Fast Wear: A Different Life

Chapter 245 Qinling Sacred Tree (4)

Ji Xiao completed her undergraduate and master's degrees in just four years at Kyoto University. Her talent and ability were so amazing that her mentor urged her to continue to pursue a doctorate, hoping that she could achieve greater academic success and then stay on to teach at the university.

However, fate is always full of unexpected twists.

Ji Xiao, who had considered it and was ready to agree, accidentally discovered during an outing that someone was stealing an important secret.

This discovery made her decide to give up the opportunity to continue her studies and leave school early. However, before leaving, Ji Xiao had already obtained a master's degree.

Time flies, and one day, Ji Xiao came to the depths of Changbai Mountain. She walked alone in it, feeling particularly happy.

Originally, she planned to come here to investigate the mysterious organization, but the moment she stepped into Changbai Mountain, a strange feeling came to her heart - it seemed that someone was waiting for her here.

As she went deeper and deeper into the forest, Ji Xiao felt more and more that this place was different. Her keen intuition told her that there was some unusual power hidden here.

Gradually, she became aware of a powerful and abundant energy fluctuation, as if an object from the outside world was living here.

However, for Ji Xiao, solving this problem is as easy as pie. As long as it is stored in the space inside her body, it can be easily solved.

However, now is not the best time to take action. She must first find out the whole story and what secrets are hidden in it.

Therefore, Ji Xiao continued to move forward cautiously, paying close attention to the movements around him while thinking about the next plan of action.

She knew very well that in this mysterious place, even the slightest carelessness could very likely put her in a desperate situation.

Therefore, she had to be extremely cautious until she was sure that the danger was not fatal before she took action.

When Ji Xiao arrived at her destination, the outside was already covered with heavy snow, and the entire mountain was blocked. Ji Xiao relied on her keen intuition to move forward, and finally came to a towering mountain. Going further, the road seemed to come to an abrupt end, but Ji Xiao did not believe that there was no way forward. So, she concealed her own breath, carefully approached, and prepared to find out what was going on.

After several days of exploration, Ji Xiao finally figured out what was inside. This thing was very dangerous to the people in this world, but it was okay for Ji Xiao, it was just a little challenging and he would only get hurt.

After confirming everything, Ji Xiao chose to set up a small house not far from the target as a temporary place to stay. After completing these tasks, she had a simple meal, washed up, and rested early to conserve her energy and prepare to face the dangers that might come next.

The next morning, the sun shone through the window onto Ji Xiao's face, awakening her dormant consciousness. She stretched and felt refreshed.

After quickly finishing her breakfast, Ji Xiao began to sort out the items around her and put them away. Then, she used the invisibility technique again to hide her breath and walked quietly and silently towards the closed bronze door.

She pushed open the bronze door, carefully observed the surroundings, then closed the door and walked in. It was dark inside the door, filled with a mysterious atmosphere. Ji Xiao walked carefully with a strong flashlight, and was vigilant with every step.

She didn't stop until she was fifty meters away from the huge meteorite.

It turned out that there was a man holding a long knife standing not far away, silently guarding this place. Ji Xiao moved forward cautiously, and when she was only two meters away from the man, her whereabouts were still discovered by him.

Zhang Qiling suddenly opened his eyes, tightly grasped the hilt of the knife in his hand, and asked sternly: "Who?"

Since he didn't sense any danger from Ji Xiao, he didn't draw his sword immediately.

Seeing that she had been exposed, Ji Xiao simply removed the invisibility spell, slowly approached him, and explained softly: "Don't be nervous, I entered this place accidentally."

Because he really couldn't sense any hostility from Ji Xiao, Zhang Qiling chose to believe what she said, but he still didn't completely let down his guard.

But at this moment, his heart was full of doubts. According to common sense, he had only been guarding the gate here for a short four years, and no one had ever been able to successfully approach here in the past.

What's more, this secret place is only known by the people of the Old Nine Gates. The younger generation today knows almost nothing about it, let alone entering the Bronze Gate to serve as guard it.

So how did the person in front of him get here, and why was he able to break into the door as if he were in an empty space? These questions kept lingering in Zhang Qiling's mind, making him feel very confused.

However, no one came to give him an answer, mainly because he only thought about it in his heart and didn't say it out loud, so no one knew.

After Ji Xiao walked in, she stared at the man in front of her. Suddenly, her eyes widened and her face was full of astonishment. Because she was surprised to find that this man looked very similar to Li Xiangyi! Ji Xiao couldn't help but screamed: "Xiangyi?"

Ji Xiao didn't know at this moment that in the days to come, this man would deeply remember the name she casually said today, and would often look for opportunities to settle old scores with her.

After all, Ji Xiao had already found it difficult to deal with Li Xiangyi back then. Now, she was facing this old man who was still a peony and over a hundred years old. After she had taken careful care of him and taught him to practice Yangzhou Slow, she was even more unable to resist. The main reason was that Ji Xiao could not resist the temptation of the other party, but let's put all this aside for now.

When Zhang Qiling heard the strange name, a trace of doubt appeared on his face. He said, "My name is Zhang Qiling, not the Xiangyi you mentioned."

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I remembered it wrong." Ji Xiao looked at him awkwardly, a blush on her face.

Then, Ji Xiao called out to Yun Duo silently in her heart: "Yun Duo, come out quickly and explain to me what is going on. Why is this person so similar to Xiang Yi?"

After hesitating for a moment, the cloud in the space responded: "Uh... Master, maybe this is the reincarnation of the male protagonist?"

Ji Xiao was puzzled after hearing this and said, "Shouldn't you be a completely new person after reincarnation? How could you still look so much alike?"

Yun Duo stretched out her plump body and answered firmly, "Well, I don't know. Maybe it's because the master had accumulated a lot of merit in his previous life, so this situation happened. After all, this is not something that a little elf like me can control."

"Okay." Ji Xiao nodded thoughtfully, then came back to his senses, his eyes fell on Zhang Qiling again, and he continued to observe him silently, not knowing what he was thinking.