Chapter 146: Cohabitation

"As expected of a holy weapon, even though it's damaged, it's this powerful."

After obtaining the prize, Lu Xun specifically tried it out.

He used the sword aura emitted by that damaged holy weapon, which was more than double that of using his hand-held fourth-tier heaven-rank invisible sword.

This power, simply amazing!

A holy weapon is a holy weapon.

Now, Lu Xun won't need to replace his weapon for a long time.

The dark energy in his hand can be fully used for Murong Wan and Chu Youqing's growth.

As they both reached the third realm, their demand for dark energy grew greater and greater.

Even though they come from a wealthy family in a small place, their household will eventually be unable to support them.

Especially Chu Youqing.

The Chu family itself isn't a big clan; in a small place it barely counts as wealthy, but in the capital it's nothing.

"My good student, you've really brought honor to your teacher this time. I don't have anything good to give you; this card contains twenty units of dark energy, consider it your reward, since I have no use for it anyway."

After Lu Xun collected all his prizes, Fei Tai'a approached with a grin, forcibly stuffing a card into his hand.

Twenty units of dark energy!

For a fifth-realm grand master, this is not a small amount.

Lu Xun's alchemy skill is now so high that earning dark energy is no longer difficult.

So, he doesn't plan to accept it.

"Teacher..."

"Take it, you need to give your teacher some sense of worth."

Lu Xun had wanted to refuse, but Fei Tai'a's words left him unable to speak his refusal.

"That's more like it. Work hard; the Star Ancient Road is your stage."

Seeing Lu Xun accept it, Fei Tai'a smiled with relief, patted his shoulder, and left with his wine gourd.

"What more could one ask for in life, having such a disciple?"

The old man's laughter echoed in the airship, filled with boundless relief and satisfaction.

"Lu Xun."

A figure flashed, and Fu Xue appeared before him again.

"Teacher Fu."

Lu Xun felt a bit creeped out under her stare.

"Well done, this is your reward."

Fu Xue handed over an object.

Lu Xun looked and saw it was a palm-sized figurine, made of bronze, exquisitely crafted, lifelike, yet also appearing ancient and simple.

What is this?

A figurine?

"Teacher, what is this?"

Lu Xun asked curiously.

"A spirit puppet: infuse it with spiritual power, and it can be controlled by divine sense or will. On the Star Ancient Road there are some dangerous spots; you can first use it to scout the path, thus avoiding many dangers."

Fu Xue explained.

Spirit puppet!

Nice fellow, this is a puppet.

Lu Xun couldn't help but think of Aodaili's demonic puppet, which is also a type of puppet.

Fu Xue, as a six-realm great adept on the verge of reaching the seventh realm, sent out a puppet that is certainly not simple.

"Thank you, teacher."

Lu Xun happily accepted it.

"What's wrong, still a bit reluctant?"

As he received it, Lu Xun subtly noticed that Fu Xue seemed a bit reluctant.

He suddenly understood why Fei Tai'a gave him so much dark energy.

Fei Tai'a is doing this to pressure Fu Xue.

Even this fifth-realm grand master of his is being so generous.

And Fu Xue herself insisted on being Lu Xun's teacher; being stingy would be out of the question.

This Fei Tai'a really has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.

However, Lu Xun likes it.

"Alright, within one month Lan Xing will enter the dark universe; this month, work hard. Once Lan Xing sets foot on the Star Ancient Road, the true opportunities and challenges will arrive."

Fu Xue's pained expression flashed and then vanished.

She composed her feelings and began to instruct Lu Xun.

"I will, teacher."

Lu Xun promptly replied.

He was afraid Fu Xue would put him through some devilish training over this month.

Because many students have been assigned similar courses by their instructors.

Fortunately, after bringing Lu Xun back, Fu Xue also didn't mention this.

"Lu Xun, goodbye for now. After you digest your gains, I'll come find you again."

Hmm.

On the grassland, students from each school began to separate.

The red fruit that Chu Youqing ate in the cellar space has not yet been fully digested by her.

Her strength should still be able to increase somewhat.

In fact, her luck is extremely good.

Because the fruit just happened to be ripe; if she had gone later, the fruit would have been eaten by that little fire worm.

The fire worm had been guarding the fruit for a while, but because it dozed off, Chu Youqing snatched it away, and it naturally got angry.

The reason we know it was dozing is because Lu Xun discovered this little creature really can sleep; ever since he put it in his pocket, it has been sleeping inside.

"Junior fellow student, we'll meet again later."

"Senior Wang, take care, we'll meet again later."

Wang Ping specially came to say goodbye to Lu Xun.

"Junior fellow student, the money from Ten Thousand Willows Academy, I'll take care of it for you; once I receive it, I'll transfer it to you right away."

Jin Yuhua voluntarily took on the responsibility of collecting the money.

Back then, those eight people of Wei Guangyao still owed them over two hundred million units of Dark Energy.

This is over two hundred cubic units of Dark Energy.

Originally, the ratio agreed upon between Jin Yuhua and Lu Xun was that Lu Xun gets seventy percent and he gets thirty percent.

However, later when the four-realm alien was scared off by Lu Xun, Jin Yuhua didn't exert much effort, so he only asked for twenty percent.

After calculation, Lu Xun could receive nearly two hundred cubic units of Dark Energy.

This is a huge sum.

Jin Yuhua is willing to collect the money, and Lu Xun also doesn't want to bother.

It's just unknown whether Wei Guangyao's group will pay so readily.

The airships of each school took off one after another, leaving the place of the cellar secret realm, flying toward the capital city.

This secret realm examination thus came to a complete end.

Although this examination was somewhat perilous, the students' gains were not small.

In the fierce battle, the shortcomings such as insufficient combat experience due to these genius students' rapid progress were all made up for.

Thereafter, they also had more confidence to deal with various crises.

Although the examination ended, the students still felt somewhat unsatisfied.

On the airship, the topic most discussed among the many students was still Lu Xun.

The area around Lu Xun was completely surrounded by students.

This left Lu Xun somewhat helpless.

Fortunately, not long after, the airship returned to Big Dipper University.

As soon as they disembarked the airship, Lu Xun headed straight for the dormitory.

Now it's finally quiet.

He plans to inventory the various spiritual objects obtained from the cellar space, organize them, then go out to buy some things and properly refine some time-pills.

According to the current situation, within a month Lan Xing could possibly enter the Dark Universe.

This month, Lu Xun plans to refine more pills to help Murong Wan increase her strength further.

If he can let Murong Wan break through to the second layer of the Third Realm, that would naturally be the best.

His martial cultivation, when in the Third Realm, was almost synchronized with Murong Wan's, unable to get ahead like the Immortal Dao.

To grow faster, the only way is to help Murong Wan become faster.

Many spiritual objects were obtained this time; not all are useful, and those he doesn't need can be sold or exchanged for rare spiritual objects.

"Meow."

Xiao Bai ran out from the pocket.

These past few days, it has rarely come out to move, and it's feeling a bit stifled.

After coming out, it immediately rubbed against Lu Xun, staying inseparable from him.

"Little guy, just stay here."

Lu Xun then placed the fire worm in the cultivation chamber, preparing to later buy a specialized magical treasure to house the fire worm.

This little guy is still sleeping.

Dong dong dong~

While Lu Xun was happily busy, a knocking sound came from the door.

"Aodaili?"

As soon as Lu Xun opened the door, he saw Aodaili standing outside, looking pretty.

Aodaili didn't stand on ceremony, and just walked into the room.

"Your place is pretty spacious."

Aodaili seemed as if she had come to her own home, looking around.

After looking, she took out a bed, placed it in the small living room, then took out some curtains and partitioned off a small room in the small living room.

"What are you doing?"

Lu Xun frowned.

"Of course I'm guarding you; the contract's been signed, you won't renege, will you?"

Aodaili said.

Guarding Lu Xun?

The true purpose is to protect Babala.

After all, Babala awakens only for a short time each time; missing it means waiting several days.

So Aodaili must follow Lu Xun without leaving his side.

"You're not going back?"

"Of course I have to go back, but I've applied for an extension; let's wait another half month. In that half month, Princess Babala will surely awaken at least once."

"This is the men's dormitory..."

Lu Xun was somewhat unhappy.

"Don't worry, I use space magic every time I come and go, so no one will know."

Aodaili playfully blinked her eyes.

Alright.

Thinking about how he had indeed gained benefits and also relied on binding Aodaili to turn the tables, Lu Xun could only leave it to her.

"Alright, I've been exhausted these days; I'll go take a shower and then get a nice sleep first."

Aodaili grabbed a towel and dove into the bathroom.

She really didn't treat herself as an outsider.

A lone man and woman living together like this, and there's no need to worry about Lu Xun having any bad thoughts.

However, the two have already become intimate; how much worse could it get?

"Don't mess with my things in the bathroom; come help me blow-dry my hair."

After more than half an hour, Aodaili came out wrapped in a towel.

Just out of the bath, her hair was dripping wet, her whole body exuding some kind of alluring scent that tugged at Lu Xun's nerves.

"Lu, how can you lack gentlemanly manners?"

Seeing Lu Xun not move, Aodaili became dissatisfied.

Lu Xun silently walked over, picked up the hair dryer, and began blowing her hair.

Aodaili's hair quality was excellent; each strand was like a golden thread stretched out, her golden long hair incredibly smooth, feeling exceptionally silky in the hand.

"Alright, I'm going to sleep. If you go out, leave Princess Babala in the room; don't worry, I won't take her with me."

Finally, the hair was dry.

Aodaili yawned and ran off to sleep.

Lu Xun was indeed preparing to go out.

After thinking, he left Xiao Bai in the dormitory.

With the contract in place, there's indeed no need to worry about Aodaili taking Xiao Bai away.

However, Lu Xun also kept a trick up his sleeve; he activated the dormitory's seal. Aodaili doesn't know the incantation to deactivate it, so leaving isn't that easy.

Unless she uses force, but using force in the dorm would inevitably trigger the seal, bringing the school authorities.

"Boss, you're back."

Lu Xun's first stop was Qingbei Jie.

In the Star Moon Pavilion, Bai Ling saw Lu Xun and looked quite pleased.

After staying in the Star Moon Pavilion for over an hour, Lu Xun left and headed for Liuyun Dao.

Although there are still assassination commissions against him on the dark web,

but with Lu Xun's current strength, assassins of the Fourth Realm aren't qualified to kill him.

If those Fourth Realm assassins learned about this secret realm examination, probably few would dare to come kill him.

By then, if the He family still wants to kill him, they'd likely have to do it themselves.

In the capital, the He family wouldn't dare do that.

On Liuyun Dao, things are bustling; more and more cultivators come here to buy weapons, pills, talismans, and other trump cards.

Lu Xun went to the place specializing in selling spiritual herbs and medicines, where he conducted a large-scale purchase.

"Is Jia's Medicinal Pills' business really this good?"

When he passed the headquarters of Jia's Medicinal Pills, Lu Xun found that their business was booming to an explosive degree.

Saint-grade medicinal pills have little impact on their overall business.

After all, there are too few Saint-grade medicinal pills nowadays, and they cater to high-end clients.

Lu Xun has no intention of changing that.

Saint-grade medicinal pills currently possess uniqueness; there's no need to lower the price.

His plan is to use Saint-grade medicinal pills as a credential, establish a new Alchemy Group, and challenge Jia's Medicinal Pills' position.

Before, his strength wasn't quite enough, so the plan couldn't be implemented.

Now his strength has increased, so he can gradually begin implementing it.

However, the most important thing at present is that Lan Xing is about to set foot on the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

So, the matter of the Alchemy Group can be put aside for now.

It wasn't until evening that Lu Xun returned to Beidou University.

That day was calm and peaceful; he didn't encounter any assassinations or the like.

"Ah..."

"Hooligan!"

As soon as he entered the dormitory, Aodaili's scream rang out.

She got up to go to the toilet, and ended up bumping into Lu Xun as he returned.

The key is... at this moment, she was stark naked, not wearing a stitch.

That alluring body was thus completely exposed to Lu Xun's view.

She has a habit of sleeping naked.

Lu Xun was speechless.

You came running to my dorm on your own; coming was bad enough, and you even sleep naked.

Now that I've been seen naked, is it my fault?