When Earth Awakened, I Became a Sword Saintess

Chapter 127 : Special Course

127: Special Course

Lan Lianyue, after being examined, was fine, but she was extremely weak from having exhausted her Primordial Energy. She was lying in the infirmary of the Martial Arts Dojo, unable to attend the award ceremony.

The champion received 1500 Academy Credits. Adding the points from the previous preliminaries, Yuyin's total credits now exceeded 2000. Of course, the runner-up also received 800 credits, but credits did not hold as much meaning for Lan Lianyue.

Amidst the cheers and the crowd, Yuyin finished the award ceremony but left the noisy crowd directly and headed for the infirmary.

In the dim corridor, she met Hua Yuanjing.

"Senior Sister Jing, how is Senior Sister Lian?" Yuyin looked with some worry at the infirmary behind Hua Yuanjing, from which a white light emanated.

"Lianyue has already been picked up by the Student Council's car. Don't worry, her body is fine." Hua Yuanjing said.

"Then..." Yuyin was still a little worried.

"It's alright. You did perfectly. You won the match, and in the end, you also controlled your sword very well. Congratulations on breaking the Academy's historical record." Hua Yuanjing gave a faint, gratified smile.

"Senior Sister Jing..." Yuyin could tell that Hua Yuanjing was genuinely praising her, but at the same time, she was even more worried about Lianyue.

Hua Yuanjing wanted to say more to Yuyin, but she couldn't, given Lianyue's situation, run over and hug Yuyin to share in the victory. That would feel like a betrayal of Lianyue.

"Yuyin, I think... in this Academy, the future will be your era... Let's talk another day." Hua Yuanjing, such a straightforward girl, was now hiding her true feelings. She seemed somewhat reluctant but resolutely turned and left.

Yuyin could feel that Hua Yuanjing did not blame her for defeating Senior Sister Lian; she wasn't that kind of girl. But because of this, her forced smile made Yuyin feel even more her concern for Lianyue, which was clearly not about her physical well-being.

Back at the dormitory, Yingluo and Hua Qianyuan were giving Yuyin a relaxing massage together.

Yuyin quite liked this feeling of lying on the bed while they massaged her. At this time, it was not just physical comfort; her mind was also in a relaxed state, contemplating various problems. Although she was being massaged, and she couldn't see or control where they were massaging, it gave her a queen-like feeling.

A so-called queen was still different from a male king, right? That was how Yuyin understood it.

"The Source Martial Tournament has come to an end. I have obtained the Soul Charm Points and Academy Credits I needed. Plus, with me winning the championship, I should be able to cultivate more peacefully in this Academy from now on."

"Qianyuan, is today May twelfth?"

"I think so?"

"Yes, it is..." Yingluo said, while seriously massaging Yuyin's thigh, her voice a little breathless.

Yuyin couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion in her heart. "It has already been a year since I was reborn in this world. There are still two years until the Ghost King's marriage contract."

"Creating Academy history should bring some help to my cultivation conditions, but I don't know how huge the gap between me and the Ghost King still is. Strength is fundamental, but intelligence on the opponent is also very important. Yet I still don't know where to start learning about the Ghost King... the Prison Abyss?"

"Is it appropriate to consider going to the Prison Abyss now? Would I be throwing myself into a trap? Not necessarily!"

In Yuyin's view, the Ghost King was naturally incomparably powerful, with methods capable of influencing this world, but he was not necessarily omniscient or omnipotent.

Since the evil ghost phantom she encountered when she broke through last year, the Ghost King's servants had not appeared again. Of course, this didn't directly prove anything, but there was a high possibility that the Ghost King had temporarily lost his means of monitoring her.

However, since he said he would come to get her in three years, which is two years from now, it meant the Ghost King had enough confidence to find her when the time came. What was the significance of this timing?

Why must it be in two years? Why not just take her away a year ago and lock her up in the Ghost King's territory? Wouldn't that be safer?

Why send me to this world?

What secrets are hidden here?

All of this, she must find a way to figure out, and clearly, there were no clues here.

Going to the Prison Abyss certainly carried great risks, but blindly hiding in the Academy, although Yuyin's strength had improved greatly, she had not yet experienced a true life-and-death battle. Everything was under the protection of rules, and they all used relatively safe competition weapons.

This was still very different from actual combat.

If one could be safe forever, then choosing to never engage in actual combat would be the safest. But in fact, this was impossible for Yuyin. Some things, one could not ultimately hide from!

"I don't want my first battle to be against the Ghost King and those terrifying evil ghosts under his command."

Even now, Yuyin still felt her heart palpitate when she thought back to those evil ghosts.

Should she hide in a greenhouse and cultivate, complacently breaking records and being a genius campus belle? Perhaps, a true life-and-death battle was a completely different matter.

Rather than waiting until then to regret it, it was better to take the initiative.

"If the Ghost King can discover me the moment I enter the Prison Abyss, or if he knows my every move right now, then the Ghost King is a god. In that case, giving me three years, or even thirty years, would be useless. There would be no way to resist."

"All my current actions are based on the premise that the Ghost King is not an omniscient, omnipotent god. As long as he is not a god, not all-powerful, then I must seek that sliver of a chance! I absolutely will not marry the Ghost King!"

"If the Ghost King is truly a god, then when that day comes... I might as well think about it then. Because to panic and fall into despair over it now is meaningless."

"Besides, judging from various factors, there is a very high probability that the Ghost King is not a god." Yuyin's gaze flickered.

"However, going to the Prison Abyss does have great risks. I need to consider it carefully and prepare thoroughly."

In the following days, Yuyin was praised to the skies by the media.

Hua Qianyuan and Yingluo often brought her various news reports about Yuyin, including digging up her history of winning the tennis championship in high school.

There were even unscrupulous websites claiming to have released an upskirt photo of Yuyin in her high school tennis skirt, but clicking on it led to a 404 error.

As for all sorts of news about Yuyin being another new star of Huaxia after Lan Lingfeng, such stories were flying everywhere.

A few days later, in order to protect Yuyin, the nation of Huaxia also admonished mainstream media not to over-promote or exaggerate. Looking at the entire Huaxia cultivation world, Yuyin was just a young girl who had not experienced the ways of the world. They must not engage in mindless fawning or hype, lest they destroy a genius with praise.

Furthermore, they specifically admonished that Yuyin should not be compared to Lan Lingfeng.

"How many times have I said it? That Lan Lingfeng is Lan Lingfeng, recognized by the World Alliance as the number one genius in human history! Don't keep asking about Xia Yuyin's situation. Don't compare her to Lan Lingfeng. Yuyin is just a girl. She is outstanding, but don't let your imaginations run wild. She is still far, far behind Lan Lingfeng, not even on the same level. Do you understand?" In an office at the Academy, Teacher Tong Zizhong slammed the phone down.

"What's this all about? This is the Academy. I'm not a spokesperson, I'm a teacher! They call me all day long. How am I supposed to teach my classes?"

However, under the direction from above, the news about Yuyin also gradually quieted down.

In the second week after the Source Martial Tournament, on a weekend evening, Yuyin received a message from Chen Qian'ning. "Yuyin, prepare a week's worth of luggage. Tomorrow at 9 AM, gather at the Academy's East Gate."

"A week's worth of luggage?" This teacher suddenly sent this message. Was she taking her on a long trip? So Yuyin sent a message back to ask.

"We are conducting a week-long special course. Don't ask so many questions, just be ready." the teacher replied.

Of course, she had to listen to the teacher. A whole week! Yuyin prepared various clothes, feminine products, and so on, and said her goodbyes to Yingluo and Hua Qianyuan.

A special course, and the teacher notified her personally. It must be very important.

The next day, Yuyin arrived at the Academy's East Gate a few minutes early.

The East Gate was located at the foot of Dianshan Mountain, next to a tree-lined avenue, and was quite low-key.

Several buses were parked at the school gate.

Senior Sister Liu Xing and Wang Xuezhang had already arrived and were waiting at the gate.

"Yuyin, you're here. It's about time. Get on the bus quickly." Liu Xing said.

"Senior Sister Liu, where are we going?" Yuyin asked.

"I'm not sure where we're going either." Liu Xing said. Her injury seemed to have fully healed.

"It's probably to talk about things concerning 'Over There'." Wang Xuezhang said gravely.

"'Over There'?" Yuyin's expression couldn't help but become solemn.

"You don't know? Every year at this time, after the Source Martial Tournament, the Academy organizes a group of students who performed excellently in the tournament and other top students with outstanding strength for a special course that is strictly confidential to the outside world, to prepare for going 'Over There'." Liu Xing said gravely.

A special course to prepare for going 'Over There'? Confidential from the outside?

Yuyin understood in her heart. She nodded silently and, carrying her suitcase, boarded the bus.

The bus departed on time. Chen Qian'ning didn't seem to be on the bus.

When these buses drove out of the Dianshan Mountain area, a police car led the way at the front and back. After all, this was the most elite group of young geniuses in Lingdu, so such attention was not surprising.

"Where exactly are we going?" Yuyin sat alone in the back row. This bus was full of third-year students, whom she didn't know.

Half an hour later, the bus drove to a tourist pier on the bank of the Pujiang River. The sky was overcast, and the river water was vast. Although this was a newly built scenic area, there was almost no one there.

A large, gray-blue naval vessel of several thousand tons was moored there.

"A warship?" Yuyin was a little surprised. She had never been on a warship before, but this was not a warship; it was a vessel similar to a logistics supply ship, with a tall superstructure and many windows.

"Welcome, Source Martial Practitioners of the Lingdu Source Martial Academy, to the naval logistics ship, the Jiangwan." At the gangway, stood several naval soldiers in blue camouflage uniforms, half of whom were female soldiers.

"Students, please board the ship in an orderly manner. Salute!" a naval NCO shouted loudly.

For some reason, as she walked past these naval soldiers, Yuyin also felt a sense of solemnity.

After boarding the logistics ship, the students were told to place their luggage in the corridor with their names on it, where it would be managed by dedicated personnel. Everyone was then guided into the ship's conference hall.

Yuyin followed everyone into the blue-gray cabin conference hall. There were over a hundred students, the vast majority of whom were third-years.

However, Qin Feizhen, Ouyang Ning, and a few other top first-year students were also there, along with a few top second-year students like Shenwu and Wang Tieshu.

"Senior Sister Jing?" Yuyin noticed Hua Yuanjing sitting alone by a window on a high platform at the back of the conference hall.