Super Gene Hunting Ground

Xiao Ling was trembling all over, her face pale as a ghost.

Looking at Yang Xiao, unconscious on the bed, she was at a loss.

We just parted this morning!

Before parting, Yang Xiao had held her, kissing and embracing her tenderly.

And now, just one day apart, he’s dead?

Xiao Ling couldn’t accept this unexpected turn.

She stood there dumbfounded in front of Yang Xiao’s bed, her mind blank,

finally,

”Wah—” she burst into tears, wailing.

Elder Ye, holding a wine jug in one hand and a big piece of meat in the other, looked at Xiao Ling wailing and chuckled, taking swigs of wine and large bites of meat.

Boy, you dared to say my woman put a green hat on me, hehe, now I’ll make your woman cry for you,

I said you were dead to see if she would still love you.

Yang Xiao’s body couldn’t move, but his Divine Sense was quite clear.

He knew Elder Ye’s prank all too well,

Goddamn it, old man, wait till I wake up and see how I deal with you, disrespecting the elderly! Xiao Ling, didn’t I tell you not to come? Why did you run here, woman, you’re such a hassle!

Yang Xiao could only curse inwardly and then focused his Divine Sense on sensing the state of his Genetic Evolution.

Xiao Ling’s tears flowed continuously, crying uncontrollably, and in her agitation, she lunged toward Yang Xiao’s body on the bed.

Elder Ye quickly conjured a Defense Light Screen, stopping her in her tracks.

Xiao Ling hit the Defense Light Screen.

”Hey, hey, hey, young girl, don’t be so agitated. Yang Xiao, this brat, may not be dead. He’s practicing the Life and Death Iteration Law, don’t touch him,

do you remember the last time he was stabbed by me in the library?”

Xiao Ling was startled, quickly stopping her crying, looking at the old man with tearful eyes.

”Last time, I stabbed him, and he lay asleep in the library for a night, and by morning he was fine,

perhaps he can be saved this time too.”

”Oh, how did I forget, Elder Ye, you can definitely save Yang Xiao, please, Elder Ye, save him quickly?”

Xiao Ling suddenly realized.

Elder Ye saw Xiao Ling crying so genuinely and feeling immense grief. He also felt a bit remorseful, realizing his joke went too far.

The old man took another bite of meat and gulped down some wine,

”Ahem, you should head back first. I’m watching him here. I don’t think he’ll die anytime soon. When a person dies, the body turns stiff. Look at him, his body’s still soft, face reddish, probably still can be saved.”

Xiao Ling was panicking earlier, not thinking much, and coupled with her familiarity with the Life and Death Iteration Law, she knew practicing this strange Cultivation Technique was dangerous, so when the old man said Yang Xiao might have died from cultivating, she was genuinely scared.

Now, hearing Elder Ye’s words, she calmed down, and her intelligence gradually returned.

Xiao Ling glanced at Yang Xiao, lying on the bed peacefully, wiped her tears, and turned to glare at Elder Ye.

After doing something wrong, Elder Ye felt a bit guilty, hurriedly averting his gaze.

”You tricked me, didn’t you?

Yang Xiao’s perfectly fine, he’s just cultivating the Life and Death Iteration Law, everything’s normal,

right?”

”Ahem, well, there’s always a risk!”

”A risk? You’re lying so comfortably at the door, how could there be any risk?

You said he was dead just to fool me, right?”

”Ahem, well,”

Elder Ye was embarrassed, knowing he tricked a young girl and made her cry. He felt a bit apologetic.

”Hmph, you old geezer, I buy wine and meat for you every night and you have the nerve to lie to me, can you really live with your conscience deceiving a simple and beautiful girl like me?”

”You bought it for this brat to eat, I just took a bite,”

”Yang Xiao doesn’t even drink, have you ever seen him do so? He specifically told me to buy it for you as a gift, hmph,”

Xiao Ling was furious. When she heard Yang Xiao was dead, she really went mad with worry.

Watching this prankster old man still drinking wine with a gloating look, she couldn’t hold back her anger and directly snatched the wine jug from him.

”Hey, what are you doing?”

”No more drinking for you, you lied to me.”

Xiao Ling said, reaching out and taking the half-eaten meat bone from the old man’s hand.

”Hey, that’s too much, I just got halfway through that meat.”

”I’ll go pour out the wine, throw away the meat, not even the dogs will eat it!”

Xiao Ling said angrily as she walked towards the courtyard.

The old man watched Xiao Ling’s back, smacked his lips, and sighed.

”Damn, women can’t be messed with,”

He glanced at Yang Xiao lying on the bed,

”You brat, just play dead. Your little wife is so fierce, you’ll have plenty to deal with in the future, heh heh.”

The thought of Yang Xiao possibly being bullied by Xiao Ling in the future strangely excited the old man.

Elder Ye slowly walked back to the big tree at the entrance, and from a distance, he saw the wine jug on the stone table, with the half-eaten meat bone in the food box, and two more dishes inside.

The old man giggled, quickly ran over, grabbed the wine jug, took a big swig, and bit into the meat.

”Damn, why didn’t I meet such a good woman when I was young?”

Being old, Elder Ye often spent his days alone in the library, rarely having friends or even anyone to talk to,

Dean Xinghai and the others treated him with great respect and were always so formal, making it all seem dull to him.

Yang Xiao and Xiao Ling didn’t fear his status; instead, they treated him like a harmless old man or an eccentric elder. This kind of interaction made him feel a warmth that was rare in life.

People need interaction, need emotional communication; even if you’re a powerful master, a lonely life is meaningless.

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Ding Feng followed Xiao Ling from afar, seeing her enter a secluded courtyard of the library, he suddenly understood. He speculated that there was a very high chance Yang Xiao was hiding in that small courtyard.

The small courtyard’s entrance had a defensive light screen gate, so Ding Feng could only stand at a corner of the library and observe secretly from afar.

Seeing Xiao Ling leave the courtyard without the food box in hand reinforced Ding Feng’s belief that Yang Xiao was inside.

After Xiao Ling left the library, Ding Feng slowly emerged from a shadowy corner.

Ding Feng quietly approached the defensive light screen gate of the library’s courtyard, and through the transparent screen, he saw an old man sitting at a stone table, eating meat and drinking wine.

”What’s going on? Is Xiao Ling buying this old man supper?”

Ding Feng didn’t disturb Elder Ye rashly and quietly turned to leave.

Elder Ye didn’t mind Ding Feng’s curiosity; too many people came to the library every day, with many walking around or lingering near the courtyard, to which he had grown accustomed.

The genetic evolution level of the Ding brothers wasn’t particularly high, yet the trio had long been renowned assassins in the Jianghu, known for their ruthlessness and decisiveness.

The three brothers, not even thirty years old, had reached Empire Level Primary Level Realm, perfectly suitable for entering Flying Leopard Academy.

The Qin family sought them out, promising a hundred billion Crystal Coins to kill Yang Xiao.

Qin Chuan and Wanyan Li also told them,

As long as Yang Xiao was killed, they would leave Flying Leopard Academy immediately and handle the aftermath.

The brothers initially hesitated to take this job, given the hidden dangers of Flying Leopard Academy, where a small mistake could cost them their lives.

However, considering the Qin family’s wealth and status, especially with Wanyan Li’s brother being the Emperor of the Flying Leopard Empire, the three discussed among themselves, deemed the risk manageable, and accepted the special assassination task.

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After being in a near-death state for 24 hours, Yang Xiao finally slowly awoke.

When Yang Xiao opened his eyes,

Elder Ye, who was lying on a reclining chair, suddenly opened his eyes too, then got up and went to Yang Xiao’s room.

Yang Xiao rolled his eyes and saw the old man walking in from outside.

Elder Ye chuckled,

”Kid, you’re not dead yet?”

”You’d better not hope I die. Considering the days we’ve spent together, I’ll be the one to see you off when you go,

Every year on your death anniversary, I’ll place a bowl of meat and a jug of wine on your grave to appease your craving,

If I die instead, it’s unlikely anyone will pay tribute to you after your death.”

Elder Ye glared, his beard bristling with anger.

”You brat, cursing an old man, don’t forget, it was I who helped you unlock the first stage of your Life and Death Iteration Law. Show some gratitude.”

Yang Xiao chuckled, stretched his muscles, twisted his body a bit, feeling all right, then jumped straight out of bed.

The old man eagerly asked:

”How is it? Did you break through the second stage of your Life and Death Iteration Law?”

Yang Xiao nodded,

”I think I did, now I just need to consume a large amount of Genetic Potion to increase my Genetic Attribute Value.”

”Where did you learn that near-death cultivation technique?”

Yang Xiao was taken aback, looked at Elder Ye, smiled, and said:

”Why, are you thinking of learning it?”

Elder Ye: ”...”