Try Making a Move

Star City Academy, library.

In a corner of the Reading Room, Feng Qi and Lin Ran flipped through the books in their hands, fully focused as they entered study mode.

For the past three days, he had basically spent all his time studying with Lin Ran in the library.

Even though he could obtain Cultivation Methods from the future, Feng Qi had always believed that the fundamentals could not be neglected. Otherwise, it would be far too easy to expose his abnormality.

After all, a genius who understood profound knowledge without any foundation would be far too absurd.

Aside from that, he occasionally accompanied Lin Ran to class.

At the students' fervent requests, he had taught several classes as well. They had all received unanimous praise from the students... along with a bout of enthusiastic flattery from Lin Ran.

By now, he and Lin Ran had become one of the hottest topics of discussion among students in many classes at Star City Academy.

But those few classes had also drained all his "reserves."

He had already completely taught the Fierce Tiger Fist and Body Tempering Art to the students. There was nothing else left in his head.

At that moment, he especially yearned for the "Infinite Memory" ability mentioned by the narrator.

With photographic memory, he would no longer need to watch things over and over whenever he entered Future Dreamland, then force himself to memorize them. He could easily get everything in one pass, saving both time and effort.

"Brother Qi, I want to read books on Cultivation Method Research." Lin Ran leaned closer and whispered, his handsome face full of yearning.

"Finish the Spell Trajectory 0 in your hands first."

"You're strangling the dreams of a future master of Cultivation Method Studies."

"I think I'm saving the world." After shooting Lin Ran a sidelong glance, Feng Qi lowered his head and continued flipping through his book.

Lin Ran found those words baffling, but could only lower his head sheepishly.

During this time, Lin Ran had asked him about Cultivation Method Studies more than once. Feng Qi had never refused, but he had not actually taught him anything either.

Agreeing had only been a delaying tactic. Otherwise, Lin Ran would definitely seek other ways to study Cultivation Method Studies.

Feng Qi felt more at ease keeping this ticking time bomb by his side.

Since Lin Ran had already developed the framework for Seal Incantation Stream Spells, there might be the framework for some other cultivation method in his mind as well. He had to keep a close watch on him.

Fortunately, Lin Ran never refused any of his requests, ensuring that his plan to "strangle dreams" would not die before it even began.

Noon arrived.

Feng Qi and Lin Ran headed straight to the Academy Restaurant, preparing to get their food and eat as usual.

To their surprise, Mu Qing, who always came to the restaurant first no matter the weather, was nowhere to be seen.

"Strange. Senior Mu loves eating so much. Why isn't she here today?"

"I'll go look for her. You eat first." With that, Feng Qi immediately turned and left the restaurant.

Based on what he knew of Mu Qing, she never missed mealtimes.

Aside from her fast digestion, eating had become a way for Mu Qing to regulate her emotions. It was also the way of being strong that her father had taught her.

So Feng Qi guessed that Mu Qing might have run into trouble.

"Brother Qi, I'll go with you. Did Senior Mu Qing get into trouble?" Lin Ran caught up and asked.

"Not sure. Let's split up and look first."

"Okay."

The two then split up and began searching the academy for Mu Qing.

On the eastern side of the academy, at the gymnasium.

The 800-square-meter Body Tempering Room was filled with all kinds of training equipment.

As one of the academy's Core Areas, it received a large annual budget to replace and upgrade its various training equipment for the students' use.

In one corner of the Body Tempering Room, Mu Qing looked coldly at the three girls standing before her.

"Stay away from me."

"It's our first time seeing a Rune Modifier. What abilities do you have? Show us." The lead girl had a crew cut and was chewing something, looking at Mu Qing with a teasing expression.

Although they were at Star City Academy, they wore Winter Academy uniforms. Like Lin Ran, they were clearly exchange students.

Just moments ago, while training, they had accidentally seen Mu Qing produce an astonishing strength reading, which immediately piqued their curiosity.

But after approaching and discovering that Mu Qing was a Rune Modifier, their curiosity turned to contempt.

"Stay away from me." Mu Qing's expression remained cold.

"Show us what you can do first." The girls forced Mu Qing into a corner, grinning as they spoke.

Mu Qing did not respond again. She took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the surging emotions within her.

Slap! At that moment, the crew-cut girl suddenly slapped Mu Qing across the face.

"Show us. Be obedient!"

Mu Qing's chest heaved violently, but she did not strike back. She was afraid that once she made a move, she would completely lose control, possibly causing irreversible consequences.

"Whoa, she really is a freak. Her face didn't even turn red after that slap. Her physical constitution really is as strong as the descriptions say. I just wonder what her limit is." As she spoke, the lead girl revealed a malicious smile.

Unlike Star City Academy, Winter Academy's educational environment had always followed the rule of "the strong prey on the weak."

So at their school, bullying classmates was perfectly normal.

As long as no serious injuries or disabilities occurred, even the teachers would not interfere much with how freely the students acted.

Though extreme, that kind of environment had also produced many combat geniuses. Many captains of famous Domain Battle Squads had graduated from Winter Academy.

And this time, the three outstanding exchange students from Winter Academy had brought their habits to Star City Academy as well.

Upon discovering that Mu Qing was a Rune Modifier found only in book records, they immediately became curious and wanted to learn more about her.

But Mu Qing's resistance provoked the viciousness in their hearts.

Faced with Mu Qing's constant cold gaze and her refusal to even look at them properly, they chose to act.

After forcing Mu Qing into a corner, the three girls began punching and kicking her.

In the face of their attacks, Mu Qing still chose not to fight back.

The crimson light in her eyes flickered endlessly as she kept suppressing the anger in her heart, controlling the changes in her emotions.

"Freak, fight back!"

"Let us see what a Rune Modifier can do, freak!"

"Didn't they say Rune Modifiers were generally violent by nature? Why are you so weak?"

Mu Qing did not respond to the taunts. Curled up and motionless, she let their fists rain down on her body.

At that moment, the lead girl raised her right hand and suddenly swung it toward Mu Qing's head.

"Enough!" An angry roar rang out, interrupting the girl's attack.

The one who had arrived was Feng Qi.

To find Mu Qing, he had first gone to her dormitory building. After asking the dorm supervisor, he had learned of several places Mu Qing often visited, then began searching them one by one.

But he had never expected that when he found Mu Qing, she would be getting bullied.

Hearing the roar, the three girls from Winter Academy turned to look at Feng Qi, their expressions stunned.

Seeing Feng Qi walk toward them, the lead girl asked indifferently,

"What is it?"

Feng Qi did not answer. He stopped in front of the girl, then slapped her across the face.

Slap!

The girl's expression changed instantly. The other two girls stepped forward and surrounded Feng Qi.

Just as they were about to make a move, another voice rang out.

"Try it."

Looking toward the source of the voice, the anger on the three girls' faces instantly turned to terror.

At some point, Lin Ran had arrived as well.