Chapter 168: Ghost in the Magic World - Prelude (2)

Shang Kui in the academy was too timid and never actually dared to make a move.

To be honest, calling her a magician at that time was quite insulting for the magician profession itself.

Even Shang Kui herself admit that she was really bad.

Because while she has the power in her hand, she didn’t dare to use it.

Later on, she still managed to get some training as the anomaly appeared more and more often. Before she truly gave up all hope, Shang Kui was actually the one who fought against the anomaly the most.

In this way, Shang Kui’s combat power at the end of her life was actually very good.

But considering Shang Kui’s mental state, Xiang Kui only slightly adjusted her combat ability and didn’t really increase the power to outrageous level. In this way, it would not arouse suspicion and it would fit Shang Kui’s mental state.

As for whether she will recover or not...

Xiang Kui had no idea.

She will naturally not follow Shang Kui until the end of her life and had no interest to find out everything that would happen to these people after she left them.

Anyway, the spar between Jun Lin and Xiang Kui ended peacefully.

The two of them also learned a lot from each other.

"Are there any magic beasts out there that could scan their surroundings like Shang Kui?" Jun Lin asked curiously.

"I don’t know." Xiang Kui rubbed her cheek with her finger nervously. "I don’t think so, but I don’t know for sure."

Duan Rong Yu rolled his eyes. "Of course there are. Using mental strength to scan is actually quite common, but only the Shang Family can reach such an outrageous distance and details."

Xiang Kui blinked her eyes.

Well, among the strong, it was not that strange for them to be able to use their mental strength to scan their surroundings.

This was something Xiang Kui found out through Shang Kui’s memory near the end of her life. Because at that time, she had just realized the Shang Family’s real strength should have lies in their immense detection.

But she was afraid.

Knowing too much was not good for a timid person, especially someone like Shang Kui who didn’t dare to step forward and do something about it.

Sometimes, it’s better for someone to be duller and not think too much.

Being an ordinary person is also good.

Unfortunately, Shang Kui was born in the Shang Family as the future ’heiress’ and had to bear a lot of burden. Her personality was not suitable for this position, but many people were basically forcing her to stand in this position.

Perhaps deep down, Shang Kui was actually glad that Shang Xiyue was there to replace her position in the end.

But...

She was not reconciled.

If Shang Xiyue had won the position fair and square plus leave Shang Kui to live peacefully on her own, then Shang Kui would have nothing to say.

But Shang Xiyue actually pushed Shang Kui further to her own death.

Many things were Shang Kui’s own mistake, but Shang Xiyue who fueled the flames from the back could not avoid bearing part of the blame.

This is just how people who were fighting for power were.

They had to fight to their death unless they wanted their opponent to push them to their own death.

Shang Kui only realized it at the end. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

And she had long lost hope.

So she couldn’t really do anything.

Though...

Even without Shang Kui doing anything, the ending for Shang Xiyue and the others were not good. The entire world was basically destroyed because of the anomaly and no one could actually put up a fight against them.

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Well, forget it.

Whether the world would still be destroyed or not was not something up for Xiang Kui’s concern.

She just had to do her missions well.

"Then it can be troublesome to deal with those magic beasts." Jun Lin frowned. While his score in class was good, there were also information that he couldn’t get because his rank was not good enough.

The powerful family would limit the information that people like them could possibly receive and Jun Lin couldn’t possibly ask the Jun Family.

No way.

They would directly refuse his request and probably even humiliate him.

His status as the illegitimate child was truly awkward.

"Eh, you don’t have to worry. Unless you become as powerful as the Jun Family Head, you probably will never encounter them in your life." Duan Rong Yu was not that concerned about this matter.

He knew more than Jun Lin.

The ability to scan their surrounding with their mental strength was indeed possible, but it would not be as good as the Shang Family’s children.

Yes, even when compared to the Shang Family’s children, their mental scan detection could only reveal a little bit.

It was far from enough to be like the Shang Family who almost everyone in the family would have strong mental strength and great ability to detect their surroundings.

But perhaps the Heaven was fair.

Even though the Shang Family’s members have great mental strength, they didn’t have any elemental affinities, so they could never learn any elemental magic spells.

This was one of the reasons why the Shang Family eventually turned to use hidden weapons.

It was easy to control.

And with their ’vision’ of their surrounding area, they would not miss anything that others might mistake because of their inability to sense it.

As long as their control was good, everything was fine.

"...That will take a long time." Jun Lin was speechless.

"But it doesn’t change the fact that we might encounter other people from the Shang Family," Duan Rong Yu said as he glanced at the side.

There were not only Shang Xiyue and Shang Kui in the same year, so it would not be an exaggeration to say that there might be other people from the Shang Family whom they had to meet along the way.