True Solution of the Sword Dao

Then there were some announcements and tips.

They were all about forming teams to enter the Inner World, elite squads recruiting members, and posting bounty missions.

Lin Fei clicked on the last news track about the Holy See’s Knights of the Light of Punishment.

No sooner had she clicked it than a huge full-screen photo was presented before her eyes.

A smiling Silver Armored Knight was slightly bowed, shaking hands with an elderly man in a black robe. The setting was a magnificent hall with a strong Central European style.

The Silver Armored Knight had short flaxen hair, handsome features, and faced the camera, his armor as exquisite as decoration. On the grey carpet behind him stood other knights in similar silver armor. A red-haired female knight had a smile on her face as well, and there were two male knights standing beside her, each with a polite smile.

Lin Fei noticed that on the right shoulder of the armor each of the four knights wore, there was an extended piece shaped like a seashell, engraved with intricate patterns.

Below the picture was a line of text.

"As one of the Holy See’s important military forces, the Knights of the Light of Punishment, just like the judging Knight Order, are shrouded in mystery. This decisive strike signifies the Holy See’s strong resolve concerning this battle. As shown in the picture, shaking hands with the black-robed mage is the Knight Commander Remington, standing behind him are three key members of the Knight Order."

Regarding this strike, Knight Commander Remington’s response was...

Then followed a stream of diplomatic rhetoric and interview Q&As. Lin Fei skimmed over it. What concerned him was that the Knights of the Light of Punishment and the Judging Knight Order where Aisaha belonged were actually of the same rank. Therefore, a good understanding of the Knights of the Light of Punishment could largely equate to an understanding of the Judging Knight Order.

His gaze fell directly on the last line of text: "The interview location this time, Inner World’s Sri Lanka Castle. Interviewer: The black-robed mage, Words of Canglan."

According to the rules of the Mage’s Eye interviews, this Words of Canglan must also be no ordinary person. To grant such respect surely indicated formidable strength. Lin Fei pondered thoughtfully.

"Hey," suddenly a small hand waved in front of Lin Fei.

Lin Fei snapped back to reality.

"What?"

He turned his face toward Wu Xiuye.

"What are you doing, staring at some junk mail for so long?" Wu Xiuye asked perplexedly.

"Do you go online every day?" Lin Fei changed the subject.

"Not every day, just three or four times a week," Wu Xiuye answered casually.

Lin Fei was speechless—three or four nights a week of staying up late was already more than half the week, and she said it’s just.

For some reason, when Lin Fei looked at Wu Xiuye, he felt an odd sense of seeing Jiu’er. Even though she and Jiu’er looked nothing alike, Wu Xiuye seemed to carry the same traits as Jiu’er for some unknown reason.

Shaking his head slightly, Lin Fei discarded the thought. Yan Shijiu’er was already a memory from long ago. It had also been a very long time since he had rid himself of the trouble of hallucinations.

Moving the mouse to click on QQ, a series of notification sounds chimed in overlap the moment he logged in.

Lin Fei hadn’t logged into QQ in a very long time.

The lower-right corner of the screen kept flashing. He didn’t know how many messages had accumulated.

He moved the mouse over and started clicking on them one by one.

First was a message from his high school classmate Chen Yun, then the girl Fang Jing who used to sit in front of him, Xu Ke as well, and surprisingly even Chen Huan who sent a message from Tokyo, but most of the messages were from an unfamiliar QQ number: A Bit of Pride.

The gender showed it was a girl. She had sent so many messages that even after ten or more clicks in the lower-right corner, they hadn’t finished popping up. The messages kept appearing in dialogue boxes.

All were asking, "Are you there?"

However, the last message revealed the person’s identity: "I am He Wenwen. Are you there?"

He Wenwen?

Lin Fei had almost forgotten the name. Xu Ke’s friend, that snobbish and vain girl.

Ignoring her messages, the last was from an unfamiliar QQ named "Your Vanity, Sister."

The reply inside was just three words.

"Thank you."

Very simple.

Lin Fei checked the person’s information and was immediately startled—there was nothing there.

He looked at the avatar, and to his surprise, the person was still online, albeit on mobile.

"Who are you?"

There was no response from the other side.

******************

Ping City

Lin You lay on his bed, yawning, but with his mobile phone in hand, he was rapidly typing.

"Xiao You, do you know how Yueyue’s doing?"

"Haven’t been in touch for a while now. She’s so stressed out, studying all day. There’s no time to even ask her out." Lin You typed swiftly.

"Really? Is studying at No. 3 Middle School that miserable?"

"I don’t think so."

"Forget it, you’re not human."

Lin You was startled, and his fingers suddenly stopped.

"What’s up?" Another text came through.

"Nothing, nothing." Lin You quickly recovered.

"By the way, did you join the group chat? Our class group is pretty lively right now."

"Oh? I haven’t joined yet." Lin You calmed down and replied, "It’s so late, what’s everyone chatting about? I thought everyone would be asleep by now."

"It’s a holiday today, so some of them went to the internet café for an all-nighter. As for the topic of discussion, it’s about a message regarding you that’s been spreading. You’ll know once you go in."

Lin You logged onto QQ on her phone, opened the class group chat, and was instantly bombarded with a flood of chat messages pouring in.

"Lin You is online. Ask her, I’m going to sleep, I can’t take it anymore," a girl named Lu Xinzhu typed the latest message.

"You’re online?"

"Yes, I see it."

"Is Lin You there?"

One after another, classmates began to inquire.

"What’s going on?" Lin You was startled; it was so late, and yet there were so many classmates online. Counting the active avatars, there were more than a dozen.

"Lin You, I heard the school is planning to invite the top scorer of our city’s last college entrance exam to share his experience. Do you know about that?" a classmate asked.

"Yeah, isn’t the top scorer your brother? I heard from Haidong and the others that it’s your brother."

"You have a brother?"

"I remember the last city-wide top scorer scored over seven hundred points."

"Wow, that’s high."

A group of them began discussing the difficulty of the previous college entrance exam and comparing it with previous years.

Lin You felt a small sense of pride, and the corners of her mouth curled up into a slight smile.

"No wonder, I was thinking why Lin You’s grades are so good, turns out her brother is one of those legendary runner-ups." This sentence was so cheesy it gave Lin You goosebumps for a long time.

"Having her brother to guide her personally, of course she wouldn’t have any problems with school."

But gradually, as the classmates continued to talk, it seemed as if it was only natural for Lin You to do well in school.

Suddenly, the smile on Lin You’s face disappeared.

"I am me, my brother is my brother, please don’t get the two of us mixed up, okay?" She couldn’t help but speak up.

"Isn’t it the same? With your brother laying a solid foundation for you, things like grades are all just fleeting clouds."

"My sister also took the last college entrance exam, and I heard it was really hard. She only scored just over five hundred points, even though she used to score close to six hundred on tests."

Then the topic slowly shifted to the difficulty of the college entrance exam questions, and a bunch of students who had just started their holiday and had nothing better to do suddenly got lively again. As for the topic of Lin You and her brother, it was tossed to the side.

Lin You, holding back her frustration, was about to clarify that there was absolutely no guidance between her and Lin Fei. But, unfortunately, no one gave her the chance. As the flood of chat messages continued to scroll down, the avatars dimmed one by one.

Lin You threw down her phone in irritation.

"So annoying!"

"What’s the matter?" Feil conveniently came over to inquire.

"The grades I’ve worked so hard for are now all being credited to Lin Fei. Why is that?" Lin You pouted.

"That’s quite normal," Feil yawned. "If your brother Lin Fei has such good grades and you do well, that’s to be expected. If you surpass your brother, it’s due to the excellent foundation he laid. If your grades are a lot worse, then it’s because your IQ is really bad. Everyone naturally associates you with Lin Fei."

"That can’t be right~" Lin You widened her eyes. "What on earth does my studying have to do with Lin Fei?"

"That’s what you say, but no one is going to believe it," Feil turned her head, "Let’s sleep, we have to wake up early tomorrow."

"Don’t sleep, how should I handle this? Give me some advice!" Lin You panicked, realizing that without a solution, she would probably live in Lin Fei’s shadow for her entire life. Just thinking about it gave her chills.

"What kind of advice?" Feil curled up. "Let’s sleep first..."

"You’re sleeping?!" Lin You was irritated.

"Anyway, he is your brother, and people think it’s normal for him to be better than you, what are you afraid of? Why do you always have to surpass him?" Feil said nonchalantly.

Lin You paused.

"Yeah, why do I always feel the need to surpass him?"

"Think it over," Feil said as she turned over and went back to sleep.

"These are just things from the ordinary world after all. I am now a real Inner World Psychic, and he’s just an ordinary person who learned some combat skills. Why should I be competing with an ordinary person?" Lin You’s eyes slowly lit up. "There’s no comparison at all." She began to fantasize about the stunned look on Lin Fei’s face if he accidentally saw her magnificent Second Stage Transformation.

In a scenario where a formidable enemy struck, she would transform into her Second Stage, with snow-white Ice Crystals fluttering behind her, bravely facing the enemy head-on, protecting her family, her school, and defending the world... well, that was getting ahead of herself.

As for Lin Fei, he could only stand behind her, staring blankly at her retreating figure.

"Lin... Lin You!!" He would say with a face full of shock. "You’re actually this amazing!!"

"Ha... hahaha..."

Lin You wiped away the drool from her mouth, chuckling to herself, completely lost in her fantasy.

Meanwhile, Feil shook her head slightly and continued to sleep.

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