Chapter 161 - Going to the Uncultivated Land (2/2)

Su Ping answered, “A friend of mine is going.” “Who?”

“Someone you don’t know.”

Su Ping didn’t waste time with her about this. “Since you’re going there, take the water barrier with you. You can give it back to me when you come back.”

Su Lingyue thought about it. “Sure.”

She loved that water barrier. She had sensed how useful this water barrier was in the previous exchange match. Her opponent’s fifth-rank pet attacked her many times but failed to hurt her one bit. The water barrier was incredibly strong. She didn’t know where Su Ping had found this item.

But since Su Ping had brought her many surprises and showed her many changes, gradually, she had become used to those mysteries.

“Then, I will take it with me,” Su Lingyue said. She wouldn’t want to keep the water barrier for her own sake, but she decided to keep it for the moment, since Su Ping just stayed at the store every day without going out. He was safe there.

It was her first time going to the barren area. She looked forward to visiting this place where so many graduates were gathered. At the same time, she was scared. She wondered if she was going to encounter any dangers. With the water barrier, she would feel more comfortable.

“The school year is not over yet. What are you going there for?” Su Ping wondered. The end of the semester was more than ten days away.

Su Lingyue answered, “The exchange match is over and there are very few school events later on. So, some of us top students were recommended to go to the barren area to train.”

“Some?” Su Ping wondered, “There are others?”

“Of course.” Su Lingyue was speechless. Su Ping was an advanced teacher in the academy. Why didn’t he know about such an important event in the academy?

“There are 16 of us in total. We have the top five of grade two, the top ten of grade three are going and two of grade one, me and the guy who won second place,” Su Lingyue explained. She smiled a smug smile.

This was an honor for her. When the announcement was made in her cla.s.s, she was surrounded by praises.

Su Ping did the calculation. “Shouldn’t it be 17 in total?”

Su Lingyue rolled her eyes. “There were 17 but that Ye Hao of grade three said he was going for a secret training in another place. He’s not going with us.”

Su Ping understood. He asked again, “Are you going to a Cla.s.s C or a Cla.s.s B area?”

Su Lingyue raised her eyebrows. She learned from that senior Mr. Qin who was favoring her recently about the cla.s.sification. She didn’t know that Su Ping had such knowledge as well. “How do you know about Cla.s.s B and Cla.s.s C? Have you been there?” she questioned.

Su Ping didn’t satisfy her curiosity. “Answer my question first.” Su Lingyue pouted and said unhappily. “Of course it’s a Cla.s.s C. We are all undergraduates and Cla.s.s B areas are dangerous. Do you think we can go there at will?”

Su Ping was relieved. If they were going to Cla.s.s B areas, even with the water barrier, Su Ping would be worried that his little sister could not make it back. After all, even a senior explorer like Ye Chenshan had almost lost his life in a Cla.s.s B area. It was Su Ping who saved him.

“Good.”

Su Ping had another question, “Are you going to train in the barren area or will you enter the s.p.a.ce fractures?”

The barren area and the s.p.a.ce fractures represented two levels of danger. The s.p.a.ce fractures were categorized as high, middle, and low level. In most of the Cla.s.s C barren areas, there were low-level s.p.a.ce fractures. After all, the main reason that the barren areas came into being was that those areas had been occupied by beasts that had escaped from the s.p.a.ce fractures.

There were exceptions, of course.

The s.p.a.ce fracture Su Ping went to last time was in a Cla.s.s B barren area. However, that s.p.a.ce fracture was almost as dangerous as a Cla.s.s A barren area.

“How do you know about s.p.a.ce fractures?” Su Lingyue was surprised. Su Ping seemed to be more informed than she was.

“Have you visited a barren area before?” Su Lingyue stared at him. However, if Su Ping had visited barren areas, she never saw him leave the house for long. He would not go home every now and then but she supposed he had most likely gone to an internet bar, which was nothing strange.

Su Ping noticed that she had been asking him questions incessantly. “Just tell me which area you’re going to,” he urged her to answer. Su Lingyue found him strange but she did answer. “The Beipo Mountain near our base city.”

Su Ping knew that it was a common Cla.s.s C barren area.

“When you get there, stay with your team and don’t wander off by yourself. When you see beasts, run away from, not toward them,” Su Ping cautioned her, “To put it simply, don’t go into the woods and stay away from the water. Don’t doubt your own eyes when you find strange places. Keep your guard up at all times.”

Su Lingyue didn’t expect that Su Ping would give her instructions. This made her feel unhappy. She had always been the one commanding Su Ping. Things were different at the moment. She pouted and wanted to talk back but stopped on second thought, since Su Ping was more powerful than she was.

Su Ping didn’t mind if Su Lingyue had taken his suggestions to heart or not. He had done what he could to help her.

“Go back home if you have no more questions. I’m done here.” Su Ping was ready to go back to his training.

All the food was gone. Su Lingyue packed up the lunch box, calmed s...o...b..ll down, and left. Before she did, she reminded Su Ping again, “Look after s...o...b..ll for me.”

Su Ping closed the door after she was gone. Then, he turned around and cast a look at the Phantom Flame Beast that was on the counter.

The Phantom Flame Beast was like a fat, lazy cat. It was rolling on the counter slightly. The Phantom Flame Beast knew that Su Ping was not a stranger so it wasn’t nervous at all; it glanced at Su Ping indifferently. It failed to scare this stupid human later on but it still despised this person because of his past embarra.s.sment.

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