?”

Saying that, she handed over the dossier.

Yuan Xiaoling quickly scanned through it—two Element-type, one Mental-type. The Element-types were fire and fog users, and the Mental-type was support.

After calculating mentally, the early Third-tier fire user was elementally countered by her, the late Second-tier fog user was purely a team liability and suppressed by her higher-tier same-element skills, and the support counted as half a person.

Although her Spiritual Power strength was only mid-Third-tier, with the perfect skill set provided by the System and the core skill reinforced twice, calling her Third-tier Grand Mastery was absolutely no issue.

“Sure, no problem,” Yuan Xiaoling placed her hands on her hips, “Let’s fight anytime.”

Luo Zou Cheng twitched his eyelid slightly, feeling a bit awkward.

With limited knowledge, he really couldn’t imagine what a huge disparity in strength would look like, whether or not having intelligence made no difference.

“Let’s go,” Bai Ling stood up and said, “We should head back.”

“Is it so early today? Alright.”

Yuan Xiaoling patted her skirt and waved her little hand at Luo Zou Cheng: “Thanks, Uncle, we’re off. Sweet dreams tonight.”

Luo Zou Cheng sat in his chair for a moment, staring blankly as the two girls left.

The white-haired girl was truly dangerous, with a cold personality. Thankfully, her wife was easygoing, polite, and very considerate.

He thought about this.

Walking through the front hall, Yuan Xiaoling also bid farewell to the two sisters.

“Remember the methods I taught you,” Ah Lan reminded her, “Find an opportunity to try them out.”

“Okay, understood, no problem.”

Exiting the bar, Bai Ling asked her, “What methods did they teach you this time? Another life hack?”

“Yes,” Yuan Xiaoling confidently replied, “A life hack!”

Last time, it was due to insufficient research. This time, based on the opponent’s characteristics, knowing oneself and the enemy, there definitely wouldn’t be any issues.

Leaving the hotel was earlier than last time, around ten o’clock. Queen’s Road still had few people, with only a few vehicles passing by hurriedly.

The nearby hotel was still brightly lit.

Yuan Xiaoling looked around and finally her gaze landed on the hotel’s signboard. She suddenly realized something and inexplicably tightened her legs.

This is called Dragon King Intuition.

“Bai Ling, we won’t… be staying at a hotel again tonight, right?”

“What else?” Bai Ling said indifferently, “The dormitory closing time is 10:30 PM. Do you think what kind of transportation we’d take to get back within half an hour?”

“Emmmmm… Pagani Huayra?” Yuan Xiaoling tilted her little face to look at her.

“Great suggestion, but we don’t have one, and city roads have speed limits.”

“…”