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Sikong Weiyan: "Where are you, I want to see your student."

On the clear sky, Hong Rao was sitting on a floating chair drinking tea when suddenly this message popped up in the upper right corner.

She immediately replied: "No need!"

Hong Rao had no intention of pushing him out just yet.

Xu Shuo's condition was too weird, and letting others investigate face to face might not be good before she herself understood the situation.

Sikong Weiyan: "Hey, don't be so heartless, I've even brought a gift for your student."

Hong Rao: "Scram!"

But her refusal clearly didn't work.

And even if she didn't reveal the location, with that guy's ability, it would be easy for him to find the place.

Because she soon sensed a presence approaching from somewhere, so she quickly packed up her tea table and after reassurance from a glance at the ongoing battle below, she left in peace.

The white figure that broke through the air was directly intercepted by Hong Rao midway.

The striking man with jet-black long hair, dressed in a dashing white ancient robe, was the one who had just handed the boy a plaque.

Sikong Weiyan looked around, not seeing a second figure beside her, and sensed some activity not far away.

Hong Rao blocked him and asked coldly, "What are you here for?"

"Isn't it an emergency mission from Script Space? I saw you training your student here in the guild, so I thought I'd come and have a look," Sikong Weiyan said with a raised smile, which was asking for a punch.

"Oh, now that you've seen, you can go." Hong Rao's face was expressionless.

"But I haven't seen him yet!"

"Your divine sense has already had a look."

"Come on, let me have a look, I won't do anything to him!"

Sikong Weiyan tried to rush over for a peek but was grabbed by the high ponytail by Hong Rao and yanked back, her form flashing instantly, resolutely blocking his path!

However, Sikong Weiyan obviously wouldn't give up that easily. With a bad smile, he pulled on the space beside Hong Rao and, in an instant, the two switched places weirdly; he rushed toward the battleground!

Whoosh!

The air blossomed with sparkling white flowers, and the surrounding scenery changed as if it were an Illusory Realm.

Then, the two began to go at it in mid-air.

...

In the distant desert.

The monster, bulging and sluggish in its movement, swayed its vines at a speed that was anything but slow.

Xu Shuo exerted all his strength and forcibly drew upon and overtaxed the power of "Radiance" to finally defeat a High Rank monster without turning into a girl!

Although he was quite badly hurt.

Xu Shuo sat on the dry ground, cross-legged, opened the Player's Handbook, and took out healing items one by one, but he frowned while stopping the blood.

He then looked up at the sky.

Just now, for some reason, it felt like he was being watched by something.

And it wasn't just any ordinary observation. The feeling of being scanned from the inside out was uncomfortable.

It didn't seem like Hong Rao's style.

He looked at the monster that had collapsed into a pool of oil nearby and furrowed his brow again; it didn't seem to be the disgusting Qi of an Abyss Creature either.

Contemplating, Xu Shuo dressed his wounds while remaining vigilant of his surroundings.

...

Back in the distant sky, the tussle between the two had ended.

Emerging from the Illusory Realm, Sikong Weiyan's figure was disheveled, and as he tidied his ruffled clothes and hair, he complained, "Was that necessary? I just wanted to see what kind of student you've taken on this time. Do you need to protect him that fiercely?"

Hong Rao was unmoved and simply rolled her eyes.

Why hadn't she taken on a student for so long?

It's all because this guy has been spreading rumors on the forums that she kills her students, leading to her inability to recruit a single promising candidate!

Now, just looking at his face makes her want to hit him!

Sikong Weiyan kept coming up tirelessly, grinning as he said, "By the way, I just found another great prospect in Giant Fortress~"

Hearing this, Hong Rao replied sarcastically, "Oh, you took on another one, huh? Can you even keep up with so many?"

However, Sikong Weiyan didn't miss a beat, "I may not be able to keep up with the work, but at least they won't die—hiss!"

Hong Rao landed a punch right in his stomach!

"Sikong Weiyan, it looks like your gastritis is acting up again!"

The woman with a delicate complexion stared at him coldly, her deep, dark purple eyes shimmering with a faint light that suggested a sense of obscure eeriness.

Seeing that Hong Rao seemed genuinely angry, Sikong Weiyan didn't dare to continue pestering her and gestured to seal his mouth with tape.

After waiting for a while and seeing her anger subside, he then continued seriously, "Isn't it okay for us to help you pass the Level 5 assessment? There's no need for you to wait so long, just look at how many years you've been stuck at Rank 4!"

Hong Rao smoothed her hair back from her forehead, "It's what I want."

"Alright, whether you're truly willing or just saying so, I won't fuss over it. Are you confident about this student?" Sikong Weiyan asked again.

"Without your interference, one hundred percent certain," Hong Rao retorted sarcastically.

"If you're that awesome then let me meet them!"

As Sikong Weiyan said this and tried to rush over, Hong Rao grabbed his braid, "I think it's time for you to leave this world." Read latest chapters on empire

As a Level 5 player, this world's repulsion toward him was strong; he couldn't stay for too long.

It was only because he had greatly suppressed his power that he had been able to stay and babble for a bit, but the signs of repulsion had already appeared.

"I'm not leaving! Let me see—"

In the end, Sikong Weiyan didn't get his wish to see Xu Shuo; Hong Rao punched him straight through the Light Gate that opened behind him, then quickly shut the door.

Only after sending him off did Hong Rao finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Returning to where she was earlier, she saw that the creature had been dealt with, and the young man was sitting on the ground eating berries.

Hong Rao gazed at him, slightly transfixed.

As for being certain, she wasn't sure at the start. Although she was a venerable "mentor," Hong Rao had never actually trained any student to graduation!

So, in truth, she was still a "mentor who had yet to graduate a student" herself.

Having not completed the system's mentor task to guide a student to successful graduation, Hong Rao was also quite frustrated.

Even though she had been a mentor for several years, she was still only a Level 1 mentor, while that bastard Sikong Weiyan had already advanced to a Level 3 mentor, with so many students graduated under his tutelage that it was envy-inducing!

Hong Rao sighed inwardly but then quickly perked up again.

Because now, she had taken on another student!

While this student's physique was somewhat odd and certain aspects were quite baffling, it was precisely these peculiar characteristics that greatly bolstered Hong Rao's confidence!

Hong Rao had a feeling that this student might be her only chance to complete the mentor task, so no matter how strange, she could endure it.

I mean, think about it; this guy could "kill" scripts, so what did she need to worry about?

Every script he ran through, he'd wreak havoc!

And as a Level 1 newbie thriving in a Level 2 Script Space, even powering through a Level 3 assessment space, what a formidable survival capability!

Apart from worrying about him courting death himself, does she need to worry about anything else?!

Not at all!

Just let him run free!

Just as Hong Rao's confidence was swelling, she suddenly noticed that, several kilometers away—

A group of Abyss Creatures roared ominously, charging toward the young man on the ground!

Hong Rao: "......."

No, this is still quite worrying.