Qin Siyang brought Hu Chan and Zhao Sifang back to the Guesthouse corridor from inside Ant's belly, then put Ant back into the Storage Box.
Hu Chan asked, "There's still some blood and signs of fighting inside your item. Doesn't it need cleaning?"
"No. This item cleans and repairs itself."
"Oh..."
Zhao Sifang, meanwhile, asked with excitement and amazement, "Brother Qin, when did you break through to sequence level six? That was way too fast!"
"Recently. I just decided not to announce it out of caution. Principal Zhao told me not to tell anyone when or where I broke through, so I didn't notify anyone. I was waiting for someone like Dadowa to take the bait."
Qin Siyang breathed out. "Good thing I kept it quiet. Otherwise, the person sent here today probably wouldn't have been Dadowa."
The excitement promptly vanished from Zhao Sifang's eyes. Thinking of the predicament the Zhao Family now faced, and remembering how Hu Chan had saved him when he got distracted during the fight, he looked a little troubled. "You're right, Brother Qin. It pays to be cautious."
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Chasing quick results makes it easy to slip up. Little Zhao, we've still got a long road ahead."
Zhao Sifang sighed deeply. "When you never know if you'll live to see tomorrow, what future is there to talk about?"
Qin Siyang smiled and patted his shoulder. "Hu Chan and I are both orphans, and we've made it this far without complaining. Yet you're the pessimistic one! Neither of us has parents or connections, but haven't we still come all this way? Weren't the troubles your dad and Second Uncle faced back then ten times more dangerous than this?"
Hu Chan snorted. "No need to drag me into this."
Qin Siyang