Midnight's Destination

Watching the two girls leave the hot pot restaurant, Luo Jun gave Midnight a reproachful look. "You're just stirring up trouble, aren't you? There will definitely be rumors spreading at school."

"Is that what you're worried about?" Midnight glanced at Luo Jun with a hint of amusement, then suddenly stood up, holding the small bowl of condiments.

"Where are you going?" Luo Jun asked.

"Go add some sugar, the vinegar is too strong." With that, she walked towards the condiment section.

"I didn't put in much vinegar?" Luo Jun sniffed it, frowning with curiosity.

After finishing their meal, the two went to the cinema, arriving right on time to be the first to have their tickets checked and enter the theater, where they took their seats.

Before long, the pre-show viewing instructions began to be displayed on the screen, and other audience members gradually entered.

"This is the movie," Luo Jun explained to Midnight. "There's a projection device in the back that projects images onto that huge screen. The images are all pre-produced, and it usually takes one and a half to two hours to tell a complete story."

Midnight listened attentively, and Luo Jun explained in great detail. This powerful figure at the Ascension Realm had done him a great favor, and Luo Jun dared not be perfunctory, whether out of gratitude or considering the other party's strength. After all, Midnight's true form was a terrifying monster, and if he really displeased her, it might cause some kind of disaster.

Although Luo Jun has the ability to repatriate projections at any time, he still hopes to maintain a good relationship with Midnight if possible. Bringing her to the Main World this time was not only to fulfill his promise but also to cultivate some goodwill, so that she might be able to save his life in the next two opportunities.

As I was introducing myself, a request came from the side. "Excuse me, this seems to be my seat..."

"Really? I sat in the wrong seat?" Luo Jun looked up at the girl who spoke, then suddenly his eyes widened.

"Ling Xin?"

Ling Xin was also stunned. "It's you?"

"Hey, Luo Jun!" Lao Miao Miao behind Ling Xin laughed, "We meet again, what a coincidence..."

As she spoke, she took out the movie tickets. "We bought tickets for row 8, seat 14 and row 8, seat 15. Luo Jun, are you sitting in seat 14?"

Luo Jun looked at his ticket stub. "I really did sit in the wrong seat. We are in row eight, seats twelve and thirteen..." As he spoke, he and Midnight got up and moved to a different seat, giving seat number fourteen to Ling Xin.

Ling Xin stood there, glancing at the seat Luo Jun had offered, then at Midnight on Luo Jun's other side, but did not sit down.

"Still saying she's not your girlfriend..." Lao Miao Miao noticed Midnight too, and teased with a smile, "Dinner followed by a movie, isn't that the standard date routine?"

"Oh, really, it's not that..." Luo Jun still tried to explain, "Besides, isn't this the same procedure you two follow?"

"We're not alike at all! We're best friends!"

"Miao Miao... I see there are still empty seats up ahead, why don't we sit over there..." Ling Xin suddenly turned her head and suggested.

"Huh? Why?" Lao Miao Miao asked, puzzled. "Didn't you say the middle seats in the eighth row had the best viewing experience?"

"For these kinds of special effects blockbusters, the front row is where the real spectacle is," Ling Xin explained.

"But..." Lao Miao Miao still wanted to try, Ling Xin had already pushed her out.

Just then, a powerful pressure enveloped the two girls, leaving them both stunned in place.

"What's going on..." Ling Xin and Lao Miao Miao turned around and looked back. They keenly sensed that the source of the oppressive aura was the girl sitting next to Luo Jun.

"Who... who exactly are you?" Under the terrifying pressure, Ling Xin instinctively activated her inner energy to resist, and looked at Midnight with a serious expression.

As a grandmaster member of the Ling Family, she had seen many experts, but this level of pressure was definitely from a top-tier expert!

"Who am I?" Midnight laughed. "Well, I'm not this young man Luo's girlfriend, but he really can't live without me right now."

As she spoke, Midnight casually placed her hand on Luo Jun's shoulder. "He doesn't even dare to let me out of his sight, am I right, Little Luo Jun?"

Luo Jun looked at Midnight with a bewildered expression, wondering what this woman was up to.

"Are you coercing him?" Ling Xin narrowed her eyes, returned to Luo Jun's side, and looked down at Midnight.

"It wouldn't exactly be called coercion..." Luo Jun was also a bit confused. He wanted to make up an excuse to get by, but he didn't know Midnight's temper and was afraid that he would be exposed as soon as he finished speaking. But if he didn't explain, he wouldn't be able to deal with Ling Xin and Lao Miao Miao.

Left with no other choice, he could only glance at Midnight, give her a look, and secretly make a hand gesture:

"If you don't smooth things over, I'll send you back right now!"

Midnight understood Luo Jun's meaning and smiled slightly, "You're right, I am coercing him right now!"

"What?" Luo Jun was completely dumbfounded, while Ling Xin had already clenched her fists, golden light flickering from her fingertips. Lao Miao Miao, who was standing to the side, also noticed something was wrong and her expression turned serious.

"I'm the older sister, so what's wrong with me coercing my younger brother to have dinner and watch a movie with me?" Midnight said matter-of-factly.

"Siblings?" Lao Miao Miao looked surprised, and Luo Jun also looked at Midnight with astonishment, thinking to himself, "You only came up with such a cliché reason?"

"Wait a minute..." Ling Xin looked at Luo Jun: "Aren't you an orphan?"

Oh no, she's found my blind spot!

Midnight glanced at Luo Jun, her eyes seeming to say: This isn't my fault, I didn't know you were an orphan...

"Oh... yes..." Luo Jun's mind raced. "My sister might not be my biological sister... she's my senior sister!"

"Senior sister?" Lao Miao Miao asked in surprise, "She's also a graduate of Ningdong?"

"No..." Luo Jun waved his hand and said, "She's the daughter of the teacher who first introduced me to Yuan Qi... I promised not to reveal my Master's information, so I didn't know how to explain just now..."

As he spoke, Luo Jun looked at Midnight with feigned reproach. "Senior Sister, why did you blurt it out yourself?"

"Didn't you say you didn't want these two girls to misunderstand that you have a girlfriend?" Midnight said, "Then I can only tell you the truth."

As she spoke, Midnight looked at Ling Xin and Lao Miao Miao: "I can vouch for my junior brother; he's currently single. If you want to pursue him, you'd better hurry up."

"No need..." Lao Miao Miao waved her hand, "I'm not interested in boys younger than me."

Ling Xin looked at Midnight. He did remember that the investigation into Luo Jun showed that he had come into contact with Yuan Qi before the Polluter Incident, supposedly under the guidance of an unknown Mysterious Expert... In this light, it made sense.

"Alright, can you sit down now?" Midnight smiled at Ling Xin. "The movie is about to start." "Oh, sorry... I was being presumptuous..." Ling Xin apologized and sat down next to Luo Jun.

The movie opens with a spectacular action scene, showing a human expeditionary force clad in heavy Powered Armor engaging in a fierce battle with alien creatures on an unknown planet.

The action scenes, packed with special effects, projected colorful lights and shadows onto the audience's faces. Luo Jun was engrossed in watching when he felt someone tug at his right sleeve.

Luo Jun turned his head and saw that Ling Xin was still looking at the screen, but her head was slightly tilted this way. He asked softly, "Your senior sister said she doesn't want us to misunderstand that she has a girlfriend?"

Luo Jun paused for a moment, then nodded. "Yeah... what's wrong?"

"It's okay... let's watch a movie."

Ling Xin straightened her head, and Luo Jun looked at her profile. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but it seemed like the corners of her mouth had turned up slightly.

Two hours later, the movie finally ended. The four of them stood at the theater entrance, Lao Miao Miao asked Luo Jun and Midnight, "What are your plans after this?"

Luo Jun glanced at Midnight, who then said, "I have another place to go next."

Luo Jun immediately said, "I have to go with my senior sister, after all, we don't know anyone here."

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"Well, we've got nothing else to do anyway, why don't we go together?" Lao Miao Miao said, just saying what she thought.

"No need..." Midnight waved her hand, "That place is rather remote, it would be too much trouble to bring you along..."

"No trouble at all," Ling Xin added. "Luo Jun's senior sister is here, so let's do our part as hosts."

"Really, it's not necessary," Luo Jun hurriedly said. "It mainly involves some internal matters of our sect..."

"Is it inconvenient for outsiders to come along?" Lao Miao Miao nodded. "Then we won't disturb you. By the way, Luo Jun, don't forget to go to school for Training Camp starting the day after tomorrow. The Five Schools Tournament starts next month, so make the most of this last bit of time to improve your skills as quickly as possible!"

"Don't worry, Senior Sister Miao," Luo Jun readily agreed.

After parting ways, Luo Jun breathed a sigh of relief, "I didn't expect to run into acquaintances one after another. I almost couldn't explain myself... Is there anything else you'd like to visit?"

Midnight laughed and said, "Didn't I tell you? There's a place I want to go."

"You mean it?" Luo Jun said. "I thought it was just an excuse to get away."

"Of course it's true. In fact, I came to the Main World specifically to go to that place," Midnight said. "There are still seventeen or eighteen hours left before the projection's time limit expires, which should be enough."

"Where do you want to go?" Luo Jun took out his phone. "I'll call a car."

"I need to confirm the location first," Midnight said. "Can that device you have display a map?"

"A map? That's great." Luo Jun opened the map app, zoomed in, and showed it to Midnight: "Look, the entire Ningdong is on the screen."

"Not this kind of map..." Midnight shook her head. "I want to see a bigger one."

"Even larger?" Luo Jun continued adjusting the map, which now included the entire province.

"I don't understand this either..." Midnight shook her head and said, "Could you show the outline of the entire continent...?"

"Continental outline?" Luo Jun blinked. "Where are you going?"

"I need to see the map to be sure."

"If we're going to cover such a large area, instead of relying on a mobile phone, why don't you... come with me?" Luo Jun pulled Midnight into a bookstore on the second floor of the mall, where a huge globe was placed at the entrance.

"This is the outline of the entire planet in the Main World. You should be able to understand it now, right?"

Midnight turned the globe a few times, nodded, and said, "Finally, I've found that familiar feeling..." As she spoke, her finger traced the surface of the globe, finally stopping at one spot.

"This is it!"

Luo Jun followed his finger and saw that it had landed on an island nation east of Zhendan.

"Yingzhou?" Luo Jun asked in surprise, "What are you going there for?"

"Is this a separate country now?" Midnight looked at the globe. "When I last came here, there were only some primitive tribes on the island, dependent on the regime on the western mainland."

"That's true..." Luo Jun nodded and said, "Yingzhou was indeed a vassal state of Zhendan for a period of time in history... The earliest civilizations and technologies were transmitted from Zhendan. However, they developed very quickly in modern times, and even after the appearance of the gate, their ambitions swelled up for a time, but they were soon counterattacked and sent back."

Upon hearing this, Midnight shook his head. "This tiny island nation isolated overseas is indeed overestimating its own capabilities."

"Their main confidence comes from the technology they learned in the Metropolis," Luo Jun said. "After the gate appeared, in just thirty years, Yingzhou developed into a modern industrial nation with considerable national strength. Taking advantage of their weakness really caught us off guard."

"But the key point is that Yingzhou opened one door, while Zhendan opened three! Although Zhendan's two or three doors didn't provide any advanced technology, they cultivated a large number of powerful Cultivators. Once the various forces gradually stabilize and join forces, these Yingzhou people won't be able to cause trouble for long. If they hadn't sided with the Federation at the crucial moment, Yingzhou would probably already be a province of Zhendan."

"Is there any way to get to Yingzhou as quickly as possible?" Midnight looked at the globe and measured the distance from Ningdong to Yingzhou with his hand; it was more than two thousand kilometers.

"Flying is quick, two hours is enough..." Luo Jun shrugged, "But going abroad requires a passport and visa, which I don't have, and you can't even buy a plane ticket..."

"Then I'll have to go by my own method." Midnight looked up at the east, his aura surging, and his feet slowly lifted off the ground.

"Wait..." Luo Jun grabbed her shoulder and pressed her back to the ground. "Even if you want to fly, don't be so blatant..."

Luo Jun pulled Midnight away from the mall, hailed a taxi to the outskirts of the city, found a secluded spot, and then handed Midnight an Invisibility Talisman: "Use this."

Midnight took it and nodded. "And what about you? You probably don't have the ability to fly, right? Can you keep up?"

"It should be fine." Luo Jun donned his Assassin's Cloak and drew his Myriad Jun Hammer: "Let's go."

The two became invisible together, then silently rose into the air and headed east.

(End of this chapter)