Jiang Qiyue was about to tease him further when a booming voice, carrying clear displeasure, crashed over them like a great bell:
"Qiyue, why are you wasting your breath on this pretty boy?"
A tower-like, majestic figure blocked the light. Jiang Wuyue, Jiang Qiyue's brother, looked down at Arthur with disdain, his eyes filled with unabashed contempt and hostility.
"Brother!" Jiang Qiyue gave him a pull. This older brother of hers really lacked situational awareness; couldn't he see she was flirting with a guy?
Jiang Wuyue's gaze swept over Arthur's overly handsome face before finally landing on Long Yuxue, his tone stiff: "The military camp has military rules! No military merit means no food; it's only natural! You're always soft-hearted and making exceptions—how will you command respect in the future? I've seen plenty of these pretty boys who live off their looks; they're all cowards once they hit the battlefield!"
He turned, his massive shadow looming over Arthur, his voice like muffled thunder: "Kid, want to borrow money? Fine! We'll follow the rules: one hundred percent monthly interest, not a penny less! Or..." He grinned, revealing a row of white teeth, though his smile was full of provocation, "show me if you have the qualifications to ignore the rules!"
Quite a few officers nearby stopped what they were doing and gathered around with great interest.
Long Yuxue's brows furrowed. She wasn't sure if she should stop him.
Having personally accompanied Arthur through the assessment, she knew very well that if Arthur got serious, he would beat Jiang Wuyue like a dog.
Not even mentioning the final Abyssal Creature, just killing an Abyssal Creature with a single punch was already incredibly strong.
Jiang Wuyue stared at Arthur, waiting for his reaction—would he back down, or would he force himself to agree to that ridiculous high-interest loan?
"Boring." Arthur spoke slowly: "One hundred percent interest is fine, I'll just give it to Yuxue when the time comes."
"And then? Do you have anything else? If not, don't disturb Yuxue and me while we're eating."
He just couldn't understand; even if he were to pay interest, it would be to Long Yuxue. He didn't know what this simp was trying to prove here.
Jiang Wuyue was left speechless by Arthur's blunt words.
It was true; if the guy agreed to the loan and would repay Long Yuxue, what did it have to do with Jiang Wuyue? His posturing now made him look like... "You..." He pointed at Arthur, wanting to retort, but he racked his brain and couldn't find a single valid reason.
"Brother!" Jiang Qiyue quickly gave him a hard tug and whispered, "Forget it, forget it, so many people are watching! They're a young cou— I mean, their loan relationship is perfectly clear, so what are you doing making a scene here? Let's go, let's go eat!"
A young couple?!
Being stabbed in the chest by his own sister, Jiang Wuyue suddenly felt like life wasn't worth living.
As Jiang Qiyue spoke, she half-dragged and half-pulled Jiang Wuyue away.
With the main characters gone, there was no more show to watch. The spectating officers dispersed with lingering expressions of wanting more, returning to their seats to continue eating, though their gazes still drifted toward Arthur from time to time amidst constant whispering.
Long Yuxue's tense nerves finally relaxed slightly. She glanced at Arthur, who was blinking at her with an innocent face.
"Let's go, eat." Long Yuxue sighed helplessly, turned, and continued toward window number six.
"Hey, wait for me!" After settling her brother, Jiang Qiyue fluttered back like a light butterfly. She familiarly squeezed in on Arthur's other side, her smile like a flower. "Brother Su Qiu, you don't mind if this sister eats with you, right? My treat!"
Arthur looked at her, then at Long Yuxue in front who was pretending not to hear, and said with a grin: "It's always good when someone else is paying! But Sister, didn't you say you'd lend me money at low interest on the condition that I eat with you? Does this meal count?"
Jiang Qiyue was taken aback by his words, then laughed: "It counts! Of course it counts! This meal is on me, and we'll count it as the first meal you've accompanied me for. As for the interest... we can negotiate!"
As she spoke, she peeked at Long Yuxue's reaction.
Long Yuxue didn't stop her pace, only tossing back two words: "Line up."
The three of them eventually lined up at window number six.
After getting their food, they found a corner by the window and sat down. Jiang Qiyue naturally moved her meat chop onto Arthur's plate: "Brother Su Qiu is still growing, eat more meat!"
That's just how it is when you're handsome.
"Thanks, Sister Qiyue!" Arthur didn't refuse and accepted it with a smile.
Long Yuxue glanced at Jiang Qiyue, said nothing, and silently lowered her head to eat.
"Brother Su Qiu, how did you and Yuxue meet? For her to personally bring you to the cafeteria is a first!"
While Jiang Qiyue ate small mouthfuls of mush, she couldn't wait to start gossiping, her eyes sparkling as they scanned between the two.
"Picked him up on the road." Arthur took a bite of the meat chop and said indistinctly, "I was being chased by a Sand Demon Worm, Officer Long saved me, then discovered I was gifted with extraordinary talent and a unique constitution—a one-in-a-million Cultivate Genius—so she brought me to join the army."
"Haha!" Jiang Qiyue almost spat out the mush in her mouth, slapping the table as she laughed. "Who did you learn this bragging skill from? That's way too fake!"
The corner of Long Yuxue's mouth couldn't help but curve slightly, but she quickly flattened it: "This kid loves bragging more than anything."
"Fine, it was just a simple chance encounter on the road." Arthur shrugged.
"To be able to come to the Blood God Legion at such a young age, you must be a little Genius."
"Pretty much." Arthur said casually, "Do you know the Federation's youth genius ranking? I'm ranked second."
"genius list... sounds impressive but I don't quite get it." Jiang Qiyue said curiously, "I've heard of that list outside, but I don't know much about it."
"Is it hard to be ranked second? What's your Soul Power Rank?"
"It's not hard, just so-so, pretty average." Arthur swallowed the food in his mouth and waved his hand vaguely, as if speaking of a trivial matter, "As for Soul Power... Rank sixty-eight."
"Little brother, you're so modest... Wait! You said your Soul Power Rank was how much?!"
"Hmm? Rank sixty-eight, what's wrong?"
This corner of the cafeteria seemed to have been put on mute.
Jiang Qiyue's spoon fell into the mush bowl with a 'clatter,' splashing a few drops of soup, but she didn't even notice. She just stared wide-eyed at Arthur, her mouth open wide enough to fit an egg.
Rank sixty-eight?
A Spirit Emperor?!
This guy, who looked to be in his teens at most and still had a youthful air about him, said he was a Spirit Emperor?!
And Rank sixty-eight at that!
It wasn't that there were no young Spirit Emperors in the Blood God Legion, but they were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns—the absolute core that the Legion poured all its resources into cultivating.
Every single one was a figure of great military merit and far-reaching fame, and they were all at least over twenty-five years old! A Spirit Emperor at Arthur's age? Unheard of! You couldn't even find one in the history of the Federation!
Jiang Qiyue's head was buzzing; her first reaction was that Arthur was bragging again, and he had told a lie that reached the heavens.
But she looked at Long Yuxue and found that this usually calm and composed friend was currently just slightly lowering her head, slowly stirring the little mush left in her bowl with a spoon, her face showing no particular expression of surprise.
Arthur had already bragged about these things to Long Yuxue on the way here.
At first, she didn't believe it either.
But after witnessing the assessment, she had no choice but to believe it.
"Phew..." Jiang Qiyue suddenly felt a bit lucky that she had pulled her brother away.
Otherwise, her brother would have been beaten to a pulp.
"If you're only second, then how powerful is the first? A Spirit Saint?"
"Uh, that... it's hard for me to say..."
...At night, inside the Third Operations Room of the Blood God Legion Headquarters, a total of over a dozen people were watching the screen in front of them.
The images on the screen showed Arthur sitting on the edge of a cliff while climbing the mountain, eating steaming hot instant noodles.
Long Yuxue was also there, standing at the back.
In reality, those who could sit here held at least the Rank of Senior Colonel, and those sitting at the very front were two generals with stars on their shoulders.
She was only able to be here entirely because she had a badass father.
"This Physical Body..." a burly Major General said in a deep voice.
Long Yuxue said: "Yes, I've checked the data. From entering the Endless Mountain Range to arriving at the camp, it took a total of three days. There was absolutely no sign of using Soul Power or a Martial Soul."
"Based on his recommendation letter, I suspect it is an extremely powerful Body Martial Soul."
"Oh? A recommendation letter?"
Long Yuxue nodded and then took out a stack of recommendation letters.
Whoa!
Long Tianwu couldn't help but lean back.
Where did this Young Master come from?
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