Ch185 - Couldn’t he let ordinary people live?! (1/2)

13.14 – Couldn’t he let ordinary people live?!

translator: xiin

editors: alamerysl, BlueBug & Macabre

Entrance checks were performed by machines, and each contestant’s nano-computer carried a unique test code. There were too many people attending this competition for them to announce contestants by name during the beginning phases. In order to avoid naming confusion, everyone would be referred to by their personal code.

After pairing up with their chosen beastman, the Sculptor would need to input their personal code into the official website in order to obtain a second code for their accompanying beastman so that they could also enter the competition arena.

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Xue Ling did not provide Yin Jia with a code, but the man still easily managed to enter with him. Xue Ling twisted his head to give him a very meaningful look, but did not expose him on the spot.

He had clearly given that code to Mu Xi right from the start, so it was obvious that Yin Jia had forcefully obtained the code from Mu Xi. This kind of thing was not likely to have been done on the spot, so based on Xue Ling’s understanding of the man, he had probably obtained the code from Mu Xi as soon as Xue Ling had given it to her.

Xue Ling was curious to know when he would make his move, so he didn’t expose his lies. After entering the competition area, he began to concentrate on examining ores.

Everyone was given sufficient time to select an ore. They could wait all the way up until the last day as long as they did not leave the venue during this period of time.

Every stone in the stadium was marked, and there were military personnel stationed here for defense, making it impossible for anyone to start trouble.

After Xue Ling entered the venue, he obtained a stone distribution from the entrance assistant. The venue was very large, and had been divided into eight areas full of ores. Xue Ling looked at the route and discovered that as long as he followed the route marked out by the venue, he would be able to see all eight exhibition areas along the way.

Yin Jia didn’t ask him any questions, and only stood behind him in silence. Xue Ling wasn’t in a hurry to look for ores, so he tipped his head to glance at him, then quipped, “Am I not simply cheating like this?”

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Yin Jia looked down at his mildly delighted expression. “Hmm?” He thought about it, then expressed his own doubt.

Xue Ling curved his lips and reached out to take his hand, hugging his arm. His entire body leaned very close to Yin Jia. He was not very tall, and it gave off the feeling of a little bird leaning against a person when he came so close. He was smiling widely, and based on how they looked, those who didn’t recognize them would probably mistake them for a couple instead of father and son. “My father is the strongest person in the Empire. With you as a bodyguard, who would dare snatch away my ore?”

Yin Jia stretched out his hand and rubbed his head, but did not prevent him from getting closer. It was unknown if he had thought through anything while he was hiding away from Xue Ling these past two weeks, but he had become more and more indulgent towards Xue Ling. “That’s for the best.”

Xue Ling nodded, and was about to bring Yin Jia with him to start forward when he heard someone calling his name from nearby. Xue Ling turned his head to look over, and narrowed his eyes.

The person who was greeting him was the one who had participated in the class transfer test and entered Class S along with him, Mo Lan. He was followed by Mo Xi, who stood behind his younger brother with a grim expression on his face, acting like a real bodyguard. There were two other people with them, the protagonist Hao Songle, and his elder brother, Hao Xu.

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Xue Ling’s gaze fell on Hao Xu and turned rather complicated. In the entire Hao family, if he had to say which one had treated the original body the best, it was probably Hao Xu. Hao Xu was also looking at Xue Ling, and when their eyes met, he discovered that Hao Xu’s gaze contained a little guilt and concern.

Xue Ling raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise. The original body’s impression of Hao Xu was not bad, but it was merely a little bit of sunshine amidst endless darkness, so he did not hate this elder brother of his. It was probably because, in Hao Xu’s eyes, it was indeed that his own parents who had wronged Helan Jiuyun, so he treated Helan Jiuyun very well. But he spent very little time at home and couldn’t do much.

The scene turned awkward for a while. Hao Songle had a bad expression on his face, but when he saw that Xue Ling was holding onto Yin Jia’s hands, he simply shut up and chose to say nothing. It was rare for Hao Xu to have a chance to see Xue Ling, so after their gazes met, he spoke out a greeting. “Long time no see, Jiuyun.”

Xue Ling nodded and said nothing more. Among these people, Mo Xi was the only one he was actually familiar with, so he also called out a greeting, “Hello, Big Brother Mo.”

Mo Xi curved his lips and nodded to Xue Ling. “Marshal, Little Yun, I hope you are well.”

Yin Jia’s eyes went amongst the few people in front of them, and he finally came to the conclusion that the competitive threat of the two across from him was too low, and they would be unable to steal his Yun’er away. So he nodded coolly and said, “We’ll go ahead first.” He could tell that Xue Ling did not intend to go with him, so he took the initiative to suggest they leave.

But apparently, the people opposite them had no intention of letting them go. “It’s a rare chance for us to have run into each other. Let’s go together.” Although Mo Lan’s greeting had been ignored, he would naturally grasp the opportunity to talk to the Marshal and interact with him as tightly as he could. Mo Lan had no intention of letting them go off alone. “We’re all looking at stones, and we can also communicate with each other about anything that puzzles us.”

Xue Ling sneered mysteriously, then turned around and left, pulling Yin Jia along. “You can follow him if you can.”

His attitude was really arrogant. This kind of method that was so offensive to others was not something normal people would do, but who was Xue Ling? He also had Yin Jia by his side, and with a plug-in like him, Xue Ling could be arrogant to the extreme in this world without anything happening to him. Besides, his words were the truth. He could see what the interior of the ores were like with just a glance. Hao Songle and Mo Lan’s speed would not be able to keep up with his at all.

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But the people present didn’t know about his strength at all. Everyone had their own thoughts, and although Mo Xi was a little curious about why Xue Ling had become so arrogant, he had spent many days with Xue Ling and still had some understanding regarding his character. Looking at his current attitude, he could surmise that Xue Ling didn’t want to hang out with them.

After all, Hao Songle was there.

Hao Songle’s expression was very ugly. He naturally understood Xue Ling’s words as contempt. He originally had no real desire to win when he first came to this world, but after being trampled on by someone for this long, no transmigrator who had any desire to win would have a good impression of Xue Ling. After mocking Xue Ling in his heart for a long time, he finally managed to control his mood.

Mo Lan’s gaze fell onto Xue Ling and Yin Jia’s interlaced hands, and he stared at the two people’s backs for a long time before turning to his brother and saying, “Elder brother, let’s go. We’ll follow them and take a look.” Everyone on the Star Net said that Yin Jia was incredibly indulgent of Xue Ling, and Mo Lan always defined the relationship between them as foster father and son. Based on Yin Jia’s responsible character, it was natural for him to treat Xue Ling well, but he would definitely never let Xue Ling be so close to him.

Almost scandalously close.

Alarm rose in Mo Lan’s heart. He followed behind the two, wanting to see how they interacted with each other from behind, but he only saw that Xue Ling went directly through the first exhibition area without touching or even looking at a single stone.

Mo Lan frowned. Xue Ling even gave up all the stones in the first exhibition area because he didn’t want to go with them? Although the route would loop back in the end and there would be another chance to walk through it again, at the end of the day, there was no order to the placement of stones, and no tradition that stated that the first exhibition area would not contain any good ores. The fact that Xue Ling gave up on this area directly shook Mo Lan’s mind slightly.