Chapter 63: Heading to the Night Court

Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Heading to the Night Court

The next day.

Monday.

Gu Qing woke up at the crack of dawn.

He didn’t rush to get up. Instead, he lay in bed playing on his phone, waiting for the dorm’s alarm to go off.

During this time, he called up his panel for the first time in a while to check his Attributes.

[Name: Gu Qing]

[Age: 21]

[Devouring (Can be upgraded or fused): Your Digestion Ability is greatly enhanced.]

[Lightning Reflexes (Can be upgraded or fused): Your Reaction Speed is greatly enhanced.]

[Extraordinary Comprehension (Can be upgraded or fused): Your Learning Ability is greatly enhanced.]

[Muscle Knots (Can be upgraded or fused): Your Physical Strength is greatly enhanced.]

[Immune to Hundred Poisons Acquisition Progress: 5/100]

[Essence Blood Enslavement Acquisition Progress: 4/100]

He gave the panel a quick scan.

Gu Qing’s gaze finally landed on the five words inside the parentheses—"Can be upgraded or fused."

He tried to will his Extraordinary Comprehension and Muscle Knots to fuse, hoping to create an Upper Attribute that covered both brains and brawn.

However, the two Attributes remained completely still, unaffected by his thoughts of fusion.

He then tried to will his Devouring Attribute to upgrade.

The result was the same. The Devouring Attribute didn’t budge.

’How on earth do I get these Attributes to upgrade or fuse?’

Gu Qing fell into deep thought.

But after mulling it over for more than ten minutes, he couldn’t come up with a single clue.

In the end, he just gave up thinking about it.

He quietly opened Douyin.

And started scrolling through short videos.

It wasn’t long before he came across another video posted by the Jixia Martial Arts Hall account.

It had been posted a little after one in the morning.

It already had over twenty thousand likes.

The video’s content was Xia Shuran sparring with various masters, then effortlessly defeating them all with a single move.

’So...’

’My junior got called home by her dad this weekend just to spar with these people?’

’And then her dad recorded the whole thing on his phone, edited it, and posted it on Douyin to drive traffic to the martial arts hall?’

’Can’t deny it, it’s pretty effective.’

’The comments section has blown up.’

Gu Qing scrolled through the comments with great interest.

[Sis is so badass! Aaaah!]

[Who says women are inferior to men? If we women really get into martial arts, there’d be nothing left for you guys to do!]

[Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Mom!]

[Does your Jixia Martial Arts Hall accept students?]

[Heh, traditional martial arts are just a scam for idiots. If those aren’t paid actors, I’ll eat shit!]

[I want to challenge your dojo! Do you dare accept?]

Wait, what?

Why are so many people in the comments calling my junior "mommy"?

Diagnosis: They play too much Valorant.

And they’re severely sexually repressed.

Gu Qing couldn’t help but roast them in his head.

Then he started thinking again:

’If I get the chance, I should drop by my junior’s family martial arts hall and see what it’s all about.’

’The martial arts hall itself isn’t really important.’

’What’s important is seeing what kind of incredible tag is floating above the head of that ancestor of hers who’s lived for several hundred years.’

’Since her ancestor has lived for so long, the tag above his head must be related to long life, right?’

’For example—’

’The simplest and most direct one: [Immortal]?’

’If it really is [Immortal], how would I trigger a tag like that?’

’Would I have to practice health regimens with my junior’s ancestor?’

’Alchemy and taking elixirs?’

’Sitting in meditation?’

’Cultivating some kind of Longevity Technique?’

Countless thoughts surged through Gu Qing’s mind, his imagination running wild.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Before he knew it,

the dorm’s alarm clock went off.

His roommates woke up one after another, getting up to wash their faces and brush their teeth, interrupting Gu Qing’s train of thought.

Gu Qing didn’t dwell on it any longer and got up to do the same.

...

「More than ten minutes later.」

The four roommates left the dorm and headed to the academic building for their morning class.

When they got to the classroom,

Gu Qing didn’t run over to sit with Yang Yuntong. Instead, for the first time in a long while, he sat in a row with his roommates.

He had already acquired the Extraordinary Comprehension Attribute.

The [top student] tag above Yang Yuntong’s head had completely lost its value to him.

Since he could no longer farm Attributes from Yang Yuntong’s [top student] tag, Gu Qing certainly wasn’t going to waste time sitting with her in class and grinding practice questions.

Of course, he wasn’t going to waste time listening to the professor’s lecture either.

The courses at the School of Foreign Languages were a total joke; it didn’t matter whether he listened or not.

He might as well play on his phone and catch up on the latest news and hot topics.

[Yang Yuntong: Gu Qing, did I do something to upset you? Why aren’t you sitting with me to work on problems today?]

Gu Qing was scrolling through Douyin when he suddenly received a message from Yang Yuntong on WeChat.

He glanced at the message and replied:

[Gu Qing: No, don’t overthink it. I was just thinking about my future recently and realized I don’t really want to go to grad school, so I’m not going to waste any more time grinding past exam questions.]

[Yang Yuntong: Oh, okay. I see.]

[Gu Qing: Yep (sticker)]

He casually sent Yang Yuntong a sticker, politely ending their chat.

Gu Qing went back to scrolling Douyin until class ended at noon, then he stood up and stretched.

He put away his phone and went to the cafeteria with Chen Zijie.

After lunch,

he returned to the dorm for a nap.

When it was one-thirty,

Gu Qing woke up right on time, put on his shoes, and left. He arrived early at the university gate, found the most conspicuous spot, and stood there playing on his phone.

He was waiting for Lin Tianyang to pick him up and take him to the Night Court for the so-called aptitude test.

Lin Tianyang was very punctual.

He drove up to the entrance of Hai City University right on the dot.

After Gu Qing got in the car,

the vehicle started up again.

It headed for the outskirts of Hai City.

The Night Court, an Extraordinary Organization, originated in Hai City.

Its headquarters was built on the outskirts of the city.

...

「An hour later.」

The car slowly drove deep into the outskirts of Hai City.

Far from the hustle and bustle of the city, the road was lined with lush trees, the mountain path smooth and serene.

As the car drove further in,

a vast and sprawling complex of buildings soon spread out before Gu Qing’s eyes.

It was the Night Court Headquarters.

The entire complex was built into the mountainside, its structures staggered across the landscape. There were no flashy, exaggerated designs, yet it exuded an oppressive, high-class atmosphere.

Before long, the car entered the complex and pulled into a parking space.

Gu Qing opened the door, got out, and followed Lin Tianyang into one of the buildings ahead.

Inside the building,

the hall was spacious and open. The floors were polished to a mirror shine, and a sense of sophistication and order permeated everything.

Gu Qing looked around, curiously observing everything as they walked.

He was mainly looking at the people.

Or more accurately, the tags floating above their heads.

[Night Court Member]

[Night Court Member]

[Night Court Member]

Gu Qing felt a little disappointed.

Every tag he had seen so far was the plain, unremarkable [Night Court Member].

He hadn’t seen a single one of the Extraordinary tags he had been expecting.

’Wait, what’s with this Night Court?’

’I thought this was supposed to be an Extraordinary Organization?’

’Why is the tag on everyone’s head so damn unremarkable?’

Gu Qing was utterly confused. He looked at Lin Tianyang beside him and asked, "Brother Yang, what’s the power level of all those people we just passed?"

Lin Tianyang replied, "They don’t have a power level. They’re just ordinary people."

Gu Qing: "Ordinary people?"

Lin Tianyang said, "That’s right. Ordinary people, just as you understand the term. They are neither Extraordinary Contactors nor Extraordinary Awakened."

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