"Your hand..." Ma Qingxue murmured, her face flushed with a deep crimson. Only then did You Feng snap back to reality. It turned out that when his large hand had pushed Ma Qingxue down earlier, it had accidentally landed on a... sensitive area, causing her lovely face to turn incredibly red.
"Ahem, sorry!" You Feng coughed dryly and stood up quickly. This Stone Tablet didn't have much to do with him; he couldn't control whose hands it ended up in. Besides, without the Millennium Items, the Stone Tablet was just a piece of rock.
Because of this, You Feng didn't feel much of an emotional ripple. He was simply curiouswho was trying to steal this tablet? And more importantly, why? That was the real point.
"Those people just now... they were from the Capital," Jack Ma couldn't help but speak up.
"The Capital? How do you know?" You Feng's eyebrows shot up.
"Because someone in the Capital once offered to buy this stone tablet. I refused to sell it, so the Capital is the most likely source. Besides, they had Capital accents," Jack Ma said in a heavy voice. "Furthermore, the Capital is exactly where the two of you are headed. The most famous Pro Academy in the country, the place where the most experts are gathered, is located right there in the Capital!"
Jack Ma turned around. "You Feng, this trip to the Capital will surely be fraught with danger. There are many lawless duelists there. Here, take these three silk pouches. If you encounter a problem you can't solve, open one. It will help you."
He handed You Feng three silk pouches. You Feng actually wanted to say that maybe they should just skip the Pro Academy. After all, there was only half a month left before the world changed forever. But under the expectant gazes of the father and daughter, You Feng found it hard to refuse.
Jack Ma leaned in and whispered with a chuckle, "Kid, what do you think of my daughter? I've handed you the opportunity on a silver platter; whether you can seize it is up to you."
You Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. So, Jack Ma had this plan all along? He was practically selling his daughter to him.
Poor Ma Qingxue had no idea she was being 'sold' by her own father. You Feng coughed again, offering no reply because he didn't know how to give one.
"I will go to the Pro Academy. However, I won't get involved with the Stone Tablet affair," You Feng said. He hated trouble, and besides, everything would be different in half a month anyway.
"It's fine. I'll investigate the Stone Tablet matter myself," Ma Qingxue said, letting out a sigh of relief when she heard he was going to the Pro Academy. She cherished the rare time they would spend alone and naturally didn't want to give it up.
Still, a thought of Mu Yuxi crossed her mind, and she felt a slight pang of guilt.
"I'm heading out. See you tomorrow," You Feng said, his eyes solemn as if deep in thought.
Once You Feng left, Jack Ma's aura shifted back into that of a ruthless tycoon. He said coldly, "Daring to steal from me, Jack Ma... I will show no mercy!!"
You Feng bought some food and returned to his villa. He found that Mu Yuxi had already left his room. She had tidied up the entire house, and their clothes were washed and hanging neatly on the windowsill to dry.
"Has she left? Good. I'll take this time to check out the Instance." You Feng felt the pressure of time weighing on him. He wasn't sure if he could clear all the instances and collect all the rewards in the time remaining.
[Ding! GX Instance: Shadow Riders Chapter 2! Instance time limit: Three days to clear!]
You Feng blinked. Now there was a three-hour limit in real time? Those three hours in the real world were equivalent to seven and a half days inside the instance.
This meant the timeline for this chapter was extremely rushed. The last Shadow Riders instance had taken about ten days.
"Enter the Instance!!"
[Ding! Entry successful!]
After a blinding flash of light, You Feng appeared in Duel Academy, right in the middle of Professor Lyman Banner's class.
"Why are there so many absences today?" Professor Banner said with a helpless expression.
You Feng blinked. This part of the plot... was this the one involving the Shadow Rider Tania?
Sure enough, a female student walked in from the back, carrying a luggage bag. She approached Professor Banner and whispered, "Professor Banner, I found this luggage bag in the forest, but the student it belongs to is nowhere to be found."
"What? Take me there immediately! This is a big problem!" Banner didn't even care about finishing the class. He quickly picked up Pharaohhis catand hurried out.
"I wonder if something happened. I'm going to check it out!" Jaden Yuki, who had been dozing off, suddenly sat up and ran out.
"Big brother! Wait for me!" Syrus Truesdale yelled, chasing after him.
"You Feng? When did you arrive at the Academy?" A scented breeze wafted by as Alexis Rhodes's voice reached his ears.
"I just got here. Let's go see what happened first," You Feng noted a flicker of pleasant surprise in Alexis's eyes. It was clear that his presence meant a lot to her.
Alexis watched You Feng's back as he walked ahead, a strange, brilliant light swirling in her eyes...
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