Chapter 166: Gathering with the Three Women, the Rainbow Bridge Appears

After the Dark Energy Tide ended, many cultivators who had reached space began to descend back to the ground.

"Brother, if you want to return to the ground, I'll arrange an airship to take you."

Yuan Zhen arrived.

"That would be perfect, thank you, Sister Zhen."

Lu Xun indeed wanted to return to the ground.

"Brother, goodbye; if you ever want to come to Tianquan Fortress, call Sister Zhen, and she'll send someone to pick you up."

The airship arrived, and Yuan Zhen personally put Lu Xun aboard.

"Is Sister Zhen a person of this fortress?"

Lu Xun was somewhat surprised.

"Isn't Yuan Zhen a subordinate of Fu Xue? How come she's also from this fortress?"

"Of course, Tianquan Fortress was built with the participation of the Big Dipper Hall; its name uses Tianquan, one of the Big Dipper stars, and its number is 28, brother, remember that."

Yuan Zhen said with a smile.

In front of Lu Xun, this handsome and striking younger brother, her originally fiery temperament unconsciously softened, and she even unconsciously added a bit of a coquettish tone.

Big Dipper, Tianquan.

In the era of high martial arts, these are two rather ancient terms.

Since Lan Xing set foot on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, the starry sky has been continually changing.

Even the former Big Dipper, even the most nostalgic humans, can no longer be found in the starry sky.

Lu Xun was born in the new era and has never gazed upon the old era's starry sky; he does not know what significance those ancient stars held for people of that time.

But strangely, despite the passage of eras and the span of centuries, humanity has not completely discarded these ancient memories.

Lu Xun thought, perhaps their very existence inherently signifies some kind of answer.

"Alright, Sister Zhen, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

The small airship took Lu Xun and left Tianquan Fortress.

Not long after, Lu Xun returned to the capital city.

"Did the capital city also encounter dark beasts?"

The outskirts of the capital city bear many battle traces, obviously also having suffered an attack by dark beasts.

Given the sturdiness of the capital city's defensive grand formation and the large number of experts there, these dark beasts never breached the city and were wiped out completely.

"Has Liu Xinghe broken through to the Third Realm?"

Just after returning to the Big Dipper Academy, Lu Xun received a piece of news.

Liu Xinghe has broken through to the Third Realm!

The specific time was ten days after Lan Xing reached the Flower Crown Nebula.

Well, this nebula was named the Flower Crown Nebula.

Because within the nebula, some bright stars seem to form a flower crown.

Astonishingly, Liu Xinghe not only broke through the Third Realm, but in the following days he also opened his ear and nose apertures in succession, directly reaching the third layer of the Third Realm.

In less than twenty days, Liu Xinghe caught up to Murong Wan in cultivation level.

He also matched Lu Xun in the martial cultivator realm.

"How fast."

Liu Xinghe's breakthrough this time was indeed quite rapid.

"That's right, Liu Xinghe is a Stellar Saint Body, able to grow by borrowing stellar power; the stars inside the nebula are so densely packed that for him it's practically paradise."

Lu Xun thought of the reason.

In the universe, the various stars appear close in the starry sky, but are actually far apart.

When Lan Xing was in the solar system, the nearest star to it was Proxima Centauri, four light-years away.

Within a range measured in light-years, the number of stars is not large.

But inside the nebula, within a range of a few light-years, there are thousands of stars.

The number of stars is too densely packed.

If the nebula spans several tens of light-years, it contains even more stars.

This is practically paradise for Liu Xinghe!

Liu Xinghe doesn't need to go to the nodes of the Starry Sky Ancient Road; just cultivating inside the nebula, the gains would be unimaginable.

The gains in realm are one aspect.

Liu Xinghe can also use these stars to condense a Stellar Battle Body.

If he can successfully forge the Stellar Battle Body, Liu Xinghe's combat power will become extraordinarily terrifying.

The Stellar Saint Body is itself a combat physique.

"He is indeed a genius."

Lu Xun had to admit that Liu Xinghe is a genius.

However, Lu Xun does not consider himself inferior to him.

Although the Stellar Saint Body is formidable,

Lu Xun's Chaos Divine Body is more comprehensive, and its combat power is off the charts.

"Liu Xinghe is poised for a comeback."

"Sure enough, this year's Newcomer King title is now in doubt."

"This is certain; once the Rainbow Bridge appears, perhaps a new dark horse will emerge, for there are too many possibilities on the Starry Sky Ancient Road."

Come on, you guys, even if Liu Xinghe is strong, compared to my brother Xun he's still far behind.

Haven't you forgotten that Lu Xun practices dual cultivation of immortality and martial arts? Wait until he reaches the Fifth Realm before talking.

On the campus network of Northern Dipper University, many students were discussing Liu Xinghe.

Liu Xinghe's rapid progress made many students feel he was due for a comeback.

But many students still firmly believed that Lu Xun was the only correct answer in this version.

Besides news of Liu Xinghe, online news was all over the place.

For example, in the previous dark beast tide, the region that suffered the most losses was the Non-continent.

Dark beasts fell more in the East, and there were actually not many dark beasts in the Non-continent.

But who made them the weakest?

The weakest, yet the most prolific.

After the High Martial Age descended, the population of the Non-continent kept decreasing, but the total population did not drop as much as elsewhere.

Because they reproduce too much.

Only after the East implemented forced marriage did their birth rate catch up.

"Lu Xun, are you at school? Before the Rainbow Bridge appears, go to Star Moon Pavilion; I'll cook for you."

Chu Youqing sent a message.

"Okay."

After thinking, Lu Xun went out.

Although the foreign peoples will definitely cause trouble, the Rainbow Bridge hasn't appeared yet, and the strong ones of Lan Xing are basically all present, so they can't cause trouble that quickly.

This is the capital, after all.

The surviving foreign peoples on Lan Xing still dare not rashly go to the capital to cause trouble.

They are waiting for reinforcements, or waiting for an opportunity.

Just like when the dark beast tide came earlier, they sprang out.

The foreign peoples' spirit stars have three that arrived later than Lan Xing, and the dark energy tides of those three spirit stars have not ended.

They won't be able to cause trouble that quickly.

As for the Fusang people mentioned by Li Buffan,

Lu Xun is waiting for them.

Now he has grown stronger again and even possesses the God's Right Hand.

His trump cards are even more numerous.

Even if those Fusang people include Fifth Realm experts, Lu Xun is not afraid.

"As expected."

Upon arriving at Star Moon Pavilion, Lu Xun saw that Murong Wan was indeed there.

He just knew.

Chu Youqing couldn't have just called him.

Murong Wan and Chu Youqing both wore aprons, looking like a pair of lovely little kitchen maids.

Seeing Lu Xun, Murong Wan's expression became somewhat uneasy.

Before, Lu Xun had indeed been with her here.

From the living room to the bedroom, they had fought more than once.

Although the traces of battle were cleaned up, the traces left in Murong Wan's body and soul cannot be erased.

Both were cooking.

Murong Wan was chopping vegetables.

Her technique was extremely skilled, not like a novice.

Of course, as a Third Realm martial cultivator, even if she had never chopped vegetables before, Murong Wan could chop better than the best vegetable cutter of the old era.

Chu Youqing was pounding the goose.

The kitchen was filled with the aroma of food, very fragrant.

"Hey, Lu Xun, you don't need to help; go sit over there."

Lu Xun prepared to go help, but Chu Youqing chased him away.

"Ding-dong~"

The doorbell rang.

"Go open the door."

Chu Youqing shouted.

Lu Xun came to the door and opened it.

"Hello, boss."

Outside was the lovely Bai Ling.

After Lu Xun personally guided her last time, Bai Ling made great progress this month; a few days ago she finally refined a third-grade Saint pill.

After receiving the refund, Lu Xun's alchemy proficiency successfully rose to fifth-grade Saint.

That is to say, he can now refine fifth-grade Saint pills.

The forty-fold return was powerful; after rising to fifth-grade Saint, he pushed a bit further, enabling Lu Xun to refine sixth-grade pills.

However, the sixth-grade pills he can refine are only of the Mysterious rank.

"Bai Ling, come quickly."

Chu Youqing shouted.

"Okay."

"Boss, move aside a bit."

After Lu Xun stepped aside, Bai Ling playfully stuck out her tongue and ran into the kitchen.

"Alright."

Chu Youqing also called Bai Ling for this meal.

The three girls started busying themselves in the kitchen.

Only Lu Xun had nothing to do.

He wanted to help, but Chu Youqing wouldn't let him.

Lu Xun had no choice but to sit on the sofa and read the news.

"Meow~"

Xiao Bai smelled the aroma and poked its head out of its pocket.

Lu Xun picked it up and held it.

Bābālā was definitely a foodie before.

So Xiao Bai is a little gluttonous cat.

"The meal is ready."

After watching for a while, the meal was cooked.

Chu Youqing made a tableful of dishes.

"Lu Xun, try my cooking, how is it?"

Chu Youqing happily served Lu Xun some dishes.

Lu Xun didn't say a word and started eating.

He had already prepared himself mentally.

Even if Chu Youqing's stir-fried dish is inedible to dogs, he can only say it's delicious.

"How is it?"

Chu Youqing looked at him expectantly.

"Delicious!"

Lu Xun nodded heavily.

This is sincere.

Chu Youqing's meal was indeed delicious, exceeding his expectations.

"Come, try this one."

Chu Youqing smiled, her slender fingers picking up a piece of green bean and gently placing it into Lu Xun's bowl.

Lu Xun chewed slowly, feeling the wonderful flavor bursting on his tongue.

"How does it taste?" Chu Youqing blinked expectantly.

"It's so delicious! But..." Lu Xun pondered briefly, "This must be your aunt's cooking, right?"

"Good heavens!" Chu Youqing covered her mouth in surprise, "Lu Xun, you can even tell that? Amazing!"

Her gaze toward Lu Xun was full of admiration, while Murong Wan beside her couldn't help but smile slightly, a flicker of joy flashing in her eyes.

Unbeknownst to them, Murong Wan's initial awkwardness upon meeting Lu Xun quietly faded away.

"Boss, this is what I made, how is it?"

Bai Ling also made a dish.

"Mm, really fragrant!"

Lu Xun praised highly.

Bai Ling's cooking skills were also not bad.

Meanwhile, while Lu Xun was enjoying the three ladies' cooking at Star Moon Tower...

In the high skies of Lan Xing, the firmament suddenly split.

Seven-colored rainbow light burst forth from the void, like celestial silk thrown by a god, piercing the universe and forming a rainbow bridge spanning ten thousand miles across the horizon.

This is the rainbow bridge.

One end connects to Lan Xing, while the other seems to lead into the void.

Every inch of the rainbow bridge flows with profound spatial Dao rhythms, each strand of rainbow light containing the power to shatter the void.

Countless starlight sparkled and flowed across the bridge, like billions of stars descending their light, willingly paving this heavenly path.

"The rainbow bridge has appeared!"

This news spread at an astonishing speed.