I can travel to the past and the future

Chapter 108 My life has been like walking on thin ice (8k)

West of Chang'an District, a cluster of huge floating buildings, covered by lush maple forests, stand like clusters of floating islands in the open clouds. The leaves sway and the grass rustles, as if gently plucking the strings of a mountain forest. Wrapped in wisps of clouds, it is as if the waves in the sky are slowly spreading out. From a distance, it looks like a fairyland.

This is the renowned Chihai Yunyan Resort Hotel in Chang'an District, with its exorbitant prices, which has attracted countless guests over the centuries.

On the seventh floating island at the southernmost part of the hotel, there are seventeen Suzhou-style gardens of varying sizes, surrounded by steep rockeries and hot springs.

At that time, in the Fuguang Garden at No. 013 Qidao, there were two octagonal vermilion pavilions connected by dark blue corridors, arranged in a square shape.

Between the pavilions is a natural hot spring with rising steam. The clear, warm water reflects the dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves in the morning, revealing the colorful pebbles at the bottom of the pool.

Looking outwards, one can see a vast sea of ​​clouds and other floating islands, offering a very wide view.

Further afield lies the scenery of Chang'an District, outside the grounds of the Chihai Yunyan Resort Hotel.

At this moment, on the second floor of the vermilion pavilion on the left, through the floor-to-ceiling windows blending classical design, a black-haired beauty wearing a purple-red ancient-style slit dress is lazily lying on the bed, propping her fair cheeks up with her jade-like hand and looking out the window, her calves slightly curled up.

On one side of the silk-like skirt, a smooth, snow-white slit extended to the hips.

The woman's hair was styled in a bun, adorned with a white jade and gold hairpin, making her resemble a celestial being from a palace.

Even the allure in her eyes exuded an air of superiority, inspiring awe and reverence, as if she were ruling from behind a curtain.

Light footsteps sounded on the ground, like dragonflies skimming the water. A young girl in a pale yellow horse-face skirt walked in. The girl bowed respectfully to the woman, her expression complex, and said, "Reporting to the Heavenly Secrets Goddess, I just found out that this young man attended Karen Francis's 100th birthday celebration at the Silver Scale Palace a few days ago and had contact with Simon, Veronica, Charles, and others. He is suspected to be a cultist of the Night Church."

"Last night at the Red Moon Boxing Gym, it seemed to be about infiltrating the Tiandu Branch and gaining Director Fan Min's trust. Also, he has an older sister."

"Hmm, Xiao Xian is very thoughtful." The black-haired woman with a white jade hairpin nodded slightly. "He's an interesting young man. Let him have his fun."

"There's no such thing as perpetual good luck in this world. If there were, it would be abnormal."

The girl in the horse-face skirt listened, her expression changing as if she had foreseen some great terror.

Qiao Yuan stared intently, and like many of his classmates, he discovered a new word.

Hu Tu exclaimed from the side, "Wow, there are ties now! Doesn't that mean even school rankings can't completely reflect actual ability?"

"Qiao Yuan, your sister is amazing! Her utilization rate has increased again!" Ye Yutang said with a smile.

The class was abuzz with discussion about Tu Shanlin's return to first place and Bao Bao's further improvement in utilization rate.

Charlie shook his head slightly: "Damn, Qiao Yuan, you've surpassed me again."

After nearly half a month of consecutive losses and draws, Charlie and Qiao Yuan had developed a mutual respect for each other and there was no longer any sarcasm between them.

Qiao Yuan smiled but remained silent.

Ye Yutang kept chattering: "The competition was so fierce this time! Luckily, I made it into the top 100, haha. But the most impressive one is the class monitor. Class monitor, can I add you as a friend?"

Tu Shanlin almost closed his eyes at this moment, so stiff that his body was completely still.

On the one hand, he was obsessed with becoming the Fox King, so he always put his true skills into everything he did.

On the other hand, she is extremely socially anxious and feels suffocated every time. It is only because Qiao Yuan is by her side that she has more courage.

Qiao Yuan coughed immediately and said, "The class monitor is very strict and doesn't have a way to contact him."

He had previously said that he would help Tu Shanlin gradually adapt to the role of class monitor.

This is now considered part of it.

Many classmates were starting to want to talk to Tu Shanlin, but only he knew that the little fox was not ready.

He was able to talk to Tu Shanlin only because he had seen the real Tu Shanlin before.

At that moment, Tu Shanlin's large, snow-white tail, which was draped over the chair next to him, wagged twice at him.

This is their little secret, and also a tacit understanding that belongs only to them.

Qiao Yuan discovered several days ago that the little fox would sometimes use its tail or ears to express its inner thoughts, which was really cute.

But Ye Yutang wasn't buying it. She looked at him with a mischievous grin and said, "I don't believe you. You two are together every day. You must have the class monitor's contact information."

Hu Tu stood by, laughing incessantly.

Qiao Yuan said helplessly, "Really, I swear to God, I don't have the class monitor Tu Shanlin's phone number or Xingliao friend. I'll be struck by lightning if I lie."

Hey, who would have thought that he and Tu Shanlin communicated via email?

Seeing his certainty, even Ye Yutang, who always loved gossip and causing trouble, was somewhat surprised: "Really? You two are in a platonic relationship?"

"What Plato? The class monitor and I are good friends. The class monitor is just shy."

He was truly impressed by Ye Yutang!

Sometimes he would wonder what would happen if word got back to his baby about his affair with the little fox.

Just think about it.

Back then, when Lin Ya from the next class confessed her feelings to him, Bao Bao would get extremely jealous.

Back in August, at the Baihe Martial Arts School in Huanxi Prefecture, I accidentally filmed a promotional video for GG with Lin Ya, which immediately made me very jealous.

But thinking about it won't help.

We'll just have to take it one step at a time.

I have lived a life of walking on thin ice, but I guess I can still find the other side, right?

It's definitely possible! It absolutely is!

The little fox's tail kept wagging, and a smile appeared on its lips. It didn't mind what Qiao Yuan had just said at all; on the contrary, it liked Qiao Yuan very much. It also smiled knowingly at Tu Shanlin.

His reason for disavowing the romantic relationship was simple, not just because of the baby, but more importantly, if he admitted to the dating rumors, the gossip in the class would probably never end.

Thus, for Tu Shanlin, it was an invisible disaster.

At that point, it will be completely out of control.

After all, Tu Shanlin had topped the grade rankings twice since the start of the semester, impressing almost all the students in the class and truly embodying the combination of top status and top strength.

His fame had already spread from his class to the entire freshman year; everyone knew him.

At this moment, Ye Yutang and the others gradually returned to the rankings themselves and began to discuss things such as ties and how many minutes it would take to break 100 million.

Qiao Yuan also took a closer look. He was currently ranked 55th in the grade, mainly due to his speed. Sure enough, this number was more normal.

Most importantly, his utilization rate finally improved a bit today.

总榜第40：乔渊（量数1.8亿，116分钟破亿。利用率80.3%，综合位列实战第76。）

The more he looked at it, the better it seemed. What? 304th place? How could that be his ranking?

On the other hand, it also shows that the Galaxy Class is still very prestigious, and it didn't give him the honor of being in the top three or top five without much effort.

Ranked by speed.

The Heavenly Palace Class has only 35 members, and his current level is equivalent to the head level of the Earthly Treasury Class.

There is still a gap between them and true top geniuses, but the gap is constantly narrowing.

In fact, he didn't even know how strong he really was.

Qiao Yuan looked at it again.

I saw quite a few familiar faces in the top 100.

总榜第60：裴玉泽（量数1.5亿，128分钟破亿。利用率95.9%，综合位列实战第43。）

总榜第61：查理（量数2亿，130分钟破亿。利用率95.8%，综合位列实战第45。）

总榜第65：金允熙（量数1.6亿，133分钟破亿。利用率95.5%，综合位列实战第60。）

总榜第68：陆秋海（量数1.8亿，134分钟破亿。利用率95.4%，综合位列实战第65。）

总榜第74：叶雨棠（量数1.4亿，140分钟破亿。利用率95.1%，综合位列实战第80。）

总榜第78：孟子墨（量数1.2亿，147分钟破亿。利用率94.6%，综合位列实战第84。）

总榜第83：卢卡·西尔维奥（量数1.3亿，150分钟破亿。利用率94.4%，综合位列实战第90。）

总榜第91：芬恩（量数1.1亿，155分钟破亿。利用率94.2%，综合位列实战第94。）

Basically, all the top geniuses in their class made it into the top 100; they're all pretty strong.

This includes Lu Qiuhai from the Dizang class.

He then focused his attention on Hutu and Jack, and also casually mentioned Jiang Wan.

总榜第100：杰克（量数1.4亿，160分钟破亿。利用率94%，综合位列实战第107。）

总榜第105：姜婉（量数1.2亿，163分钟破亿。利用率93.7%，综合位列实战第119。）

总榜第196：胡图（量1.1亿，180分钟破亿。利用率90.5%，综合位列实战第260。）

almost.

These were all classmates he had met before. He wanted to see how they had changed after half a month. He wasn't interested in the others.

The changes don't seem to be that significant.

He smiled at Hu Tu and said, "You've even made it into the top 300 in actual combat, that's impressive."

"Haha, the poor study literature, the rich study martial arts, right? I've drunk quite a bit of gene enhancement fluid these past few days." Hu Tu scratched his head, then said enviously, "You're the one who's truly terrifying, you've even broken into the top 100 in actual combat."

"No, I'm the same as you, I've been drinking a lot of gene-enhancing liquid lately."

"Well, you're still better than me. Sigh, I've spent so much money lately," Tu Hutu muttered, then suddenly took out his phone to check: "Oh dear, I almost forgot, the 10 yuan I bet on stocks with you last time arrived in my account today, a profit of 4 yuan, haha."

Qiao Yuan grinned and said, "I'll tell you next time if there's anything else."

"Okay, haha, lunch is on me today, including the class monitor's portion, hahaha."

As Hu Tu spoke, he stood up, and at this time, the students in the class left the classroom one after another.

Qiao Yuan also stood up. He had just stepped out of the classroom when he ran into Bao Bao, who looked a little hurried.

"Going to the station?" His understanding with his baby often only required intuition.

"Yeah, we're not eating at school today. There's been new progress with those cult members from last night," Yan Baobao said, pursing her lips as she arrived at room 472.

On one side of the airport, I boarded the school's exclusive air shuttle bus.

Qiao Yuan and Hu Tu also went up together; this was his first time riding the school's air shuttle bus.

Compared to squeezing into an elevator with many classmates, taking the air shuttle bus is much more convenient.

The bus was very fast, and like a space elevator, it finally landed in the square below the teaching building.

He was just thinking of packing lunch for the baby to take away, but it seems he doesn't have time now.

Going into the embers doesn't seem like a good thing either.

Now that he's officially employed, he can leave whenever he wants.

Thinking about it this way, the special contract that Director Fan gave him yesterday was indeed very kind.

He's a good bureau chief.

After waving goodbye to the baby, he and Hutu went to the cafeteria. On the way, he called the baby: "You have to eat, okay? If not, give me your address, and I'll order a pizza and have it delivered."

"There's some in Captain He's car. They just finished eating and left some for me, so don't worry."

Qiao Yuan comforted him, "Okay, that's good."

After making fish soup for Tu Shanlin, he realized that it was quite a coincidence that day. Bao Bao had gone to the police station because of the cult incident yesterday, and the little fox was going to give him the long-awaited answer at noon today.

A series of coincidences led to a "long" period of time alone between him and Tu Shanlin.

We had dinner together again after three days.

After Qiao Yuan returned to the classroom with his lunchbox, Tu Shanlin, who had been gazing out the window in a daze for the past two days, suddenly turned his head and looked at him. His golden eyes were filled with intense surprise and joy.

The classroom was quiet at this moment, with only her and Qiao Yuan present, which made her feel less reserved.

"Hmm, where's your sister?"

"She just went straight to the station. She investigated a big case last night and arrested a lot of cult members."

Tu Shanlin listened to Qiao Yuan talk about Yan Baobao, his eyes filled with longing: "She's so amazing. I wish I had half her courage~"

"It'll happen sooner or later, take your time." Qiao Yuan pointed to the fish soup and said, "Today it's mandarin fish, and I specially asked the cafeteria lady to put in two extra pieces. Try it."

"Okay!" Tu Shanlin nodded obediently, and then began to savor it with restraint.

Qiao Yuan was also eating, and he ate very quickly. With Tu Shanlin's increasingly terrifying talent, he became particularly curious about the answer itself.

After finishing her meal, Tu Shanlin seemed to realize what was happening. She quickly picked up her schoolbag, placed her little hand on it, and unlocked it using bio-sensor technology, gradually taking out a drawing the size of an A4 sheet of paper from the bag.

Her heart raced slightly, but she was also incredibly courageous enough to show it to Qiao Yuan: "Hey."

Qiao Yuan looked at it with gentle eyes and found that the drawing paper depicted a snow-white fox standing on the top of a mountain, with nine dancing tails behind it, as sacred as a fox king.

In addition, there were many other foxes of various kinds around the nine-tailed white fox, with different colors and shapes.

They surrounded the nine-tailed fox on the mountaintop like stars around the moon, as if they were subjects.

Qiao Yuan pondered, "It's beautifully drawn. This must be the Fox King you've been looking for."

Tu Shanlin shook his head slightly: "This was drawn by my mother; it's my most important keepsake."

Qiao Yuan immediately understood, and said with a comforting tone, "I'm sorry, Lin."

"It's nothing~" Tu Shanlin smiled and said, "It's because of your encouragement and care that I've gained more courage and confidence~"

"I am a psychic ascendant light sequence, and the reason I haven't improved is—" Tu Shanlin bit his lip and sighed, "My mother passed away. She clearly had nine tails and was incredibly powerful."

"I felt lost and confused, and it seemed like nothing had any meaning."

"When my mother was drawing my picture, she said that I would grow nine tails like her in the future —"

"But Mother is gone—"

Qiao Yuan listened quietly and gradually understood.

The loss of his loved ones made Tu Shanlin completely unwilling to use or improve his terrifyingly top-tier talent.

Year by year.

Until the pain gradually fades, and as one grows up, or perhaps it is the longing for one's mother.

Get the other person to start trying to become a hero —

That's how Frog Hero came to be.

They developed a certain obsession.

Qiao Yuan looked at Tu Shanlin, whose eyes were red and who looked like he was about to cry, and couldn't help but open his arms and hug him: "I'm sorry, Lin, but I believe in you, and I'm sure your aunt has always believed in you too."

Tu Shanlin didn't push him away, but just kept sobbing through her nose: "No, thank you Qiao Yuan~"

"I'm fine."

"I will! I will become the Fox King!"

Qiao Yuan gradually relaxed his grip on Lin, his eyes filled with deep expectation: "It will definitely happen, take it slow."

"Hmm!" Tu Shanlin said very seriously.

Seeing that the little fox's mood had calmed down a bit, Qiao Yuan thought for a moment and asked softly, "Does Lin have a tail?"

I never wanted to grow up.

"Wow, amazing!" This was the first time Qiao Yuan had ever heard of such a thing. Although he had read about it in books before, he knew that the mysterious Tu Shan clan had many tails.

But he always thought that the three-tailed and six-tailed foxes of the Tushan tribe were born with these features; he never expected them to be so magical.

It looks really cool.

The nine tails depicted in this painting correspond to the fox king that Tu Shanlin is obsessed with.

He calculated it and found that it was just right. He grew a second tail at the fifth level, and by the time he ascended to godhood at the twelfth level, he had grown nine tails!

If we calculate it this way—

Good heavens! Tu Shanlin's mother is actually a deity! A god!

No wonder the little fox's talent is so terrifying; it surpasses all the top geniuses and is in a class of its own, comparable to the baby.

Just like today's rankings, Tu Shanlin and Yan Baobao are tied for first place in overall practical skills.

Qiao Yuan suddenly chuckled to himself.

A few days ago, during military training, he kept thinking that all the top geniuses at Galaxy University paled in comparison to Bao Bao.

I'm still wondering when a challenging opponent will appear for my baby.

He always thought he wouldn't see him again in his year at Galaxy University, but he never expected it to be Lin!

Everything makes sense now.

After all, Tu Shanlin had only just begun to exert his power.

Of course, he felt that the baby had only just begun to exert its power. It had gone from the second tier to the second tier in twelve days, and its speed was as fast as him exploiting a bug.

But he was even more astonished now: if Tu Shanlin's mother was a goddess—how did she perish?