"Shing-"
Xu Ye jolted awake and sat bolt upright in bed. Opening his eyes, he felt as though lead had been poured into his brain, leaving it unbearably heavy.
His eyes ached too, as though he hadn't slept for three days and nights.
He took out a mirror and looked. Sure enough, his eyes were red and bloodshot.
Dawn was still hours away. It was only three in the morning.
"Looks like I can't keep up this high-intensity training until morning, or I might have a mental breakdown. No wonder the Chief Instructor kicked me out first."
"But the instructors didn't even ask what had happened. Looks like they got word this time too. Was it deliberate?"
"Were they using me as bait?"
Xu Ye pondered, replaying what the instructors had said in his mind.
"Judging by their attitude, they clearly knew someone was targeting me. And the Chief Instructor mentioned the Shenchuan Family. Could it be them?"
"In that case, what happened with the Heartless Mother Tree that day has already been exposed."
Who could it be?
There had actually been plenty of holes in his plan that day, but Xu Ye hadn't had any better options at the time.
The most likely culprit was someone among the Noble Four.
"But would they really go after me over something like that?"
As Xu Ye saw it, the vast Shenchuan Family had managed to secure a place for itself under the Great Xia Federation a hundred years ago, which showed just how deep its foundations ran.
Surely they wouldn't go out of their way to target him?
There were still too many mysteries.
He ran another Heart Simulation. The outcome was still his death.
Not enough!
His training was nowhere near enough.
Neither were his preparations.
He had shown enough