Chapter 44: Woo~ Brain/Battle~

With a light swipe of Ke Li’s sword qi, the back cover of the laptop was removed.

Yang Liuqing immediately saw the solid-state drive inside.

There was only one, secured at the tail by a screw.

She followed suit, gathering a strand of sword qi, and with an extremely delicate technique, she knocked off that screw, trying not to damage the SSD.

“…”

Ke Li felt utterly speechless.

‘I need to get used to my own master’s freakishness as soon as possible.’

Ke Ling felt that Yang Liuqing had great talent in swordsmanship; the use of that strand of sword qi was much more refined and condensed than Spirit Modeling.

“Done.”

Taking out the SSD, Yang Liuqing set the laptop aside.

“I just don’t know if removing it without cutting the power will affect it.”

“With just the battery’s small charge, it shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

Ke Li wasn’t sure either.

‘Her knowledge of computers is only that much.’

“It doesn’t matter.

It’s just a means of attack anyway.”

Ke Ling knew that relying solely on this information wouldn’t be enough to defeat Ba Ye.

At most, it would cause him some losses.

“True.”

Yang Liuqing put the SSD into a small box she found from a pile of junk, then stuffed it into her pocket to prevent it from breaking.

“Besides, even if it’s damaged, with those techs’ methods, it wouldn’t be hard to repair.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the doorbell rang in the office.

“Ding-dong! Ding-dong!”

“There’s someone at the glass door outside.”

Ke Ling instantly sensed the situation there.

“I’ll go check it out.”

Ke Li lowered her presence and left the office.

She returned soon after.

“False alarm.

It’s the cleaning lady.”

“She left?”

Yang Liuqing wasn’t completely reassured.

“Yes, she left when no one answered the door.”

Ke Li nodded.

“Are you sure it was really the cleaning lady?”

Ke Ling also wasn’t at ease.

“No special aura on her, and she was holding a set of cleaning tools.

No mistake.”

Ke Li trusted her judgment.

Yang Liuqing touched her clean-shaven chin.

“After she goes downstairs, she might report the situation to the person in charge.

Troublesome.”

Thinking that more people would come up later, she doubted whether she could hide until dark.

“How do we deal with this guy?”

Ke Li’s gaze shifted, landing on Daoba, who was tied up like a dumpling.

Losing consciousness was only temporary.

He would wake up later.

“He’s more useful alive than dead.

Let’s not worry about him for now.”

Yang Liuqing knew this would carry risks.

But the gains were greater.

To strike at the umbrella behind him and remove Goose City’s tumor, Daoba was indispensable.

Killing one Daoba would only lead to a second, a third.

Only by exposing the darkness and bringing in all parties could it be cleaned up once.

As for whether it would resurface later, she couldn’t be bothered.

This was just a convenient act.

“Rather than dirtying my own hands, it’s better to give someone above me a performance boost.”

“Master has finally built up some confidence.”

Ke Ling was pleased.

“Why do you say that?”

Yang Liuqing tilted her head slightly, puzzled.

“Because Master has been intentionally or unintentionally paving a way out for herself.

The first person you killed could be called self-defense.

Killing Daoba here would be burglary.

That would be hard to explain.”

Ke Ling pointed out her subtle thoughts.

“I see.

I am indeed a bit different from last night.”

Yang Liuqing suddenly understood.

Such subtle thoughts were only possible when one had leeway.

Her subconscious felt that this was better, which meant she was reserving an escape route.

If she really survived tonight, she would definitely have further contact with the authorities.

Carrying such a criminal record wouldn’t be good.

Once a person makes long-term plans, their situation will gradually improve.

Or rather, it’s because there is leeway that one can make long-term plans.

Her thinking pattern was different from last night, which was normal.

If she were still trembling cautiously like treading on thin ice until now, that would be problematic.

“Xiao Qingqing’s greatest strength is being able to quickly accept reality.”

Ke Li said with a grin.

Talents could be changed with Magic Potions, but a person’s character was hard to change.

“Strength, huh.”

Yang Liuqing also smiled, but her smile was a bit bitter.

“What can I do about fate?”

Her growing up this way was naturally related to her living environment.

“Mm-hmm, meeting us is also fate!”

Ke Li suddenly hugged her, her cheerful smile very infectious.

“Master, let the past be the past.

Let’s start anew.”

Ke Ling hugged from the other side, rubbing her little face.

“If you suddenly get this gentle, I’ll cry, you know.”

Even as she said that, there was no sign of mist in her eyes.

Clearly, she had already accepted the current situation.

Her future was destined to be spent with the two little ones.

For that, she must survive tonight, no matter the cost.

“Ke Ling, Ke Li, is there still room for me to improve?”

She calmed her mood and looked for every method to quickly become stronger.

Flying Sword couldn’t be practiced for now; she could only learn other things.

Currently, her arsenal included: Huayue Zimu Sword, Hound Body Movement, Spirit Particle Shield, Simple Boxing Technique, Monkey Version of Chen’s Cannon Hammer, and the incomplete Flying Sword.

Among them, Spirit Particle Shield and Flying Sword belonged to the category of Spirit Modeling, which required mobilizing surrounding Spirit Particles to practice.

They could easily be detected by Hunters.

Regarding the issue of insufficient completion, Ke Li suggested solving it through actual combat.

Now she should focus her attention elsewhere.

As for Simple Boxing, Daoba only demonstrated a move or two, and she had directly mastered it; no need to practice.

Hound Body Movement from Chise Liequan was perfected.

One more step and she would surpass the originator.

But that step was hard to cross.

There was no time to repeatedly temper and verify.

The Huayue Zimu Sword matched her swordsmanship and had a second form.

However, no one had forced her to use it yet.

It was the kind even she herself had never seen.

As a personal weapon, the strength of Huayue Zimu Sword was unquestionable.

The stronger the master, the stronger the sword.

Practicing swordsmanship in this office might accidentally cut down Daoba.

Moreover, cramming at the last minute couldn’t turn her into a peerless sword god.

The time was too short; improvement was limited.

“To be honest, Master needs improvement in all aspects.

But as we know, there’s no time.

So we can only choose aspects with faster progress to improve.

And the commotion mustn’t be too big.

Under such filtering conditions, there’s only one answer.

That’s Meditation.”

Ke Ling raised her right hand and held up one index finger.

“Meditation?”

Yang Liuqing blinked, completely confused.

‘If I understand correctly, it’s the mode of closing your eyes and sitting in meditation.’

“Xiao Qingqing, it’s different from what you think.

This is a Meditation Combat that requires someone to cooperate with you.

Yes, fighting within Spiritual Space.”

Ke Li added in explanation.

“You can do something like that?”

Yang Liuqing found it incredible.

‘So Transcendents really are that extraordinary, huh.’

“It requires both people’s spiritual strength to be very high.

Otherwise, the Spiritual Space will collapse.”

Ke Ling looked over.

“The three of us are a Community of Destiny, with extremely high spiritual strength.

We can do it easily.”