"My experience points for health preservation have almost reached the upper limit, but I still haven't triggered the skill upgrade condition notification."
"It's impossible that this skill can't be sublimated..."
Xue Jing scratched his head, stood up, changed out of his training clothes, left the training room, and prepared to go home.
It was already past five in the afternoon and the sky was getting dark.
He walked out of the dojo and onto the road, intending to hail a taxi.
But after taking a look at the panel, I found that the experience value for running has reached (7911/8000), just a little bit short.
After thinking for a while, Xue Jing took a step and began to climb walls and roofs nimbly. After just a few moves, he reached a building.
Then he ran and jumped between the rooftops of the buildings, running towards his home at a speed far exceeding that of riding a bicycle on the road.
About twenty minutes later, Xue Jing returned to his home community in Xicheng District from Dongcheng District.
[Running is upgraded to Lv10 (117/?)]
"Done, another Lv10 skill." Xue Jing nodded, feeling a sense of satisfaction like a stamp collector.
Before he could fully appreciate the changes brought about by Lv10's running, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
Xue Jing picked it up and saw that the caller ID was from Xu Ren.
He directly pressed the answer button.
"Hello, Captain Xu Ren?" Xue Jing asked with a smile.
"Don't call me that, Commander Xue. You are now more senior than me." Xu Ren's usual calm voice came from the receiver.
Xue Jing sighed and said, "I've told you not to be so formal. Call me boss when there are outsiders around, and treat me the same as before in private."
"...Okay, stop being so naughty. I have good news and bad news for you. Which one do you want to hear first?" Xu Ren said.
"Oh?" Xue Jing thought for a moment and said, "Then let's listen to the good news first."
"The agency has decided on your reward."
Xue Jing perked up: "God's relic?"
"Yes... and a lot." said Void Blade.
"[GOD-652·Five Emperors' Coins][GOD-662·Mysophobic Treasure][GOD-1399·The Crucible of Boiling Happiness][GOD-1474·Eraser]… "
Xu Ren said the serial numbers and names of eight divine relics in a row.
The more Xue Jing listened, the more excited he became.
Eight divine relics... Four thousand divine powers!
"Since your request is only to study for a period of time, and your achievements are great, the agency has tried its best to give you all the divine relics that can be mobilized in a short period of time."
Xue Jing suppressed his fluctuating emotions and asked, "So, what's the bad news?"
Void Blade's tone was a little strange: "During the final approval process, someone in the logistics department refused to stamp the document, citing the reason that 'no notification of the transfer of a large number of divine relics had been received'... Therefore, that batch of divine relics was stuck there."
Xue Jing looked calm.
"Even if he doesn't stamp it, as long as he re-examines it, the reward will eventually be given to you... But it takes time."
"It could take as little as ten or twenty days, or as long as a few months... The transfer of these divine relics is originally limited in time. When the time is up, they must be returned. If it's really a few months later, I don't know if there will be two left in your hands."
Xue Jing's tone was even: "Who is that person?"
Xu Ren paused and said, "His surname is Zhu, and his name is Zhu Xuanli."
“… Born into the direct line of the Zhu family, one of the thirteen great families.”
Xue Jing slowly closed his eyes.
Divinity is the foundation for his self-improvement—a must for the panel.
To prevent him from taking divinity is to dig up his roots.
This is the hatred that blocks the way.
…
Chapter 195: Comparing backgrounds? Go to the West to ask for help from the Buddha Youqing! (4K)
After a moment of silence, Xue Jing said calmly:
"How did I offend him?"
"Is there still some misunderstanding?"
Xue Jing's voice was calm, but Xu Ren on the other end of the phone inexplicably sensed a dangerous aura.
Her tone involuntarily became more cautious: "... Not sure."
"The logistics department is a disaster area for nepotism. Many forces will insert people into it, and these people who come in through nepotism rarely work seriously. They are basically just there to collect salaries without any support. All the work is done by people without any connections."
"Although Zhu Xuanli is the deputy director of the 'Special Material Management Office' of the Logistics Department, he usually doesn't go to work... But a few days ago, when the transfer application for the divine relic awarded to you was submitted to the 'Special Material Office', he suddenly came to work."
"Originally, this kind of application is just a formality. No one in the Special Materials Department is so idle as to seriously review and approve the material transfers of the upper-level leaders. Just like your application this time, for the sake of efficiency, you even prepared the divine relics before submitting it, but Zhu Xuanli... just rejected it."
"Because of his family background, the only director of the Special Objects Department who had a higher position than him and could theoretically bypass him and approve the application directly did not dare to say anything, and the matter came to a standstill."
Xue Jing walked to the garden of the community with a normal look, sat on a bench in the garden, tapped his knees with his fingers, and said:
"In other words, there is no possibility of misunderstanding, and he is targeting me on purpose?"
According to Xu Ren, the "Special Materials Management Office" of the Sixth Agency's Logistics Department is basically a decorative department that is just a formality to comply with management regulations.
In addition, Zhu Xuanli does not usually work in this department. This time, he not only came to work, but also really "worked".
It was 100% directed at him.
Xu Ren thought for a moment and said, "If it was just his personal behavior, then it would be fine. I'm afraid it was his family's intention."
"The reason why he can block your application now is essentially because he relies on his status as a direct descendant of the Zhu family. Otherwise, he would have been 'resigned' the moment he dared to reject the application."
"If Zhu clan really has ill intentions towards you... then I'm afraid it will be really difficult to deal with."
Zhu family... The image of his senior sister Zhu Shanying emerged in Xue Jing's mind.
"The Zhu family is one of the thirteen great families, with many branches and leaves, hundreds of thousands of descendants, and hundreds or even thousands of branches... But the only one that can be called a direct descendant is the 'fifth branch'."
"Among them, there are two houses in the inner ring city of the first metropolitan area - Beijing City. In order to distinguish them, they are called big and small."
"Zhu Xuanli belongs to the 'Little House of the Capital'... Although he is not the core 'Big House of the Capital' of the Zhu Clan, he is also the direct descendant second only to the Big House, and his power is extremely formidable."
Xue Jing heard this, thought for a moment, and said:
"Let's not worry about how powerful he is for now. There is only one problem to solve... How can I get the stuck divine relic?"
Void Blade was silent for a while, then said, "There is nothing we can do about Bai Ya for now, and the commander is also having a headache."
She paused, then continued, "However, although we don't have a solution, you should have a solution... To be precise, the person behind you has a solution."
"Although the Zhu clan is powerful, there are still some who are more powerful than them..."
"I can't say much, you should understand..."
Xu Ren's tone was gentle and meaningful.
Xue Jing nodded and said, "I understand."
After chatting with Xu Ren for a few more words, he hung up the phone.
Sitting on a bench in the garden, Xue Jing looked thoughtful.
He had no idea why the Zhu family would cause trouble for him.
The only reason he could think of that might have something to do with the Zhu family was because of his senior sister, Takeyama Ying.
But it is still impossible to be completely sure at the moment... Although Takeyama Ying's family is obviously prominent, it is hard to say whether he belongs to the Take family, one of the thirteen wealthy families.
Xue Jing felt that the probability was about 98%.
"Senior Sister Zhu is from the First Metropolitan Circle. If so, is she a direct descendant of the Zhu family? If so, is she from the second branch in the capital? Which branch of the two? The older or younger one?"
Xue Jing has too many questions to ask, but Takeyama Ying is currently out of contact.
If the cause really lies with Takeyama Ying, then what is the specific reason
"Is it because Senior Sister and I are so close? Zhu Shi thinks Senior Sister Zhu wants to date me?"
"A classic example of a rich girl and a poor boy being separated?"
“… But I really don’t have any thoughts about Senior Sister Zhu.”
Holy shit, if that's really the case, then it's an unprovoked disaster.
But no matter what the reason was, he remembered this grudge.
"Zhu, you already have a way to die."
But revenge can be put on hold for now, the most urgent task is to get those divine relics first.
Xue Jing stood up and walked towards his home.
After arriving home, Xue Jing first went to his room, took out his student ID, and then looked at [GOD-1291 · Little Girl's Matches] on the desk.
After thinking about it, he took the matchbox with him and put it in his pocket. Then he walked out of the house and came to the gate of the community. He lifted his foot and kicked the ground. He instantly rose dozens of meters off the ground and jumped lightly onto the roof of a tall building.
"Um?"
Xue Jing raised his eyebrows.
Just with this one move, he felt the change.
… unexpectedly light.
Before this, although he was already extremely strong, he could still clearly feel the "weight" when he moved.
Just like an ordinary person holding a ring weighing five or six grams, he can also feel the weight of the ring.
But now, after his running speed reached Level 10, when he used his strength to leap onto a tall building, he felt that his body was as light as a feather.
Xue Jing's figure flashed and he rushed towards the direction of Qingcheng High School, crossing the rooftops of various buildings along the way.
His body instinctively and automatically fine-tuned his posture and movements, allowing him to burst out at a faster speed and reduce more air resistance restrictions.
Before I knew it, the speed was getting faster and faster.
On a telephone pole somewhere, there were a few swallows whispering to each other.
They chirped and jumped.
Suddenly.
"call out!!"
A black shadow passed by them at an extremely fast speed. The extremely sensitive birds didn't even have time to notice anything before they were swept away more than ten meters by the strong air current caused by the passing black shadow.
“Chi!”
One unlucky one even bumped into an iron guardrail and fainted on the spot.
Xue Jing didn't know that he had just caused a car accident.
He ran faster and faster, becoming more and more nimble, as if he had become the Son of the Wind. He even developed a sense of freedom similar to that when he flew using a dragon horn.
"… This speed should be close to 70 meters per second, which is about 250 kilometers per hour."
Xue Jing made an estimate.
When he just came out of the junction, his full running speed was about 190 to 200 kilometers per hour.
As for running speed, the marginal effect is extremely diminishing, and it becomes more difficult to improve as time goes by.
The speed increased from 200 kilometers per hour to 250 kilometers per hour, which seems to be only an increase of one-fifth on the surface, but in fact it is several times, or even more than ten times!
"This is a combination of all the improvements during this period of time, including the improvement in daily martial arts training, the influence of the True Martial Body, and the improvement in running to Lv10... All of these combined together have led to such a huge improvement."
For Xue Jing, the improvement in basic running speed is not just an increase of 50 kilometers per hour.
He possesses the skill of Twin Speed, which can ignore physics and increase his speed by twice as much, and the killer move 'Flame Continuous Color' which can instantly burst out at an extremely fast speed...
When these 50 kilometers came into his hands, the maximum speed was actually increased to at least 200 kilometers!
At this moment, if he could use the Twin Speeds and Flame Color at the same time, his short-range burst speed would be comparable to that of an airplane!