Chapter 157: Girlfriend

"Eh, why aren't Lu Xun and his aunt answering the phone?"

When Lu Xun and Murong Wan were entwined at Star Moon Pavilion.

Inside Clear Void Academy, Chu Youqing, who had just finished her closed-door cultivation, was somewhat puzzled.

She called Lu Xun and Murong Wan separately, but neither answered.

"They're both cultivating... Forget it, I'll look for Lu Xun tomorrow; I'll go out for a stroll myself."

Chu Youqing thought.

She felt that Lu Xun and Murong Wan might both be cultivating.

After such a long period of closed-door cultivation, Chu Youqing felt a bit stifled.

She decided to go to Qingbei Jie for a stroll.

Qingbei Jie was very lively.

During this time period, more students came out to be active.

Chu Youqing began strolling alone.

As she strolled, she ended up at Star Moon Pavilion.

Now, Star Moon Pavilion's business was exceptionally booming, completely outshining the Jia's Medicine Shop across the street.

"By the way, the fourth floor has been empty, right? We can tidy it up and later I can cook for Lu Xun there."

Chu Youqing suddenly had a good idea.

Although she was a wealthy young lady, she was not the sort of pampered girl who knows nothing of grains and avoids work.

Her cooking is quite delicious.

But Lu Xun has yet to taste her cooking.

Thinking of this, Chu Youqing decided to first check the situation on the fourth floor, then hire a cleaner to tidy up, and set up the fourth floor.

It could later serve as a small base.

She naturally had a key to the fourth floor.

Soon, she arrived at the fourth floor and inserted the door key.

"Click!"

The key turned in the lock, successfully opening the lock, but the door still wouldn't open.

"Was it double-locked?"

Chu Youqing furrowed her brows.

The door was double-locked.

Soon, she discovered more.

Not only was the door double-locked, but the formation on the fourth floor seemed to have been activated as well.

Someone was inside.

"Lu Xun?"

Few people can activate Star Moon Pavilion's formation; Chu Youqing thought it should be Lu Xun.

"Lu Xun, are you inside?"

She pressed the doorbell.

"Ding-dong~"

"Someone's there!"

Inside the room, Lu Xun heard the doorbell and gave a start.

Beneath him, Murong Wan opened her dazed eyes.

"It's Chu Youqing..."

Lu Xun's expression changed.

At that moment, he actually felt as if he'd been caught in bed.

Upon hearing the three words 'Chu Youqing,' Murong Wan instantly sobered and hurried to push Lu Xun away.

"Wait..."

Lu Xun's expression was strange.

Just now, he actually erupted like a volcano.

At a time like this, how could he bear to leave her?

"Lu Xun, it really is you."

A few minutes later, when Chu Youqing saw Lu Xun, she was overjoyed.

"Youqing, how did you come?"

Lu Xun couldn't help but feel somewhat guilty.

These days, Chu Youqing has been in closed-door cultivation, and Lu Xun hasn't been in touch with her for quite a while.

Moreover, Lu Xun had fallen into Murong Wan's gentle trap, nearly forgetting this pure campus belle girlfriend.

"I happened to pass by here while out shopping, so I came up to take a look. Lu Xun, let's fix this place up; later I can cook for you here..."

Chu Youqing spoke enthusiastically about her plan.

As she spoke, she stepped into the room.

By then, Murong Wan was no longer in the room.

After learning that Chu Youqing had arrived, Murong Wan refused to stay no matter what; after putting on her clothes, she left from the small balcony beside the kitchen.

Lu Xun somewhat guiltily went along with Chu Youqing, afraid she would smell some lingering odor in the bedroom and thus make assumptions.

Fortunately, Chu Youqing didn't enter the bedroom; she was merely planning to remodel the kitchen.

When Murong Yan previously lived here, she didn't cook for herself.

"Tomorrow I'll get an auntie to come clean up... Lu Xun, why are you spacing out?"

"Oh, okay."

"Let's go shopping."

"Hmm."

Finally, Chu Youqing no longer wanted to stay; she pulled Lu Xun and they started strolling along Qingbei Jie.

"At this rate, in a few days Lan Xing will enter the dark universe, Lu Xun, you'll need to be careful then—you're so powerful, the alien race will definitely target you."

Chu Youqing was somewhat worried about Lu Xun.

The current Lu Xun can be said to be the most dazzling talent of the past few years.

Killing him alone is more useful than killing dozens of ordinary talents.

Therefore, Lu Xun must be the alien race's primary target for elimination.

The care of the school belle girlfriend made Lu Xun feel even more guilty.

But upon reflection, the cause of this matter still lies with her.

Finally, the second time with Murong Wan happened because of her mother.

If it weren't for that second time, he and Murong Wan wouldn't have reached the Nth time so quickly.

Things have come to this; saying anything is useless.

So, Lu Xun suppressed his guilt and decided to treat Chu Youqing better from now on.

"Lu Xun, why are you buying me things again... Fine, I'll accept it, is that not okay?"

After strolling until late at night, at the moment of parting, Lu Xun gave Chu Youqing a set of flying swords and a quantity of elixirs.

This is a set of fifth-grade heavenly-tier flying swords, with three large and twelve small, making fifteen swords in total, which suits Chu Youqing perfectly.

For cultivators, although weapons can be of higher grade, being too much higher is actually not necessary.

Exceeding one's own strength by two grades is actually the best.

As for Lu Xun, he is an exception, because his various methods are too sharp.

This set of flying swords is also a finished product that Lu Xun bought from the Heavenly Craft Pavilion.

Since the Heavenly Craft Pavilion didn't charge him for forging sixth-grade flying swords, he used the money to buy fifth-grade flying swords instead.

"Fine, I'm ignoring you."

The next day, Lu Xun discovered that Murong Wan was ignoring him again.

She wasn't in the dormitory, nor in the usual training room; she probably changed locations.

It seems that the incident where Chu Youqing almost exposed her yesterday gave Murong Wan a considerable stimulus, which is why she reacted this way.

Lu Xun could understand Murong Wan's feelings, and furthermore she had successively learned the Myriad Calamity Formless Sword and the Thunder Prison Thousand Tribulations Palm, so Lu Xun stopped seeking her out.

First, give her some time to buffer her emotions.

"Boss, refining third-grade saint-tier elixirs is really difficult."

Lu Xun specially went to check on Bai Ling's situation.

Bai Ling was very worried.

She was already able to refine first- and second-grade saint-tier elixirs.

But third-grade saint-tier elixirs always fell just a little short.

Thus, Lu Xun spent a day guiding her.

"Boss, you're amazing; I didn't understand those parts before, but after you explained them, I got it."

That day, Bai Ling gained a lot, and she couldn't stop praising Lu Xun.

"Bai Ling, after Lan Xing enters the dark universe, you shouldn't stay at the Star Moon Pavilion; I've applied for you to be an auditor at Beidou University and helped rent a small shop, which has a room at the back where you can live—move to Beidou University."

Lu Xun said.

An alchemist like Bai Ling could also be targeted by the alien race.

Bai Ling's strength is not strong; she is still at the second realm, and Qingbei Jie isn't very safe for her.

Going to Beidou University is the best choice.

"Ah? Thank you, boss."

Bai Ling said gratefully.

Her strength is that she listens to advice.

Especially, she listens to Lu Xun's advice.

The next day, she moved into Beidou University.

Also on that day, Lu Xun received a notice from Liuyan.

The sixth-grade flying swords are ready.

"Saint-tier?"

"Yes, Your Excellency Lu, that ash you provided is excellent; adding just a little bit raised the quality of this set of flying swords to saint-tier, and it also possesses the void attribute you need."

"Your Excellency Lu, do you have more of that ash? We're willing to buy it at a high price..."

When Lu Xun arrived at the Heavenly Craft Pavilion, he was surrounded by a group of excited weaponsmiths.

It's no wonder those weaponsmiths are so excited.

Because while forging flying swords, they accidentally produced sixth-grade saint-tier flying swords.

Compared to their previous third-grade saint-tier Flowing Cloud Layered Shadow Sword set, this set of flying swords is truly a proper saint-tier.

If they were to sell it, they'd have to ask an astronomical price.

And all of this is solely because, following Lu Xun's request, they added ash the size of a peanut into the swords' blades.

Sorry, I don't have any either.

Lu Xun naturally wouldn't tell others; he still had a big bowl.

That's really a pity.

Many artifact smiths sighed.

Liu Yan beside him also looked full of regret.

Lord Lu Xun, this is your holy weapon, returning it to you.

Liu Yan held the damaged holy weapon with both hands and handed it to Lu Xun.

Thank you, farewell.

Lu Xun prepared to leave.

Lord Lu Xun, wait.

Liu Yan called out to stop Lu Xun.

Lu Xun turned back: "Sister Liu Yan, what else do you need?"

Liu Yan said: "That kind of ash, if you can still obtain it in the future, just name your price—however much there is, we'll take it all."

We want as much as there is.

Lu Xun's bowl of divine bone ash, even with the Heavenly Craft Pavilion's finances, could not be consumed, even if they smashed pots and sold iron.

Good.

Lu Xun still agreed.

If he really runs out of money later, making a small move wouldn't be impossible.

Dark Universe Passage... opened!

That day, the entire Lan Xing trembled.

Videos online surged like a tide—in the deep cosmos, the originally empty starry sky suddenly twisted, a huge spatial rift slowly opened, like the eye of an abyss, gazing at Lan Xing.

That was the entrance to the Dark Universe Passage.

At this moment, Lan Xing was hurtling toward that rift at a speed of several hundred kilometers per second.

At most one day, the entire planet would plunge into it.

"Finally, we've waited for this!" someone exclaimed, voice trembling.

"May heaven bless us, let nothing go wrong..." some people clasped their hands, praying softly, eyes full of worry.

Here it comes!

Lu Xun's eyes blazed, his heart pounding like thunder.

Ancient Starry Road...

These four words, he had heard since childhood.

And today, he finally——

He had the chance to set foot on it himself!

He had the strength to wage war within it!

Vast starry seas, myriad races clashing!

This time, he would truly witness the vastness of the universe and challenge the peerless heavenly prodigies of the starry myriad races!

That night, on Lan Xing, countless people could not sleep.

【Aodaili's magic cultivation broke through, you gain forty times her harvest.】

Also that night, Aodaili, who had returned to the West and been silent for several days, suddenly sent Lu Xun a wave of returns.

Her magic cultivation broke through again.

The returning heat flow arrived.

The heat flow split into two streams, one entering the body, increasing Lu Xun's magical power.

The other entered the brain, this being a knowledge-based return.

Lu Xun's magic cultivation began to rise.

Originally, the previous return from Aodaili had raised Lu Xun's magic cultivation to the level of the Four Realms.

This time, Aodaili broke through from Mage Initiate to Mage Intermediate.

The return became more potent.

Thus, Lu Xun's magic cultivation surged rapidly.

Starting from Mage Initiate, level by level upward, he soon broke through Mage Intermediate, then Advanced, then Peak.

After breaking through the Peak without stopping, he directly charged into the next level, namely the Great Mage.

After reaching the Great Mage without stopping, he charged further, reaching the Great Mage Intermediate in one go.

Only then did the returning heat flow finally run out.

Good fellow.

Great Mage, barely comparable to the East's Five Realms.

Aodaili's breakthrough this time directly let Lu Xun break through the Five Realms in magic!

Seen this way, for magic there really is no such thing as a breakthrough limit.

This is what let Lu Xun swoosh upward.