Chapter 115: Legendary love at first sight?

Drip~

The door lock made a soft click and slowly opened.

Lu Xun carried Aodaili to the door of her dormitory and gently set her down.

"Lu, aren't you going to help me inside?"

Seeing Lu Xun make no further move, Aodaili slightly lifted her face, a mist of moisture appearing in her azure eyes as she lightly pursed her cherry lips, revealing a hint of bashfulness and anticipation.

Her fingertips lightly tugged at Lu Xun's sleeve, like a little cat unwilling to let go.

"Huh, Aodaili, what's wrong?"

The door opposite suddenly opened, and a female classmate poked her head out, her gaze wandering curiously between the two.

"She sprained her ankle; could you help her inside?"

Lu Xun stepped aside to make way.

"Aodaili, let me help you."

The female classmate enthusiastically stepped forward, reaching out to support her.

Aodaili's brow furrowed imperceptibly.

Immediately, she broke into a smile: "Perfect timing, Mina."

"Your foot is so red; come, I'll help you inside."

Mina anxiously supported Aodaili's arm.

"Wait."

Aodaili didn't rush inside but suddenly turned her head to look at Lu Xun.

Her eyes shone like stars, openly brimming with anticipation, as she softly invited:

"Lu, thank you for carrying me back. I have some Star Dew Wine from the Ancient Starry Road; drinking it can boost mental strength... Want to try some together?"

Lu Xun shook his head: "No, I still have things to do. Farewell."

"Wait."

Aodaili called out to him again; seeing Lu Xun turn, her cheeks flushed a faint pink, yet she stubbornly lifted her phone.

On the screen, the QR code for a friend request was clearly visible.

"This is the V I applied for a few days ago; let's add each other as friends."

Her gaze burned like two small flames, fixed on Lu Xun, fearing he would refuse again.

Faced with such fervent scrutiny, Lu Xun found it hard to decline, so he took out his phone and added her as a friend.

"All right, handsome Lu, it was great meeting you today; let's meet again sometime~"

"Goodbye."

Lu Xun left.

"What's wrong?"

On the way back, Lu Xun reviewed this fragrant encounter.

Although everything seemed normal, his instinct told him something was off.

Perhaps because he had been drugged twice in a row, and his intuition told him something was amiss, he did not immediately help Aodaili inside just now.

Even if Mina hadn't appeared, Lu Xun had no intention of going inside.

He had been terrified of being drugged by that mother‑daughter pair, Chu Youqing and Murong Yan.

However, after thinking it over, Lu Xun could not detect anything amiss.

If there really was something wrong, it was Aodaili's attitude.

She is a fourth‑rank mage, herself a top‑tier genius, with looks and talent that could be called supreme.

Why would such a genius admire him so much?

Well, Aodaili's attitude just now was already more than mere admiration.

If one were to be a little self‑flattering, one could see more than a hint of affection.

The process of their meeting was also somewhat ambiguous and fragrant.

If it were a pure‑hearted young man, his mind would be full of Aodaili at this moment.

Following the usual plot development, if Mina hadn't suddenly appeared, Lu Xun and she going inside might have led to something happening.

This was only their first meeting.

Could it be that this is the legendary love at first sight?

"Lu, I really owe you for getting me back in time; otherwise I'd be in trouble."

Before even reaching the dormitory, he received a message from Aodaili on his phone.

The message also contained a picture.

Lu Xun opened it; the picture showed Aodaili's delicate little foot.

What he saw was that her originally snow‑white foot was now swollen and red, obviously injured badly.

"Are mages' bodies really this fragile?"

Lu Xun thought.

Among martial cultivators, immortal cultivators, and mages, the martial cultivator's body is the strongest.

The immortal cultivator's body is somewhat weaker, but in the current cultivation system, immortal cultivators also need to temper their bodies before opening their meridians; if the body‑tempering is done well, an immortal cultivator's body won't be too weak.

In a wuxia novel, that would be the level of a supreme master.

Among immortal cultivators, there is also a body cultivator whose physique is equally strong.

A mage's body is the weakest.

However, Lu Xun thought that even if a mage's body is weak, it isn't that much weaker.

Just look at Aodaili—her physique is clearly not much stronger than an ordinary person's.

A proud Fourth Realm Mage actually sprained his foot!

In fact, in the Western system they devised, a Mage is already quite formidable.

Magic Apprentice, Junior Mage, Intermediate Mage, Senior Mage, Grand Mage, Mage, Grand Mage.

A Mage is already at the sixth level.

The Westerners actually did want to place a Mage in the Sixth Realm.

But in actual combat, a Mage is only at the Fourth Realm level.

So, in the end, the Fourth Realm became synonymous with Mage.

A Magic Apprentice equals the First Realm; Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Mages correspond to the early, middle, and late stages of the Second Realm; a Grand Mage equals the Third Realm.

Lu Xun didn't reply to the message.

Mainly, he just feels something's off about this.

Even if he's recently been lucky in love, that luck is going too smoothly.

What's more, he already has a girlfriend, so he's actually not that into this kind of luck.

"Meow."

In the dormitory, Bai Xiao jumped out of his pocket and began patrolling the room.

It had already taken Lu Xun's dorm as its territory.

Lu Xun patted Bai Xiao's head, then entered the cultivation chamber and began concocting pills.

This time, Lu Xun intends to concoct battle pills.

Battle pills come in two types.

One type grants strong abilities or boosts combat power for a short time after consumption.

Such battle pills often have short‑term side effects—for example, weakness after the medicine wears off.

Another type, like a spirit talisman, is a battle pill that can be thrown to strike someone.

Lu Xun is preparing to make some of both types.

The power‑boosting kind is called the Frenzied Blood Blazing Heaven Pill.

This battle pill requires dragon blood, spirit ginseng, frenzied thorn fruit, etc.; after taking it, one enters a frenzied state and combat power rises in all aspects.

Some of these ingredients can be found on Lan Xing, while others come from the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

For example, dragon blood must be taken from a dragon's body; here, 'dragon' refers to a kind of exotic beast on the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

The difference between exotic beasts and exotic species is that exotic beasts are a collective term for non‑Lan Xing native animals; they are diverse in type, many possess great strength, and some even have a degree of intelligence.

Exotic species, meanwhile, contain destructive energy within; they are mutants with extremely strong aggression.

The other kind of battle pill that Lu Xun prepares to make—one that can be thrown to strike—is called the Thunderfire Thunderclap Pill.

The Thunderfire Thunderclap Pill explodes on impact, producing a combined flame‑and‑lightning blast of immense power.

Refining it requires thunderstone and firestone—two kinds of energy stones—as well as plenty of auxiliary materials.

Lu Xun's ambition is not small; he aims to concoct battle pills of fourth‑grade power.

"Done."

After an entire day, Lu Xun finally succeeded in concocting the Frenzied Blood Blazing Heaven Pill.

Immediately afterward, he spent another day to concoct the Thunderfire Thunderclap Pill.

Both pills, upon their first successful refinement, are of the Heavenly Tier.

For battle pills, the higher the tier, the naturally greater the power.

Once the first batch is done, the second is easy.

Over the next few days, Lu Xun is confident he can produce more than ten of each.

"Still sending messages?"

While idly checking his phone, Lu Xun noticed that Aodaili basically sends him a message every day.

For example, she greets him with good morning in the morning and good night at night.

In the evening she invites him to her dorm for Stellar Dew, and in the afternoon she may suddenly send a message wondering what he's doing.

Lately, her messages have been her wondering why he's ignoring her, accompanied by a sad emoticon.

"There's a problem."

Lu Xun put down his phone.

He increasingly felt that Aodaili had a problem.

These Westerners, after all, have rather straightforward minds.

Don't they say, 'If there's no reason to be earnest, it's either treachery or theft'?

There's also the saying, 'When things go against the norm, they're demonic'.

No wonder the protagonists of those old Western scheming stories, when placed in Eastern film and TV dramas, don't survive past three episodes.

In that case, this romantic encounter isn't just luck—it's very likely a calamity.

Still, Lu Xun can't figure out what Aodaili is after.

What does he have that would make a Western magic genius who's never interacted with him take notice?

"Meow~"

By his feet, Bai Xiao came over again and rubbed his little head against Lu Xun's pant leg.

Lu Xun has been pill‑refining day and night these past few days, somewhat neglecting Bai Xiao.

"Bai Xiao?"

A spark of inspiration flashed in Lu Xun's mind.

Aodaili's target wouldn't be Xiao Bai, would it?

No, no, that's not right; more accurately, it should be Babala.