"Stop!"

Xun Hanyan, seeing this, quickly grabbed Zhuo Yutong's arm to stop her. "Going to Qin Heng now would only put him in even greater danger."

"..." Zhuo Yutong fell silent. She stopped, turned to look at Xun Hanyan, and said, "But what should we do now? Qin Heng is definitely no match for Cheng Longting. That's Cheng Longting, after all! Qin Heng could die!!"

"You know that's Cheng Longting, the one who has been chasing you but whom you've rejected many times." Xun Hanyan rolled her eyes. "If you go to Qin Heng now, Cheng Longting will definitely hold a grudge. As it is, Qin Heng might only get crippled by Cheng Longting. But if you go to him now, I fear he'll actually be killed by Cheng Longting. That would truly harm him."

"Then, what should we do?" Zhuo Yutong immediately panicked, her face turning pale with worry. She felt that what Xun Hanyan said made a lot of sense.

Cheng Longting wasn't a merciful person! If any boy got even a little close to her, Cheng Longting would send someone to warn them, or even take them to the Student Council's Discipline Department for a stern lesson. He basically forbade any boys from being around Zhuo Yutong. If she really went to persuade Qin Heng now, she would definitely infuriate Cheng Longting!

"Yutong, let me ask you something," Xun Hanyan's expression became somewhat odd as she lowered her voice. "Yutong, do you have feelings for that Qin Heng?"

"Ah!?" Zhuo Yutong's cheeks instantly turned red, her face flushing as she shook her head repeatedly. "No, no, no! Not at all! How could that be! I haven't seen him since junior high. How could I possibly…"

"Junior high, just the time when young love begins to bloom, eh?" Xun Hanyan teased Zhuo Yutong with a knowing look. "Alright, I understand. You don't need to explain. I'll help you with this."

"Ah??" Zhuo Yutong was stunned, looking at Xun Hanyan with a puzzled expression. "What do you understand?! There's really nothing between him and me."

"A junior high girl's secret crush. I get it, I get it, haha!" Xun Hanyan laughed lightly, then said to Zhuo Yutong, "Don't worry about this; I'll handle it. As one of the Five Great Grandmasters, although Cheng Longting's reputation is somewhat greater, I, Xun Hanyan, am not afraid of him. I'll invite Qin Heng to join my Cold Mountain Martial Dao Club in a moment."

"What? You want to invite Qin Heng to join your Cold Mountain Martial Dao Club??" Zhuo Yutong was surprised, looking at Xun Hanyan in amazement. "But doesn't your Cold Mountain Martial Dao Club have very high standards? You need to be at least at the Open Force level to join!"

Open Force!

Achieving it is actually not easy. Ordinary martial practitioners, without proper guidance from a true Martial Artist, might practice in vain for half their lives without ever reaching Open Force. As the saying goes, "a thousand pieces of gold cannot buy a single crack of sound." This "crack of sound" refers to Open Force—the ability to make the air explode with the sound of one's Internal Force! Even in a top institution like Beijing University, Martial Artists of the Open Force level are actually quite rare. The Cold Mountain Martial Dao Club's requirement of at least the Open Force level to join is indeed very high. That's why the club currently has only seven members, including Xun Hanyan herself, the president.

"That's the standard for ordinary people," Xun Hanyan said to Zhuo Yutong with a smile. "To protect your first love, I have to make some effort. After all, I'm your best friend, right?"

"Thank you, Hanyan. I'm so sorry... No! That's not right! He's not my first love!!" Zhuo Yutong's face turned crimson. "Don't talk nonsense! At most, we're just childhood friends. I... I'm just worried about him as a friend!"

"Okay, okay, I understand," Xun Hanyan said with a light smile. "You wait here. I'll go find that Qin Heng... Oh, speak of the devil, isn't that him?" Xun Hanyan suddenly pointed in a direction.

Zhuo Yutong's gaze shifted, and her eyes immediately lit up. Her first reaction was—

So tall!

So handsome!

He's so different from when he was in middle school!!

Even though Zhuo Yutong had seen recent photos of Qin Heng, seeing him in person felt somewhat different. Her face instantly blushed, her heart fluttered wildly, and she didn't know what to say.

"You're blushing already," Xun Hanyan shook her head slightly. "Yutong, wait here for a moment. Watch me handle this guy for you!"

After speaking, she walked toward Qin Heng.

Qin Heng had just returned from breakfast. After last night's cultivation, he had almost fully assimilated the Supreme Law he had previously comprehended. He planned to go to the Literature Faculty to find Wang Ruoxi. Qin Heng had a good impression of her, and since he had nothing else to do, he wanted to ask her to hang out.

Experiencing the beauty of daily life is also a form of cultivation. Ordinary cultivators do not understand this principle; only an Immortal Emperor like Qin Heng, who had passed through the Eternal Realm and been reborn, would know.

"Stop right there!"

At this moment, Xun Hanyan came over, extended her white and tender arm—like a lotus root—and blocked Qin Heng's path. "You're Qin Heng, right?"

"Hmm?" Qin Heng narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Xun Hanyan. "What is it?"

"You're about to die, you know that?" Xun Hanyan said mockingly. "An ordinary person with no martial arts skills dares to challenge Cheng Longting? Are you seeking death?"

Previously, Xun Hanyan had held some hope for the rumors, thinking perhaps Qin Heng really was a martial arts prodigy who had become a Half-step Grandmaster within just a few short years. Now that she saw him in person, she was greatly disappointed. While his height and physique were indeed good, there was no trace of martial arts practice about him. He was just an ordinary person. Cheng Longting could crush a crowd of such people with a single finger!

"Cheng Longting?" Qin Heng glanced at Xun Hanyan indifferently. His ears twitched slightly as he overheard conversations within a few kilometers, and he quickly understood the situation. He chuckled. "He's just an ant, not worthy of me challenging him."

"An ant!?" Xun Hanyan was flabbergasted, looking at Qin Heng in disbelief. "Do you know what you're saying? You actually called a Grandmaster of Transcendence an ant!?"

Now, Xun Hanyan was beginning to doubt Zhuo Yutong's judgment. This guy is just too arrogant! He's simply courting death!

"Aren't Grandmasters of Transcendence just ants?" Qin Heng smiled; for him, this was simply a matter of course. "If there's nothing else, step aside. I need to find someone."

"You just said Grandmasters of Transcendence are ants!?"

Just then, a fierce shout rang out. A man over two meters tall, built like a giant, approached. His eyes blazed with anger as he glared at Qin Heng and said sternly, "Grandmasters are not to be insulted! Boy, kneel and apologize to me this instant! Apologize to all Grandmasters of Transcendence in the world! Otherwise, you won't be leaving here on your feet today!!"

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