Chapter 143: Beneath the Xiangli Tree

After finishing breakfast, Li Luo and the other two, full of anticipation, followed Instructor Xi Chan out of the small building and headed straight for the location of the Xiangli Tree.

Along the way, many students could be seen converging into a stream of people heading in the same direction, the spectacle quite magnificent.

Clearly, all the students were heading to the Xiangli Tree to cultivate at this time, but because the Xiangli Tree was simply too enormous, the locations for each campus zone were different.

After roughly twenty-plus minutes, Li Luo and the other two, led by Instructor Xi Chan, arrived at the boarding area of the One Star campus.

And upon arriving here, Li Luo and the others could feel the towering majesty of this Xiangli Tree more clearly and intuitively; its incomparably thick main trunk burst forth from the earth, plunging into the clouds like a pillar holding up the heavens.

Countless branches spread out, blanketing the sky, making it difficult even for sunlight to penetrate, leaving only scattered specks of light.

Standing beneath the Xiangli Tree, human figures looked like ants, truly incomparably tiny.

And what moved people most was the majestic energy pervading the world here; even though they hadn't climbed the tree yet, the overflowing natural energy still made Li Luo and the others feel full of vigor.

At this moment, they finally understood what was meant by a blessed land of cave heaven.

When Li Luo and the others arrived here, more and more new students gathered here under the guidance of their respective instructors, making the place extremely noisy for a time.

And at this moment, Li Luo spotted a familiar figure; that smelly aura could be clearly smelled even from a great distance.

If it wasn't Seeing Yu Lang, who else could it be?

Seeing Yu Lang, however, spotted Li Luo's side with sharp eyes, and his eyes immediately lit up; he quickly parted the crowd and headed this way.

Seeing Seeing Yu Lang in such an impatient manner, Li Luo couldn't help feeling a bit emotional—was this friendship? Just a few days without seeing each other, and it could make a person miss someone so dearly.

But just as Li Luo was feeling emotional, Seeing Yu Lang reached out somewhat rudely and pushed aside him who had come up to greet, his gaze burning as he stared at Bai Bai Mengmeng behind, and then was about to step forward.

"What are you trying to do?"

At this moment, an icy voice suddenly came from behind.

The expression on Seeing Yu Lang's face instantly stiffened; he turned his head and saw Bai Bai Doudou standing behind, her gaze cold and scrutinizing as she stared at him.

Seeing Yu Lang gave a dry laugh, reached out to sling an arm around Li Luo's shoulder, and said: "Of course I came to find my good brother."

Li Luo glanced at him indifferently and said: "How's the food at the Sacred Mystic Star Academy?"

Seeing Yu Lang was a bit baffled: "It's alright, haven't you gone to eat?"

Li Luo said calmly: "These past two days, breakfast was all made by Bai Bai Mengmeng, so I haven't gone to eat yet."

Seeing Yu Lang was as if struck by lightning, trembling as he stared at Li Luo—this kind of life was exactly what he had been dreaming of! Why couldn't he get Bai Bai Mengmeng's loving breakfast, and could only get Bai Bai Doudou's daily whippings?

Bai Bai Doudou, however, upon hearing this, glanced at Li Luo with some astonishment, then said with a somewhat complicated expression: "Breakfast made by Bai Mengmeng?"

From her eyes, Li Luo saw some sympathy.

But then, Bai Bai Doudou said somewhat nervously: "Did you finish eating? You didn't say anything, did you?"

Li Luo understood what she meant and said helplessly: "It's her heartfelt intention after all, how could we possibly not eat it..."

Bai Bai Doudou immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and her gaze toward Li Luo became a bit friendlier.

"But what's going on with her?" Li Luo asked somewhat puzzled; what he was asking, of course, was why, despite the food being so unpalatable, Bai Bai Mengmeng could eat it all without changing expression? Didn't she know these things tasted a bit off?

Bai Bai Doudou hesitated for a moment, then finally said in a low voice: "When Bai Mengmeng was young, she was afflicted by a strange poison, which caused her to lose her sense of taste..."

Li Luo was stunned, and finally understood.

No sense of taste meant that no matter what she ate, it was all bland and flavorless in her mouth; such a defect, falling on such a pure and lovely girl, truly gave one an inexplicable pang of heartache.

And Seeing Yu Lang beside them, his eyes even grew moist, muttering: "What a wonderful girl."

Then he turned to Li Luo indignantly and said: "You guys really don't know what's good for you; if Bai Mengmeng made breakfast for me, even if it were shit, I could eat three big bowls of it!"

His last words were a bit loud, causing the somewhat noisy chatter nearby to instantly fall silent, and one gaze after another turned to Seeing Yu Lang in shock.

This person could eat three big bowls of shit? Is that something to be so proud of?

Li Luo silently took a few steps back; Bai Bai Doudou also covered her forehead and said through gritted teeth: "Can you shut up for me!"

Seeing Yu Lang muttered twice, but under Bai Bai Doudou's icy gaze, he still obediently shut his mouth tight.

Seeing this, Li Luo couldn't help but be amused; it seemed Seeing Yu Lang hadn't been spared much education from this Bai Bai Doudou these past few days.

Bai Bai Doudou snorted coldly and said: "Dare to say a single word to my sister, and I'll chop you up."

After saying that, she stepped past Li Luo, her face full of smiles as she went up to greet Bai Bai Mengmeng; the sisters held hands together, and there was much laughter and joy.

Seeing Yu Lang gazed at the two sisters and said bitterly: "Li Luo, have you ever experienced the human tragedy of lovers being beaten apart by force? Why would such a miserable thing fall upon me? I feel so much pain."

"What you have at best is a toad squatting on the shore, drooling at the white swan in the lake, so the step of being beaten apart by force should still be quite far off; perhaps, you might never reach it in your entire life," Li Luo consoled him.

"I think, Bai Bai Doudou might actually be more suitable for you."

Seeing Yu Lang, upon hearing this, stared at Li Luo in shock and said: "We've known each other for a while, there's no need to be so vicious, is there?"

"Bai Bai Doudou..."

He glanced at Bai Bai Doudou's figure, lowered his voice and said: "This female shark is brutally savage without a shred of humanity; me and her? Impossible, impossible, I'd rather die than submit; I'll put my words right here—as long as there's a second woman in this world, I absolutely cannot be with this Bai Bai Doudou!"

Li Luo sneered: "How many dishes has he had, to be floating like this."

"That Bai Bai Doudou has an eighth-grade phase, top-tier talent, top-tier family background; although her looks are a bit worse than Bai Bai Mengmeng's, she's still considered pretty; when the time comes, there won't be few people pursuing her, and you still 'rather die than submit'? Making it sound like she's going to force you."

Seeing Yu Lang faltered, but still shook his head stubbornly and said: "No, I still feel that Bai Bai Mengmeng's pure and sweet type suits me better."

Li Luo shook his head and stopped paying attention to this guy.

"By the way..." Seeing Yu Lang suddenly looked over and said: "Do you know about Qing'er's situation?"

"What situation?" Li Luo was stunned; these past two days of just entering the academy, with a pile of various matters, and cultivation couldn't be neglected either, he had barely stepped outside.

"That Wang Wang Hejiu has been pestering her."

Seeing Yu Lang said: "Before, in the Master Selection Competition, Qing'er, in order to help you hold off Wang Wang Hejiu, fought a battle with this guy and suffered quite a loss; and this guy might have also taken some interest in Qing'er because of that, and these past few days he hasn't gone to see Qing'er any less, seemingly with a must-win attitude; this matter has already spread among the new students."

Li Luo's gaze sharpened; regarding Seeing Yu Lang, Zhao Kuo, and Lv Qing'er having gone all out to help him intercept in the Master Selection Competition, he had already learned of it afterward, and naturally he was extremely moved by this; these friends were indeed not befriended in vain.

And seeing Yu Lang and Zhao Kuo get taken down by Bai Bai Doudou for a round, it was clear that Bai Bai Doudou had held back; otherwise, given Yu Lang's strength, hoping to hold her off would have been rather naive, so regarding Bai Bai Doudou's actions here, Li Luo bore no ill will.

But that Wang Wang Hejiu had truly caused Lv Qing'er to suffer some hardship.

This grudge, if he Li Luo could still be considered a man, must certainly be noted down.

And now this guy still dared to go harass Lv Qing'er...

Lü Qing'er is his good classmate, good comrade-in-arms—how could he let a little poisonous bird like you bully her?

Brother, the road you've taken has gotten too narrow; don't blame anyone when you can't turn back.