When system cheat becomes rampant!

Many in the alliance were eyeing Elder Luo with envy, and naturally, they would concoct schemes to undermine Ye Changfeng. Capabilities like forcing the truth or muddling facts, which all fall under the category of spiritual manipulation, were the very reasons he trained so intensely in spiritual defense—to thwart such incidents from happening.

Only after ascertaining this did Xiang Beifei speak, "Actually, this matter has to do with me."

In the end, he laid out the whole story, omitting only the parts about Xiao Sheng, his grandfather, and that mountain.

After hearing everything, Ye Changfeng was extremely shocked!

"Such a big issue, why are you only mentioning it now? Why didn't you tell us earlier? If you didn't want to tell me, you should at least have informed Elder Luo," Ye Changfeng appeared quite angry, and even a bit frightened.

Although Xiang Beifei's account sounded nonchalant, Ye Changfeng could easily imagine how perilous the actual situation was at that time.

"What do you think Elder Luo would do if I told him?" Xiang Beifei asked.

Ye Changfeng was momentarily taken aback before he finally realized the situation.

"I was too hasty."

He knew Elder Luo well, a protective old man who would confront He Caiwei without a second thought. However, if He Caiwei dared to act as he did, he would naturally have his contingency plans, and he'd manage to wash his hands clean of the whole affair.

Then it would be Elder Luo who would be at a disadvantage.

Elder Luo was already marginalized by the alliance, and confronting someone without evidence was far from wise.

Furrowed brows, Ye Changfeng weighed the pros and cons of the situation before saying sternly, "No matter what, you must never admit to killing anyone, understand?"

"I understand."

SR Awakeners, from the beginning of Meridian Opening to the refinement of the soul at the God Refining stage, would need at least three to five years, if not longer.

SSR Awakeners also needed about two to four years to reach the God Refining stage.

URs were the fastest, typically taking about one to two years to step into the God Refining stage without any problem.

The videos that couldn't be deleted were all manipulated by it. The alliance had various formidable network technology Awakeners, yet faced with the footage set up by Xiaohei, they could do nothing!

No matter how they employed system items, they couldn't erase the related videos.

At that moment, Elder Luo's lazy voice came from the corner, "Otherwise, how should we converse? At the Martial Arts College, we speak with our fists. Why don't you two have a fight?"

Wei Tong turned his head and realized that somehow Elder Luo was sitting there. His face quickly changed.

Fight? Are you joking? Although he was an SSR, he couldn't withstand a single punch from Ye Changfeng.

An Xiyu, who was at one side, realized something and spoke up, "You've reached the later stages of Meridian Opening?"

Professor Guo also came to his senses and looked at Xiang Beifei in astonishment.

He knew that Xiang Beifei was gifted, but by all accounts, he should be at most at the mid-stage of Meridian Opening by now. How could he have advanced to such a level so suddenly?

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"So your level of cultivation is?" Professor Guo asked tentatively.

"Mid-stage of Meridian Opening," Xiang Beifei replied.

It wasn't that he didn't trust Professor Guo; frankly, he was worried about An Xiyu.

Last semester, An Xiyu followed his advice and chose to develop within the alliance, currently interning there.

The alliance had been monitoring him all along, searching for his information, so they would certainly leave no stone unturned in finding a breakthrough from the people around him, and obviously, An Xiyu was one of them.

Of course, Xiang Beifei trusted that An Xiyu, with her character, wouldn't actively betray him, but after all, she was just an SR in the later stages of Meridian Opening.

Should an SSR like Mu Yiqing who was in the later stages of God Refining appear, it would be easy for them to silently extract information from An Xiyu's mouth, despite Liangzhou University's various confidentiality measures for students.

Liangzhou University was no longer strictly its own entity—for example, the person in charge of the Martial Arts College from the literary Dao was someone sent by the alliance, all keeping an eye on Xiang Beifei.

His own progress in cultivation had already been fast enough, reaching the initial stages of Meridian Opening in half a year with the help of the Awakening System and not even a year to reach the later stages of Meridian Opening, outstripping normal SSRs by a vast margin!

This terrifying speed of cultivation could not even be achieved by UR Awakeners!

If those people knew how quickly he was improving, they'd likely stop at nothing to cause him trouble.

Therefore, Xiang Beifei had to keep it hidden until he broke through to the God Refining stage. It was only then that he would truly have the ability to protect himself, no longer fearing people like He Caiwei—

And they could even unexpectedly teach a lesson to those Lofty SSR and UR officials of the alliance!

He had already spread this news, and not long ago, he specifically exhibited his mid-stage Meridian Opening strength in front of many students, so as to put He Caiwei at ease.

Now He Caiwei would definitely think that it was Elder Luo who had killed those three people back then and wouldn't dare to act rashly. With He Caiwei and the others focusing on Elder Luo, they wouldn't pay attention to Xiang Beifei, whose cultivation was only at the mid-stage of Meridian Opening.

In this way, Xiang Beifei could quietly grow stronger.

Once he attained a certain level of cultivation, he would burst out and participate in group fights.

"So that's how it is."

Professor Guo could accept this level of strength, but he was obviously a bit disinterested; he really hoped that Xiang Beifei's cultivation was at the late-stage of Meridian Opening.

"Then why did you ask about the matters of the soul?" Professor Guo asked again.

A powerful aura condensed around him into a sharp and penetrating force, quietly landing on Ma Kainian.

When Ma Kainian saw Xiang Beifei, he shivered in his heart, frightened by the terrifying aura of Xiang Beifei.

Xiang Beifei was rumored to be able to kill a late-stage Meridian Opening One-Armed Crab with a single punch; his presence here was certainly not for fun.

Ma Kainian steadied his nerves and cursed quietly; after all, he was an official of the alliance, and this youngster, no matter how famous, was still just an ordinary citizen without power or influence. It should be him who was afraid!

"Xiang Beifei, quite the big shot, huh?" Ma Kainian said with a mocking tone.

Xiang Beifei didn't say anything, glanced at him indifferently, and then walked towards Kong Daming, asking, "I saw the phone message just now; what happened to my grandfather?"

"I don't know. He seemed a bit uneasy just now, so I helped him upstairs to rest, and he's upstairs now," Kong Daming said.

"Got it, I'll go up and see him."

Xiang Beifei, without another word, headed for the stairs.

However, Ma Kainian, seeing that he had been ignored, was quite annoyed!

"Hmph! Not even basic etiquette at this point..."

"Scram!"

Xiang Beifei said directly.

"Yes."

Ma Kainian's mind went blank, and then, involuntarily, he lay down and actually rolled away from the scene.

"Ah?"

Kong Daming and Zhang Xiang watched Ma Kainian roll away on the ground, shocked and completely stunned for a moment.

Ma Kainian actually... just rolled away like that?

This turn of events caught them both off guard.

"Why do we have to patrol the archive department! Who would have nothing better to do than to come steal from the archives? If you ask me, it wouldn't even matter if we didn't come here for a year," Zhou Guan said lazily, holding the back of his head while following Sun Zhong. He wasn't very interested in this job and kept grumbling along the way.

Sun Zhong walked to the third floor and patrolled past a line of rooms.

[You patrolled the N-level Talent Review Department, patrol points +2]

[You patrolled the N-level Talent Dispatch Department, patrol points +2]

...

Sun Zhong made two rounds in the empty room, pressed a button on the wall to confirm the alarm was working correctly, and then left the room.

[You patrolled the entrance to the General Archives, patrol points +5]

But just then, Zheng Xing had a thought, hurriedly took out his phone to video call his son, and then asked, "Son, you said you saw Xiang Beifei last time, is this person Xiang Beifei?"

During the freshmen competition, although the students from elite schools had not been present, the event had been broadcast live, so anyone with eyes could recognize him.

Although Zheng Xing's son was from Ji