Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Chapter 1089: Chapter 955: Without You

Facing Cha Anping’s threat, the Paranoid scoffed indifferently, "An advanced general? Don’t take yourself too seriously."

"If I take out my military credentials, it’ll scare you to death!"

His credentials are indeed formidable, even more so if they weren’t expired.

So it’s from the military, huh? Cha Anping wasn’t really surprised by this answer.

Feiyang is a military academy, and Chaoyang is also a superpower warrior academy; among the military elites, graduates from Chaoyang aren’t uncommon.

Like the senior beside him, who hailed from Feiyang yet left the military system, they’re really rare.

Cha Anping sighed inwardly and spoke seriously, "So, can I take a look at your credentials?"

"Are you out of your mind?" The Paranoid replied bluntly, "If it were appropriate, I’d have shown you already."

"Anping, it’s this person," Hillary chimed in timely, "Beware, his cultivation level is very high."

Cha Anping barely paid her any mind—could someone who can evade my perception have a low cultivation level?

Still, it’s good that they’re willing to communicate first; this matter can attempt resolution.

Before resolving, it’s essential to hold the moral high ground.

So he nodded slightly, "Hailing from Chaoyang, truly unreasonable!"

The Paranoid was still leaning against the iron stake, gesturing dismissively, "At least I didn’t impose pressure on the B-level."

"Now I just ask you one thing... Do you absolutely need to protect this woman?"

Imposing pressure on the B-level... Hearing this, Cha Anping was quite speechless.

The senior had already explained the grievance’s history between the two parties to him, naturally including the trigger.

Hillary stressed her innocence intentionally, but some things, even in passing, can reveal the malice to anyone sensitive enough.

Cha Anping had long known the senior’s character—she often bullied ordinary class’s fellow students at the academy.

He didn’t like randomly oppressing the weak either, and honestly, he wasn’t keen on handling this matter.

Yet he couldn’t back out, already embroiled in the scenario with no way to retreat.

"My senior is a bit impulsive, but is that a reason for extortion?"

The Paranoid replied lazily, "With the little money she has, is it worth extorting? I’m offering her a chance to buy her life!"

Cha Anping made a swift gesture, clearly indicating, "Feiyang and Chaoyang’s dispute is a spectacle for others."

"I just want to ask you one question, are you willing to accept mediation?"

"Not willing!" The Paranoid answered exceptionally straightforwardly, then scoffed, "Mediation, do you even qualify?"

Cha Anping’s eyes gleamed again, "So your credentials aren’t ordinary, let me guess who you might be..."

He contemplated for a few seconds, then suddenly spoke, "Chao Yun senior, did Mu Yu senior come with you?"

"Hmm?" The Paranoid was briefly stunned, "You have quite the imagination."

Just then, a voice suddenly sounded, "Cha Anping, Cha Anping, again flaunting your cleverness?"

"Who?" Cha Anping was greatly alarmed, hairs on his back stood up in an instant.

The fact that the opponent has a second person and can evade my perception?

He once roughly estimated the opponent’s strength based on Hillary’s description.

Cha Anping speculated that the person with the annoying voice might be stronger than him.

He was quite confident in his own strength.

He wouldn’t be blindly arrogant, thinking his combat power could be among the top in the supreme realm.

Someone who can surpass him in combat power isn’t uncommon, but such people definitely aren’t numerous.

A faint dark shadow twisted in the drizzling rain, seemingly with someone there, yet also somehow absent.

Seeing this, Cha Anping’s pupils shrank considerably, "Water attribute Path of Nature, Supreme Peak?"

The five major attribute elements all come from nature, cultivating to the highest realm means integrating into the Path of Nature.

This is known among the supremes, a pursuit after convergence’s fruition, but achieving this is very rare.

Simply put, those who can integrate into the Path of Nature are definitely Supreme Peak.

However, the vast majority of peak supremes cannot seamlessly integrate into their corresponding Path of Nature.

In short, this shadow is definitely a Supreme Peak.

Cha Anping understood clearly, these two alone could easily overwhelm the two of their side.

Especially the latter with the water attribute, subtly restraining his fire attribute.

The senior has misled me, Cha Anping lamented inwardly, how did you manage to provoke such imposing figures?

Originally, he had some confidence in his strength, coupled with his position, he felt he could serve as the mediator.

But now, it seems the power disparity is truly vast.

He even suspected that even if he sent a distress signal now, the opponent might heavily damage their side before reinforcements arrive.

A more extreme assumption is that killing both of them isn’t impossible.

Cha Anping composed himself and again asked aloud, "Sir, have we met before?"

"Don’t get familiar with me," Granny Jia said blandly, "I’m just telling you, you really don’t qualify for mediation."

The next moment, Hillary exclaimed again, "You... you weren’t there last time!"

She wasn’t a Supreme with strong combat power, but she was very adept at distinguishing auras, able to confirm that this person was not one of the three Supremes from last time.

The figure in the rain did something unknown, causing Hillary’s voice to bounce back, leaving a string of echoes.

"Last time it wasn’t you!"

"Wasn’t you!"

"You!"

Among this series of echoes, Cha Anping spoke with difficulty, "In Chaoyang Academy... it wasn’t you!"

For nearly three hundred years, Chaoyang Academy had seen hundreds of Supremes, some were alive, some had already died.

It was impossible for Cha Anping to be thoroughly familiar with these hundreds of people.

But when he learned that his senior sister had provoked the Chaoyang faction, he really went specially to understand it.

He was in the military, ordinary information barriers couldn’t stop him.

Cha Anping could very clearly determine that in the nearly three hundred years at Chaoyang Academy, such a Supreme had never appeared.

Of course, if the other party had strayed and disappeared only to suddenly spring up, it wouldn’t be impossible.

But how could Chaoyang Academy back a man like that for their alumni?

Therefore, this indicates a very frightening reality: the one supporting Celestial Sound wasn’t any academy faction!

To Cha Anping, facing the Chaoyang faction, although troublesome, it was not necessarily fearsome.

After all, they were all academy factions; even if there were disputes, the situation could be fairly well controlled.

It was utterly impossible for the Chaoyang faction and Feiyang faction to launch a full-blown war.

But if the force didn’t come from the academy system, matters could easily become uncontrollable.

Especially when the other party had recruited such capable individuals like these two.

Cha Anping’s earlier guess that the other was Chao Yun did indeed have a deceptive intent.

But at least it indicated he believed the opponent had strength comparable to Chao Yun.

Who was Chao Yun? Renowned as a genius encountered only once every five hundred years at Chaoyang Academy!

Even a genius like Mu Yu was merely once every three hundred years.

Speaking of this, there’s extra mention of Celestial Sound; she was just a talent among those few cohorts, not enough to make the list.

But this was really normal; without being Supreme, how could one make the list?

Moreover, such lists are most fiercely contested, usually among the Five Major Attributes; mutated attributes are rare.

After all, the majority of Awakened belong to the Five Major Attributes, more reflective of most people’s understanding, and judged more fairly.

And mutated attributes always give the impression of benefiting from one’s physique, at least not being as approachable.

In fact, mutated attributes are not only rare but also slow to grow.

The special attributes are so easy to provoke resentment, being targeted by others is common, with many perishing during growth.

Frankly speaking, the probability of an accident for Awakened of mutated attributes is far higher than for the Five Major Attributes.

Even a little higher is one thing; several times, even ten-fold higher, that is certainly no accident.

Given Lord Kong Se’s network and influence, he must try every means to protect Celestial Sound, which speaks volumes of the danger involved.

In simple terms, Cha Anping realized that since the other party might not be from the Chaoyang ally circle, things were really complicated.

Fear might not necessarily be the case, but it was quite clear that the development of the situation had already exceeded his well-crafted plan.

Cha Anping was really stubborn-headed, did enjoy some cleverness, but he did not like uncontrollable circumstances.

Facing his skepticism, Granny Jia merely sneered coldly, "Even if just passing by, can I not uphold justice?"

"Just ask you a question, are you determined to take charge of this matter?"

"I can’t possibly let it go," though Cha Anping’s heart was uneasy, his response was firm.

"You better think about the consequences before dealing at the Supreme’s residence of the military!"

"What about the military?" A lazy voice sounded, "Wasn’t Roger still the first Supreme anyway?"

At the sound of this voice, Cha Anping almost jumped up, damn it, another one?

He turned his head to look where the voice had come from, seeing two unremarkable faces.

But he absolutely wouldn’t consider these two truly ordinary.

In truth, this was the third time that evening he had not detected the aura of intruders beforehand!

However, Hillary wasn’t as sensitive. She glared at the woman, speaking through gritted teeth, "You really dare to come..."

This silently appearing woman was Celestial Sound.

"Alright," Cha Anping interrupted her, thinking to himself, auntie, you really are not ordinarily stubborn.

Just from these three Supremes of the opposing party, defeating their pair would be effortless.

Especially this third individual, although he hadn’t shown any obvious anomaly, his intuition told him this person was more terrifying.

Not to mention, this person appearing silently with a woman alongside was not an ordinary ability.

He scrutinized the ordinary woman, slightly nodding, "You are Celestial Sound? You’re quite adept at Harmonizing with Light and Dust."

Celestial Sound nodded expressionlessly, "I’ve met you, sir. The feud between me and Lord Hillary is unrelated to the academy."

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