Chapter 650: Chapter 358

“I had no other choice,” the elegantly dressed middle-aged man named Zhang Jinghe slowly began.

“The only ones capable of mobilizing ‘Lion Eye,’ such core special combat personnel, are just three individuals… and I have no right to stop any of them.”

“Ning, it’s not that I am unwilling; it’s that I literally can’t.”

This time, Ning Yuantai didn’t correct the other’s form of address, merely shaking his head.

“You aren’t unable to stop it; your stance just isn’t firm enough, Comrade Zhang Jinghe.”

“I advise you, don’t try to play both sides and vacillate like a yes-man. You’d better stand firmly by the commander’s side. If she favors Xue, you ought to find a way to protect him, not act as you do now, thinking that by doing nothing you won’t offend anyone. In reality, such an approach will lead to everyone not considering you one of their own and offending everyone equally.”

Ning Yuantai’s voice grew increasingly vehement, and his expression was infused with cold indifference, a stark contrast to his usual laughing and joking demeanor around Xue Jing–a look that befit someone of high birth and exceptional understanding.

“You might think that as long as Lion Eye succeeds in killing Xue, the commander won’t do anything drastic to you over a dead man.”

“But you are wrong. If Xue really ends up killed by Lion Eye as you anticipate, then as of this moment, you too would be a dead man.”

Ning Yuantai’s gaze was meaningful.

“You don’t really believe that Xue was noticed by the commander just because of his talent, and she showed him some minor favor as just another talented person, do you?”

Zhang Jinghe said nothing, his eyes showing deep contemplation.

“It seems you haven’t grasped the situation from the start… You didn’t even come to welcome Xue when he first arrived in Silver City.”

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“Spend more time focusing on and analyzing the movements within the organization; don’t just shut yourself in your Silver City base, living in isolation.”

“Fortunately, Xue’s strength once again surpassed everyone’s expectations, and he managed to even kill a core special combat personnel like Lion Eye on the spot… If something had really happened to him.”

Ning Yuantai’s voice began to fill with anger.

“Apart from facing the wrath of many great figures beyond your imagination… even I, much as I may not wish to, would have to go home to my parents.”

…

Due to the lodging building at Xuanwu Mansion being smashed by the entry of the Reversing Dragon, Xue Jing was temporarily without a place to stay.

He thought about finding a hotel to stay at himself, but when the students learned of his situation, a few who were locals and quite wealthy immediately lit up with the idea of luring Mr. Xue to stay at their homes.

However, since there were too many with this intention, they started arguing. Each debated that their own home was more comfortable and could provide Mr. Xue with the best rest.

In the end, Fu Jialin won… Her family owned a high-end hotel, and she suggested that Xue Jing stay in the highest-grade room in their hotel.

In this way, Mr. Xue wouldn’t stay at any student’s home, and the others reluctantly agreed.

On the top-floor balcony of Jiali Hotel in a wealthy part of Silver City.

Hmm, the hotel’s name is Jiali.

Xue Jing, wearing only swim trunks and revealing a perfect, godlike pale body, sat by the side of the luxurious open-air swimming pool.

The dark silver Reversing Dragon shrunk to its smallest form, cradled in his left palm.

As he examined the Reversing Dragon’s form, he moved his right hand.

On his right palm, his flesh and skin squirmed, occasionally shifting, the color turning from pale to dark silver and then swiftly back again. Parts of the skin occasionally burst open, sprouting a few dragon scales, and then quickly disappearing.

After some time, Xue Jing’s gaze focused on the tips of his right hand’s fingers.

Unlike the nails of a normal human, his fingertips had transformed into claws resembling those of the Reversing Dragon, sharp and curved black talons protruding from the tips, gleaming with a lethal and hard cold light.

“… Dragon Breed bodies are truly quite complex,” Xue Jing muttered to himself.

He was attempting, using the Reversing Dragon as a blueprint and [Thousand Changes], to transform himself into a dragon, much like turning into a cat.

But in comparison to a cat’s simple body structure, the difficulty of transforming into a dragon was indeed beyond Xue Jing’s expectations.

He had been earnestly trying for quite some time, and even with the Reversing Dragon as a perfect template, he had only managed to turn the tips of his five fingers into dragon claws.

“The good news is, it’s indeed possible!”

Xue Jing’s eyes flashed.

Although it was challenging and might take a month or two to completely succeed in the transformation, nonetheless, the skill [Thousand Changes], was truly capable of turning into a dragon!

“With this, besides the Dragon Breed, other Transcendent creatures from the Intersecting Boundaries should also be transformable.”

“It’s somewhat like a youthful version of the Monkey King’s seventy-two transformations, having learned some of the Monkey King’s tricks.”

Xue Jing felt a bit itchy to scratch the floor with the claws, testing their sharpness.

But after some thought, considering the hotel belonged to his student, it wouldn’t be right to cause trouble, so he resisted the urge.

“Using ‘Eye-Dotting’ with dragon claws… the compatibility should be maxed out; I wonder how the power will change.”

He squeezed his palm, canceled [Thousand Changes], and restored his fingers, then dived with a leap into the pool.

Even without having deliberately focused on it, the skill [Swimming] had still reached Level 8 over time.

Now, Xue Jing was undoubtedly a white dragon frolicking in the waves, more adept in water than fishermen who had lived by the river or sea their whole lives.

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