Chapter 72: The Last Time

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"Are you not afraid now?" Mu Ningxue asked.

"I..." Mo Fan was stunned; the Focusing Magic Artifact on his chest emitted a peculiar Magic Power, cooling down his soaring ambition.

At the same time, a deep sense of lingering fear surged up abruptly.

"Afraid!" Mo Fan's expression stiffened.

Damn! What the hell is this situation?

Is he possessed?

"It's good that you know fear." Mu Ningxue stood up.

"For the sake of so many years of friendship, and as my apology for that matter back then, I will pretend I never heard what you said tonight. Otherwise, if he finds out you still have designs on me, and even dare to spout such bold words, guess what kind of end you will meet?"

Lv Cheng's feelings for her had always been cold; they had never been warm.

They were the same kind of people.

In their eyes, love was not some supreme thing; it could exist, or it could not.

When she was young, she was ignorant, but in these years at the Imperial Capital, having seen so much, she had gradually come to understand.

Lv Cheng had things he wanted to obtain; he was very realistic. In his eyes, feelings were indeed quite important, but they were not things he couldn't let go of, and they were not even as important as his own mood.

Therefore, Lv Cheng truly did not care about that matter from back then.

He did not care if she had changed her heart, nor did he care about how she had been in the past, or even how she was at other times.

What Lv Cheng cared about was only how she was when she was in front of him.

As long as she loved him when she was in front of him, that was enough.

Not caring about the past, indifferent to the future, only concerned with the present.

Living in the moment—Lv Cheng truly carried these four words through to the end.

This was also the truth behind Lv Cheng's indifference.

He was not indifferent; he just didn't care.

After all, what was the use of caring?

Things that can be changed need no worry; things that cannot be changed are useless to worry about.

It only adds to one's troubles in vain.

She envied him, envied that he could see things so clearly.

Lv Cheng wanted to grasp everything, but he could also let go of everything; he was greedy, yet he let things take their natural course.

That was why she felt very relaxed when she was with him, having to think of nothing and worry about nothing. At least for now, at least at this very moment, she was still alive, and she was very happy; that was enough.

"But it's a pity, I already know."

Lv Cheng's cold, eerie voice suddenly rang out. Mo Fan instantly felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet, striking straight to his crown; the little bit of thought he had just had vanished without a trace.

It's truly more effective than the Focusing Magic Artifact!

"Brother Cheng, I was wrong!"

Mo Fan bowed ninety degrees without the slightest hesitation.

Lv Cheng ignored Mo Fan and just looked at Mu Ningxue, "You have indeed grown up."

The Mu Ningxue of the past was very naive; at least before Bo City, this girl understood nothing.

But now, this girl saw things very clearly; her understanding of him was already approaching that of Ye Xinxia.

It seems that disaster and stimulation can indeed accelerate a person's growth.

"I am no longer a child; I no longer have the qualification to be naive." Mu Ningxue walked forward and hugged Lv Cheng tightly.

"Are you angry?" Lv Cheng gently patted Mu Ningxue's back.

"Mm." Mu Ningxue let out a muffled sound.

Knowing is one thing, and understanding is another, but that doesn't mean she can be indifferent to this bastard's schemes against her!

"Do you want to take a bite? Like before?" Lv Cheng placed his hand by Mu Ningxue's mouth.

Mu Ningxue raised her head with a look of 'are you an idiot' on her face, "Do you take me for a dog?"

Bite people when angry?

"Could it be... that you aren't?"

"Argh!"

Mu Ningxue set her face, aimed at Lv Cheng's wrist, and bit down.

Bastard!

"Uh..."

Watching the scene before him, Mo Fan's mood was extremely shitty.

Late at night, first intimidation, then being fed dog food—who did he offend?

"Had enough of biting?"

"..."

Mu Ningxue let go with a resentful expression.

Can't bite through!

So hard!

It was as if she had bitten into a steel plate; she almost broke her teeth!

"Alright, if you want to bite, let's change the time and change the method. For now, hold it in, okay?" Lv Cheng said.

Mu Ningxue's face turned red, "I won't bite."

"That's not up to you." Lv Cheng pinched Mu Ningxue's flushed cheek.

"You bit me just now, so I have to bite you back."

"As for where I bite, that is my freedom."

"Scoundrel!" Mu Ningxue spat lightly.

Lv Cheng raised his eyebrows, "What, do you want me to bite right now?"

"Don't!" Mu Ningxue grabbed Lv Cheng's wrist, feeling somewhat nervous.

"I... I'm not ready yet."

"Then you'd better get ready quickly." Lv Cheng tapped Mu Ningxue on the head.

"Otherwise, you'll have to go to the back of the line."

Mu Ningxue's expression froze, "Jerk!"

How could she not understand what that sentence meant?

"Jerk or scoundrel, you can't run away." Lv Cheng placed his hand on Mu Ningxue's head, outputting the Magic Power of the Horse Talisman.

"I said it would only last for a year; why didn't you come find me when the time was up?"

Feeling the coldness inside her body being suppressed once again, Mu Ningxue pursed her lips, "I didn't want to cause you trouble."

She didn't know what kind of method this was of Lv Cheng's, that it could even suppress the erosion of her soul by the Ice Crystal Brake Bow.

But even things the Mu Clan couldn't do would definitely not be easy.

"If you really don't want to cause me trouble, you should find me the first moment you encounter a problem, instead of bottling it up," Lv Cheng said.

"Bottling it up alone won't solve any problems; it will only lead to bigger trouble."

"When that happens, can I just stand by and watch?"

Mu Ningxue nodded with a complex expression, "I know."

"Knowing is useless; you have to act," Lv Cheng shook his head.

Mu Ningxue's temper, it seemed, wouldn't change anytime soon.

"Little Fan, should I say your courage is commendable?" Lv Cheng looked toward Mo Fan, who was trying to sneak away.

"Uh..." Mo Fan turned his head back awkwardly.

Damn! Xinxia isn't here! I'm done for!

"Last time."

After saying this, Lv Cheng pulled Mu Ningxue, turned around, and walked toward the church.

If they didn't go over there now, he feared someone might actually be killed.

Mo Fan stood frozen in place, and after a long while, he let out a long breath.

"Sometimes you just have to let it go..."

Boom!!!

Inside the church, there was a sea of fire, Star Orbits streaked by, and Star Maps condensed...

"It's quite lively in the middle of the night."

Lv Cheng's voice carried a special Magic Power, quickly Pacifying the crowd who had lost their senses.

"It finally stopped!"

Luo Song was about to cry; it was one thing for this group to go crazy, but they were all aiming to blast him alone!

Who did he offend?

"Teacher Lv!"

Seeing Lv Cheng's arrival, Bai Tingting and the others who still retained their sanity burst into tears.

They had almost died here!

"Stop!" With a single Mental Shock, Lv Cheng knocked everyone in the church unconscious.

"In the middle of the night, so annoying..."

Under Mu Ningxue's "looking at a scumbag" gaze, Lv Cheng walked toward Mu Nujiao, picked her up from the ground, and put her back into her sleeping bag.

"I thought you were going to do something while she was asleep," Mu Ningxue said.

Lv Cheng looked speechless, "Am I the kind of loser who takes advantage of people?"

"Hmph." Mu Ningxue let out a soft huff, her mood improving quite a bit.

At least this guy hadn't gone too far in front of her.

The next morning.

The group woke up from the ground with aches and pains, and under Mu Ningxue's explanation, they learned what had happened the night before.

If Lv Cheng hadn't intervened, knocked them all unconscious, and killed the Bewitching Spider in the river, even if they hadn't been wiped out last night, they would have definitely suffered heavy casualties from killing each other.

Having felt the danger outside the Safe Zone so intuitively, the shaken group was unwilling to continue the mission, and Mu Ningxue, as the Captain of the Imperial Capital Academy, made the decision to abandon the survey and head home.

"Where's Mo Fan?" Bai Tingting asked with some concern.

"Could he be dead?" Luo Song said with some schadenfreude.

"I won't die even if you do."

Mo Fan's voice rang out from behind, giving Luo Song a fright.

"Mo Fan, you..." Before Bai Tingting could finish, she saw the Surveying Instrument in Mo Fan's hand.

"When did you go?"

"Seeing you all sleeping so soundly, I was bored, so I just went out and collected the data," Mo Fan said casually.

After what happened, he knew these guys wouldn't continue the survey, but if the mission failed, his rewards after entering the main campus would be reduced.

He was quite poor and could not bear to waste even a bit of resources.

"Heh! Your luck is..."

"Hmm?" Lv Cheng cast a cold glance at Liao Mingxuan, who was about to mock Mo Fan again.

Why was this petty, jealous brat so annoying?

A chill ran down Liao Mingxuan's back, and he hurriedly shut his mouth.

The others stopped talking nonsense as well; out here in the wilderness, their large squad was in such a miserable state, yet Lv Cheng, who was acting alone, did not even have a speck of dust on him, which was enough to show how terrifying his strength was.

Their condition was already poor, and if they were to provoke their only remaining lifeline now, they would truly be left behind here!

【Invincible Style】 【Portable Old Man Style】 【Changing the Original Tragedy】

Lu Dou was playing the hybrid version of Plants vs. Zombies when, the next moment, he turned into the most basic hybrid plant—a Peashooter Sunflower.

Transmigrating into the world of Full-Time Magister and becoming a Plant Element demon, he found it difficult to move even a single step in the Magic world, or even human society.

But he immediately discovered that he, this hybrid plant, could actually evolve!

In the fire-element-rich Zhuoyuan, he transformed into a Sun-Shooter and a Sunflower Queen!

In the ice-element-rich Tianshan, he transformed into a High-Ice Fruit and a Frozen Cattail Shooter!

In the earth-element-rich Jinlin Desolate City, he transformed into a true god—the Doom-shroom Cannon, settling the outcome with a single shot!

Not only that, but the Energy Bean enhancement made Lu Dou exclaim, "My youth is back!"

Everything, everything, had to start from when he drank the Earth Holy Spring and evolved into a Wild Gatling Pea Shooter...

(End of this chapter)