Chapter 13: I Am Not Young Anymore

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As the sky grew dark, Lv Cheng carried Xinxia on his back and returned home.

In fact, when he had just entered middle school, Lv Cheng had already suggested bringing Xinxia over to live with him, but at the time, the Mo Family felt he was still just a child and feared he couldn't even take care of himself, and Xinxia also felt this would add to his burden, so she did not agree.

However, due to Mo Fan's reckless maneuvers, the Mo Family was abandoned by the Mu Family, and the Mo Family's life gradually fell into difficulty; although they had lived together for so many years and had developed feelings, people are still very realistic when faced with practical problems.

Taking care of Xinxia was not just a matter of adding one more mouth to feed and one more set of bowls and chopsticks; the daily living expenses and the burden of school were indeed somewhat difficult for the current Mo Family to bear.

Supporting Mo Fan as a Mage was already quite a stretch, and with the possibility of Xinxia also becoming a Mage soon, they simply couldn't afford the burden due to practical issues.

Therefore, when he brought this matter up again some time ago, the Mo Family hesitated for a moment but still agreed.

After all, the Mo Family knew about his relationship with Xinxia; they hadn't agreed in previous years because they were worried about Xinxia's condition and that she would be hard to care for, but now that he had grown up and the Mo Family was having some difficulties, there was naturally no reason to refuse.

Of course, there were still some small tricks regarding the details, such as providing help in a time of need.

Mo Fan, who had just transmigrated, knew nothing about things here and naturally couldn't have achieved good grades, so before Mo Jiaxing sought out Mu He to plead for mercy, he had already helped settle the matter of Mo Fan's enrollment.

With this favor, when he brought up the matter of Xinxia again, the Mo Family naturally found it hard to refuse.

After all, although his parents had gone missing, the family assets they left him were still considered wealthy in a small place like Bo City.

Xinxia wasn't coming over to suffer with him, so the Mo Family naturally had no reason to stop her.

"This is your room; your luggage was already moved here and put inside during the day." Lv Cheng helped Xinxia walk into the bedroom.

"From now on, you will live with me."

"Brother A-Cheng, are you really alright?" Xinxia was still very worried.

A Summoning Element Mage who could not only cast fire but also possessed abilities similar to Healing—aside from the legendary Black Vatican, she truly couldn't think of anyone else who possessed such means!

"Do you really hope that something is wrong with me?" Lv Cheng helped Xinxia sit down.

"Of course not!" Xinxia said in a panic.

"I was just worried..."

"Worried about what? Worried about when I might die out there and leave you to pine away alone?" Lv Cheng pushed Xinxia down onto the bed.

"How about, I favor you with my presence now?"

"I..." Xinxia's face turned bright red instantly.

A girl of this age already understood many things.

"Alright, don't worry." Lv Cheng took off the Wooden Sword Pendant from his chest.

"Do you still remember this sword?"

Xinxia was stunned, "I remember."

"Look." With a thought from Lv Cheng, the Wooden Sword Pendant instantly transformed into a long sword flashing with golden light.

"This..." Xinxia was dumbfounded.

Could it be that the story of the flying sword was true? It wasn't just bragging?

"With this thing, I won't have any accidents, so can you rest easy now?" Lv Cheng said.

In fact, even if the Pure Yang Sword suddenly flew off on its own and ignored him, Shendu wouldn't let him have any accidents, because once he died, Shendu's power would remain in this infant state forever, unable to recover!

This was the danger of the Yin-Yang Balance Contract!

The Demons pushed Shendu out first not only because of his choice, but also because even those Demons weren't entirely sure if this contract had other problems!

They had forgotten!

The Demons only remembered this contract and how to use it, but just as Shendu felt surprised by his own Spell abilities, the Demons could no longer remember exactly how many other dangerous aspects this contract had!

Therefore, they chose to let Shendu be the guinea pig to experiment first.

"Believe me, I can handle this matter." Lv Cheng hugged Xinxia's small head.

"It's getting late now, it's time to rest, my beloved consort..."

Xinxia's head heated up, "Brother A-Cheng, I'm still young..."

"It doesn't matter, I'm not young anymore."

"..."

"I'm joking! Where are you touching!"

"You little hooligan, let go!"

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Time flew like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, it was the end of the first academic year.

After a whole year, quite a few talented students had successfully mastered seven star seeds and could attempt to release their own Magic.

Of course, it was unstable; after all, the connection of the Star Orbit was not yet proficient, and when nervous, successfully releasing it once in ten tries was already considered good luck.

In the classroom, after listening to the homeroom teacher Xue Musheng emphasize the importance of this annual assessment, the students in the class all entered a state of tension.

Mo Fan, who had already successfully controlled the Fire Element star seeds and could proficiently release Magic, was full of confidence for this annual assessment.

After enduring for a year, the moment to act cool and slap faces had finally arrived!

"Brother Cheng, how is your situation?" Zhang Xiaohou asked.

The training difficulty of Dimensional Magic in the early stages was the highest, at least much harder than their Elemental Magic, so the homeroom teacher had never asked Lv Cheng much about this aspect.

Well, of course, it was also possible he was worried that Lv Cheng's progress was too fast and he would stand up again to mock the students in the class.

"It's alright." Lv Cheng said distractedly.

Over the past few months, he had tried many methods, even involving the Pure Yang Sword, but he still couldn't get Luo Pei out of Hell.

Having no other choice, he could only try to craft a statue of Luo Pei himself; the statue had been completed some time ago, but Shendu said the power of the Rat Talisman had not yet recovered, and it would take some more time.

Because his current power was too weak, Shendu couldn't bring too much power out of Hell.

It seemed to be a protective mechanism of the Pure Yang Sword; to use the power of the Demons, he had to become strong himself. Furthermore, if it weren't for the fact that the attributes of the Spell had been altered by Luo Pei's incantation to become an existence between Yin and Yang, he probably wouldn't even be able to use the power of the Spell right now.

He had originally thought that by completing the contract with the Demons, he would become a cheater who could kill the heavens, the earth, and the air in seconds, but he hadn't expected that he would still have to grind.

"Not bad? I'm afraid he hasn't even finished controlling the seven stars yet, right?"

Several male students in the class mocked.

"Otherwise, with our genius Lv Cheng's temper, wouldn't he mock us to death?"

Lv Cheng turned his head, raised his right hand, and with a thought, the seven moon-white stars instantly connected into a Star Orbit.

"Instant Star Orbit?!"

The expressions of the few male students who were just mocking stiffened, and they immediately slunk away.

Why did they have to be so thick-headed again!

"Brother Cheng, then what is your Summoned Beast?" Zhang Xiaohou asked curiously.

Instant Star Orbit, the teacher had mentioned this talent before; as long as one successfully completes the control of the seven stars, the subsequent connection of the Star Orbit is a matter of an instant, a talent that allows for the instantaneous release of Primary Magic.

It was just that he hadn't expected someone with this talent to actually appear by his side.

"It wouldn't be a toad, would it?" Mo Fan said gloomily.

This bastard! He actually quietly whisked Xinxia away!

"Who knows?" Lv Cheng looked out the window.

Shendu definitely cannot be released; the aura of a Demon is far too dangerous. Shendu's power may have weakened, but his status as a Fire Dragon has not changed!

Although Shendu's appearance is a bit strange, Old Man said that Shendu is a purebred Eastern Dragon.

A purebred Eastern Fire Dragon!

In a small place like Bo City, if he were to release a Young Dragon of the True Dragon level, he could hardly imagine how many people would want to kill him; after all, the growth resource requirements for a True Dragon are immense, and compared to winning him over, killing him—this unstable factor—is much simpler.

Troublesome.

Therefore, he intends to have Shendu get him a Western Dragon to play with.

Shendu has raised quite a few Western Dragons as mounts!

(End of chapter)