Slaying a God and Killing a Chicken

"Ah..."

In the end.

Xia Fan sighed.

He raised his head and gazed out across the sea.

For a moment, he seemed to meet the eyes of his past self—the one who had grabbed Shen Yan by the back of the collar outside the little entrance to the District Nine Martial Artist Guild and thrown him back inside.

...Nicely done!

Then.

He got smacked on the back of the head again.

The Abyss Mother Tree said, "That's what you get for acting all brooding!"

Xia Fan: "..."

Jiang Fu had overestimated himself a little.

They spent more than ten days sailing around the Open Sea.

They came across plenty of things.

But most of them were nothing out of the ordinary.

To Xia Fan and Su Yu, they were treasures.

But to Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu...

They were nothing special.

Finding anything like Dichen Star or the Grand Heavens Realm-Seeking Star Disk was still pretty difficult.

Jiang Fu looked out over the endless water. "Forget it. We're done looking."

Shi Jiu nodded vigorously. "The Blueprint has been fully integrated into the online game... When the time comes, we can have Xia Country's top officials and researchers play it together. They'll figure out that system."

Jiang Fu swept an arm through the air. "Let's head back!"

Summer vacation had begun.

But the students at the Martial Arts Universities had no break.

The Wilderness Area, the various Secret Realms, and Ancient Cold Pass—

Those were what passed for summer vacation at Martial Arts Universities like Tianhuang, Diyuan, and Renxuan.

And while Jiang Fu and Shi Jiu were out at sea.

Tianhuang Martial Arts University had been turned upside down.

Of the university's many senior staff, only a handful remained alive, including the Director of Student Affairs, Mu Shan, and