Chapter 15

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Do you still treat me as your third brother?” Mu Zhongding’s arms trembled.

He was boiling from anger.

Although he had five sons and four daughters, Mu Lingqing was the most outstanding among his four daughters.

In the future, regardless of whether she got a son-in-law to marry into the family to inherit some of his assets or married and joined forces with another family, she would make a good choice.

However, she had died for no reason.

As her father, he had only found out about her demise afterward.

This was too much!

Mu Zhongyang was partly responsible for his daughter’s death.

“Did you send Na Changhu to contact my daughter, Lingqing, in private a few days ago?”

Mu Zhongyang wanted to deny it, but since his brother had already found out who he had sent to contact his daughter, he knew there was no way to deny his involvement.

He had no choice but to admit it.

“Yes, but she took the initiative to look for me first. I did not seek her out,” Mu Zhongyang said.

Many Mu Family members stopped and watched. When they heard these words, there was an uproar and they began to whisper to each other.

These were the people Mu Zhongding had gathered to put pressure on the other party.

“Mu Zhongyang, what kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

“That’s what happened. She took the initiative to ask me to provide her with information. I was curious as well. Why would my niece not ask her biological father for help but come to her uncle instead?” Mu Zhongyang touched the goatee on his chin as he spoke slowly.

Mu Zhongding took a deep breath.

Recently, he had found a possible fiancé for her. Of course, nothing had been confirmed yet. This was merely an idea that he’d had.

The other party came from a good family, had good looks, and was well-respected. However, his daughter had not liked him and had said he was too effeminate.

This was why the father and daughter had fought. However, at least to him, that was just a minor argument.

“Then why didn’t you tell me afterward? Do you know that something has happened to her?” Mu Zhongding took out the box that contained Mu Lingqing’s blood jade.

He opened the box directly in front of everyone. The drop of blood in the blood jade had already turned black.

There was another uproar among the onlookers.

Many people were present, so the news of Mu Lingqing’s mishap would spread very soon.

Mu Zhongding did not intend to hide her mishap from everyone. Even if he hid her death from everyone, when the university lessons officially started, everyone would find out the truth when she did not report to the school.

Mu Zhongyang, who had initially been calm and assured, was shocked. His fingers trembled slightly, and he accidentally plucked out a strand of hair while stroking his goatee.

“How is this possible?” Mu Zhongyang was horrified, but he did not let it show.

He took a step back, bowed, and said, “Brother, I really didn’t know this. No one wished for this to happen. This is a serious matter. Don’t get angry. How about you come into my house so we can have a nice chat?”

He then motioned for Mu Zhongding to go inside his house to talk to him privately.

In any case, their conversation should not be witnessed by outsiders.

When he saw that Mu Zhongyang had decided to back down and he had achieved his goal, Mu Zhongding followed him into the house.

…

Bai Ye, who walked out of the bathroom after washing up, happened to walk past the living room.

Oh.

There seemed to be something odd about the bronze statue.

He rubbed his eyes.

A brass sculpture had been placed in the corner of the living room.

This brass sculpture was 1.5 meters tall and looked like a long-browed ape with a conical bamboo hat.

According to his memory, this sculpture had been placed in the house many years ago.

In split seconds, he seemed to have seen the old ape grabbing its eyebrows with both hands and making faces at him.

Damn it. Why would a bronze statue make faces at him?

After rubbing his eyes, he saw that everything about the bronze statue was normal.

He cast a few more suspicious glances at the statue.

He then shook his head.

It might be an illusion.

Bai Ye’s back was facing the statue. He remained motionless while he turned to look at the bronze statue with a blank expression on his face.

Nothing about the bronze statue was out of the ordinary.

He must have been thinking too much.

Grabbing the schoolbag from the sofa, Bai Ye hurried downstairs.

Today was Monday, so he had to go to his lessons.

“Xiaowei.”

Bai Ye, who was riding his bicycle, sped down the road as he asked the Super Dimension Mirror on his shoulder a question.

“Did you see anything strange just now?”

The Super Dimension Mirror was about to nod when it suddenly saw a shadow standing on top of a building 100 meters away. It hurriedly shook its head. “Wow.”

While speaking, it poked Bai Ye’s cheek with fingers formed from a beam of light.

His master could not see it, let alone an ordinary small tamed beast.

Bai Ye rolled his eyes.

This was not considered an ordinary small tamed beast.

It had only been a few days since it had been summoned.

However, it had broken through from an iron one-star to an iron ten-star, surpassing the many years of efforts that others had made within a few days.

Besides, he never had to nag about its training.

The tamed beast was also seldom seen meditating. Other tamed beasts who worked very hard had to be feeling upset.

Upon seeing that its master remained silent, Xiaowei got even more excited.

It stood up arrogantly and poked Bai Ye’s face again and again…

His face seemed soft. It was fun to poke him.

“Enough!” Bai Ye was angry. “Your endowment value is very high. You wouldn’t need any source materials to break through from the iron level to the bronze level, is that right? I heard that low-level source materials are useless to tamed beasts with a high endowment value. You have a minimum value of 10,000 points… Where can I get high-level source materials for you?” Bai Ye had a headache just thinking about it.

“If you are sensible, you should break through by yourself…”

Suddenly, a warm current came gushing from the soul contract, rushing to his limbs and bones and resulting in a slight increase in his physical fitness. At the same time, his brain was cleared of all thoughts and he felt refreshed.

He had also broken through the mental strength bottleneck that had troubled him for some time.

He turned back and discovered that Xiaowei, which was on his shoulders, seemed to be slightly bigger now.

[Name: Super Dimension Mirror]

[Level: Bronze One-Star]

[Skills]

[Natal Skills: Super Dimension Space, Mirror Servant]

[High-Level Skills: Space Cutting, Ouroboros Shield, Void Shifting]

[Low-Level Skills: Spatial Shield]

[Endowment: 10,000+ (???)]

Bai Ye was able to learn the current list of skills of the Super Dimension Mirror through the soul contract.

Initially, given that it had not comprehended a single skill during the breakthrough process to the iron level, Bai Ye had still wondered if it was because it had always been too lazy.

Now, it seemed that it was building up its skills.

Thanks to the recent high level of the breakthrough, it had comprehended two high-level spatial skills at once.

However, it had only comprehended high-level skills. It had not learned any intermediate or low-level skills. Given its current energy, it would be difficult for it to use high-level spatial skills.

Upon arriving at school, Bai Ye patted Xiaowei and told it to hide.

Xiaowei looked like a mirror. Thus, one could easily tell that it was a mechanical beast.

Mechanical beasts were considered a big category in this world of planets. However, it was a less popular category on the Obsidian Planet.

The majority of tamed beasts on the Obsidian Planet were bestial.

“The test papers that you filled in last time have been marked. Study committee member, please go to the office, pick up the papers from my desk, and distribute them to each group. The exam is the day after tomorrow. Today, I will briefly explain the test papers you completed last time. We won’t do any more test papers. These two days are your last chance to learn. If the conditions permit it, some students can sign up for Social Practice to attain one or two more certificates in order to gain a few more points,” Zhou Xia said.

The study committee member, Yang Zhou, brought the test papers back from the office and distributed them according to the groups. Very soon, everyone received their test papers.

“Studying Monsters on the Obsidian Planet—Middle School Edition” 147 points, “Elementary Science” 145 points, “The Integrated Curriculum for Beginner Beast Tamers” 133 points.

Bai Ye looked through his results.

The total marks for the three test papers amounted to 450 points, and he had scored 425 points.

His lowest score was for “The Integrated Curriculum for Beginner Beast Tamers”. However, the average score for this course was also very low.

There was no fixed answer for this course, so it was like an open-ended discussion.

Zhou Xia, who was on the podium, did not specifically explain the answer to each question. At the moment, it was no longer necessary to go into detail.

It would be best to strike a balance between work and rest two days before the exam. Right now, what they should do was concentrate on preparing for the exam.

Leaves rustled outside the window.

Meanwhile, the teacher on the podium explained diligently.

Even the Little Teacher Assistant, who had always liked nagging and supervising lazy students, narrowed its eyes, feeling a little listless.

Bai Ye’s heart calmed down.

He knew that these were his last few moments in junior high school.

From now on, he would never come back here.

He poked Wang Qilin with his elbow. “How can you be sleeping right now?”

Wang Qilin opened his hazy eyes and wiped the eye crust from the corners of his eyes.

He then stretched his hands.

“Brother Bai, which school are you going to go to?” Wang Qilin asked in a low voice.

“Whichever school gives me more money,” Bai Ye said.