novelraw Chapter 375: So what?
Chapter 375: So what?
But...
So what?
Compared to Teacher Wang Mingyuan's decade of suffering and stagnant future, what do these risks amount to?
Compared to the regret of Teacher Wang Mingyuan possibly being forever trapped at the Tide Realm, unable to unleash his talents, what does the possibility of his own identity being exposed amount to?
Su Zhan's gaze held not the slightest waver.
He had always been clear about gratitude and grudges.
The pursuit and despair Qin Bai and the Aberrant Purge Division had inflicted upon him, he remembered them well and would repay them a hundredfold!
And the kindness and protection Wang Mingyuan and Ye Hongyu had given him, he also engraved them in his bones and would do his utmost to repay!
This Reforge Fruit was the most effective repayment he could offer at this stage!
It could completely change Wang Mingyuan's fate, allowing him to reclaim his strength and dignity.To achieve this goal, even if it aroused suspicion, even if it increased the risk of his own exposure, Su Zhan would not hesitate!
Strength was the confidence that allowed him to act boldly now!
Now, he was a dual-element Calamity and Ocean Realm cultivator, possessing a trump card like Time Reversal.
He was no longer that weak existence who could be easily manipulated back then.
"Let them suspect if they want," Su Zhan thought coldly in his heart. "If that day truly comes, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. But right now, my teacher's injury must be healed."
Some things, you do them knowing they might be impossible, simply because your conscience is clear.
Pressing down the jumble of thoughts in his mind.
Su Zhan flapped his wings, increasing his speed once more.
Next, it was time to deal with his own matters.
Qin Bai... it was time for a reckoning.
The improvement in his strength gave him the capital to swiftly settle debts and favors.
The southern Black City would be his temporary foothold, and also the base from which he would plan his next moves.
Returning to Black City.
Before the iconic black metal gates of the City Lord's Residence.
The guarding sentries spotted that figure from afar and immediately straightened their postures, their right fists striking heavily against the armor on their left chests, producing a clear, loud clang.
"Mr. Chen!"
The sentry's voice was powerful, filled with heartfelt reverence.
This respect stemmed not only from Su Zhan's status as a highest-rank Guest Advisor, but also from his invincible display on the arena two years ago, and from the City Lord Mo Yuan's undisguised regard for him.
Now, sensing the unfathomable aura emanating from Su Zhan, this respect had transformed into an awe bordering on veneration.
Su Zhan gave a slight nod in acknowledgment, his steps never pausing as he walked directly into the residence.
He had just passed through the front courtyard.
A deep cyan figure appeared at the end of the corridor, it was Mo Yuan.
The gaze of this master of Black City sharpened the moment it fell upon Su Zhan.
Given his realm, he could naturally clearly perceive that the fluctuations emanating from this young man before him were the genuine aura of a Calamity-level being!
Only half a year!
In just half a year, he had actually crossed that chasm that countless powerhouses could not overcome in their entire lifetimes, leaping from Peak Special-risk directly to Calamity in a single step!
Mo Yuan instantly understood where Su Zhan had gone these past six months.
Other than the Mist World, there was no other place that could provide such a frenzied speed of advancement, and no other place that could make him completely vanish without a trace.
Suppressing the towering waves in his heart.
Mo Yuan stepped forward quickly, a complex, ineffable smile on his face as he gave Su Zhan's shoulder a firm pat. "Good! Good! Good! It's good that you're back!"
Three consecutive 'good's conveyed all the emotion in his heart.
He didn't ask further, taking Su Zhan by the arm. "Come, let's talk inside. You vanished without a trace for half a year, you had this old man quite worried."
Mo Yuan directly led Su Zhan to his own private study within the City Lord's Residence. This place was equipped with powerful isolation Barriers, making it an excellent location for conversation.
Personally pouring a cup of steaming, fragrant tea and pushing it towards Su Zhan.
Mo Yuan then sat down opposite him, his gaze burning as he looked at him, his tone filled with astonishment.
"Half a year... you really did it. It seems you went over there. Over there... you suffered quite a bit, didn't you?"
He could imagine the dangers involved.
Struggling to survive alone under the threat of Calamity-level existences, searching for a breakthrough opportunity—that was no easy feat.
Su Zhan took the teacup and nodded calmly. "It was alright. In the end... I succeeded."
His tone was flat.
But how could Mo Yuan not hear the life-and-death struggles hidden behind that flatness?
Mo Yuan looked deeply at Su Zhan, admiration in his eyes.
Not arrogant, not impatient, not complaining of hardship, not boasting of achievements—this temperament was truly extraordinary.
"Succeeding is good, succeeding is good indeed!"
Mo Yuan sighed with emotion. "This way, my Black City truly gains another pillar of support! Your realm is newly stabilized now. What are your plans next? Is there any area where you need my assistance?"
Su Zhan took a sip of tea, set down the cup, a cold glint flashing in his golden vertical pupils. "There is indeed one matter that needs to be settled."
"Is it about... Qin Bai?"
Mo Yuan immediately understood.
He had long known about the enmity between Su Zhan and Qin Bai. After being pursued for so long, hiding and dodging, disguising as a beggar and a madman—any normal person would harbor hatred.
Su Zhan did not deny it, saying calmly, "Some debts need to be settled."
Mo Yuan was silent for a moment, then said slowly, "Qin Bai is, after all, an agent of the Aberrant Purge Division. Moving against him affects the whole situation; you need to be cautious.
However, since you have decided, my Black City will always be your backing.
If you need any intelligence, or... need me to cooperate in any way, just speak."
These words already placed Su Zhan on an equal footing as an ally, rather than simply a subordinate or Guest Advisor.
Su Zhan looked at Mo Yuan and gave a slight nod. "Thank you, City Lord. For now, it is not needed. If there is a need, I will naturally speak up."
His voice was calm, yet carried absolute confidence.
With his current strength as a dual-element Calamity and Ocean Realm cultivator, dealing with a single Qin Bai no longer required much external assistance.
What he needed was just a suitable opportunity, and... ensuring it wouldn't trigger uncontrollable chain reactions.
Within the study, the fragrance of tea wafted gently.
"Your movements on the way back were not small. The eastern fortress, Vermilion Bird Academy... I have already received related reports on my end."
Mo Yuan looked deeply at Su Zhan as he slowly spoke. "I heard that at Vermilion Bird Academy, you publicly gave a Reforge Fruit to Professor Wang Mingyuan?"
Su Zhan calmly met Mo Yuan's gaze, openly admitting it. "Yes."
A single word, straightforward and decisive, without explanation, without reason.
Mo Yuan leaned forward slightly. "Chen Qing, do you know what kind of divine object a Reforge Fruit is? In over three hundred years of Daxia's history, only three are recorded in official records!
Its value is enough to drive Ocean Realm powerhouses mad, to make major forces stir up storms of blood.
And you just... gave it to a Vermilion Bird Academy professor you've never met before?
To my knowledge, you and Wang Mingyuan had no prior interaction whatsoever.
A strange Calamity-level Aberrant, breaking into the heavily guarded core of a human academy, only to bestow a priceless treasure... This act, in the eyes of any informed observer, is filled with incomprehensible... suspicion."