Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

Ju Qiuming asked in a low voice.

Although there were some roadside stalls around, he saw that Fu Feihan was staring straight ahead without looking to the side, and he didn't stop for a moment. This was not like the usual Fu Feihan, so he guessed that he must have a specific destination.

Fu Feihan turned his head and smiled, "Let's go to the Thousand Sorrows Restaurant. I've known the owner since I was a kid. He's an old drunkard. No matter what the holiday is, no matter if it's appropriate to drink, he always holds a drinking contest at his restaurant. Maybe he just wants to drink..."

As Fu Feihan spoke, he clasped his hands together in front of him, interlaced his fingers, and stretched his muscles. He said with great interest, "I don't like the wine from Qiyao. It has to be the wine from here. Come and have a couple of drinks with me!"

"..." Ju Qiuming was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I won't."

At the same time, he lagged half a step behind Fu Feihan, glancing at a corner out of the corner of his eye.

"Don't you like drinking?" Fu Feihan, oblivious to Ju Qiuming's subtle movements, scratched the back of his head and said, "Never mind, whatever you want... You can wander around this town. It's not big, but there are some places to have fun. There are cockfighting over there, and those old men are playing chess. Let me tell you a secret, those old men are really petty. If you beat them, they'll keep bothering you until they beat you again..."

".."

Ju Qiuming nodded and disappeared.

This skill of his amazed Fu Feihan. Ju Qiuming had a very low profile and didn't like to talk. Sometimes you would walk in front of him and then turn around, and he would disappear without you noticing.

Fu Feihan continued on his way to the Jieqianchou Restaurant, where the room was almost full of people. Dozens of jars of wine of various sizes were laid out on the floor, emitting a rich aroma. In the center of the restaurant sat a burly man, holding a whole jar of wine. He looked around and laughed loudly, "Who else wants to fight me?!"

There were many drunkards around, and drunk men are usually very courageous. But at this moment, faced with the burly man's roar, few dared to respond to him.

This is the owner of the Ninth Floor, the place that solves all your worries.

"I'll go!" Fu Feihan shouted, his toes barely touching the ground as he moved like a dragon, landing opposite the burly man.

"Haha, Little Fu, you still won't give up!" the burly man laughed loudly. "If you lose again today, that will be twenty-three losses in a row!"

Fu Feihan said, "We haven't even started drinking yet, Uncle Qi, and you're already convinced I'm going to lose. What if I win?"

"If you win!" said the burly man surnamed Qi, "I'll show you my family heirloom!"

"Oh—" Fu Feihan drawled, "Could it be the family heirloom that your daughter will receive as part of her dowry when she gets married?"

"Hmph, who else could it be?!"

The drunkards around him were used to it. Everyone knew that Boss Qi had a family heirloom that he wanted to leave to his daughter as a dowry when she got married. He had said this a thousand times. No one knew whether he was proud of his daughter, or proud of his family heirloom, or both.

Boss Qi is quite capable and generous, and the local people are honest and kind, so no one has any designs on that family heirloom.

As soon as Boss Qi said this, a drunkard next to him mocked, "Boss Qi! It's no fun betting with Xiao Fu like this. Why not go for something bigger? If you lose, you should marry your daughter to him. What's the point of just showing her off? What do you all think?!"

Fu Feihan possessed the same charisma as Ying Qin Guan back then, and he was even more popular. Because Ying Qin Guan was just Ying Qin Guan at that time, while Fu Feihan was already a fairly skilled martial artist and a university student at the Seven Luminaries Imperial Academy. It wasn't exactly a secret that Boss Qi's daughter liked Fu Feihan, but unfortunately, her feelings were unrequited.

"Don't talk nonsense, everyone." Fu Feihan laughed, "Qi Mei will get married in the future... Uncle Qi, don't listen to these drunkards, come on, let's drink!"

Boss Qi shook his head helplessly. If he really meant that if he lost, he would marry off his daughter, then even if he drank a drop of alcohol today, his daughter would have to come over and say in a proper manner, "Brother Fu, my father is drunk."

But what a pity...

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings," Boss Qi said, unconcerned, and laughed loudly, "Drink up!"

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"That guy... must be very rich."

"I think so too."

Ying Qin Guan's lips twitched, thinking, "You guys have misunderstood..."

They were in a jewelry store. Women, like dragons, are naturally drawn to shiny things. They couldn't resist the sight of these items. The sisters, Ji Fa Ruoye and Luo Shui, went straight over and started picking them out. Luo Shui, on the other hand, wasn't interested and just stood by and watched—but Ying Qin Guan suspected that she couldn't afford them.

The previous conversation was a hushed discussion between two sales clerks. Because Ying Qin Guan was with three women on Qixi Festival, and they were all of suitable age... it was easy for people to misunderstand that he had some kind of money power.

Just like now, he and Luo Shui originally had no interest in each other. But a saleswoman still took the initiative to approach them, after all, in their eyes, Ying Qin Guan was the real diamond bachelor.

"Hello, sir/madam, may I introduce our store's products to you?"

Chapter Seventeen: The Rebellious Ghost

"Ah... I guess I won't need it." Ying Qin Guan refused directly.

The other party didn't insist, but left a small booklet, smiling and saying, "While you're waiting, feel free to browse through it; it contains all the products in our store."

This was hard to refuse, so Ying Qin Guan casually picked it up.

"Teacher Ying, let me see too!" Luo Shui was more than 20 centimeters shorter than Ying Qin Guan, so it wasn't very convenient for Ying Qin Guan to hold her up to see... But judging from this sentence, it's clear that she wasn't uninterested, but rather didn't have much money.

Ying Qin Guan casually handed her the booklet.

I'm looking through Luoshui's photos... Even though I can't afford them, it's still nice to look at them.

The items in the booklet gradually increased in price from inexpensive to expensive. Out of curiosity, Luo Shui wanted to see what the most expensive item was, so she immediately flipped to the last page of the booklet.

It was an extremely dazzling necklace, with beads shimmering with silver light all over the chain, but that was all well and good. The real highlight was the pendant on it.

That was... an incredible "ruby".

Its shape is round and smooth, sealed in a piece of transparent crystal. The internal form is very beautiful, with countless needles as fine as hair appearing inside, but it does not appear chaotic, because all the "needles" are centered on the small red ball, as if they are shooting out from this ball, or as if they are all shooting towards the small red ball, which has a unique and regular beauty.

Ying Qin Guan subconsciously looked down. He had excellent eyesight, and although the booklet was in Luo Shui's hands, he could still see it clearly.

Below the pictures are prices and some descriptions, which roughly describe how precious these jewels are, which master craftsman meticulously made them, what precious materials were used, and how long it took to complete, etc.

The first thing that catches the eye is the name of this jewelry.

"Iwaisuro"

"Ah..."

Luo Shui suddenly froze, because she saw something incredible... Naturally, Ying Qin Guan saw it too.

It is the raw material for making Iwasso.

The eyes of the alien 'Rebellious Ghost' are the core red beads.

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A foreign 'rebellious ghost'.

The ancestral alien race has an unknown form, but it is one of the most successfully evolved alien races.

Here we must mention the criteria for determining whether an alien race has successfully evolved.

What kind of alien race can be considered to have successfully evolved, and what kind of alien race can be considered to have failed in evolution?

The answer is that the more human-like a race is, the more successful it is; the less human-like a race is, the more likely it is to fail.

Early alien races were extremely crudely designed, basically just by piecing together parts of a human body. Why is it that modern alien races almost never have human heads and rabbit bodies, or dog heads and human bodies?

It's very simple, because humans are the dominant species on the continent.

Those who look like humans have survived generation after generation, while those who don't look like humans have died out generation after generation.

Over time, the alien races became more and more like humans. To this day, the alien races that still survive on the continent basically look almost exactly like humans. When the Owl race served as mercenaries on the continent, they looked almost exactly like humans, and the Rebel Ghosts were basically the same.

This race is one of the longest-surviving alien races on the continent, even older than the Owl race, a warrior race.

Twenty-one years ago, the last alien city, 'Night Sky', was captured, and the dominant alien race there was the 'Rebellious Ghosts'.

The Rebels look no different from humans on ordinary days, but they possess some racial talents, such as agility, stronger reaction time, greater flexibility, and the ability to manipulate objects in the dark. On average, their combat strength is far inferior to that of the Owl race. However, the extinction of the Owls is inevitable. Humans have become so powerful, yet they still dare to be mercenaries in war.

As for this eye, that's a long story.

Although the Rebellious Ghost usually looks like a human, when its emotions reach their peak, its eyes undergo a drastic change, ultimately transforming into what Ying Qin Guan and Luo Shui witnessed. During this period, the Rebellious Ghost's lifespan rapidly evaporates. However, its physical attributes also experience a certain boost, which can be understood as a "power surge."

If one can gouge out the eyes of the rebellious ghosts when they are extremely agitated, then one can preserve them through certain means.

These eyes are so beautiful, like a gift from heaven. Whether they are made into a necklace, a ring, or a crown, they are all priceless and unavailable!

Because it is extremely difficult to acquire, capital has been frantically promoting it, and wealthy women flock to it, causing its price to rise again and again.

Twenty-one years ago, the breached "night sky" bore witness to human greed.

It is worth mentioning that humans have been pursuing the eyes of the Rebellious Demons for a very long time. Generation after generation, the Rebellious Demons have also evolved. Although they do not have the ability to prevent their eyes from turning red, they do their best to prevent their eyes from turning red.

That is, "suppressing one's emotions".

Most rebellious ghosts secrete a special hormone that suppresses their emotions and feelings, making them cold-hearted and indifferent to everything in the world, with their emotions rarely fluctuating drastically. Therefore, many times, rebellious ghosts can remain hidden in human society their entire lives without being discovered.

Twenty-one years ago, the attacks on the night sky by various countries were partly due to the existence of the Reverse Ghost Eye. However, that wasn't the main reason; the Reverse Ghost Eye was also a form of financial fraud. But it's not quite the same as diamonds, since the Reverse Ghost Eye is truly rare and precious, while diamonds are genuinely plentiful.

The state, of course, wouldn't be swayed by these capitalist scams; that war was about eliminating dissidents and firmly establishing humanity's dominant position. However, it must be mentioned that countless rebellious spirits escaped, and many were captured; some of their eyes circulated in the market.

It's worth noting that, to date, there is no law in the world specifically designed to protect non-human races. In other words, non-humans are not considered human. If you can prove someone is a non-human, you can kill them in the street and no one will care. Some organizations, out of humanitarian concern, urge countries to protect non-humans and not to use the eyes of demons to do this kind of thing... There are quite a few people who agree with this, but generally speaking, doing this kind of thing is not illegal.

There are many reasons for this. Humans protect animals, but they don't protect other races. Firstly, even if other races disappeared, it wouldn't have a significant impact on the ecosystem. Secondly, the hatred between humans and other races has persisted from ancient times to the present.

The alien races can break down reproductive barriers with humans, and their genes are stronger; any child born to a human and an alien will inevitably be of the alien race, not human. If it weren't for the appearance of the God of War, humanity would truly be extinct.

Thirdly, and most terrifyingly, the progenitor of the alien race could control all other races of his lineage through genetics. And the children of humans and these other races are all of the alien race… What does this mean?

Chapter Eighteen: Cold

Ying Qin Guan's pupils contracted, Luo Shui frowned, and put the booklet back.

The hatred between alien races and humans is too ancient. For people like Luo Shui, the alien races were already powerless to fight back when they were born, and there wasn't even any news about friction between them and humans. So there's no sense of identification, and seeing those eyes just makes them feel uncomfortable.

Both physically and psychologically, they felt uncomfortable because alien races like the Rebellious Ghosts looked exactly like humans.

"That's disgusting."

Ying Qin Guan withdrew his gaze and said something, but it was unclear what he was referring to.

Hime and Wakaba, who were on the other side, had already chosen their items, paid for them, and left the jewelry store together.

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Ju Qiuming slipped away and entered a deserted alley.

Suddenly, a man dressed in a black robe appeared in front of them.

".."

".."

Their eyes met, and a strange tremor surged within them. It was blood ties... no, it was the connection between races.

In the end, it was Ju Qiuming who spoke first.

“I didn’t expect it,” he said in a low voice, “that you would actually be able to find me.”

"You were just unlucky to have come right under our noses," the man in black robes replied in a low voice, suppressing the tremor in his heart.