Toji glanced back at her, then immediately stopped and waited for her.
" Qiu'er, your stealth skills are worse than the guard dogs in the academy."
"You!" Di Qiu'er puffed out her cheeks in anger, but Toji immediately covered her mouth.
"Sh--"
Below, a patrol of Soul Engineer were passing by, carrying illumination Soul Tool.
The blinding beam of light swept across the eaves where they were hiding, coming within inches of their toes.
Di Qiu'er held her breath, able to clearly smell the faint masculine scent on Toji's hands, which was very attractive to her.
The man's hands were broad and strong, with calluses on his knuckles, which made her heart race involuntarily.
Toji after the patrol team had gone far away did he let go of her hand.
"Don't make a fuss, Qiu'er. Don't forget, we're on a stealth mission. Do you even know what stealth is?"
"But infiltrating doesn't mean killing everyone who sees us, okay?" Di Qiu'er said matter-of-factly.
Toji: "..."
"Grandma, the situation is different. I still need to recruit people within the academy, and I don't want to be exposed so soon, do you understand?"
"Understood."
Di Qiu'er nodded with a blush, and after Toji leaps and bounds, they finally arrived at a dormitory building.
Arriving at the door of his residence,
Toji took out a specially made identity card from his pocket and lightly touched it on the door lock.
With a soft "click," the door slid open silently.
"Come in."
The room was much simpler than I had imagined.
There was a bed, a desk, and nothing particularly special.
"Is this your doghouse in the academy?" Di Qiu'er wrinkled her nose in disgust.
Toji had long been used to her nagging:
"Alright, now that we're in, how about it? Can you see Xuan Ziwen's fate line?"
Di Qiu'er closed her eyes, sensed for a while, then frowned:
"No, it's a bit far, and besides, there are too many people and it's too chaotic here; I'd have a hard time distinguishing them."
"If only we could get any closer..."
"Still want to get closer?" Toji remained silent.
Bringing her in was already a huge risk.
This girl has no idea what infiltration is; her skills are terrible, nowhere near those of a professional like him.
"Hmm, he should be in the Illustrious Virtue Hall now. If we enter Illustrious Virtue Hall, perhaps I can grasp his destiny thread, thus enabling him to develop the Sealed Milk Bottle technology faster," Di Qiu'er said.
"Okay."
Toji immediately made up her mind and took out the clothes she wanted to disguise herself from her Storage Soul Tool.
He casually tossed his coat onto the bed, revealing his muscular upper body, and then changed into his night clothes.
With such a Tianran camouflage layer, all we can do is hope it has some effect.
Toji took out another set of jet-black night clothes and threw it to her:
"Hurry up and change your clothes."
Di Qiu'er took the clothes, then suddenly realized something, and her cheeks flushed bright red:
"You, you turn around!"
"..."
In response to Toji's silence, Di Qiu'er added:
"Don't peek, or I won't help you anymore, and you can go do your own thing!"
"You win."
Toji chuckled softly, but still turned his back.
The rustling sound of fabric rubbing together was exceptionally clear in the quiet room.
"Alright..."
Di Qiu'er said softly.
As she turned around, Toji could already see that the form-fitting night clothes perfectly outlined the girl's graceful curves, and her blonde hair was tied into a neat ponytail, adding a touch of heroic spirit.
"What are you looking at!" Di Qiu'er glared at him fiercely, but couldn't hide the blush on her pretty face.
Toji didn't say anything, "Stay close to me later. If we're discovered, the opportunity to recruit them will be lost, and we'll have to resort to kidnapping them."
Di Qiu'er nodded, indicating that she understood.
Toji pushed open the window, and the night wind, carrying a damp smell, rushed in.
"Remember, no matter what happens, never leave my side by more than three steps."
"I'll slow down to wait for you, but don't be too slow, okay?"
"I... I understand." Di Qiu'er was really not good at infiltration, so she obediently complied.
Two dark figures leaped out of the window and instantly disappeared into the night, stealthily making their way towards the Illustrious Virtue Hall, the largest building in the academy.
After they arrived safely, the two looked up at the seemingly ordinary gray-white building standing in front of them, which occupied an area of less than 500 square meters and had no special features.
"This is the entrance to the Illustrious Virtue Hall?" Di Qiu'er lowered her voice, unable to hide her disappointment. "It doesn't look special at all."
Toji's lips curled slightly, and she gently tapped her forehead with her finger. "Idiot, this is just a disguise. The real Illustrious Virtue Hall is buried underground."
He pulled out a stolen ID card and swiped it on the scanner on the side of the building.
The metal door slid open silently, revealing a dimly lit passageway inside.
Toji with Di Qiu'er, a natural-born Grandmaster of infiltration, carrying this burden, he still managed to pass through one defense line after another without any major incidents.
The two passed through the last door, and suddenly a bright and open space opened up before them.
Twenty silver-white elevators are arranged in an arc, their metal surfaces flowing with eerie blue soul-guiding patterns. Each elevator can accommodate more than ten people and exudes a cold, technological feel.
Toji selected the rightmost elevator, took out the stolen ID card, swiped it on the ID scanner, and the elevator door slid open silently, revealing a metal pillar engraved with intricate patterns standing in the center of the interior.
The moment they entered, Toji punched and destroyed the security camera on the elevator, allowing the two of them to go inside.
"Hold this." Toji placed Di Qiu'er's hand on the metal pillar. "Slowly infuse it with Soul Power, and you can activate this elevator."
As Soul Power was injected, the patterns on the metal pillar lit up one by one.
The elevator vibrated slightly and began to slowly descend. Through the transparent outer wall, they could see that they were passing through layer after layer of metal safety netting, each layer flashing a dangerous red light.
The elevator continued to descend, and when the two of them had descended more than 300 meters underground, it finally came to a slow stop.
The moment the door opened, Di Qiu'er's eyes widened—
Before them lay a vast underground space, where countless sophisticated Soul Tool operated within a transparent protective shield, and hundreds of Soul Engineer moved about.
"This is the real Illustrious Virtue Hall. Don't do anything rash. It's full of surveillance cameras. If you're seen, you're finished."
"This place is relatively safe. See if you can find Xuan Ziwen's destiny thread."
Di Qiu'er closed her eyes again and sensed for a while, then quickly revealed a surprised smile:
"It's done, I've got it sorted out."
"Great, it seems we have the help of Auspicious Beast, even the heavens are on our side." Toji was already laughing so hard she was numb, and immediately led Di Qiu'er back the way they came.
Just before exiting the elevator, Toji wrote something inside.
" Soul Engineer Killer, I was here."
"Why would you write something to expose yourself?" Di Qiu'er was puzzled by this behavior.
"Only by exposing my identity can I protect myself," Toji chuckled. "They won't suspect that I, in the academy, am the Soul Engineer Killer they hate the most, and at the same time, it can cover up the fact that two monitoring Soul Tool were destroyed."
"Alright, I'll get you out of here. Let's go back the way we came, then we'll both be safe."
"Oh."
"Go home, get ready, and wait for me. This poaching thing will be over soon."
Di Qiu'er: "..."