Chapter 21

Ning Yue strolled alone on the street. After having dinner, he sent Lu Wenyin back home and didn't want to go home just yet, so he wandered around the streets casually.

Occasionally, he would think of Lu Wenyin's angry words, "Men are fine, but women are not," and couldn't help but laugh. In short, he didn't have a particularly pleasant day, but at least the time he spent with Lu Wenyin was enjoyable.

Ning Yue spread his arms wide and let out a clear whistle, then leaped up, running and jumping between the skyscrapers at a speed faster than a high-speed train. The cool night breeze made him feel very refreshed.

Ning Yue ran for dozens of kilometers before circling back towards his home.

After jumping over a few buildings, he sensed someone chasing him. He slowed down slightly and leaped off a building with over forty floors. The acceleration of gravity made him fall faster and faster towards the ground. Just before landing, Ning Yue turned his head to look up and saw a slender black shadow.

Ning Yue flicked his hand, and a line of fire flew into the air. The slender black shadow let out a startled cry, her body gracefully swaying as she soared more than ten meters higher, with plenty of energy to spare.

"This guy can actually fly!"

Ning Yue was jumping between buildings purely by muscle and leg strength, but the person chasing him was clearly not; they were proficient in some kind of levitation technique.

However, the fire dragon could also fly. Ning Yue made a slight adjustment, and the fire line curved in the air, then wrapped around the target.

As Ning Yue's body approached the ground, it suddenly seemed to lose weight, and even the massive inertia vanished. He simply flipped lightly and landed without a sound.

Ning Yue looked up at the sky and said coldly, "Come down obediently, and I promise not to burn you to death."

The slender black shadow hesitated for a moment and then slowly descended. It was a cold-faced girl, slightly older than Ning Yue, with a delicate and very beautiful appearance. Her long, black hair was glossy and reached her waist.

"Cousin Xue Qi! Do you even want to burn your cousin to death?"

Ning Yue was slightly taken aback and couldn't help but look a bit embarrassed. He blurted out, "You're still alive?"

The black-haired girl suddenly chuckled, her cold expression melting away. She laughed and asked, "Do you really wish for your cousin Ying Qin to die soon?"

Ning Yue retracted the fire dragon and suddenly realized, "Cousin Ying Qin! So those people were after you? What did you do to make them hate you so much?"

This girl, Ying Qin, was indeed Ning Yue's cousin. They had known each other for over eighty years but hadn't seen each other for nearly seventy years.

During the Republican era, he had been active under the identity of Xue Qi, studying in Europe for many years to learn the most advanced ideas of the time. However, after more than a decade of study, Ning Yue found that the various "advanced" ideas in Europe at the time all had flaws and could not solve the problems he wanted to solve. So he turned to studying various emerging scientific and technological fields, laying the foundation for the technology companies he now controlled.

At that time, Ying Qin was also an open-minded and progressive young woman. To escape the arranged marriage set up by her family, she secretly bought a ticket to Europe to seek out Ning Yue. In an accident, she discovered Ning Yue's other identity and used it as a "leverage" to ask Ning Yue to teach her "immortal techniques."

Ning Yue was very busy with various affairs at the time, and during that period, he was being pursued by assassins sent by the Divine Realm, making him as miserable as a dog. He didn't have the time or energy to deal with Ying Qin. He only passed her a set of life soul diagrams to practice on her own and then hurriedly fled to Africa. By the time he dealt with the assassins from the Divine Realm, it was already the second year after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

As a result, Ning Yue and Ying Qin didn't spend much time together. Their time together was at most a few months, spread out over several years, and they rarely spent more than a week together at a time.

Ying Qin had a good impression of Ning Yue, but in that era, a relationship between a cousin and a younger cousin was quite unconventional, and she didn't have the courage to take that step. Ning Yue was too busy and often pursued by people from the Divine Realm, so he had no time to deal with such personal matters. After they lost contact, Ning Yue changed his identity and completely forgot about his cousin.

Suddenly seeing Ying Qin, Ning Yue was quite happy, but he was also very curious about how she had managed to live to the present day and still maintain her youth. He could have a youthful appearance because he had ascended to the Divine Realm and received a divine position, but he didn't believe Ying Qin could have had such an experience.

In comparison, what trouble Ying Qin had gotten into that made so many people want to kill her was not a big deal. However, Ning Yue knew that a woman's age was a secret that shouldn't be touched, so he didn't ask about it.

Ying Qin giggled and said, "These are big secrets. If you marry me, I'll share them with you. Otherwise, you can keep them to yourself. I won't tell you."

Ning Yue couldn't help but laugh and pointed at Ying Qin, saying, "Cousin! So you haven't married yet? Nowadays, women in their late twenties who haven't married are called 'leftover women,' those over thirty are called 'Saint Fighters,' and those over thirty-five are called 'Eternal Nuns.'"

Ning Yue tsked a couple of times, shook his head, and said, "By your age, you're already a 'Stone Waiting for a Husband.'"

"You little brat, you're asking for it!"

Ying Qin's eyebrows furrowed, and she raised her hand, sending a phantom claw shadow towards Ning Yue. Ning Yue didn't retaliate but relied on his speed, changing his position seven times in place and easily dodging the phantom claw shadow. Just as Ying Qin was about to continue, Ning Yue quickly raised his hands in surrender and said, "Cousin Ying Qin, you have a lot of trouble right now. Don't treat your cousin as an enemy. I'll arrange a place for you to stay, and then you can tell me who is after you. I'll have them taken care of immediately to avenge you."

Ying Qin huffed and said, "I guess you still have a conscience. I've been pursued for half a year and haven't had a good night's sleep in a long time. The people chasing me are from the Free City, and they've colluded with the Justice League. Help me deal with them as soon as possible."

Ning Yue frowned. The two forces Ying Qin mentioned were both very difficult to provoke. Even he didn't want to trouble them for no reason. This cousin had given him a big problem.