The Winner of the Rat Race, Luo Wanyai

Countdown: 162:00:00.

6 a. m.

Before the day's practice began, Liu Dezhu and Zhang Tianzhen tiptoed to Nan Gengchen's house.

Knock knock knock.

Liu Dezhu said in a low voice, "Nannan, are you up?"

Nan Gengchen opened the door curiously. "What are you two up to?"

Zhang Tianzhen whispered, "We came here to ask you why you've progressed so quickly in your cultivation? Before our last time we traveled through time, our progress was about the same, but only seven days have passed and you've already completed the Great Cycle..."

When Nan Gengchen heard that the two of them were asking about this, his face immediately turned red!

"Tell me, we're good brothers now, do you have any good tips to share?" Liu Dezhu said with a wink, "If everyone grows up quickly, wouldn't Bai Zhou be stronger?"

"I'm not trying to hide anything," Nan Gengchen said sincerely, "And I also hope everyone can progress faster in their cultivation, but... never mind, I'll be frank, it's dual cultivation. This Zhunti Method is a Tantric practice, and dual cultivation can increase the speed of cultivation!"

Nan Gengchen went all out.

Liu Dezhu was shocked. He looked at Nan Gengchen and then at Zhang Tianzhen.

Zhang Tianzhen was displeased. "Isn't it a bit much for you to look at me like this?"

"No, no, no," Liu Dezhu said, scratching his forehead. "I'm just shocked... The problem is, I can't use this method either."

"Why don't you just go find a girlfriend?" Zhang Tianzhen said.

However, at this moment, Qing Chen walked out and said, "I didn't want you to know about this shortcut. With my guidance, you won't be much slower than him... But since you know, it doesn't matter. However, I want to set a rule for you: you can't find girlfriends for this kind of thing. Otherwise, you'll just be looking for a tool, not a relationship. I hope you'll consider this carefully and not do anything that's destined to be wrong."

Liu Dezhu and Zhang Tianzhen were taken aback for a moment. "Understood."

Qing Chen glanced at Nan Gengchen again. "Starting today, you will begin practicing the second section of the Breathing Technique. I won't give you the initiation ceremony yet. Let's get the others to the Great Circulation Perfection first."

"Okay," Nan Gengchen replied.

"Let's go for a run first, then come back to cultivate," Qing Chen said as he walked out the door.

After moving to the villa area, there are hardly any people on the paths in the morning, which makes daytime training much easier.

At this point, everyone except Hu Xiaoniu had become cultivators, and running was no longer of much significance for improving their physical fitness.

Breathing Technique are a form of spiritual practice, while regular group running, which gradually cultivates coordination during the day, is a form of mental cultivation.

If the daytime lacks a shared rhythm, even if they all become demigods, they will still be a disorganized mess.

It's very likely that it will become a situation where "when gathered together, it's a pile of shit, but when scattered, it's a sky full of stars."

To Bai Zhou's surprise, Luo Wanyai was also waiting outside the door early, dozing off in the back seat of a van parked at the entrance.

"What are you doing here?" Qing Chen asked.

"I'm worried that something might happen to you at any time. If you call me, I can get there right away," Luo Wanyai explained.

"Thank you for your thoughtfulness," Qing Chen said.

Seeing the members of Daylight Group leaving, all dressed in sportswear, Xiao Luo asked with an awkward smile, "Are you all going for a run? Can I join you?"

Qing Chen glanced at him. "Follow me."

However, Luo Wanyai is indeed old. His lack of exercise and excessive obesity made him pant after just a few steps.

However, this local tyrant from Los Angeles, with the conviction that he would die if he couldn't finish the race, actually managed to follow the whole way!

It has to be said that, just looking at the running part of joining the team, Luo Wanyai is much more ruthless than Zhang Chengze.

The intense struggle between Luo Wanyai and Zhang Chengze has come to a conclusion...

After finishing the run, Qing Chen looked at Luo Wanyai and said, "Go and buy that empty villa next door. You can move in here too. Select a few of your most trusted and capable subordinates to take turns guarding it and make sure no strangers approach these two villas."

Luo Wanyai was overjoyed to hear this. Just for this one sentence, he felt that his ruthlessness towards himself had not been in vain!

He quickly said to Qing Chen, "I have twelve brothers who have followed me for many years. They are all Time Walker. I'll take them to squeeze into the villa next door. Don't worry, absolutely no unauthorized personnel will approach this place!"

"Okay, you can arrange it yourself," Qing Chen said before leading the Daylight members back to the villa.

Luo Wanyai watched them leave. His driver got out of the car and asked, "Luo... Luo Wanyai, before when I asked you to exercise, you felt like I was trying to rob or kill you. Why are you willing to run today? And are these people really worth it?"

"You don't know anything," Luo Wanyai said to the driver. "Didn't you notice? These people... they're all superhumans! Even that little girl is! What does that mean? Forget it, you're not Time Walker, you wouldn't understand even if I explained!"

On the other side, after Qing Chen led Li Tongyun, Liu Dezhu, Nan Gengchen, and Li Tongyun into meditation, he went to the basement.

At this moment, Hu Xiaoniu is climbing on the wall, where there are one climbing foothold after another, simulating the terrain required for all climbing techniques.

This was done by Hu Xiaoniu when Qing Chen instructed him to renovate. The basement has a 4.3-meter high ceiling, which is a bit cramped for practice, but it's enough for now.

Qing Chen looked at Hu Xiaoniu: "Aren't you curious why I don't teach you cultivation?"

Hu Xiaoniu honestly replied, "I'm curious. It would be a lie to say I'm not."

"Then why don't you ask me?" Qing Chen said.

"Because I'm no longer a rich kid, I'm just an ordinary member of Daylight. I have no right to ask anything. I just need to do my job well," Hu Xiaoniu said sincerely. "Qing Chen, when we first met, you might have had some bad impressions of me, but I've put aside my past identity. Now I'm just Hu Xiaoniu of Daylight."

"Sit down," Qing Chen said, sitting cross-legged on the yoga mat opposite Hu Xiaoniu.

In fact, he had been thinking about one question.

Hu Xiaoniu is upright, honest, and even-tempered. Can such a person Heart's Inquiry?

If the other party can pass, then it means that they will have a higher ceiling.

Qing Chen originally did not have high hopes for this.

However, after observing for a while, Qing Chen wanted to give Hu Xiaoniu a chance to try.

Li Shutong told him that every knight has the right to freely take on apprentices, and as long as you find a qualified candidate, you can lead him on this path.

Qing Chen once asked out of curiosity, "What if the other party doesn't fully agree with the knight's values?"

Li Shutong's answer, which he didn't seem to care much about at the time, was. "Those who have walked the path to heaven through the Green Mountain Cliff, those who have challenged Life and Death Trial, will naturally have the same faith."

A knight's faith is not in any particular person, but in the pursuit of a certain human limit.

The values of a knight are never achieved through brainwashing or preaching. They are formed naturally as you walk along the way, climb a mountain, see a snowfall, and chase a dream.

People with impure beliefs cannot overcome the Life and Death Trial; they will only die on the path of trying to Life and Death Trial.

At that time, Qing Chen understood a principle: the eight Life and Death Trial trials were actually a selection process, and all knights would eventually walk the same path.

No one gives directions; it's everyone's own choice.

Thinking of this, Qing Chen said, "Extend your wrist."

Hu Xiaoniu sat curiously on the yoga mat, only to see Qing Chen place his fingers on his pulse.

Suddenly, the Knight True Qi surged, and Hu Xiaoniu's cheeks bloomed with Flame Markings exactly the same as Qing Chen's.

Pain.

All the painful memories came flooding back.

Everyone in the villa heard Hu Xiaoniu's shouts, but no one dared to go down to the basement, because Qing Chen had made an agreement with them not to go down there.

The unexpected turn of events involving Hu Xiaoniu surprised Qing Chen; he hadn't expected that the other party wouldn't be able to withstand the Heart's Inquiry.

Qing Chen withdrew his Knight True Qi: "What pain is preventing you from overcoming this hurdle?"

Hu Xiaoniu gasped, "My mother passed away when I was ten years old. Just now, it felt like I was back in that afternoon. The setting sun shone warmly through the hospital window. My mother was so thin, just skin and bones. She gently held my hand and said, 'I'm sorry, Xiaoniu, Mom can't take care of you anymore.' I want to forget this pain, but I'm afraid I'll forget my mother too."

Qing Chen remained silent.

It turns out that the Heart's Inquiry is really hard to pass; no wonder there are so few knights.

He finally understood why Li Shutong said that the older people get, the harder it is for them to overcome the hurdle of Heart's Inquiry.

It's not that Hu Xiaoniu lacks the right character; it's just that life is inherently a difficult journey, and the longer the road one travels, the more pain one accumulates.

Li Dongze, Ye Wan, Lin Xiaoxiao, and others may also be unable to get over the loss of their parents.

Those memories and pains that you seem to have let go of have actually remained in your heart all along.

However, Qing Chen didn't know if Li Ke was capable of Heart's Inquiry.

If not, then all the things he did before will have been in vain.

After a long silence, Hu Xiaoniu asked, "Am I incapable of cultivation? Why is my path of cultivation so different from others? When Tianzhen and the others enter meditation, it seems like they don't experience any pain."

"No," Qing Chen shook his head, "Even if this path is blocked, there are still other paths to take."

Hu Xiaoniu was stunned for a moment. He thought to himself, "How come there are so many cultivation paths to choose from here, Qing Chen?"

If someone obtains even one orthodox cultivation method, it would be enough to establish a cultivation organization that can stand the test of time. Just how many cultivation methods does Qing Chen possess?

There are at least three types right now, aren't there?

Looking at Qing Chen, Hu Xiaoniu felt that the Inner World might really be a game, and the person in front of him was the most powerful pay-to-win player in the entire server...

Qing Chen ignored Hu Xiaoniu's emotional fluctuations and simply pondered quietly:

Although Hu Xiaoniu cannot pass the Heart's Inquiry, he can still become a knight as long as he completes all eight challenges.

Knights of the old era could not become demigods, but an A-rank was still enough to establish themselves in the Federation.

If there are several A-level knights and dozens or hundreds of B-Class Zhunti Method cultivators during the day, where in the world can't they go?

No one can withstand this level of daytime fury.

That day may still be a long way off.

But Qing Chen had the patience to wait until that day.

Just then, Qing Chen suddenly felt the stagnant blood from his abdominal injury churning inside him, and he vomited a mouthful of dark purple blood.

Hu Xiaoniu was stunned for a moment and quickly asked, "Qing Chen, are you alright?"

"It's nothing, just a blood clot. I'll be fine once I spit it out," Qing Chen said. He knew his own body well; although it was still in pain, it was nothing serious.

Hu Xiaoniu looked at Qing Chen and suddenly thought that the other party was injured but was still helping them cultivate.

Previously, Qing Chen had broken two ribs, yet he led the race without complaint during the cold winter.

Now, each time travel takes a fixed 7 days, so every return is on Saturday night, and there's no need to go to school the next day.

It felt as if the time travel mechanism was deliberately giving all Time Walker a day off, so they could adjust their tired minds during the weekend in the Outer World.

"Brother Chen, Luo Wanyai said they're going to exchange cash under the Wangcheng Bridge tonight. Should we go and cause some trouble?" Nan Gengchen asked curiously.

"You're overthinking it," Zhang Tianzhen said calmly. "After Luo Wanyai was rescued, all those guarding him died. Under these circumstances, even a fool would know that things have been exposed. If anyone goes to the Wangcheng Bridge tonight to hand over the goods, it's definitely an ambush."

However, at that moment, Qing Chen suddenly said, "The boss instructed us that we should still go and take a look."

Zhang Tianzhen hesitated for a moment. "Are we still going? What if there's an ambush... hiss."

Zhang Tianzhen gasped. He realized that Qing Chen had come specifically to ambush them. "You want to ambush those who were planning to ambush us?"

Nan Gengchen: "Rules of nesting dolls are prohibited."

Zhang Tianzhen: "... Can you please stop being so witty when we're getting down to business?"

Qing Chen glanced at them. "We're not going to fight to the death, but we shouldn't stand idly by in this kind of thing. Just like what Forbidden Item ACE-999 said in the group, our biggest advantage in the Inner World right now is that we're in opposition to Kamishiro and Kashima. If they become the victors, then Bai Zhou will have to keep a low profile. So, whatever Kamishiro and Kashima want to do, we should do our part to prevent them from doing it."

Qing Chen added, "Of course, we should still act within our capabilities."

Just then, Nan Gengchen, who was holding his phone, suddenly said, "Hey, look at the trending topics! Kamishiro Kono is going to hold a press conference in Los Angeles. She's giving up her acting career in Japan and starting over in China?!"

Qing Chen was stunned for a moment, and he also opened Weibo's trending topics to see the details.

Just as Nan Gengchen said, the press conference will be held at 9:00 AM tomorrow at the square in front of the Quanshun Commercial Center in Luolong District, Luocheng.

Nan Gengchen asked doubtfully, "Didn't the group say that she suddenly disappeared after coming to the country and was avoiding the pursuit of the Jindai family? Why did she suddenly re-debut in the country with such arrogance? Is it a rumor?"

"It's not a rumor that she's being hunted down," Qing Chen shook his head. "I guess she's most likely with people from Jiuzhou right now. Someone wants to use her to lure out the assassins from the Kamishiro Family."

"Why not Kunlun?" Nan Gengchen asked curiously.

Qing Chen thought for a moment, "Because Kunlun doesn't use others as bait; they don't have that habit."

Zhang Tianzhen said, "If it really was Kamishiro Kono cooperating with Jiuzhou to do this, then it's too obvious. The Time Walker controlled by the Kamishiro Family might not fall for it."

Qing Chen said, "There are two possibilities. The first is that Kamishiro Kono possesses the cultivation legacy of the Kamishiro Family. In that case, regardless of whether it's a trap or not, they will try every means to kill Kamishiro Kono to prevent the legacy from being leaked. Faced with such a stake, the life of Time Walker is insignificant. You all know how indifferent people in the Inner World are to life. In this way, Jiuzhou will be very happy, saving them a lot of trouble."

"What about the second scenario?"

"The second possibility is that Kamishiro Kono doesn't have any particularly important secrets. The Kamishiro Family is unwilling to sacrifice the Time Walker for Kamishiro Kono. This is the result that Kamishiro Kono wanted to see. She can stand in the sunlight again, but no one dares to hunt her down again."

Qing Chen didn't say was that the girl from another place did indeed come to Luocheng.

He was now even more certain that Qing Bao in the group was Kamishiro Kono. After seeing his name in the group, the other party came to Luocheng to confirm whether he was the Qing Chen that the other party knew.

Usually, celebrities hold their comeback press conferences in top-tier cities, so the fact that Kamishiro Kono is holding a press conference in Los Angeles must mean she's there for Qing Chen.

Qing Chen thought about the appointment at the Royal City Bridge tonight, and the press conference tomorrow...

He's been very busy since his return.

However, the Kamishiro and Kashima Family must have already begun a new reverse Transmigration Plan. Have those people already set off?

This is the most important thing about this comeback!

On the G307 high-speed train, the ninth carriage was almost empty, with only a dozen or so passengers scattered around.

In the ninth row, He Jinqiu said with a smile, "Nowadays, the high-speed rail in China is very convenient. It only takes three and a half hours to travel from Jingcheng to Los Angeles, which is something that island nations cannot compare to."

Kamishiro Kono nodded. "Our country's infrastructure construction in recent years has indeed been at the forefront of the world. My father used to talk about this all the time."

The girl sat by the window, gazing wistfully out the window.

At that moment, a train attendant pushed a food cart through the ninth carriage, and instantly, more than a dozen passengers who had been leisurely playing with their phones all turned their attention to it.

This entire carriage had been booked by Jiuzhou, solely to prevent suspicious individuals from approaching Kamishiro Kono.

He Jinqiu glanced at the flight attendant before looking away. "I'm curious, this press conference could have been held in Jingcheng, where it would have had a greater impact and would have been more convenient for your future career in the film and television industry. But why did you insist on holding it in Los Angeles?"

"Because I was going to Los Angeles anyway, and I've already bought the tickets," Kamishiro Kono replied with a smile.

He Jinqiu smiled and shook her head, "Never mind, I won't ask any more questions. You have your reasons."

Kamishiro Kono asked curiously, "Do you think they'll try to kill me at the press conference this time?"

"Yes, they will. After all, they have a reason to kill you," He Jinqiu said calmly. "But don't worry, 60% of the Jiuzhou members are in Luocheng right now, as are Kunlun. They're just waiting for them to come to them. You cooperate with Jiuzhou so that we can find as many of the Time Walker they control as possible. That way, you can live in the sunlight again in the future."

However, it seemed that Kamishiro Kono wasn't listening to what He Jinqiu was saying. She suddenly asked, "Is Luocheng fun? What are the people like there? Are they easy to get along with?"

The chapter is 5,000 words long. 10,000 words have been updated today. One more chapter for the Haihunyi. Two more chapters to go.

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