Chapter 124: Walking with Aodaili

"How coincidental!"

The secret realm of the cellar is so vast; we ran into each other so quickly—isn't that a bit too coincidental?

Lu Xun had just driven off that fourth-realm assassin.

This made Lu Xun suspicious again.

"Lu, I never expected we'd meet so quickly... Huh? Why is there so much debris in this space?"

Aodaili walked over, beaming, and had just begun speaking when she noticed something.

Lu Xun's heart jumped: "You also understand space?"

"Of course, my space magic is formidable."

Aodaili, pleased, produced a magic staff from thin air and lightly tapped forward.

A brilliant radiance emanated from the staff, bathing the surroundings in vivid colors.

Lu Xun looked and saw many tiny fragments, like dust, around him.

These fragments weren't dust; Lu Xun tried and found he couldn't touch them with his hand.

They were gradually disappearing.

"These are space crystal shards; when someone travels through space, they leave some behind. Fortunately I arrived in time, otherwise they would have vanished."

Aodaili explained.

Lu Xun understood.

"Lu, did you just get into a fight?"

She asked immediately.

Lu Xun nodded: "Yeah, someone attacked me."

"That person must have reached the fourth realm and possesses such formidable spatial abilities—wow, Lu, you're amazing, you managed to drive him off."

Aodaili looked admiring.

Here it comes again.

Even though I still suspect her, I know she likely has another motive.

But such blatant admiration from a foreign genius beauty still pleases Lu Xun.

"Lu, let's go together; if he dares to come again, we'll join forces and leave him no escape."

Aodaili waved her magic staff, intending to act together with Lu Xun.

"Okay."

Lu Xun thought briefly, then agreed.

Keeping her in the open is clearly better than scheming against her in the shadows.

Open spears are easy to dodge; hidden arrows are hard to guard against.

Thus, Lu Xun's party went from one person to two.

"Lu, you're truly amazing."

"Wow, Lu, your fireball just now was so cool~"

"Lu, can you teach me your flying sword? It's so cool~"

From then on, Aodaili practically became Lu Xun's little fangirl.

Every time Lu Xun acted, he could elicit her cheers and admiration.

This emotional value was simply maxed out.

When encountering astral aliens or foreign tribesmen, Aodaili rarely acted, as if deliberately letting Lu Xun earn the points.

The two of them continued down to the tenth layer like that.

After passing ten layers, they could no longer use core crystals to directly open the passage to the next layer; they needed to find a lighthouse in some cellar spaces.

Cellar spaces with a lighthouse often have foreign tribesmen.

This undoubtedly increased the difficulty and time required.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"

The two had just arrived at a cellar space when a dense volley of arrows came flying.

An ambush!

Lu Xun was about to act when Aodaili waved her staff, causing the arrows flying straight ahead to bend in a U‑shape and shoot back.

"Ah~"

Some foreign tribesmen were wounded by the arrows.

Also, some foreign tribesmen rushed out from the woods to attack the two.

Greeting them was Lu Xun's sword light.

Not long after, the foreign tribesmen who had attacked the two lay strewn on the ground.

"The foreign tribesmen have begun taking the initiative."

This wave of ambush by the foreign tribesmen made Lu Xun worry about Chu Youqing's situation.

However, considering this is the tenth layer, Chu Youqing probably wouldn't descend this deep, so Lu Xun didn't worry too much.

As for Murong Wan, even if she reached the tenth layer, it wouldn't be a big problem.

On this layer, Lu Xun had yet to encounter a fourth‑realm astral alien or foreign tribesman.

The guy who previously attacked Lu Xun was likely targeting him alone and might not act against others.

The two continued on their way toward the cellar that could open the passage to the next layer.

Aodaili cast a flying spell on herself and, lo and behold, she could fly.

Lu Xun did not let his guard down around her.

"Lighthouse... let's go up."

When Lu Xun found the location of a lighthouse, he discovered that students had already launched an attack.

In the basement space where the lighthouse was located, there were not a few foreign race people, about a hundred.

The attacking students were only eight; though few in number, their combat power was extremely strong, facing enemies several dozen times their number, they still took the initiative.

In the High Martial Era's battles, numbers can never decide everything.

Lu Xun and Aodaili joined the battlefield.

Half an hour later, the battle ended.

The strongest of the foreign race people here is still only at the Third Realm.

"Brother, you're impressive. I'm Wang Ping from Modu University. May I ask your esteemed surname?"

After the battle ended, the leading student among the eight looked toward Lu Xun.

Modu University?

This Wang Ping's strength is not bad; he has already broken through to the Fourth Realm.

The other few students also have mid-to-late Third Realm.

They should be the elite team of Modu University.

"Beidou University, Lu Xun."

Lu Xun announced his name.

"He is Lu Xun!"

"No wonder he's so strong."

Others had some commotion, each looking at Lu Xun with astonishment.

They have evidently heard of Lu Xun's name.

"So it's Brother Lu, admirable, but how did you team up with a Westerner?"

Wang Ping was curious.

"Friend."

Lu Xun explained thus.

"Brother, your fortune is not shallow; I'll open the passage, let's go down to the eleventh layer together."

Wang Ping invited.

"Good."

Inserting the core crystal into the lighthouse can open the passage to the next layer.

Ten people passed through one by one, reaching the eleventh layer.

"Brother Lu, we won't disturb your two-person world; we'll part ways here."

"Okay, Brother Wang, take care."

Upon reaching the eleventh layer, Wang Ping bid farewell to Lu Xun.

Both sides again separated and acted.

"Brother Wang, this Lu Xun is just a freshman, right? He's so fierce; I thought it was a friend from Beidou University bragging."

"Indeed, he's quite fierce; the champion of the freshman group is none other than him."

Just after separating, Wang Ping's teammates couldn't help but talk about Lu Xun.

"Not necessarily; I feel his goal is very likely the ultimate grand prize."

Wang Ping said in a low voice.

"Ultimate Grand Prize? In this assessment, masters are as numerous as clouds; he probably has no chance."

"I also think he'll surely win the freshman group's championship; wanting to take the ultimate grand prize is just daydreaming. Besides, Brother Wang, you're already at the Fourth Realm; can you still lose to him?"

The teammates again were not optimistic about Lu Xun.

"It's gotten dark."

When Lu Xun and Aodaili went down another layer, the light in the basement dimmed.

Lu Xun checked the time; it is now night.

These lights should be projected from outside.

Therefore, the day-night cycle in the basement matches the outside.

Aodaili cast an illumination technique, lighting up the surroundings.

For Lu Xun, who has opened his eye apertures, even in a dark environment he possesses decent vision.

With light, it's naturally better.

"Lu, today's consumption is too great; let's find a safe place to rest for the night and continue tomorrow?"

Aodaili made the suggestion with a weary expression.

"That works."

Lu Xun agreed.

The consecutive battles also consumed him greatly; he needs to recover properly.

"There's a cave here."

Aodaili found a cave.

"Ah..."

Just as she entered, she saw something, screamed in fright, and ran out, throwing herself into Lu Xun's arms.